1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

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.

1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final

Event	1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Cork Galway 3-3 0-8
Date	6 September 1953
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	P. O'Connell (Offaly)
Attendance	71,195

Match details

1953-09-06
15:15 IST
Final

Cork	3-3 – 0-8	Galway

Croke Park, Dublin

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