title: 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
text: # 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).
  