1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship programme.png
Match programme
Dates16 February 1964 – 17 February 1964
Teams4
Champions Leinster (9th title)
Séamus Cleere (captain)
Runners-up Munster
Phil Grimes (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored21 (7 per match)
Points scored43 (14.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eddie Keher (2-09)
← 1963 (Previous)(Next) 1965 →

The 1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 38th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 16 February 1964 and ended on 17 March 1964.

Contents

Munster were the defending champions.

On 17 March 1964, Leinster won the championship following a 3-07 to 2-09 defeat of Munster in the final. [1] This was their 10th Railway Cup title and their first since 1962.

Leinster's Eddie Keher was the Railway Cup top scorer with 2-09.

Results

Semi-final

16 February 1964Semi-final Munster 4-09 - 3-05 Connacht Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
J Smyth 2-2, P Grimes 1-2, Jimmy Doyle 1-1, M Flannelly 0-4.M Fox 2-0, PJ Lally 1-1, M Sweeney 0-1, M Connaughton 0-1, J Salmon 0-1, PJ Lawless 0-1.
16 February 1964Semi-final Leinster 8-09 - 1-04 Ulster Croke Park, Dublin
T Walsh 3-2, N Wheeler 3-0, M Bermingham 2-1, E Keher 0-4, T Ring 0-2.S Phelan 1-1, A Forsyth 0-2, E Gallagher 0-1.

Final

17 March 1964Final Leinster 3-07 - 2-09 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
2:30 p.m.E Keher 2-5, C O'Brien 1-0, F Whelan 0-1, P Moran 0-1.L Devaney 2-2, Jimmy Doyle 0-4, J Smyth 0-2, P Cronin 0-1.Attendance: 23,621
Referee: C Foley (Dublin)

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Eddie Keher Leinster 2-091628.00
2 Tom Walsh Leinster 3-021125.50
3 Jimmy Smyth Munster 2-041025.00
4 Ned Wheeler Leinster 3-00924.50
5 Jimmy Doyle Munster 1-05824.00
Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1 Tom Walsh Leinster 3-0211 Ulster
Eddie Keher Leinster 2-0511 Munster
2 Ned Wheeler Leinster 3-009 Ulster
3 Jimmy Smyth Munster 2-028 Connacht
Liam Devaney Munster 2-028 Leinster
4 Mick Bermingham Leinster 2-017 Ulster
5M. Fox Connacht 2-006 Munster
6 Phil Grimes Munster 1-025 Connacht

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. ↑ "Railway Cup Hurling". Munster GAA. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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