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1938 All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Teams
  
13

Captain
  
Mick Daniels

Captain
  
Mick Hickey

Winning team
  
Dublin (6th win)

Losing team
  
Waterford

Dates
  
1 May 1938 - 4 September 1938

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1938 and ended on 4 September 1938.

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Tipperary were the defending champions but were disqualified from the championship after fielding an ineligible player in their Munster semi-final defeat of Clare.

On 4 September 1938, Dublin won the championship following a 2-5 to 1-6 defeat of Waterford in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph.

Waterford's Locky Byrne was the championship's top scorer with 4-5.

Overview

The 1938 championship featured no new entrants to the competition. Kerry, a team who had fielded a team throughout much of the 1930s, declined to participate in the Munster Championship.

Galway were the sole representatives from the Conancht Championship and received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final. There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship.

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Finals

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Final

Miscellaneous

  • Tipperary defeated Clare in the Munster semi-final, however, Clare later objected to the victory as Tipperary had fielded an ineligible player. The objection was upheld and Clare were later awarded the game.
  • The Leinster final between Kilkenny and Dublin ended in a draw for the first time since 1934.
  • Waterford won the Munster title for the first time in their history. Their All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Galway is the first championship clash between the two teams. This game qualified Waterford for their first All-Ireland final where they faced Dublin for the first time in the championship.

    • References

    1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Wikipedia
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