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1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 97th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 1980 fixtures took place in September 1979. The championship began on 29 May 1983 and ended on 4 September 1983.

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Kilkenny were the defending champions.

On 4 September 1983, Kilkenny won the championship following a 2–14 to 2–12 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 23rd All-Ireland title and their second in succession.

Kilkenny's Billy Fitzpatrick was the championship's top scorer with 1-24. Kilkenny's Frank Cummins was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

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Teams

General information

Fourteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, one team from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

Format

The provincial championships in Munster and Leinster were all played on a knock-out basis as usual. In keeping with the rotation system for advancement to the All-Ireland final, the Leinster champions automatically qualified for the final of 1983. Galway, having no competition in the Connacht Championship, played the winners of a preliminary game between Kerry and Antrim. The winners of this quarter-final went on to play the Munster champions in a single All-Ireland semi-final.

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling championship

More information Wexford, 7–18 – 1–13 ...
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: J. Rankisn (Laois)

More information Dublin, 4–10 – 2–11 ...
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: P. Long (Kilkenny)

More information Offaly, 1–20 – 0–11 ...
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 28,521
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

More information Kilkenny, 5–13 – 3–15 ...
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 28,521
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

More information Kilkenny, 1–17 – 0–13 ...
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 35,707
Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Munster Senior Hurling championship

More information Tipperary, 2–11 – 1–11 ...

More information Limerick, 2–14 – 3–11 ...
Attendance: 24,769
Referee: S. O'Meara (Tipperary)

More information Waterford, 4–13 – 2–15 ...

More information Cork, 1–14 – 1–12 ...
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: G. Ryan (Tipperary)

More information Cork, 3–22 – 0–12 ...
Attendance: 20,816
Referee: N. Duggan (Limerick)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals All-Ireland final
Cork 5-14
Galway 1-16
Galway 3-22
Antrim 3-13 Antrim 2-05
Kerry 2-10 Cork 2-12
Kilkenny 2-14

All-Ireland preliminary round

More information Antrim, 3–13 – 2–10 ...
O'Toole Park, Dublin
Referee: C. Foley (Dublin)

All-Ireland Quarter-finals

More information Galway, 3–22 – 2–5 ...
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

All-Ireland semi-finals

More information Cork, 5–14 – 1–16 ...
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 22,789
Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

All-Ireland Final

More information Kilkenny, 2–14 – 2–12 ...
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 58,381
Referee: N. Duggan (Limerick)
Kilkenny
Cork

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Tipperary's victory over Clare in the Munster quarter-final was the team's first in the provincial championship since 1973.
  • The attendance of 20,816 at the Munster final was the lowest at the provincial decider since 1972.
  • In the All-Ireland final two Kilkenny players achieved rare distinctions. Goalkeeper Noel Skehan won a record-breaking ninth All-Ireland medal, however, his first three were won as non-playing substitutes. Midfielder Frank Cummins won his seventh All-Ireland medal on the field of play, equalling the record of four other Kilkenny players from the early part of the century. It was his eighth winners' medal overall as he won a non-playing substitutes' medal in 1967. Cummins also joined a unique group of players who won All-Ireland medals in three different decades.

Roll of Honour

  • Cork - 24 (1978)
  • Kilkenny - 23 (1983)
  • Tipperary - 22 (1971)
  • Limerick - 7 (1973)
  • Dublin - 6 (1938)
  • Wexford - 5 (1968)
  • Waterford - 2 (1959)
  • Galway - 2 (1980)
  • Offaly - 1 (1981)
  • Laois - 1 (1915)
  • Clare - 1 (1914)
  • London - 1 (1901)
  • Kerry - 1 (1891)

Top scorers

Season

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Single game

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Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.

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References

  1. White, John DT (16 April 2012). 101 Things You May Not Have Known About Hurling. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-908752-70-3.

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