1995 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1995 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 64th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1995 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster semi-final replay.


1995 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 17 September 1995, Westmeath won the championship following a 1-10 to 0-11 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.


1995 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1995 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 65th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 29 April 1995 and ended on 3 September 1995.


1995 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Galway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.


1995 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 3 September 1995, Cork won the title after defeating Kilkenny by 2-10 to 1-2 in the All-Ireland final. This was their 16th championship title overall and their first title since 1985.


1995 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Dublin's Stephen Phillips was the championship's top scorer with 2-24.


1995 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship of 1995 was the 22nd staging of Ireland's secondary hurling knock-out competition. London won the championship, beating Wicklow 2-7 to 0-8 in the final at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1995 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Killkenny by a four-point margin in the final, taking the lead for only the first time in the match with a goal by Linda Mellerick that dropped into the net from a long shot with just 30 seconds of normal time left. The match drew an attendance of 9,874, then the highest for a camogie-only final (one which was not on a jint hurling programme), beating the 52-year-old attendance record set for Dublin v Cork in 1943. Lynn Dunlea scored 4-20 in the championship.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Sponsors
Bord na Gaeilge became the first sponsor of an All-Ireland camogie championship. At the launch Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Cathaoirleach of Bord na Gaeilge, said that “in sponsoring the camogie championship, Bord na Gaeilge is underlining the importance of promoting Irish at community level.”


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
A powerful finishing 15 minutes saw Cork beat Wexford in the All-Ireland semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn in a match in which a match in which Lyn Dunlea scored 3-9.while Kilkenny trailed Galway by 1-6 to 0-6 at half-time in the semi-final at Nowlan Park before Sinéad Millea’s free-taking yielded eleven points and Sinéad ran through the Galway defence to place Jillian Dillon for the all-important goal to give Kilkenny a 1-14 to 1-9 victory.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Angela Downey brought her three-year-old daughter Katie in the pre-match parade for the final, a free ridden stop-start affair. She was marked by Paula Goggins in the final. Lynn Dunlea palmed a Cork goal, Angela Downey’s shot from a free cancelled it out. Cork sent on 17-year-old Vivienne Harris (a niece of international soccer player Miah Dennehy) as a sub and she made an immediate impact. Angela Downey scored another goal from another 15-metre free. Cork captain, Denise Cronin, finished a spectacular solo run through the Kilkenny defence with a goal.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Kilkenny were leading by a point when Linda Mellerick gathered a short clearance and landed a speculative ball in the goal giving Cork the lead for the first time. A third close-in free by Angela Downey was defended and Cork won by four points. Kathryn Davis wrote in the Irish Times:


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Putting ghosts to rest is a regular pastime at Corke Park and another was laid to rest yesterday when Cork defeated Killkenny for the first time in six final meetings over the past 20 years . A goal by Linda Mellerick with only 30 seconds of normal time remaining saw Cork take the trophy for the 17th time.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
I knew we were a point down so when I caught the ball I kept going and just hit it. I was not certain whether I had scored as they were a bit slow in putting up the flag, but the crowd was cheering and then I realised that it was a goal. Words cannot describe what it is like beating Kilkenny in a final. With ten minutes to go we were dead and buried and God must have had a hand in it.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Dunleas
Sisters Lynn and Stephanie Dunlea were grand-nieces of Kate Dunlea who captained Cork to their first All-Ireland success in 1934.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 64th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
A late Linda Mellerick goal sealed victory. It was Cork's first defeat of Kilkenny in the final in six attempts.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1995 to determine the winners of the 1994–95 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 25th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Birr of Offaly and Dunloy of Antrim, with the game ending in a 0-9 apiece draw. The replay took place on 24 March 1995, with Birr winning by 3-13 to 2-3.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Birr and Dunloy. Both sides were hoping to make history by winning their first All-Ireland title.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The first game was played in deplorable conditions. Dunloy had led for 52 minutes, however, Birr looked to have snatched victory as the game entered lost time. Tony McGrath snatched an equalizer for Dunloy eight seconds into injury time to tie the game at 0-9 apiece.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Birr dominated the replay after Paul Murphy and Oisín O'Neill goals in the first and third minutes gave them an unprecedented 2-7 to no score half-time lead. Birr continued the rout in the second half and powered to a 3-13 to 2-3 victory.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Birr's victory secured their first All-Ireland title. They became the 17th club to win the All-Ireland title, while they were the first Offaly representatives to claim the ultimate prize.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1995 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 109th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 21 May 1995 and ended on 17 September 1995.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Donegal in the Ulster preliminary round.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
On 17 September 1995, Dublin won the championship following a 1-10 to 0-12 defeat of Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. This was their 22nd All-Ireland title and their first in twelve championship seasons.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Tyrone's Peter Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1-38. Dublin's Paul Clarke was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year, while Tyrone's Peter Canavan was selected as the Powerscreen Footballer of the Year.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 108th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
It was the story of Charlie Redmond, the man who was sent off twice in the same All-Ireland final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-game
Redmond sustained a groin injury while practising free-taking on the Thursday ahead of the match. Dublin manager Dr Pat O'Neill told Redmond (according to Redmond's own account) the day before the game: "We'll look after you, we'll give you an injection, we'll sort it out". Redmond said: "So in my head I was thinking I was going to have an injection that was going to sort me out. So 20 minutes before the game, I said, 'Okay, Pat, I'm ready to get the injection'. He says, 'I don't give injections'. I said, 'What are you talking about?' He says, 'Charlie, I have never given a player a pain-killing injection and I never will, if you can't play put your track-suit on. If you can play then get out and play'. He knew by telling me I'd get an injection that I'd relax from the Friday or Saturday".


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Redmond opted to start the game in spite of his groin injury. He scored Dublin's goal late in the first half, further damaging his groin as he did so. Peter Canavan hit eleven of Tyrone's twelve points, but missed a late free that would have tied the game. The final is best remembered though for one incident early in the second half.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Redmond, the Dublin goal scorer, headbutted Feargal Logan and referee Paddy Russell; however, Redmond refused to leave the field. Play resumed and Redmond became involved in a further Dublin attack receiving the ball from Mick Deegan, Deegan having had it passed to him by Keith Barr. Redmond sent the ball a considerable distance, towards Dessie Farrell. Farrell then tripped Tyrone back Chris Lawn and the referee blew his whistle. Paul Clarke charged in and kicked Lawn while he was on the ground; Clarke had his name taken by the referee, this nearly two minutes after Redmond had been sent off.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
While this was occurring, Tony O'Donoghue provided an update from the sideline for RTÉ television viewers on the extent of Fergal Logan's "very bad" ankle injury. Finbar McConnell moved to take the free for Tyrone but was stopped short by a further blow from the referee's whistle. As the referee gently ambled towards standby referee Willie O'Mahony, the television commentator mentioned "a potential nightmare few minutes there for… uh… Dublin, and for Charlie Redmond in particular". O'Mahony exchanged words with the referee at the side of the field.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
The referee then headed in the direction of Redmond, shaking his head sternly, and began ushering Redmond from the field. The TV commentator said: "This is very confusing. I've never seen anything like this in an All-Ireland final. [ Pause] I think he has sent him off! [ Further pause] So Dublin are indeed down to fourteen players". The incident lasted more than three minutes, before Redmond left the field, shaking his head.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Note that Seán Moran, writing in The Irish Times in 2019, claimed erroneously that: "Watched on YouTube, the forbidden period on the field comes in at 28 seconds — admittedly that's nearly half a minute more than ideal, but not nearly the length of time some had thought, and during which Redmond never touched the ball". The "forbidden time" when viewed on YouTube is more than three minutes and Redmond did in fact touch the ball.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Tyrone Line Up
[ Tyrone: F McConnell; P Devlin, C Lawn, F Devlin; R McGarrihy, S McCallan, S McLaughlin; F Logan, J Gormley; C Corr (capt), Pascal Canavan, C Loughran; C McBride, Peter Canavan, S Lawn. Subs: M McGleenan for C Loughran; B Gormley for S Lawn; P Donnelly for S McCallan, Brendan Mallon, Adrian Cush, Gerard Cavlan, Adrian Nuggent, Danny Barr, Stephen Conway ]


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Redmond joked afterwards that he thought Russell was "waving to his family".


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The incident prompted the GAA to introduce red and yellow cards.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Many years later, Redmond encountered Russell at a function. Redmond said Russell remembered it better than he did. "I apparently said, 'Paddy, you are making a huge mistake and you will be able to see it tonight on television' and he said, 'Well, that's a mistake I'm willing to make'".


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Redmond is teased by children whom he says were unborn at the time of the incident.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Tyrone would not appear in another All-Ireland final until 2003.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Dublin would not appear in another All-Ireland final until 2011.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
This was Dublin's last All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title until they won the 2011 final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The two teams did  not meet again in an All-Ireland final until 2018.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1995 (known for the first time for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship 1995) was the 109th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Clare won the championship, beating Offaly 1-13 to 2-8 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin, it was their first All-Ireland win since 1914.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Pre-championship, Sponsorship
In 1994 Bank of Ireland became the first ever sponsor of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Following the success of this deal it was decided that the hurling championship could also benefit from sponsorship. The decision, however, to award the sponsorship deal to Guinness was a controversial one, as there were concerns over the Gaelic Athletic Association's association with an alcoholic drinks company. Former President of the GAA, Dr. Mick Loftus, was one of the most vocal critics of the proposed sponsorship deal.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Pre-championship, Sponsorship
At a meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Central Council on 6 May, the decision to make Guinness the sponsor was accepted almost unanimously. The sponsorship deal involved Guinness providing £3 million to the GAA over three years. £500,000 of this money would go to funding the championship, while a similar amount would go to the marketing and promotion of the game.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Pre-championship, Betting
Prior to the opening of the championship former All-Ireland-winning journalists Seán Moran and Tom Humphries gave their predictions for the upcoming championship in The Irish Times. Kilkenny were regarded as the strongest contenders for All-Ireland glory in 1995. They were the reigning National Hurling League champions and had won back-to-back championship titles from three successive final appearances between 1991 and 1993. Offaly, in spite of being reigning All-Ireland champions, were placed second to Kilkenny in the championship stakes.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Pre-championship, Betting
They faced a more difficult passage through the provincial series, however, an anticipated Leinster final meeting with Kilkenny was the only thing stopping the team from making it two-in-a-row. Following the trauma of their All-Ireland defeat the previous year, Limerick were still regarded as the brightest prospect in Munster. They were given the nod to retain their provincial crown and challenge, once again, for the All-Ireland title.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Munster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
First Round: (1 match) This is a single match between two 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the second round.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Second Round: (1 match) The winner of the first round play another 'weaker' team. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the Leinster quarter-final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the second-round game joins three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster semi-finals.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join two other Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Ulster Championship
Final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the two competing Ulster teams. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland quarter-final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Connacht Championship
Final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the two competing Connacht teams. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final where the play the Munster champions.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the Ulster champions and the All-Ireland 'B' champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final where they play the Leinster champions.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster and Leinster champions will play the winners of the lone quarter-final and the Connacht champions. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while the two winnerss advance to the All-Ireland final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners will contest the final.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Debutantes
The following players made their début in the 1995 championship:


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Retirees
The following players played their last game in the 1995 championship:


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final (sponsored by Guinness) was the 108th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 3 September 1995, between Clare and Offaly. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 1-13 to 2-8. It was Clare's first All-Ireland title since 1914. The match was shown live in Ireland on Network 2 with match commentary by Ger Canning with analysis by Tomás Mulcahy.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Summary
Offaly's  Daithí Regan opened the scoring in the game with a long range point into the canal end of the stadium. Billy Dooley then got a second point for Offaly after a high ball broke to him on the right. Seánie McMahon got Clare's opening score with a long range point to make the score 0-2 to 0-1 in Offaly's favor. Ollie Baker scored from a side line ball on the right to put Clare ahead by a point.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Summary
Johnny Pilkington got a goal in the second half when he pulled on a loose ball in front of goals that went low and rolled into the net past Clare goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald. Clare's goal in the second half came when a long range free from Anthony Daly was patted back into play by Offaly goalkeeper David Hughes where it was hit high to the net from the edge of the square by Éamonn Taaffe.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Clare captain Anthony Daly received the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA President Jack Boothman in the Hogan Stand and gave a famous speech saying "'There's been a missing person in Clare for 81 long years. Well today that person has been found alive and that person's name is Liam McCarthy".


1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
The Sunday Game, which was broadcast that night, crossed over to the winners hotel in Dublin with Ger Canning and Marty Morrissey interviewing the winning manager Ger Loughnane and some of the players.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1995 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Waterford defeated Monaghan for the second year in a row.


1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 32nd staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.


1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster quarter-final.


1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
On 10 September 1995, Kerry won the championship following a 3-10 to 1-12 defeat of Mayo in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their first in five championship seasons.


1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
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1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 32nd staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.


1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 10 September 1995, Tipperary won the championship following a 1-14 to 1-10 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 8th All-Ireland title in the under-21 grade and their first in six championship seasons.


1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Tipperary's Tommy Dunne was the championship's top scorer with 0-34.


1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 10 September 1995 to determine the winners of the 1995 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 32nd season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Tipperary of Munster and Kilkenny of Leinster, with Tipperary winning by 1-14 to 1-10.


1995 All-Mid-American Conference football team
The 1995 All-Mid-American Conference football team consists of American football players chosen for the All-Mid-American Conference ("MAC") teams for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. MAC champion Toledo was undefeated but placed only three players on the first team: running back Wasean Tait, tight end Steve Rosi, and defensive lineman Steve Haynes. Miami (OH) finished in second place with an 8–2–1 record and placed five players on the first team: running back Deland McCullough, offensive lineman Mike Bird, linebackers Dee Osborne and Kenyon Harper, and defensive back Johnnie Williams.


1995 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
The 1995 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consisted of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 1995 Pacific-10 Conference football season.


1995 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
Seven of the conference's teams had at least three players represented on the All-Pac 10 first team as follows:


1995 All-Pro Team
The 1995 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers Association, and The Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 1995. Both first and second teams are listed for the AP team. These are the three teams that are included in Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. In 1995 the Pro Football Writers Association and Pro Football Weekly combined their All-pro teams, a practice which continued through 2008. In 1995 all three All-pro teams returned to a 4-3 defense, picking only one middle linebacker.


1995 All-SEC football team
The 1995 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1995 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches (Coaches).


1995 All-SEC football team
Three teams dominated the All-SEC selections with more than five honorees, as follows:


1995 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


1995 All-Southwest Conference football team
The 1995 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1995 season included the Associated Press (AP). The 1995 team was the final All-Southwest Conference football team due to the conference's dissolution in 1996.


1995 All-Southwest Conference football team
Five teams placed multiple players on the All-Southwest Conference first team as follows:


1995 All-Western Athletic Conference football team
The 1995 All-Western Athletic Conference football team consists of American football players chosen for their All-Western Athletic Conference ("WAC") teams for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Five teams dominated the 1995 All-WAC first team as follows:


1995 Allan Cup
The 1995 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1994-95 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Stony Plain Eagles in Stony Plain, Alberta. The 1995 tournament marked the 87th time that the Allan Cup had been awarded.


1995 Allan Cup
The Warroad Lakers won their second consecutive Allan Cup title in 1995, this would mark the sixth time an American club would win the Canadian Senior "AAA" title.


1995 Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan 1995, part of the 1995 Swedish football season, was the 71st Allsvenskan season played. IFK Göteborg won the league ahead of runners-up Helsingborgs IF, while Hammarby IF and Västra Frölunda IF were relegated.


1995 Alnwick District Council election
The 1995 Alnwick District Council election  for the Alnwick District Council was held on 4 May 1995. The Liberal Democrats won the most seats, although the council stayed under no overall control. The whole council was up for election, and turnout was 47.1%.


1995 Aloha Bowl
The 1995 Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the 1995–96 bowl game schedule of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 11th Aloha Bowl. It was played on December 25, 1995, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game matched the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-10 Conference against the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 8 Conference in Terry Donahue's final game as head coach of the Bruins.


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Combined, Final point standings
In both races not all points were awarded (not enough finishers/competitors).


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Combined, Men's Combined Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1994/95 all results count.


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
In Men's Super G World Cup 1994/95 all results count.


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1995 America's Cup
The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht Young America (USA 36) for the competition, and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, with the yacht Black Magic (NZL 32). New Zealand swept all five races to take the cup away from the US for only the second time in 144 years. For the first time since 1930, the format changed to a best-of-nine series, which remained through 2007.


1995 American League Championship Series
The 1995 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 1995 American League playoffs, matched the Central Division champion Cleveland Indians against the West Division champion Seattle Mariners. The Mariners had the home field advantage, which was predetermined and assigned to either the West Division champion or their opponents in the Division Series.


1995 American League Championship Series
The two teams were victorious in the AL Division Series (ALDS), with the Indians defeating the East Division champion Boston Red Sox three games to none, and the Mariners defeating the wild card qualifier New York Yankees three games to two. The Indians won the series four games to two to become the American League champions, and lost to the National League champion Atlanta Braves in the 1995 World Series.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Indians called on the veteran Dennis Martínez for Game 1. The Mariners rode the arm of rookie Bob Wolcott. Obviously nervous at the outset, Wolcott walked the first three hitters on 13 pitches, but he would get out of the bases-loaded, nobody-out situation with ease; he first struck out Albert Belle, got Eddie Murray on a foul pop-fly, then induced a groundout from Jim Thome on a great diving stop by Joey Cora. In the second, Mike Blowers hit a two-run homer to put the Mariners in front, 2–0.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
However, the Indians would put together a run in the next inning and in the seventh, Belle's homer tied the game at two. With Martinez still pitching in a tie game, the Mariners would take the lead thanks to Luis Sojo's go-ahead double in the bottom half of the seventh. Norm Charlton would come on in the eighth for a 1+1⁄3 inning save. He would retire the side in order in the ninth, and the Mariners took Game 1.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Indians' second veteran Orel Hershiser was called upon to stem the tide against Tim Belcher. Both pitchers dueled for four innings until the Indians broke through in the top of the fifth with a two-run single by Carlos Baerga. In the next inning, the Indians grabbed two more on a Manny Ramírez homer and an RBI triple by Sandy Alomar, Jr.. Ken Griffey, Jr.'s sixth postseason homer put the Mariners on the board to make it 4–1 in the bottom of the sixth.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Indians would put the game away when Manny Ramírez hit his second homer of the game in the eighth to make it 5–1. Hershiser would give way to José Mesa in the ninth. Mesa would issue a one-out homer to Jay Buhner but would recover to close out the win. With the victory, Hershiser raised his postseason record to 6–0 with a 1.47 ERA in 73+1⁄3 innings.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Friday, October 13, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In Game 3, the starting pitchers were Randy Johnson and Charles Nagy. Nagy and Johnson pitched a scoreless first but the Mariners broke through on a homer by Jay Buhner. Then an error in the third by Álvaro Espinoza gave the Mariners one more run to make it 2–0 Seattle. The Indians put a run on the board after a leadoff triple by Kenny Lofton and a sac fly by Omar Vizquel in the fourth.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the bottom of the eighth, Buhner missed a deep fly ball to right; Lofton then singled through the left side to tie the game at two. The game moved to extra innings and in the 11th, Buhner, whose miscue tied the game, got sweet redemption with a three-run home run to give the Mariners a 5–2 lead. Charlton, pitching in relief since the ninth inning, got the win and shut down the Indians in the bottom of the 11th.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Saturday, October 14, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
With their backs to the wall in Game 4, Cleveland called on Ken Hill to help tie the series. Opposing him would be Andy Benes. Benes wouldn't fare well against Hill and the Cleveland hitters. The Indians put three on the board in the first, a rally capped by Murray's two-run homer. A sac fly by Kenny Lofton made it 4–0 in the second. Then the rain began to fall on Seattle's parade in the third as Benes surrendered a two-run homer to Jim Thome in the rain. Benes was done and the rain ended after the third was over. Hill would pitch beyond expectations and lead his team to an easy 7–0 shutout.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Sunday, October 15, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Game 5 was a matchup between Chris Bosio and Orel Hershiser. Hershiser was looking to continue his excellence and he got help quickly when the Indians knocked home a run in the first thanks to an error by Tino Martinez. But Hershiser's slim lead would be cut in the third when Ken Griffey, Jr.'s RBI double tied the game. In the fifth, an error by Belle gave the Mariners the lead.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Mariners were closing in on a 3–2 series lead going home, but the Indians wouldn't allow it as Thome stepped to the plate in the sixth with a man on and hit a two-run homer to give the lead back to the Indians. The Mariners had their share of chances; in the seventh, they had men on the corners with one out and Griffey at the plate. Paul Assenmacher was summoned from the bullpen. He proceeded to strike out Griffey on a high fastball, then Jay Buhner stepped to the plate.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In this situation, manager Mike Hargrove would usually bring in a right-hander, but he stayed with Assenmacher. He struck out Buhner on a low breaking ball and then slowly, stoically walked off the mound, with 40,000 fans screaming wildly. The Mariners could never capitalize on any more opportunities and José Mesa closed the door in the ninth.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
In the potential clincher, Dennis Martínez faced Randy Johnson. Both pitchers kept the game scoreless until the top of the fifth. A key error by Joey Cora allowed Kenny Lofton to single home a run to put the Indians up. With the score still 1–0 in the eighth, the Indians put three runs together against Johnson. A passed ball with two men in scoring position allowed both of them to score. Kenny Lofton made a mad dash from second base, sliding in just ahead of the tag from Johnson, and the entire Cleveland dugout ran onto the field to celebrate.


1995 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Then Carlos Baerga followed with a homer to give the Indians a commanding 4–0 lead with six outs to go. Once again, José Mesa came on to close the door in the ninth and did so with ease. The Indians had won their first pennant since 1954. The Mariners were one of the very few teams to have lost in two shutouts in one series. Orel Hershiser was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the ALCS. He became the first player to win the LCS MVP Award in both leagues, having previously done so in 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
Although neither team would win a World Series in 1995, both the 1995 Mariners and 1995 Indians were two iconic teams to their cities and fan bases due their success after many years of misery.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Mariners
The summer of 1995 proved to be the most pivotal stretch in Seattle Mariners history. In fact, many consider this the season and the team that saved the Mariners from relocation out of Seattle. An expansion team created as a result of a breach of contract lawsuit involving the Seattle Pilots' 1969 departure after just one year in Seattle, the Mariners had been a doormat franchise, finishing with a losing record every year until 1991 (by then their 15th season as a franchise). By 1995, they had just recorded two winning record seasons with no postseason appearances.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Mariners
There was also an issue with the stadium, the Kingdome, which was a multipurpose domed stadium that had become well outdated by the mid-1990s. This became even more apparent in late July 1994 when tiles fell from the ceiling 30 minutes before the stadium was set to open for a game against the Baltimore Orioles, forcing the Mariners to play the rest of what would be a short season on the road. It was clear by the start of the 1995 season, the Mariners needed a new stadium in Seattle or they would be moved to a city that can provide them one.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Mariners
With this as the backdrop heading into the strike shortened 1995 season, the Mariners won their first division title, in part due to a historic collapse from the California Angels. By the time of their  American League Division Series meeting with the Yankees,  Washington Governor Mike Lowry called an emergency session of the legislature in early October with one goal: to hammer out a new funding package for a stadium. A few weeks after the end of the Mariners postseason run, King County Council voted, 10-3, to enact the stadium funding package that the Washington state legislature approved. Although groundbreaking on what would become Safeco Field was still 18 months off, baseball was finally safe in Seattle.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Mariners
The Mariners would avenge their 1995 American League Championship Series loss to the Indians when they beat them in the 2001 American League Division Series in five games. The Mariners broke the all-time wins record for a team in 2001: however, they failed to make the World Series that season. To date, the franchise has not been back to the postseason since 2001.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Mariners
In July 2019, the MLB Network released MLB Network Presents: The 1995 Mariners, Saving Baseball in Seattle


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Indians
The story of lack of team success and stadium funding could have also been the same for the Cleveland Indians, prior to 1994. Since the 1954 World Series, the Indians had not made the postseason, which included a stretch from 1977 to 1989 where they placed fourth or worst every year. Like the Seattle Mariners, the Indians also played in a multi-purpose stadium that had its warts. Cleveland Stadium, who also homed the Cleveland Browns, had been the Indians’ home since 1932.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Indians
By the early 1990s the stadium's inadequacy was becoming apparent in any event; chunks of concrete were falling off and the pilings were starting to petrify. In May 1990, Cuyahoga County voters approved funding for a new Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex, which included the new ballpark, an adjacent arena for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and two parking garages.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Indians
When the Indians moved into Jacobs Field (now named Progressive Field), success immediately followed. By the time of the 1994-1995 Players' Strike strike, the Indians were 66-47 and in a postseason spot as a wildcard. The Indians carried over the success into the 1995 season where they won the American League Central by 30 games. In their first World Series appearance since 1954, the Indians lost to the Braves in six games. The Indians returned to the World Series in 1997, but they would lose again to the Florida Marlins in seven games. The Indians remained a World Series contender until the early 2000s, which by that time many of their stars, such as Manny Ramirez, Sandy Alomar, and Jim Thome, had moved to other teams.


1995 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, Indians
In December 2020, The MLB The Dynasty That Almost Was (1990's Indians) debuted on MLB Network, documenting the Indians run in the mid-to-late 1990s.


1995 American League Division Series
The 1995 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1995 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Sunday, October 8, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. As a result of both leagues realigning into three divisions in 1994, it marked the first time in major league history that a team could qualify for postseason play without finishing in first place in its league or division. The teams were:


1995 American League Division Series
The format of this series and the NLDS was the same as the League Championship Series prior to 1985, a five-game set wherein the first two games were played at one stadium and the last three at the other. This format was later changed in 1998 for the present 2–2–1 format, which has been used in the Division Series since except for 2012, when the 2–3 format was used again due to the addition of the Wild Card Game. Because of realignment, this was the first time that both the Yankees and the Red Sox reached the playoffs in the same year.


1995 American League Division Series
The Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Indians became the American League champion and lost to the National League champion Atlanta Braves in the 1995 World Series.


1995 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Cleveland, Game 1
After a 39-minute rain delay, Game 1 got underway with two veterans, Roger Clemens and Dennis Martínez, starting the opener. Playing in its first playoff game since Game 4 of the 1954 World Series, Cleveland trailed early as the Red Sox jumped in front first in the third on John Valentin's two-run homer. The Indians, however, rallied against Clemens in the sixth with two two-out singles followed by a two-run double by Albert Belle that tied the game and a single by Eddie Murray that scored Belle.


1995 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Cleveland, Game 1
But Luis Alicea's eighth inning home run off of Julián Tavárez sent the game into extra innings. Tim Naehring would give the Red Sox the lead in the 11th with a home run off of Jim Poole, but Belle's leadoff home run off of Rick Aguilera tied the game in the bottom half. The Indians would put the winning run in scoring position later in the inning but failed to come through. In the bottom of the 13th, 15-year veteran Tony Peña hit the game winning homer with two outs. It was the Indians' first postseason win since the clinching Game 6 in the 1948 World Series.


1995 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Cleveland, Game 2
Game 2 featured an unlikely matchup between Erik Hanson and Orel Hershiser. Both pitchers were on even turns until the Indians broke through in the fifth with Omar Vizquel's two-run double after two walks. It remained 2–0 until the eighth when the Indians put the game away on Eddie Murray's two-run home run after a walk. That gave the Indian bullpen a comfortable 4–0 lead in the ninth. Hanson pitched a complete game in a losing effort. Hershiser struck out seven and allowed only three hits in 7+1⁄3 innings.


1995 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Cleveland, Game 3
Charles Nagy faced Tim Wakefield in the potential clincher. In the top of the second, with a man on first, Jim Thome gave the Tribe the lead with a two-run home run just inside the Pesky Pole. Thome later drew a bases-loaded walk in the third to make it 3–0. In the fourth, the Red Sox loaded the bases on three singles with one out, but scored only one run on Mike Macfarlane's sacrifice fly. The Indians blew the game open in the sixth.


1995 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Cleveland, Game 3
After a single and walk, Paul Sorrento's single and Sandy Alomar's double scored a run each and knocked Wakefield out of the game. Rhéal Cormier in relief struck out Kenny Lofton, but Omar Vizquel's singled scored two and Carlos Baerga's double scored another. In the eighth, the Red Sox again loaded the bases on three one-out singles, but again only scored once on Willie McGee's fielder's choice off of Julián Tavárez. Paul Assenmacher would pitch a scoreless ninth to end the series. The loss was the Red Sox 13th consecutive postseason loss dating back to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York
Both teams finished the strike-shortened 1995 season with 79 wins. The Seattle Mariners were making their postseason debut on the strength of an amazing divisional comeback. The New York Yankees made it to the postseason for the first time since losing in the 1981 World Series, and the only time with Don Mattingly on their roster, as the AL Wild Card. The series featured at least ten runs per game and two extra-inning games. Ken Griffey, Jr. was the star, hitting five home runs. The total number of home runs from both teams at the end of the series was 22, a record for a postseason series despite only having five games.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York
Griffey also was one of two key participants in perhaps the most iconic moment ever for Mariners fans, DH Edgar Martínez's two-run double in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 5, on which Griffey scored the winning run from first base. The result of the series, and what became known as "The Double", is considered a redemptive moment for long-suffering Mariners fans, and often credited with ensuring that Major League Baseball remained in Seattle.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York
Seattle's win marked the fourth time in history that an expansion team won its first postseason series, after the New York Mets in their first championship season, in 1969, Montreal in 1981, and San Diego in 1984. Florida and Tampa Bay have since accomplished the same feat.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York
Even though the Yankees made it to the post-season for the first time since 1981, they were still reeling from having the best record in the American League taken away from them by the strike. Yankees Manager Buck Showalter sat in "admitted misery" throughout that fall, as he "ached for Mattingly, the one player he believed deserved a postseason more than anyone else in the game." Mattingly had led active players in both games played and at bats without ever appearing in the postseason then.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 1
Don Mattingly finally made it to the postseason in what would be his final games. Chris Bosio faced David Cone in Game 1. In the third, Wade Boggs hit a home run with Randy Velarde on first to make it 2–0 Yankees, but Ken Griffey, Jr. led the top of the fourth off with a home run of his own to cut the lead in half. Then in the sixth, the Mariners managed to load the bases against Cone. Facing Dan Wilson with the count 1–2, Wilson appeared to commit to Cone's next offering.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 1
However, on appeal, first base umpire Dale Scott signaled "no swing", continuing the inning and drawing the ire of Yankee fans, in particular Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, who went on to say MLB should not allow rookies to umpire in the postseason, despite the fact that Scott had umpired in the postseason since 1986. Still alive, Wilson was walked, tying the game at two, but in the bottom of the inning, Bernie Williams hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Mattingly's RBI single to put the Yankees back in front 3–2.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 1
After a Dion James single, Jeff Nelson relieved Bosio and allowed an RBI single to Mike Stanley that made it 4–2 Yankees. After Joey Cora walked, Griffey's second home run of the game tied the score again in the seventh. In the bottom of the inning, Nelson hit Randy Verlade with a pitch to lead off. Bobby Ayala in relief allowed a single to Wade Boggs and RBI double to Williams. After Paul O'Neill's sacrifice fly made it 6–4 Yankees, a two-run home run by Rubén Sierra extended the lead to 8–4.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 1
Next inning, the Yankees added another run off of Bob Wells when Boggs doubled with two outs and scored on Williams's single. In the top of the ninth, after a leadoff walk and one-out, back-to-back RBI singles by Edgar Martinez and Tino Martinez cut the Yankees' lead to 9–6 and put the tying run to the plate for the Mariners, but John Wetteland retired the next two batters to end the game.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 2
In what was, at the time, the longest playoff game in terms of elapsed time, both teams battled back and forth. Andy Benes and Andy Pettitte started this classic playoff game. On the strength of a Vince Coleman home run, the Mariners jumped out in front in the third. With the game moving quickly, the Yankees responded with a Bernie Williams RBI double after Wade Boggs walked with two outs that tied the game in the fifth.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 2
Later, the Mariners would take their second lead of the night when Tino Martinez singled home Edgar Martínez, who doubled to lead off, in the top of the sixth. However, Benes allowed back-to-back homers to Rubén Sierra and Don Mattingly in the bottom half to end his night and put the Yankees up 3–2.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 2
However, the Mariners would reclaim the lead for the third time with a one-out double, subsequent single, RBI single by Luis Sojo, and sacrifice fly by Ken Griffey, Jr. in the seventh, but Paul O'Neill's home run off of Norm Charlton tied the game in the bottom half of the seventh.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 2
The game moved to extra innings and in the 12th the Mariners recaptured the lead once more with a home run by Griffey off of John Wetteland, but, in the bottom of the inning, with two men on via two walks and two outs off of Tim Belcher, Rubén Sierra hit a double that just missed being a game-winning home run by a couple of feet, scoring Jorge Posada with the tying run, but Williams was thrown out at the plate, ending the inning and forcing a 13th inning. Finally, in the bottom of the 15th, Jim Leyritz ended the game with a two-run home run after a walk off of Belcher.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 2
The game, which began at 8:10 P.M. Wednesday night, ended at 1:22 A.M. Thursday morning.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 3
It was the first ever Major League Baseball postseason game in Seattle and both teams pitched their best for Game 3. Jack McDowell faced Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson. Johnson allowed a Bernie Williams home run to make it 1–0 Yankees in the fourth, but Tino Martinez's two-run home run after a walk made it 2–1 Mariners in the fifth. In the sixth, McDowell allowed a triple and two walks to load the bases for the Mariners with one out and they built a commanding five-run lead off a weakened Yankee bullpen.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 3
Martinez hit an RBI single off of Steve Howe, then Bob Wickman allowed RBI singles to Jay Buhner and Mike Blowers before Luis Sojo's sacrifice fly made it 6–1 Mariners. The Yankees got a run in the seventh on Pat Kelly's sacrifice fly with two on, but the Mariners got that run back in the bottom half on Martinez's bases-loaded sacrifice fly off of Sterling Hitchcock aided by Randy Velarde's error. Back-to-back home runs by Bernie Williams and Mike Stanley leading off the eighth off of Bill Risley cut the Mariners' lead to 7–4, but Norm Charlton shut the door on Game 3, allowing Seattle to win their first postseason game.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 4
Scott Kamieniecki faced Chris Bosio in Game 4. The Yankees came out swinging in the first, loading the bases with no outs on a double, single and walk before Ruben Sierra's sacrifice fly and a two-run single by Don Mattingly put them up 3–0. In the third, the Yanks got two more on Paul O'Neill's two-run home run after a walk. Bosio was finished, pitching only two-plus innings. The Yankees were poised to take the series, but the Mariners rallied again.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 4
In the bottom of the third, Edgar Martínez's three-run home run after back-to-back leadoff singles energized the crowd and cut the Yankees' lead to 5–3. Later in the inning, after a single, walk, and sacrifice bunt, Luis Sojo's sacrifice fly made it a one-run game. In the fifth, Mattingly's error on Dan Wilson's groundball with two on allowed the Mariners to tie the game and complete a five-run comeback. Then in the sixth, with Sterling Hitchcock pitching, Ken Griffey, Jr.'s home run gave the Mariners a 6–5 edge.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 4
In the eighth, Norm Charlton's wild pitch with runners on first and third allowed the Yankees to tie the game at six, the run charged to Tim Belcher. John Wetteland was called on to keep the game tied for the Yankees, but he loaded the bases with nobody out on a walk, single and hit-by-pitch for Edgar Martínez, who hit a grand slam, giving him seven RBIs in the game and the Mariners a 10–6 lead. Then Jay Buhner's home run off of Steve Howe put the Mariners on top 11–6.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 4
In the ninth, Mattingly singled to lead off the ninth off of Charlton, who was relieved by Bobby Ayala. Mattingly moved on a groundout and scored on Mike Stanley's single. After a single and walk loaded the bases, Wade Boggs's groundout off of Bill Risley made it 11–8 Mariners and brought up Bernie Williams as the tying run, but Williams would fly out to center to set up Game 5.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
Andy Benes and David Cone were sent to the mound for the Mariners and Yankees respectively to determine the winner of the series. Joey Cora hit a home run to make it 1–0 Mariners in the bottom of the third. Paul O'Neill hit a two-run home run after a walk to make it 2–1 Yankees in the top of the fourth. Jay Buhner's broken-bat RBI single after a Tino Martinez double and wild pitch tied the game in the bottom half.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
In the sixth, Benes struck out Wade Boggs looking, then walked three to load the bases; Don Mattingly sliced a two-run ground-rule double to left that put the Yankees in front 4–2. After an intentional walk to reload the bases, the next two batters went to full counts, then popped up to end the inning. Benes threw 40 pitches that inning to bring his total to an even hundred. In the bottom half, Edgar Martínez led off with a double down the third base line, then Cone struck out the next three.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
In the seventh, Randy Velarde was caught looking on a full count, and Boggs hit a week grounder to first. Bernie Williams walked and Benes was relieved by southpaw Norm Charlton, who caused O'Neill to fly out to left. Cone struck out two more, then Coleman lined out to Mattingly at first. In the top of the eighth, Charlton issued a walk with two outs, then got a ground ball to end the inning. In the bottom half, with five outs to go and Cone still pitching, Ken Griffey Jr. homered deep to right to make it a one-run game.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
With two outs and the bases empty, the Mariners loaded them with a walk, single (Buhner), and another walk. On a full count, Cone threw his 147th (and final) pitch in the dirt to pinch hitter Doug Strange to tie the game at four. Rookie Mariano Rivera ended the inning with three straight strikes to Mike Blowers.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
Both teams blew chances in the ninth with two men on to score the potential series-winning run. Tony Fernández led off with a double off of Charlton, followed by a walk to Randy Velarde, who had failed to bunt. Charlton was relieved by Randy Johnson, who retired the side with eight pitches. (Boggs struggled to bunt and struck out on three pitches. On a 2–0 count, Bernie Williams lifted an infield fly, and after a called strike, O'Neill popped out behind home plate to end the threat.) Vince Coleman ripped an 0–2 pitch from Rivera to center for a single, Cora sacrificed him to second, then Griffey was intentionally walked. Jack McDowell entered and struck out Edgar Martínez, and Alex Rodriguez bounced a fielder's choice to shortstop to send the game to the tenth inning.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
Starters McDowell and Johnson made rare relief appearances; both entered in the ninth with runners on, then continued into extra innings. In the tenth, Johnson struck out the side (Rubén Sierra, Mattingly, and Gerald Williams). Buhner led off and lined another single to left field, but reserve catcher Chris Widger bunted foul on a 1–2 count for the first out. Strange grounded to second with a fielder's choice, then Blowers bounced the first pitch deep in the hole for an infield hit. Coleman grounded a fielder's choice to first baseman Mattingly for the third out.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
In the top of the 11th, Johnson opened with a four-pitch walk to catcher Mike Stanley, and Fernández bunted to move pinch runner Pat Kelly to second. With a 1–0 count, Johnson nemesis Velarde singled through the hole to left to score Kelly and put the Yankees up by one, just three outs away from the next round. New catcher Jim Leyritz was called out on strikes, Bernie Williams was intentionally walked, and O'Neill fouled off several before he was caught looking.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
Cora led off the bottom half: taking three pitches to a 2–1 count, he dragged a bunt down the first base line and avoided a Mattingly tag. After McDowell's first pitch just missed low and away, Griffey ripped a high strike up the middle to put runners on first and third. With no outs, Edgar Martínez watched a strike, then lined a double to the left field fence, scoring both Cora and Griffey to send the Mariners to the League Championship Series. Martinez's game-winning hit and the aftermath remains the Mariners' most famous moment.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
Until 2011, this was the only LDS Game 5 to extend to extra innings.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
During 1995, there were rumors the Mariners might relocate to the Tampa area. Their success this season led to renewed local interest in the team and the building of Safeco Field, which opened in July 1999.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, Game 5
The Yankees replaced manager Buck Showalter with Joe Torre and won the World Series in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000.


1995 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. New York, In popular culture
The song "My Oh My" by Seattle-based rapper Macklemore in conjunction with his partner Ryan Lewis, features a call of Game 5 by the late Dave Niehaus, simply known as The Double. It is written to honor the memory of Niehaus.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game
The 1995 American League West tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1995 regular season; the California Angels and Seattle Mariners met to determine the winner of the American League's (AL) West Division. It was played at the Kingdome in Seattle, on October 2, 1995.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game
The game was necessary after both teams finished the strike-shortened 144-game season with identical records of 78–66 (.542). Scoreless until the fifth inning, Seattle held a slim 1–0 lead at the seventh-inning stretch. The Mariners then broke it open and won 9–1 to secure the franchise's first postseason berth. It was counted as the 145th regular season game for both teams, with all the events in the game added to regular season statistics.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game
On August 3, the Angels were 56–33 (.629), 11 games ahead of the second place Texas Rangers, and 13 ahead of the third-place Mariners, at 43–46 (.483). By the end of the month, the Angels (67–50 (.573)) were on a six-game losing streak and their lead was trimmed to 7+1⁄2 games over both Texas and Seattle. On September 21, the Angels lost their seventh-straight and the Mariners pulled even at 72–63 (.533), with Texas four games behind. Five days later, Seattle had won its seventh straight and built a three-game lead with five to go. They were then shut out by the Angels. The Mariners won the first two games at Texas to clinch at least a tie with two remaining, but lost the last two while the Angels swept the Oakland Athletics to finish on a five-game winning streak.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game
At the time, the Angels' lead relinquishment was the third-largest in major league history, behind the 1978 Boston Red Sox and 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game
After winning the tie-breaker, the Mariners met the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series. After two losses at Yankee Stadium, the second in 15 innings, Seattle swept the next three games at home, capped by an 11th-inning double by Edgar Martínez in Game 5. The Mariners hosted and won the opener of the AL Championship Series, but lost to the Cleveland Indians 4 games to 2. The Angels did not return to the postseason until 2002.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Background, Before 1995
Both teams entered the tiebreaker with long histories of frustration and disappointment. California had previously won three AL West division titles (1979, 1982, and 1986), but never advanced to the World Series. In particular, the Angels lost a 2–0 series lead in the then-best-of-five 1982 ALCS to the Milwaukee Brewers, and were one strike away from defeating the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS but ended up losing that game and the next two to lose the best-of-seven series that they had led 3–1. They had not returned to the postseason since the 1986 loss.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Background, Before 1995
Seattle, on the other hand, had only had two winning seasons since the franchise began play in 1977 (1991 and 1993), and had never been close to the postseason. The team had gone through three ownership changes in its first 15 years, its most recent coming in 1992 when a consortium led by Hiroshi Yamauchi, which owns the Mariners to the present day, bought the team from Jeff Smulyan, who had threatened to relocate the team as a consequence of its losing ways.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Background, 1995 season
As a consequence of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, the 1995 season started on April 25, and was shortened to 144 games instead of the normal 162. California took an early lead in the AL West standings and traded first place with the Texas Rangers through May and June. The Angels took the lead on July 2, and held on to that lead throughout the rest of July and all of August. Seattle, meanwhile, spent most of June through August in third or fourth place. They bottomed out on August 2, thirteen games out of first place and three games under .500.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Background, 1995 season
The Angels' fortunes began to change when they were swept by the Boston Red Sox from August 21–23, then after winning one game, went into a 9-game losing streak beginning August 25. Seattle had an August record of 16–13 (.552), while California had an August record of 13–17 (.433). Seattle took second place on September 2, with Texas in a losing streak it never recovered from.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Background, 1995 season
Then in September, California went into a second 9-game skid from September 13–23, allowing  Seattle to take first place on September 22 in the middle of their own 7-game winning streak. California sank to three games behind with five games left in the season, but won all five,— a shutout of Seattle in the Kingdome followed by a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics—while Seattle lost their last two at Texas, forcing the tiebreaker.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Background, 1995 season
Seattle received home field advantage for the tiebreaker by winning a coin toss late in the season.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Line score and summary
As per normal MLB practice at the time, the home team for this game was determined by a series of coin tosses held on September 18 to determine home teams for all potential one-game tiebreakers. All statistics compiled during the game were added to each player's and/or team's regular season statistics. The game was nationally televised on ESPN with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan making the call.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Line score and summary
The first six innings of the game were largely a pitchers' duel between Seattle ace Randy Johnson and California's Mark Langston, the Mariners' former ace who was traded to the Montreal Expos for Johnson in 1989. Seattle put runners in scoring position in the first and fifth innings, but only scored one run in the fifth when Dan Wilson scored on a single by Vince Coleman. Johnson was perfect until the 6th inning, when Rex Hudler singled but was stranded at second base.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Line score and summary
In the seventh inning, Langston allowed a single to Mike Blowers, then allowed Tino Martinez on base via fielder's choice, then hit Joey Cora to load the bases with two outs. Luis Sojo followed with a double to right field that glanced off of first baseman J. T. Snow's glove and rolled under the Angels' bullpen bench, scoring Blowers, Martinez, and Cora. Sojo himself scored on the play as a result of Langston's throwing error, and Langston was replaced by relief pitcher Bob Patterson.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Line score and summary
Now trailing by five runs, the Angels threatened again in the eighth inning with runners on second and third, but Hudler grounded out to end the threat. In the bottom of the eighth, the Mariners again had the bases loaded when Tino Martinez singled to score Edgar Martínez, followed by a Dan Wilson double that scored Jay Buhner and Blowers, and finally a sacrifice fly double play hit by Cora that scored Tino Martinez, but got Wilson thrown out at third. Tony Phillips led off the ninth for the Angels with a home run to avoid a shutout, but Johnson retired the next three Angels hitters to record his sixth complete game and 18th win of the season.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Impact
The Angels' defeat in the tiebreaker marked a continuation of the team's struggles at the time. It was the closest the Angels came to the postseason during their playoff drought that lasted from 1987 through 2001. They would return to the playoffs in 2002, and won their only World Series that year.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Impact
The game was a stepping stone in what is widely regarded in Seattle as the most memorable season in Mariners franchise history. Having secured their first ever postseason berth, the Mariners went on to play the New York Yankees in the ALDS. They would defeat the Yankees in Game 5 of the ALDS, on the heels of Edgar Martínez' series-winning double, but ultimately were defeated by the Cleveland Indians in the American League Championship Series, 4 games to 2.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Impact
The game marked the beginning of the most successful era in Seattle franchise history, as they would go on to win AL West division championships again in 1997 and 2001, and an AL Wild Card berth in 2000. However, they failed to reach the World Series each time and remain the only MLB franchise to never reach the Fall Classic.


1995 American League West tie-breaker game, Impact
Off the field, the Mariners' AL West championship as well as its memorable run in the postseason served as a catalyst for public funding for a new ballpark. Less than two weeks before the tiebreaker, the residents of King County, Washington (whose county seat is Seattle) voted against a sales tax increase to fund a new stadium, but shortly after their ALDS victory, the Washington State Legislature reconvened and approved a separate funding package for a new stadium. The new stadium, now called T-Mobile Park, opened in July 1999.


1995 Ameritech Cup
The 1995 Ameritech Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and was held from February 6 through February 12, 1995. Third-seeded Magdalena Maleeva won the singles title and earned $79,000 first-prize money.


1995 Ameritech Cup, Finals, Doubles
Gabriela Sabatini /  Brenda Schultz defeated  Marianne Werdel /  Tami Whitlinger-Jones 5–7, 7–6, 6–4


1995 Ameritech Cup – Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lori McNeil.


1995 Ameritech Cup – Doubles
McNeil and Zvereva lost in the semifinals to Marianne Werdel and Tami Whitlinger-Jones.


1995 Ameritech Cup – Doubles
Gabriela Sabatini and Brenda Schultz won in the final 5–7, 7–6, 6–4 against Werdel and Whitlinger-Jones.


1995 Ameritech Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 Ameritech Cup – Singles
Natasha Zvereva was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Lisa Raymond.


1995 Ameritech Cup – Singles
Magdalena Maleeva won in the final 7–5, 7–6 against Lisa Raymond.


1995 Ameritech Cup – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1995 Amstel Gold Race
The 1995 Amstel Gold Race was the 30th edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 22, 1995, in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 256 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Maastricht. There were a total of 192 competitors, with 56 cyclists finishing the race.


1995 Amsterdam Admirals season
The 1995 Amsterdam Admirals season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill, and played its home games at Olympisch Stadion and De Meer Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of nine wins and one loss. In World Bowl '95, Amsterdam lost to the Frankfurt Galaxy 26–22.


1995 Amway Classic
The 1995 Amway Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand that was part of Tier IV of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was held from 30 January until 5 February 1995. Unseeded Nicole Bradtke, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title and earned $17,5000 first-prize money.


1995 Amway Classic, Finals, Doubles
Jill Hetherington /  Elna Reinach defeated  Laura Golarsa /  Caroline Vis 7–6, 6–2


1995 Amway Classic – Doubles
Patricia Hy-Boulais and Mercedes Paz were the defending champions but only Hy competed that year with Ann Grossman.


1995 Amway Classic – Doubles
Grossman and Hy-Boulais lost in the first round to Laura Golarsa and Caroline Vis.


1995 Amway Classic – Doubles
Jill Hetherington and Elna Reinach won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Golarsa and Vis.


1995 Amway Classic – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 Amway Classic – Singles
Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen was the defending champion but lost in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 against Nicole Bradtke.


1995 Amway Classic – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1995 Amílcar Cabral Cup
The 1995 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Nouakchott, Mauritania.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado
The Anderson Hills tornado struck near Huntsville, Alabama on May 18, 1995, killing one person and causing extensive damage and devastation, including the destruction of the Anderson Hills subdivision. It was rated an F4 when it made a direct hit on the subdivision. The tornado touched down just northwest of Athens. It tracked from that point through eastern Limestone County, through Harvest, Meridianville, and New Market in northern Madison County, Alabama, and ended near Princeton in northwest Jackson County, Alabama. The strongest portion of the tornado's path was near Harvest in northwest Madison County around the Anderson Hills subdivision and the Huntsville Dragway, which is the reason it is usually referred to as the "Anderson Hills Tornado".


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, Touchdown
The tornado first touched down at 5:33 p.m. approximately three miles northwest of Athens, just east of State Route 99. The tornado moved across State Route 127, then across I-65 near the interchange with U.S. Highway 31. From there, the tornado strengthened as it continued east, crossing State Route 251, where it destroyed 13 mobile homes at the Oakdale Mobile Home Park. At this point of devastation, one person received major injuries from the tornado and died two days later; Chuck Dale, 30 years of age, was the one fatality of the tornado.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, Touchdown
Around this time, a Tornado Warning was issued for Madison County to give residents on the northwest side of the county an opportunity to take cover; tornado sirens were activated at 5:43 p.m., one minute after the warning was issued. Meanwhile, the tornado began to move slightly north of east, moving across Mooresville Road and crossing through the Copeland community near the intersection of Copeland Road and East Limestone Road. It continued to strengthen as it crossed over Limestone Creek and approached the Madison County line. Overall in Limestone County, 35 buildings were damaged or destroyed, and 26 mobile homes were destroyed. Around 9,500 customers lost electricity in the county, where damage was estimated to be $1.5 million.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, Madison County
The tornado crossed into Madison County around 5:50 p.m. on Love Branch Road, just north of the Yarbrough Road intersection. It continued an east-northeasterly path across Carroll Road, Old Railroad Bed Road, and Wall Triana Highway, crossing just south of Harvest Elementary School. At 5:52 p.m., Madison County Fire dispatch reported that the tornado was on the ground near Harvest. The now violent tornado moved directly into Harvest and crossed Fords Chapel Road before taking a direct hit on the Anderson Hills subdivision along State Route 53.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, Madison County
At this point, the tornado was at F4 intensity and the subsequent survey would also reveal evidence of it having multiple vortices. A total of 39 well-constructed houses in the subdivision sustained major damage, and 21 were destroyed. The Piggly Wiggly along Highway 53 also received damage. At 5:54 p.m., the Madison County Sheriff's Department confirmed the tornado had crossed Old Railroad Bed Road and State Route 53. As a result of these reports, tornado sirens were reactivated in Madison County one minute later.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, Madison County
The tornado continued east-northeast making a glancing blow to the Huntsville Dragway before crossing Quarter Mountain Road and Bollweevil Lane on the northern face of Quarter Mountain. Next it crossed Hammond Lane (where it caused major damage to a few two story brick homes), Beaver Dam Road, Beaverdam Creek, and Pulaski Pike. It moved over Beaverdam Creek a second time at Mount Lebanon Road as it moved into the Meridianville area, then across Patterson Lane. Shortly after 6:00 p.m., the tornado crossed U.S. Highway 231/431 at Steger Curve – around Brier Fork bridge. Here, substantial damage was done to a cotton gin and a large farm house was spun off its foundation.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, More tornado warnings
From the highway, the tornado continued slightly north of east, tracking basically along Steger Road to near its intersection with McCollum Road. It moved across farmland, then crossed Moores Mill Road just south of Moores Mill School (now known as Lynn Fanning School). Several windows at the school were shattered. East of here, the tornado caused damage on the south end of the Timberwind subdivision before crossing the Flint River between Meridianville and New Market. At 6:13 p.m., a Madison County Sheriff's deputy radioed that the tornado was passing over his car on Butler Road.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, More tornado warnings
Also at this time, a Tornado Warning was issued for Jackson County. The tornado continued east of here causing structural damage along Arnold Road and Noles Drive before crossing Mountain Fork. It then moved across Sharon Johnson Park, causing mostly tree and minor structural damage. It then struck several homes in the Colony Square subdivision before crossing Winchester Road in New Market. At this point, the tornado path became more easterly as it moved into the more rugged terrain of northeastern Madison County. It reached the Jackson County border at 6:21 p.m. All told, over 10,000 Huntsville Utilities customers lost power during the storm.


1995 Anderson Hills tornado, Meteorological synopsis, Dissipation
The tornado weakened considerably as it moved across Putnam Mountain in northwest Jackson County, before ending near Princeton. The official survey indicated the tornado ended southeast of Princeton and east of State Route 65. Damage that occurred in this area was mostly F0 damage.


1995 Andorran local elections
The 1995 Andorran local elections were held on 3 December. Voters elected the council members of the seven parishes.


1995 Andorran local elections
They were the first local elections after the legalisation of political parties in 1993.


1995 Andorran local elections, Electoral system
The electoral law was changed together with the approval of the new Constitution and the legalisation of political parties. Voters elect the members of the municipal councils (consells de comú in Catalan). The electoral law allows the municipal councils to choose their numbers of seats, which must be an even number between 10 and 16.


1995 Andorran local elections, Electoral system
All city council members are elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the whole parish, using closed lists. Half of the seats are allocated to the party with the most votes. The other half of the seats are allocated using the Hare quota (including the winning party). With this system the winning party obtains an absolute majority.


1995 Andorran local elections, Electoral system
The cònsol major (mayor) and the cònsol menor (deputy mayor) are elected indirectly by the municipal councillors.


1995 Andorran local elections, Results, Overall
Following the elections, two women were elected cònsols majors (mayors) for first time in Andorra.


1995 Angus Council election
Elections to Angus Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.


1995 Ansett Australia Cup
The 1995 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League Pre-season Cup competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1995 Premiership Season began. It culminated the Final in March 1995.


1995 Antofagasta earthquake
The 1995 Antofagasta earthquake occurred on July 30 at 05:11 UTC (01:11 local time) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The Antofagasta Region in Chile was affected by a moderate tsunami, with three people killed, 58 or 59 injured, and around 600 homeless. Total damage from the earthquake and tsunami amounted to $1.791 million.


1995 Apulian regional election
The Apulian regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.


1995 Apulian regional election
For the first time the President of the Region was directly elected by the people, although the election was not yet binding and the President-elect could have been replaced during the term.


1995 Apulian regional election
Salvatore Distaso (the candidate of the centre-right coalition) was elected President of the Region, defeating Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi (Italian People's Party) by a slim margin.


1995 Arab Athletics Championships
The 1995 Arab Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt from 26 to 28 August. A total of 45 athletics events were contested, 25 for men and 20 for women.


1995 Arab Athletics Championships
The men's marathon was held for the last time, and for the only time both this and the half marathon event featured on the programme together – a rarity for an athletics championship. The men's 50 kilometres race walk was briefly reintroduced, being contested for the third and final time in the competition's history. In the women's programme, the triple jump was held for the first time, following on from its global debut at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.


1995 Arab Athletics Championships
In a similar match with international standards, the women's 3000 metres was changed to 5000 metres (parity with the men's event) – a move seen earlier that month at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. The women's 10,000 metres and half marathon both returned to the programme, having been absent since 1989.


1995 Arab Club Champions Cup
The 1995 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia in the city of Riyadh. Al-Hilal won the championship for the second time beating in the final Espérance de Tunis.


1995 Arab Club Champions Cup, Final tournament
Final tournament held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 1995.


1995 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
The 1995 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Sousse, Tunisia between 29 Sep – 12 Oct 1995. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Club Africain won the final against ES Sahel, both from Tunisia.


1995 Arab Cup Winners' Cup, Group stage
The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


1995 Arab Super Cup
The 1995 Arab Super Cup was an international club competition played by the winners and runners up of the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup. It was the second edition of the tournament to be played, but was the official first edition. Al-Shabab of Riyadh were crowned champions, with Saudi Professional League rivals Al-Hilal once again coming runners up. Also represented were Al-Ittihad, also of Saudi Arabia and the city of Jeddah and Egyptian giants Al-Ahly of Cairo.


1995 Arab Super Cup, Results and standings
Results in no particular order, dates of matches not known


1995 Aragonese regional election
The 1995 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 4th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1995 Aragonese regional election
The election saw a marked increase for the People's Party (PP), which went on to win the election doubling its 1991 vote and gaining ten seats. Much of the increase came at the expense of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), at the moment beset by corruption scandals. The Aragonese Party (PAR) lost ground for the second consecutive election and was displaced to 3rd place. United Left (IU) improved its position while the left-wing regionalist Aragonese Union (CHA) won seats in the Courts for the first time.


1995 Aragonese regional election
The new legislature elected Santiago Lanzuela as the first PP President of Aragon by 41 votes to 26. The PP and PAR deputies backed Lanzuela while PSOE, CHA and IU voted against. Lanzuela headed a PP administration with the initial support of the PAR.


1995 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Background
The previous legislature had been tightly divided between the left and right blocs, with an independent, former PP deputy holding the balance of power. This had resulted in a coalition between the PP and PAR being replaced by a PSOE administration in 1993. However, legal difficulties had forced the resignation of the PSOE Aragonese President José Marco in January 1995, being replaced by party colleague Ramón Tejedor. The PSOE Federal Executive designated Marcelino Iglesias as candidate for President in the 1995 election, marginalizing Marco from the election of the regional candidates.


1995 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Aragon were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Aragon, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Aragonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1995 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 67 members of the Cortes of Aragon were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the least populated one.


1995 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1995 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Cortes of Aragon expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Cortes were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 26 May 1991, setting the election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 28 May 1995.


1995 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The Cortes of Aragon could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1995 Aragonese regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.


1995 Arena Football League season
The 1995 Arena Football League season was the ninth season of the Arena Football League (AFL). It was succeeded by 1996. The league champions were the Tampa Bay Storm, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl IX. The AFL realigned its divisions for the third straight year to two divisions per conference, a format that was then used until 2016.


1995 Arena Football League season, Team movement
Five expansion teams formed in the league: the Connecticut Coyotes, Iowa Barnstormers, Memphis Pharaohs, St. Louis Stampede, and the San Jose SaberCats.


1995 Arena Football League season, Team movement
Meanwhile, both the Fort Worth Cavalry and the Massachusetts Marauders were suspended and the Cleveland Thunderbolts folded. The Denver Dynamite remained inactive.


1995 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia
The 1995 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia was a series of eight matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in April and May  1995, in Australia, in order to prepare the 1995 Rugby World Cup


1995 Argentine Grand Prix
The 1995 Argentine Grand Prix (formally the XVIII  Gran Premio Marlboro de la Republica Argentina) was a Formula One motor race held on 9 April 1995 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the second race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship and the first running of the Argentine Grand Prix since 1981.


1995 Argentine Grand Prix
The 72-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault, after starting from second position. Jean Alesi was second in a Ferrari, with Michael Schumacher third in a Benetton-Renault. Hill's teammate, David Coulthard, took the first pole position of his F1 career before retiring with an electrical failure.


1995 Argentine Grand Prix, Report, Background
This was the first running of the Argentine Grand Prix since 1981. The race had been removed from the Formula One calendar due to the retirement of Carlos Reutemann and Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, before being reinstated following President Carlos Menem's rise to power in 1989 and the subsequent modernisation of the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez.


1995 Argentine Grand Prix, Report, Background
The No. 6 configuration of the circuit was to be used - the race having previously used the No. 2 and No. 9 configurations, as well as the long and fast No. 15 configuration. To celebrate the race's return, Reutemann drove a demonstration lap of the circuit aboard the 1994 Ferrari 412 T1 on the Thursday afternoon before the race. The track, however, was criticised due to its "dirtiness".


1995 Argentine Grand Prix, Report, Background
In the two weeks between the Brazilian and Argentine Grands Prix, the FIA rescinded the rule requiring that holes be cut in the airboxes; consequently, all the cars arrived at the circuit with their airbox holes filled.


1995 Argentine Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
As the No. 6 configuration of the circuit was new to the Formula One calendar, a familiarisation session was held on the Thursday. The first practice session proper was held on Friday morning, followed in the afternoon by the first one-hour qualifying session. On Saturday, the second practice session was held, followed by the second qualifying session.


1995 Argentine Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Both qualifying session took place in wet conditions, with several drivers spinning; only towards the end of the Saturday session did the conditions improve. David Coulthard took the first pole position of his F1 career, with a time of 1:53.241 in his Williams. Teammate Damon Hill was alongside him on the front row of the grid, despite his time being 0.8 seconds slower, with Michael Schumacher third in the Benetton. Eddie Irvine took fourth in the Jordan, followed by Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren, Jean Alesi in the Ferrari, and Mika Salo in the Tyrrell. The top ten was completed by Gerhard Berger in the second Ferrari, Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Sauber and Rubens Barrichello in the second Jordan. The Simteks impressed with Jos Verstappen taking 14th, ahead of Mark Blundell in the second McLaren and both Ligiers, and Domenico Schiattarella 20th.


1995 Argentine Grand Prix, Report, Race
In dry conditions and with President Menem in attendance, Coulthard led away while, behind him, Alesi spun on the inside of the first corner. Salo, braking to avoid Alesi, was hit from behind by Luca Badoer's Minardi, causing him to run into the side of the second Benetton of Johnny Herbert. In turn, Herbert hit Barrichello, as did Badoer, with the second Tyrrell of Ukyo Katayama also becoming involved. Behind them, Olivier Panis in the Ligier hit the back of Pierluigi Martini in the second Minardi. The race was red-flagged, and Alesi, Herbert, Barrichello, Katayama, Panis and Martini returned to the pits to take their teams' respective spare cars for the restart (meaning Badoer's weekend was over), while Salo's car was repaired on the grid.