1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	14 April - 1 September 1957
Teams	14
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (14th win)
Captain	Mickey Kelly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Waterford
Captain	Phil Grimes
Provincial champions
Munster	Waterford
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	14
Goals total	84 (6.00 per game)
Points total	216 (15.42 per game)
Top Scorer	Mick Kenny (3-18)
All-Star Team	See here
← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 71st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 14 April 1957 and ended on 1 September 1957.

Wexford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial campaign.^[1] Kilkenny won the All-Ireland following a 4-10 to 3-12 defeat of Waterford.

Rule changes

Prior to the start of the championship the Galway county board put down a motion at the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) annual congress seeking immediate entry to the Leinster championship. Since 1922 Galway's hurlers had no competition in the Connacht championship and, as a result, they gained automatic entry to the All-Ireland semi-final every year. This format was seen as hindering the teams chances, however, by being included in the Leinster championship Galway could possibly have more competitive championship games every year. The motion at congress was eventually withdrawn and the existing format remained intact.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, including all of the teams that participated in the 1956 championship. Kerry returned to the championship after a prolonged absence.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Grounds	Most recent success
Team	Colours	Grounds	All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	Cusack Park	1914	1932	1945-46
Cork	Red and white	Cork Athletic Grounds	1954	1956	1952-53
Dublin	Blue and navy	Parnell Park	1938	1952	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	Pearse Stadium	1923		1950-51
Kerry	Green and gold	Austin Stack Park	1891	1891
Kilkenny	Black and amber	Nowlan Park	1947	1953	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	O'Moore Park	1949	1949
Limerick	Green and white	Gaelic Grounds	1940	1955	1946-47
Meath	Green and yellow	Páirc Tailteann
Offaly	Green, white and gold	St. Brendan's Park
Tipperary	Blue and gold	Semple Stadium	1951	1951	1956-57
Waterford	White and blue	Walsh Park	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Cusack Park
Wexford	Purple and gold	Wexford Park	1956	1956	1955-56

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

14 April First round	Westmeath	3-7 – 4-2	Meath
				Referee: P Connell

14 April First round	Offaly	2-11 – 2-8	Laois	St. Brendan's Park
				Referee: J Langton

12 May Quarter-final	Offaly	4-5 – 1-3	Westmeath	O'Connor Park
				Referee: J Howard

30 June Semi-final	Dublin	2-8 – 1-11	Kilkenny	Croke Park
				Attendance: 13,710 Referee: B Smith

7 July Semi-final	Wexford	5-10 – 3-3	Offaly	Nowlan Park
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Langton

21 July Semi-final replay	Kilkenny	4-8 – 2-8	Dublin	Nowlan Park
				Attendance: 18,000 Referee: B Smith

4 August Final	Kilkenny	6-9 – 1-5	Wexford	Croke Park
				Attendance: 52,077 Referee: B Smith

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

12 May Quarter-final	Cork	4-10 – 2-6	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
				Attendance: 15,000 Referee: M Pollard

26 May Quarter-final	Kerry	2-2 - 8-8	Tipperary	Austin Stack Park
				Referee: C Conway

16 June Semi-final	Waterford	4-12 – 5-5	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds
				Attendance: 14,589 Referee: M Walsh

30 June Semi-final	Cork	5-2 – 1-11	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds
				Attendance: 40,847 Referee: M Hayes

14 July Final	Waterford	1-11 – 1-6	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield
				Attendance: 39,254 Referee: S Gleeson

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

28 July Semi-final	Waterford	4-12 – 0-11	Galway	Croke Park
				Attendance: 28,980 Referee: C McLoughlin

1 September Final	Kilkenny	4-10 – 3-12	Waterford	Croke Park
				Attendance: 70,594 Referee: S Gleeson (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 19 points
- Kilkenny 6-9 : 1-5 Wexford (Leinster final, 4 August 1957)
Most goals in a match: 9
- Waterford 4-12 : 5-5 Limerick (Munster semi-final, 16 June 1957)
Most points in a match: 22
- Kilkenny 4-10 : 3-12 Waterford (All-Ireland final, 1 September 1957)
Most goals by one team in a match: 6
- Kilkenny 6-9 : 1-5 Wexford (Leinster final, 4 August 1957)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
- Limerick 5-5 : 4-12 Waterford (Munster semi-final, 16 June 1957)
Most points scored by a losing team: 12
- Waterford 3-12 : 4-10 Kilkenny (All-Ireland final, 1 September 1957)

Miscellaneous

The English actor John Gregson joined the Kilkenny team during the parade at the start of the All-Ireland final as part of his role as a hurler in the film Rooney.^[2]

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

References

↑ "All-Ireland win 1956". Ask About Ireland website. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
↑ Commins, Michael (26 August 2008). "Hurling and the Hollywood link". The Mayo News. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

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