# 1942 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1942 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 56th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 3 May 1942 and ended on 3 September 1942.
The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 2–14 to 3–4 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 13th All-Ireland title.
Cork were also the defending champions and retained the title for the fifth time in their history.

## Teams
### Overview

Six teams contested the Leinster championship while five teams contested the Munster championship. Galway, who faced no competition in their own province, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage. No team from Ulster participated in the senior championship.

### Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial | League |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1941 | 1931 | 1940–41 |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1941 | 1938–39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930–31 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1939 | 1940 | 1932–33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1937–38 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1937 | 1941 | 1927–28 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | | 1938 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | |

## Results
### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round
Semi-finals
Final

### All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final
Final

## Championship statistics
### Scoring

* Widest winning margin: 22 points
** Tipperary 5-13 : 1-3 Clare (Munster semi-final, 17 May 1942)
* Most goals in a match: 11
** Laois 5-3 : 6-2 Wexford (Leinster quarter-final, 3 May 1942)
* Most points in a match: 18
** Cork 2-14 : 3-4 Dublin (All-Ireland final, 3 September 1942)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 6
** Offaly 6-5 : 4-3 Westmeath (Leinster quarter-final, 2 May 1942)
** Wexford 6-2 : 5-3 Laois (Leinster quarter-final, 3 May 1942)
** Cork 6-8 : 2-4 Galway (Leinster quarter-final, 26 July 1942)
* Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
** Laois 5-3 : 6-2 Wexford (Leinster quarter-final, 3 May 1942)
** Limerick 5-3 : 4-8 Cork (Munster semi-final, 21 June 1942)
* Most points scored by a losing team: 4
** Wexford 4-4 : 5-5 Kilkenny (Leinster semi-final, 31 May 1942)
** Offaly 1-4 : 4-7 Dublin (Leinster semi-final, 31 May 1942)
** Galway 2-4 : 6-8 Cork (All-Ireland semi-final, 26 July 1942)
** Dublin 3-4 : 2-14 Cork (All-Ireland final, 3 September 1942)

## Roll of Honour

* Cork - 13 (1942)
* Kilkenny - 12 (1939)
* Tipperary - 12 (1937)
* Limerick - 6 (1940)
* Dublin - 6 (1938)
* Galway - 1 (1923)
* Laois - 1 (1915)
* Clare - 1 (1914)
* Wexford - 1 (1910)
* London - 1 (1901)
* Kerry - 1 (1891)

## Sources

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* Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Horgan, Tim, Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest (The Collins Press, 2007).
* Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).