1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 28 April - 1 September 1946
Teams 17
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Cork (16th win)
Captain Christy Ring
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kilkenny
Captain Jack Mulcahy
Provincial champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played 16
Top Scorer Paddy O'Brien (7-3)
All-Star Team See here
1945
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:

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

April 28
First round
Offaly 5-3 1-8 Laois
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).

June 2
Quarter-final
Westmeath 3-9 6-8 Offaly

June 2
Semi-final
Wexford 2-2 7-4 Kilkenny

June 23
Semi-final
Dublin 4-6 3-4 Offaly
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).

July 7
Final
Kilkenny 3-8 1-12 Dublin
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

June 9
Quarter-final
Cork 2-9 2-1 Clare
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).

June 16
Semi-final
Limerick 3-5 2-2 Tipperary
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).

June 30
Semi-final
Cork 3-9 1-6 Waterford
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).

July 14
Final
Cork 3-8 1-3 Limerick
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).
Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
Referee: W. O'Donnell (Tipperary)

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

June 16
Quarter-final
Fermanagh Monaghan

July 7
Semi-final
Armagh 4-4 3-6 Donegal

July 7
Semi-final
Antrim 7-15 2-8 Monaghan


All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

July 27
Semi-final
Cork 2-10 0-3 Galway
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).

August 4
Semi-final
Kilkenny 7-11 0-7 Antrim
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).
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: G. Kelly (Dublin)

1 September
Cork 7-5 3-8 Kilkenny
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).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 64,415
Referee: J. Flaherty (Offaly)

Sources

See also

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