Offaly GAA

When Offaly and Wexford meet in Innovate Wexford Pk on Saturday next at 3.30pm it will be their first clash in the All-Ireland qualifier series.  However, it will be there 34^th meeting in Championship hurling. Offaly won the opening encounter at Jones’ Rd in 1898, however, Wexford dominated the next 11 meetings winning 9 to Offaly’s 1, with Wexford conceding a walk-over in 1924.

Since then the engagements have been more evenly shared with Offaly winning on eleven occasions to Wexford’s ten.  In all Wexford have won 19 of the 33 games to date, and amazingly despite the fact that their have been a number of close encounters, particularly over the past two decades, these sides have yet to finish on level terms in the Championship.

The details of the past 33 meetings are:

1898         1st Round            Jones’ Rd              Offaly           1-11     Wexford            0-0

1899         1st Round            Jones’ Rd              Wexford       4-7       Offaly                0-1

1901         Final                     Kilkenny              Wexford       7-6       Offaly                1-3

1910         1st Round            Jones’ Rd              Wexford       5-12     Offaly                1-7

1918         S/F                       Croke Pk              Wexford       10-0     Offaly                6-0

1924                                                                   Offaly           w/o      Wexford

1937         1st Round            Kilkenny              Offaly           6-2       Wexford            2-8

1939         1st Round            Kilkenny              Wexford       4-7       Offaly                1-4

1948         1st Round            Kilkenny              Wexford       8-5       Offaly                2-4

1950         2nd Round           Kilkenny              Wexford       4-9       Offaly                1-3

1957         S/F                       Kilkenny              Wexford       5-10     Offaly                3-3

1958         S/F                       Kilkenny              Wexford       9-13     Offaly                2-2

1969         S/F                       Croke Pk              Offaly           5-10     Wexford            3-11

1971         S/F                       Croke Pk              Wexford       2-14     Offaly                2-6

1973         S/F                       Kilkenny              Wexford       2-14     Offaly                2-9

1975         S/F                       Croke Pk              Wexford       1-29     Offaly                1-18

1979         S/F                       Athy                     Wexford       0-17     Offaly                2-10

1981         Final                     Croke Pk              Offaly           3-12     Wexford            2-13

1982         1st Round            Croke Pk              Offaly           2-16     Wexford            3-12

1984         Final                     Croke Pk              Offaly           1-15     Wexford            2-11

1988         Final                     Croke Pk              Offaly           3-12     Wexford            1-14

1994         Final                     Croke Pk              Offaly           1-18     Wexford            0-14

1995         S/F                       Croke Pk              Offaly           2-14     Wexford            1-10

1996         Final                     Croke Pk              Wexford       2-23     Offaly                2-15

1997         S/F                       Croke Pk              Wexford       3-12     Offaly                2-12

1998         S/F                       Croke Pk              Offaly           1-15     Wexford            0-17

1999         S/F                       Croke Pk              Offaly           3-17     Wexford            0-15

2000         S/F                       Croke Pk              Offaly           3-15     Wexford            1-8

2003         S/F                       Nowlan Pk           Wexford       0-16     Offaly                1-12

2004         Final                     Croke Pk              Wexford       2-12     Offaly                1-11

2006         Q/F                       Nowlan Pk           Wexford       0-9       Offaly                0-8

2009         Q/F                       Wexford Pk         Wexford       2-17     Offaly                0-16

2012         Q/F                       O’Connor Pk        Offaly           2-12     Wexford            1-13