1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 26 November 1972 and ended on 9 December 1973.

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1972–73

Championship Details
Dates	26 November 1972 – 9 December 1973
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Glen Rovers (1st win)
Captain	Denis Coughlan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	St. Rynagh's
Provincial Champions
Munster	Glen Rovers
Leinster	St. Rynagh's
Ulster	O'Donovan Rossa
Connacht	Castlegar
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being defeated by St. Finbarr's in the opening round of the Cork Championship.^[1]

On 9 December 1973, Glen Rovers won the championship after a 2-18 to 2-08 defeat of St. Rynagh's in the All-Ireland final.^[2] It was their first ever championship title.

Qualification

	Provincial finals					All-Ireland semi-finals					All-Ireland final
	Glen Rovers		2-9
	Roscrea		1-10
						Glen Rovers		6-9
						Castlegar		1-7
	Castlegar		7-12
	Tremane		2-7
											Glen Rovers		2-8
											St. Rynagh's		2-8
	St. Rynagh's		5-5
	Rathnure		2-13
						St. Rynagh's		5-9
						O'Donovan Rossa		2-8
	O'Donovan Rossa		2-8
	Ballycran		3-2

Results

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Craobh Rua V Carrick 21/01 Tremane V Toureen 21/01

Quarter-finals

Tooreen v Tremane

21 January 1973 Quarter-final	Tooreen	3-06 - 3-06	Tremane	Hollymount
				Referee: M Burke (Sligo)

Tremane v Tooreen

Quarter-final replay

Tremane

w/o - scr.

Tooreen

Craobh Rua v Carrick-on-Shannon

18 February 1973 Quarter-final

Craobh Rua

5-02 - 1-03

Carrick-on-Shannon

Markievicz Park, Sligo

Semi-final

Tremane v Craobh Rua

4 March 1973 Semi-final	Tremane	5-10 - 2-06	Craobh Rua	Athleague Sportsfield, Athleague
				Referee: M Flaherty (Galway)

Final

Tremane v Castlegar

18 March 1973 Final

Tremane

2-07 - 7-12

Castlegar

Athleague Sportsfield, Athleague

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

Arklow Rock Parnells v Palatine

26 November 1973 First round	Arklow Rock Parnells	5-11 - 5-03	Palatine	Parnell Park, Arklow
	A Byrne 1-4, J McDonald 2-0, M O'Brien 0-5, O'Reilly 1-1, K Mellon 1-1.		T Nolan 3-0, JJ Canavan 2-0, W Cullen 0-2, C Keegan 0-1.

St Brigid's v St. Rynagh's

11 March 1973 First round	St Brigid's	1-04 - 3-11	St. Rynagh's	Cusack Park, Mullingar
	N Maher 1-0, C Gavin 0-1, O Egan 0-1, O Gallagher 0-1, V Bradley 0-1.		G Burke 2-1, B Moylan 0-4, M Moylan 1-0, P Mulhaire 0-3, S Moylan 0-2, PJ Whelehan 0-1.

Éire Óg v Borris-in-Ossory

11 March 1973 First round	Éire Óg	1-07 - 2-07	Borris-in-Ossory	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
	J Winders 0-5, R Donnelly 1-0, J Murphy 0-1, J Sharpe 0-1.		P Dollard 2-1, PJ Jones 0-4, S Fahy 0-1, J Hanrahan 0-1,

Quarter-finals

Arklow Rock Parnells v Rathnure

10 December 1972 Quarter-final	Arklow Rock Parnells	4-03 - 4-08	Rathnure	Parnell Park, Arklow
	A Byrne 1-1, K Mellon 1-0, K Power 1-0, P Keogh 1-0, T Byrne 0-1, M O'Brien 0-1.		P Hendrick 2-1, M Byrne 1-1, J Quigley 1-1, J Murphy 0-2, D Quigley 0-1, S Barron 0-1, M Quigley 0-1.	Referee: D Robinson (Kildare)

Borris-in-Ossory v The Fenians

8 April 1973 Quarter-final	Borris-in-Ossory	3-07 - 4-12	The Fenians	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	M Dollard 0-4, P Dollard 1-0, L Dollard 1-0, S Fahy 1-0, B Dollard 0-2, J Phelan 0-1.		P Broderick 2-5, J Moriarty 1-2, W Watson 1-1, M Garrett 0-2, P Delaney 0-1, G Murphy 0-1.

Semi-finals

Rathnure v Faughs

22 April 1973 Semi-final	Rathnure	3-13 - 2-12	Faughs	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	P Hendrick 1-2, D Quigley 0-5, P Flynn 1-1, M Quigley 1-1, T O'Connor 0-2, J Mooney 0-2.		A Dunworth 1-11, J Aherne 1-0, A Devitt 0-1.

The Fenians v St. Rynagh's

22 April 1973 Semi-final	The Fenians	3-01 - 2-13	St. Rynagh's	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
				Referee: M Bowe (Wexford)

Final

St. Rynagh's v Rathnure

5 May 1973 Final	St. Rynagh's	5-05 - 2-13	Rathnure	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	B Moylan 1-4, S Moylan 1-0, G Burke 1-0, R Horan 1-0, B Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-1.		D Quigley 2-3, P Hendrick 0-3, P Flynn 0-1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

South Liberties v Glen Rovers

14 January 1973 Quarter-final	South Liberties	2-07 - 3-10	Glen Rovers	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	J McKenna 2-1, É Grimes 0-3, M Shanahan 0-3.		J Young 2-1, J O'Neill 1-1, J McCarthy 0-2, P Doherty 0-2, D Coughlan 0-2, T Buckley 0-1, P Harte 0-1.

Roscrea v Mount Sion

28 January 1973 Quarter-final	Roscrea	5-11 - 1-09	Mount Sion	St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea
	F Loughnane 1-10, J Tynan 1-1, M Minogue 1-0, P Roland 1-0, J Hannon 1-0.		S Greene 1-3, J Greene 0-2, F Walsh 0-2, M Geary 0-1, W Power 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Semi-finals

Ballyduff v Glen Rovers

10 March 1973 Semi-final	Ballyduff	0-01 - 5-06	Glen Rovers	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
	P Costello 0-1.		F Cunningham 4-0, T Buckley 1-2, P Harte 0-2, G O'Sullivan 0-1, P Harte 0-1.	Referee: J Quaid (Limerick)

Roscrea v Newmarket-on-Fergus

11 March 1973 Semi-final	Roscrea	3-13 - 4-04	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	W Stapleton 2-2, J Cunningham 1-3, J Tynan 0-2, L Spooner 0-2, M Minogue 0-1, D Moloney 0-1, J Hannon 0-1, F Loughnane 0-1.		M O'Leary 2-0, M Gilmartin 1-1, G Lohan 1-0, J McNamara 0-2, P McNamara 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Final

Glen Rovers v Roscrea

22 April 1973 Final	Glen Rovers	2-09 - 1-10	Roscrea	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	L McAuliffe 2-2, D Coughlan 0-2, P Harte 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, P Doherty 0-1.		F Loughnane 0-6, J Cunningham 1-1, J Tynan 0-2, J Crampton 0-1.	Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Final

O'Donovan Rossa v Ballycran

8 April 1973 Final

O'Donovan Rossa

2-08 - 3-02

Ballycran

Waterfoot

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Glen Rovers v Castlegar

6 May 1973 Semi-final	Glen Rovers	6-09 - 1-07	Castlegar	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	T Buckley 1-4, L McAuliffe 2-0, JJ O'Neill 1-1, P Harte 1-0, M Ryan 1-0, P Doherty 0-2, J Young 0-2.		N Cummins 1-2, M Connolly 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, D Furey 0-1, G Glynn 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

O'Donovan Rossa v St. Rynagh's

20 May 1973 Semi-final	O'Donovan Rossa	2-08 - 5-09	St. Rynagh's	Waterfoot
	S Collins 1-0, D McConnell 1-0, A Hamill 0-3, P Kane 0-2, L Hamill 0-2, S Clarke 0-1.		B Moylan 1-5, G Burke 2-0, R Horan 1-0, S Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-3, P Mulhaire 0-1.	Referee: E Devlin (Tyrone)

Final

Glen Rovers v St. Rynagh's

9 December 1973 Final	Glen Rovers	2–18 – 2–08	St. Rynagh's	Croke Park
	T Buckley 1–9, R Crowley 0–4, P Harte 1–0, M Ryan 0–3, J Young 0–1, JJ O'Neill 0–1.		B Moylan 0–6, B Johnston 1–1, P Mulhaire 1–0, P Horan 0–2.	Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

Main article: 1973 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final

References

1. Keys, Colm (17 March 1999). "Rathnure stalwarts who hurl aside ravages of time". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. "Whelahans keeping it in the family". Irish Examiner. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.