1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

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1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
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Event 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date1 September 1957
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee S. Gleeson (Limerick)
Attendance70,594
1956
1958

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 70th All-Ireland Final and marked the culmination of the 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 1 September 1957, between Kilkenny and Waterford. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 4-10 to 3-12. [1] It was the fifth time for Kilkenny to win a final by a point. An interesting feature of this match was the participation of the English actor John Gregson in the Kilkenny team's parade as part of his role as a GAA player in the film Rooney . [2]

Match details

Kilkenny 4-10 3-12 Waterford
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,594
Referee: S. Gleeson (Limerick)
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KILKENNY:
GK1 Ollie Walsh
RCB2T. Walsh
FB3J. Walsh
LCB4J. Maher
RWB5 Paddy Buggy
CB6M. Walsh
LWB7Johnny McGovern
M8M. Brophy
M9J. Sutton
RWF10D. Heaslip
CF11Mick Kenny
LWF12Mick Kelly (c)
RCF13 R. Rockett
FF14W. Dwyer
LCF15Seán Clohessy
Substitutes:
9B. Walsh
WATERFORD:
GK1Richie Roche
RCB2Tom Cunningham
FB3 Austin Flynn
LCB4John Barron
RWB5Michael O'Connor
CB6Martin Óg Morrissey
LWB7Séamus Power
M8Johnny O'Connor
M9 Philly Grimes (c)
RWF10 Mick Flannelly
CF11 Tom Cheasty
LWF12 Larry Guinan
RCF13 Frankie Walsh
FF14John Kiely
LCF15Dónal 'Duck' Whelan

MATCH RULES

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References

  1. Irish Independent, Monday, 2 September 1957; Page: 7
  2. Considine, Tony (26 November 2020). "Clash of the Titans: We revisit the 'nerve-shattering intensity' of Kilkenny and Waterford's All-Ireland trilogy in the 1950s". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 1 February 2024. As it turned out, English actor John Gregson was the extra man, being filmed for a scene in the 1958 film, Rooney, where he played a GAA player.