1958 Croke Cup

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1958 Croke Cup
Dates30 March - 27 April 1958
Teams3
ChampionsFile:Colours of Cavan.svg St Flannan's College (5th title)
Runners-upFile:Colours of Sligo.svg St Kieran's College
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored10 (5 per match)
Points scored23 (11.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)File:Colours of Cavan.svg Ger Jordan (5-01)
1957 (Previous) (Next) 1959

The 1958 Croke Cup was the seventh staging of the Croke Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1944. The competition ran from 30 March to 27 April 1958.

St Kieran's College were the defending champions.[1][2][3]

The final was played on 27 April 1958 at Thurles Sportsfield, between St Flannan's College and St Kieran's College, in what was their third meeting in the final and a second consecutive meeting. St Flannan's College won the match by 3–10 to 0–2 to claim their fifth Croke Cup title overall and a first title in 11 years.[4][5]

Ger Jordan was the top scorer with 5-01.

Qualification

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Province Champions
Connacht St Mary's College
Leinster St Kieran's College
Munster St Flannan's College

Results

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Semi-final

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30 March 1958 Semi-final St Flannan's College 6-08 - 1-03 St Mary's College Cusack Park
J Jordan 4-1, F Cleary 2-0, O Naughton 0-4, K Smith 0-1, M Deasy 0-1, B McDonnell 0-1. Barry 1-1, Deignam 0-2.

Final

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27 April 1958 Final St Flannan's College 3-10 - 0-02 St Kieran's College Thurles Sportsfield
P Kennedy 1-9, J Devlin 1-1, J Jordan 1-0. M Kehoe 0-1, O Harrington 0-1.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Ger Jordan St Flannan's College 5-01 16 2 8.00
1 Pádraig Kennedy St Flannan's College 1-09 12 2 6.00
3 Frank Cleary St Flannan's College 2-00 6 2 3.00

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