1955_Railway_Cup_Hurling_Championship

1955 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

1955 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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The 1955 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 29th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup.[1] Three matches were played between 13 March 1955 and 3 April 1955 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

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Leinster entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Munster at the semi-final stage.

On 3 April 1955, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 6-08 to 3-04 defeat of Connacht in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.[2] It was their 22nd Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1953.

Munster's Christy Ring was the Railway Cup top scorer with 3-09.

Results

Semi-finals

13 March 1955 Semi-final Ulster 2-04 - 5-10 Connacht Casement Park, Belfast
Bob Elliott 1-0, Brendan Elliott 1-0, McDonald 0-3, O'Neill 0-1. M Elwood 1-1, P Duggan 1-0, B Duffy 1-0, P Manton 1-0, T Boyle 1-0, P O'Donoghue 0-2, P Fahy 0-2, P Egan 0-2, T Glynn 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, M Cullinane 0-1. Referee: C McLoughlin (Dublin)
17 March 1955 Semi-final Leinster 2-09 - 3-10 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
Allen 1-1, Morrissey 1-1, S Clohessy 0-3, Maher 0-2, T Flood 0-1, Walsh 0-1. C Ring 1-5, J Smyth 1-1, J Hartnett 1-0, D Dillon 0-2, WJ Daly 0-1, P Stakelum 0-1. Attendance: 40,826
Referee: R Stakelum (Tipperary)

Final

3 April 1955 Final Connacht 3-04 - 6-08 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
E Monaghan 1-1, J Fives 1-0, T Glynn 1-0, J Salmon 0-1, P Duggan 0-1, M Cullinane 0-1. C Ring 2-4, WJ Daly 2-1, J Hartnett 1-0, J Greene 1-0, D Dillon 0-2, S Power 0-1. Attendance: 11,799
Referee: C McLoughlin (Dublin)

Top scorers

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Single game
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Sources

  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

References

  1. [1]
    Neville, Conor (12 December 2016). "The fall and fall of the Railway Cup". ball.ie. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Munster Railway Cup-winning teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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