1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
# 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: (1 match) 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: (2 matches) 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: (2 matches) 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: (1 match) 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: (1 match) 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: (2 matches) 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: (1 match) 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: (1 match) 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: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final and the Munster champions contested this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

## Provincial championships

### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Preliminary round

First round

Semi-finals

Final

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Leinster final | Leinster final | Leinster final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Offaly | Offaly | 7-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 4-3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 7-7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Offaly | Offaly | 2-6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 3-8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Laois | Laois | 0-6 |
| | | | | | | Laois (R) | Laois (R) | 5-1 5-5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin (R) | Dublin (R) | 3-7 2-6 | | | |
| | | | Laois | Laois | 6-7 | | | | | | |
| Meath | Meath | 3-5 | Meath | Meath | 3-3 | | | | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 3-3 | | | | | | | | | |

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Semi-finals

Final

| First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Munster final | Munster final | Munster final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cork | Cork | 8-3 | | | | | | |
| Clare | Clare | 2-4 | Limerick | Limerick | 3-12 | | | |
| | | | Cork | Cork | 2-3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Limerick | Limerick | 5-5 |
| | | | | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-4 |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 8-4 | | | |
| | | | Waterford | Waterford | 1-2 | | | |

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Locky Byrne | Kilkenny | 6-02 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 1 | Mick Falvey | Offaly | 4-08 | 20 | 2 | 10.00 |
| 2 | Matty Power | Kilkenny | 5-04 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 3 | Willie Delaney | Laois | 5-03 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 4 | Mick Mackey | Limerick | 3-08 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 5 | Martin White | Kilkenny | 3-04 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mick Falvey | Offaly | 3-05 | 14 | Kildare |
| 2 | Willie Delaney | Laois | 4-01 | 13 | Meath |
| 3 | Martin Kennedy | Tipperary | 4-00 | 12 | Waterford |
| 4 | J. J. McCormack | Offaly | 3-01 | 10 | Kildare |
| 4 | Matty Power | Kilkenny | 3-01 | 10 | Galway |
| 5 | Locky Byrne | Kilkenny | 3-00 | 9 | Offaly |
| 5 | P. J. Dorgan | Cork | 3-00 | 9 | Clare |
| 5 | Paddy Ryan | Tipperary | 2-03 | 9 | Waterford |
| 6 | Mick Mackey | Limerick | 1-05 | 8 | Cork |
| 7 | Matty Power | Kilkenny | 2-01 | 7 | Offaly |
| 7 | Locky Byrne | Kilkenny | 2-01 | 7 | Galway |

### Miscellaneous

* Kilkenny won their 11th All-Ireland title to draw level with Cork and Tipperary at the top of the all-time roll of honour. It was the first time that "the big three" shared the title of roll of honour leaders.
