1960 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1960 Railway Cup
Date21 February - 17 March 1960
Teams Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Champions Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Frankie Walsh (captain)
Runners-up Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored27 (9 per match)
Points scored43 (14.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Munster.svg Paddy Barry (4-01)
1959 (Previous)(Next) 1961

The 1960 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 34th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup. Three matches were played between 21 February 1960 and 17 March 1960 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Ulster and Munster.

Contents

Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 17 March 1960, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 6-06 to 2-07 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their fourth Railway Cup title in succession.

Munster's Paddy Barry was the Railway Cup top scorer with 4-01.

Results

Semi-finals

21 February 1960Semi-final Munster 5-12 - 1-09 Connacht Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
P Barry 2-1, Jimmy Doyle 2-0, C Ring 1-2, J Smyth 0-3, F Walsh 0-3, T Cheasty 0-1, John Doyle 0-1, S Power 0-1.PJ Lawless 1-0, T Sweeney 0-3, T Conway 0-1, S Gohery 0-1, G O'Malley 0-1, J Conroy 0-1, F Egan 0-1, J Salmon 0-1.Attendance: 5,000
Referee: S Spain (Offaly)

21 February 1960 Leinster 8-6 - 5-3 Ulster Semi-final

Final

17 March 1960Final Leinster 2-07 - 6-06 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
P Kehoe 0-6, C O'Brien 1-0, S Clohessy 1-0, T O'Connell 0-1.P Barry 2-0, J Smyth 2-0, F Walsh 1-1, P Grimes 1-0, Jimmy Doyle 0-2, C Ring 0-2, T Cheasty 0-1.Attendance: 40,473
Referee: C Foley (Dublin)

Top scorers

Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Paddy Barry Munster 4-011326.50
2 Jimmy Smyth Munster 2-03924.50
3 Jimmy Doyle Munster 2-02824.00
4 Frankie Walsh Munster 1-04723.50
Christy Ring Munster 1-04723.50

Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Paddy Barry Munster 2-017 Connacht
2 Jimmy Doyle Munster 2-006 Connacht
Paddy Barry Munster 2-006 Leinster
Jimmy Smyth Munster 2-006 Leinster
Padge Kehoe Leinster 0-066 Munster