All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1983

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1983 ran from May to September of that year. The All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Kilkenny who beat Cork by 2-14 to 2-12.

Format

The provincial championships in Munster and Leinster were all played on a knock-out basis as usual. In keeping with the rotation system for advancement to the All-Ireland final, the Leinster champions automatically qualified for the final of 1983. Galway, having no competition in the Connacht Championship, played the winners of a preliminary game between Kerry and Antrim. The winners of this quarter-final went on to play the Munster champions in a single All-Ireland semi-final.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Paths to the final

The Munster Championship proved to be a complete walkover for Cork once again. In the Munster final they defeated Waterford for the second consecutive year on a huge score line of 3-2 to 0-12. It was their second provincial title in-a-row. In the Leinster Championship Kilkenny overcame Offaly to win their second provincial title in-a-row also.

The final

Sunday, September 14 was the date of the All-Ireland final between Kilkenny and Cork. It was a repeat of the previous year’s final and the big question was whether Cork could gain revenge for that humiliating defeat. On the Cork team Ray Cummins and Martin O'Doherty were notable absentees, while, rather ominously, the Kilkenny team contained fourteen of the previous year’s starting fifteen. The atmosphere was tense at Croke Park amongst the Cork supporters. This tension was certainly not eased when after just twelve minutes of play Kilkenny led by 0-5 to 0-1. Kilkenny retained their lead and at half-time they lead by six points.

Richie Power scored Kilkenny’s second goal after just 18 seconds of the second half. While this appeared to be the nail in the coffin for Cork the game turned in their favour after this. Kilkenny failed to score for the final twenty minutes of the game as Cork clawed their way back. Newcomer Tomás Mulcahy and substitute Seánie O'Leary scored two goals to cut Cork’s deficit to two points. In the dying seconds of the game, however, a goal chance by John Buckley just went over the crossbar. The final score read Kilkenny 2-14, Cork 2-12. For the second consecutive year Kilkenny had overcome their greatest rivals in the final.

Results

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date = August 17
Prelminary Round
team1 = Antrim
score = 3-13 – 2-10
team2 = Kerry
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stadium = O'Toole Park,
Dublin----footballbox
date = July 24
Quarter-Final
team1 = Galway
score = 3-22 – 2-5
team2 = Antrim
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stadium = Mullingar----footballbox
date = August 7
Semi-Final
team1 = Cork
score = 5-14 – 1-16
team2 = Galway
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goals2 =
stadium = Croke Park,
Dublin----footballbox
date = September 14
Final
team2 = Cork
score = 2-14 – 2-12
team1 = Kilkenny
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stadium = Croke Park,
Dublin
Attendance: 58,381----

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