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

• Antrim

Teams

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial	League
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	1949
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940	1946-47
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1949	1949	1949-50
Waterford	Blue and white	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	4-23	35	5	7.00
2	Paddy Kenny	Tipperary	6-06	24	5	4.80
3	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	5-07	22	3	7.33
4	Jim Langton	Kilkenny	2-12	18	3	6.00
5	Tim Flood	Wexford	4-03	15	4	3.75
6	Padge Kehoe	Wexford	2-06	12	3	4.00
7	Mick Ryan	Tipperary	1-08	11	5	2.20
8	Jimmy Smyth	Clare	2-03	9	1	9.00
	Christy Ring	Cork	1-06	9	2	4.50
9	John McGrath	Westmeath	2-02	8	1	8.00
	Jimmy Heffernan	Kilkenny	1-08	8	3	2.66

In a single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	3-06	15	Limerick
2	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	2-05	11	Offaly
3	Jimmy Kennedy	Tipperary	0-10	10	Cork
4	Tim Flood	Wexford	3-00	9	Laois
	Jimmy Smyth	Clare	2-03	9	Tipperary
5	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	2-02	8	Kilkenny
	John McGrath	Westmeath	2-02	8	Offaly
	Paddy Kenny	Tipperary	2-02	8	Cork
6	Paddy Kenny	Tipperary	2-01	7	Galway
	Jim Langton	Kilkenny	1-04	7	Wexford
	Christy Ring	Cork	1-04	7	Tipperary

Scoring

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

Miscellaneous

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

See also

• 1950 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

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

• 1950 All-Ireland Hurling Championship results