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 |
← 1945 1947 → | |
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
| 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). |
| 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). |
| 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). |
| 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). |
| 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 | 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). |
| 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). |
Referee: W. O'Donnell (Tipperary)
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
| 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). |
| 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). |
Referee: G. Kelly (Dublin)
All-Ireland 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). |
Sources
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).