All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1962

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1962


team=Tipperary
titles=19th
captain=Jimmy Doyle
manager=
munster=Tipperary
leinster=Wexford
ulster=
connacht=
poty=Donie Nealon
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1962 was the 76th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 2 September. The match was contested by Tipperary and Wexford, with Tipperary taking the title by 3-10 to 2-11. It was Tipperary’s second All-Ireland title in-a-row.

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
* There were no All-Ireland semi-finals.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The Ulster Championship remained suspended due to a lack of competition.
* Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, played in the Munster Championship for the fourth consecutive year.

All-Ireland final

Overview

Sunday 2 September was the date of the 1962 All-Ireland senior hurling final between Tipperary and Wexford. It was Tipperary’s third consecutive appearance in the championship decider, however, they lost out to Wexford in 1960 but won against Dublin in 1961. Tipp last defeated Wexford in the championship in the 1951 All-Ireland final. Both teams were looking for a second All-Ireland title in three years.

The game marked a watershed in terms of broadcasting Ireland as it was the first All-Ireland hurling final to be broadcast live on the newly-established television station Telefís Éireann.

Match report

With the pre-match festivities completed the game began at 3:15pm. Much to the horror of their fans, Wexford got off to possibly the worst start ever by a team in the All-Ireland hurling final. Only one minute of play had elapsed when Theo English sent a sideline cut into Tom Moloughney who made no mistake in crashing the sliothar straight into the net. Wexford were clearly shaken, however, worse was to come with the puck-out. The ultra dependable Nick O'Donnell, who usually sent the sliothar three-quarter ways down the field, miss-hit his shot and only sent it a distance of 25 yards. The sliothar fell to the waiting Seán McLoughlin who sent in Tipp’s second goal of the day. Surprisingly, Wexford tightened up after this two-minute onslaught and drew level towards the end of the opening thirty minutes courtesy of a goal by Ned Wheeler. Tipp reestablished their early dominance and led by 1-9 to 1-6 at half-time. The second-half of the game was still in its infancy when Wexford captured their second goal of the day. A speculative shot by Jimmy O'Brien from 70 yards out went untouched into the net to give Wexford a lift once again. Both sides exchanged scores, however, just inside the last quarter of the game Wexford had taken a two-point lead. Tipp, however, showed their class once again and responded with a goal by Tom Ryan to restore a one-point lead. Wexford managed to draw level shortly afterwards, however, late points by Donie Nealon and Seán McLoughlin gave Tipp the lead again and a second consecutive All-Ireland title with a score line of 3-10 to 2-11.

Immediately after the game Tony Wall, team captain four years earlier, had to stand in for his club-mate Jimmy Doyle who was unable to receive the Liam McCarthy Cup because of his injury.

tatistics

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date=1962-09-02
15:15 BST
team1=Tipperary
score=3-10 – 2-11
team2=Wexford
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=75,039
referee= J. Dowling (Offaly)

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"MATCH RULES
*60 minutes.
*Replay if scores level.
*Three named substitutes

References

* 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).

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