1944 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1944 Railway Cup
Dates13 February – 17 March 1944
Teams Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster
Champions Munster (12th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
1943 (Previous)(Next) 1945

The 1944 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 18th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling tournament and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The tournament took place between 13 February and 17 March 1944.

Contents

Four teams participated in the championship. These included all of the four historic provinces of Ireland, Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

The tournament was won by Munster.

Results

Semi-final

13 February 1944Semi-final Leinster 1-05 - 4-05 Connacht St. Brendan's Park, Birr
S O'Brien 1-0, T Walsh 0-2, J Langton 0-2, N Rackard 0-1.Brennan 1-3, M Nestor 1-2, Fennessy 1-0, MJ Flaherty 1-0.Referee: M Heffernan (Tipperary)
20 February 1944Semi-final Munster 9-03 - 3-01 Ulster Croke Park, Dublin
D Stokes 2-0, C Ring 2-0, J Quirke 2-0, PJ Quane 1-2, J Mackey 1-0, J Young 1-0, J Lynch 0-1.D McAllister 2-0, S Mulholland 1-0, B Clarkin 0-1.

Final

17 March 1944Final Connacht 4-04 - 4-10 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
M Nestor 2-0, Fennessy 1-0, T Brennan 1-0, P Thornton 0-1, R Forde 0-1, J Gallagher 0-1, D Flynn 0-1.J Mackey 2-0, S Condon 1-2, J Quirke 1-1, J Lynch 0-4, D Stokes 0-2, PJ Quane 0-1.

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1M. Nestor Connacht 3-021125.50
2 Johnny Quirke Munster 3-011025.00
3 John Mackey Munster 3-00924.50
Tony Brennan Connacht 2-03924.50
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Dick Stokes Munster 2-006 Ulster
Christy Ring Munster 2-006 Ulster
Johnny Quirke Munster 2-006 Ulster
Danny McAllister Ulster 2-006 Munster
M. Nestor Connacht 2-006 Munster
John Mackey Munster 2-006 Connacht
Tony Brennan Connacht 1-036 Leinster
2M. Nestor Connacht 1-025 Leinster
P. J. Quane Munster 1-025 Ulster
Seán Condon Munster 1-025 Connacht

Sources

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