1997 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

Football match

1997 Munster Senior Hurling Final

Event

1997 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Clare	Tipperary

1-18	0-18

Date

6 July 1997

Venue

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Referee

P. O'Connor (Limerick)

Attendance

43,560

Weather

Sunny

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The 1997 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final (sponsored by Guinness) was a hurling match played on Sunday 6 July 1997 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. It was contested by Clare and Tipperary. Clare captained by Anthony Daly and managed by Ger Loughnane claimed the title beating Tipperary on a scoreline of 1-18 to 0-18.^[1] The match was shown live in Ireland as part of the Sunday Game live on RTÉ Two.

The win was the first for Clare over Tipperary in a Munster final. Both teams would go on to contest the 1997 All-Ireland Final, two months later, a game which was also won by Clare on a 2-13 to 0-20 scoreline.^[2]^[3]

6 July
Final

Clare	1-18 – 0-18	Tipperary
J. O'Connor (0-5), D. Forde (1-1), G. O'Loughlin (0-3), S. McMahon (0-3), P. J. O'Connell (0-2), C. Lynch (0-1), F. Tuohy (0-1), S. McNamara (0-1), B. Murphy (0-1).	Report Full Match	T. Dunne (0-7), D. Ryan (0-4), K. Tucker (0-3), J. Leahy (0-3), M. Cleary (0-1).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Attendance: 43,560

Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

References

^ "Munster Final Winning Teams". Munster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "Clare v Tipperary". Hogan Stand. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ Crowe, Marie (21 May 2017). "Clare's second win was the sweetest - Jamesie O'Connor meets Brian Lohan to talk about '97". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 August 2020.