1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 May 1953 - 7 September 1953 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (18th win) |
| Captain | Christy Ring |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Captain | Mickey Burke |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Goals total | 75 (5.7 per game) |
| Points total | 201 (15.4 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Jimmy Smyth (7-5) Jim Langton (1-23) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1952 1954 → | |
The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 3 May 1953 and ended on 7 September 1953.
Cork were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 3-3 to 0-8 defeat of Galway in the final.
Teams
Team summaries
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1952 | 1952 | 1952-53 |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1952 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1950-51 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1947 | 1950 | 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 | 1951 | 1951 | 1951-52 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | 1948 | 1948 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1951 | |
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
| 3 May 1953 First round | Westmeath | 2-4 - 3-13 | Meath | Cusack Park |
| 3 May 1953 Quarter-final | Offaly | 2-4 – 5-15 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park |
| 17 May 1953 Quarter-final | Kilkenny | 3-9 – 3-1 | Meath | O'Connor Park |
| 14 June 1953 Semi-final | Wexford | 4-13 – 3-5 | Laois | Nowlan Park |
| 21 June 1953 Semi-final | Dublin | 4-8 – 3-11 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
| 5 July 1953 Semi-final replay | Kilkenny | 2-13 – 1-5 | Dublin | Nowlan Park |
| 19 July 1953 Final | Kilkenny | 1-13 – 3-5 | Wexford | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 37,533 |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
| 14 June 1953 Quarter-final | Clare | 10-8 – 1-1 | Limerick | Cusack Park |
| 21 June 1953 Semi-final | Tipperary | 6-3 – 2-10 | Waterford | Cork Athletic Grounds |
| 28 June 1953 Semi-final | Cork | 2-11 – 4-2 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds |
| 26 July 1953 Final | Cork | 3-10 – 1-11 | Tipperary | Gaelic Grounds |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| 16 August 1953 Semi-final | Galway | 3-5 – 1-10 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
| 7 September 1953 Final | Cork | 3-3 – 0-8 | Galway | Croke Park |
| C Ring (1-1), J. Hartnett (1-0), T O'Sullivan (1-0), P Barry (0-1), WJ Daly (0-1). | B Duffy (0-2), J Molloy (0-2), J Duggan (0-1), J Gallagher (0-1), H Gordon (0-1), J Killeen (0-1). | Attendance: 71,195 Referee: P Connell (Offaly) |
Championship statistics
Scoring
- Widest winning margin: 34 points
- Clare 10-8 - 1-1 Limerick (Munster quarter-final, 14 June 1953)
- Most goals in a match: 11
- Clare 10-8 - 1-1 Limerick (Munster quarter-final, 14 June 1953)
- Most points in a match: 21
- Cork 3-10 - 1-11 Tipperary (Munster final, 26 July 1953)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 10
- Clare 10-8 - 1-1 Limerick (Munster quarter-final, 14 June 1953)
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
- Clare 4-2 - 2-11 Cork (Munster semi-final, 28 June 1953)
- Most points scored by a losing team: 11
- Tipperary 1-11 - 3-10 Cork (Munster final, 26 July 1953)
Miscellaneous
- Clare's 10-8 to 1-1 defeat of Limerick in the Munster quarter-final was a record-breaking game. It was Clare's first championship defeat of their near rivals since 1914. The 34-point winning margin remains a record between these two teams. Jimmy Smyth of Clare scored a Munster championship record of 6-4 against Limerick.[1]
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
References
- ^ O'Connell, Jerome (25 July 2007). "Recalling Jimmy Smyth's 6-4 in 1953". Limerick Leader. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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