1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

The 1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 38th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 16 February 1964 and ended on 17 March 1964.

1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
Match programme
Dates16 February 1964 - 17 February 1964
Teams4
ChampionsLeinster (9th title)
Séamus Cleere (captain)
Runners-upMunster
Phil Grimes (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored21 (7 per match)
Points scored43 (14.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Eddie Keher (2-09)
1963 (Previous) (Next) 1965

Munster were the defending champions.

On 17 March 1964, Leinster won the championship following a 3-07 to 2-09 defeat of Munster in the final.[1] This was their 10th Railway Cup title and their first since 1962.

Leinster's Eddie Keher was the Railway Cup top scorer with 2-09.

Results

Semi-final

16 February 1964 Semi-final Munster 4-09 - 3-05 Connacht Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
J Smyth 2-2, P Grimes 1-2, Jimmy Doyle 1-1, M Flannelly 0-4. M Fox 2-0, PJ Lally 1-1, M Sweeney 0-1, M Connaughton 0-1, J Salmon 0-1, PJ Lawless 0-1.
16 February 1964 Semi-final Leinster 8-09 - 1-04 Ulster Croke Park, Dublin
T Walsh 3-2, N Wheeler 3-0, M Bermingham 2-1, E Keher 0-4, T Ring 0-2. S Phelan 1-1, A Forsyth 0-2, E Gallagher 0-1.

Final

17 March 1964 Final Leinster 3-07 - 2-09 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
2:30 p.m. E Keher 2-5, C O'Brien 1-0, F Whelan 0-1, P Moran 0-1. L Devaney 2-2, Jimmy Doyle 0-4, J Smyth 0-2, P Cronin 0-1. Attendance: 23,621
Referee: C Foley (Dublin)

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Eddie Keher Leinster 2-09 16 2 8.00
2 Tom Walsh Leinster 3-02 11 2 5.50
3 Jimmy Smyth Munster 2-04 10 2 5.00
4 Ned Wheeler Leinster 3-00 9 2 4.50
5 Jimmy Doyle Munster 1-05 8 2 4.00
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Tom Walsh Leinster 3-02 11 Ulster
Eddie Keher Leinster 2-05 11 Munster
2 Ned Wheeler Leinster 3-00 9 Ulster
3 Jimmy Smyth Munster 2-02 8 Connacht
Liam Devaney Munster 2-02 8 Leinster
4 Mick Bermingham Leinster 2-01 7 Ulster
5 M. Fox Connacht 2-00 6 Munster
6 Phil Grimes Munster 1-02 5 Connacht

Miscellaneous

  • The Munster selectors dropped team captain Mick Flannelly from the panel after the semi-final. He was replaced as captain by Phil Grimes.

Bibliography

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

References

  1. "Railway Cup Hurling". Munster GAA. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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