1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

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1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date6 September 1953
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeP. O'Connell (Offaly)
Attendance71,195
1952
1954

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 66th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1953 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 6 September 1953, between Cork and Galway. The Connacht men narrowly lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3-3 to 0-8.

Match details[edit]

Cork3-3 – 0-8Galway
Attendance: 71,195
Referee: P. O'Connell (Offaly)

Due to the clash of colours, both counties lined out in their provincial jerseys, Cork wearing Munster's blue while Galway wore the white of Connacht.

Cork
Galway

Cork Team:

D. Creedon, J. Riordan, J. Lyons, A. O'Shaughnessy, M. Fouhy, D. Hayes, V. Twomey, J. Twomey, G. Murphy, W. J. Daly, J. Hartnett, C. Ring, T. O'Sullivan, L. Dowling, P. Barry