1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates28 April - 1 September 1946
Teams17
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamCork (16th win)
CaptainChristy Ring
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainJack Mulcahy
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played16
Top ScorerPaddy O'Brien (7-3)
All-Star TeamSee here
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1947 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1946 was the 60th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Kilkeny 7-5 to 3-8 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

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 Munster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland semi-finals.
  • The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
  • Antrim, the representatives from the Ulster Championship, were drawn to play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
  • Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, automatically advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they were drawn to play the Munster champions.

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Offaly5-3 – 1-8Laois
Purcell (2-0), Burke (1-1), Daly (1-0), Dillon (1-0), Shine (0-2). Kelly (1-0), Baggot (0-3), Brennan (0-2), Cranny (0-2), Kenna (0-1).
Westmeath3-9 – 6-8Offaly
Wexford2-2 – 7-4Kilkenny
Dublin4-6 – 3-4Offaly
N. Wade (2-4), J. Prior (1-0), Daly (1-0), H. Gray (0-2), Sheeran (1-1), Walsh (1-0), ? (1-0), Shine (0-1), Burke (0-1), Ryan (0-1).
Kilkenny3-8 – 1-12Dublin
T. Walton (2-0), J. Langton (0-4), J. Gargan (1-0), S. O'Brien (0-2), P. O'Brien (0-1), T. Leahy (0-1). T. Herbert (0-4), N. Daly (1-0), N. Wade (0-3), H. Gray (0-2), S. Óg Ó Ceallacháin (0-2), P. O'Brien (0-1).

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Cork2-9 – 2-1Clare
J. Kelly (1-1), G. O'Riordan (1-0), C. Ring (0-3), M. O'Riordan (0-2), C. Murphy (0-2), J. Lynch (0-1). Frost (1-0), Quain (1-0), McDonnell (0-1).
Limerick3-5 – 2-2Tipperary
J. Mackey (2-1), M. Mackey (0-2), P. FitzGerald (0-1), J. Power (0-1). Dwyer (1-0), A. Brennan (1-0), Ryan (0-1), J. Coffey (0-1).
Cork3-9 – 1-6Waterford
M O'Riordan (1-1), G. O'Riordan (1-1), J. Kelly (1-1), C. Ring (0-4), E. J. O'Sullivan (0-1), J. Lynch (0-1). Barron (1-0), W. Galvin (0-2), V. Baston (0-2), Feeney (0-2).
Cork3-8 – 1-3Limerick
C. Ring (0-5), M. O'Riordan (1-1), C. Murphy (1-0), J. Kelly (1-0), J. Young (0-1), J. Lynch (0-1). McCarthy (1-0), M. Mackey (0-2), J. Ryan (0-1).
Referee: W. O'Donnell (Tipperary)

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Fermanagh–Monaghan
Armagh4-4 – 3-6Donegal
Antrim7-15 – 2-8Monaghan
Antrim6-3 – 2-1Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

Semifinals Final
      
1M Cork 2-10 (16)
1C Galway 0-03 (3)
1M Cork 7-05 (26)
1L Kilkenny 3-08 (17)
1L Kilkenny 7-11 (32)
1U Antrim 0-07 (7)

All-Ireland semi-finals

Cork2-10 – 0-3Galway
J. Kelly (2-1), C. Ring (0-4), J. Lynch (0-3),M. O'Riordan (0-1), P. Healy (0-1). J. Gallagher (0-2), S. Gallagher (0-1).
Kilkenny7-11 – 0-7Antrim
J. Langton (1-5), P. O'Brien (2-1), T. Walton (2-0), L. Reidy (1-2), S. O'Brien (1-1), T. Leahy (0-1), T. Maher (0-1). J. Mullan (0-5), N. Campbell (0-1), H. Mulholland (0-1).
Referee: G. Kelly (Dublin)

All-Ireland Final

Cork7-5 – 3-8Kilkenny
M. O'Riordan (2-0), C. Murphy (2-0), C. Ring (1-3), G. O'Riordan (1-0), J. Kelly (1-0), B. Murphy (0-1), J. Lynch (0-1). T. Leahy (2-0), J. Langton (0-5), P. O'Brien (1-0), T. Walton (0-2), S. O'Brien (0-1).
Attendance: 64,415
Referee: J. Flaherty (Offaly)

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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