The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1973 was the 87th series of the
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 ...
,
Ireland
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's premier
hurling
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knock-out competition.
Limerick
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won the championship, beating
Kilkenny
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Kilken ...
1-21 to 1-14 in the
final
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at
Croke Park
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,
Dublin
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.
Format
Overview
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1973 was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a
knockout tournament
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with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there were no
seeds
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.
Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay. If both sides were still level at the end of that game another replay had to take place.
The Championship
Munster Championship
''Quarter-final:'' (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster.
''Semi-finals:'' (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings.
''Final:'' (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.
Leinster Championship
''First Round:'' (1 match) This was a single match between two of the 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster.
''Quarter-finals:'' (2 matches) The winner of the first-round game joined three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings.
''Semi-finals:'' (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined Kilkenny and Wexford, who received a bye to this stage, to make up the semi-final pairings.
''Final:'' (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.
All-Ireland Championship
''Quarter-final:'' (1 match) This was a single match between
London
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and
Galway
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, two teams who faced no competition in their respective provinces.
''Semi-final:'' (1 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the Munster champions to make up the semi-final pairing.
''Final:'' (1 match) The winner of the lone semi-final contested this game with the Leinster champions receiving a bye into the final.
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurl ...
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 ...
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 ...
Top scorers
;Overall
;Single game
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
* Limerick win the Munster title for the first time since
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
.
* Kilkenny win the Leinster title for the third consecutive year. It is their seventh provincial three-in-a-row.
* London's win over Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final is their first championship victory since defeating Cork in the
1901 All-Ireland final.
* In the All-Ireland semi-final between Limerick and London, a unique situation arose when brothers
Ned and
Gerry Rea marked one another. Ned was full-forward on the Limerick team while Gerry was at full-back for London.
* Limerick win the All-Ireland title for the first time since
1940
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Events
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January
*January ...
. It was their first time playing Kilkenny in the championship since then.
Player facts
Debutantes
''The following players made their début in the 1973 championship:''
Retirees
''The following players played their last game in the 1973 championship:''
Sources
* Corry, Eoghan, ''The GAA Book of Lists'' (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, ''The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games'' (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, ''Munster Hurling Legends'' (The O'Brien Press, 2002).
See also
{{Hurling All-Irelands
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
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 ...