1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates2 July 1887 - 1 April 1888
Teams6
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (1st win)
CaptainJim Stapleton
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainPat Madden
Provincial champions
MunsterNot Played
LeinsterNot Played
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played4
Goals total8 (2.00 per game)
Points total22 (5.50 per game)
All-Star TeamSee here
1888

The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the first staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The championship began on 2 July 1887 and ended on 1 April 1888.

Tipperary won the title following a 1-1 to 0-0 defeat of Galway in the final.[1]

  1. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.