1988 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

Dates

15 October 1988 – 16 October 1988

Teams

Champions

Leinster (19th title)

Runners-up

Connacht

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

18 (4.5 per match)

Points scored

100 (25 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Nicky English (2-10)

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The 1988 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 15 October 1988 and ended on 16 October 1988.

Connacht were the defending champions.

On 16 October 1988, Leinster won the cup after a 2-14 to 1-12 defeat of Connacht in the final at Casement Park. This was their 19th Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1979.

Results

Semi-finals

Connacht v Munster

15 October 1988 Semi-final	Connacht	4-13 - 2-11	Munster	Corrigan Park, Belfast
	E Dervan 2-1, A Cunningham 1-2, M Naughton 0-4, M Connolly 0-4, J Commins 1-0, J Cooney 0-1, P Boland 0-1.		N English 1-3, S Ahearne 1-0, D O'Connell 0-3, D Byrne 0-2, M Guilfoyle 0-1, B Finn 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1.

Ulster v Leinster

15 October 1988 Semi-final	Ulster	1-08 - 1-13	Leinster	Corrigan Park, Belfast
	D Donnelly 1-2, D McNaughton 0-3, B Donnelly 0-2, C Barr 0-1.		M Corrigan 0-5, L Ryan 1-1, B McMahon 0-4, S Dalton 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, D Kilcoyne 0-1.

Shield final

Ulster v Munster

16 October 1988 Shield final	Ulster	0-12 - 7-17	Munster	Casement Park, Belfast
	D Donnelly 0-4, P McKillen 0-3, B Donnelly 0-2, D McNaughton 0-2, B Laverty 0-1.		N English 1-7, S Ahearne 2-1, T Guilfoyle 1-3, G Fitzgerald 1-1, J Kennedy 1-1, C Bonnar 1-0, S Fitzgibbon 0-1, B Finn 0-1, P Delaney 0-1, J Heffernan 0-1.	Referee: S Brennan (Galway)

Final

Leinster v Connacht

16 October 1988 Final	Leinster	2-14 - 1-12	Connacht	Casement Park, Belfast
	M Corrigan 0-7, PJ Cuddy 2-0, C Heffernan 0-3, B McMahon 0-2, S Dalton 0-1, V Teehan 0-1.		M Connoly 0-7, A Cunningham 1-0, M Naughton 0-2, M McGrath 0-2, P Malone 0-1.	Referee: T Murray (Limerick)

Scoring statistics

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Nicky English	Munster	2-10	16	2	8.00
2	Mark Corrigan	Leinster	0-12	12	2	6.00
3	Michael Connolly	Connacht	0-11	11	2	5.50

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.

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