1940 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

1940 Railway Cup
Dates	25 February – 17 March 1940
Teams	Connacht; Leinster; Munster
Champions	Munster (9th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	14 (7 per match)
Points scored	22 (11 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jimmy Phelan (3-01)
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The 1940 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 14th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling championship organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The championship took place between 25 February and 17 March 1940. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster and Munster.

Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 17 March 1940, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 4-09 to 5-04 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their 9th Railway Cup title overall and their fourth in succession.

Leinster's Jimmy Phelan was the Railway Cup's top scorer with 3-01.

Results[]

Semi-final

25 February 1940 Semi-final	Leinster	4-05 - 1-04	Connacht	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	M Brophy 2-0, S O'Brien 1-0, P Farrell 1-0, J Walsh 0-3, J Langton 0-1, P Phelan 0-1.		J Hanniffy 1-0, MJ Flaherty 0-1, Forde 0-1, DJ Costelloe 0-1, T Lambert 0-1.

Final

17 March 1940 Final	Munster	4-09 - 5-04	Leinster	Croke Park, Dublin
	P McMahon 2-1, J Quirke 1-2, M Mackey 0-4, M Brennan 1-0, J Mackey 0-1, J Barrett 0-1.		J Phelan 3-1, M Brophy 1-0, P Phelan 0-2, S O'Brien 1-0, P Farrell 0-1.

Top scorers[]

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Phelan	Leinster	3-01	10	1	10.00
2		Leinster	3-00	9	2	4.50
1	Paddy McMahon	Munster	2-01	7	1	7.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jimmy Phelan	Leinster	3-01	10	Munster
2	Paddy McMahon	Munster	2-01	7	Leinster
3		Leinster	2-00	6	Munster
4	Johnny Quirke	Munster	1-02	5	Leinster
5	Mick Mackey	Munster	0-04	4	Leinster

Sources[]

Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

External links[]

Munster Railway Cup-winning teams