1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

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1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
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Event 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date6 September 1953
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee P. O'Connell (Offaly)
Attendance71,195
1952
1954

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 66th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1953, between Cork and Galway. [1] The Connacht men narrowly lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3–3 to 0–8.

Match details

Cork 3–3 0–8 Galway
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,195
Referee: P. O'Connell (Offaly)

Due to the clash of colours, both counties lined out in their provincial jerseys, Cork wearing Munster's blue while Galway wore the white of Connacht.

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Cork
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Cork Team:

D. Creedon, J. Riordan, J. Lyons, A. O'Shaughnessy, M. Fouhy, D. Hayes, V. Twomey, J. Twomey, G. Murphy, W. J. Daly, J. Hartnett, C. Ring, T. O'Sullivan, L. Dowling, P. Barry

References

  1. "Cork Defeats Galway For Irish Hurling Title". Buffalo Courier-Express . 7 September 1953. p. 52. Retrieved 9 November 2024 via Newspapers.com.