1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 62nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1949 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 4 September 1949, between Tipperary and Laois. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3-11 to 0-3.

1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final

Event	1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary Laois 3-11 0-3
Date	4 September 1949
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	M. J. 'Inky' Flaherty (Galway)
Attendance	67,168

Laois trailed 1-5 to 0-3 at half time but failed to score again in the second half.

Match details

4 September 1949

15:15 UTC+1

Tipperary	3-11 – 0-3	Laois
Kennedy 2‑4; S. Kenny 1‑3; Stakelum, T. Ryan, Shanahan, P. Kenny 0‑1 each		Styles 0‑2; Dargan 0‑1

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 67,168

Referee: M. J. Flaherty (Galway)

Tipperary

Laois

1 Tony Reddin Lorrha 2 Mickey Byrne Thurles Sarsfields 3 Tony Brennan Clonoulty 4 John Doyle Holycross 5 Pat Stakelum Holycross captain 6 Flor Coffey Boherlahan 7 Tommy Doyle Thurles Sarsfields 8 Seán Kenny Borrisoleigh 9 Phil Shanahan Toomevara 10 Tommy Ryan Thurles Sarsfields 11 Mick Ryan Dicksboro 12 Jimmy Kennedy UCD 13 Jack Ryan Roscrea 14 Sonny Maher Boherlahan 15 Séamus Bannon St. Mary's Nenagh Substitutes: Paddy Kenny Borrisoleigh for Coffey [between 10th and 20 minute] Pat Furlong Knockavilla unused Jim Devitt Cashel King Cormacs unused Ned Gorman Holycross unused Bob Stakelum Holycross unused Jimmy Maher Boherlahan unused

1 Timmy Fitzpatrick Kilcotton 2 Liam White Borris-in-Ossory 3 Jackie Bergin Abbeyleix 4 Paddy McCormack Rathdowney 5 Jimmy Murray Errill 6 Tom Byrne Rovers 7 Paddy Ruschitzko Clonad captain 8 Billy Bohane Clonad 9 Joe Styles Clonad 10 Paddy Hogan Rathdowney 11 Harry Gray Faughs 12 Paddy O'Brien Faughs 13 Paddy Lalor Abbeyleix 14 Dinny Ford Clonaslee 15 Paddy Kelly Abbeyleix Substitutes: Billy Dargan Clonad for O'Brien [within the first 5 minutes] Andy Dunne Clonad for Ruschitzko Jack Donovan Clonad unused Dinny Cooke Rovers unused Peter Fitzpatrick Kilcotton unused Arty Ring Abbeyleix unused

References

• National Film Institute (August 2020) [1949]. Tipperary v Laois – 1949 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Final. GAA Collection. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020 – via Irish Film Institute.
• Pato' (5 September 1949). "Tipperary Hurlers Had it Easy". The Irish Times. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
• Phelan, John (August 2020) [2016]. The Complete Laois GAA Records Bible, 1888 - 2019 (PDF) (revised ed.). Laois GAA. pp. 391–394. ISBN 978-0-9556139-8-2.