on 25 march 1900, tubberadora once again represented tipperary in an all-ireland final showdown with kilkenny who were represented by threecastles. the cats dominated for the opening twenty-three minutes, however, controversy reigned over hand-passed scores which were awarded to kilkenny in spite of being illegal at the time. mikey maher of tipperary scored a second-half hat-trick to help his side to a huge 7-13 to 3-10 victory.