1964 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1964

Championship Details
Dates	29 March - 4 October 1964
Teams	18
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Tipperary (1st win)
Captain	Francis Loughnane
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Wexford
Captain	Jim Berry
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	17
Total Goals	154 (9.0 per game)
Total Points	187 (11.0 per game)
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The 1964 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship. The championship began on 29 March 1964 and ended on 4 October 1964.

Tipperary won the title after defeating Wexford 8-9 to 3-1 in the final.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams entered the inaugural under-21 championship, however, there was a lop-sides nature to the competition due to the provincial structure. Galway, who had played in the Munster province at senior and minor levels since 1959, joined the other six traditional Munster teams and competed in the southern championship. Nine of the Leinster counties, including Louth, more notable as a Gaelic football stronghold, contested the eastern province. Antrim were the sole representatives from Ulster while Roscommon faced no competition as Connacht representatives.

Team summaries

Connacht	Leinster	Munster	Ulster
Roscommon	Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Louth Offaly Westmeath Wexford	Clare Cork Galway Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford	Antrim

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Louth v Westmeath

29 March First round	Louth	0-4 - 3-12	Westmeath	Páirc Tailteann

Carlow v Kildare

5 April First round	Carlow	1-4 - 6-1	Kildare	Dr. Cullen Park

Laois v Kildare

12 April Quarter-final	Laois	4-2 - 1-3	Kildare	O'Moore Park

Wexford v Kilkenny

19 April Quarter-final	Wexford	4-3 - 2-5	Kilkenny	New Ross

Westmeath v Dublin

26 April Quarter-final	Westmeath	3-9 - 5-4	Dublin	Cusack Park

Laois v Offaly

7 June Semi-final	Laois	10-7 - 5-2	Offaly	O'Moore Park

Wexford v Dublin

14 June Semi-final	Wexford	8-13 - 3-6	Dublin	Enniscorthy

Wexford v Laois

28 June Final	Wexford	4-7 - 2-2	Laois	Enniscorthy

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Kerry v Galway

31 May Quarter-final	Kerry	4-6 - 4-7	Galway	Gaelic Grounds

Limerick v Clare

31 May Quarter-final	Limerick	7-4 - 9-7	Clare	Gaelic Grounds

Tipperary v Cork

21 June Quarter-final	Tipperary	6-9 - 1-1	Cork

Waterford v Galway

5 July Semi-final	Waterford	8-13 - 3-5	Galway	Gaelic Grounds

Tipperary v Clare

9 July Semi-final	Tipperary	7-6 - 2-4	Clare	Gaelic Grounds

Waterford v Tipperary

30 July Final	Waterford	8-9 - 3-1	Tipperary	Walsh Park

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Antrim v Wexford

2 August Semi-final	Antrim	3-3 - 5-8	Wexford	Casement Park
	E Trainor (1-0), H Donaghy (1-0), S McMullan (0-2), A Black (0-1).		S Barron (2-0), J Lacey (2-0), C Jacob (1-2), C Dowdall (0-4), P Quigley (0-1), B Bernie (0-1).

Roscommon v Tipperary

16 August Semi-final	Roscommon	2-4 - 11-6	Tipperary	St. Coman's Park
	M Murphy (1-0), J Dolan (1-0), P Harrington (0-2), J Moore (0-1), J Craughwell (0-1).		M Keating (2-2), N Lane (2-1), M Burckley (2-1), TJ Butler (2-0), T Brennan (2-0), J Ryan (1-1), F Loughnane (0-1).

Tipperary v Wexford

4 October Final	Tipperary	8-9 - 3-1	Wexford	Nowlan Park
	M Keating (2-2), J Fogarty (2-0), M Lane (1-1), J Dillon (1-1), TK Butler (1-1), M Roche (1-0), F Loughnane (0-3), T Brennan (0-1).		C Dowdall (2-1), C Jacob (1-0).	Referee: A Higgins (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Antrim and Roscommon were the sole representatives of Ulster and Connacht respectively due to a lack of competition.
• Tipperary become the first team to claim the senior and under-21 double. Earlier in the year the Tipperary senior team defeated Kilkenny to claim the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

External links

• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship winning teams
• Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship roll of honour