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| Event | 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 3 September 1989 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park,Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Nicky English[1] | ||||||
| Referee | P. Delaney (Laois) | ||||||
| Attendance | 65,496 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||||
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The1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 102nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-countyhurling tournament for the top teams inIreland. The match was held atCroke Park,Dublin, on 3 September 1989, betweenTipperary, managed byBab's Keating andAntrim, managed byJim Nelson. The game was shown live in Ireland onNetwork 2 with match commentary provided byGer Canning and comments throughout provided byJimmy Magee.The Ulster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 4-24 to 3-9.[2]
Tipperary had led at half time by 1-13 to 0-5 with their goal coming from Declan Ryan who scored when his high long range shot for a point hit the hurley of the Antrim goalkeeperNiall Patterson on its way into the net after 18 minutes.[3]
The game is notable for a number of reasons. This was Antrim's second-ever appearance in an All-Ireland final, some forty-six years after they lost toCork at the same stage of the championship.Nicky English set a scoring record for a single player in the modern era as he notched up 2-12 to win his first All-Ireland Senior medal. The victory for Tipperary, eighteen years after their last in1971, also preserved the county's unique record of winning an All-Ireland title in every decade of the GAA's existence. Tipperary were captained byBobby Ryan.[4]
| Tipperary | 4-24 – 3-9 | Antrim |
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| N. English (2-12), D. Ryan (1-3), P. Fox (1-2), J. Leahy (0-3), D. Carr (0-2), M. Cleary (0-2). | Report | B. Donnelly (1-1), O. McFetridge (0-3), A. McCarry (1-0), D. Armstrong (1-0), T. McNaughton (0-2), P. McKillen (0-1), L. McKeegan (0-1), D. McKillop (0-1). |
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MATCH RULES
The Lattin-Cullen clubman and 6 time All Star won All Irelands with the Premier County in 1989 – where he won man of the match – and again in 1991…
