1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 62nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1949, between Tipperary and Laois. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3-11 to 0-3.

1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date4 September 1949
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeM. J. 'Inky' Flaherty (Galway)
Attendance67,168
1948
1950

Laois trailed 1-5 to 0-3 at half time but failed to score again in the second half.

Match details

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  Tipperary3-11 – 0-3  Laois
Kennedy 2‑4; S. Kenny 1‑3; Stakelum, T. Ryan, Shanahan, P. Kenny 0‑1 each Styles 0‑2; Dargan 0‑1
Attendance: 67,168
Referee: M. J. Flaherty (Galway)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tipperary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laois
1 Tony Reddin Lorrha
2 Mickey Byrne Thurles Sarsfields
3 Tony Brennan Clonoulty
4 John Doyle Holycross
5 Pat Stakelum Holycross captain
6 Flor Coffey Boherlahan
7 Tommy Doyle Thurles Sarsfields
8 Seán Kenny Borrisoleigh
9 Phil Shanahan Toomevara
10 Tommy Ryan Thurles Sarsfields
11 Mick Ryan Dicksboro
12 Jimmy Kennedy UCD
13 Jack Ryan Roscrea
14 Sonny Maher Boherlahan
15 Séamus Bannon St. Mary's Nenagh
Substitutes:
Paddy Kenny Borrisoleigh for Coffey [between 10th and 20 minute]
Pat Furlong Knockavilla unused
Jim Devitt Cashel King Cormacs unused
Ned Gorman Holycross unused
Bob Stakelum Holycross unused
Jimmy Maher Boherlahan unused
1 Timmy Fitzpatrick Kilcotton
2 Liam White Borris-in-Ossory
3 Jackie Bergin Abbeyleix
4 Paddy McCormack Rathdowney
5 Jimmy Murray Errill
6 Tom Byrne Rovers
7 Paddy Ruschitzko Clonad captain
8 Billy Bohane Clonad
9 Joe Styles Clonad
10 Paddy Hogan Rathdowney
11 Harry Gray Faughs
12 Paddy O'Brien Faughs
13 Paddy Lalor Abbeyleix
14 Dinny Ford Clonaslee
15 Paddy Kelly Abbeyleix
Substitutes:
Billy Dargan Clonad for O'Brien [within the first 5 minutes]
Andy Dunne Clonad for Ruschitzko
Jack Donovan Clonad unused
Dinny Cooke Rovers unused
Peter Fitzpatrick Kilcotton unused
Arty Ring Abbeyleix unused

References

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  • National Film Institute (August 2020) [1949]. Tipperary v Laois – 1949 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Final. GAA Collection. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020 – via Irish Film Institute.
  • Pato' (5 September 1949). "Tipperary Hurlers Had it Easy". The Irish Times. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  • Phelan, John (August 2020) [2016]. The Complete Laois GAA Records Bible, 1888 - 2019 (PDF) (revised ed.). Laois GAA. pp. 391–394. ISBN 978-0-9556139-8-2.