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Jim Roche
Personal information
Irish name Séamus de Róiste
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
Croom
Club titles
Limerick titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 3
NHL 5

James Roche (11 June 1909 – 23 April 1980) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Limerick senior team.

Roche joined the team during the 1933 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement almost a decade later. During that time he won three All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and five National Hurling League medals. Roche was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

At club level Roche played with Croom.

References

  1. "Limerick GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
Jim Roche navigation boxes
Sporting positions
Preceded byMick Mackey Limerick Senior Hurling Captain
1941
Succeeded by
Limerick – 1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up
Sub used
W. O'Donoghue
Limerick – 1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (4th title)
Played in drawn game
P. Scanlon
B. McConkey
M. Condon
Trainer
J. Barry
Limerick – 1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up
Subs not used
16 J. Power
17 M. Condon
18 D. Clohessy
19 T. Shinny
20 C. O'Brien
21 M. Hickey
22 C. Ahern
Limerick – 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (5th title)
Subs not used
M. Butler
P. Mackey
M. Condon
P. McSweeney
C. Holland
J. McCarthy
Trainer
M. Fitzgibbon
Limerick – 1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (6th title)
Sub used
17 T. Herbert for P. Clohessy
Subs not used
16 M. McCarthy
18 P. Mackey
19 D. Givens
20 D. Hurley
21 P. Kelly
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