1991 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

Football match

Event

1991 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Cork	Tipperary

4-10	2-16

Date

7 July 1991

Venue

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Referee

Terence Murray (Limerick)

Attendance

46,695

Weather

Dry

← 1990

1992 →

The 1991 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 7 July 1991 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. It was contested by Cork and Tipperary.

Highlights of both games were shown as part of The Sunday Game programme on RTÉ 2 on the Sunday night. The programmes were presented by Michael Lyster, with commentary by Ger Canning.

Drawn match

Summary

The final finished in a draw with a scoreline of 4-10 to 2-16.

Deatils

7 July
Final

Cork	4-10 – 2-16	Tipperary
G. FitzGerald (2-0), K. Hennessy (1-2), J. Fitzgibbon (1-2), T. O'Sullivan (0-3), C. Casey (0-2), P. Buckley (0-1).		M. Cleary (0-8), P. Fox (1-3), J. Leahy (1-1), Cormac Bonnar (0-1), N. English (0-1), A. Ryan (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Attendance: 46,695

Referee: Terence Murray (Limerick)

Replay

Football match

1991 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final replay

Event

1991 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary	Cork

4-19	4-15

Date

21 July 1991

Venue

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee

Terence Murray (Limerick)

Attendance

55,000

Weather

Dry

← 1990

1992 →

Summary

Tipperary, captained by Declan Carr and managed by Babs Keating, won the replay by 4-19 to 4-15 on 21 July in Semple Stadium, after coming back from nine points down, Cork had led by 3-13 to 1-10 with just a quarter of the game remaining. Aidan Ryan's late goal into the corner of the net sparked a pitch invasion from the Killinan End. Cork has a 2-8 to 1-7 lead at halftime in the replay.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The replay was described by the Irish Independent in 2014 and 2015 as one of the best games of hurling ever to be played.^[7]^[8]

Deatils

21 July
Final
replay

Tipperary	4-19 – 4-15	Cork
M. Cleary (1-7), P. Fox (1-5), A. Ryan (1-1), D. Carr (1-1), D. Ryan (0-2), J. Leahy (0-2), Cormac Bonnar (0-1).		J. Fitzgibbon (2-1), T. O'Sullivan (0-6), G. FitzGerald (1-2), K. Hennessy (1-0), J. Cashman (0-3), T. Mulcahy (0-1), P. Buckley (0-1), C. Casey (0-1).

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Terence Murray (Limerick)

References

^ "Tipperary TEAMS 1990 - 1999". Tipp hurling. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Tipp v Cork: 7 classic moments from one of hurling's great rivalries". The 42. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "Tipperary battle back to bring Cork down". Irish Times. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Munster Final Winning Teams". Munster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "Flashback: 1991 Munster SHC Final replay - Tipperary v Cork". GAA.ie. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Flashback: 1991 Munster SHC Final - Cork v Tipperary". GAA.ie. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "Was final the best game of hurling ever to be played?". Irish Independent. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "Galway's victory over Tipperary included in list of the top 10 modern hurling classics". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 June 2019.