1943 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1943 Railway Cup
Dates14 February – 17 March 1943
Teams Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Champions Munster (11th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored13 (6.5 per match)
Points scored15 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Leinster.svg Jim Langton (2-04)
1942 (Previous)(Next) 1944

The 1943 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 17th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling championship organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The championship took place between 14 February and 17 March 1943. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster and Munster.

Gaelic Athletic Association Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, and the Irish language.

Connacht GAA or formally the Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It performs a supervisory and appeal role for the five County Boards within the province. Anomalously, it also exercises its functions for an additional two County Boards that are not located in the province: London GAA and New York GAA. Teams from these administrative areas play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship.

The Leinster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council has been partnered with the European County Board to help develop Gaelic Games in Europe. Leinster Council's main contribution to this goal is the provision of referees.

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Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.

The 1942 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 16th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling championship organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The championship took place between 15 February and 17 March 1942. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster and Munster.

On 17 March 1943, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 3-05 to 4-03 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their 11th Railway Cup title overall and their second title in succession.

Croke Park stadium in Dublin, Ireland

Croke Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium located in Dublin, Ireland. Named in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is often called Croker by some GAA fans and locals. It serves both as the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

Dublin capital and largest city in Ireland

Dublin is the capital of, and largest city in, Ireland. It is on the east coast of Ireland, in the province of Leinster, at the mouth of the River Liffey, and is bordered on the south by the Wicklow mountains. It has an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the Dublin Region, as of 2016, was 1,347,359, and the population of the Greater Dublin area was 1,904,806.

Leinster's Jim Langton was the Railway Cup's top scorer with 2-04.

James Langton was an Irish hurler who usually played as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

Results

Semi-final

Final

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Jim Langton Leinster 2-0410210.00
2 Christy Ring Munster 2-03924.50
3 Johnny Quirke Munster 2-00623.00
Bill O'Donnell Munster 1-03623.00
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Jim Langton Leinster 2-0410 Munster
2 Christy Ring Munster 2-017 Connacht
3 Jimmy Walsh Leinster 1-014 Munster
M. J. Flaherty Connacht 1-014 Munster

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