2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates19 July – 27 October 2013
Teams8
SponsorGarvey's SuperValu
ChampionsBorder St Brendan's (7th title)
Éamonn Corridan (captain)
Pat O'Driscoll (manager)
Runners-upBorder Lixnaw
James Flaherty (captain)
George Fitzgibbon (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored37 (2.18 per match)
Points scored426 (25.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Border John Egan (1-54)
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The 2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 112th completed staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1889. The championship ran from 19 July to 27 October 2013.

Ballyduff entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Causeway in the quarter-finals.[1]

The final, a replay, was played on 27 October 2013 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between St. Brendan's and Lixnaw, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. St Brendan's won the match by 0–13 to 0–08 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.[2][3]

John Egan was the championship's top scorer with 1-54.

Team changes

To championship

From championship

Results

Round 1

19 July 2013 Round 1 Kilmoyley 0-09 - 0-11 Causeway Austin Stack Park
S Brick 0-6, D Collins 0-1, S Maunsell 0-1, A Royle 0-1. P McGrath 0-8, K Carmody 0-1, D Leahy 0-1, A White 0-1.
19 July 2013 Round 1 Kenmare/Kilgarvan 1-09 - 2-15 Abbeydorney FitzGerald Stadium
S Duncan 0-7, K Fitzgibbon 1-0, K O'Sullivan 0-2. K Dineen 2-1, D O'Leary 0-6, B O'Leary 0-3, M O'Leary 0-2, D O'Connell 0-2, D Ryall 0-1.
21 July 2013 Round 1 St Brendan's 0-23 - 0-09 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
J Egan 0-14, K Fitzgerald 0-3, T Hannafin 0-2, T Moloney 0-2, D Dineen 0-1, D Wallace 0-1. P Lucid 0-6, R Kenny 0-2, D Walsh 0-1.
21 July 2013 Round 1 Lixnaw 3-10 - 0-07 Ballyduff Austin Stack Park
R Heffernan 2-4, P Lyons 1-1, J Wallace 0-2, J Griffin 0-1, B Brosnan 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1. T O'Rourke 0-2, P Boyle 0-2, D O'Carroll 0-1, E O'Connor 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1.

Round 2A

26 July 2013 Round 2A St Brendan's 1-13 - 0-09 Causeway Austin Stack Park
J Egan 0-8, K Fitzgerald 1-1, D Griffin 0-2, J Galvin 0-1, T Moloney 0-1. P McGrath 0-5, M Delaney 0-2, T Flynn 0-1, K Carmody 0-1.
27 July 2013 Round 2A Abbeydorney 3-13 - 1-22
(aet)		 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
D O'Leary 0-7, D O'Connell 1-2, E Egan 1-0, D Ryall 1-0, PJ Ryan 0-2, B O'Leary 0-1, M O'Leary 0-1. J Flaherty 1-6, R Heffernan 0-8, B Brosnan 0-5, C O'Brien 0-1, S Power 0-1, J Wallace 0-1.

Round 2B

28 July 2013 Round 2B Kilmoyley 4-26 - 0-04 Kenmare/Kilgarvan Austin Stack Park
S Brick 1-10, A Royle 2-3, D Collins 0-6, S Maunsell 0-4, C Fitzell 1-0, A McCarthy 0-3. K Fitzgibbon 0-2, P O'Shea 0-1, S Duncan 0-1.
28 July 2013 Round 2B Ballyduff 3-11 - 1-12 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
P Boyle 2-3, PJ Connolly 1-1, B O'Grady 0-2, B O'Sullivan 0-2, T O'Rourke 0-2, G O'Brien 0-1. P Lucid 1-10, S Colgan 0-2.

Quarter-finals

3 August 2013 Quarter-final Abbeydorney 2-08 - 0-18 Kilmoyley Austin Stack Park
D O’Leary 0-4 frees, B O’Leary 1-1, D O’Connell 1-0, M O’Leary 0-2, A Healy 0-1. Report S Brick 0-10 (0-5 frees), D Collins 0-4, P O’Connor 0-2, T Murnane and A Royle 0-1 each.
3 August 2013 Quarter-final Ballyduff 2-13 - 1-16
(aet)		 Causeway Austin Stack Park
P Boyle 0-12, A Boyle 1-0, M O'Connor 1-0, T O'Rourke 0-1. P McGrath 0-12, E Fitzgerald 0-1, C Harty 0-2, J Leahy 0-1, K Leahy 0-1.
11 August 2013 Quarter-final replay Ballyduff 1-11 - 0-15 Causeway Austin Stack Park
P Boyle 0-4, PJ Gorman 1-0, PJ Connolly 0-2, B O'Grady 0-1, A Boyle 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1, T O'Rourke 0-1, KJ O'Connor 0-1. P McGrath 0-6, C Harty 0-3, T Flynn 0-2, M Delaney 0-2, T Casey 0-1, K Carmody 0-1.

Semi-finals

30 August 2013 Semi-final Lixnaw 0-12 - 1-09 Kilmoyley Austin Stack Park
B Brosnan 0-8, J Flaherty 0-2, J Griffin 0-1, G Hogan 0-1. S Brick 1-5, A Royle 0-2, S Maunsell 0-1, M Regan 0-1.
31 August 2013 Semi-final St Brendan's 0-12 - 1-09 Causeway Austin Stack Park
J Egan 0-8, T Moloney 0-2, D Wallace 0-1, C Hussey 0-1. P McGrath 0-6, K Carmody 1-0, D Leahy 0-3.
21 September 2013 Semi-final replay St Brendan's 2-18 - 2-17 Causeway Austin Stack Park
J Egan 1-12, E McCarthy 1-0, C Hussey 0-3, T Moloney 0-1, JP Leen 0-1, K Fitzgerald 0-1. P McGrath 0-12, JM Dooley 2-0, J Leahy 0-2, C Harty 0-2, B Murphy 0-1.
21 September 2013 Semi-final replay Lixnaw 3-10 - 2-09 Kilmoyley Austin Stack Park
R Heffernan 3-2, J Flaherty 0-3, B Brosnan 0-3, J Wallace 0-1, E Galvin 0-1. S Brick 1-6, D Collins 1-1, M Regan 0-1, S Maunsell 0-1.

Final

13 October 2013 Final St Brendan's 0-13 - 1-10 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
J Egan 0-6 (2f), C Hussey 0-3, R Horgan, D Moriarty, O McCarthy and T Hannafin 0-1 each. Report B Brosnan 0-4 (3f), R Heffernan 1-0, E Galvin and J Flaherty 0-2 each, J Griffin and C Fitzmaurice 0-1 each. Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Final replay

27 October 2013 Final replay St Brendan's 0-13 - 0-08 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
J Egan 0-6 (0-3 frees, 0-1 ’65), D Dineen 0-2, 0-1 pen, T Moloney, O McCarthy, C Hussey, J Galvin and D Wallace 0-1 each. Report B Brosnan 0-5 all frees, J Flaherty 0-2, C Fitzmaurice 0-1. Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 John Egan St Brendan's 1-54 57 6 9.50
2 Paul McGrath Causeway 0-49 49 6 8.16
3 Shane Brick Kilmoyley 3-37 46 5 9.20
4 Ricky Heffernan Lixnaw 6-14 32 6 5.33
5 Pádraig Boyle Ballyduff 2-21 27 4 6.75
6 Brendan Brosnan Lixnaw 0-26 26 6 4.66
7 Philip Lucid Ballyheigue 1-16 19 2 9.50
8 James Flaherty Lixnaw 1-15 18 5 3.60
9 Daniel O'Leary Abbeydorney 0-17 17 3 5.66
10 Daniel Collins Kilmoyley 1-12 15 5 3.00
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 John Egan St Brendan's 1-12 15 Causeway
2 John Egan St Brendan's 0-14 14 Ballyheigue
3 Shane Brick Kilmoyley 1-10 13 Kenmare/Kilgarvan
Philip Lucid Ballyheigue 1-10 13 Ballyduff
5 Pádraig Boyle Ballyduff 0-12 12 Causeway
Paul McGrath Causeway 0-12 12 St Brendan's
Paul McGrath Causeway 0-12 12 Ballyduff
8 Ricky Heffernan Lixnaw 3-02 11 Kilmoyley
9 Ricky Heffernan Lixnaw 2-04 10 Ballyduff
Shane Brick Kilmoyley 0-10 10 Abbeydorney

Miscellaneous

  • The final went to a replay for the first time since 2007.
  • St Brendan's won the championship for the first time since 1990. It was their eighth championship overall, taking them to fourth position on the all-time roll of honour.
  • Lixnaw lost a second successive final. It was their third final defeat since their last victory in 2007.
  • Crotta O'Neill's withdraw from the championship.

References

  1. ^ "O'Sullivan on target to seal Kerry treble for Ballyduff". Irish Independent. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ Murphy, Murt (14 October 2013). "Egan saves Saints with dramatic late equaliser". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ^ Murphy, Murt (28 October 2013). "Famine over for Brendan's". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ^ Murphy, Murt (18 July 2012). "Kenmare claim county intermediate hurling crown". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 October 2023.