1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

Football match

1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final

Event

1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Wexford	Tipperary

5-8	3-12

Date

1 September 1968

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

J. Dowling (Offaly)

Attendance

63,461

← 1967

1969 →

The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 81st All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 1 September 1968, between Wexford and Tipperary. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 5-8 to 3-12.

Match details

1968-09-01
15:15 UTC+1

Wexford	5-8 – 3-12	Tipperary
J. Berry (2-2), T. Doran (2-1), P. Lynch (1-3), J. O'Brien (0-2).		J. Doyle (1-5), M. Keating (1-3), S. McLoughlin (1-1), L. Devaney (0-2), M. Burns (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 63,461

Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)

Wexford

Tipperary

References

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Pre-1923

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Beginning of
Liam MacCarthy

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80-minute
experiment

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Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

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'Back-door' era

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