Previous Senior Hurling Championship Meetings
Offaly and Westmeath are meeting for the 22nd time in Leinster Championship hurling. Offaly won the first meeting of the sides in 1913 at Tullamore and Westmeath won the most recent meeting at Croke Pk in 1976. In all Offaly have been victorious on 13 occasions to Westmeath’s 8 and the sides have yet to finish level.
The Offaly team that lined out against Westmeath in 1976 was:
Damien Martin (St Rynagh’s), Frank Monaghan (St Carthage’s), Mick Kennedy (Birr), Ollie Minnock (Clara), Patsy Pardy (Birr), Padraig Horan (St Rynagh’s), Pat McLoughney (Coolderry), Pat Delaney (Kinnitty) 0-5, Pat Joe Whelahan (St Rynagh’s) 0-2, Joachim Kelly (Lusmagh), Mick Cleere (Kinnitty) 0-1, Kieran Mooney (Seir Kieran), Pat Carroll (Coolderry) 0-1, Barney Moylan (St Rynagh’s) 0-1, Declan Hanniffy (Birr) 1-0, Subs used: Frank Molloy (Drumcullen), Colman Loughnane (Coolderry) 0-1
Four years later on July 13th 1980, seven of those players lined out for Offaly as they defeated Kilkenny, 3-17 to 5-10, to win the Leinster Final for the first time.
| 15/06/1913 | Tullamore | Offaly | 5-2 | Westmeath | 2-2 |
| 06/06/1937 | Mullingar | Westmeath | 5-3 | Offaly | 2-3 |
| 26/05/1940 | Croke Pk | Westmeath | 2-5 | Offaly | 2-4 |
| 18/05/1941 | Mullingar | Offaly | 8-4 | Westmeath | 2-2 |
| 03/05/1942 | Tullamore | Offaly | 6-5 | Westmeath | 4-3 |
| 07/05/1944 | Mullingar | Offaly | 5-5 | Westmeath | 5-3 |
| 02/06/1946 | Mullingar | Offaly | 6-8 | Westmeath | 3-9 |
| 08/06/1947 | Birr | Offaly | 7-2 | Westmeath | 2-6 |
| 30/04/1950 | Birr | Offaly | 3-3 | Westmeath | 3-2 |
| 11/04/1954 | Tullamore | Offaly | 6-8 | Westmeath | 1-3 |
| 24/04/1955 | Mullingar | Westmeath | 2-11 | Offaly | 2-3 |
| 12/05/1957 | Tullamore | Offaly | 4-5 | Westmeath | 1-3 |
| 12/04/1959 | Mullingar | Offaly | 3-4 | Westmeath | 1-3 |
| 10/04/1960 | Birr | Westmeath | 5-6 | Offaly | 3-1 |
| 28/05/1961 | Mullingar | Westmeath | 3-13 | Offaly | 3-5 |
| 10/05/1964 | Tullamore | Westmeath | 2-16 | Offaly | 3-7 |
| 29/05/1966 | Mullingar | Offaly | 10-9 | Westmeath | 2-6 |
| 14/05/1967 | Birr | Westmeath | 5-10 | Offaly | 4-8 |
| 19/05/1968 | Mullingar | Offaly | 3-15 | Westmeath | 3-8 |
| 06/06/1971 | Birr | Offaly | 1-20 | Westmeath | 1-15 |
| 06/06/1976 | Croke Pk | Westmeath | 1-14 | Offaly | 1-11 |
