| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 April – 5 September 1965 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Tipperary (21st win) |
| Captain | Jimmy Doyle |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Wexford |
| Captain | Tom Neville |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Wexford |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Goals total | 60 (4.6 per game) |
| Points total | 234 (18.0 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Paddy Molloy (4-12) |
| Player of the Year | Jimmy Doyle [1] |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1964 1966 → | |
The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 79th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 25 April 1965 and ended on 5 September 1965.
Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 2-16 to 0-10 defeat of Wexford. It was the team's fourth All-Ireland championship in five years.
A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, the same number and makeup of participants from the previous championship.
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
| Carlow | Red, green and yellow | |||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1954 | 1956 | 1952-53 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | 1938 | 1961 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1950-51 | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1963 | 1964 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1955 | 1946-47 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | |||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1964 | 1964 | 1964-65 |
| Waterford | White and blue | 1959 | 1963 | 1962-63 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1960 | 1962 | 1957-58 |
First round
| 25 April 1965First round | Offaly | 5-12 – 0-6 | Carlow | O'Moore Park |
| P Molloy 2-7, W Gorman 1-1, N Delaney 1-0, B Loughnan 1-0, E Fox 0-2, B Moylan 0-2. | L Walsh 0-2, J Hickey 0-2, W Horgan 0-2. | Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny) |
| 23 May 1965First round | Laois | 5-6 - 2-5 | Westmeath | O'Connor Park |
| C O'Brien 2-2, J Conroy 2-0, J Fitzpatrick 1-1, P Muldowney 0-2, J Lyons 0-1. | J Rooney 1-1, M Flanagan 1-1, P Brady 0-2, T Ring 0-1. | Referee: J Grey (Dublin) |
Quarter-final
| 13 June 1965Quarter-final | Offaly | 2-9 – 2-14 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park |
| P Molloy 2-5, W Gorman 0-3, B Loughnane 0-1. | C O'Brien 1-5, P Bates 1-2, S Cashin 0-2, E Jones 0-2, J Conroy 0-2, T Walshe 0-1. | Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny) |
Semi-finals
| 27 June 1965Semi-final | Kilkenny | 1-20 – 3-8 | Dublin | O'Moore Park |
| E Keher 0-8, T Walsh 1-3, P Carroll 0-3, C Dunne 0-2, C Cleere 0-2, S Buckley 0-1, P Moran 0-1. | M Bermingham 0-5, S Lynch 1-0, B Cooney 1-0, A Loughnane 1-0, D Foley 0-2, E Malone 0-1. | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: J Maddock (Wexford) |
| 11 July 1965Semi-final | Wexford | 1-15 - 2-6 | Laois | Croke Park |
| O McGrath 1-3, J Foley 0-5, J Nolan 0-2, J O'Brien 0-2, P Ryan 0-1, P Wilson 0-1, L Butler 0-1. | C O'Brien 1-1, J Lyons 1-0, J Conroy 0-1, P Dooley 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, C Cuddy 0-1. | Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny) |
Final
| 1 August 1965Final | Wexford | 2-11 – 3-7 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
| M Byrne 2-1, D Shannon 0-3, O McGrath 0-2, M Codd 0-2, J Foley 0-1, P Wilson 0-1, T Neville 0-1. | T Walsh 1-2, E Keher 1-1, P Carroll 1-0, C Dunne 0-2, P Carroll 0-1, A Comerford 0-1. | Attendance: 28,000 Referee: J Grey (Dublin) |
Quarter-finals
| 6 June 1965Quarter-final | Galway | 3-10 – 4-8 | Clare | Pearse Stadium |
| S Coffey 1-6, M Fox 2-1, P Mitchell 0-2, P Burns 0-1. | P Cronin 2-1, P Dunne 1-1, J McCarthy 1-0, N Jordan 0-3, M Danaher 0-1, V Loftus 0-1, M Slattery 0-1. | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: P Ryan |
| 6 June 1965Quarter-final | Waterford | 3-8 – 2-9 | Limerick | Cork Athletic Grounds |
| F Walsh 1-3, P Grimes 1-1, J Kirwan 1-0, J O'Brien 0-2, J O'Byrne 0-1, T Cheasty 0-1. | É Cregan 1-2, T Bluett 1-0, B Hartigan 0-2, P Murphy 0-2, D O'Flynn 0-1, T Moloney 0-1, E Carey 0-1. | Referee: P Cronin (Cork) |
Semi-finals
| 27 June 1965Semi-final | Tipperary | 5-8 – 3-3 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds |
| S McLoughlin 2-0, M Keating 1-3, D Nealon 1-1, M Roche 1-0, J McKenna 0-2, J Doyle 0-1, L Devaney 0-1. | M O'Shea 1-0, D Pyne 1-0, N Pyne 1-0, P Cronin 0-2, J Woods 0-1. | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: T Higgins |
| 4 July 1965Semi-final | Cork | 2-6 – 2-6 | Waterford | Gaelic Grounds |
| J Bennett 0-4, E O'Brien 1-1, C Sheehan 1-0, C McCarthy 0-1. | F Walsh 1-2, M Flannelly 1-0, P Grimes 0-1, J Byrne 0-1, T Cheasty 0-1, M Óg Morrissey 0-1, | Attendance: 20,000 |
| 11 July 1965Semi-final replay | Cork | 1-11 – 2-5 | Waterford | Gaelic Grounds |
| J Bennett 1-3, E O'Brien 0-4, J McCarthy 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1, N Gallagher 0-1, D Murphy 0-1. | J Kirwan 2-0, P Grimes 0-2, S Power 0-2, T Cheasty 0-1. | Attendance: 25,500 Referee: T Higgins (Galway) |
Final
| 25 July 1965Final | Tipperary | 4-11 – 0-5 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds |
| T English 2-1, J Doyle 0-7, S McLoughlin 2-0, D Nealon 0-1, J McKenna 0-1, P Doyle 0-1. | J Bennett 0-3, P Harte 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1. | Attendance: 39,687 Referee: J Smyth (Clare) |
Final
| 5 September 1965Final | Tipperary | 2-16 – 0-10 | Wexford | Croke Park |
| S McLoughlin 2-1, J Doyle 0-6, J McKenna 0-5, L Kiely 0-2, T English 0-1, L Devaney 0-1. | J O'Brien 0-4, M Codd 0-3, D Shannon 0-3. | Attendance: 67,498 Referee: M Hayes (Clare) [2] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paddy Molloy | Offaly | 4-12 | 24 | 2 | 12.00 |
| 2 | Seán McLoughlin | Tipperary | 6-01 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 3 | Christy O'Brien | Laois | 3-07 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 4 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 0-14 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 5 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 1-09 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paddy Molloy | Offaly | 2-07 | 13 | Carlow |
| 2 | Paddy Molloy | Offaly | 2-05 | 11 | Laois |
| 3 | Frank Coffey | Galway | 1-06 | 9 | Clare |
| 4 | Christy O'Brien | Laois | 2-02 | 8 | Westmeath |
| Christy O'Brien | Laois | 1-05 | 8 | Offaly | |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Dublin | |
| 4 | Martin Byrne | Wexford | 2-01 | 7 | Kilkenny |
| Mattie Fox | Galway | 2-01 | 7 | Clare | |
| Pat Cronin | Clare | 2-01 | 7 | Galway | |
| Theo English | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Cork | |
| Seán McLoughlin | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Wexford | |
| Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 0-07 | 7 | Cork |