1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final explained
The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 70th All-Ireland Final and marked the culmination of the 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 1 September 1957, between Kilkenny and Waterford. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 4-10 to 3-12.[1] It was the fifth time for Kilkenny to win a final by a point. An interesting feature of this match was the participation of the English actor John Gregson in the Kilkenny team's parade as part of his role as a GAA player in the film Rooney.[2]
Match details
KILKENNY: | | |
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GK | 1 | Ollie Walsh | RCB | 2 | T. Walsh | FB | 3 | J. Walsh | LCB | 4 | J. Maher | RWB | 5 | Paddy Buggy | CB | 6 | M. Walsh | LWB | 7 | Johnny McGovern | M | 8 | M. Brophy | M | 9 | J. Sutton | RWF | 10 | D. Heaslip | CF | 11 | Mick Kenny | LWF | 12 | Mick Kelly (c) | RCF | 13 | R. Rockett | FF | 14 | W. Dwyer | LCF | 15 | Seán Clohessy | Substitutes: | 9 | | B. Walsh | |
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MATCH RULES- 60 minutes.
- Replay if scores level.
- Three named substitutes
Notes and References
- Irish Independent, Monday, 2 September 1957; Page: 7
- Web site: Clash of the Titans: We revisit the ‘nerve-shattering intensity’ of Kilkenny and Waterford’s All-Ireland trilogy in the 1950s . Considine . Tony . 26 November 2020 . www.independent.ie . 1 February 2024 . As it turned out, English actor John Gregson was the extra man, being filmed for a scene in the 1958 film, Rooney, where he played a GAA player..