1973 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 1973 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 10th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1973
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (6th win)
CaptainMartin O'Doherty
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upWexford
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtNot Played
1972
1974

Galway were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 11 November 1973, Cork won the championship following a 2–10 to 4–2 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their sixth All-Ireland title in the grade and their fifth in six championship seasons.

Munster quarter-finals

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26 April 1973 Quarter-final Waterford 2-08 - 3-09 Cork Cappoquin Sportsfield
T Hunt 1-1, B Landers 1-1, T Reid 0-4, L Power 0-1, J Galvin 0-1. T Sheehan 3-6, S O'Leary 0-3. Referee: J Moloney (Waterford)
2 May 1973 Quarter-final Tipperary 1-09 - 1-05 Clare MacDonagh Park
Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

Munster semi-finals

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4 July 1973 Semi-final Tipperary 2-08 - 2-09 Cork Semple Stadium
J Kehoe 0-6, M Young 1-0, P Fanning 1-0, J Kane 0-1, J Sherlock 0-1. T Sheehan 0-6, D Relihan 1-1, J Barry-Murphy 1-0, S O'Leary 0-2.
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Munster final

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8 August 1973 Final Cork 4-11 - 2-07 Limerick Dr. Mannix Sportsfield
T Sheehan 2-5, D Relihan 2-2, J Barry-Murphy 0-1, S O'Leary 0-1, J Buckley 0-1, T Crowley 0-1. F Ryan 1-2, D O'Sullivan 1-0, V O'Donoghue 0-3, J Curtin 0-1, B Neenan 0-1. Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

All-Ireland semi-finals

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12 August 1973 Semi-final Wexford 2-09 - 0-07
(match abandoned)
Antrim Wexford Park
28 October 1973 Semi-final refixture Galway 1-08 - 2-16 Cork Pearse Stadium
G Holland 1-0, I Clarke 0-2, M Connolly 0-2, M Coen 0-2, PJ Molloy 0-2. S O'Leary 2-14, S Buckley 0-1, T Murphy 0-1.

All-Ireland final

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11 November 1973 Final Cork 2-10 - 4-02 Wexford Páirc Dáibhín
S O'Leary 0-5, T Fogarty 1-1, T Sheehan 1-0, P Kavanagh 0-3, J Barry-Murphy 0-1. J Allen 2-0, S Storey 1-0, N Walsh 1-0, PJ Harris 0-2. Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ "County profile: Cork". Hogan Stand. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2015.