1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	12 April - 4 October 1959
Teams	11
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Waterford (2nd win)
Captain	Frankie Walsh
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Seán Clohessy
Provincial champions
Munster	Waterford
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	13
Top Scorer	Frankie Walsh (2-28)
Player of the Year	Christy Ring
All-Star Team	See here
← 1958 1960 →

Refereed by Jeremiah Fitzgerald (Rathkeale, Limerick) The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 73rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 12 April 1959 and ended on 4 October 1959.

The championship was won by Waterford who secured the title following a 3-12 to 1-10 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their second All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph.

Tipperary were the defending champions but were defeated by Waterford in the Munster semi-final.

Provincial changes

Due to a lack of competition in their own province, the Galway County Board proposed a regarding to junior status in January 1958. This led to a wider debate regarding the structure of the championship. The abolition of the provincial system and the introduction of an open draw was rejected. Galway put forward their own proposal for the creation of a new "province" consisting of Galway, Clare, Laois, Offaly and Westmeath, however, this was also rejected. The possibility of starting the National Hurling League in April in an effort to give Galway some game time before the start of the championship was also discussed. At a meeting of the Munster Council on 10 January 1959 it was decided to invite Galway to participate in all grades of hurling in Munster on a temporary basis. This decision was later ratified at the GAA Congress.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

12 April 1959 First Round	Westmeath	2-3 – 3-4	Offaly	Cusack Park

26 April 1959 First Round	Laois	3-8 – 0-8	Meath	O'Connor Park

10 May 1959 Second Round	Laois	6-12 – 2-7	Offaly	O'Moore Park

21 June 1959 Semi-Final	Kilkenny	8-10 – 2-4	Laois	St. Brendan's Park

28 June 1959 Semi-Final	Dublin	3-12 – 4-8	Wexford	Nowlan Park

12 July 1959 Final	Kilkenny	2-9 – 1-11	Dublin	Croke Park
				Attendance: 31,312 Referee: E Kelly (Laois)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

24 May 1959 First Round	Tipperary	2-9 – 1-7	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds

21 June 1959 Semi-Final	Cork	4-15 – 1-3	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield

29 June 1959 First Round	Waterford	7-11 – 0-8	Galway	Gaelic Grounds

12 July 1959 Semi-Final	Waterford	9-3 – 3-4	Tipperary	Cork Athletic Grounds

26 July 1959 Final	Waterford	3-9 – 2-9	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield
				Attendance: 55,174

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

6 September 1959 Final	Kilkenny	5-5 – 1-17	Waterford	Croke Park
	F Walsh (0-5), T Cheasty (0-5), S Power (1-0), P Grimes (0-3), L Guinan (0-2), J Kiely (0-2).		T O'Connell (3-0), R Carroll (1-2), W Dwyer (1-1), P Kelly (0-1), S Clohessy (0-1).	Attendance: 73,707 Referee: G FitzGerald (Limerick)

4 October 1959 Final Replay	Waterford	3-12 – 1-10	Kilkenny	Croke Park
	T Cheasty (2-2), F Walsh (0-8), M Flannelly (1-1), L Guinan (0-1).		W Dwyer (0-5), D Heaslip (1-1), E Keher (0-2), S Clohessy (0-1), M Walsh (0-1).	Attendance: 77,285 Referee: G FitzGerald (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

In the Munster semi-final Waterford led All-Ireland champions Tipperary by 8-2 to 0-0 at half-time. Sports broadcaster Michael O'Hehir, who was commentating on another game, read the half-time result live on the radio but advised listeners not to pay any heed as he believed it to be a hoax.
Waterford qualified for a third consecutive Munster final for the first time in their history.
The All-Ireland final went to a replay for the first time since 1934. It held the record as the last replayed championship decider until 2012.
Phil Grimes became the first and only Waterford player to win two All-Ireland medals. He did not play in his county's first championship triumph in 1948, however, he played in the opening round of the championship and was entitled to a winners' medal.

Player facts

Debutantes

The following players made their début in the 1959 championship:

Player	Team	Date	Opposition	Game
Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	October 4	Waterford	All-Ireland final replay

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

References

↑ O'Riordan, Ian (29 September 2012). "Final countdown". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

Qualification	via Connacht via Leinster via Munster via Ulster via the Christy Ring Cup

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Statistics	Finalists Hat-tricks Records Top scorers Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Miscellaneous	All Stars History Hurler of the Year Player of the Month Trophy

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