1990 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1990 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 1990 provincial fixtures took place in November 1989. The championship began on 13 May 1990 and ended on 2 September 1990.
Championship details | |
---|---|
Dates | 13 May - 2 September 1990 |
Teams | 15 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winning team | Cork (27th win) |
Captain | Tomás Mulcahy |
Manager | Michael O'Brien |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Galway |
Captain | Joe Cooney |
Manager | Cyril Farrell |
Provincial champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Offaly |
Ulster | Antrim |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 14 |
Goals total | 63 (4.5 per game) |
Points total | 395 (28.21 per game) |
Top Scorer | ![]() |
Player of the Year | ![]() |
All-Star Team | See here |
← 1989 1991 → |
Tipperary were the defending champions but were defeated by Cork in the Munster final.[1][2] London qualified for the championship for the first time in two years.
On 2 September 1990, Cork won the championship following a 5–15 to 2–21 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[3] This was their 27th All-Ireland title, their first in four championship seasons.
Cork's John Fitzgibbon was the championship's top scorer with 7-09. Cork's Tony O'Sullivan was the unanimous choice for Hurler of the Year.