1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final explained

1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event:1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Team1:Kilkenny
Team1score:4-10
Team2:Waterford
Team2score:3-12
Date:1 September 1957
Stadium:Croke Park
City:Dublin
Referee:S. Gleeson (Limerick)
Attendance:70,594
Previous:1956
Next:1958

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:
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 10D. Heaslip
CF 11Mick Kenny
LWF 12Mick Kelly (c)
RCF 13R. Rockett
FF 14W. Dwyer
LCF 15Seán Clohessy
Substitutes:
9 B. Walsh
WATERFORD:
GK 1 Richie Roche
RCB 2 Tom Cunningham
FB 3 Austin Flynn
LCB 4 John Barron
RWB 5 Michael O'Connor
CB 6 Martin Óg Morrissey
LWB 7 Séamus Power
M 8 Johnny O'Connor
M 9 Philly Grimes (c)
RWF 10Mick Flannelly
CF 11Tom Cheasty
LWF 12Larry Guinan
RCF 13Frankie Walsh
FF 14John Kiely
LCF 15Dónal 'Duck' Whelan
MATCH RULES

Notes and References

  1. Irish Independent, Monday, 2 September 1957; Page: 7
  2. 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..