1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

1964 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

Match programme
Dates	16 February 1964 – 17 February 1964
Teams	4
Champions	Leinster (9th title) Séamus Cleere (captain)
Runners-up	Munster Phil Grimes (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	21 (7 per match)
Points scored	43 (14.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eddie Keher (2-09)
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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.

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

Munster v Connacht

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.

Leinster v Ulster

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

Leinster v Munster

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

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eddie Keher	Leinster	2-09	16	2	8.00
2	Tom Walsh	Leinster	3-02	11	2	5.50
3	Jimmy Smyth	Munster	2-04	10	2	5.00
4	Ned Wheeler	Leinster	3-00	9	2	4.50
5	Jimmy Doyle	Munster	1-05	8	2	4.00

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Tom Walsh	Leinster	3-02	11	Ulster
	Eddie Keher	Leinster	2-05	11	Munster
2	Ned Wheeler	Leinster	3-00	9	Ulster
3	Jimmy Smyth	Munster	2-02	8	Connacht
	Liam Devaney	Munster	2-02	8	Leinster
4	Mick Bermingham	Leinster	2-01	7	Ulster
5	M. Fox	Connacht	2-00	6	Munster
6	Phil Grimes	Munster	1-02	5	Connacht

Miscellaneous

• The Munster selectors dropped team captain Mick Flannelly from the panel after the semi-final. He was replaced as captain by Phil Grimes.

Bibliography

• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

References

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