goals scored by a losing team: 3 Galway 3-16 : 4-15 Kilkenny (All-Ireland quarter-final) Down 3-8 : 3-24 Tipperary (All-Ireland quarter-final) Most points scored by a losing team: 18 Cork 0-18 : 1-19 Clare(Munster semi-final) Tipperary 0-18 : 1-18 Clare(Munster final) Discipline First yellow card of the championship: Alfie Devine for Westmeath against Dublin (Leinster quarter-final) Last yellow card of the championship: Brian O'Meara for Tipperary against Clare (All-Ireland final) Miscellaneous The meeting of Clare and Tipperary in the All-Ireland final was the first time that two teams from the same province met in the championship decider. Top scorers Season Single game References Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005). Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005). Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002). External links All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1997 Results See also 1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship