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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1954

1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 11 April - 5 September 1954
Teams 14
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Cork (19th win)
Captain Christy Ring
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Wexford
Captain Padge Kehoe
Provincial champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Wexford
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played 14
Goals total 87 (6.2 per game)
Points total 183 (13.0 per game)
Top Scorer Nicky Rackard (12-19)
All-Star Team See here
1953
1955

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 68th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 11 April 1954 and ended on 5 September 1954.

Cork were the defending champions and retained their title following a 1-9 to 1-6 victory over Wexford in the final.

A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, an increase of one on the previous championship. Antrim, who last participated at this level in 1949, re-entered the championship in spite of facing no competition in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
















The following players made their début in the 1954 championship:

The following players played their last game in the 1954 championship:



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