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	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	41	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	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	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	9	19	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
Clare	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	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: 3 for Tipperary (2011-12-15)

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 – 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

• • Longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
    • 63 years: Clare (1932-1995)
    • 39 years: Waterford (1963-2002)

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

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

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

Other records

Most wins

• Only two players have won ten Munster medals on the field of play:
  • John Doyle of Tipperary: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967
  • Jimmy Barry-Murphy of Cork: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
• 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

External links

• Munster Senior Hurling Final winning teams