1963 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1963
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (22nd title)
Captain Úna O'Connor
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Antrim
Captain Sue Ward
Manager
Matches played

The 1963 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1963 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Antrim by a 13 point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Structure

Cork led Dublin 2-1 to 1-1 at half time in the All Ireland semi-final at The Mardyke then stretched their lead to 3-4 to 1-2, before Una O'Connor and Mary Sherlock responded with goals and Sherlock added an equalising point three minutes from the end. Three goals each from Judy Doyle and Una O'Connor and further goals from Mary Sherlock and Brid Keenan secured Dublin’s place in the final on a day that Cork’s train broke down en route to Dublin.

Final

Two goals from Una O'Connor and a third from Bríd Keenan at the start of the second half secured the championship for Dublin. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

The scoreline did scant justice to the see saw nature of the exchanges. Far greater craft, combination and cohesion in attack, together with a back line that made only one mistake in the full fifty minutes, despite long spells of Antrim pressure, gave Dublin the title after a scintillating game. At al times but more especially so in the second half, Antrim had as much if not more of the play than the victors but whereas the Dublin forwards cored from almost every possible opportunity, the Ulster champions blazed wide time and again when well placed. Una O’Connor, who won her tenth All Ireland medal, roamed well outfield from her normal full-forward post, and, too mobile for opposing full-back Moya Forde, distributed the bal magnificently to a brilliant pair of corner-forwards Judy Doyle and Bríd Keenan, whose well taken scores made all the difference.[7]

Final stages

July 14
Semi-Final Replay
Dublin 3-2 – 3-2 Cork

July 21
Semi-Final Replay
Dublin 8-4 – 1-0 Cork


Semi-Final
Antrim 4-6 – 1-3 Galway

December 17
Final
Dublin 7-3 – 2-5 Antrim
Dublin
Antrim
Dublin
GK 1 Concepta Clarke (Austin Stacks)
FB 2 Betty Hughes (CIÉ)
RWB 3 Sheila Ware (Eoghan Rua)
CB 4 Ally Hussey (Celtic)
LWB 5 Kay Lyons (Eoghan Rua)
MF 6 Maureen McEvoy (Presentation Terenure Pat)
MF 7 Mary Sherlock (Austin Stacks) (0-2)
MF 8 Mary Ryan (Austin Stacks)
RWF 9 Bríd Keenan (Austin Stacks) (3-0)
CF 10 Kay Ryder (Naomh Aoife)
LWF 11 Judy Doyle (CIÉ) (2-1)
FF 12 Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (Capt) (2-0)
Antrim
GK 1 Teresa Kearns (Dunloy)
FB 2 Moya Forde (Ahoghill)
RWB 3 Margo Kane (St Teresa’s Belfast)
CB 4 Chris Hughes-O’Boyle (St Malachy’s Randalstown)
LWB 5 Mairéad McAtamney (Portglenone)
MF 6 Betty Smith (Gael Uladh)
MF 7 Sue Ward (Deirdre) (Capt) (0-2)
MF 8 Leontia Carabine (St Teresa’s Belfast) (0-1)
RWF 9 Marion Kearns (St Malachy’s Randalstown) (1-0)
CF 10 Mary Phil Jameson (Ballycastle)
LWF 11 Marie Laverty (Deirdre)
FF 12 Maeve Gilroy (St Malachy’s Randalstown) (0-1).

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, September 9, 1963
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1963
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, September 9, 1963
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 9, 1963
  6. Report of final in Irish News, September 9, 1963
  7. Irish Press Sept 10 1963

External links

Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1962
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present
Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1964
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