1951 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1951 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	6 May - 2 September 1951
Teams	13
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Tipperary (16th win)
Captain	Jimmy Finn
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Wexford
Captain	Nicky Rackard
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	13
Goals total	78 (6.0 per game)
Points total	201 (15.4 per game)
Top Scorer	Nicky Rackard (9-18)
All-Star Team	See here
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The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 65th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 6 May 1951 and ended on 2 September 1951.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 7-7 to 3-9 defeat of Wexford.^[1]

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	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	1950	1950	1949-50
Waterford	Blue and white	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

6 May 1951 First round	Laois	5-01 - 2-02	Offaly	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	P Kelly 3-0, W Dargan 1-0, P Lalor 1-0, H Gray 0-1.		M Ryan 2-0, Walsh 0-1, Mulrooney 0-1.	Referee: JJ Stuart (Dublin)

6 May 1951 First round	Westmeath	0-06 - 6-10	Dublin	Cusack Park, Mullingar
	Daly 0-2, Aylward 0-2, Walsh 0-1, Kelleghan 0-1.		Melee goals 3-0, Cashin 2-0, J Finnan 1-1, O'Neill 0-5, Kelly 0-2, N Allen 0-1, J Prior 0-1.	Referee: T Donnelly

6 May 1951 First round	Meath	2-07 - 2-07	Wexford	St. Loman's Park, Trim
	M Keogh 1-3, B Smyth 1-1, L Wright 0-2, M O'Brien 0-1.		N Rackard 1-0, Slater 1-0, Padge Kehoe 0-3, T Flood 0-3, R Rackard 0-1.	Referee: G Rosengrave

20 May 1951 First round replay	Wexford	3-10 - 0-02	Meath	Enniscorthy
	N Rackard 1-5, Padge Kehoe 1-2, J Cummins 1-0, B Rackard 0-2, M Flood 0-1.		B Smyth 0-1, P Kelly 0-1.	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: P Grace (Kilkenny)

Semi-finals

10 June 1951 Semi-final	Laois	5-10 - 2-07	Kilkenny	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	P Kelly 3-1, H Gray 2-4, P Lalor 0-2, J Styles 0-1, W Dargan 0-1, J Maher 0-1.		J O'Neill 1-0, D Kennedy 1-0, J Langton 0-3, S Downey 0-2, P Lennon 0-1, W Walsh 0-1.	Referee: E Long (Carlow)

17 June 1951 Semi-final	Dublin	4-06 - 6-09	Wexford	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	J Finnan 2-0, S O'Neill 1-1, M Williams 1-0, P Donnelly 0-2, J Prior 0-1, N Allen 0-1, D Dillon 0-1.		N Rackard 2-4, Paddy Kehoe 2-0, Padge Kehoe 1-2, D Ahearne 1-0, J Cummins 0-1, T Flood 0-1, J Morrissey 0-1.	Attendance: 17,410 Referee: J Phelan (Kilkenny)

Final

15 July 1951 Final	Wexford	3-12 - 4-03	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
	N Rackard 1-4, J Cummins 2-0, T Russell 0-3, S Thorpe 0-1, N Wheeler 0-1, Padge Kehoe 0-2, T Flood 0-1.		H Gray 3-1, P Lalor 1-0, W Bohane 0-1, W Dargan 0-1.	Attendance: 26,692 Referee: E Long (Carlow)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

10 June 1951 First round	Tipperary	2-10 – 1-10	Waterford	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	J Kennedy 1-3, S Kenny 1-0, B Stakelum 0-3, M Ryan 0-2, S Bannon 0-2.		J Kiely 1-1, J Fives 0-3, M Fives 0-3, J Keane 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1, M Flannelly 0-1.	Attendance: 18,100 Referee: C Murphy (Cork)

Semi-finals

1 July 1951 Semi-final	Cork	5-07 – 3-05	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	S Condon 2-0, J Lynam 1-1, C Ring 0-4, S O'Brien 1-0, WJ Daly 1-0, M Fouhy 0-1, T Aherne 0-1.		J Smyth 3-1, Considine 0-3, M Nugent 0-1.	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: W O'Donoghue (Limerick)

8 July 1951 Semi-final	Tipperary	3-08 – 1-06	Limerick	Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
	T Ryan 1-1, M Ryan 1-1, S Bannon 1-1, P Stakelum 0-3, P Kenny 0-2.		M Ryan 1-0, D Stokes 0-1, T Murphy 0-1, D Kelly 0-1, T Long 0-1, T O'Brien 0-1, S Herbert 0-1.	Attendance: 30,633 Referee: C Murphy (Cork)

Final

31 July 1951 Final	Tipperary	2-11 – 2-09	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	P Kenny 0-6, M Maher 1-1, N Ryan 1-0, P Shanahan 0-2, S Bannon 0-1, P Stakelum 0-1.		C Ring 1-4, T Crotty 1-0, WJ Daly 0-2, J Lynam 0-1, S Condon 0-1, W Griffin 0-1.	Attendance: 42,337 Referee: J Sadlier (Limerick)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

29 July 1951 Semi-final	Wexford	3-11 – 2-09	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin
	T Russell 1-5, N Rackard 1-3, Padge Kehoe 1-2, T Flood 0-1.		J Gallagher 0-4, M Glynn 1-0, Melee goal 1-0, J Molloy 0-2, J Salmon 0-2, K McNamee 0-1.	Attendance: 26,310 Referee: W O'Donoghue (Limerick)

Final

2 September 1951 Final	Tipperary	7-07 – 3-09	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
	P Kenny 0-7, S Bannon 2-0, T Ryan 2-0, N Ryan 1-0, M Ryan 1-0, M Maher 1-0.		N Rackard 3-2, T Russell 0-3, Padge Kehoe 0-2, Paddy Kehoe 0-1, N Wheeler 0-1.	Attendance: 68,515 Referee: W O'Donoghue (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	9-18	45	6	7.50
2	Padge Kehoe	Wexford	3-13	22	6	3.66
3	Harry Gray	Laois	5-06	21	3	7.00
4	Paddy Kelly	Laois	6-01	19	3	6.33
5	Paddy Kenny	Tipperary	1-15	18	4	4.50
6	Tim Russell	Wexford	1-11	14	3	4.66
7	Séamus Bannon	Tipperary	3-04	13	4	3.25
8	Christy Ring	Wexford	1-08	11	2	5.50
9	Jack Cummins	Wexford	3-01	10	6	1.66
	Jimmy Smyth	Clare	3-01	10	1	10.00
	Jack Finnan	Dublin	3-01	10	2	5.00
	Tim Ryan	Tipperary	3-01	10	4	2.50

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	3-02	11	Tipperary
2	Paddy Kelly	Laois	3-01	10	Kilkenny
	Harry Gray	Laois	3-01	10	Wexford
	Jimmy Smyth	Clare	3-01	10	Cork
	Harry Gray	Laois	2-04	10	Kilkenny
	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	2-04	10	Dublin
3	Paddy Kelly	Laois	3-00	9	Offaly
4	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	1-05	8	Meath
4	Tim Russell	Wexford	1-05	8	Galway
5	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	1-04	7	Laois
	Christy Ring	Cork	1-04	7	Tipperary
	Paddy Kenny	Tipperary	0-07	7	Wexford

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 22 points
- Dublin 6-10 - 0-6 Westmeath (Leinster quarter-final, 6 May 1951)
Most goals in a match: 10
- Tipperary 7-7 - 3-9 Wexford (All-Ireland final, 2 September 1951)
Most points in a match: 20
- Tipperary 2-10 - 1-10 Waterford (Munster quarter-final, 10 June 1951)
- Tipperary 2-11 - 2-9 Cork (Munster final, 30 July 1951)
- Wexford 3-11 - 2-9 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 30 July 1951)
Most goals by one team in a match: 7
- Tipperary 7-7 - 3-9 Wexford (All-Ireland final, 2 September 1951)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
- Dublin 4-6 - 6-9 Wexford (Leinster semi-final, 17 June 1951)
- Laois 4-3 - 3-12 Wexford (Leinster final, 15 July 1951)
Most points scored by a losing team: 10
- Waterford 1-10 - 2-10 Tipperary (Munster quarter-final, 10 June 1951)

Miscellaneous

Wexford win their first Leinster title since 1918. The team also qualify for their first All-Ireland decider since then.
A colour clash between Wexford and Tipperary in the All-Ireland final resulted in both sides wearing their provincial colours. Tipperary wore the blue of Munster while Wexford wore the green of Leinster.
Tipperary win their 16th All-Ireland title and join Cork as joint leaders on the all-time roll of honour.

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

External links

1951 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

References

^ "Senior All Ireland Winning Teams". Premier View website. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[1] "Senior All Ireland Winning Teams". Premier View website. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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