title: 2013 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
text: # 2013 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
  
  The 2013 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 30th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship began on 2 June 2013 and ended on 31 August 2013.
  
  Tipperary were the defending champions and successfully retained the title after defeating Kilkenny by 2–14 to 2–11 in the All-Ireland final.
  
  ## Team summaries
  
  | Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial |
  | Clare | Saffron and blue | | 2011 |
  | Cork | Red and white | 2009 | 2010 |
  | Galway | Maroon and white | 2002 | 2008 |
  | Kilkenny | Black and amber | 2010 | 2012 |
  | Limerick | Green and white | 1998 | 2008 |
  | Tipperary | Blue and gold | 2012 | 2012 |
  | Waterford | White and blue | | 2007 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  **Overall**
  
  | Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Timmy Hammersley | Tipperary | 0-21 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
  | 2 | Peter O'Brien | Cork | 0-19 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
  | 3 | Aidan Lynch | Clare | 2-5 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
  | 3 | Rory Hickey | Kilkenny | 0-11 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
  | 5 | Ruairí Gleeson | Tipperary | 2-4 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 |
  
  **Single game**
  
  | Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Peter O'Brien | Cork | 0-12 | 12 | Tipperary |
  | 2 | Timmy Hammersley | Tipperary | 0-10 | 10 | Limerick |
  | 3 | Gary Guilfoyle | Clare | 1-5 | 8 | Waterford |
  | 3 | Killian Fitzgerald | Waterford | 0-8 | 8 | Clare |
  | 5 | Ruairí Gleeson | Tipperary | 2-1 | 7 | Kilkenny |
  | 5 | Aidan Lynch | Clare | 1-4 | 7 | Waterford |
  | 5 | Jack Aherne | Limerick | 0-7 | 7 | Tipperary |
  | 5 | Peter O'Brien | Cork | 0-7 | 7 | Clare |
  | 9 | Colm Casey | Cork | 2-0 | 6 | Clare |
  | 9 | Jonjo Farrell | Kilkenny | 2-0 | 6 | Tipperary |
  | 9 | Timmy Hammersley | Tipperary | 0-6 | 6 | Cork |
  | 9 | Rory Hickey | Kilkenny | 0-6 | 6 | Galway |
  
  ### Scoring
  
  * First goal of the championship
     * Aidan Lynch for Clare against Waterford (Munster quarter-final)
  * Widest winning margin: 11 points
     * Clare 2-21 - 0-16 Waterford (Munster quarter-final)
  * Most goals in a match: 4
     * Tipperary 2-14 - 2-11 Kilkenny (All-Ireland final)
  * Most points in a match: 37
     * Clare 2-21 - 0-16 Waterford (Munster quarter-final)
     * Tipperary 0-19 - 0-18 Cork (Munster final)
  * Most goals by one team in a match: 2
     * Clare 2-21 - 0-16 Waterford (Munster quarter-final)
     * Cork 2-13 - 1-9 Clare (Munster semi-final)
     * Tipperary 2-14 - 2-11 Kilkenny (All-Ireland final)
  * Highest aggregate score: 43
     * Clare 2-21 - 0-16 Waterford (Munster quarter-final)
  * Most goals scored by a losing team: 2
     * Kilkenny 2-11 - 2-14 Tipperary (All-Ireland final)
  