1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date 1 September 1957
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee S. Gleeson (Limerick)
Attendance 70,594

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. 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.

Match details

1957-09-01
15:15 UTC+1
Kilkenny 4-10 3-12 Waterford
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,594
Referee: S. Gleeson (Limerick)
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 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
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 10 Mick Flannelly
CF 11 Tom Cheasty
LWF 12 Larry Guinan
RCF 13 Frankie Walsh
FF 14 John Kiely
LCF 15 Dónal 'Duck' Whelan

MATCH RULES

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