# 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1950 and ended on 3 September 1950.
Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 1-9 to 1-8 defeat of Kilkenny.

## Team changes
### To championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
* None

### From championship

Relegated to the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
* Antrim

## Teams
### 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 | 1945-46 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1946 | 1947 | 1947-48 |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1948 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930-31 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1947 | 1947 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1946-47 |
| Meath | Green and gold | | | |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1949 | 1949 | 1949-50 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | 1948 | 1948 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | |

## Provincial championships
### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 4-23 | 35 | 5 | 7.00 |
| 2 | Paddy Kenny | Tipperary | 6-06 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
| 3 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 5-07 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 4 | Jim Langton | Kilkenny | 2-12 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Tim Flood | Wexford | 4-03 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 6 | Padge Kehoe | Wexford | 2-06 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| 7 | Mick Ryan | Tipperary | 1-08 | 11 | 5 | 2.20 |
| 8 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 2-03 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| 8 | Christy Ring | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
| 9 | John McGrath | Westmeath | 2-02 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
| 9 | Jimmy Heffernan | Kilkenny | 1-08 | 8 | 3 | 2.66 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 3-06 | 15 | Limerick |
| 2 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 2-05 | 11 | Offaly |
| 3 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 0-10 | 10 | Cork |
| 4 | Tim Flood | Wexford | 3-00 | 9 | Laois |
| 4 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 2-03 | 9 | Tipperary |
| 5 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 2-02 | 8 | Kilkenny |
| 5 | John McGrath | Westmeath | 2-02 | 8 | Offaly |
| 5 | Paddy Kenny | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 | Cork |
| 6 | Paddy Kenny | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Galway |
| 6 | Jim Langton | Kilkenny | 1-04 | 7 | Wexford |
| 6 | Christy Ring | Cork | 1-04 | 7 | Tipperary |

### Scoring

* Widest winning margin: 17 points
** Wexford 3-9 - 0-1 Meath (Leinster first round, 30 April 1950)
* Most goals in a match: 8
** Laois 1-6 - 7-2 Wexford (Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950)
* Most points in a match: 29
** Tipperary 2-17 - 3-11 Cork (Munster final, 23 July 1950)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 7
** Wexford 7-2 - 1-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final, 11 June 1950)
* Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
** Westmeath 3-2 - 3-3 Offaly (Leinster first round, 30 April 1950)
** Clare 3-7 - 2-13 Tipperary (Munster semi-final, 9 July 1950)
** Cork 3-11 - 2-17 Tipperary (Munster final, 23 July 1950)
* Most points scored by a losing team: 11
** Wexford 2-11 - 3-11 Kilkenny (Leinster final, 16 July 1950)
** Cork 3-11 - 2-17 Tipperary (Munster final, 23 July 1950)

## Miscellaneous

* For the first time since 1942 there were no representatives from Ulster in the All-Ireland series.