1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Tipperary (13th win)
Captain John Maher
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kilkenny
Captain Peter Blanchfield
Provincial champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
Top Scorer Jim Langton (0-28)
All-Star Team See here
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1945 was the 59th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5-6 to 3-6 in the final. [1]

Contents

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:

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

13 May 1945First round Kilkenny 2-11 – 2-04 Wexford Nowlan Park
13 May 1945First round Meath 1-04 – 2-07 Westmeath St. Loman's Park
20 May 1945First round Offaly 5-03 – 4-06 Laois St. Brendan's Park
27 May 1945First round Wicklow 7-05 – 10-06 Dublin Ashford
27 May 1945First round replay Laois 3-04 – 5-03 Offaly O'Moore Park

Semi-finals

3 June 1945Semi-final Kilkenny 4-15 – 2-01 Offaly Nowlan Park
17 June 1945Semi-final Dublin 8-03 – 2-04 Westmeath Tullamore Sportsfield
1 July 1945Semi-final replay Kilkenny 4-15 – 2-01 Offaly Nowlan Park

Final

15 July 1945Final Kilkenny 5-12 – 3-04 Dublin Croke Park
J Langton 0-8, J Gargan 2-0, S O'Brien 1-1, T Walton 1-1, J Mulcahy 1-0, L Reidy 0-1, D Kennedy 0-1.J Gray 1-1, D Cantwell 1-1, M Ryan 1-0, M Lyons 0-2.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

13 May 1945First round Kerry 0-01 – 8-06 Clare Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Flaherty 0-1.McAllister 6-1, Nugent 1-0, Helon 1-0, Leahy 0-1, Murphy 0-1, Whelan 0-1.
10 June 1945First round Tipperary 3-06 – 0-03 Waterford Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
J Coffey 2-0, Dwyer 1-1, P Doyle 0-1, H Goldsboro 0-1, J Maher 0-1, T Wall 0-1, T Brennan 0-1.Moylan 0-1, V Baston 0-1, Barron 0-1.

Semi-finals

24 June 1945Semi-final Clare 3-03 – 3-06 Limerick Cusack Park, Ennis
J Solon 2-1, McAllister 1-0, Frost 0-1, D Solon 0-1.M Mackey 1-2, J Mackey 1-1, J Clohessy 1-0, D Stokes 0-2, Herbert 0-1.
1 July 1945Semi-final Tipperary 2-13 – 3-02 Cork Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
T Doyle 1-4, M Ryan 1-2, J Maher 0-2, T Brennan 0-2, J Coffey 0-1, T Ryan 0-1, H Goldboro 0-1.J Quirke 1-1, J Lynch 1-0, P Healy 1-0, S Condon 0-1,

Final

15 July 1945Final Tipperary 4-03 – 2-06 Limerick Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
M Ryan 1-3, O'Keeffe 1-0, E GLeeson 1-0, J Dwyer 1-0.M Mackey 1-2, P McCarthy 1-0, J Mackey 0-1, D Stokes 0-2, J Clohessy 0-1.Attendance: 25,000

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

Semi-finals
29 July / 5 August 		All-Ireland final
2 September
      
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 5–03
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2–11
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 3–06
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 5–06
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 5–09
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 1–06

All-Ireland semi-finals

29 July 1945Semi-final Kilkenny 5-03 – 2-11 Galway St. Brendan's Park
5 August 1945Semi-final Tipperary 5-09 – 1-06 Antrim Croke Park

All-Ireland Final

2 September 1945Final Tipperary 5-06 – 3-06 Kilkenny Croke Park
Attendance: 69,456
Referee: V Baston (Waterford)

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

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