1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 63rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 15 May 1949 and ended on 4 September 1949.

Waterford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title following a 3-11 to 0-3 defeat of Laois.

Teams

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Antrim	Saffron and white		1946
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932	1945-46
Cork	Red and white	1946	1947	1947-48
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	1948	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930-31
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1947	1947	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940	1946-47
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1945	1945	1948-49
Waterford	Blue and white	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	7-40	61	6	10.16
2	Paddy Lalor	Laois	6-04	22	5	4.40
3	Harry Gray	Laois	4-06	18	5	3.60
4	Sonny Maher	Tipperary	4-04	16	6	2.66
5	Mick Ryan	Tipperary	2-09	15	6	2.50
6	Shem Downey	Kilkenny	3-04	13	3	4.33
7	Jim Walton	Kilkenny	3-03	12	3	4.00
	Jim Loughran	Meath	2-06	12	2	6.00
	Jack Lynch	Cork	1-09	12	2	6.00
	Tommy Ryan	Tipperary	0-12	12	6	2.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	3-05	14	Antrim
2	Sonny Maher	Tipperary	3-03	12	Antrim
3	Paddy Lalor	Laois	3-02	11	Offaly
	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	0-11	11	Limerick
4	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	2-04	10	Laois
	Jim Loughran	Meath	2-04	10	Westmeath
	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	1-07	10	Cork
5	Jack Lynch	Cork	1-06	9	Tipperary
	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	1-06	9	Cork
6	Harry Gray	Laois	2-02	8	Galway

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 29 points
  • Tipperary 6-18 - 1-4 Antrim (All-Ireland semi-final, 31 July 1949)
• Most goals in a match: 11
  • Offaly 4-2 - 7-5 Laois (Leinster quarter-final , 15 May 1949)
• Most points in a match: 26
  • Tipperary 1-16 - 2-10 Limerick (Munster final, 17 July 1949)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 7
  • Laois 7-5 - 4-2 Offaly (Leinster quarter-final , 15 May 1949)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
  • Offaly 4-2 - 7-5 Laois (Leinster quarter-final , 15 May 1949)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 10
  • Limerick 2-10 - 1-16 Tipperary (Munster final, 17 July 1949)

Miscellaneous

• Laois win the Leinster championship for the first time since 1915.
• The All-Ireland final meeting of Laois and Tipperary is their first ever championship meeting.

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

• 1949 All-Ireland Hurling Championship results