1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1954
Winners
Champions Dublin (14th title)
Captain Sophie Brack
Runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Captain Patsy McCloskey
Other
Matches played2

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1954 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated first time finalists Derry by an 18-point margin in the final. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Final

Una O'Connor, Sophie Brack and Sheila Sleator shared ten goals. Rose McAllister, Patsy McCloskey, Anna Bryson and Patsy O'Brien scored Derry goals. The Irish Press noted:

One of the biggest crowds ever turned up at Croke Park on Sunday evening last to see the All Ireland camogie final in which Dublin won the title for the seventh successive year. The Derry girls put up a splendid fight and were rather better than the score suggests, but they were unable to match the stickwork and combination of the more experienced Dublin line-out. Derry did well at the start but could not turn their early advantage into scores and when Dublin settled into their stride they advanced steadily to victory. Dublin led by 6-1 to nil at half-time. There was only one free in the entire game. [7]

Final stages

Dublin 5-3 – 3-1 Cork
Croke Park
Derry 5-2 – 0-0 Mayo
Newport
Derry 3-11 – 0-3 London
Greenlough
Dublin 10-4 – 4-2 Derry
Croke Park
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Dublin
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Derry
DUBLIN:
GK1 Eileen Duffy (Celtic)
FB2 Doretta Blackton (Celtic)
RWB3 Betty Hughes (CIÉ)
CB4 Carmel Walsh (CIÉ)
LWB5 Sheila Donnelly (Eoghan Rua)
MF6 Nancy Caffrey (Eoghan Rua)
MF7 Annette Corrigan (UCD) (0-3)
MF8 Kathleen Mills (CIÉ)
RWF9 Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (4-0)
CF10 Sheila Sleator (Eoghan Rua) (2-0)
LWF11 Eileen Bourke (UCD)
FF12 Sophie Brack (Capt) (CIÉ) (Capt) (4-1)
DERRY:
GK1Anna McPeake
FB2Theresa Clarke
RWB3Teresa Halferty
CB4Carrie Rankin
LWB5Margaret Dorrity
MF6Mary McSwiggan
MF7Patsy McCloskey (Capt) (1-2)
MF8Kathleen McCloskey
RWF9Kathleen Madden
CF10Patsy O'Brien (1-0)
LWF11Anna Bryson (1-0)
FF12Rose McAllister (1-0)

MATCH RULES

  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also

References

  1. ↑ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. ↑ Report of final in Irish Press, 23 August 1954
  3. ↑ Report of final in Irish Independent, 23 August 1954
  4. ↑ Report of final in Irish Times, 23 August 1954
  5. ↑ Report of final in Irish Examiner, 23 August 1954
  6. ↑ Report of final in Irish News, 23 August 1954
  7. ↑ Report of final in Irish Press, 23 August 1954
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