1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 April 1961 and ended on 3 September 1961.
Wexford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title after defeating Dublin by 0-16 to 1-12 in the All-Ireland final.[1]
Format
All-Ireland Championship
Final: (1 match) The two provincial representatives from Leinster and Munster made up the two final teams with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
First round
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Quarter-final
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Semi-final
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Final[2]
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Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Final
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Championship statistics
Scoring statistics
- Top scorers overall
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 2-14 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 2 | Christy Ring | Cork | 3-08 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 3 | Donie Nealon | Tipperary | 3-06 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| Mick Bolger | Westmeath | 3-06 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 | |
| 4 | Andy Doyle | Wexford | 4-02 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| Oliver McGrath | Wexford | 3-05 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 | |
| Larry Shannon | Dublin | 2-08 | 14 | 3 | 5.66 | |
| 5 | Billy Jackson | Dublin | 3-04 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 6 | Joe Gillane | Galway | 3-00 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| J. Fitzpatrick | Laois | 3-00 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Paddy Croke | Dublin | 3-00 | 9 | 3 | 3.00 | |
| Billy Dwyer | Kilkenny | 2-03 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| Jimmy Rooney | Westmeath | 2-03 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | |
| Jack Conroy | Laois | 2-03 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Tim Flood | Wexford | 2-03 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Frankie Walsh | Waterford | 1-06 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Achille Boothman | Dublin | 0-09 | 9 | 3 | 3.00 |
- Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Doyle | Wexford | 4-02 | 14 | Kilkenny |
| 2 | Christy Ring | Cork | 3-04 | 13 | Waterford |
| 3 | Joe Gillane | Galway | 3-00 | 9 | Tipperary |
| Paddy Croke | Dublin | 3-00 | 9 | Wexford | |
| Billy Dwyer | Kilkenny | 2-03 | 9 | Wexford | |
| Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 0-09 | 9 | Dublin | |
| 4 | Oliver McGrath | Wexford | 2-02 | 8 | Dublin |
| Tim Flood | Wexford | 2-02 | 8 | Dublin | |
| Donie Nealon | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 | Galway | |
| John McGrath | Westmeath | 1-05 | 8 | Offaly |
Miscellaneous
- The Munster final between Cork and Tipperary breaks all previous attendance records. An official crowd of 62,175 is the biggest ever attendance recorded at a sporting event outside of Croke Park in Dublin. An unofficial attendance, due to spectators storming the gates, meant that the crowd could have been as high as 70,000 or more. It remains a record for a Munster decider.
- Westmeath are the top-scoring team in the championship for the first and only (as at 2021) time in their history.
- They are also the first team to be the top scorers in a championship year, yet have a negative score difference. As of July 2021, the only other team to do so would be Waterford (2008).
Sources
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
- Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).
References
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