1962 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

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1962 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
Colours of Westmeath.svg
DatesJuly 15 - August 26, 1962
Teams8
Champions Flag of San Marino (pre-2011, civil).svg Pearses (1st title)
Mattie Mullen (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Laois.svg Raharney
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored57 (8.14 per match)
Points scored263 (37.57 per match)
1961 (Previous)(Next) 1963

The 1962 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship was the 58th staging of the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship.

Contents

The format ran as a straight-knockout tournament, with each team afforded just one defeat before elimination from the championship.

Eight teams contested the 1962 championship: Brownstown, Castlepollard, Castletown Geoghegan, Clonkill, Cullion, Pearses, Raharney, and Rickardstown.

Castlepollard entered as the defending champions, defeating Clonkill-Delvin amalgamation side St. Patrick's, but were eliminated in the semi-final stage.

The final was played on August 26, at Cusack Park in Mullingar between Pearses and Raharney. Pearses were contesting their first ever Senior final, while Raharney bridged a 37-year gap since their last appearance in a losing effort in 1925.

Pearses won the match by 2-9 to 3-5 to claim their first and only title, before disbanding in 1969. [1] [2]

Results

Quarter FinalSemi FinalFinal
      
Castletown Geoghegan 5-9
Rickardstown 5-3
Pearses 2-13
Castletown Geoghegan 4-6
Pearses 2-12
Clonkill 4-4
Pearses 2-9
Raharney 3-5
Raharney 3-5
Cullion 2-5
Raharney 7-6
Castlepollard 3-5
Castlepollard 14-9
Brownstown 1-1

Fixtures

Jul 22Quarter-Final Raharney 3-5 - 2-5 Cullion Cusack Park
Jul 29Quarter-Final Pearses 2-12 - 4-4 Clonkill Collinstown
Aug 5Quarter-Final Castlepollard 14-9 - 1-1 Brownstown Collinstown
Aug 26Final Pearses 2-9 - 3-5 Raharney Cusack Park
J Carey (0-8), T Houlihan (1-1), F Newman (1-0)B Shiels (1-1), P Collins (1-0), K McLoughlin (1-0), M Gartland (0-2), J Rooney (0-2)Referee: T Mooney

References

  1. "HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling". hoganstand.com.
  2. "Sixty years since Pearses ruled the roost in Westmeath hurling". Westmeath Examiner. 14 September 2022.