2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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2002 Railway Cup
Date2 November 2002 - 3 November 2002
Teams Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster
Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster
Champions Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster (22nd title)
Andy Comerford (captain)
Runners-up Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored17 (4.25 per match)
Points scored126 (31.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Leinster.svg Eddie Brennan (2-06)
Flag of Leinster.svg Henry Shefflin (0-12)
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The 2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 75th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup. [1] Four matches were played between 2 November 2002 and 3 November 2002 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

Contents

Munster entered the championship as the defending champions. [2]

On 3 November 2002, Leinster won the Railway Cup after a 4-15 to 3-17 defeat of Munster in the final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny. [3] It was their 22nd Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1997. In the Railway Shield final, Connacht defeated Ulster by 0-19 to 0-16.

Leinster's Eddie Brennan (2-06) and Henry Shefflin (0-12) were the Railway Cup joint top scorers.

Results

Semi-finals

2 November 2002Semi-final Leinster 3-18 - 2-13 Connacht Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
E Brennan 1-3, H Shefflin 0-5, B Murphy 1-1, D Hyland 0-4, J Hoyne 1-0, C Keaney 0-3, D Lyng 0-1, J Brady 0-1.M Kerins 1-1, D Donoghue 1-0, D Forde 0-3, C Moore 0-3, K Brady 0-2, F Forde 0-2, G Farragher 0-2.Referee: S McMahon (Clare)
2 November 2002Semi-final Munster 5-18 - 0-10 Ulster Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
J Deane 2-2, K McGrath 0-6, T Griffin 1-2, T Dunne 1-1, B Begley 1-1, B O'Connor 0-3, E McGrath 0-2, S McMahon 0-1.L Richmond 0-3, B McFall 0-3, P Richmond 0-2, C McCambridge 0-1, C McGuckian 0-1.Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Shield final

3 November 2002Shield final Connacht 0-19 - 0-16 Ulster Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
F Forde 0-7, F Healy 0-3, M Kerins 0-3, G Farragher 0-3, D O'Brien 0-1, D Donoghue 0-1, A Cullinane 0-1.J Connolly 0-4, C Herron 0-3, C McCambridge 0-2, C McGuckian 0-2, B McFall 0-2, P Richmond 0-1, L Richmond 0-1, C Kelly 0-1.Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

Final

3 November 2002Final Leinster 4-15 - 3-17 Munster Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
H Shefflin 0-7 (6f), E Brennan 1-3, C Keane, B Murphy 1-1 each, J Hoyne 1-0, J Coogan 0-2, D Lyng 0-1.T Dunne 0-7 (1f, '65), E McGrath 2-1, K McGrath 0-3 (1f), P O'Connell 1-0, J Deane 0-2 (fs), B O'Connor 0-1 (f), A O'Shaughnessy, E Kelly, T Griffin 0-1 each.Referee: G Devlin (Armagh)

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Eddie Brennan Leinster 2-061226.00
Henry Shefflin Leinster 0-121226.00
2 Tommy Dunne Munster 1-081125.50
3 Joe Deane Munster 2-041025.00
4 Eoin McGrath Munster 2-03924.50
Ken McGrath Munster 0-09924.50
Francis Forde Connacht 0-09924.50
5 Brendan Murphy Leinster 2-02824.00
Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Joe Deane Munster 2-028 Ulster
2 Eoin McGrath Munster 0-077 Leinster
Francis Forde Connacht 0-077 Ulster
Henry Shefflin Leinster 0-077 Munster
Tommy Dunne Munster 0-077 Leinster
3 Eddie Brennan Leinster 1-036 Connacht
Eddie Brennan Leinster 1-036 Munster
Ken McGrath Munster 0-066 Ulster

Sources

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References

  1. ↑ Neville, Conor (12 December 2016). "The fall and fall of the Railway Cup". ball.ie. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Munster deluge swamps Connacht". Irish Independent. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Eagle-eye Shefflin strikes gold for Leinster". Irish Independent. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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