1964 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1964

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (7th win)
Captain	Kevin Cummins
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Laois
Captain	Billy Phelan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Laois
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Mayo
Championship Statistics
Top Scorer	Charlie McCarthy (11-20)
← 1963 1965 →

The 1964 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 34th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

Wexford entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten in the Leinster semi-final.

On 6 September 1964 Cork won the championship following a 10-7 to 1-4 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title and their first in 13 championship seasons.

Results

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Laois v Mayo

16 August 1964 Semi-final	Laois	14-9 - 2-2	Mayo	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	P Keyes 7-3, D Conlon 3-1, B Delaney 1-2, P Payne 1-1, D O'Keeffe 1-0, L Purcell 1-0, P Dillon 0-2.		P Ryan 1-0, S Henry 1-0, T Henry 0-1, J Cribben 0-1.

Antrim v Cork

16 August 1964 Semi-final	Antrim	2-4 - 7-9	Cork	Casement Park, Belfast
	B Whimery 1-1, O Kelly 1-0, M Kearney 0-2, J McCallan 0-1.		C McCarthy 2-2, K Cummins 1-3, A Flynn 1-2, L McAuliffe 1-0, D Clifford 1-0, B Wiley 1-0, C Roche 0-2.	Referee: J Duggan (Galway)

Final

Cork v Laois

6 September 1964 Semi-final	Cork	10-7 - 1-4	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin
	M Kenneally 3-2, C McCarthy 3-0, D Clifford 2-3, A Flynn 2-0, P O'Riordan 0-1, C Roche 0-1.		M Fennell 1-1, L Delaney 0-1, P Payne 0-1, P Dillon 0-1.

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• Mayo won the Connacht title for the first and only time in their history.
• The All-Ireland final meeting between Cork and Laois was the first championship meeting between the two teams. It remains their only championship meeting.

External links

• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour