| Type: | Intermediate |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Dates: | 22 April – 16 September 1973 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Leinster: | Kilkenny |
| Ulster: | Antrim |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Team: | Kilkenny |
| Titles: | 1st |
| Captain: | Paddy Grace |
| Team2: | London |
| Totalgoals: | 61 (6.77 per game) |
| Totalpoints: | 153 (17.00 per game) |
| Topscorer: | Shem Muldowney (6-11) |
| Previous: | 1972 |
| Next: | 1997 |
The 1973 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 13th staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship ran from 22 April to 16 September 1973.
Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they declined to field a team.[1]
The All-Ireland final was played at Walsh Park in Waterford on 16 September 1973 between Kilkenny and London, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kilkenny won the match by 5-15 to 2-09 to claim their first ever All-Ireland title.[2] [3] [4]
Kilkenny's Shem Muldowney was the championship's top scorer with 6-11.
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shem Muldowney | Kilkenny | 6-11 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 2 | Frank Cleere | Kilkenny | 8-03 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 3 | Jim Walsh | Kilkenny | 8-01 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 4 | Jack O'Connor | Kilkenny | 1-14 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 5 | Pat Holden | Kilkenny | 3-07 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 6 | Eddie Donnelly | Antrim | 2-09 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 7 | Richard Melia | Meath | 4-01 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |
| 8 | T. J. Reilly | Meath | 3-03 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Dinny Hallissey | London | 1-08 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
| Séamus Kearney | Meath | 1-08 | 11 | 3 | 3.66 |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shem Muldowney | Kilkenny | 3-05 | 14 | Meath |
| 2 | Pat Holden | Kilkenny | 3-04 | 13 | Meath |
| 3 | Richard Melia | Meath | 4-00 | 12 | Carlow |
| Jim Walsh | Kilkenny | 4-00 | 12 | Laois | |
| 5 | Frank Cleere | Kilkenny | 3-00 | 9 | Laois |
| 6 | Eddie Donnelly | Antrim | 1-06 | 9 | Kilkenny |
| 7 | T. J. Reilly | Meath | 2-02 | 8 | Carlow |
| Frank Cleere | Kilkenny | 2-02 | 8 | Antrim | |
| 9 | Jim Walsh | Kilkenny | 2-01 | 7 | London |
| Shem Muldowney | Kilkenny | 1-04 | 7 | London | |
| John Mitchell | Carlow | 1-04 | 7 | Meath | |
| Jack O'Connor | Kilkenny | 0-07 | 7 | Antrim |