1949–50 National Hurling League

National Hurling League
Season	1949-50
Champions	Tipperary; 3rd National League title; Captain: Seán Kenny
Matches played	33
	← 1948-49 1950-51 → All statistics correct as of 19 March 2017.

1949–50 National Hurling League
League details
Dates	1 October 1949 – 24 September 1950
Teams	18
League champions
Winners	Tipperary (3rd win)
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 National Hurling League was the 19th season of the National Hurling League.

National Hurling League

The National Hurling League saw a major restructuring for the 1949-50 season. Division 1 and Division 2 were combined to form one division of four groups.

Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1948-49 season.

On 24 September 1950, Tipperary won the title after a 1-12 to 3-4 win over New York in the final. It was their 3rd league title overall and their second in succession.^[1]

Group A table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Kilkenny	4	3	1	0	7
2	Clare	4	2	1	1	5
3	Limerick	4	1	0	3	2
4	Cork	3	1	0	2	2
5	Galway	3	0	2	1	2

Group stage

	Kilkenny	1-10 - 3-4	Galway

	Clare	5-7 - 3-2	Limerick

	Cork	2-1 - 8-10	Kilkenny

	Limerick	5-3 - 3-3	Galway

	Galway	4-4 - 4-1	Clare

	Limerick	2-1 - 5-12	Cork

	Kilkenny	5-7 - 1-4	Limerick

	Cork	2-2 - 5-9	Clare

	Clare	2-7 - 3-13	Kilkenny

Group B table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
1	Tipperary	4	4	0	0	8	National League champions
2	Dublin	4	2	1	1	5
3	Waterford	4	2	0	2	4
4	Laois	4	0	2	2	2
5	Wexford	4	0	1	3	1

Group stage

	Tipperary	5-7 - 2-8	Wexford

	Dublin	5-5 - 3-4	Waterford

	Dublin	3-1 - 5-7	Tipperary

	Tipperary	3-5 - 3-2	Laois

	Waterford	5-4 - 1-3	Laois

	Dublin	2-2 - 0-5	Wexford

	Wexford	2-10 - 4-4	Laois

	Waterford	2-3 - 7-1	Tipperary

	Laois	1-10 - 4-1	Dublin

	Waterford	9-2 - 3-7	Wexford

Group C table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Westmeath	3	2	1	0	5
2	Offaly	3	1	1	1	3
3	Wicklow	2	0	2	0	2
4	Roscommon	2	0	0	2	0

Group stage

	Westmeath	3-7 - 4-4	Wicklow

	Offaly	6-10 - 4-5	Roscommon

	Roscommon	4-2 - 9-3	Westmeath

	Offaly	4-7 - 5-4	Wicklow

	Westmeath	4-6 - 1-2	Offaly

Group D table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Meath	3	3	0	6
2	Tyrone	2	1	1	2
3	Antrim	2	1	1	2
4	Armagh	3	0	3	0

Group stage

	Armagh	4-4 - 5-5	Tyrone

	Meath	8-8 - 2-1	Tyrone

	Antrim	6-5 - 1-2	Armagh

	Armagh	1-2 - 7-5	Meath

	Meath	6-5 - 2-5	Antrim

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

26 March 1950 Semi-Final	Meath	0-6 - 9-3	Tipperary	St. Loman's Park, Trim

23 April 1950 Semi-Final	Westmeath	4-6 – 5-6	Kilkenny	Cusack Park, Mullingar

Home final

7 May 1950 Home Final	Tipperary	3-8 – 1-10	Kilkenny	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 19,890

Final

24 September 1950 Final	New York	3-4 - 1-12	Tipperary	Polo Grounds, New York City

References

↑ "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

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[1] "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2011.