1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

none April 2022 1945 Tipperary Kilkenny Tipperary 13th John Maher Kilkenny Peter Blanchfield Jim Langton (0–28) 1944 1946 The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1945 was the 59th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5–6 to 3–6 in the final.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour The GAA website 20 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html 5 September 2011 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 Leinster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final. Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Leinster winners. The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final. The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster champions. Provincial championships Leinster Senior Hurling Championship First round 13 May 1945 First round Kilkenny 2–11 – 2–04 Wexford Nowlan Park 13 May 1945 First round Meath 1–04 – 2–07 Westmeath St. Loman's Park 20 May 1945 First round Offaly 5–03 – 4–06 Laois St. Brendan's Park 27 May 1945 First round Wicklow 7–05 – 10–06 Dublin Ashford 27 May 1945 First round replay Laois 3–04 – 5–03 Offaly O'Moore Park Semi-finals 3 June 1945 Semi-final Kilkenny 4–15 – 2–01 Offaly Nowlan Park 17 June 1945 Semi-final Dublin 8–03 – 2–04 Westmeath Tullamore Sportsfield 1 July 1945 Semi-final replay Kilkenny 4–15 – 2–01 Offaly Nowlan Park Final 15 July 1945 Final Kilkenny 5–12 – 3–04 Dublin J Langton 0–8, J Gargan 2–0, S O'Brien 1–1, T Walton 1–1, J Mulcahy 1–0, L Reidy 0–1, D Kennedy 0–1. J Gray 1–1, D Cantwell 1–1, M Ryan 1–0, M Lyons 0–2. Croke Park Munster Senior Hurling Championship First round 13 May 1945 First round Kerry 0–01 – 8–06 Clare Flaherty 0–1. McAllister 6–1, Nugent 1–0, Helon 1–0, Leahy 0–1, Murphy 0–1, Whelan 0–1. Austin Stack Park, Tralee 10 June 1945 First round Tipperary 3–06 – 0–03 Waterford J Coffey 2–0, Dwyer 1–1, P Doyle 0–1, H Goldsboro 0–1, J Maher 0–1, T Wall 0–1, T Brennan 0–1. Moylan 0–1, V Baston 0–1, Barron 0–1. Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy Semi-finals 24 June 1945 Semi-final Clare 3–03 – 3–06 Limerick J Solon 2–1, McAllister 1–0, Frost 0–1, D Solon 0–1. M Mackey 1–2, J Mackey 1–1, J Clohessy 1–0, D Stokes 0–2, Herbert 0–1. Cusack Park, Ennis 1 July 1945 Semi-final Tipperary 2–13 – 3–02 Cork T Doyle 1–4, M Ryan 1–2, J Maher 0–2, T Brennan 0–2, J Coffey 0–1, T Ryan 0–1, H Goldboro 0–1. J Quirke 1–1, J Lynch 1–0, P Healy 1–0, S Condon 0–1, Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles Final 15 July 1945 Final Tipperary 4–03 – 2–06 Limerick M Ryan 1–3, O'Keeffe 1–0, E GLeeson 1–0, J Dwyer 1–0. M Mackey 1–2, P McCarthy 1–0, J Mackey 0–1, D Stokes 0–2, J Clohessy 0–1. Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles 25,000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Bracket 2–11 20px|border Tipperary 3–06 20px|border Kilkenny 1–06 20px|border Antrim 5–09 20px|border Tipperary 20px|border Galway Semi-finals29 July / 5 August 5–03 20px|border Kilkenny All-Ireland final2 September 5–06 All-Ireland semi-finals 29 July 1945 Semi-final Kilkenny 5–03 – 2–11 Galway St. Brendan's Park 5 August 1945 Semi-final Tipperary 5–09 – 1–06 Antrim Croke Park All-Ireland Final 2 September 1945 Final Tipperary 5–06 – 3–06 Kilkenny Croke Park 69,456 V Baston (Waterford) References Sources Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005). Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005). See also 1945 Category:1945 in Irish sport