1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 April - 5 September 1965 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Tipperary (21st win) |
| Captain | Jimmy Doyle |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Wexford |
| Captain | Tom Neville |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Wexford |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Goals total | 60 (4.6 per game) |
| Points total | 234 (18.0 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Paddy Molloy (4-12) |
| Player of the Year | Jimmy Doyle |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1964 1966 → | |
The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 79th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 25 April 1965 and ended on 5 September 1965.
Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 2-16 to 0-10 defeat of Wexford. It was the team's fourth All-Ireland championship in five years.
Teams
A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, the same number and makeup of participants from the previous championship.
Team summaries
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
| Carlow | Red, green and yellow | |||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1954 | 1956 | 1952-53 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | 1938 | 1961 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1950-51 | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1963 | 1964 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1955 | 1946-47 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | |||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1964 | 1964 | 1964-65 |
| Waterford | White and blue | 1959 | 1963 | 1962-63 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1960 | 1962 | 1957-58 |
Results
| 25 April 1965 First round | Offaly | 5-12 – 0-5 | Carlow | O'Moore Park |
| Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny) |
| 23 May 1965 First round | Laois | 5-6 - 2-5 | Westmeath | O'Connor Park |
| C O'Brien 2-2, J Conroy 2-0, J Fitzpatrick 1-1, P Muldowney 0-2, J Lyons 0-1. | J Rooney 1-1, M Flanagan 1-1, P Brady 0-2, T Ring 0-1. | Referee: J Grey (Dublin) |
| 13 June 1965 Quarter-final | Offaly | 2-9 – 2-14 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park |
| P Molloy 2-5, W Gorman 0-3, B Loughnane 0-1. | C O'Brien 1-5, P Bates 1-2, S Cashin 0-2, E Jones 0-2, J Conroy 0-2, T Walshe 0-1. | Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny) |
| 27 June 1965 Semi-final | Kilkenny | 1-20 – 3-8 | Dublin | O'Moore Park |
| E Keher 0-8, T Walsh 1-3, P Carroll 0-3, C Dunne 0-2, C Cleere 0-2, S Buckley 0-1, P Moran 0-1. | M Bermingham 0-5, S Lynch 1-0, B Cooney 1-0, A Loughnane 1-0, D Foley 0-2, E Malone 0-1. | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: J Maddock (Wexford) |
| 11 July 1965 Semi-final | Wexford | 1-15 - 2-6 | Laois | Croke Park |
| Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny) |
| 1 August 1965 Final | Wexford | 2-11 – 3-7 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 28,000 Referee: J Grey (Dublin) |
| 6 June 1965 Quarter-final | Galway | 3-10 – 4-8 | Clare | Pearse Stadium |
| Attendance: 8,000 Referee: P Ryan |
| 6 June 1965 Quarter-final | Waterford | 3-8 – 2-9 | Limerick | Cork Athletic Grounds |
| F Walsh 1-3, P Grimes 1-1, J Kirwan 1-0, J O'Brien 0-2, J O'Byrne 0-1, T Cheasty 0-1. | É Cregan 1-2, T Bluett 1-0, B Hartigan 0-2, P Murphy 0-2, D O'Flynn 0-1, T Moloney 0-1, E Carey 0-1. | Referee: P Cronin (Cork) |
| 27 June 1965 Semi-final | Tipperary | 5-8 – 3-3 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds |
| D Nealon 2-1, M Keating 1-3, M Roche 1-0, L McLoughlin 1-0, J McKenna 0-2, L Devaney 0-1, Jimmy Doyle 0-1. | M O'Shea 2-0, N Pyne 1-0, P Cronin 0-2, J Woods 0-1. | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: T Higgins |
| 4 July 1965 Semi-final | Cork | 2-6 – 2-6 | Waterford | Gaelic Grounds |
| Attendance: 20,000 |
| 11 July 1965 Semi-final replay | Cork | 1-11 – 2-5 | Waterford | Gaelic Grounds |
| Attendance: 25,500 Referee: T Higgins |
| 25 July 1965 Final | Tipperary | 4-11 – 0-5 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds |
| Attendance: 39,687 Referee: J Smith |
| 5 September 1965 Final | Tipperary | 2-16 – 0-10 | Wexford | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 67,498 Referee: M Hayes (Clare) |
Sources
- 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).