1945 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1945 Railway Cup
Dates11 February – 17 March 1945
Teams Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster
Champions Munster (13th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored24 (6 per match)
Points scored37 (9.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mick Mackey (3-06)
1944 (Previous)(Next) 1946

The 1945 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 19th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup. Four matches were played between 11 February and 17 March 1945. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

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Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 17 March 1945, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 6-08 to 2-00 defeat of Ulster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. This was their 13th title over all and their fourth title in succession.

Munster's Mick Mackey was the Railway Cup top scorer with 3-06.

Results

Semi-finals

11 February 1945Semi-final Ulster 3-01 - 2-03 Leinster Corrigan Park, Belfast
White 2-0, Mulholland 1-0, N Campbell 0-1.Hassett 1-2, O'Riordan 1-1, Cantwell 1-0, N Wade 0-1.
11 February 1945Semi-final Connacht 2-05 - 2-05 Munster Pearse Stadium, Galway
Gallagher 2-4, Thornton 0-1.M Mackey 2-1, D Stokes 0-1, J Power 0-1, M Hickey 0-1, P Clohessy 0-1.
4 March 1945Semi-final replay Munster 4-08 - 3-07 Connacht Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
T Purcell 1-1, J Power 1-1, M Quane 1-0, J Quirke 1-0, M Mackey 0-3, C Ring 0-3.Molloy 2-1, J Gallagher 0-4, Colgan 1-0, Cunningham 0-2.

Final

17 March 1945Final Munster 6-08 - 2-00 Ulster Croke Park, Dublin
J Quirke 2-2, M Mackey 1-2, D Stokes 1-1, T Purcell 1-0, PJ Quane 1-0, C Cottrell 0-1, J Young 0-1, C Ring 0-1.C Mullan 1-0, Denvir 1-0.Attendance: 31,704

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Mick Mackey Munster 3-061535.00
2 Josie Gallagher Conancht 2-081427.00
3 Johnny Quirke Munster 3-021133.66
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Josie Gallagher Connacht 2-0410 Munster
2 Johnny Quirke Munster 2-028 Connacht
3T. Molloy Connacht 2-017 Munster

Sources

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