1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	2 May 1943 - 5 September 1943
Teams	17
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Cork (14th win)
Captain	Mick Kennefick
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Antrim
Captain	Jimmy Walsh
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	16
Goals total	118 (7.3 per game)
Points total	175 (10.9 per game)
Top Scorer	Jim Langton (4-12)
All-Star Team	See here
	← 1942 1944 →

The 1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 57th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began non 2 May 1943 and ended on 5 September 1943.

The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 5-16 to 0-4 defeat of Antrim in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their 14th All-Ireland title.

Cork were also the defending champions and retained the title for the second successive year to become the fourth team to win the three in-a-row.

Teams

Overview

Eight teams contested the Leinster championship, with Meath and Wicklow returning after absences. Six teams contested the Munster championship, with Kerry fielding a team for the first time after a long absence from the senior ranks. Galway, who faced no competition in their own province, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage. The Ulster champions were permitted to enter the All-Ireland series for the first time.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Antrim	Saffron and white		1940
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932
Cork	Red and white	1942	1942	1940-41
Down	Red and black		1941
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	1942	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930-31
Kerry	Green and gold	1891	1891
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1939	1940	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940	1937-38
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1937	1941	1927-28
Waterford	Blue and white		1938
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918
Wicklow	Blue and white

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

2 May 1943 Quarter-final

Wicklow

1-1 – 3-9

Dublin

Wicklow

2 May 1943 Quarter-final

Kilkenny

4-9 – 3-4

Wexford

Nowlan Park

9 May 1043 Quarter-final

Laois

2-3 - 2-14

Offaly

O'Moore Park

16 May 1943 Quarter-final

Meath

6-7 - 5-1

Westmeath

St. Loman's Park

30 May 1943 Semi-final	Offaly	1-2 – 6-10	Kilkenny	St. Brendan's Park
				Referee: M Kelly

6 June 1943 Semi-final

Meath

1-5 - 8-1

Dublin

St. Loman's Park

4 July 1943 Final	Kilkenny	3-9 – 2-6	Dublin	Nowlan Park
	J Langton 1-5, T Murphy 1-1, J Kelly 1-0, S O'Brien 0-2, J Walsh 0-1.		C Downes 1-1, F White 1-0, T Treacy 0-2, T Leahy 0-1, L O'Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: E Long

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

6 June 1943 First round

Clare

3-03 – 6-04

Limerick

Cusack Park, Ennis

13 June 1943 First round	Waterford	4-05 – 1-02	Tipperary	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
	Galvin 1-1, D Daly 1-0, Feeney 1-0, Wyse 1-0, W Barron 0-1, J Keane 0-1, C Moylan 0-1, V Baston 0-1.		M Maher 1-1, O'Brien 0-1.

Semi-finals

20 June 1943 Semi-final	Kerry	2-07 – 8-03	Cork	Ballyduff
	T Sullivan 1-1, J Walsh 1-0, N Scollard 0-2, T Corridan 0-2, P Purcell 0-1, F Kissane 0-1.		T O'Sullivan 4-0, M Brennan 2-1, J Lynch 1-1, C Ring 1-0, J Quirke 0-1.	Referee: J Roche (Limerick)

4 July 1943 Semi-final	Waterford	3-07 – 4-03	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	K Jeane 2-0, M Feeney 1-1, W Barron 0-1, C Moylan 0-2, Galvin 0-2, E Daly 0-1,		J Mackey 2-0, McMahon 1-0, Herbert 1-0, D Stokes 0-1, M Mackey 0-1, J Power 0-1.	Referee: J O'Regan (Cork)

Final

1 August 1943 Final	Cork	2-13 – 3-08	Waterford	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	C Ring 1-3, J Young 1-1, J Lynch 0-3, B Murphy 0-3, M Kennefick 0-1, W Murphy 0-1, J Quirke 0-1.		M Hickey 1-1, W Barron 1-0, D Power 1-0, B Hoban 0-3, J Keane 0-1, C Moylan 0-1, E Daly 0-1, M Hayes 0-1.	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: M Hennessy (Clare)

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

13 June 1943 Final

Antrim

6-8 – 2-0

Down

Corrigan Park

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

4 July 1943 Quarter-final

Antrim

7-00 - 6-2

Galway

Corrigan Park

1 August 1943 Semi-final	Antrim	3-3 - 1-6	Kilkenny	Corrigan Park
				Referee: JJ Stuart (Dublin)

5 September 1943 Final	Cork	5-16 - 0-4	Antrim	Croke Park
				Attendance: 48,843 Referee: JJ Stuart (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 27 points
- Cork 5-16 - 0-4 Antrim (All-Ireland final, 5 September 1943)
Most goals in a match: 13
- Antrim 7-0 - 6-2 Galway (All-Ireland quarter-final, 4 July 1943)

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Horgan, Tim, Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest (The Collins Press, 2007).
Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

External links

1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

References

^ Stapleton, Shane (16 November 2010). "Rising from the Ashes: Antrim of 1943". Eircom Sports website. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

[1] Stapleton, Shane (16 November 2010). "Rising from the Ashes: Antrim of 1943". Eircom Sports website. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

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