1972–73 National Hurling League

The 1972–73 National Hurling League was the 42nd season of the National Hurling League.

Division 1

Cork came into the season as defending champions of the 1971-72 season.
On 13 May 1973, Wexford won the title following a 4-13 to 3-7 win over Limerick in the final. It was their fourth league title overall and their first since 1966-67.
Tipperary's Francis Loughnane was the Division 1 top scorer with 5-55.

Division 1A table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Kilkenny	7	6	0	1	+26	12	-
2	Tipperary	7	4	2	1	+33	10	-
3	Limerick	7	4	2	1	+32	10	Division 1 runners-up
4	Wexford	7	5	0	2	+23	10	Division 1 champions
5	Clare	7	3	2	2	+39	8	-
6	Cork	7	2	0	5	-3	4	-
7	Galway	7	1	0	6	-70	2	-
8	Offaly	7	0	0	7	-30	0	Relegated to Division 1B

Division 1B table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Waterford	7	6	1	0	+54	13	Promoted to Division 1A
2	Kildare	7	4	1	2	+21	9	-
3	Dublin	7	4	1	2	+10	9	-
4	Antrim	7	4	0	3	-2	8	-
5	Laois	7	3	1	3	+43	7	-
6	Westmeath	7	2	0	5	-41	4	-
7	Wicklow	7	2	0	5	-33	4	-
8	Kerry	7	1	0	6	-44	2	-

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''

Scoring statistics

;Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Francis Loughnane	Tipperary	5-55	70	9	7.77
2	Johnny Walsh	Kildare	6-48	66	8	8.25
3	Tom Byrne	Wexford	10-35	65	11	5.90
4	Richie Bennis	Limerick	8-37	61	8	7.62
5	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	3-33	42	5	6.40
6	Stephen Greene	Waterford	9-12	39	9	4.33
7	George Lanham	Laois	7-14	35	7	5.00
8	Tony Doran	Wexford	7-11	32	11	2.90
8	Pádraic Fahy	Galway	3-23	32	7	4.57
10	Seán Kinsella	Wexford	2-25	31	9	3.44

;Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	George Lanham	Laois	3-06	15	Westmeath
2	Francis Loughnane	Tipperary	2-08	14	Limerick
3	Donal Rheinisch	Dublin	4-01	13	Kerry
4	Roger Ryan	Tipperary	4-00	12	Kildare
5	Tom Byrne	Wexford	3-02	11	Tipperary
5	Francis Loughnane	Tipperary	2-05	11	Galway
5	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-05	11	Wexford
5	Tom Byrne	Wexford	1-08	11	Limerick
9	Peadar Keogh	Wicklow	3-01	10	Dublin
9	Frankie Nolan	Limerick	3-01	10	Tipperary
9	Richie Bennis	Limerick	2-04	10	Clare
9	Johnny Walsh	Kildare	1-07	10	Waterford
9	Colm Connaughton	Westmeath	1-07	10	Antrim
9	Johnny Walsh	Kildare	1-07	10	Antrim