1963 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

The 1963 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 37th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 24 February 1963 and ended on 14 April 1963.

1963 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
Dates24 February 1963 – 14 April 1963
Teams4
ChampionsMunster (27th title)
Jimmy Doyle (captain)
Runners-upLeinster
Billy Rackard (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored34 (8.5 per match)
Points scored54 (13.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jimmy Doyle (4-09)
1962 (Previous) (Next) 1964

Leinster were the defending champions.

On 14 April 1963, Munster won the championship following a 2–08 to 2–07 defeat of Leinster in the final.[1] This was their 27th Railway Cup title and their first since 1961.

Munster's Jimmy Doyle was the Railway Cup top scorer with 4-09.

Results

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Semi-finals

24 February 1963 Semi-final Munster 9-07 - 3-05 Ulster Croke Park, Dublin
J Smyth 4-1, Jimmy Doyle 2-2, C Ring 2-0, D Nealon 1-1, T English 0-3. S Phelan 1-2, P O'Callaghan 1-1, T Connolly 1-0, D Gallagher 0-1, E Gallagher 0-1. Attendance: 8,036
24 February 1963 Semi-final Leinster 5-14 - 3-03 Connacht Croke Park, Dublin
N Wheeler 2-0, C O'Brien 2-0, E Keher 0-6, D Heaslip 1-2, D Foley 0-3, F Whelan 0-3. T Sweeney 1-1, M Curtin 1-0, M Cullinane 1-0, J Salmon 0-1. Attendance: 8,036
Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

Finals

17 March 1963 Final Leinster 5-05 - 5-05 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
D Heaslip 3-0, N Wheeler 1-0, C O'Brien 1-0, F Whelan 0-3, M Kennedy 0-1, E Keher 0-1. Jimmy Doyle 2-3, D Nealon 1-1, C Ring 1-1, L Devaney 1-0. Attendance: 30,680
Referee: S Gleeson (Limerick)
14 April 1963 Final Leinster 2-07 - 2-08 Munster Croke Park, Dublin
N Wheeler 1-1, D Heaslip 1-0, O McGrath 0-2, D Foley 0-2, S Cleere 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1. J Smyth 1-1, Jimmy Doyle 0-4, D Nealon 1-0, T Cheasty 0-1, L Devaney 0-1, J Condon 0-1.

Cup statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Jimmy Doyle Munster 4-09 21 3 7.00
2 Denis Heaslip Leinster 5-02 17 3 5.66
Jimmy Smyth Munster 5-02 17 3 5.66
3 Ned Wheeler Leinster 4-01 13 3 4.33
4 Donie Nealon Munster 3-02 11 3 3.66
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Jimmy Smyth Munster 4-01 13 Ulster
2 Denis Heaslip Leinster 3-00 9 Connacht
Jimmy Doyle Munster 2-03 9 Leinster
3 Jimmy Doyle Munster 2-02 8 Ulster
4 Christy Ring Munster 2-00 6 Ulster
Ned Wheeler Leinster 2-00 6 Connacht
Christy O'Brien Leinster 2-00 6 Connacht
Eddie Keher Leinster 0-06 6 Connacht
5 Denis Heaslip Leinster 1-02 5 Munster
S. Phelan Ulster 1-02 5 Munster

Miscellaneous

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  • Christy Ring claimed his 18th winners' medal after making his 23rd consecutive appearance in the Railway Cup Championship.

Bibliography

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

References

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