1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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
Team	Colours	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)

Main article: 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

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

1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

References

↑ O'Connell, Jerome (25 July 2007). "Recalling Jimmy Smyth's 6-4 in 1953". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

Qualification	via Connacht via Leinster via Munster via Ulster via the Christy Ring Cup

Championships	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Statistics	Finalists Hat-tricks Records Top scorers Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Miscellaneous	All Stars History Hurler of the Year Player of the Month Trophy

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