Type: | Minor |
Year: | 1957 |
Dates: | 31 March 1957 – 2 September 1957 |
Teams: | 19 |
Connacht: | Galway |
Munster: | Tipperary |
Leinster: | Kilkenny |
Ulster: | Antrim |
Matches: | 18 |
Team: | Tipperary |
Titles: | 11th |
Captain: | Jimmy Doyle |
Team2: | Kilkenny |
Totalgoals: | 148 (8.2 per game) |
Totalpoints: | 198 (11.0 per game) |
Previous: | 1956 |
Next: | 1958 |
The 1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 31 March 1957 and ended on 2 September 1957.
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title.
On 2 September 1957 Tipperary won the championship following a 4-7 to 3-7 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title in-a-row and their 11th title overall.
Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
First round
Semi-final
Final
Semi-finals
Final