1959 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1959 Railway Cup
Date17 March 1959 - 7 June 1959
Teams Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Champions Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Tony Wall (captain)
Runners-up Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Séamus Cullinane (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored14 (7 per match)
Points scored38 (19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Munster.svg Christy Ring (4-05)
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The 1959 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 33rd series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup. Two matches were played between 17 March 1959 and 7 June 1959 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster and Munster.

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Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 7 June 1959, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 7–11 to 2–06 defeat of Connacht in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their third Railway Cup title in succession. The new Hogan Stand was officially opened on the day of the final. [1]

Munster's Christy Ring was the Railway Cup top scorer with 4-05.

Results

Semi-final

17 March 1959Semi-final Connacht 2-14 - 3-07 Leinster Croke Park, Dublin
T Sweeney 0-5, T Conway 1-1, P Egan 1-0, PJ Lally 0-2, J Salmon 0-2, PJ Lawless 0-2, M Cullinane 0-1, M Fox 0-1.P Kehoe 1-2, N Wheeler 1-1, S Clohessy 1-0, F Whelan 0-1, W Dwyer 0-1, M Fleming 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1.Attendance: 35,002
Referee: S Gleeson (Limerick)

Final

7 June 1959Final Munster 7-11 - 2-06 Connacht Croke Park, Dublin
C Ring 4-5, J Smyth 1-1, D Nealon 1-1, L Guinan 1-0, J Doyle 0-2, S Power 0-1, T Casey 0-1.T Sweeney 1-3, P Egan 1-1, T Kelly 0-1, PJ Lawless 0-1.Attendance: 23,248
Referee: E Conroy (Laois)

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Christy Ring Munster 4-0517117.00
2 Tim Sweeney Connacht 1-081125.50
3 Paddy Egan Connacht 2-01723.50
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Christy Ring Munster 4-0517 Connacht
2 Tim Sweeney Connacht 1-036 Munster
3 Padge Kehoe Leinster 1-025 Connacht
Tim Sweeney Connacht 0-055 Munster

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References

  1. ↑ "1955- 1964". Croke Park website. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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