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
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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:

• The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland semi-finals.
• The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
• Antrim, the representatives from the Ulster Championship, were drawn to play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
• Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, automatically advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they were drawn to play the Munster champions.

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

April 28, 1946
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).

St. Brendan's Park, Birr

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June 2, 1946
Quarterfinal

Westmeath	3-9 – 6-8	Offaly

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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June 2, 1946
Semifinal

Wexford	2-2 – 7-4	Kilkenny

O'Kennedy Park, New Ross

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June 23, 1946
Semifinal

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).

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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July 7, 1946
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).

Croke Park, Dublin

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship

June 9, 1946
Quarterfinal

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).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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June 16, 1946
Semifinal

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).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

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June 30, 1946
Semifinal

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).

Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel

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July 14, 1946
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)

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Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

June 16, 1946
Quarterfinal

Fermanagh	–	Monaghan

Enniskillen

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July 7, 1946
Semifinal

Armagh	4-4 – 3-6	Donegal

Healy Park, Omagh

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July 7, 1946
Semifinal

Antrim	7-15 – 2-8	Monaghan

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1946
Final

Antrim	6-3 – 2-1	Armagh

Corrigan Park, Belfast

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	1M	Cork	2-10 (16)
	1C	Galway	0-03 (3)
						1M	Cork	7-05 (26)
						1L	Kilkenny	3-08 (17)
	1L	Kilkenny	7-11 (32)
	1U	Antrim	0-07 (7)

All-Ireland semi-finals

July 27, 1946
Semifinal

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).

St. Brendan's Park, Birr

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August 4, 1946
Semifinal

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)

All-Ireland Final

1 September 1946
Final

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)

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Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).