1939 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1939 Railway Cup
Dates26 February – 17 March 1939
Teams Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Champions Munster (8th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored13 (6.5 per match)
Points scored17 (8.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Munster.svg Locky Byrne (3-01)
1938 (Previous)(Next) 1940

The 1939 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 13th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling championship organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The championship took place between 26 February and 17 March 1939. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster and Munster.

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Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 17 March 1939, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 4–04 to 1–06 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their 8th Railway Cup title overall and their third in succession.

Munster's Locky Byrne was the Railway Cup's top scorer with 3-01.

Results

Semi-final

26 February 1939Semi-final Munster 8-05 - 0-02 Connacht St. Brendan's Park, Birr
M Brennan 2-1, C Moylan 2-1, L Byrne 2-1, J Quirke 1-1, M Mackey 1-0, J Mackey 0-1.J Costello 0-1, J Hanniffy 0-1.

Final

17 March 1939Final Leinster 1-06 - 4-04 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
M Flynn 1-0, P Phelan 0-3, H Gray 0-1, M McDonald 0-1, M Gill 0-1.J Mackey 1-0, M Mackey 1-0, L Byrne 1-0, J Mullane 1-0, N Wade 0-3, M Brennan 0-1.Referee: I Harney (Galway)

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Locky Byrne Munster 3-011025.00
2 Micka Brennan Munster 2-02824.00
3 Christy Moylan Munster 2-01723.50
4 Mick Mackey Munster 2-00623.00
5 John Mackey Munster 1-01422.00
Johnny Quirke Munster 1-01422.00
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Micka Brennan Munster 2-017 Connacht
Christy Moylan Munster 2-017 Connacht
Locky Byrne Munster 2-017 Connacht
2 Johnny Quirke Munster 1-014 Connacht
3 Mick Mackey Munster 1-003 Connacht
Mick Flynn Leinster 1-003 Munster
Mick Mackey Munster 1-003 Leinster
John Mackey Munster 1-003 Leinster
Locky Byrne Munster 1-003 Leinster
Jim Mullane Munster 1-003 Leinster
Paddy Phelan Leinster 0-033 Munster
Ned Wade Munster 0-033 Leinster

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