1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 76th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 15 April 1962 and ended on 2 September 1962.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained the championship after defeating Wexford by 3-10 to 2-11 in the All-Ireland final.

Teams

A total of twelve teams contested the 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	1956	1952-53
Dublin	Blue and navy	1938	1961	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923		1950-51
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1957	1959	1962-63
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1949
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1955	1946-47
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1961	1961	1960-61
Waterford	White and blue	1959	1959
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1960	1960	1957-58

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	4-24	36	4	9.00
2	Padge Kehoe	Wexford	2-12	18	3	6.00
3	John Kiely	Waterford	4-02	14	3	4.66
4	Ned Wheeler	Wexford	3-04	13	3	4.33
5	Donie Nealon	Tipperary	2-07	13	4	3.25

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	1-10	13	Waterford
2	M. McDonald	Laois	3-01	10	Wexford
	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	2-04	10	Limerick
3	Padge Kehoe	Wexford	2-03	13	Laois
	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	1-06	9	Limerick
	Patsy Harte	Cork	1-06	9	Waterford
4	John Kiely	Waterford	2-01	7	Clare
	Eamon Carey	Limerick	2-01	7	Galway
	Tom Moloughney	Tipperary	2-01	7	Limerick
	Liam Devaney	Tipperary	2-01	7	Waterford
	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	1-04	7	Dublin
	Phil Grimes	Waterford	1-04	7	Cork

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 20 points
  • Tipperary 5-14 - 2-3 Waterford (Munster final, 5 August 1962)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Laois 4-5 - 4-3 Westmeath (Leinster quarter-final, 19 April 1962)
  • Wexford 5-14 - 3-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final, 8 July 1962)
• Most points in a match: 26
  • Kilkenny 4-16 - 1-10 Dublin (Leinster semi-final, 1 July 1962)
  • Cork 1-16 - 4-10 Waterford (Munster semi-final, 8 July 1962)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • Laois 5-8 - 2-1 Offaly (Leinster first round, 15 April 1962)
  • Wexford 5-14 - 3-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final, 8 July 1962)
  • Tipperary 5-13 - 2-4 Limerick (Munster semi-final replay, 22 August 1962)
  • Tipperary 5-14 - 2-3 Waterford (Munster final, 5 August 1962)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
  • Westmeath 4-3 - 4-5 Laois (Leinster quarter-final, 29 April 1962)

Miscellaneous

• The All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Wexford becomes the first championship game to be broadcast live on Telefís Éireann.

Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on Telefís Éireann. Commentary was provided by Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin in English and Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh in Irish.

Round	Telefís Éireann
All-Ireland final	Tipperary vs Wexford

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).