1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 24 April 1955 and ended on 4 September 1955.

Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial series. Wexford won the title following a 3-13 to 2-8 defeat of Galway in the final.

Teams

A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, the same as the previous championship, however, there were some changes on personnel. Antrim withdrew from the senior championship, while Wicklow fielded a team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932	1945-46
Cork	Red and white	1954	1954	1952-53
Dublin	Blue and navy	1938	1952	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923		1950-51
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1947	1953	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1949
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940	1946-47
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1951	1951	1954-55
Waterford	White and blue	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1954
Wicklow	Blue and gold

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Finals

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	7-10	31	5	6.20
2	Tim Flood	Wexford	5-11	26	5	5.20
3	Seán Clohessy	Kilkenny	5-10	25	4	6.25
4	Dick Carroll	Kilkenny	0-19	19	4	4.75
5	Vivian Cobbe	Limerick	4-04	16	3	5.33
6	Dermot Kelly	Limerick	1-12	15	3	5.00
7	Dinny O'Callaghan	Westmeath	4-02	14	3	4.66
	Dick Rockett	Kilkenny	4-02	14	4	3.50
8	John McGrath	Westmeath	0-12	12	3	4.00
9	Jimmy Carney	Clare	2-05	11	3	3.66
	Jimmy Smyth	Clare	0-11	11	3	3.66

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Dermot Kelly	Limerick	1-12	15	Clare
2	Tim Flood	Wexford	3-01	10	Westmeath
	Vivian Cobbe	Limerick	2-04	10	Waterford
	Seán Clohessy	Kilkenny	2-04	10	Meath
3	Dick Rockett	Kilkenny	3-00	9	Dublin
	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	3-00	9	Kilkenny
4	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	2-02	8	Westmeath
	Dick Carroll	Kilkenny	0-08	8	Dublin
5	Seánie O'Brien	Kilkenny	2-01	7	Meath
	Jimmy Carney	Clare	1-04	7	Cork

Miscellaneous

• The attendance of 23,125 is one of the lowest attendances at a Munster final in recent years.
• The attendance of 50,840 at the game between Limerick and Wexford was a new record for an All-Ireland semi-final.
• Wexford win their second All-Ireland title, their first since 1910.

Sources

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