1986 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Format

Munster Championship

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

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

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

To Championship

Qualified from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• Kerry

From Championship

Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• London

Teams

General information

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

Leinster Senior Hurling championship

date = 1 June 1986 Quarter-Final| team1 = Laois | score = 3–20 – 2–7 | team2 = Westmeath | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = 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). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin| attendance = | referee = S. Bailey (Dublin)

date = 1 June 1986 Quarter-Final| team1 = Kilkenny | score = 1–21 – 0–18 | team2 = Wexford | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = 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). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin| attendance = | referee = G. Kirwan (Offaly)

date = 22 June 1986 Semi-Final | team1 = Offaly | score = 1–23 – 4–9 | team2 = Laois | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = P. J. Cuddy (3–0), P. Critchley (1–1), E. Fennelly (0–4), B. Bohane (0–3), S. Plunkett (0–1). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin| attendance = 16,000 | referee = J. Denton (Wexford)

date = 22 June 1986 Semi-Final | team1 = Kilkenny | score = 3–15 – 1–9 | team2 = Dublin | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = 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). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin| attendance = 16,000 | referee = P. Delaney (Laois)

date = 13 July 1986 Final | team1 = Kilkenny | score = 4–10 – 1–11 | team2 = Offaly | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = P. Corrigan (0–6), P. Delaney (1–1), J. Dooley (0–1), P. Cleary (0–1), P. Horan (0–1), M. Corrigan (0–1). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin| attendance = 28,635 | referee = J. Denton (Wexford)

Munster Senior Hurling championship

date = 1 June 1986 Quarter-Final| team1 = Clare | score = 2–14 – 0–14 | team2 = Limerick | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = P. Kelly (0–7), D. FitzGerald (0–3), R. Sampson (0–2), S. Fitzgibbon (0–1), L. Garvey (0–1). | stadium = Cusack Park, Ennis| attendance = 16,085 | referee = W. Horgan (Cork)

date = 8 June 1986 Semi-Final | team1 = Cork | score = 6–13 – 0–9 | team2 = Waterford | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = N. Crowley (0–3), P. Power (0–2), T. Waters (0–2), M. Walsh (0–1), P. McGrath (0–1). | stadium = Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork| attendance = 7,000 | referee = W. Barrett (Tipperary)

date = 22 June 1986 Semi-Final| team1 = Clare | score = 2–10 – 1–11 | team2 = Tipperary | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = S. Power (0–5), L. Maher (1–1), L. Stokes (0–3), P. Kennedy (0–1), R. Callaghan (0–1). | stadium = Cusack Park, Ennis| attendance = 21,655 | referee = T. Murray (Limerick)

date = 20 July 1986 Final | team1 = Cork | score = 2–18 – 3–12 | team2 = Clare | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = 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). | stadium = FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney| attendance = 39,975| referee = T. Murray (Limerick)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

| team-width= 100 | score-width= 35 | RD1-team8= [[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg|border|20px]] Kerry | RD1-score8= 1–03 | RD1-team7= ** [[File:Colours of Galway.svg|border|20px]] Galway** | RD1-score7= ** 4-24** | RD2-team1= ** [[File:Colours of Cork.svg|border|20px]] Cork** | RD2-score1= ** 7-11** | RD2-team2= [[File:Colours of Antrim.svg|border|20px]] Antrim | RD2-score2= 1–24 | RD2-team3= ** [[File:Colours of Galway.svg|border|20px]] Galway** | RD2-score3= ** 4-12** | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|border|20px]] Kilkenny | RD2-score4= 0–13 | RD3-team1= ** [[File:Colours of Cork.svg|border|20px]] Cork** | RD3-score1= ** 4-13** | RD3-team2=[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|border|20px]] Galway | RD3-score2=2–15 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-seed7= | RD2-seed3= | RD2-seed1= | RD2-seed2= | RD3-seed1= | RD3-seed2=

All-Ireland quarter-finals

date = 19 July 1986 Quarter-Final | team1 = Galway | score = 4–24 – 1–3 | team2 = Kerry | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = T. Nolan (1–1), J. Flaherty (0–1), D. J. Leahy (0–1). | stadium = Cusack Park, Ennis| attendance = | referee = G. Kirwan (Offaly)

All-Ireland semi-finals

date = 10 August 1986 Semi-Final | team1 = Galway | team2 = Kilkenny | score = 4–12 – 0–13 | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = J. Mulcahy (0–4), G. Fennelly (0–3), K. Brennan (0–2), H. Ryan (0–2), B. Fitzpatrick (0–1), R. Power (0–1). | stadium = Semple Stadium, Thurles| attendance = | referee = T. Murray (Limerick)

date = 10 August 1986 Semi-Final | team1 = Cork | score = 7–11 – 1–24 | team2 = Antrim | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = 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). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin| attendance = 2,000 | referee = J. F. Bailey (Dublin)

All-Ireland Final

Main article: 1986 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

date = 7 September 1986 Final | team1 = Cork | score = 4–13 – 2–15 | team2 = Galway | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = 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). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin| attendance = 63,451 | referee = J. F. Bailey (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Scoring

• 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
  • Galway 4–24 : 1–3 Kerry (Leinster quarter-final)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Cork 7–11 : 1–24 Antrim (All-Ireland semi-final)
• Most points in a match: 39
  • Kilkenny 1–21 : 0–18 Wexford (Leinster quarter-final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 7
  • Cork 7–11 : 1–24 Antrim (All-Ireland semi-final)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
  • Laois 4–9 : 1–23 Offaly (Leinster semi-final)
• Most points scored by a winning team: 24
  • Galway 4–24 : 1–3 Kerry (Leinster quarter-final)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 24
  • Antrim 1–24 : 7–11 Cork (All-Ireland semi-final)

Top scorers

Season

Single game

References

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