The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland
hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...
championship since its establishment by the
Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 3 May 1953 and ended on 7 September 1953.
Cork were the
defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 3-3 to 0-8 defeat of
Galway in the
final.
Teams
Team summaries
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
First round
Second round
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...
First round
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...
Semi-final
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Top scorers overall
;Top scorers in a single game
Scoring
*Widest winning margin: 34 points
**Clare 10-8 - 1-1 Limerick (
''Munster quarter-final, 14 June 1953'')
*Most goals in a match: 11
**Clare 10-8 - 1-1 Limerick (
''Munster quarter-final, 14 June 1953'')
*Most points in a match: 21
**Cork 3-10 - 1-11 Tipperary (
''Munster final, 26 July 1953'')
*Most goals by one team in a match: 10
**Clare 10-8 - 1-1 Limerick (
''Munster quarter-final, 14 June 1953'')
*Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
**Clare 4-2 - 2-11 Cork (
''Munster semi-final, 28 June 1953'')
*Most points scored by a losing team: 11
**Tipperary 1-11 - 3-10 Cork (
''Munster final, 26 July 1953'')
Miscellaneous
* Clare's 10-8 to 1-1 defeat of Limerick in the Munster quarter-final was a record-breaking game. It was Clare's first championship defeat of their near rivals since
1914
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. The 34-point winning margin remains a record between these two teams.
Jimmy Smyth of Clare scored a Munster championship record of 6-4 against Limerick.
Sources
* Corry, Eoghan, ''The GAA Book of Lists'' (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, ''The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games'' (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Horgan, Tim, ''Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest'' (The Collins Press, 2007).
* Nolan, Pat, ''Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling'' (The Collins Press, 2000).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, ''Munster Hurling Legends'' (The O'Brien Press, 2002).
External links
1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results
References
{{Hurling All-Irelands
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...