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1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 2 May 1943 - 5 September 1943
Teams 17
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Cork (14th win)
Captain Mick Kennefick
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Antrim
Captain Jimmy Walsh
Provincial champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played 16
Goals total 118 (7.3 per game)
Points total 175 (10.9 per game)
Top Scorer Jim Langton (4-12)
All-Star Team See here
1942
1944

The 1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 57th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began non 2 May 1943 and ended on 5 September 1943.

The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 5-16 to 0-4 defeat of Antrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their 14th All-Ireland title.

Cork were also the defending champions and retained the title for the second successive year to become the fourth team to win the three in-a-row.

Eight teams contested the Leinster championship, with Meath and Wicklow returning after absences. Six teams contested the Munster championship, with Kerry fielding a team for the first time after a long absence from the senior ranks. Galway, who faced no competition in their own province, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage. The Ulster champions were permitted to enter the All-Ireland series for the first time.


















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