1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1954
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (14th title)
Captain Sophie Brack
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Patsy McCloskey
Manager
Matches played 2

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1954 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated first time finalists Derry by an 18 point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Final

Una O'Connor, Sophie Brack and Sheila Sleator shared ten goals. Rose McAllister, Patsy McCloskey, Anna Bryson and Patsy O'Brien scored Derry goals. The Irish Press noted:

One of the biggest crowds ever turned up at Croke Park on Sunday evening last to see the All Ireland camogie final in which Dublin won the title for the seventh successive year. The Derry girls put up a splendid fight and were rather better than the score suggests, but they were unable to match the stickwork and combination of the more experienced Dublin line-out. Derry did well at the start but could not turn their early advantage into scores and when Dublin settled into their stride they advanced steadily to victory. Dublin led by 6-1 to nil at half-time. There was only one free in the entire game.[7]

Final stages


Semi-Final
Dublin 5-3 – 3-1 Cork


Home Semi-Final
Derry 5-2 – 0-0 Mayo


Semi-Final
Derry 3-11 – 0-3 London
Greenlough

August 22
Final
Dublin 10-4 – 4-2 Derry
Dublin
Derry
DUBLIN:
GK 1 Eileen Duffy (Celtic)
FB 2 Doretta Blackton (Celtic)
RWB 3 Betty Hughes (CIÉ)
CB 4 Carmel Walsh (CIÉ)
LWB 5 Sheila Donnelly (Eoghan Rua)
MF 6 Nancy Caffrey (Eoghan Rua)
MF 7 Annette Corrigan (UCD) (0-3)
MF 8 Kathleen Mills (CIÉ)
RWF 9 Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (4-0)
CF 10 Sheila Sleator (Eoghan Rua) (2-0)
LWF 11 Eileen Bourke (UCD)
FF 12 Sophie Brack (Capt) (CIÉ) (Capt) (4-1)
DERRY:
GK 1 Anna McPeake
FB 2 Theresa Clarke
RWB 3 Teresa Halferty
CB 4 Carrie Rankin
LWB 5 Margaret Dorrity
MF 6 Mary McSwiggan
MF 7 Patsy McCloskey (Capt) (1-2)
MF 8 Kathleen McCloskey
RWF 9 Kathleen Madden
CF 10 Patsy O'Brien (1-0)
LWF 11 Anna Bryson (1-0)
FF 12 Rose McAllister (1-0)

MATCH RULES

See also

References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. Report of final in Irish Press, August 23, 1954
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, August 23, 1954
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, August 23, 1954
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, August 23, 1954
  6. Report of final in Irish News, August 23, 1954
  7. Report of final in Irish Press, August 23, 1954

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Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1953
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1955
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