All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1957

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1957


team=Kilkenny
titles=14th
captain=Mickey Kelly
manager=
munster=Waterford
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=
connacht=
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1957 was the 71st edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 September. The match was contested by Kilkenny and Waterford, with Kilkenny taking the title by 4-10 to 3-12.

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
* Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster champions.
* The Ulster Championship remained suspended due to a lack of competition.

All-Ireland final

tatistics

footballbox
date=1957-09-01
15:15 BST
team1=Kilkenny
score=4-10 – 3-12
team2=Waterford
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=70,594
referee= S. Gleeson (Limerick)

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"MATCH RULES
*60 minutes.
*Replay if scores level.
*Three named substitutes

References

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

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