All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1950

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1950


team=Tipperary
titles=13th
captain=Seán Kenny
manager=
munster=Tipperary
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=
connacht=
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1950 was the 64th 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 3 September. The match was contested by Tipperary and Kilkenny, with Tipperary taking the title by 1-9 to 1-8. It was the second of three All-Ireland titles in-a-row for Tipperary.

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 Munster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster champions.
* There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series.

All-Ireland final

Overview

Sunday 3 September was the date of the 1950 All-Ireland senior hurling final between Tipperary and Kilkenny. It was their first meeting in the championship since 1945 when Tipperary were the winners. Tipperary also won the All-Ireland title in 1949 and were going for back-to-back titles. Kilkenny last won the championship decider in 1947 when they defeated Cork in one of the greatest games of hurling ever played. An interesting statistic at the time was the fact that Kilkenny hadn’t beatn Tipp in the championship since 1922.

Match report

At 3:15pm the sliothar was thrown in and a novel All-Ireland final began in earnest. Tipperary, having an almost perpetual Indian Sign over their near neighbours and rivals, went into the game as favourites after coming through a tough provincial campaign. Kilkenny, however, had won the title three years earlier and many of the same team lined out against Tipp. At half-time it looked as if Kilkenny were finally going to break the Tipp stranglehold as they led by 0-7 to 0-5 and would be playing with the wind at their backs in the second-half. Kilkenny, however, froze during the second thirty minute period as Tipperary stepped up a gear. In the closing stages they led by 0-9 to 0-8, however, the game still hung in the balance. With just a few minutes left in the game Tipp seemed to clinch the title when Paddy Kenny (hurler) goaled. The sliothar was immediately moved back up the field where Jimmy Kelly replied with a goal for Kilkenny. The game was really in the melting pot now as the clock ticked down. There were a few more threats for scores, however, Tipperary emerged victorious by 1-9 to 1-8.

tatistics

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date=1950-09-03
15:15 BST
team1=Tipperary
score=1-9 – 1-8
team2=Kilkenny
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goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=67,629
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).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, "Munster Hurling Legends" (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

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