All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1942

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1942


team=Cork
titles=13th
captain=Jack Lynch
manager=
munster=Cork
leinster=Dublin
ulster=
connacht=
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1942 was the 56th 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 6 September. The match was contested by Cork and Dublin, with Cork taking the title by 2-14 to 3-4. It was Cork’s second All-Ireland title in-a-row.

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 Connacht, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster champions.
* There were no representatives from Ulster in the All-Ireland championship.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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date = July 6
Semi-Final
team1 = Cork
score = 6-8 – 2-4
team2 = Galway
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Gaelic Grounds
Limerick

All-Ireland final

Overview

Sunday September 6 was the date of the 1942 All-Ireland senior hurling final between Cork and Dublin. Cork were appearing in their second championship decider in-a-row, having won the title the previous year with a defeat of the same opposition. Dublin last won the All-Ireland title in 1938 with a defeat of Waterford.

Match report

At 3:15pm the sliothar was thrown-in and the All-Ireland final began in earnest. Dublin got off to a good start when Mossie McDonnell, a native of Cork, opened the scoring account with a point. Cork found their rhythm shortly afterwards with Christy Ring hitting back with three points for Cork. Team captain Jack Lynch rifled two more points over the bar before Mick Kennefick and Derry Beckett slotted over another two points for the Leesiders. While Cork could have ran riot Dublin were still not out of the game courtesy of two goals by Éamonn O'Brien and Mossie McDonnell. It was Cork, however, who had the psychological boost at half-time as Kerry-born Johnny Quirke finished a Seán Condon pass to the Dublin net. At half-time it was ‘the Rebel’s who led by 1-7 to 2-1.

Not long after the restart Cork suffered a major blow when injury forced their goalkeeper Ned Porter to retire from play. Ironically, it was his old neighbour, Mossie McDonnell, who had accidentally struck him. In spite of this Cork forged ahead with further points by Mick Kennefick, Charlie Tobin and Christy Ring. Dublin stayed in contention when a goal by Dan Davitt brought them to within a point of the reigning champions. Cork finished like they had started and a Derry Beckett goal was followed by points from Johnny Quirke and Jack Lynch. The goal was the nail in the coffin and sealed a 2-14 to 3-4 victory for Cork.

tatistics

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date=1942-09-06
15:15 BST
team1=Cork
score=2-14 – 3-4
team2=Dublin
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=27,313
referee=M. Hennessy (Clare)

References

* Corry, Eoghan, "The GAA Book of Lists" (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Horgan, Tim, "Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest" (The Collins Press, 2007).
* Nolan, Pat, "Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling" (The Collins Press, 2000).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, "Munster HUrling Legends" (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

See also