1991 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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1991 Railway Cup
Dates10 March 1991 – 7 April 1991
Teams4
Champions Connacht (8th title)
Runners-up Munster
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored6 (2 per match)
Points scored71 (23.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Laois.svg Michael McGrath (1-06)
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The 1991 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the Railway Cup, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-provincial hurling tournament. The championship began on 10 March 1991 and ended on 7 April 1991.

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Connacht were the defending champions.

On 7 April 1991, Connacht won the cup following a 1-13 to 0-12 defeat of Munster in the final. [1] This was their 8th Railway Cup title and their second in succession after winning the last cup title in 1989.

Results

Semi-finals

10 March 1991Semi-final Munster 2-19 - 1-10 Leinster Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
N English 1-2, T O'Sullivan 0-5, C Bonnar 1-1, B O'Sullivan 0-3, T Guilfoyle 0-3, J Leahy 0-3, G Fitzgerald 0-2.DJ Carey 1-0, J Houlihan 0-3, B McMahon 0-2, T Dempsey 0-2, R Mannion 0-1, G Jackson 0-1, L Dunne 0-1.Referee: G McGlory (Antrim)
10 March 1991Semi-final Connacht 1-11 - 1-6 Ulster Kenny Park, Athenry
J Cooney 1-1, M Connolly 0-3, M McGrath 0-2, M Naughton 0-2, G Burke 0-2, J Rabbitte 0-1.G McGeehan 1-0, J Elliott 0-3, A Elliott 0-1, D Hughes 0-1, C Barr 0-1.Referee: T Murray (Limerick)

Final

7 April 1991Final Connacht 1-13 - 0-12 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
M McGrath 1-4, G Burke 0-3, J Cooney 0-2, A Cunningham 0-2, J Rabbitte 0-2.M Cleary 0-7, T Guilfoyle 0-2, B O'Sullivan 0-1, G Fitzgerald 0-1, J Leahy 0-1.Attendance: 2,000
Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Scoring statistics

Top scorers overall
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotal
1 Michael McGrath Connacht 1-069
2 Michael Cleary Munster 0-077
3 Joe Cooney Connacht 1-036
Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerTeamTallyTotalOpposition
1 Michael McGrath Connacht 1-047 Munster
Michael Cleary Munster 0-077 Connacht
3 Nicky English Munster 1-025 Leinster
Tony O'Sullivan Munster 0-055 Leinster
5 Cormac Bonnar Munster 1-014 Leinster
Joe Cooney Connacht 1-014 Ulster

Bibliography

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References

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