1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
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| Event | 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 1 September 1991 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park,Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Pat Fox | ||||||
| Referee | Willie Horgan (Cork) | ||||||
| Attendance | 64,500 | ||||||
The1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Finalwas the 104th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship,an inter-countyhurlingtournament for the top teams inIreland.The match was held atCroke Park,Dublin,on 1 September 1991, betweenTipperaryandKilkenny.The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 1–16 to 0-15.[1]
All-Ireland final[edit]
Overview[edit]
The All-Ireland hurling final was the final match of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The match was contested byTipperaryandKilkennyon 1 September 1991 atCroke Park,Dublin,and had an attendance of 64,500. It was Tipperary's third appearance in the championship decider in four years, having lost and won the respective finals of 1988 and 1989. Kilkenny were lining out in their first final since losing the 1987 decider toGalway.Furthermore, it was the first championship meeting of these two great rivals since 1971, when Tipperary were the winners.
Tipperary were red-hot favourites and not just because of their traditional hoodoo over their nearest neighbours. The team's performances in the provincial championship and their comprehensive defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final resulted in the premier county being given the bookies nod. Kilkenny had struggles through each of their provincial games and only scraped pastAntrimin the All-Ireland semi-final.
Match report[edit]
At 3:30pm match referee Willie Horgan of Cork threw in the sliotar and the game was on. Kilkenny took the game to Tipperary from the throw-in, with veteran hurlerChristy Heffernancausing havoc for the Tipp defence, a group of players who had been lambasted for their earlier performance againstCork.On this occasion, however, they rescued the team from wave after wave of Kilkenny attack. Defensive grit kept Tipperary in the game in the first half and both sides left the field at half-time with 0-9 apiece.
The second-half saw Tipp get the breaks as the vital score of the match had more than a touch of luck about it.Michael Cleary,Tipp's ultra accurate free-taker, had been impressive all throughout the year. Ten minutes into the game he miss-hit a controversial twenty-metre free. The sliotar skewed into the Kilkenny net at the hill 16 end past a flat-footed Kilkenny defence. It was the score that gave Tipperary a lift and took the wind out of 'the Cats'’ sails. Tipperary always had a few points to spare over their rivals after that incident, withPat Foxfinishing off a wonderful championship campaign with an insurance point that gave his team a merited 1-16 to 0-15 victory. It was his fifth from play as he collected the man of the match award.Declan Carrhad the honour of collecting theLiam MacCarthy Cupon the occasion of Tipperary’s twenty-fourth All-Ireland victory.[2]
Match details[edit]
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MATCH RULES
- 70 minutes
- Replay if scores level
- Maximum of 3 substitutions
References[edit]
- ^"Flashback: 1991 All Ireland SHC Final - Tipperary v Kilkenny".GAA.ie.21 August 2019.Retrieved26 August2020.
- ^"Critics silenced as Premier heroes prove their worth".The Irish Times.2 September 1991.Archivedfrom the original on 2 September 2010.Retrieved2 September2010.