1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1957
Championship Details
Dates	31 March 1957 – 2 September 1957
Teams	19
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Tipperary (11th win)
Captain	Jimmy Doyle
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Galway
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	18
Total Goals	148 (8.2 per game)
Total Points	198 (11.0 per game)
← 1956 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

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white		1956
Carlow	Green, red and yellow
Clare	Saffron and blue
Cork	Red and white	1951	1951
Down	Red and black		1934
Dublin	Blue and navy	1954	1954
Galway	Maroon and white		1956
Kildare	White
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
Roscommon	Saffron and blue
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1956	1956
Waterford	White and blue	1948	1948
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold
Wicklow	Blue and gold

Results

Connacht Minor Hurling Championship

Galway v Roscommon

Final

Galway

w/o - scr.

Roscommon

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Kildare v Wicklow

31 March 1957 First round

Kildare

3-3 - 7-2

Wicklow

St. Conleth's Park

Carlow v Wicklow

7 April 1957 Second round

Carlow

3-6 - 1-2

Wicklow

Dr. Cullen Park

Offaly v Laois

14 April 1957 Second round

Offaly

4-2 - 1-3

Laois

St. Brendan's Park

Westmeath v Meath

14 April 1957 Third round

Westmeath

8-9 - 0-00

Meath

Newcastle

Carlow v Offaly

28 April 1957 Third round

Carlow

3-2 - 8-7

Offaly

Dr. Cullen Park

Offaly v Westmeath

12 May 1957 Quarter-final

Offaly

5-5 - 3-8

Westmeath

O'Connor Park

Dublin v Kilkenny

30 June 1957 Semi-final

Dublin

2-6 - 4-11

Kilkenny

Croke Park

Wexford v Offaly

7 July 1957 Semi-final

Wexford

3-3 - 4-3

Offaly

Nowlan Park

Kilkenny v Offaly

4 August 1957 Final

Kilkenny

5-10 - 4-2

Offaly

Croke Park

Munster Minor Hurling Championship

First round

Clare v Cork

12 May 1957 First round

Clare

1-06 - 9-10

Cork

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Kerry v Tipperary

26 May 1957 First round

Kerry

1-06 - 10-08

Tipperary

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Semi-final

Limerick v Waterford

16 June 1957 Semi-final

Limerick

6-12 - 3-02

Waterford

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Tipperary v Cork

30 June 1957 Semi-final

Tipperary

6-06 - 4-04

Cork

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Final

Tipperary v Limerick

14 July 1957 Final	Tipperary	3-08 - 1-04	Limerick	Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
	J Doyle 1-2, S Ryan 1-1, Hogan 1-0, P Butler 0-2, P Doyle 0-2, Kennedy 0-1.		Murphy 1-1, Hogan 0-1, Hayes 0-1, Kennedy 0-1,	Referee: M Pollard (Waterford)

Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

Down v Antrim

21 July 1957 Final

Down

4-1 - 3-3

Antrim

St. Patrick's Park

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Tipperary v Galway

28 July 1957 Semi-final	Tipperary	4-12 - 3-07	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Doyle 2-5, P Butler 1-3, P Doyle 1-1, S Ryan 0-2, M Murphy 0-1.		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)

Down v Kilkenny

11 August 1957 Semi-final	Down	1-00 - 14-11	Kilkenny	Casement Park, Belfast
	P Mullen 1-0.		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.

Final

Tipperary v Kilkenny

1 September 1957 Final	Tipperary	4-07 - 3-07	Kilkenny	Croke Park, Dublin
	P Butler 2-1, J Doyle 1-3, P Doyle 1-1, P Kennedy 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.		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)