in one of the great all-ireland finals, kilkenny faced tipperary in the delayed decider on 9 september 1923. tipp played into the canal end for the opening thirty minutes, however, the sides remained deadlocked. with ten minutes remaining tipperary looked poised for success as they had a one-goal lead. kilkenny's only all-ireland medallist, dick grace, sent in a speculative seventy yard free towards a crowded tipp goalmouth. matty power, john roberts, paddy donoghue and dick tobin were all involved in the action, however, the free went untouched into the net for the equaliser. tipperary quickly regained the lead with another goal, however, kilkenny were not finished and two further goals secured a 4-2 to 2-6 victory. team captain wattie dunphy became the first kilkenny man to lift the newly introduced liam maccarthy cup.