1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	30 April 1950 - 3 September 1950
Teams	13
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Tipperary (15th win)
Captain	Seán Kenny
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Mick Kenny
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	12
Goals total	55 (4.5 per game)
Points total	177 (14.75 per game)
Top Scorer	Jimmy Kennedy (3-23)
All-Star Team	See here
← 1949 1951 →

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1950 and ended on 3 September 1950.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 1-9 to 1-8 defeat of Kilkenny.^[1]

Teams

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932	1945-46
Cork	Red and white	1946	1947	1947-48
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	1948	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930-31
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1947	1947	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1949
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940	1946-47
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1949	1949	1949-50
Waterford	Blue and white	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

30 April 1950 First round	Wexford	3-9 - 0-1	Meath	Enniscorthy

30 April 1950 First round	Offaly	3-3 - 3-2	Westmeath	St. Brendan's Park

21 May 1950 Quarter-final	Wexford	4-9 - 1-3	Offaly	Nowlan Park

11 June 1950 Semi-final	Laois	1-6 - 7-2	Wexford	Nowlan Park

18 June 1950 Semi-final	Dublin	1-7 - 4-10	Kilkenny	Wexford Park

16 July 1950 Final	Kilkenny	3-11 - 2-11	Wexford	Nowlan Park

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

18 June 1950 Quarter-final	Limerick	0-8 - 4-8	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds

25 June 1950 Semi-final	Cork	1-4 - 0-5	Waterford	Thurles Sportsfield

9 July 1950 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-13 - 3-7	Clare	Gaelic Grounds

23 July 1950 Final	Tipperary	2-17 - 3-11	Cork	FitzGerald Stadium

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

13 August 1950 Semi-final	Galway	2-6 – 4-7	Tipperary	Tuam Stadium
				Attendance: 25,000

3 September 1950 Final	Tipperary	1-9 – 1-8	Kilkenny	Croke Park
	P Kenny 1-2, J Kennedy 0-2, S Kenny 0-2, S Bannon 0-2, M Ryan 0-1.		J Langton 0-6, J Kelly 1-0, J Heffernan 0-1, D Kennedy 0-1.	Attendance: 67,629 Referee: C Murphy (Cork)

Championship statistics

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 17 points
- Wexford 3-9 - 0-1 Meath (Leinster first round, 30 April 1950)
Most goals in a match: 8
- Laois 1-6 - 7-2 Wexford (Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950)
Most points in a match: 29
- Tipperary 2-17 - 3-11 Cork (Munster final, 23 July 1950)
Most goals by one team in a match: 7
- Wexford 7-2 - 1-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
- Westmeath 3-2 - 3-3 Offaly (Leinster first round, 30 April 1950)
- Clare 3-7 - 2-13 Tipperary (Munster semi-final, 9 July 1950)
- Cork 3-11 - 2-17 Tipperary (Munster final, 23 July 1950)
Most points scored by a losing team: 11
- Wexford 2-11 - 3-11 Kilkenny (Leinster final, 16 July 1950)
- Cork 3-11 - 2-17 Tipperary (Munster final, 23 July 1950)

Miscellaneous

For the first time since 1942 there were no representatives from Ulster in the All-Ireland series.

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

External links

1950 All-Ireland Hurling Championship results

References

↑ "Senior All Ireland Winning Teams". Premier View website. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

Qualification	via Connacht via Leinster via Munster via Ulster via the Christy Ring Cup

Championships	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Statistics	Finalists Hat-tricks Records Top scorers Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Miscellaneous	All Stars History Hurler of the Year Player of the Month Trophy

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