1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	30 April 1950 - 3 September 1950
Teams	13
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Tipperary (15th win)
Captain	Seán Kenny
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Mick Kenny
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	12
Goals total	55 (4.5 per game)
Points total	177 (14.75 per game)
Top Scorer	Jimmy Kennedy (3-23)
All-Star Team	See here
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The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1950 and ended on 3 September 1950.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 1-9 to 1-8 defeat of Kilkenny.

Teams

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932	1945-46
Cork	Red and white	1946	1947	1947-48
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	1948	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930-31
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1947	1947	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1949
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940	1946-47
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1949	1949	1949-50
Waterford	Blue and white	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Wexford v Meath

30 April 1950 First round	Wexford	3-9 - 0-1	Meath	Enniscorthy

Offaly v Westmeath

30 April 1950 First round	Offaly	3-3 - 3-2	Westmeath	St. Brendan's Park

Wexford v Offaly

21 May 1950 Quarter-final	Wexford	4-9 - 1-3	Offaly	Nowlan Park

Laois v Wexford

11 June 1950 Semi-final	Laois	1-6 - 7-2	Wexford	Nowlan Park

Dublin v Kilkenny

18 June 1950 Semi-final	Dublin	1-7 - 4-10	Kilkenny	Wexford Park

Kilkenny v Wexford

16 July 1950 Final	Kilkenny	3-11 - 2-11	Wexford	Nowlan Park

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Limerick v Tipperary

18 June 1950 Quarter-final	Limerick	0-8 - 4-8	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds

Cork v Waterford

25 June 1950 Semi-final	Cork	1-4 - 0-5	Waterford	Thurles Sportsfield

Tipperary v Clare

9 July 1950 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-13 - 3-7	Clare	Gaelic Grounds

Tipperary v Cork

23 July 1950 Final	Tipperary	2-17 - 3-11	Cork	FitzGerald Stadium

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Galway v Tipperary

13 August 1950 Semi-final	Galway	2-6 – 4-7	Tipperary	Tuam Stadium
				Attendance: 25,000

Tipperary v Kilkenny

3 September 1950 Final	Tipperary	1-9 – 1-8	Kilkenny	Croke Park
	P Kenny 1-2, J Kennedy 0-2, S Kenny 0-2, S Bannon 0-2, M Ryan 0-1.		J Langton 0-6, J Kelly 1-0, J Heffernan 0-1, D Kennedy 0-1.	Attendance: 67,629 Referee: C Murphy (Cork)

Championship statistics

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 17 points
  • Wexford 3-9 - 0-1 Meath (Leinster first round, 30 April 1950)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Laois 1-6 - 7-2 Wexford (Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950)
• Most points in a match: 29
  • Tipperary 2-17 - 3-11 Cork (Munster final, 23 July 1950)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 7
  • Wexford 7-2 - 1-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
  • Westmeath 3-2 - 3-3 Offaly (Leinster first round, 30 April 1950)
  • Clare 3-7 - 2-13 Tipperary (Munster semi-final, 9 July 1950)
  • Cork 3-11 - 2-17 Tipperary (Munster final, 23 July 1950)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 11
  • Wexford 2-11 - 3-11 Kilkenny (Leinster final, 16 July 1950)
  • Cork 3-11 - 2-17 Tipperary (Munster final, 23 July 1950)

Miscellaneous

• For the first time since 1942 there were no representatives from Ulster in the All-Ireland series.

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
• Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

External links

• 1950 All-Ireland Hurling Championship results