1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship#Munster Minor Hurling Championship

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{{Infobox All-Ireland Hurling

| type = Minor

| year = 1957

| image =

| dates = 31 March 1957 – 2 September 1957

| teams = 19

| connacht = Galway

| munster = Tipperary

| leinster = Kilkenny

| ulster = Antrim

| matches = 18

| poty =

| team = Tipperary

| titles = 11th

| captain = Jimmy Doyle

| manager =

| team2 = Kilkenny

| captain2 =

| manager2 =

| totalgoals = 148 (8.2 per game)

| totalpoints = 198 (11.0 per game)

| topscorer =

| previous = 1956

| next = 1958

}}

The 1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 31 March 1957 and ended on 2 September 1957.

Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title.

On 2 September 1957 Tipperary won the championship following a 4-7 to 3-7 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title in-a-row and their 11th title overall.

Team summaries

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!rowspan="2"|Colours

!colspan="3"|Most recent success

All-Ireland

!Provincial

Antrim

|Saffron and white

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|1956

Carlow

|Green, red and yellow

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|

Clare

|Saffron and blue

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|

Cork

|Red and white

|1951

|1951

Down

|Red and black

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|1934

Dublin

|Blue and navy

|1954

|1954

Galway

|Maroon and white

|

|1956

Kildare

|White

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|

Kilkenny

|Black and amber

|1950

|1956

Laois

|Blue and white

|

|1941

Limerick

|Green and white

|1940

|1940

Meath

|Green and gold

|

|1929

Offaly

|Green, white and gold

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|

Roscommon

|Saffron and blue

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|

Tipperary

|Blue and gold

|1956

|1956

Waterford

|White and blue

|1948

|1948

Westmeath

|Maroon and white

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|

Wexford

|Purple and gold

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|

Wicklow

|Blue and gold

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|

Results

=[[Connacht Minor Hurling Championship]]=

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| round = Final

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| team1 = Galway

| score = w/o - scr.

| team2 = Roscommon

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=[[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship]]=

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| date = 31 March 1957

| round = First round

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| team1 = Kildare

| score = 3-3 - 7-2

| team2 = Wicklow

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| stadium = St. Conleth's Park

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| date = 7 April 1957

| round = Second round

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| team1 = Carlow

| score = 3-6 - 1-2

| team2 = Wicklow

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| stadium = Dr. Cullen Park

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| date = 14 April 1957

| round = Second round

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| team1 = Offaly

| score = 4-2 - 1-3

| team2 = Laois

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| stadium = St. Brendan's Park

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| date = 14 April 1957

| round = Third round

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| team1 = Westmeath

| score = 8-9 - 0-00

| team2 = Meath

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| stadium = Newcastle

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| date = 28 April 1957

| round = Third round

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| team1 = Carlow

| score = 3-2 - 8-7

| team2 = Offaly

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| stadium = Dr. Cullen Park

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| date = 12 May 1957

| round = Quarter-final

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| team1 = Offaly

| score = 5-5 - 3-8

| team2 = Westmeath

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| stadium = O'Connor Park

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| date = 30 June 1957

| round = Semi-final

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| team1 = Dublin

| score = 2-6 - 4-11

| team2 = Kilkenny

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| stadium = Croke Park

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| date = 7 July 1957

| round = Semi-final

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| team1 = Wexford

| score = 3-3 - 4-3

| team2 = Offaly

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| stadium = Nowlan Park

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| date = 4 August 1957

| round = Final

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| team1 = Kilkenny

| score = 5-10 - 4-2

| team2 = Offaly

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| stadium = Croke Park

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=[[Munster Minor Hurling Championship]]=

First round

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| date = 12 May 1957

| round = First round

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| team1 = Clare

| score = 1-06 - 9-10

| team2 = Cork

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| stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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| date = 26 May 1957

| round = First round

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| team1 = Kerry

| score = 1-06 - 10-08

| team2 = Tipperary

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| stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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Semi-final

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| date = 16 June 1957

| round = Semi-final

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| team1 = Limerick

| score = 6-12 - 3-02

| team2 = Waterford

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| stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

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| date = 30 June 1957

| round = Semi-final

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| team1 = Tipperary

| score = 6-06 - 4-04

| team2 = Cork

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| stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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Final

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| date = 14 July 1957

| round = Final

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| team1 = Tipperary

| score = 3-08 - 1-04

| team2 = Limerick

| report =

| goals1 = J Doyle 1-2, S Ryan 1-1, Hogan 1-0, P Butler 0-2, P Doyle 0-2, Kennedy 0-1.

| goals2 = Murphy 1-1, Hogan 0-1, Hayes 0-1, Kennedy 0-1,

| referee = M Pollard (Waterford)

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| stadium = Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles

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=[[Ulster Minor Hurling Championship]]=

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| date = 21 July 1957

| round = Final

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| team1 = Down

| score = 4-1 - 3-3

| team2 = Antrim

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| stadium = St. Patrick's Park

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=[[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]]=

Semi-finals

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| date = 28 July 1957

| round = Semi-final

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| team1 = Tipperary

| score = 4-12 - 3-07

| team2 = Galway

| report =

| goals1 = J Doyle 2-5, P Butler 1-3, P Doyle 1-1, S Ryan 0-2, M Murphy 0-1.

| goals2 = F Glynn 2-0, T Flanagan 1-0, F Keane 0-3, S Lyons 0-2, S Gohery 0-1, O Gannon 0-1.

| referee = C McLoughlin (Dublin)

| attendance =

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

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| date = 11 August 1957

| round = Semi-final

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| team1 = Down

| score = 1-00 - 14-11

| team2 = Kilkenny

| report =

| goals1 = P Mullen 1-0.

| goals2 = T O'Connell 4-3, E Keher 3-1, B Lennon 3-0, D Walsh 2-0, M Dunne 1-3, P Maher 0-4, A Comerford 1-0.

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| stadium = Casement Park, Belfast

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Final

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| date = 1 September 1957

| round = Final

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| team1 = Tipperary

| score = 4-07 - 3-07

| team2 = Kilkenny

| report =

| goals1 = P Butler 2-1, J Doyle 1-3, P Doyle 1-1, P Kennedy 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.

| goals2 = D Walsh 1-1, E Keher 0-4, J Doherty 1-0, M Dunne 1-0, A Comerford 0-1, T Bowe 0-1.

| referee = C McLoughlin (Dublin)

| attendance =

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

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Statistics

=Miscellaneous=

  • Jimmy Doyle of Tipperary became the second player to win three All-Ireland medals as Kevin McGrath had already achieved this with Cork in 1937, 1938 & 1939. This has subsequently also achieved by John Buckley Cork in 1969. 1970 & 1971, John Troy Offaly 1986, 1987 & 1989 and Shane Morgan Galway in 2019, 2020 & 2021.