1944 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

1944 Railway Cup
Dates	13 February – 17 March 1944
Teams	Connacht; Leinster; Munster; Ulster
Champions	Munster (12th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
← 1943 (Previous)	(Next) 1945 →

The 1944 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 18th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling tournament and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The tournament took place between 13 February and 17 March 1944.

Four teams participated in the championship. These included all of the four historic provinces of Ireland, Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

The tournament was won by Munster.

Results

Semi-final

13 February 1944 Semi-final	Leinster	1-05 - 4-05	Connacht	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	S O'Brien 1-0, T Walsh 0-2, J Langton 0-2, N Rackard 0-1.		Brennan 1-3, M Nestor 1-2, Fennessy 1-0, MJ Flaherty 1-0.	Referee: M Heffernan (Tipperary)

20 February 1944 Semi-final	Munster	9-03 - 3-01	Ulster	Croke Park, Dublin
	D Stokes 2-0, C Ring 2-0, J Quirke 2-0, PJ Quane 1-2, J Mackey 1-0, J Young 1-0, J Lynch 0-1.		D McAllister 2-0, S Mulholland 1-0, B Clarkin 0-1.

Final

17 March 1944 Final	Connacht	4-04 - 4-10	Munster	Croke Park, Dublin
	M Nestor 2-0, Fennessy 1-0, T Brennan 1-0, P Thornton 0-1, R Forde 0-1, J Gallagher 0-1, D Flynn 0-1.		J Mackey 2-0, S Condon 1-2, J Quirke 1-1, J Lynch 0-4, D Stokes 0-2, PJ Quane 0-1.

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	M. Nestor	Connacht	3-02	11	2	5.50
2	Johnny Quirke	Munster	3-01	10	2	5.00
3	John Mackey	Munster	3-00	9	2	4.50
3	Tony Brennan	Connacht	2-03	9	2	4.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Dick Stokes	Munster	2-00	6	Ulster
	Christy Ring	Munster	2-00	6	Ulster
	Johnny Quirke	Munster	2-00	6	Ulster
	Danny McAllister	Ulster	2-00	6	Munster
	M. Nestor	Connacht	2-00	6	Munster
	John Mackey	Munster	2-00	6	Connacht
	Tony Brennan	Connacht	1-03	6	Leinster
2	M. Nestor	Connacht	1-02	5	Leinster
	P. J. Quane	Munster	1-02	5	Ulster
	Seán Condon	Munster	1-02	5	Connacht

Sources

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.