2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

2002 Railway Cup
Date	2 November 2002 - 3 November 2002
Teams	Connacht; Leinster; Munster; Ulster
Champions	Leinster (22nd title); Andy Comerford (captain)
Runners-up	Munster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	17 (4.25 per match)
Points scored	126 (31.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eddie Brennan (2-06); Henry Shefflin (0-12)
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The 2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 75th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup.^[1] Four matches were played between 2 November 2002 and 3 November 2002 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2]

On 3 November 2002, Leinster won the Railway Cup after a 4-15 to 3-17 defeat of Munster in the final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.^[3] It was their 22nd Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1997. In the Railway Shield final, Connacht defeated Ulster by 0-19 to 0-16.

Leinster's Eddie Brennan (2-06) and Henry Shefflin (0-12) were the Railway Cup joint top scorers.

Results

Semi-finals

2 November 2002 Semi-final	Leinster	3-18 - 2-13	Connacht	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	E Brennan 1-3, H Shefflin 0-5, B Murphy 1-1, D Hyland 0-4, J Hoyne 1-0, C Keaney 0-3, D Lyng 0-1, J Brady 0-1.		M Kerins 1-1, D Donoghue 1-0, D Forde 0-3, C Moore 0-3, K Brady 0-2, F Forde 0-2, G Farragher 0-2.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

2 November 2002 Semi-final	Munster	5-18 - 0-10	Ulster	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	J Deane 2-2, K McGrath 0-6, T Griffin 1-2, T Dunne 1-1, B Begley 1-1, B O'Connor 0-3, E McGrath 0-2, S McMahon 0-1.		L Richmond 0-3, B McFall 0-3, P Richmond 0-2, C McCambridge 0-1, C McGuckian 0-1.	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Shield final

3 November 2002 Shield final	Connacht	0-19 - 0-16	Ulster	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	F Forde 0-7, F Healy 0-3, M Kerins 0-3, G Farragher 0-3, D O'Brien 0-1, D Donoghue 0-1, A Cullinane 0-1.		J Connolly 0-4, C Herron 0-3, C McCambridge 0-2, C McGuckian 0-2, B McFall 0-2, P Richmond 0-1, L Richmond 0-1, C Kelly 0-1.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

Final

3 November 2002 Final	Leinster	4-15 - 3-17	Munster	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	H Shefflin 0-7 (6f), E Brennan 1-3, C Keane, B Murphy 1-1 each, J Hoyne 1-0, J Coogan 0-2, D Lyng 0-1.		T Dunne 0-7 (1f, '65), E McGrath 2-1, K McGrath 0-3 (1f), P O'Connell 1-0, J Deane 0-2 (fs), B O'Connor 0-1 (f), A O'Shaughnessy, E Kelly, T Griffin 0-1 each.	Referee: G Devlin (Armagh)

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eddie Brennan	Leinster	2-06	12	2	6.00
1	Henry Shefflin	Leinster	0-12	12	2	6.00
2	Tommy Dunne	Munster	1-08	11	2	5.50
3	Joe Deane	Munster	2-04	10	2	5.00
4	Eoin McGrath	Munster	2-03	9	2	4.50
	Ken McGrath	Munster	0-09	9	2	4.50
	Francis Forde	Connacht	0-09	9	2	4.50
5	Brendan Murphy	Leinster	2-02	8	2	4.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Joe Deane	Munster	2-02	8	Ulster
2	Eoin McGrath	Munster	0-07	7	Leinster
	Francis Forde	Connacht	0-07	7	Ulster
	Henry Shefflin	Leinster	0-07	7	Munster
	Tommy Dunne	Munster	0-07	7	Leinster
3	Eddie Brennan	Leinster	1-03	6	Connacht
	Eddie Brennan	Leinster	1-03	6	Munster
	Ken McGrath	Munster	0-06	6	Ulster

Sources

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.
^ "Munster deluge swamps Connacht". Irish Independent. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ "Eagle-eye Shefflin strikes gold for Leinster". Irish Independent. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[1] Neville, Conor (12 December 2016). "The fall and fall of the Railway Cup". ball.ie. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[2] "Munster deluge swamps Connacht". Irish Independent. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[3] "Eagle-eye Shefflin strikes gold for Leinster". Irish Independent. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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