1994–95 National Hurling League


The 1994–95 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 64th edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 8 October 1994 until 7 May 1995.
Kilkenny won the league, beating Clare by 2-12 to 0-9 in the final.

Structure

There are eight teams in each division. Each plays each other team once, home or away, and receives two points for a win and one for a draw.
The top two teams in Division 1 advance to the semi-finals. The third- and fourth-placed teams in Division 1 go into the quarter-finals, as do the top two teams in Division 2.
The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted for the following season. The bottom two in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.

Division 1

came into the season as defending champions of the 1993-94 season. Clare and Kilkenny joined Division 1 as the promoted teams.
On 7 May 1995, Kilkenny won the title after a 2-12 to 0-9 win over Clare in the final. It was their 9th league title overall and their first since 1989-90.
Antrim, Laois and Limerick were relegated from Division 1.
Tipperary's Michael Cleary was the Division 1 top scorer with 3-34.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLDiffPtsNotes
1 Clare 76014012National Hurling League runners-up
2 Kilkenny 75022210National Hurling League champions
3 Cork 7412199-
4 Galway 7412159-
5 Tipperary 730476-
6 Limerick 7214-195Relegated to Division 2
7 Laois 7115-623Relegated to Division 2
8 Antrim 7025-242Relegated to Division 2

Group stage

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

Scoring statistics

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Michael ClearyTipperary3-344376.14
2Adrian RonanKilkenny0-333384.12
3Cyril LyonsClare2-232983.62
3Gary KirbyLimerick1-262964.83
3Barry EganCork0-292983.62
6D. J. CareyKilkenny6-102884.50
7Liam BurkeGalway0-272783.37
8Cathal MoranGalway0-242464.00
9Jim McInerneyGalway5-82373.28
10John CarsonAntrim2-152145.25
10Eamon MorrisseyKilkenny2-152192.33

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotalOpposition
1Michael ClearyTipperary2-0612Laois
2Michael ClearyTipperary1-0811Limerick
3D. J. CareyKilkenny3-0110Offaly
4Brian CunninghamCork2-039Antrim
4Gary KirbyLimerick1-069Cork
4Cyril LyonsClare1-069Laois
4John CarsonAntrim1-069Galway
4Liam BurkeGalway0-099Laois
4Barry EganCork0-099Tipperary
4Johnny DooleyOffaly0-099Kilkenny

Division 2

On 26 March 1995, Waterford secured the title after an 0-11 to 0-6 win over Kerry in the final round of the group stage. Kerry and Offaly were also promoted to Division 1.
Carlow and Meath were relegated from Division 2.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLDiffPtsNotes
1 Waterford 76012212Division 2 champions, promoted to Division 1
2 Offaly 75023110Promoted to Division 1
3 Kerry 7403118Promoted to Division 1
4 Down 7403-18-
5 Wexford 7304256-
6 Meath 7223-126-
7 Dublin 7214-45-
8 Carlow 7016-771Relegated to Division 3

Knock-out stage

Play-off