1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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]

1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (13th win)
CaptainJohn Maher
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainPeter Blanchfield
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
Top ScorerJim Langton (0-28)
All-Star TeamSee here
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Format

The 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

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First 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 Wicklow 7-05 – 10-06 Dublin Ashford
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.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

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

All-Ireland semi-finals
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
2 September 1945 Final Tipperary 5-06 – 3-06 Kilkenny Croke Park
Attendance: 69,456
Referee: V Baston (Waterford)

References
  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

Sources
  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

See also
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