2011 Lory Meagher Cup
Appearance
Dates | 23 April – 4 June 2011 | ||
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Teams | 8 | ||
Champions | Donegal Colm Breathnach (captain) Andrew Wallace (manager) | ||
Runners-up | Tyrone Tom Magill (manager) | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 11 | ||
Goals scored | 42 (3.82 per match) | ||
Points scored | 265 (24.09 per match) | ||
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The 2011 Lory Meagher Cup is the third edition of the Lory Meagher Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009 and is the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by eight GAA county teams ranked 29–36 in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The winners of the 2011 Lory Meagher Cup, Donegal were promoted to the 2012 Nicky Rackard Cup.
Format
[edit]The tournament had a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out.
- The eight teams played four Round 1 matches.
- The winners in Round 1 advanced to Round 2A.
- The losers in Round 1 went into Round 2B.
- There were two Round 2A matches.
- The winners in Round 2A advanced to the semifinals.
- The losers in Round 2A went into the quarter-finals.
- There were two Round 2B matches.
- The winners in Round 2B advanced to the quarter-finals.
- The losers in Round 2B were eliminated.
- There were two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
- The winners of the quarter-finals advanced to the semifinals.
- The losers of the quarter-finals were eliminated.
- There were two semifinal matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
- The winners of the semifinals advanced to the final.
- The losers of the semifinals were eliminated.
- The winners of the final won the Lory Meagher Cup for 2011.
Team changes
[edit]To Championship
[edit]Relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup
From Championship
[edit]Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup
- None
Teams
[edit]County | Last Cup Title | Last Provincial Title | Last All-Ireland Title | Position in 2010 Championship | Appearance |
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— | — | — | Quarter-finals | 3rd |
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— | 1932 | — | Runners-up | 3rd |
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— | — | — | Semi-finals | 3rd |
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— | — | — | Semi-finals | 3rd |
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2010 | — | — | Champions | 3rd |
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— | — | — | Round 2 | 3rd |
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2009 | — | — | Round 2 (Nicky Rackard Cup) | 2nd |
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— | — | — | Quarter-finals | 3rd |
Bracket
[edit]Round 1 Round 2B | Round 2A Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 3-16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warwickshire | 1-13 | Donegal | 3-18 | ||||||||||||||||
Fermanagh | w/o | Fermanagh | 2-8 | ||||||||||||||||
Cavan | scr. | Donegal | 1-15 | ||||||||||||||||
South Down | 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Longford | 1-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Down | 2-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donegal | 2-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leitrim | 2-11 | Tyrone | 0-17 | ||||||||||||||||
Warwickshire | 4-11 | Warwickshire | 4-8 | ||||||||||||||||
Fermanagh | 1-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warwickshire | 2-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Longford | 2-12 | Tyrone | 2-15 | ||||||||||||||||
Tyrone | 4-17 | Tyrone | 2-14 | ||||||||||||||||
South Down | 4-25 | South Down | 1-9 | ||||||||||||||||
Leitrim | 0-8 |
Round 1
[edit]Warwickshire | 1-13 - 3-16 | Donegal |
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K Codd 1-7, J Bergin, D Kelly 0-2 each, S Carey, K Boxwell 0-1 each | Report | E McDermott 2-3, N Campell 0-8, E Organ 1-2, J Donnelly, P Sheridan, S Boyle 0-1 each |
Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)
Longford | 2-12 - 4-17 | Tyrone |
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E Donnellan 0-6 (4f), J Newman 1-2, J Minnock 1-0, Joe O'Brien 0-2, M Morrissey, J Casey 0-1 each. | Report | C Grogan 2-1, P O'Connor 2-0, A Kelly 0-5 (2f), C McErlean 0-5 (1f), R O'Neill 0-3, M O'Gorman, T Hughes, M Winters 0-1 each |
Referee: C Groome (Offaly)
South Down | 4-25 - 0-08 | Leitrim |
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M Magee 2-1, E McGuinness 1-4, P McAleenan 0-5, M Cunningham 1-3, L Morgan 0-4, E Trainor 0-3, J Brown, P O'Neill 0-2 each, K Fegan 0-1 | Report | M Lane 0-6, G Hickey, S Guckian 0-1 each. |
Round 2
[edit]Round 2A
[edit]Donegal | 3-18 - 2-08 | Fermanagh |
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E McDermott 2-2, M McCann 1-5, N Campbell 0-7 (1f, 1 '65'), L Henderson 0-2, S Bole, S McVeigh 0-1 each | Report | R Bogue 1-3 (1-0pen, 3f), S Corrigan 1-2, D McGarry 0-2, S Curran 0-1f. |
Referee: E Hassan (Derry)
Tyrone | 2-14 - 1-09 | South Down |
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C McErlean 1-3 (0-1f), C Grogan 1-1 (1-0 pen), A Kelly 0-4 (1f, 2 '65'), M O'Gorman, P O'Connor 0-2 each, Rory O'Neill, Ryan O'Neill 0-1 each. | Report | E McGuinness 1-0, L Morgan 0-5 (2f), P O'Neill 0-3 (1 '65'), J O'Kane 0-1. |
Round 2B
[edit]Leitrim | 2-11 - 4-11 | Warwickshire |
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M Lane 2-9 (4f), S Moran, M Quinn 0-1 each. | Report | S O'Hanlon 1-2,J Bergin 1-1, R McEntee, M O'Hara 1-0 each, C Boxwell, J Dwyer, D Kelly (1f) 0-2 each, C Maskey, P McHugh 0-1 each |
Referee: M O'Connor (Limerick)
Quarter-finals
[edit]Longford | 1-14 - 2-14 | South Down |
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E Donnellan 0-8, P Cullen 1-0, S Hannon 0-3, R, Donnellan, J Minnock, K Murray 0-1 each | Report | L Morgan 0-10 (7f), E McGuinness 2-0, M Mageer 0-3, E Donnelly 0-1 |
Fermanagh | 1-10 - 4-08 | Warwickshire |
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R Bogue 1-2 (1-0 pen, 1f), JP McGarry 0-2, A Breslin, S Curran, P Timoney, K Kehoe, S Corrigan, D McGarry 0-1 each. | Report | D Kelly 2-1 (1-0 pen), R McEntee 1-1, J O'Dwyer 1-0, S Carey 0-3, S O'Hanlon 0-2 (1f), M O'Hara 0-1 |
Referee: C Brown (Galway)
Semi-finals
[edit]Tyrone | 2-15 - 2-10 | Warwickshire |
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A Kelly 0-7 (5f), R O'Neill 2-0, C Grogan 0-4, G Fox, M Winters, J Kelly, M O'Gorman 0-1 each | Report | D Kelly 0-6 (4f), K Codd 0-4 (1f), K Boxwell, C Maskey 1-0 each |
Referee: J O'Connell
Donegal | 1-15 - 1-12 A.E.T. | South Down |
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N Campbell 0-11 (9f), E McDermott 1-1, S Boyle, L Henderson, R McDermott 0-1 each | Report | L Morgan 0-6 (3f, 1 '65'), K Courtney 1-0, J O'Kane 0-3, P McAleenan, E Trainor, E McGuinness 0-1 each |
Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny)
Final
[edit]Tyrone | 0-17 – 2-12 | Donegal |
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Justin Kelly 0-5 (4f); Aidan Kelly (2f), Conor Grogan 0-3 each; Gary Fox, Rory O'Neill 0-2 each; Mike O’Gorman, Peter O'Connor 0-1 | Report | Ciaran Matthewson 2-3; Niall Campbell 0-6 (4f, 1 '65'); Sean McVeigh, Paul Sheridan, Mickey McCann 0-1 each |
Referee: F Smith
Stadia and locations
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Overall
[edit]Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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1 | Niall Campbell | Donegal | 0-32 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
2 | Liam Morgan | South Down | 0-25 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
3 | Enda McDermott | Donegal | 5-6 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
Michael Lane | Leitrim | 2-15 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 | |
5 | Aidan Kelly | Tyrone | 0-19 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
Single game
[edit]Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
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1 | Michael Lane | Leitrim | 2-9 | 15 | Warwickshire |
2 | Niall Campbell | Donegal | 0-11 | 11 | South Down |
3 | Kevin Codd | Warwickshire | 1-7 | 10 | Donegal |
Liam Morgan | South Down | 0-10 | 10 | Longford | |
5 | Enda McDermott | Donegal | 2-3 | 9 | Warwickshire |
Ciaran Matthewson | Donegal | 2-3 | 9 | Tyrone | |
7 | Enda McDermott | Donegal | 2-2 | 8 | Fermanagh |
Mickey McCann | Donegal | 1-5 | 8 | Fermanagh | |
Niall Campbell | Donegal | 0-8 | 8 | Warwickshire | |
Eoin Donnellan | Longford | 0-8 | 8 | South Down |
Scoring events
[edit]- Widest winning margin: 29 points
- South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim (Round 1)
- Most goals in a match: 6
- Most points in a match: 33
- South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim (Round 1)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 4
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
- Most points scored by a losing team: 14
- Longford 1-14 - 2-14 South Down (Quarter-final)
- Most points by one team in a match: 25
- South Down 4-25 - 0-08 Leitrim (Round 1)
- Highest aggregate score: 47 points
- Longford 2-12 - 4-17 Tyrone (Round 1)
- Lowest aggregate score: 32 points
- Tyrone 2-14 - 1-09 South Down (Round 2)
Miscellaneous
[edit]- Donegal win their 1st championship in 8 years, last winning the 2003 Ulster Junior Hurling Championship