1937 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

1937 Railway Cup

Dates	14 February – 17 March 1937
Teams	3
Champions	Munster (7th title) Mick Mackey (captain)
Runners-up	Leinster Jack Duggan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	11 (5.5 per match)
Points scored	16 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mick Mackey (1-07)
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The 1937 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 11th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 14 February 1937 and ended on 17 March 1937.

Leinster were the defending champions.

On 17 March 1937, Munster won the cup following a 1-09 to 3-01 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park.^[1] This was their sixth Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1934.

Results

Semi-final

Munster v Connacht

14 February 1937 Semi-final	Munster	4-05 - 3-01	Connacht	Cusack Park, Ennis
	M Mackey 1-3, D Clohessy 1-1, M Brennan 1-0, M Hennessy 1-0, L Blake 0-1.		Behan 1-0, Hoban 1-0, Darcy 1-0, Gill 0-1.	Referee: J O'Regan (Cork)

Final

Leinster v Munster

17 March 1937 Final	Leinster	3-01 - 1-09	Munster	Croke Park
	M Whyte 1-0, H Gray 1-0, N Wade 1-0, P Phelan 0-1.		M Mackey 0-4, M Brennan 1-0, J Quirke 0-2, J Mackey 0-1, C Moylan 0-1, J Cooney 0-1.	Attendance: 14,483 Referee: I Harney (Galway)

Sources

• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

References

1. "Railway Cup Hurling". Munster GAA. Retrieved 10 April 2018.