1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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| All-Ireland champions | |
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| Winning team | Waterford (1st win) |
| Captain | Jim Ware |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Captain | Frank Cummins |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Waterford |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| Top Scorer | John Keane (6-7) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 May 1948 and ended on 5 September 1948.
Kilkenny were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Waterford won the All-Ireland crown for the first time in their history, following a 6-7 to 4-2 defeat of Dublin in the final.
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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.
- The winners of the Munster 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, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they were drawn to play the Munster champions.
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
| 16 May Quarter-final | Wexford | 8-5 - 2-4 | Offaly | St. James' Park |
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| 23 May Quarter-final | Laois | 7-10 - 3-0 | Westmeath | O'Connor Park |
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| 27 June Semi-final | Laois | 4-5 - 2-7 | Kilkenny | O'Moore Park |
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| 27 June Semi-final | Wexford | 3-9 - 6-4 | Dublin | Enniscorthy |
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| 11 July Final | Dublin | 5-9 - 3-3 | Laois | O'Connor Park |
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| Attendance: 25,719 Referee: J Flaherty |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
| 23 May Semi-final | Waterford | 4-8 – 5-3 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield |
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| Referee: P Purcell |
| 27 June Quarter-final | Tipperary | 6-4 – 8-4 | Limerick | Cork Athletic Grounds |
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| Referee: PJ Quaine |
| 18 July Semi-final | Cork | 5-3 – 2-5 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
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| Referee: PJ Quaine |
| 1 August Final | Waterford | 4-7 – 3-9 | Cork | Thurles Sportsfield |
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| Referee: J Roche |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| 1 August Semi-final | Dublin | 8-13 – 2-6 | Antrim | Croke Park |
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| Referee: D O'Riordan |
| 15 August Semi-final | Waterford | 3-7 – 1-6 | Galway | Croke Park |
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| Attendance: 31,843 Referee: J Flaherty |
| 5 September Final | Waterford | 6-7 – 4-2 | Dublin | Croke Park |
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| Attendance: 61,742 Referee: C Murphy (Cork) |
Sources
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
