1975 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1975 was the 89th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Galway 2-22 to 2-10 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

Rule change

As a result of a decision taken at the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) annual congress the previous year, as of 1975 all provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and the All-Ireland final itself were reduced to 70 minutes playing time. Prior to this all championship matches were eighty minutes in duration for the past 5 years.

The championship

Format

Munster Championship

First round: (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 first round 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

First round: (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 first round games 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.

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a single match between the Munster champions and the winners of the quarter-final. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the semi-final and the Leinster champions contest this game.

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland final

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Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• All championship games were reduced from eighty to seventy minutes.
• The All-Ireland semi-final saw Galway defeat Cork for the very first time in the history of the championship. It was also Cork's first-ever defeat in an All-Ireland semi-final.
• The All-Ireland final between Galway and Kilkenny was the first time that these two sides met at this stage of the championship.
• It was revealed after the All-Ireland final that Kilkenny's Liam 'Chunky' O'Brien had two teeth extracted on the day before the final and had to call a doctor to his home at 1 a.m. on the Sunday morning to stop a gum haemorrhage.

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	4-23	35	3	11.66
2	Barney Moylan	Offaly	4-22	34	3	11.33
3	Richie Bennis	Limerick	1-21	24	3	8.00
4	Charlie McCarthy	Cork	4-9	21	4	5.25
5	Seánie O'Leary	Cork	4-8	20	4	5.00
6	Mick Bermingham	Dublin	4-5	17	2	8.50
7	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	Cork	2-9	15	4	3.75
8	P. J. Qualter	Galway	3-5	14	3	4.66
9	Pat White	Kildare	1-10	13	2	6.50
10	Liam O'Brien	Kilkenny	1-9	12	3	4.00
	Gerry Coone	Galway	1-9	12	3	4.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Barney Moylan	Offaly	4-4	16	Kildare
2	Mick Bermingham	Dublin	3-4	13	Laois
	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-7	13	Galway
	Pat White	Kildare	1-10	13	Offaly
5	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	1-8	11	Dublin
	Seánie Kinsella	Wexford	1-8	11	Offaly
	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	1-8	11	Wexford
8	Ned Buggy	Wexford	1-7	10	Kilkenny
9	Michael 'Babs' Keating	Tipperary	2-3	9	Limerick
	Richie Bennis	Limerick	1-6	9	Tipperary
	Barney Moylan	Offaly	0-9	9	Kildare
	Barney Moylan	Offaly	0-9	9	Wexford
	Richie Bennis	Limerick	0-9	9	Tipperary

Player facts

Debutantes

The following players made their début in the 1975 championship:

Player	Team	Date	Opposition	Game
Dinny Allen	Cork	June 8	Waterford	Munster quarter-final
Jimmy Barry-Murphy	Cork	June 8	Waterford	Munster quarter-final

References

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).