1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	10 April 1960 - 4 September 1960
Teams	13
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Wexford (4th win)
Captain	Nick O'Donnell
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Tipperary
Captain	Tony Wall
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	13
Goals total	88 (6.7 per game)
Points total	199 (15.3 per game)
Top Scorer	Jimmy Doyle (6-17)
Player of the Year	Nick O'Donnell
All-Star Team	See here
← 1959 1961 →

The 1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 74th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 10 April 1960 and ended on 4 September 1960.

Waterford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Wexford won the title after defeating Tipperary by 2-15 to 0-11 in the All-Ireland final.^[1]

Teams

A total of thirteen teams contested the championship.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932	1945-46
Cork	Red and white	1954	1956	1952-53
Dublin	Blue and navy	1938	1952	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923		1950-51
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1957	1959	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1949
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1955	1946-47
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1958	1958	1959-60
Waterford	White and blue	1959	1959
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1956	1956	1957-58

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

10 April 1960 First round	Offaly	3-1 – 5-6	Westmeath	St. Brendan's Park
				Referee: E Kelly

10 April 1960 First round	Laois	3-9 - 2-5	Meath	St. Conleth's Park
				Referee: E Barron

22 May 1960 Quarter-final	Westmeath	4-6 – 3-5	Laois	O'Connor Park
				Attendance: 4,111 Referee: J Langton

12 June 1960 Semi-final	Kilkenny	6-2 – 0-3	Westmeath	O'Moore Park
				Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J Dowling

19 June 1960 Semi-final	Wexford	3-5 – 2-8	Dublin	Nowlan Park
				Attendance: 14,500 Referee: J Spain

10 July 1960 Semi-final replay	Wexford	4-6 – 2-7	Dublin	Nowlan Park
				Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J Spain

24 July 1960 Final	Wexford	3-10 – 2-11	Kilkenny	Croke Park
				Attendance: 42,332 Referee: J Dowling

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

12 June 1960 Semi-final	Cork	2-12 – 1-11	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: G Fitzgerald

26 June 1960 Quarter-final	Waterford	9-8 - 4-8	Galway	Gaelic Grounds
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: G Fitzgerald

3 July 1960 Quarter-final	Tipperary	10-9 – 2-1	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds
				Attendance: 15,000 Referee: C Conway

17 July 1960 Semi-final	Tipperary	6-9 – 2-7	Waterford	Gaelic Grounds
	D Nealon 3-0, Jimmy Doyle 1-6, T Moloughney 2-1, T Wall 0-1, L Connolly 0-1.		F Walsh 1-5, AN Other 1-0, T Cunningham 0-1, P Grimes 0-1.	Attendance: 35,190 Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

31 July 1960 Final	Tipperary	4-13 – 4-11	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield
				Attendance: 49,670 Referee: G Fitzgerald

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

4 September 1960 Final	Wexford	2-15 – 0-11	Tipperary	Croke Park
	Padge Kehoe 1-7, O McGrath 1-2, T Flood 0-3, J Morrissey 0-1, J Harding 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1.		T Ryan 0-3, L Devaney 0-2, T Moloughney 0-2, T Wall 0-2, T English 0-1, Jimmy Doyle 0-1.	Attendance: 67,150 Referee: J Dowling (Offaly)

Main article: 1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 32 points
- Tipperary 10-9 - 2-1 Limerick (Munster quarter-final, 3 July 1960)
Most goals in a match: 13
- Waterford 9-8 - 4-8 Galway (Munster quarter-final, 26 June 1960)
Most points in a match: 26
- Wexford 2-15 - 0-11 Tipperary (All-Ireland final, 4 September 1960)
Most goals by one team in a match: 10
- Tipperary 10-9 - 2-1 Limerick (Munster quarter-final, 3 July 1960)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
- Galway 4-8 - 9-8 Waterford (Munster quarter-final, 26 June 1960)
- Cork 4-11 - 4-13 Tipperary (Munster final, 31 July 1960)

Miscellaneous

Wexford's defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final is their first championship victory over Tipperary.

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

External links

1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

References

↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

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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