1973–74 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1973–74
Championship Details
Dates	28 October 1973 – 28 April 1974
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Blackrock (2nd win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Rathnure
Provincial Champions
Munster	Blackrock
Leinster	Rathnure
Ulster	St. John's
Connacht	Castlegar
Championship Statistics
Top Scorer	Dan Quigley (4-42)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 28 October 1973 and ended on 28 April 1974.

Glen Rovers of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being defeated by Blackrock in the final of the Cork Championship.^[1]

On 28 April 1974, Blackrock won the championship after a 3–08 to 1–09 defeat of Rathnure in the All-Ireland final replay.^[2] It was second championship title overall and their first title since 1972.

Dan Quigley of Rathnure was the championship's top scorer with 4-42.

Format

The 1973–74 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster championships were played on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Ulster champions while the Leinster champions played the Connacht champions. The winners of these two games contested the All-Ireland club final.

Results

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

18 November 1973 Quarter-final	St. Finbarr's	2-04 - 4-05	Ballinrobe	St. Manchan's Park, Mohill
	H Faughnan 1-0, G Keegan 1-0, J O'Donoghue 0-2, L Harte 0-1, M Doorigan 0-1.		M Murphy 1-1, P Malone 1-1, P McWaters 1-0, J Murphy 1-0, V Hughes 0-2, B Crowley 0-1.

18 November 1973 Quarter-final	Craobh Rua	3-02 - 1-12	Tremane	Corran Park, Ballymote
	C Lawlor 2-1, J Fitzgerald 1-0, M Lally 0-1.		T Healy 1-3, J Kilroy 0-6, M Kilroy 0-2, J Coyne 0-1.

Semi-final

Semi-final

Ballinrobe

v

Tremane

Final

Final

Castlegar

7-08 - 1-07

Tremane

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

11 November 1973 First round

Carnew Emmets

2-06 - 2-08

Faughs

Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

11 November 1973 First round	Ballinkillen	6-05 - 7-13	The Fenians	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	S Nolan 3-0, J Clerkin 2-0 ,T Collier 1-1, Terry Byrne 0-2, Tim Byrne 0-1, Cyril Hughes 0-1.		B Fitzpatrick 3-4, P Broderick 1-4, W Watson 2-0, J Moriarty 1-0, P Delaney 0-2, M Garrett 0-2, G Murphy 0-1.

Quarter-finals

25 November 1973 Quarter-final	Faughs	1-12 - 0-07	Ardclough	O'Toole Park, Dublin
	P O'Neill 1-6, N Smith 0-2, C Muldoon 0-2, T Quinn 0-1, J Lyons 0-1.		N Walsh 0-2, J Walsh 0-2, T Christian 0-2, D Dalton 0-1.

25 November 1973 Quarter-final	Camross	2-02 - 1-08	St. Rynagh's	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	F Keenan 1-1, O Cuddy 1-0, S Cuddy 0-1.		B Moylan 0-5, PJ Whelehan 1-0, P Mulhaire 0-1, J Horan 0-2.

25 November 1973 Quarter-final	The Fenians	3-07 - 3-10	Rathnure	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	B Fitzpatrick 1-1, P Delaney 1-1, J Moriarty 1-0, W Watson 0-2, P Henderson 0-2.		D Quigley 0-6, J Murphy 1-2, M Byrne 1-0, J Quigley 1-0, T O'Connor 0-1, M Quigley 0-1.	Referee: M Spain (Offaly)

25 November 1973 Quarter-final	Boardsmill	2-07 - 1-02	Raharney	St. Loman's Park, Trim
				Referee: C Foley (Dublin)

Semi-finals

20 January 1974 Semi-final	Boardsmill	1-11 - 4-08	St. Rynagh's	Kildalkey
	S Carney 0-7, D Fay 1-0, V Guy 0-2, N Perry 0-1, TJ Reilly 0-1.		H Dolan 1-1, M Moylan 0-4, J Claffery 1-0, PJ Whelehan 1-0, S Moylan 1-0, J Woods 0-1, P Horan 0-1, JJ Devery 0-1.

20 January 1974 Semi-final	Faughs	2-10 - 6-12	Rathnure	Croke Park, Dublin
	Paddy O'Neill 1-9, N Rea 1-0, J Conway 0-1.		J Quigley 2-4, J Murphy 2-2, D Quigley 0-4, V Fenlon 1-0, M Byrne 1-0, P Flynn 0-1, M Quigley 0-1.	Referee: S Rankins (Laois)

Final

3 March 1974 Final	Rathnure	1-18 - 2-09	St. Rynagh's	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	D Quigley 1-15, M Quigley 0-1, J Quigley 0-1, S Murphy 0-1.		S Moylan 0-7, B Moylan 2-0, H Dolan 0-1, P Mulhaire 0-1.

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

28 October 1973 Quarter-final	Newmarket-on-Fergus	6-10 - 3-07	Portlaw	Newmarket-on-Fergus
	T Ryan 4-7, M Gilmartin 1-0, P McNamara 1-0, S Liddy 0-1, G McNamara 0-1, B Behan 0-1.		M Hickey 0-4, A Ryan 1-0, T Cheasty 1-0, B Kiely 1-0, T Russell 0-1, D Long 0-1, M Regan 0-1.

16 December 1973 Quarter-final

Kilmallock

0-09 - 2-03

Roscrea

FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock

6 January 1974 Quarter-final replay	Roscrea	5-07 - 2-04	Kilmallock	St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea
	F Loughnane 3-2, J Cunningham 0-5, B Stapleton 1-0, J Fitzgerald 1-0.		T Smith 1-2, M Dowling 1-1, P Kelly 0-1.

Semi-finals

11 November 1973 Semi-final	Newmarket-on-Fergus	4-07 - 2-07	Ballyduff	Newmarket-on-Fergus
	T Ryan 2-4, M Gilmartin 1-1, B Meehan 1-0, G Lohan 0-1, DJ Meehan 0-1.		J O'Grady 2-1, J Bunyan 0-3, M Sullivan 0-1, MJ Quinlan 0-1, B Hennessy 0-1.	Referee: S O'Meara (Tipperary)

20 January 1974 Semi-final	Roscrea	4-08 - 5-06	Blackrock	St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea
	J Cunningham 2-5, J Spooner 1-0, J Tynan 1-0, F Loughnane 0-3.		É O'Donoghue 2-0, R Cummins 2-0, J O'Halloran 1-0, P Moylan 0-3, D Collins 0-1, D Prendergast 0-1, T Murphy 0-1.

Final

17 February 1974 Final	Blackrock	1–13 - 0–14	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Bruff
	D Collins 0-5, P Moylan 0-4, B Cummins 1-0, R Cummins 0-1, D Prendergast 0-1, P Kavanagh 0-1, É O'Donoghue 0-1.		T Ryan 0-9, C Woods 0-3, M Kilmartin 0-2.	Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-final

18 November 1973 Semi-final

St. John's

9-07 - 2-02

Ballygalget

Mitchel Park, Ballygalget

Final

Final

St. John's

w/o - scr.

Kevin Lynch's

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

3 March 1974 Semi-final	Blackrock	5–12 – 1–05	St. John’s	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	É O'Donoghue 3-2, J O'Halloran 2-3, P Moylan 0-5, B Cummins 0-1, P Kavanagh 0-1.		H McCrory 1-2, A McCallin 0-2, S Burns 0-1.	Referee: P Johnston (Kilkenny)

10 March 1974 Semi-final	Rathnure	1–15 – 1–06	Castlegar	Enniscorthy
	D Quigley 0-5, Séamus Murphy 1-1, J Murphy 0-3, P Flynn 0-2, J Mooney 0-1, M Byrne 0-1, Seán Murphy 0-1, T O'Connor 0-1.		N Cummins 1-2, J Connolly 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, M Connolly 0-1.	Referee: N Dalton (Waterford)

Finals

17 March 1974 Final	Blackrock	2–14 – 3–11	Rathnure	Croke Park, Dublin
	P Moylan 0–8, É O'Donoghue 1–1, D Collins 1–1, D Prendergast 0–2, R Cummins 0–2.		D Quigley 3–6, P Flynn 0–2, J Murphy 0–2, J Quigley 0–1.	Referee: P Johnson (Kilkenny)

28 April 1974 Final replay	Blackrock	3–08 – 1–09	Rathnure	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
	E O'Donoghue 1–2, D Collins 1–1, R Cummins 1–0, D Prendergast 0–3, P Moylan 0–2.		J Quigley 1–3, D Quigley 0–6.	Referee: P Johnston (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Dan Quigley	Rathnure	4-42	54	6	9.00
2	Timmy Ryan	Newmarket-on-Fergus	6-20	38	3	12.66
3	Éamonn O'Donoghue	Blackrock	7-06	27	5	5.40

Miscellaneous

Dan Quigley's tally of 1-15 for Rathnure is the highest-ever personal tally for an individual in a Leinster final.

References

^ "Whelahans keeping it in the family". Irish Examiner. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ Breheny, Martin (15 March 2011). "All-Ireland Club Hurling". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[1] "Whelahans keeping it in the family". Irish Examiner. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[2] Breheny, Martin (15 March 2011). "All-Ireland Club Hurling". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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