- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1968
Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1968
team=Wexford
titles=5th
captain=Dan Quigley
manager=
munster=Tipperary
leinster=Wexford
ulster=
connacht=
poty=Dan Quigley
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1968 was the 82nd edition ofIreland ’s premierhurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held atCroke Park ,Dublin on1 September . The match was contested by Wexford and Tipperary, with Wexford taking the title by 5-8 to 3-12. It was Wexford’s fifth All-Ireland title ever and their fourth meeting with Tipperary in the final since1960 .Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
* There were no All-Ireland semi-finals.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The Ulster Championship remained suspended due to a lack of competition.
* Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, played in the Munster Championship for the tenth consecutive year.All-Ireland final
tatistics
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date=1968-09-01
15:15 BST
team1=Tipperary
score=5-8 – 3-12
team2=Wexford
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park ,Dublin
attendance=63,461
referee= John Dowling (Offaly){| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"MATCH RULES
*60 minutes.
*Replay if scores level.
*Three named substitutesReferences
* Corry, Eoghan, "The GAA Book of Lists" (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, "Munster Hurling Legends" (The O'Brien Press, 2002).ee also
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