| Year: | 1950 |
| Dates: | 30 April – 3 September 1950 |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Munster: | Tipperary |
| Leinster: | Kilkenny |
| Matches: | 12 |
| Team: | Tipperary |
| Titles: | 15th |
| Captain: | Seán Kenny |
| Team2: | Kilkenny |
| Captain2: | Mick Kenny |
| Totalgoals: | 55 (4.5 per game) |
| Totalpoints: | 177 (14.75 per game) |
| Topscorer: | Jimmy Kennedy (4-23) |
| Previous: | 1949 |
| Next: | 1951 |
The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1950 and ended on 3 September 1950.
Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 1-9 to 1-8 defeat of Kilkenny.[1]
Promoted from the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
Relegated to the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | |||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1946 | 1947 | 1947-48 | |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1948 | 1938-39 | |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930-31 | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1947 | 1947 | 1932-33 | |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | ||
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1946-47 | |
| Meath | Green and gold | ||||
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | ||||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1949 | 1949 | 1949-50 | |
| Waterford | Blue and white | 1948 | 1948 | ||
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | ||||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | ||
First round
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 4-23 | 35 | 5 | 7.00 |
| 2 | Paddy Kenny | Tipperary | 6-06 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
| 3 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 5-07 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 4 | Jim Langton | Kilkenny | 2-12 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Tim Flood | Wexford | 4-03 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 6 | Padge Kehoe | Wexford | 2-06 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| 7 | Mick Ryan | Tipperary | 1-08 | 11 | 5 | 2.20 |
| 8 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 2-03 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Christy Ring | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| 9 | John McGrath | Westmeath | 2-02 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Jimmy Heffernan | Kilkenny | 1-08 | 8 | 3 | 2.66 |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 3-06 | 15 | Limerick |
| 2 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 2-05 | 11 | Offaly |
| 3 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 0-10 | 10 | Cork |
| 4 | Tim Flood | Wexford | 3-00 | 9 | Laois |
| Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 2-03 | 9 | Tipperary | |
| 5 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 2-02 | 8 | Kilkenny |
| John McGrath | Westmeath | 2-02 | 8 | Offaly | |
| Paddy Kenny | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 | Cork | |
| 6 | Paddy Kenny | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Galway |
| Jim Langton | Kilkenny | 1-04 | 7 | Wexford | |
| Christy Ring | Cork | 1-04 | 7 | Tipperary |