1985_Railway_Cup_Hurling_Championship

1985 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

1985 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

Gaelic football and hurling competition

The 1985 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 59th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927.[1] The cup began on 27 January 1985 and ended on 18 March 1985.

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Munster were the defending champions.

On 18 March 1985, Munster won the cup after a 3-06 to 1-11 defeat of Connacht in the final at Semple Stadium.[2] This was their 37th Railway Cup title overall and their second title in succession.

Results

Semi-finals

27 January 1985 Semi-final Leinster 2-06 - 1-12 Connacht St. Brendan's Park, Birr
P Corrigan 1-4, PJ Cuddy 1-0, C Heffernan 0-1, P Carroll 0-1. M Haverty 1-5, J Cooney 0-3, N Lane 0-1, B Lynskey 0-1, M Connolly 0-1, T Kilkenny 0-1. Referee: G Ryan (Tipperary)
27 January 1985 Semi-final Ulster 2-06 - 3-16 Munster St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle
C Donnelly 2-2, C Mageean 0-1, B Donnelly 0-1, B Coulter 0-1, E Donnelly 0-1. P Kelly 0-6, S Power 1-1, T O'Sullivan 0-4, G McInerney 1-0, N English 1-0, P Hartnett 0-2, J Fenton 0-2, S Stack 0-1.

Final

18 March 1985 Final Munster 3-06 - 1-11 Connacht Semple Stadium, Thurles
N English 2-0, T Mulcahy 1-0, J Fenton 0-3, J Carroll 0-1, S Power 0-1, K Hennessy 0-1. N Lane 1-2, M Haverty 0-5, S Mahon 0-3, A Cunningham 0-1. Referee: N O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Scoring statistics

Top scorers overall
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Bibliography

  • 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]
    "Railway Cup Hurling". Munster GAA. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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