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]
| 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 |
← 1944 1946 → | |
Format
editThe 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 Leinster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
- Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Leinster winners.
- The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
- The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster champions.
Provincial championships
editFirst round
| 13 May 1945 First round | Kilkenny | 2-11 – 2-04 | Wexford | Nowlan Park |
| 13 May 1945 First round | Meath | 1-04 – 2-07 | Westmeath | St. Loman's Park |
| 20 May 1945 First round | Offaly | 5-03 – 4-06 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park |
| 27 May 1945 First round replay | Laois | 3-04 – 5-03 | Offaly | O'Moore Park |
Semi-finals
| 3 June 1945 Semi-final | Kilkenny | 4-15 – 2-01 | Offaly | Nowlan Park |
| 17 June 1945 Semi-final | Dublin | 8-03 – 2-04 | Westmeath | Tullamore Sportsfield |
| 1 July 1945 Semi-final replay | Kilkenny | 4-15 – 2-01 | Offaly | Nowlan Park |
Final
| 15 July 1945 Final | 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. |
First round
| 13 May 1945 First 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 1945 First 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 1945 Semi-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 1945 Semi-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 1945 Final | 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
editAll-Ireland semi-finals
edit| 29 July 1945 Semi-final | Kilkenny | 5-03 – 2-11 | Galway | St. Brendan's Park |
| 5 August 1945 Semi-final | Tipperary | 5-09 – 1-06 | Antrim | Croke Park |
All-Ireland Final
edit| 2 September 1945 Final | Tipperary | 5-06 – 3-06 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 69,456 Referee: V Baston (Waterford) |
References
edit- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
Sources
edit- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).