Championship details | |
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Dates | 16 May – 5 September 1937 |
Teams | 14 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winning team | Tipperary (12th win) |
Captain | Jimmy Lanigan |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Kilkenny |
Captain | Jack Duggan |
Provincial champions | |
Munster | Tipperary |
Leinster | Kilkenny |
Ulster | Not Played |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 13 |
Goals total | 94 (7.2 per game) |
Points total | 112 (8.6 per game)) |
Top Scorer | Paddy McMahon (6–0) |
All-Star Team | See here |
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The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 May 1937 and ended on 5 September 1937.
Limerick entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial stages. Tipperary won the title following a 3–11 to 0–3 victory over Kilkenny in the final.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows: