Type: | Minor |
Year: | 1972 |
Dates: | 14 May – 5 September 1972 |
Teams: | 15 |
Munster: | Cork |
Leinster: | Kilkenny |
Ulster: | Down |
Matches: | 14 |
Team: | Kilkenny |
Titles: | 8th |
Captain: | Brian Cody |
Team2: | Cork |
Totalgoals: | 120 (8.57 per game) |
Totalpoints: | 215 (15.35 per game) |
Topscorer: | Jimmy Barry-Murphy (11-04) |
Previous: | 1971 |
Next: | 1973 |
The 1972 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship ran from 14 May to 4 September 1972.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.[1] [2]
The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 4 September 1972 between Cork and Kilkenny, in what was their sixth All-Ireland final meeting overall and a second meeting in succession. Kilkenny won the match by 8-07 to 3-09 to claim their eighth All-Ireland title overall and a first title in ten years.[3] [4]
Cork's Jimmy Barry-Murphy was the championship's Top scorer with 11-04.
Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 11-04 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 | |
2 | Éamonn O'Sullivan | Cork | 7-12 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 | |
3 | Mick McCarthy | Kilkenny | 9-03 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 | |
4 | Billy Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 6-08 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 | |
5 | Tadhg O'Sullivan | Cork | 7-03 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 | |
6 | Pat Butler | Kilkenny | 6-02 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | |
7 | Bertie Óg Murphy | Cork | 3-10 | 19 | 5 | 3.80 | |
8 | Tom Collins | Cork | 4-05 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 | |
9 | Mick Holden | Dublin | 1-14 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 | |
10 | Bobby Sweeney | Kilkenny | 5-01 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |