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1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1950 and ended on 3 September 1950.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 1–9 to 1–8 defeat of Kilkenny.

Team changes

To championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

  • None

From championship

Relegated to the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

Teams

Team summaries

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
In a single game

Scoring

  • Widest winning margin: 17 points
  • Wexford 3–9 – 0–1 Meath (<small>Leinster first round, 30 April 1950</small>)
  • Most goals in a match: 8
  • Laois 1–6 – 7–2 Wexford (<small>Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950</small>)
  • Most points in a match: 29
  • Tipperary 2–17 – 3–11 Cork (<small>Munster final, 23 July 1950</small>)
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 7
  • Wexford 7–2 – 1–6 Laois (<small>Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950</small>)
  • Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
  • Westmeath 3–2 – 3–3 Offaly (<small>Leinster first round, 30 April 1950</small>)
  • Clare 3–7 – 2–13 Tipperary (<small>Munster semi-final, 9 July 1950</small>)
  • Cork 3–11 – 2–17 Tipperary (<small>Munster final, 23 July 1950</small>)
  • Most points scored by a losing team: 11
  • Wexford 2–11 – 3–11 Kilkenny (<small>Leinster final, 16 July 1950</small>)
  • Cork 3–11 – 2–17 Tipperary (<small>Munster final, 23 July 1950</small>)

Miscellaneous

  • For the first time since 1942 there were no representatives from Ulster in the All-Ireland series.

See also

Sources

  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
  • Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

External links

References