title: 1965 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
text: # 1965 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
  
  The 1965 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 71st staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board. The championship ran from 4 July to 29 August 1965.
  
  Bennettsbridge entered the championship as the defending champions.
  
  The final was played on 29 August 1965 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Mooncoin and Bennettsbridge, in what was their first meeting in the final in 10 years. Mooncoin won the match by 2–08 to 1–08 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title in 29 years. It remains their last championship triumph.
  
  Thomastown's Ollie Walsh was the championship's top scorer with 10–04.
  
  ## Team changes
  
  ### To Championship
  
  Promoted from the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship
  
  * Young Irelands
  
  ### From Championship
  
  Regraded to the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship
  
  * John Locke's
  
  ## Results
  
  ### First round
  
  * Éire Óg received a bye in this round.
  
  ## Championship statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  **Top scorers overall**
  
  | Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ollie Walsh | Thomastown | 10-04 | 34 | 3 | 11.33 |
  | 2 | Tony Kelly | Bennettsbridge | 4-13 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
  | 3 | Joe Dunphy | Mooncoin | 5-09 | 23 | 4 | 6.00 |
  | 4 | Seán Buckley | St. Lachtain's | 0-18 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
  | 4 | Claus Dunne | Mooncoin | 0-18 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
  | 6 | Tom Walsh | Mooncoin | 4-00 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
  | 6 | Eddie Keher | Rower-Inistioge | 1-09 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
  | 6 | Paddy Moran | Bennettsbridge | 1-09 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
  | 9 | Tommy Murphy | Rower-Inistioge | 3-02 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
  | 9 | Tom Walsh | Thomastown | 0-11 | 11 | 3 | 3.66 |
  
  **In a single game**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ollie Walsh | Thomastown | 6-02 | 18 | Slieverue |
  | 2 | Ollie Walsh | Thomastown | 3-01 | 10 | Glenmore |
  | 2 | Joe Dunphy | Mooncoin | 2-04 | 10 | Tullaroan |
  | 4 | Joe Dunphy | Mooncoin | 2-03 | 9 | St. Senan's |
  | 4 | Tony Kelly | Bennettsbridge | 1-06 | 9 | Thomastown |
  | 4 | Tom Walsh | Thomastown | 0-09 | 9 | Slieverue |
  | 7 | Noel Skehan | Bennettsbridge | 2-01 | 7 | Éire Óg |
  | 7 | Eddie Keher | Rower-Inistioge | 1-04 | 7 | James Stephens |
  | 7 | Séamie Coogan | Erin's Own | 1-04 | 7 | Bennettsbridge |
  | 7 | Seán Buckley | St. Lachtain's | 0-07 | 7 | Lisdowney |
  | 7 | Seán Buckley | St. Lachtain's | 0-07 | 7 | Rower-Inistioge |
  | 7 | Claus Dunne | Mooncoin | 0-07 | 7 | St. Senan's |
  