1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
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| Event | 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 6 September 1970 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Jimmy Hatton (Wicklow) | ||||||
| Attendance | 65,062 | ||||||
The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 83rd All-Ireland final and the culmination of the 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match took place on 6 September 1970, at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by 1968 winners Wexford and 1969 runners-up Cork, and it was refereed by Jimmy Hatton from Wicklow.
The All-Ireland final was the fourth meeting of Cork and Wexford in a championship decider. Cork held the balance of power in all previous meetings between the two, having recorded three All-Ireland victories to Wexford's sole triumph over 'the Rebels'. Both sides last met in the All-Ireland final of 1956 when Wexford recorded their first-ever championship victory over Cork. That game has gone down as one of the greatest finals of all-time. Wexford enjoyed a hugely successful decade in the sixties. They reached four All-Ireland finals and played Tipperary in every one of them. Both teams recorded two victories apiece with Wexford claiming the Liam MacCarthy Cup in 1960 and 1968. Cork's sole All-Ireland title of the decade came in 1966, a full twelve years after their previous All-Ireland triumph. Moreover, Cork had lost the All-Ireland final of 1969. The thought of losing a second championship decider in succession proved a great motivation.
In 1966 Cork triumphed over Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final to claim their 20th title, leaving them one behind Tipperary in the roll of honour. A victory for Cork would put them level with Tipperary, while a victory for Wexford would give them their 6th All-Ireland title and bring them level with Dublin and Limerick in joint fourth position in the all-time roll of honour.
Kilcoole-born referee Jimmy Hatton was named as the referee for the 1971 All-Ireland final on 1 September 1970. He was one of the most distinguished referees in both hurling and Gaelic football. This was Hatton's fifth time taking charge of an All-Ireland final. His previous experience includes the hurling decider between Kilkenny and Waterford in 1963, the football final between Galway and Kerry in 1964 and both All-Ireland finals in 1966, Cork versus Kilkenny in the hurling and Galway against Meath in the football. Hatton announced his retirement from refereeing in 1969 but was persuaded to change his mind at the beginning of 1970.
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