1962 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship

1962 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
DatesJuly 15 - August 26, 1962
Teams8
Champions Pearses (1st title)
Mattie Mullen (captain)
Runners-upRaharney
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored57 (8.14 per match)
Points scored263 (37.57 per match)
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The 1962 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship was the 58th staging of the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship.

The format ran as a straight-knockout tournament, with each team afforded just one defeat before elimination from the championship.

Eight teams contested the 1962 championship: Brownstown, Castlepollard, Castletown Geoghegan, Clonkill, Cullion, Pearses, Raharney, and Rickardstown.

Castlepollard entered as the defending champions, defeating Clonkill-Delvin amalgamation side St. Patrick's, but were eliminated in the semi-final stage.

The final was played on August 26, at Cusack Park in Mullingar between Pearses and Raharney. Pearses were contesting their first ever Senior final, while Raharney bridged a 37-year gap since their last appearance in a losing effort in 1925.

Pearses won the match by 2-9 to 3-5 to claim their first and only title, before disbanding in 1969.[1][2]

Results

Quarter Final Semi Final Final
      
Castletown Geoghegan 5-9
Rickardstown 5-3
Pearses 2-13
Castletown Geoghegan 4-6
Pearses 2-12
Clonkill 4-4
Pearses 2-9
Raharney 3-5
Raharney 3-5
Cullion 2-5
Raharney 7-6
Castlepollard 3-5
Castlepollard 14-9
Brownstown 1-1

Fixtures

Jul 15 Quarter-Final Castletown Geoghegan 5-9 - 5-3 Rickardstown Cusack Park
Jul 22 Quarter-Final Raharney 3-5 - 2-5 Cullion Cusack Park
Jul 29 Quarter-Final Pearses 2-12 - 4-4 Clonkill Collinstown
Aug 5 Quarter-Final Castlepollard 14-9 - 1-1 Brownstown Collinstown
Aug 12 Semi-Final Pearses 2-13 - 4-6 Castletown Geoghegan Cusack Park
Aug 26 Final Pearses 2-9 - 3-5 Raharney Cusack Park
J Carey (0-8), T Houlihan (1-1), F Newman (1-0) B Shiels (1-1), P Collins (1-0), K McLoughlin (1-0), M Gartland (0-2), J Rooney (0-2) Referee: T Mooney

References

  1. ^ "HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling". hoganstand.com.
  2. ^ "Sixty years since Pearses ruled the roost in Westmeath hurling". Westmeath Examiner. 14 September 2022.