1986 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 June – 7 September 1986 |
| Teams | 14 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (26th win) |
| Captain | Tom Cashman |
| Manager | Johnny Clifford |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Captain | Noel Lane |
| Manager | Cyril Farrell |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Top Scorer | Jimmy Barry-Murphy (5–5) Kevin Hennessy (5–5) |
| Player of the Year | Ger Cunningham |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1985 1987 → | |
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1986 was the 100th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Galway 4–13 to 2–15 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.
Format
[edit]Munster Championship
[edit]Participating counties (5): Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
Quarter-final (1 match): This is a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals (2 matches): The winner of the lone quarter-final joins the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.
Final (1 match): The winner of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.
Leinster Championship
[edit]Participating counties (6): Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford
Quarter-finals: (2 matches): These are two matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Leinster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals (2 matches): The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.
All-Ireland Championship
[edit]Quarter-final (1 match): This is a single match between Galway and the winners of the All-Ireland 'B' championship. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-final where they play the Leinster champions.
Semi-finals (2 matches): The winners of the lone quarter-final join the Munster and Leinster champions and Antrim to make up the semi-final pairings. The provincial champions are kept apart in separate semi-finals. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.
Final (1 match): The two winners of the semi-finals contest this game.
Team changes
[edit]To Championship
[edit]Qualified from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
From Championship
[edit]Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Teams
[edit]General information
[edit]Fourteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, one team from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
Provincial championships
[edit]Leinster Senior Hurling championship
[edit]| Laois | 3–20 – 2–7 | Westmeath |
|---|---|---|
| E. Fennelly (2–4), J. Dollard (1–1), W. Kirwan (0–4), B. Bohane (0–4), P. J. Cuddy (0–3), J. Taylor (0–2), M. O'Sullivan (0–1), P. Critchley (0–1). | D. Kilcoyne (1–1), B. McCabe (1–0), M. Kilcoyne (0–2), S. Kilcoyne (0–1), M. Cosgrave (0–1), M. Hickey (0–1), D. McCormack (0–1). |
| Kilkenny | 1–21 – 0–18 | Wexford |
|---|---|---|
| G. Fennelly (0–5), L. Ryan (0–5), R. Power (0–5), L. Fennelly (1–0), J. Mulcahy (0–3), C. Heffernan (0–1), P. Brennan (0–1), K. Brennan (0–1). | P. Courtney (0–4), J. Houlihan (0–4), S. Fitzhenry (0–3), M. Storey (0–3), G. O'Connor (0–2), B. Byrne (0–1), S. Whelan (0–1). |
| Offaly | 1–23 – 4–9 | Laois |
|---|---|---|
| P. Corrigan (0–9), D. Owens (0–5), B. Birmingham (1–0), P. Horan (0–3), M. Corrigan (0–2), P. Cleary (0–2), J. Dooley (0–1), J. Kelly (0–1). | P. J. Cuddy (3–0), P. Critchley (1–1), E. Fennelly (0–4), B. Bohane (0–3), S. Plunkett (0–1). |
| Kilkenny | 3–15 – 1–9 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| L. Ryan (1–3), P. Brennan (1–2), O. Heffernan (1–1), G. Fennelly (0–4), K. Brennan (0–2), L. Fennelly (0–1), H. Ryan (0–1), R. Power (0–1). | S. McDonald (0–4), M. Ryan (1–0), B. McMahon (0–1), V. Holden (0–1), S. Dalton (0–1), J. Morris (0–1), J. Twomey (0–1). |
| Kilkenny | 4–10 – 1–11 | Offaly |
|---|---|---|
| L. Fennelly (3–1), H. Ryan (1–1), G. Fennelly (0–4), P. Walsh (0–1), C. Heffernan (0–1), K. Brennan (0–1), R. Power (0–1). | P. Corrigan (0–6), P. Delaney (1–1), J. Dooley (0–1), P. Cleary (0–1), P. Horan (0–1), M. Corrigan (0–1). |
Munster Senior Hurling championship
[edit]| Clare | 2–14 – 0–14 | Limerick |
|---|---|---|
| C. Lyons (0–6), V. Donnellan (0–4), G. McInerney (1–0), S. Dolan (1–0), J. Callinan (0–2), B. Fitzpatrick (0–1), A. Cunningham (0–1). | P. Kelly (0–7), D. FitzGerald (0–3), R. Sampson (0–2), S. Fitzgibbon (0–1), L. Garvey (0–1). |
| Cork | 6–13 – 0–9 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| G. FitzGerald (2–1), K. Hennessy (2–1), T. Mulcahy (1–3), J. Barry-Murphy (1–1), P. Horgan (0–3), J. Fenton (0–3), J. Cashman (0–1). | N. Crowley (0–3), P. Power (0–2), T. Waters (0–2), M. Walsh (0–1), P. McGrath (0–1). |
| Clare | 2–10 – 1–11 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| T. Guilfoyle (1–1), G. McInerney (1–0), V. Donnellan (0–3), S. Fitzpatrick (0–2), C. Lyons (0–2), S. Dolan (0–1), A. Cunningham (0–1). | S. Power (0–5), L. Maher (1–1), L. Stokes (0–3), P. Kennedy (0–1), R. Callaghan (0–1). |
| Cork | 2–18 – 3–12 | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| J. Fenton (0–8), J. Fitzgibbon (1–1), J. Barry-Murphy (1–1), T. O'Sullivan (0–4), K. Hennessy (0–2), J. Cashmna (0–1), P. Hartnett (0–1). | T. Guilfoyle (2–2), G. McInerney (1–1), C. Lyons (0–4), S. Dolan (0–2), V. Donnellan (0–1), D. Coote (0–1), J. Shanahan (0–1). |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Cork
| 7-11 | |||||||||||||
 Antrim
| 1–24 | |||||||||||||
| Cork
| 4-13 | |||||||||||||
 Galway
| 2–15 | |||||||||||||
| Galway
| 4-12 | |||||||||||||
| Galway
| 4-24 |  Kilkenny
| 0–13 | |||||||||||
 Kerry
| 1–03 | |||||||||||||
All-Ireland quarter-finals
[edit]| Galway | 4–24 – 1–3 | Kerry |
|---|---|---|
| N. Lane (3–4), M. Connolly (1–2), P. Murphy (0–4), A. Cunningham (0–3), T. Kilkenny (0–2), B. Lynskey (0–2), J. Cooney (0–2), T. Keady (0–2), M. Naughton (0–2), M. McGrath (0–1). | T. Nolan (1–1), J. Flaherty (0–1), D. J. Leahy (0–1). |
All-Ireland semi-finals
[edit]| Galway | 4–12 – 0–13 | Kilkenny |
|---|---|---|
| J. Cooney (2–2), A. Cunningham (1–3), N. Lane (1–1), M. Naughton (0–2), B. Lynskey (0–1), S. Mahon (0–1), T. Kilkenny (0–1), P. J. Molloy (0–1). | J. Mulcahy (0–4), G. Fennelly (0–3), K. Brennan (0–2), H. Ryan (0–2), B. Fitzpatrick (0–1), R. Power (0–1). |
| Cork | 7–11 – 1–24 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
| J. Barry-Murphy (3–1), G. FitzGerald (2–1), T. Mulcahy (1–1), K. Hennessy (1–1), T. O'Sullivan (0–3), T. Cashman (0–2), J. Buckley (0–1), J. Cashman (0–1). | P. McKillen (1–4), P. Boyle (0–5), D. Donnelly (0–4), O. Lavery (0–3), B. Donnelly (0–3), D. McNaughton (0–2), J. McKiernan (0–2), A. McCarry (0–1). |
All-Ireland Final
[edit]| Cork | 4–13 – 2–15 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| K. Hennessy (2–1), J. Fenton (1–4), T. Mulcahy (1–1), K. Kingston (0–2), J. Barry-Murphy (0–2), T. O'Sullivan (0–1), G. FitzGerald (0–1), T. Cashman (0–1). | T. Keady (0–5), J. Cooney (0–4), P. J. Molloy (1–1), J. Commins (1–0), M. Naughton (0–2), S. Mahon (0–1), P. Finnerty (0–1), P. Murphy (0–1). |
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Championship statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Hat-trick heroes:
- First hat-trick of the championship: P. J. Cuddy for Laois against Offaly (Leinster semi-final)
- Second hat-trick of the championship: Noel Lane for Galway against Kerry (All-Ireland quarter-final)
- Third hat-trick of the championship: Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Cork against Antrim (All-Ireland semi-final)
- Widest winning margin: 30 points
- Most goals in a match: 8
- Most points in a match: 39
- Most goals by one team in a match: 7
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
- Most points scored by a winning team: 24
- Most points scored by a losing team: 24
Top scorers
[edit]Season
[edit]| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 5–5 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| Kevin Hennessy | Cork | 5–5 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | |
| 3 | John Fenton | Cork | 1–15 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Noel Lane | Kilkenny | 4–5 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 5 | Ger Fennelly | Kilkenny | 0–16 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 6 | Ger FitzGerald | Cork | 4–3 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| Paddy Corrigan | Offaly | 0–15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 | |
| 8 | Liam Fennelly | Kilkenny | 4–2 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| Eugene Fennelly | Laois | 2–8 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 | |
| Joe Cooney | Galway | 2–8 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 | |
| Tomás Mulcahy | Cork | 3–5 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
Single game
[edit]| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noel Lane | Galway | 3–4 | 13 | Kerry |
| 2 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 3–1 | 10 | Antrim |
| Liam Fennelly | Kilkenny | 3–1 | 10 | Offaly | |
| Eugene Fennelly | Laois | 2–4 | 10 | Westmeath | |
| 5 | P. J. Cuddy | Laois | 3–0 | 9 | Offaly |
| Paddy Corrigan | Offaly | 0–9 | 9 | Laois | |
| 7 | Tommy Guilfoyle | Clare | 2–2 | 8 | Cork |
| Joe Cooney | Galway | 2–2 | 8 | Kilkenny | |
| John Fenton | Cork | 0–8 | 8 | Clare | |
| 10 | Ger FitzGerald | Cork | 2–1 | 7 | Waterford |
| Kevin Hennessy | Cork | 2–1 | 7 | Waterford | |
| Ger FitzGerald | Cork | 2–1 | 7 | Antrim | |
| Kevin Hennessy | Cork | 2–1 | 7 | Galway | |
| John Fenton | Cork | 1–4 | 7 | Galway | |
| Paul McKillen | Antrim | 1–4 | 7 | Cork | |
| Paddy Kelly | Limerick | 0–7 | 7 | Clare |