1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details | |
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Dates | 27 April 1952 - 7 September 1952 |
Teams | 13 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winning team | Cork (17th win) |
Captain | Paddy Barry |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Dublin |
Captain | Jim Prior |
Provincial champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Dublin |
Ulster | Not Played |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 13 |
Goals total | 83 (6.3 per game) |
Points total | 166 (12.7 per game) |
Top Scorer |
Christy Ring (1-15) Liam Dowling (5-3) |
All-Star Team | See here |
← 1951 1953 → |
The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 66th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 27 April 1952 and ended on 7 September 1952.
Tipperary were the defending champions and were on course for a record-equalling fourth successive All-Ireland, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Cork won the title following a 2-14 to 0-7 defeat of Dublin in the final.
Teams
Team summaries
Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
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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 | 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 | 1918 |
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
27 April 1952 Quarter-final | Westmeath | 3-7 - 4-6 | Laois | O'Connor Park |
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Referee: P Connell |
4 May 1952 Quarter-final | Meath | 2-1 - 6-8 | Dublin | St. Loman's Park |
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Referee: J Phelan |
4 May 1952 Quarter-final | Offaly | 2-8 - 3-8 | Kilkenny | St. Brendan's Park |
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Referee: J Conroy |
8 June 1952 Semi-final | Wexford | 4-7 - 5-1 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
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Attendance: 26,100 Referee: P Connell |
15 June 1952 Semi-final | Dublin | 5-10 - 3-6 | Laois | Nowlan Park |
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Referee: P Connell |
6 July 1952 Final | Wexford | 3-6 - 7-2 | Dublin | Nowlan Park |
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Attendance: 30,000 Referee: P Connell |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
1 June 1952 Quarter-final | Waterford | 3-4 - 3-4 | Clare | Walsh Park |
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Referee: C Murphy (Cork) |
8 June 1952 Quarter-final replay |
Waterford | 3-7 - 2-4 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield |
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Attendance: 7,347 Referee: T Semple (Tipperary) |
22 June 1952 Semi-final | Cork | 6-6 - 2-4 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
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Attendance: 14,720 Referee: S Vaughan |
29 June 1952 Semi-final | Tipperary | 8-10 - 3-8 | Waterford | Gaelic Grounds |
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Attendance: 16,604 Referee: C Murphy (Cork) |
13 July 1952 Final | Cork | 1-11 - 2-6 | Tipperary | Gaelic Grounds |
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Attendance: 43,236 Referee: S Vaughan |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
27 July 1952 Semi-final | Cork | 1-5 – 0-6 | Galway | Gaelic Grounds |
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Attendance: 25,000 |
7 September 1952 Final | Cork | 2-14 – 0-7 | Dublin | Croke Park |
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L Dowling (2-0), C Ring (0-6), P Barry (0-3), W Griffin (0-1), J Twomey (0-2), WJ Daly (0-2). | C Murphy (0-2), G Kelly (0-2), N Allen (0-2), R McCarthy (0-1). | Attendance: 64,332 Referee: W O'Donoghue (Limerick) |
Championship statistics
Scoring
- Widest winning margin: 17 points
- Tipperary 8-10 - 3-8 Waterford (Munster semi-final, 29 June 1952)
- Most goals in a match: 11
- Tipperary 8-10 - 3-8 Waterford (Munster semi-final, 29 June 1952)
- Most points in a match: 21
- Cork 2-14 - 0-7 Dublin (All-Ireland final, 7 September 1952)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 8
- Tipperary 8-10 - 3-8 Waterford (Munster semi-final, 29 June 1952)
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
- Kilkenny 5-1 - 4-7 Wexford (Leinster semi-final, 8 June 1952)
- Most points scored by a losing team: 10
- Offaly 2-8 - 3-8 Kilkenny (Leinster quarter-final, 4 May 1952)
- Waterford 3-8 - 8-10 Tipperary (Munster semi-final, 29 June 1952)
Miscellaneous
- Tipperary's 8-10 to 3-8 Munster semi-final defeat of Waterford was their 16th consecutive championship game without defeat. This 16-game unbeaten streak, which included 15 wins and one draw, was a record which stood until 9 August 2009 when Kilkenny recorded their 17th successive championship victory.[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
- ↑ "As Kilkenny aim for a historic five-in-a-row, the records show how hard it is to keep winning". Irish Independent. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
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