Munster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics

This page details statistics of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

General performances

By county

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Cork[1]	51	29	1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014	1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013
Tipperary[2]	42	26	1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016	1894, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006
Limerick[3]	19	27	1897, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2013	1891, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1905, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1937, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2014
Waterford[4]	9	20	1938, 1948, 1957, 1959, 1963, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010	1903, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
Clare[5]	6	20	1889, 1914, 1932, 1995, 1997, 1998	1899, 1901, 1915, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2008
Kerry[6]	1	4	1891	1899, 1890, 1892, 1908

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1890s: 4 each for Cork (1890-92-93-94) and Tipperary (1895-96-98-99)
• 1900s: 6 for Cork (1901-02-03-04-05-07)
• 1910s: 3 each for Cork (1912-15-19); Limerick (1910-11-18) and Tipperary (1913-16-17)
• 1920s: 5 for Cork (1920-26-27-28-29)
• 1930s: 4 for Limerick (1933-34-35-36)
• 1940s: 5 for Cork (1942-43-44-46-47)
• 1950s: 4 for Cork (1952-53-54-56)
• 1960s: 7 for Tipperary (1960-61-62-64-65-67-68)
• 1970s: 7 for Cork (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
• 1980s: 5 for Cork (1982-83-84-85-86)
• 1990s: 3 each for Clare (1995-97-98) and Cork (1990-92-99)
• 2000s: 4 for Cork (2000-03-05-06)
• 2010s: 4 for Tipperary (2011-12-15-16)

Other records

Biggest wins

• The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
  • 31 points – 1918: Limerick 11-3 (36) – (5) 1-2 Clare
  • 31 points – 1982: Cork 5-31 (46) – (15) 3-6 Waterford
  • 28 points – 1893: Cork 5-13 (28) – (0) 0-0 Limerick
  • 27 points – 1903: Cork 5-16 (31) – (4) 1-1 Waterford
  • 26 points – 1905: Cork 7-12 (33) – (7) 1-4 Limerick
  • 23 points – 1899: Tipperary 5-16 (31) – (8) 0-8 Clare
  • 22 points – 1900: Tipperary 6-11 (29) – (7) 2-1 Kerry
  • 22 points – 1972: Cork 6-18 (36) – (14) 2-8 Clare
  • 21 points – 2016: Tipperary 5-19 (34) – (13 0-13 Waterford
  • 21 points – 1896: Tipperary 7-9 (30) – (9) 2-3 Cork
  • 21 points – 2011: Tipperary 7-19 (40) - (19) 0-19 Waterford
  • 20 points – 1962: Tipperary 5-14 (29) – (9) 2-3 Waterford
  • 19 points – 1915: Cork 8-2 (26) – (7) 2-1 Clare
  • 19 points – 1983: Cork 3-22 (31) – (12) 0-12 Waterford
  • 18 points – 1993: Tipperary 3-27 (36) – (18) 2-12 Clare
  • 18 points – 1965: Tipperary 4-11 (23) – (5) 0-5 Cork
• The most one sided games from the semi-final and quarter-final stages of the championship:
  • 42 points – 1923: Cork 13-4 (43) – (1) 0-1 Waterford
  • 41 points – 1904: Tipperary 8-21 (45) – (4) 0-4 Waterford
  • 34 points – 2000: Cork 2-32 (38) – (4) 0-4 Kerry
  • 34 points – 1953: Clare 10-8 (38) – (4) 1-1 Limerick
  • 32 points – 1960: Tipperary 10-9 (39) – (7) 2-1 Limerick

Successful defending

Only 4 teams of the 6 who have won the Munster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:

• • Cork on 26 attempts out of 50 (1893, 1894, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2000, 2006)
  • Tipperary on 16 attempts out of 40 (1896, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1917, 1925, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012)
  • Limerick on 6 attempts out of 19 (1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1974, 1981)
  • Clare on 1 attempt out of 6 (1998)

Gaps

• • Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
    • 63 years: Clare (1932-1995)
    • 39 years: Waterford (1963-2002)
    • 25 years: Clare (1889-1914)
    • 18 years: Limerick (1955-1973)
    • 18 years: Clare (1914-1932)
    • 17 years: Limerick (1996-2013)
    • 16 years: Tipperary (1971-1987)
    • 15 years: Limerick (1940-1955)
    • 13 years: Limerick (1981-1994)
    • 13 years: Limerick (1897-1910)

Longest undefeated run

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 15 games held by Cork. It began with a 1-19 to 2-8 win against Tipperary in the quarter-final of the 1982 championship and finished with a 1-18 apiece draw with Tipperary in the Munster final of the 1987 championship. The 15 game unbeaten streak, which included just one drawn game, ended with a 4-22 to 1-22 extra-time loss to Tipperary in the replay of the 1987 Munster final.

Players

Top scorers

This is a list of players who have scored a cumulative total of 100 points or more in the Munster Championship.

Rank	Player	Team	Scores	Era
1	Christy Ring	Cork	29-146 (233)	1940-1962
2	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	12-177 (213)	2001–2014
3	Paul Flynn	Waterford	19-120 (177)	1993-2007
4	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	16-125 (173)	1958-1973
5	Charlie McCarthy	Cork	22-103 (169)	1965-1980
6	Gary Kirby	Limerick	7-139 (160)	1987-1999
7	Éamonn Cregan	Limerick	24-78 (150)	1965-1983
8	Joe Deane	Cork	6-114 (132)	1996-2008
9	Nicky English	Tipperary	14-77 (119)	1982-1996
10	Tony O'Sullivan	Cork	1-115 (118)	1982-1995
11	John Fenton	Cork	5-102 (117)	1975-1987
12	Jimmy Smyth	Clare	20-53 (113)	1949-1957
13	Patrick Horgan	Cork	6-92 (110)	2008-
14	Ben O'Connor	Cork	6-91 (109)	1999-2011
15	Richie Bennis	Limerick	8-84 (108)	1965-1975
16	Pat Fox	Tipperary	6-86 (104)	1980-1996
17	Michael Cleary	Tipperary	8-79 (103)	1988-1997
18	Jimmy Kennedy	Cork	33-3 (102)	1912-1927

All-time appearances

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Year
1	Christy Ring	Cork	49	1940-1963

Munster final appearances

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Finals
1	Christy Ring	Cork	18	1940, 1940 (R), 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961
2	John Doyle	Tipperary	14	1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
3	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	11	1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971
	Charlie McCarthy	Cork	11	1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	Cork	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

Munster medal winners

Rank	Player	Team	No.	Years
1	John Doyle	Tipperary	10	1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967
	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	Cork	10	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
3	Christy Ring	Cork	9	1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956
	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	9	1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971
	Charlie McCarthy	Cork	9	1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
	Gerald McCarthy	Cork	9	1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
	Ray Cummins	Cork	9	1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982
	Johnny Crowley	Cork	9	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
9	Donie Nealon	Tipperary	8	1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
	Tom Cashman	Cork	8	1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
	Dermot McCurtain	Cork	8	1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

Other records

• Winners of Munster medals on the field of play in each of three decades:
  • Paddy Ahern of Cork: 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931
  • Tommy Doyle of Tipperary: 1937, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951
  • Jimmy Doyle of Tipperary: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971
  • Ray Cummins of Cork: 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982
  • Declan Ryan of Tipperary: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics

External links

• Munster Senior Hurling Final winning teams

References

1. "Cork GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
2. "Tipperary GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
3. "Limerick GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
4. "Waterford GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
5. "Clare GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
6. "Kerry GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 10 June 2014.