All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1969

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1969
Championship Details
Dates	25 May - 7 September 1969
Teams	13
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Kilkenny (17th win)
Captain	Eddie Keher
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Denis Murphy
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	12
Top Scorer	Paddy Molloy (8-18)
Player of the Year	Ted Carroll
All-Star Team	See here
← 1968 1970 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1969 was the 83rd staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Cork 2-15 to 2-9 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

1 The championship
- 1.1 Participating counties
- 1.2 Format
2 Fixtures
3 Championship statistics
- 3.1 Scoring
- 3.2 Miscellaneous
4 Top scorers
5 References
6 See also

The championship

Participating counties

Province	County	Most recent success
Province	County	All-Ireland	Provincial
Leinster	Dublin	1938	1961
	Kilkenny	1967	1967
	Laois	1915	1949
	Offaly
	Westmeath
	Wexford	1968	1968
Munster	Clare	1914	1932
	Cork	1966	1966
	Galway	1923	1922
	Limerick	1940	1955
	Tipperary	1965	1968
	Waterford	1959	1963
Britain	London	1901

Format

Leinster Championship

First round: (1 match) This is a single match between two of the weaker teams drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the quarter-final.

Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a single match between the winner of the first round and another team drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the quarter-final join three other Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.

Munster Championship

Quarter-final: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Munster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland final.

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone match between London and the Leinster champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winner advances to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The semi-final winner and the Munser champions contest the final.

Fixtures

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

June 1 Quarter-Final	Waterford	1-12 – 3-18	Tipperary	Walsh Park Waterford Referee: M. Slattery (Clare)
	T. Walsh (0-9), M. Hickey (2-1), P. Enright (0-1), D. Mahon (0-1).		J. Doyle (1-8), M. Keating (1-5), J. Flanagan (1-1), M. Roche (0-2), S. McLoughlin (0-1), F. Loughnane (0-1).	Walsh Park Waterford Referee: M. Slattery (Clare)

June 15 Quarter-Final	Cork	3-8 – 1-4	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles Attendance: 21,200 Referee: S. O'Connor (Limerick)
	C. McCarthy (3-1), E. O'Brien (0-3), P. Hegarty (0-2), C. Cullinane (0-1), W. Walsh (0-1).		T. Ryan (0-4), L. Danaher (1-0).

June 22 Semi-Final	Tipperary	0-14 – 2-5	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds Cork Referee: M. Slattery (Clare)
	J. Doyle (0-5), M. Keating (0-4), F. Loughnane (0-3), D. Nealon (0-1), J. Flanagan (0-1).		T. Bluett (2-0), E. Cregan (0-3), M. Dowling (0-1), A. Dunworth (0-1).	Cork Athletic Grounds Cork Referee: M. Slattery (Clare)

June 29 Semi-Final	Cork	3-15 – 1-10	Galway	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Attendance: 10,000 Referee: G. Fitzgerald (Limerick)
	C. McCarthy (1-5), C. Cullinane (1-2), L. Walsh (1-2), P. Hegarty (0-3), G. McCarthy (0-2), D. Coughlan (0-1).		J. Connolly (0-4), B. O'Connor (1-0), P. Mitchell (0-2), D. Coen (0-2), M. O'Connor (0-1), P. Fahy (0-1).

July 27 Final	Cork	4-6 – 0-9	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Attendance: 43,569 Referee: S. O'Connor (Limerick)
	W. Walsh (3-0), C. McCarthy (1-1), P. Hegarty (0-2), D. Coughlan (0-2), T. Ryan (0-1).		J. Doyle (0-5), J. Flanagan (0-1), S. McLoughlin (0-1), N. O'Dwyer (0-1), P. J. Ryan (0-1).

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

May 25 First Round	Laois	5-12 – 0-1	Westmeath	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)
	P. Bates (2-4), J. Cuddy (1-1), G. Conroy (1-1), T. Keenan (1-1), J. Lyons (0-2), J. Dooley (0-1), P. Dowling (0-1), E. Jones (0-1).		P. Bradley (0-1).	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)

June 15 Quarter-Final	Laois	2-5 – 8-10	Offaly	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)
	C. O'Brien (2-0), P. Bates (0-3), P. Dowling (0-2).		P. Molloy (5-4), T. Dooley (2-0), W. Gorman (1-1), J. Healion (0-3), G. Burke (0-1), P. Mulhaire (0-1).	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)

June 22 Semi-Final	Kilkenny	2-20 – 2-6	Dublin	Wexford Park, Wexford Attendance: 5,000 Referee: B. Stack (Laois)
	E. Keher (1-10), P. Moran (1-0), M. Lawlor (0-3), P. Lawlor (0-3), J. Kinsella (0-2), J. Millea (0-1), P. Delaney (0-1).		J. Dolan (1-1), N. Kinsella (1-0), E. Flynn (0-3), A. Loughnane (0-1), D. Foley (0-1).

June 29 Semi-Final	Offaly	5-10 – 3-11	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J. Rankin (Laois)
	P. Molloy (3-4), J. Flaherty (1-3), W. Gorman (1-1), G. Burke (0-1), P. J. Whelehan (0-1).		T. Doran (2-3), M. Botler (1-1), P. Lynch (0-3), C. Jacob (0-2), W. Murphy (0-1), P. Sinnott (0-1).	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J. Rankin (Laois)

July 20 Final	Kilkenny	3-9 – 0-16	Offaly	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J. Gray (Dublin)
	P. Delaney (3-0), E. Keher (0-5), M. Brennan (0-2), J. Millea (0-1), J. Lynch (0-1).		P. Molloy (0-8), J. Flaherty (0-3), D. Hanniffy (0-2), P. Mulhaire (0-1), J. Kirwan (0-1), J. Healion (0-1).	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J. Gray (Dublin)