1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1954 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin who defeated first time finalists Derry by an 18-point margin in the final.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1954
Championship Details
Dates
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (14th title)
Captain Sophie Brack
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Patsy McCloskey
Manager
Matches played 2

Final

Una O'Connor, Sophie Brack and Sheila Sleator shared ten goals. Rose McAllister, Patsy McCloskey, Anna Bryson and Patsy O'Brien scored Derry goals. The Irish Press noted:

One of the biggest crowds ever turned up at Croke Park on Sunday evening last to see the All Ireland camogie final in which Dublin won the title for the seventh successive year. The Derry girls put up a splendid fight and were rather better than the score suggests, but they were unable to match the stickwork and combination of the more experienced Dublin line-out. Derry did well at the start but could not turn their early advantage into scores and when Dublin settled into their stride they advanced steadily to victory. Dublin led by 6-1 to nil at half-time. There was only one free in the entire game.[7]

Final stages
Dublin5-3 – 3-1Cork
Derry5-2 – 0-0Mayo
Derry3-11 – 0-3London
Greenlough
Dublin10-4 – 4-2Derry
Dublin
Derry
DUBLIN:
GK1Eileen Duffy (Celtic)
FB2Doretta Blackton (Celtic)
RWB3Betty Hughes (CIÉ)
CB4Carmel Walsh (CIÉ)
LWB5Sheila Donnelly (Eoghan Rua)
MF6Nancy Caffrey (Eoghan Rua)
MF7Annette Corrigan (UCD) (0-3)
MF8Kathleen Mills (CIÉ)
RWF9Úna O'Connor (Celtic) (4-0)
CF10Sheila Sleator (Eoghan Rua) (2-0)
LWF11Eileen Bourke (UCD)
FF12Sophie Brack (Capt) (CIÉ) (Capt) (4-1)
DERRY:
GK1Anna McPeake
FB2Theresa Clarke
RWB3Teresa Halferty
CB4Carrie Rankin
LWB5Margaret Dorrity
MF6Mary McSwiggan
MF7Patsy McCloskey (Capt) (1-2)
MF8Kathleen McCloskey
RWF9Kathleen Madden
CF10Patsy O'Brien (1-0)
LWF11Anna Bryson (1-0)
FF12Rose McAllister (1-0)

MATCH RULES

  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also

References
  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. Report of final in Irish Press, August 23, 1954
  3. Report of final in Irish Independent, August 23, 1954
  4. Report of final in Irish Times, August 23, 1954
  5. Report of final in Irish Examiner, August 23, 1954
  6. Report of final in Irish News, August 23, 1954
  7. Report of final in Irish Press, August 23, 1954
Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1953		 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932 – present		 Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1955
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