1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship


The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1935 was the 49th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Limerick 2-5 to 2-4 in the final.

Teams

A total of thirteen teams contested the championship.
The Leinster championship was once again contested by the seven strongest hurling teams in the province. The Munster championship was contested by the five strongest hurling teams as Kerry did not field a team.
Galway, who had faced no competition in the Connacht championship since 1923, once again received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final. There were no representatives from the Ulster championship in the All-Ireland series of games.

Format

Leinster Championship
First round: This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Leinster. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals: The winners of the lone quarter-final joined three remaining Leinster teams to make up the quarter-final pairings. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: The winners of the two quarter-finals joined the two remaining Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.
Final: The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final.
Munster Championship
Quarter-final: This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: The winners of the lone quarter-final joined the three remaining Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.
Final: The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the All-Ireland final.
All-Ireland Championship
Semi-final: The winners of the Leinster championship were drawn to play Galway, who received a bye to this stage of the championship. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the final.
Final: The winners of the lone semi-final and the Munster champions contested this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]

Preliminary round
First round
Semi-finals
Final

[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]

First round
Semi-finals
Final

[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]

Semi-final
Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Locky ByrneKilkenny6-022045.00
1Mick FalveyOffaly4-0820210.00
2Matty PowerKilkenny5-041944.75
3Willie DelaneyLaois5-031844.50
4Mick MackeyLimerick3-081735.66
5Martin WhiteKilkenny3-041343.25

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Mick FalveyOffaly3-0514Kildare
2Willie DelaneyLaois4-0113Meath
3Martin KennedyTipperary4-0012Waterford
4J. J. McCormackOffaly3-0110Kildare
4Matty PowerKilkenny3-0110Galway
5Locky ByrneKilkenny3-009Offaly
5P. J. DorganCork3-009Clare
5Paddy RyanTipperary2-039Waterford
6Mick MackeyLimerick1-058Cork
7Matty PowerKilkenny2-017Offaly
7Locky ByrneKilkenny2-017Galway

Miscellaneous