1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 57th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 2 May 1943 and ended on 5 September 1943.
Cork were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown for a third successive year following a 5-16 to 0-4 defeat of Antrim.[1]
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 the All-Ireland final.
- The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
- The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland quarter-final.
- Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage where they played the Ulster champions. The winners of this game advanced to the lone All-Ireland semi-final.
Results
| Semi-final 30 May 1943 |
Offaly |
1-2 – 6-10 |
Kilkenny |
St. Brendan's Park |
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Referee: M Kelly
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| Final 5 September 1943 |
Cork |
5-16 - 0-4 |
Antrim |
Croke Park |
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Attendance: 48,843
Referee: JJ Stuart (Dublin)
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Championship statistics
Scoring
- Widest winning margin: 27 points
- Cork 5-16 - 0-4 Antrim (All-Ireland final, 5 September 1943)
- Most goals in a match: 13
- Antrim 7-0 - 6-2 Galway (All-Ireland quarter-final, 4 July 1943)
Sources
- 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).
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