2011 Lory Meagher Cup

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2011 Lory Meagher Cup
Dates23 April
– 4 June 2011
Teams8
Champions Donegal
Colm Breathnach (captain)
Andrew Wallace (manager)
Runners-up Tyrone
Tom Magill (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored42 (3.82 per match)
Points scored265 (24.09 per match)
2010 (Previous)(Next) 2012

The 2011 Lory Meagher Cup is the third edition of the Lory Meagher Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009 and is the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by eight GAA county teams ranked 29–36 in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Contents

The winners of the 2011 Lory Meagher Cup, Donegal were promoted to the 2012 Nicky Rackard Cup.

Format

The tournament had a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams

County Last Cup TitleLast Provincial TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2010 ChampionshipAppearance
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan Quarter-finals3rd
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1932 Runners-up3rd
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Semi-finals3rd
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Semi-finals3rd
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 2010 Champions3rd
Colours of Down.svg South Down Round 23rd
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 2009 Round 2 (Nicky Rackard Cup)2nd
Colours of Warwickshire.svg WarwickshireQuarter-finals3rd

Bracket

Round 1
Round 2B
Round 2A
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals Final
Donegal 3-16
Warwickshire 1-13 Donegal 3-18
Fermanagh w/o Fermanagh 2-8
Cavan scr. Donegal 1-15
South Down 1-12
Longford 1-14
South Down 2-14
Donegal 2-12
Leitrim 2-11 Tyrone 0-17
Warwickshire4-11Warwickshire4-8
Fermanagh 1-10
Warwickshire 2-10
Longford 2-12 Tyrone 2-15
Tyrone 4-17 Tyrone 2-14
South Down 4-25 South Down 1-9
Leitrim 0-8

Round 1

Warwickshire1-13 - 3-16 Donegal
K Codd 1-7, J Bergin, D Kelly 0-2 each, S Carey, K Boxwell 0-1 each Report E McDermott 2-3, N Campell 0-8, E Organ 1-2, J Donnelly, P Sheridan, S Boyle 0-1 each
Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham
Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Longford 2-12 - 4-17 Tyrone
E Donnellan 0-6 (4f), J Newman 1-2, J Minnock 1-0, Joe O'Brien 0-2, M Morrissey, J Casey 0-1 each. Report C Grogan 2-1, P O'Connor 2-0, A Kelly 0-5 (2f), C McErlean 0-5 (1f), R O'Neill 0-3, M O'Gorman, T Hughes, M Winters 0-1 each
Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: C Groome (Offaly)

South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim
M Magee 2-1, E McGuinness 1-4, P McAleenan 0-5, M Cunningham 1-3, L Morgan 0-4, E Trainor 0-3, J Brown, P O'Neill 0-2 each, K Fegan 0-1 Report M Lane 0-6, G Hickey, S Guckian 0-1 each.
Liatroim
Referee: O Elliott (Antrim)

Fermanagh Fermanagh win in a walkover Cavan

Round 2

Round 2A

Donegal 3-18 - 2-08 Fermanagh
E McDermott 2-2, M McCann 1-5, N Campbell 0-7 (1f, 1 '65'), L Henderson 0-2, S Bole, S McVeigh 0-1 each Report R Bogue 1-3 (1-0pen, 3f), S Corrigan 1-2, D McGarry 0-2, S Curran 0-1f.
Letterkenny
Referee: E Hassan (Derry)

Tyrone 2-14 - 1-09 South Down
C McErlean 1-3 (0-1f), C Grogan 1-1 (1-0 pen), A Kelly 0-4 (1f, 2 '65'), M O'Gorman, P O'Connor 0-2 each, Rory O'Neill, Ryan O'Neill 0-1 each. Report E McGuinness 1-0, L Morgan 0-5 (2f), P O'Neill 0-3 (1 '65'), J O'Kane 0-1.
Omagh
Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Round 2B

Leitrim 2-11 - 4-11Warwickshire
M Lane 2-9 (4f), S Moran, M Quinn 0-1 each. Report S O'Hanlon 1-2,J Bergin 1-1, R McEntee, M O'Hara 1-0 each, C Boxwell, J Dwyer, D Kelly (1f) 0-2 each, C Maskey, P McHugh 0-1 each

Quarter-finals

Longford 1-14 - 2-14 South Down
E Donnellan 0-8, P Cullen 1-0, S Hannon 0-3, R, Donnellan, J Minnock, K Murray 0-1 each Report L Morgan 0-10 (7f), E McGuinness 2-0, M Mageer 0-3, E Donnelly 0-1
Liatroim
Referee: R Matthews (Antrim)

Fermanagh 1-10 - 4-08Warwickshire
R Bogue 1-2 (1-0 pen, 1f), JP McGarry 0-2, A Breslin, S Curran, P Timoney, K Kehoe, S Corrigan, D McGarry 0-1 each. Report D Kelly 2-1 (1-0 pen), R McEntee 1-1, J O'Dwyer 1-0, S Carey 0-3, S O'Hanlon 0-2 (1f), M O'Hara 0-1
Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Referee: C Brown (Galway)

Semi-finals

Tyrone 2-15 - 2-10Warwickshire
A Kelly 0-7 (5f), R O'Neill 2-0, C Grogan 0-4, G Fox, M Winters, J Kelly, M O'Gorman 0-1 each Report D Kelly 0-6 (4f), K Codd 0-4 (1f), K Boxwell, C Maskey 1-0 each
Páirc na hÉireann
Referee: J O'Connell

Donegal 1-15 - 1-12
A.E.T.
South Down
N Campbell 0-11 (9f), E McDermott 1-1, S Boyle, L Henderson, R McDermott 0-1 each Report L Morgan 0-6 (3f, 1 '65'), K Courtney 1-0, J O'Kane 0-3, P McAleenan, E Trainor, E McGuinness 0-1 each
Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny)

Final

Tyrone 0-17 – 2-12 Donegal
Justin Kelly 0-5 (4f); Aidan Kelly (2f), Conor Grogan 0-3 each; Gary Fox, Rory O'Neill 0-2 each; Mike O’Gorman, Peter O'Connor 0-1 Report Ciaran Matthewson 2-3; Niall Campbell 0-6 (4f, 1 '65'); Sean McVeigh, Paul Sheridan, Mickey McCann 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: F Smith

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Niall Campbell Donegal 0-323248.00
2Liam Morgan South Down 0-252546.25
3Enda McDermott Donegal 5-62145.25
Michael Lane Leitrim 2-1521210.50
5Aidan Kelly Tyrone 0-191944.75

Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Michael Lane Leitrim 2-915Warwickshire
2Niall Campbell Donegal 0-1111 South Down
3Kevin CoddWarwickshire1-710 Donegal
Liam Morgan South Down 0-1010 Longford
5Enda McDermott Donegal 2-39Warwickshire
Ciaran Matthewson Donegal 2-39 Tyrone
7Enda McDermott Donegal 2-28 Fermanagh
Mickey McCann Donegal 1-58 Fermanagh
Niall Campbell Donegal 0-88Warwickshire
Eoin Donnellan Longford 0-88 South Down

Scoring events

Miscellaneous

See also

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