2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

**2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship**
Championship Details
Dates	19 July 2013 - 27 October 2013
Teams	8
Sponsor	Garvey's SuperValu
County Champions
Winners	St. Brendan's
Captain	Éamonn Corrdion
Manager	Pat O'Driscoll
County Runners-up
Runners-up	Lixnaw
Captain	James Flaherty
Manager
Championship Statistics
Matches played	17
Total goals	37 (2.17 per game)
Total points	426 (25.0 per game)

The 2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 112th completed staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1889. The championship began on 19 July 2013 and ended on 27 October 2013.

Ballyduff were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the quarter-final stage.^[1] St. Brendan's won the title, following a 0-13 to 0-8 defeat of Lixnaw in a replay of the final.^[2]^[3]

Results

Round 1

19 July Round 1	Kilmoyley	0-9 - 0-11	Causeway	Austin Stack Park

19 July Round 1	Kenmare/Kilgarvan	1-9 - 2-15	Abbeydorney	FitzGerald Stadium

21 July Round 1	St. Brendan's	0-9 - 0-23	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park

21 July Round 1	Lixnaw	3-10 - 0-7	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park

Round 2A

26 July Round 2A	St. Brendan's	1-13 - 0-9	Causeway	Austin Stack Park

27 July Round 2A	Abbeydorney	3-13 - 1-22	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park

Round 2B

28 July Round 2B	Kilmoyley	4-26 - 0-4	Kenmare/Kilgarvan	Austin Stack Park

28 July Round 2B	Ballyduff	3-11 - 1-12	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park

Quarter-finals

3 August Quarter-final	Abbeydorney	2-8 - 0-18	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park

3 August Quarter-final	Ballyduff	2-14 - 1-17	Causeway	Austin Stack Park

11 August Quarter-final replay	Ballyduff	1-11 - 0-15	Causeway	Austin Stack Park

Semi-finals

30 August Semi-final	Lixnaw	1-9 - 0-12	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park

31 August Semi-final	St. Brendan's	0-12 - 1-9	Causeway	Austin Stack Park

21 September Semi-final replay	St. Brendan's	2-18 - 2-17	Causeway	Austin Stack Park

21 September Semi-final replay	Lixnaw	3-10 - 2-9	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park

Final

13 October 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)

27 October Final replay	St. Brendan's	0-13 - 0-8	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

Miscellaneous

The county final goes to a replay for the first time since 2007.
St. Brendan's win the county championship for the first time since 1990. It is their eighth championship overall, taking them to fourth position on the all-time roll of honour.
Lixnaw lose a second successive championship decider. They have now lost three county finals since their last victory in 2005.

References

↑ "O'Sullivan on target to seal Kerry treble for Ballyduff". Irish Independent. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ Murphy, Murt (14 October 2013). "Egan saves Saints with dramatic late equaliser". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
↑ Murphy, Murt (28 October 2013). "Famine over for Brendan's". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

2013 County Senior Hurling Championships

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