All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1948

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1948


team=Waterford
titles=1st
captain=Jim Ware
manager=
munster=Waterford
leinster=Dublin
ulster=Antrim
connacht=
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1948 was the 62nd edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 5 September. The match was contested by Waterford and Dublin, with Waterford taking the title by 6-7 to 4-2. It was Waterford's first All-Ireland title.

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
* Antrim, the representatives from the Ulster Championship, were drawn to play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
* Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they were drawn to play the Munster champions.

All-Ireland final

tatistics

footballbox
date=1948-09-05
15:15 BST
team1=Waterford
score=6-7 – 4-2
team2=Dublin
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=61,742
referee= Con Murphy (Cork)

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"MATCH RULES
*60 minutes.
*Replay if scores level.
*Three named substitutes

References

* Corry, Eoghan, "The GAA Book of Lists" (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

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