# 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 24 April 1955 and ended on 4 September 1955.
Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial series. Wexford won the title following a 3-13 to 2-8 defeat of Galway in the final.

## Teams

A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, the same as the previous championship, however, there were some changes on personnel. Antrim withdrew from the senior championship, while Wicklow fielded a team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

### Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial | League |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1954 | 1954 | 1952-53 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | 1938 | 1952 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | | 1950-51 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1947 | 1953 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1946-47 |
| Meath | Green and gold | | | |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1951 | 1951 | 1954-55 |
| Waterford | White and blue | 1948 | 1948 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1954 | |
| Wicklow | Blue and gold | | |

## Provincial championships
### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round
Second round
Semi-finals
Finals

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round
Semi-finals
Final

## Championship statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 7-10 | 31 | 5 | 6.20 |
| 2 | Tim Flood | Wexford | 5-11 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 3 | Seán Clohessy | Kilkenny | 5-10 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 4 | Dick Carroll | Kilkenny | 0-19 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 5 | Vivian Cobbe | Limerick | 4-04 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 6 | Dermot Kelly | Limerick | 1-12 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Dinny O'Callaghan | Westmeath | 4-02 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 7 | Dick Rockett | Kilkenny | 4-02 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 8 | John McGrath | Westmeath | 0-12 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Jimmy Carney | Clare | 2-05 | 11 | 3 | 3.66 |
| 9 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 0-11 | 11 | 3 | 3.66 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Dermot Kelly | Limerick | 1-12 | 15 | Clare |
| 2 | Tim Flood | Wexford | 3-01 | 10 | Westmeath |
| 2 | Vivian Cobbe | Limerick | 2-04 | 10 | Waterford |
| 2 | Seán Clohessy | Kilkenny | 2-04 | 10 | Meath |
| 3 | Dick Rockett | Kilkenny | 3-00 | 9 | Dublin |
| 3 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 3-00 | 9 | Kilkenny |
| 4 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 2-02 | 8 | Westmeath |
| 4 | Dick Carroll | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Dublin |
| 5 | Seánie O'Brien | Kilkenny | 2-01 | 7 | Meath |
| 5 | Jimmy Carney | Clare | 1-04 | 7 | Cork |

### Miscellaneous

* The attendance of 23,125 is one of the lowest attendances at a Munster final in recent years.
* The attendance of 50,840 at the game between Limerick and Wexford was a new record for an All-Ireland semi-final.
* Wexford win their second All-Ireland title, their first since 1910.

## Sources

* Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).