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1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Field	Value
year	1961
dates	16 April - 3 September 1961
munster	Tipperary
leinster	Dublin
poty	Liam Devaney
team	Tipperary
titles	18th
captain	Matt Hassett
team2	Dublin
captain2	Noel Drumgoole
topscorer	Jimmy Doyle (2–17)
previous	1960
next	1962

The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 April 1961 and ended on 3 September 1961.

Wexford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title after defeating Dublin by 0–16 to 1–12 in the All-Ireland final.

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The two provincial representatives from Leinster and Munster made up the two final teams with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]

First round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]

Final

Main article: 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring statistics

;Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	2–14	20	3	6.66
2	Christy Ring	Cork	3-08	17	2	8.50
3	Donie Nealon	Tipperary	3-06	15	3	5.00
Mick Bolger	Westmeath	3-06	15	4	3.75
4	Andy Doyle	Wexford	4-02	14	2	7.00
Oliver McGrath	Wexford	3-05	14	2	7.00
Larry Shannon	Dublin	2-08	14	3	5.66
5	Billy Jackson	Dublin	3-04	13	3	4.33
6	Joe Gillane	Galway	3-00	9	1	9.00
J. Fitzpatrick	Laois	3-00	9	2	4.50
Paddy Croke	Dublin	3-00	9	3	3.00
Billy Dwyer	Kilkenny	2-03	9	1	9.00
Jimmy Rooney	Westmeath	2-03	9	4	2.25
Jack Conroy	Laois	2-03	9	2	4.50
Tim Flood	Wexford	2-03	9	2	4.50
Frankie Walsh	Waterford	1-06	9	2	4.50
Achille Boothman	Dublin	0-09	9	3	3.00

;Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Andy Doyle	Wexford	4-02	14	Kilkenny
2	Christy Ring	Cork	3-04	13	Waterford
3	Joe Gillane	Galway	3-00	9	Tipperary
Paddy Croke	Dublin	3-00	9	Wexford
Billy Dwyer	Kilkenny	2-03	9	Wexford
Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	0-09	9	Dublin
4	Oliver McGrath	Wexford	2-02	8	Dublin
Tim Flood	Wexford	2-02	8	Dublin
Donie Nealon	Tipperary	2-02	8	Galway
John McGrath	Westmeath	1-05	8	Offaly

Miscellaneous

The Munster final between Cork and Tipperary breaks all previous attendance records. An official crowd of 62,175 is the biggest ever attendance recorded at a sporting event outside of Croke Park in Dublin. An unofficial attendance, due to spectators storming the gates, meant that the crowd could have been as high as 70,000 or more. It remains a record for a Munster decider.
Westmeath are the top-scoring team in the championship for the first and only (as at 2021) time in their history.
They are also the first team to be the top scorers in a championship year, yet have a negative score difference. As of July 2021, the only other team to do so would be Waterford (2008).

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).

References

"All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website.
(2013-07-07). "Deadly Dublin claim Leinster title". RTÉ.ie.
O’Flynn, Diarmuid. (2011-09-02). "Old warriors still in love with the game".

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