1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1957
Championship Details
Dates	31 March 1957 - 2 September 1957
Teams	19
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Tipperary (11th win)
Captain	Jimmy Doyle
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Galway
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	18
Total Goals	148 (8.2 per game)
Total Points	198 (11.0 per game)
← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. The championship began on 31 March 1957 and ended on 2 September 1957.

Tipperary won the title following a 4-7 to 3-7 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white		1956
Carlow	Green, red and yellow
Clare	Saffron and blue
Cork	Red and white	1951	1951
Down	Red and black		1934
Dublin	Blue and navy	1954	1954
Galway	Maroon and white		1956
Kildare	White
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1950	1956
Laois	Blue and white		1941
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940
Meath	Green and gold		1929
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Roscommon	Saffron and blue
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1956	1956
Waterford	White and blue	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold
Wicklow	Blue and gold

Results

Connacht Minor Hurling Championship

Final	Galway	w/o - scr.	Roscommon

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

31 March 1957 First round	Kildare	3-3 - 7-2	Wicklow	St. Conleth's Park

7 April 1957 Second round	Carlow	3-6 - 1-2	Wicklow	Dr. Cullen Park

14 April 1957 Second round	Offaly	4-2 - 1-3	Laois	St. Brendan's Park

14 April 1957 Third round	Westmeath	8-9 - 0-00	Meath	Newcastle

28 April 1957 Third round	Carlow	3-2 - 8-7	Offaly	Dr. Cullen Park

12 May 1957 Quarter-final	Offaly	5-5 - 3-8	Westmeath	O'Connor Park

30 June 1957 Semi-final	Dublin	2-6 - 4-11	Kilkenny	Croke Park

7 July 1957 Semi-final	Wexford	3-3 - 4-3	Offaly	Nowlan Park

4 August 1957 Final	Kilkenny	5-10 - 4-2	Offaly	Croke Park

Munster Minor Hurling Championship

12 May 1957 Quarter-final	Clare	1-6 - 9-10	Cork	Gaelic Grounds

26 May 1957 Quarter-final	Kerry	1-6 - 10-8	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds

16 June 1957 Semi-final	Limerick	6-12 - 3-2	Waterford	Cork Athletic Grounds

30 June 1957 Semi-final	Tipperary	6-6 - 4-4	Cork	Gaelic Grounds

14 July 1957 Final	Tipperary	3-8 - 1-4	Limerick	Thurles Sportsfield

Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

21 July 1957 Final	Down	4-1 - 3-3	Antrim	St. Patrick's Park

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

28 July 1957 Semi-final	Tipperary	4-12 - 3-7	Galway	Croke Park

11 August 1957 Semi-final	Down	1-0 - 14-11	Kilkenny	Casement Park

2 September 1957 Final	Tipperary	4-7 - 3-7	Kilkenny	Croke Park

Statistics

Miscellaneous

Jimmy Doyle of Tipperary becomes the first player to win three All-Ireland medals. It is a record that still stands as of 2014.

External links

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships

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