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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1949

1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 15 May 1949 - 4 September 1949
Teams 14
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Tipperary (14th win)
Captain Pat Stakelum
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Laois
Captain Paddy Ruschitzko
Provincial champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Laois
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played 14
Goals total 83 (5.9 per game)
Points total 223 (15.9 per game)
Top Scorer Jimmy Kennedy (6-35)
All-Star Team See here
1948
1950

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 63rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 15 May 1949 and ended on 4 September 1949.

Waterford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title following a 3-11 to 0-3 defeat of Laois.
















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