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1962 All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Teams
  
12

Captain
  
Jimmy Doyle

Captain
  
Billy Rackard

Winning team
  
Tipperary (19th win)

Losing team
  
Wexford

Dates
  
15 April 1962 - 2 September 1962

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.

Contents

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.

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.

    • References

    1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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