Gael Linn Cup 1957

Gael Linn Cup 1957
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
Gael Linn Cup winners
Winners Leinster (2nd title)
Captain
Manager
Gael Linn Cup Runners-up
Runners-up Munster
Captain
Manager
Matches played 3

The 1957 Gael Linn Cup, the most important representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, was won by Leinster, who defeated Munster in the final, played at Cahir.[1][2]

Arrangements

Munster defeated Connacht, 2–1 to 1–2, and Leinster defeated Ulster 4–0 to 2–0 at Parnell Park in the semi-finals.. On a miserably cold and wet afternoon in Cahir, Leinster won their second title by 5–1 to 3–1.[3][4][5][6][7] It was a step in securing the future of the fledgeling competition. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

It was only in the last five minutes that Leinster got on top in a game which produced play of a high standard despite an almost continuous downpour. The standard of play and the opportunity to see players who would not have the opportunity to play in an Al-Ireland final were enough to silence those who doubted the wisdom of inter-provincial camogie.

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Final stages

17 November
Final
Leinster 5–1 – 3–1 Munster

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Leinster:
GK 1 Kathleen Woods (Louth)
FB 2 May Kavanagh (Wicklow)
RWB 3 Vera Lee (Kildare)
CB 4 Agnes Kavanagh (Wicklow)
LWB 5 May Kavanagh (Dublin)
MF 6 Bríd Reid (Dublin) (0–1)
MF 7 Annette Corrigan (captain) (Dublin)
MF 8 Anna May Brennan (Laois)
RWF 9 Mary O'Sullivan (Dublin) (1–0)
CF 10 Annie Donnelly (Dublin) (2–0)
LWF 11 Una O'Connor (Dublin) (1–0)
FF 12 Jean Hannon (Wicklow) (1–0)
Munster:
GK 1 Catherine Carroll (Tipperary)
FB 2 Betty Walsh (Cork)
RWB 3 Bridie Lucey (Cork)
CB 4 Teresa Murphy (Cork)
LWB 5 Josie McNamara (Waterford)
MF 6 Terry Griffin (Tipperary)
MF 7 Anna Crotty (Cork)
MF 8 Mary Nugent (Waterford)
RWF 9 Noreen Duggan (Cork) (2–0)
CF 10 Mary England (Tipperary)
LWF 11 Mona Joyce (Cork) (1–1)
FF 12 Kathleen Griffin (Tipperary)

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. Gael Linn Cup on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, 18 November 1957
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, 18 November 1957
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, 18 November 1957
  6. Report of final in Irish Examiner, 18 November 1957
  7. Report of final in Irish News, 18 November 1957
  8. Report of final in Irish Press, 18 November 1957

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Preceded by
Gael Linn Cup 1956
Gael Linn Cup
1954 – present
Succeeded by
Gael Linn Cup 1958
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