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 championship ran from 29 May to 4 September 1983.
Kilkenny were the defending champions.
The All-Ireland final was played on 4 September 1983 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kilkenny and Cork, in what was their second consecutive meeting in the All-Ireland final. Kilkenny won the match by 2–14 to 2–12 to claim their 23rd All-Ireland title overall and a second consecutive title.
Kilkenny's Billy Fitzpatrick was the championship's top scorer with 1–24. Kilkenny's Frank Cummins was the choice for Hurler of the Year.
Team changes
To Championship Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Kerry
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. CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 1982 ChampionshipCurrent championship Antrim1946—Ulster Senior Hurling Championship Clare19321914Munster Senior Hurling Championship Cork19821978Munster Senior Hurling Championship Dublin19611938Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Galway19221980Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Kerry18911891All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship Kilkenny19821982Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Laois19491915Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Limerick19811973Munster Senior Hurling Championship Offaly19811981Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Tipperary19711971Munster Senior Hurling Championship Waterford19631959Munster Senior Hurling Championship Westmeath——Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Wexford19771968Leinster Senior 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
Munster Senior Hurling championship
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Bracket Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The provincial champions are marked by an asterisk.
All-Ireland preliminary round
All-Ireland quarter-finals
All-Ireland semi-finals
All-Ireland Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Billy FitzpatrickKilkenny1–242739.002Bertie Óg MurphyCork1–232655.203Jimmy Barry-MurphyCork3–122154.204John QuigleyWexford3–081728.50P. J. MolloyGalway0–171728.506Éamonn O'DonoghueCork4–041653.20Kevin HennessyCork2–101653.20John GroganTipperary1–131628.009Joe TowellDublin3–061527.5010Liam FennellyKilkenny3–021133.66
In a single game Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Joe TowellDublin3–0312LaoisBilly FitzpatrickKilkenny1–0912Wexford3Bertie Óg MurphyCork1–0710GalwayP. J. MolloyGalway0–1010AntrimBilly FitzpatrickKilkenny0–1010Cork6John QuigleyWexford2–039WestmeathSeán KinsellaWexford2–039KilkennyJohn GroganTipperary1–069Clare9John QuigleyWexford1–058KilkennyJimmy Barry-MurphyCork1–058WaterfordJoe HennessyKerry1–058Antrim
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)
Broadcasting
The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.
Round RTÉ All-Ireland semi-finalCork vs Galway All-Ireland finalKilkenny vs Cork
References