1985 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

Gaelic football and hurling competition

Dates

27 January 1985 - 18 March 1985

Teams

Champions

Munster (37th title)
Ger Cunningham (captain)

Runners-up

Connacht
Noel Lane (captain)

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

12 (4 per match)

Points scored

57 (19 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Michael Haverty (1-10)

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The 1985 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 59th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 27 January 1985 and ended on 18 March 1985.

Munster were the defending champions.

On 18 March 1985, Munster won the cup after a 3-06 to 1-11 defeat of Connacht in the final at Semple Stadium. This was their 37th Railway Cup title overall and their second title in succession.

Results

Semi-finals

Leinster v Connacht

27 January 1985 Semi-final	Leinster	2-06 - 1-12	Connacht	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	P Corrigan 1-4, PJ Cuddy 1-0, C Heffernan 0-1, P Carroll 0-1.		M Haverty 1-5, J Cooney 0-3, N Lane 0-1, B Lynskey 0-1, M Connolly 0-1, T Kilkenny 0-1.	Referee: G Ryan (Tipperary)

Ulster v Munster

27 January 1985 Semi-final	Ulster	2-06 - 3-16	Munster	St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle
	C Donnelly 2-2, C Mageean 0-1, B Donnelly 0-1, B Coulter 0-1, E Donnelly 0-1.		P Kelly 0-6, S Power 1-1, T O'Sullivan 0-4, G McInerney 1-0, N English 1-0, P Hartnett 0-2, J Fenton 0-2, S Stack 0-1.

Final

Munster v Connacht

18 March 1985 Final	Munster	3-06 - 1-11	Connacht	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	N English 2-0, T Mulcahy 1-0, J Fenton 0-3, J Carroll 0-1, S Power 0-1, K Hennessy 0-1.		N Lane 1-2, M Haverty 0-5, S Mahon 0-3, A Cunningham 0-1.	Referee: N O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Scoring statistics

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Michael Haverty	Connacht	1-10	13	2	6.50
2	Nicky English	Munster	3-00	9	2	4.50
3	Colin Donnelly	Ulster	2-02	8	1	8.00

Bibliography

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

References

Neville, Conor (12 December 2016). "The fall and fall of the Railway Cup". ball.ie. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
"Railway Cup Hurling". Munster GAA. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

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