2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

Championship Details
Dates	15 May – 3 September 2005
Teams	8
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Wexford (3rd win)
Captain	Kevin Kavanagh
Manager	Séamus Murphy
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Captain	Enda Tannion
Manager	Kieran Rabbitte
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	7
Total Goals	8 (1.10 per game)
Total Points	198 (28.20 per game)
Top Scorer	Maurice O'Sullivan (0-25)
← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 22nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 15 May 2005 and ended on 3 September 2005.

Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final. Wexford won the title after defeating Galway by 1–15 to 0–16 in the final.^[1]

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Saffron and blue
Cork	Red and white	2004	2004
Dublin	Blue and navy		1972
Galway	Maroon and white	2002	1998
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1973	2004
Limerick	Green and white	1998	1998
Tipperary	Blue and gold	2000	2002
Waterford	White and blue
Wexford	Purple and gold	2002	1964

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Leinster final

Kilkenny v Wexford

13 July 2005 Final	Kilkenny	0-13 - 0-14	Wexford	Semple Stadium
	J Power 0-3, M Rice 0-3, W O'Dwyer 0-2, M Phelan 0-2, A Cummins 0-1, K Moore 0-1, E Walsh 0-1.		S Nolan 0-5, S Doyle 0-4, MJ Cooper 0-1, M Byrne 0-1, MJ Furlong 0-1, S O'Neill 0-1, E Cullen 0-1.	Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-final

Tipperary v Limerick

15 May 2005 Quarter-final	Tipperary	0-19 - 1-12	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	P Lawlor 0-9, R O'Brien 0-4, S Stapleton 0-2, W Keogh 0-1, S Everard 0-1, T Slevin 0-1, S Sweeney 0-1.		M Keane 1-8, M Bodie 0-3, G O'Leary 0-1.	Referee: A Heagney (Clare)

Munster semi-finals

Cork v Waterford

22 May 2005 Semi-final	Cork	0-17 - 1-13	Waterford	Semple Stadium
	M O'Sullivan 0-8, K Canty 0-3, R O'Dwyer 0-2, J Hughes 0-2, D O'Riordan 0-1, B Coleman 0-1.		J Wall 0-6, S Molumphy 1-1, J Hartley 0-2, D Howard 0-1, P Fitzgerald 0-1, A Kirwan 0-1, S McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: J O'Mahony (Limerick)

Tipperary v Clare

5 June 2005 Semi-final	Tipperary	0-17 - 1-12	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
	C O'Brien 0-4, S McGrath 0-3, S Everard 0-3, P Lawlor 0-3, S Stapleton 0-2, W Keogh 0-1, T Connors 0-1.		P Vaughan 0-4, C Egan 1-0, C Earlie 0-3, B McMahon 0-2, H Hayes 0-1, A O'Brien 0-1, F Lynch 0-1.	Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Munster final

Tipperary v Cork

20 July 2005 Final	Tipperary	2-11 - 2-17	Cork	Semple Stadium
	R O'Brien 1-1, A Fitzgerald 1-1 P Lawlor 0-4, S Stapleton 0-2, S Everard 0-1, T Slevin 0-1, S McGrath 0-1.		M O'Sullivan 0-10, S Dinneen 1-2, K Hartnett 1-0, S Kearney 0-2, K Canty 0-1, K Morrisson 0-1, J Hughes 0-1.

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

Galway v Cork

6 August 2005 Semi-final	Galway	1-15 - 0-14	Cork	Semple Stadium
	K Burke 0-8, T Kavanagh 1-0, B Gantley 0-2, E Ryan 0-2, N Kelly 0-1, K Hoban 0-1, B Lawless 0-1.		M O'Sullivan 0-7, K Morrisson 0-2, K Hartnett 0-2, J Murphy 0-1, K Canty 0-1, J Hughes 0-1.	Referee: J Guinan (Kilkenny)

All-Ireland final

Wexford v Galway

3 September 2005 Final	Wexford	1-15 - 0-16	Galway	O'Moore Park
	S Doyle 0-7, P Roche 1-0, MJ Furlong 0-3, PJ Carley 0-2, L Gleeson 0-1, PJ Nolan 0-1, M Kelly 0-1.		K Burke 0-9, B Lucas 0-3, N Kenny 0-1, J Gantley 0-1, B Gantley 0-1, N Earls 0-1.	Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Maurice O'Sullivan	Cork	0-25	25	3	8.33
2	Kenneth Burke	Galway	0-17	17	2	8.50
3	Pat Lawlor	Tipperary	0-16	16	3	5.33
4	Mark Keane	Limerick	1-08	11	1	11.00
	Stephen Doyle	Wexford	0-11	11	2	5.50

In a single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Mark Keane	Limerick	1-08	11	Tipperary
2	Maurice O'Sullivan	Cork	0-10	10	Tipperary
3	Pat Lawlor	Tipperary	0-09	9	Limerick
	Kenneth Burke	Galway	0-09	9	Wexford
5	Maurice O'Sullivan	Cork	0-08	8	Waterford
	Kenneth Burke	Galway	0-08	8	Cork
7	Maurice O'Sullivan	Cork	0-07	7	Wexford
	Stephen Doyle	Wexford	0-07	7	Galway
9	John Wall	Waterford	0-06	6	Cork
10	Stephen Dineen	Cork	1-02	5	Tipperary
	Stephen Nolan	Wexford	0-05	5	Kilenny

References

1. "Wexford claim Intermediate win over Galway". Irish Examiner. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2010.