All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1945

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1945


team=Tipperary
titles=13th
captain=John Maher
manager=
munster=Tipperary
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=
connacht=
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1945 was the 59th 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 2 September. The match was contested by Tipperary and Kilkenny, with Tipperary taking the title by 5-6 to 3-6. The prize for the winning team was the Liam McCarthy Cup.

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.
* 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 Leinster winners.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster champions.

tatistics

footballbox
date=1945-09-02
15:15 BST
team1=Tipperary
score=5-6 – 3-6
team2=Kilkenny
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=69,456
referee= Vin Baston (Waterford)

{| 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).

ee also