1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	29 May – 4 September 1983
Teams	14
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (23rd win)
Captain	Liam Fennelly
Manager	Pat Henderson
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Captain	Jimmy Barry-Murphy
Manager	Johnny Clifford
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	14
Top Scorer	Billy Fitzpatrick (1-24)
Player of the Year	Frank Cummins
All-Star Team	See here
	← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 97th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 1980 fixtures took place in September 1979. The championship began on 29 May 1983 and ended on 4 September 1983.

Kilkenny were the defending champions.

On 4 September 1983, Kilkenny won the championship following a 2–14 to 2–12 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their 23rd All-Ireland title and their second in succession.

Kilkenny's Billy Fitzpatrick was the championship's top scorer with 1-24. Kilkenny's Frank Cummins was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

Kerry

From Championship

Relegated to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

None

Teams

General information

Fourteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, one team from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

County	Last provincial title	Last championship title	Current championship
Antrim	1946	—	Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare	1932	1914	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork	1982	1978	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Dublin	1961	1938	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway	1922	1980	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry	1891	1891	All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Kilkenny	1982	1982	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois	1949	1915	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick	1981	1973	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Offaly	1981	1981	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary	1971	1971	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford	1963	1959	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Westmeath	—	—	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford	1977	1968	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Format

The provincial championships in Munster and Leinster were all played on a knock-out basis as usual. In keeping with the rotation system for advancement to the All-Ireland final, the Leinster champions automatically qualified for the final of 1983. Galway, having no competition in the Connacht Championship, played the winners of a preliminary game between Kerry and Antrim. The winners of this quarter-final went on to play the Munster champions in a single All-Ireland semi-final.

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling championship

29 May
Quarter-Final

Wexford	7–18 – 1–13	Westmeath
J. Quigley (2–3), T. Doran (2–1), J. Murphy (1–4), J. Walker (1–3), P. Courtney (0–4), G. O'Connell (1–0), J. Holohan (0–2), M. Jacob (0–1).		M. Ryan (0–5), M. Kilcoyne (1–0), M. Cosgrave (0–2), G. Jackson (0–2), J. J. Lynch (0–1), J. Fitzsimons (0–1), J. Kilcoyne (0–1), P. Curran (0–1).

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: J. Rankisn (Laois)

29 May
Quarter-Final

Dublin	4–10 – 2–11	Laois
J. Towell (3–3), M. Morris (1–3), P. Carton (0–2), P. Mulhare (0–1), G. Hogarty (0–1).		M. Walsh (0–4), P. J. Cudd (1–0), M. Cuddy (1–0), M. Brophy (0–3), J. Bohane (0–2), E. Fennelly (0–1), P. Critchley (0–1).

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: P. Long (Kilkenny)

19 June
Semi-Final

Offaly	1–20 – 0–11	Dublin
J. Flaherty (1–3), M. Corrigan (0–5), P. Carroll (0–5), G. Coughlan (0–3), P. Delaney (0–2), P. Horan (0–1), T. Conneely (0–1).		P. Carton (0–4), J. Towell (0–3), S. Kearns (0–2), G. Hogarty (0–1), L. Walsh (0–1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 28,521

Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

19 June
Semi-Final

Kilkenny	5–13 – 3–15	Wexford
B. Fitzpatrick (1–9), L. Fennelly (2–1), K. Brennan (1–2), C. Heffernan (1–0), H. Ryan (0–1).		S. Kinsella (2–3), J. Quigley (1–5), P. Courtney (0–2), M. Jacob (0–1), T. Doran (0–1), G. Flood (0–1), G. O'Connor (0–1), J. Murphy (0–1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 28,521

Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

10 July
Final

Kilkenny	1–17 – 0–13	Offaly
C. Heffernan (1–2), B. Fitzpatrick (0–5), R. Power (0–3), H. Ryan (0–3), L. Fennelly (0–1), K. Brennan (0–1), G. Henderson (0–1), G. Fennelly (0–1).		P. Horan (0–5), M. Corrigan (0–3), J. Falherty (0–1), P. Corrigan (0–1), P. Delaney (0–1), J. Kelly (0–1), P. Carroll (0–1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 35,707

Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Munster Senior Hurling championship

29 May
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	2–11 – 1–11	Clare
J. Grogan (1–6), T. Waters (1–0), P. Dooley (0–2), N. English (0–1), L. Bergin (0–1), L. Maher (0–1).		E. O'Connor (1–0), G. McInerney (0–3), C. Honan (0–3), P. Morey (0–1), S. Hehir (0–1), T. Nugent (0–1), J. Callinan (0–1), J. Shanahan (0–1).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)

12 June
Semi-Final

Limerick	2–14 – 3–11	Cork
J. McKenna (1–3), P. Foley (0–4), J. Flanagan (1–0), M. Rea (0–2), O. O'Connor (0–2), D. FitzGerald (0–2), F. Nolan (0–1).		K. Hennessy (2–0), J. Barry-Murphy (0–5), E. O'Donoghue (1–0), B. Óg Murphy (0–3), J. Meyler (0–1), J. Buckley (0–1), T. Cashman (0–1).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Attendance: 24,769

Referee: S. O'Meara (Tipperary)

19 June
Semi-Final

Waterford	4–13 – 2–15	Tipperary
T. Casey (1–3), J. Greene (1–2), E. Rockett (1–1), S. Breen (1–0), P. McGrath (0–2), P. Ryan (0–2), M. Walsh (0–2), J. Hennebry (0–1).		J. Grogan (0–7), T. Water (1–1), R. Callaghan (1–0), P. Fitzelle (0–2), L. Maher (0–2), P. Dooley (0–1), N. English (0–1), M. Doyle (0–1).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)

26 June
Semi-Final Replay

Cork	1–14 – 1–12	Limerick
B. Óg Murphy (0–6), J. Barry-Murphy (1–0), E. O'Donoghue (0–2), K. Hennessy (0–2), J. Fenton (0–1), P. Horgan (0–1), T. Cashman (0–1), J. Meyler (0–1).		J. McKenna (1–1), D. FitzGerald (0–3), E. Cregan (0–2), O. O'Connor (0–2), P. Foley (0–1), M. Rea (0–1), J. Flanagan (0–1), S. Foley (0–1).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: G. Ryan (Tipperary)

10 July
Final

Cork	3–22 – 0–12	Waterford
J. Barry-Murphy (1–5), E. O'Donoghue (2–0), K. Hennessy (0–5), J. Buckley (0–3), T. Cashman (0–2), T. O'Sullivan (0–2), B. Óg Murphy (0–2), T. Mulcahy (0–1).		P. McGrath (0–5), J. Hennebry (0–2), T. Casey (0–2), Michael Walsh (0–1), S. Breen (0–1), Mossie Walsh (0–1).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Attendance: 20,816

Referee: N. Duggan (Limerick)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

Preliminary round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		All-Ireland final

				Cork	5-14
				Galway	1-16
		Galway	3-22
Antrim	3-13	Antrim	2-05
Kerry	2-10					Cork	2-12
						Kilkenny	2-14

All-Ireland preliminary round

10 July
Preliminary Round

Antrim	3–13 – 2–10	Kerry
D. Donnelly (1–3), M. O'Connell (0–6), A. McCarry (1–1), B. Donnelly (1–0), D. McNaughton (0–2), T. McNaughton (0–1).		J. Hennessy (1–5), F. O'Donovan (1–2), C. Walsh (0–2), T. Canty (0–1).

O'Toole Park, Dublin

Referee: C. Foley (Dublin)

All-Ireland Quarter-finals

24 July
Quarter-Final

Galway	3–22 – 2–5	Antrim
P. J. Molloy (0–10), I. Clarke (0–5), A. Staunton (0–5), Joe Connolly (1–1), M. Connolly (1–0), B. Forde (1–0), S. Mahon (0–1).		D. Donnelly (1–0), B. Laverty (1–0), D. McNaughton (0–3), G. Cunningham (0–1).

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

All-Ireland semi-finals

7 August
Semi-Final

Cork	5–14 – 1–16	Galway
B. Óg Murphy (1–7), T. Mulcahy (2–0), J. Barry-Murphy (1–2), E. O'Donoghue (1–1), K. Hennessy (0–1), J. Buckley (0–1), T. Cashman (0–1), J. Fenton (0–1).		P. J. Molloy (0–7), N. Lane (1–1), M. Connolly (0–2), A. Staunton (0–2), B. Forde (0–1), F. Burke (0–1), C. Hayes (0–1), S. Linnane (0–1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 22,789

Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

All-Ireland Final

4 September
Final

Kilkenny	2–14 – 2–12	Cork
B. Fitzpatrick (0–10), R. Power (1–0), L. Fennelly (1–0), G. Henderson (0–2), C. Heffernan (0–1), H. Ryan (0–1).		B. Óg Murphy (0–5), S. O'Leary (1–0), T. Mulcahy (1–0), J. Buckley (0–3), K. Hennessy (0–2), E. O'Donoghue (0–1), F. Collins (0–1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 58,381

Referee: N. Duggan (Limerick)

Kilkenny

Cork

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Tipperary's victory over Clare in the Munster quarter-final was the team's first in the provincial championship since 1973.
The attendance of 20,816 at the Munster final was the lowest at the provincial decider since 1972.
In the All-Ireland final two Kilkenny players achieved rare distinctions. Goalkeeper Noel Skehan won a record-breaking ninth All-Ireland medal, however, his first three were won as non-playing substitutes. Midfielder Frank Cummins won his seventh All-Ireland medal on the field of play, equalling the record of four other Kilkenny players from the early part of the century. It was his eighth winners' medal overall as he won a non-playing substitutes' medal in 1967. Cummins also joined a unique group of players who won All-Ireland medals in three different decades.

Roll of Honour

Cork - 24 (1978)
Kilkenny - 23 (1983)
Tipperary - 22 (1971)
Limerick - 7 (1973)
Dublin - 6 (1938)
Wexford - 5 (1968)
Waterford - 2 (1959)
Galway - 2 (1980)
Offaly - 1 (1981)
Laois - 1 (1915)
Clare - 1 (1914)
London - 1 (1901)
Kerry - 1 (1891)

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Billy Fitzpatrick	Kilkenny	1–24	27	3	9.00
2	Bertie Óg Murphy	Cork	1–23	26	5	5.20
3	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	Cork	3–12	21	5	4.20
4	John Quigley	Wexford	3–8	17	2	8.50
4	P. J. Molloy	Galway	0-17	17	2	8.50
6	Éamonn O'Donoghue	Cork	4-4	16	5	3.20
	Kevin Hennessy	Cork	2-10	16	5	3.20
	John Grogan	Tipperary	1-13	16	2	8.00
9	Joe Towell	Dublin	3–6	15	2	7.50
10	Liam Fennelly	Kilkenny	3-2	11	3	3.66

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Joe Towell	Dublin	3–3	12	Laois
1	Billy Fitzpatrick	Kilkenny	1–9	12	Wexford
3	Bertie Óg Murphy	Cork	1–7	10	Galway
	P. J. Molloy	Galway	0–10	10	Antrim
	Billy Fitzpatrick	Kilkenny	0–10	10	Cork
6	John Quigley	Wexford	2–3	9	Westmeath
	Seán Kinsella	Wexford	2–3	9	Kilkenny
	John Grogan	Tipperary	1–6	9	Clare
9	John Quigley	Wexford	1–5	8	Kilkenny
	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	Cork	1–5	8	Waterford
	Joe Hennessy	Kerry	1–5	8	Antrim

Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.

Round	RTÉ
All-Ireland semi-final	Cork vs Galway
All-Ireland final	Kilkenny vs Cork

References

^ White, John DT (16 April 2012). 101 Things You May Not Have Known About Hurling. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-908752-70-3.

External links

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1983^{[permanent dead link‍]} at GAA Info

[1] White, John DT (16 April 2012). 101 Things You May Not Have Known About Hurling. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-908752-70-3.

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