1965 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 1965 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship. The championship began on 28 March 1965 and ended on 12 September 1965.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1965

Championship Details
Dates	28 March – 12 September 1965
Teams	18
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Wexford (1st win)
Captain	Willie O'Neill
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Tipperary
Captain	Owen Killoran
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Roscommon
← 1964 1966 →

Wexford won the title after defeating Tipperary 3-7 to 1-4 in the final.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams entered the under-21 championship, the same number as the previous year, however, there was a difference in the composition. In Munster, Kerry declined to field a team in spite of a spirited display against Galway the previous year. In Leinster, Carlow and Louth made way for Meath and Wicklow. An Ulster championship was organised for the first time, with Down joining provincial kingpins Antrim.

Team summaries

Connacht	Leinster	Munster	Ulster
Roscommon	Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Mestmeath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow	Clare Cork Galway Limerick Tipperary Waterford	Antrim Down

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Leinster final

Wexford v Dublin

25 July 1965 Final

Wexford

7-09 - 1-05

Dublin

Croke Park

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

Cork v Tipperary

28 March 1965 Quarter-final	Cork	2-04 - 3-05	Tipperary	Kildorrery Grounds]
	JK Coleman 1-1, J McCarthy 1-0, G McCarthy 0-2, E O'Brien 0-1.		S Carroll 2-1, M Keating 1-1, D Bourke 0-1, F Loughnane 0-1, L Gaynor 0-1.	Referee: S Quaid (Limerick)

Clare v Limerick

11 April 1965 Quarter-final	Clare	1-10 - 2-02	Limerick	Cusack Park
	M Kenny 1-3, D Kelly 0-3, N Pyne 0-3, G Stack 0-1.		P Cobb 2-0, E Cregan 0-2.	Referee: A Higgins (Galway)

Galway v Kerry

11 April 1965 Quarter-final	Galway	7-07 - 3-01	Kerry	Gaelic Grounds
	F Coffey 2-3, T Connolly 2-0, M Davern 1-0, T O'Neill 1-0, E Lane 1-0, T Canavan 0-3, K Darcy 0-1.		P Finnegan 1-1, E Diggin 1-0, B O'Brien 1-0.

Munster semi-finals

Galway v Waterford

2 May 1965 Semi-final	Galway	7-05 - 4-03	Waterford	Gaelic Grounds
	K Darcy 2-2, M Devlin 2-1, J Lane 2-0, P Connolly 1-2.		S Galvin 2-1, M McGrath 1-1, D Fitzgerald 1-1.

Tipperary v Clare

12 May 1965 Semi-final	Tipperary	5-11 - 5-04	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
	F Loughnane 1-6, M Keating 0-4, D Bourke 1-0, TJ Butler 1-0, S Carroll 1-0, J Ryan 1-0, PJ Ryan 0-1.		J Teefy 2-1, M Hanrahan 2-0, D Pyne 1-0, J Woods 0-1, M Kelly 0-1, N Pyne 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Munster final

Galway v Tipperary

18 July 1965 Final	Galway	3-03 - 4-09	Tipperary	Duggan Park
	T O'Neill 1-0, B O'Connor 1-0, E Lane 1-0, F Coffey 0-2, JJ Kelly 0-1.		J Ryan 2-0, TJ Butler 1-1, P Ryan 0-4, D Bourke 1-0, F Loughnane 0-3, N Seymour 0-1.

Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Ulster final

Antrim v Down

25 July 1965 Final

Antrim

5-08 - 4-07

Down

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

Tipperary v Roscommon

15 August 1965 Semi-final	Tipperary	8-16 - 0-04	Roscommon	MacDonagh Park
	N Seymour 4-1, J Ryan 1-2, P Ryan 0-5, F Loughnane 0-4, N O'Gorman 1-0, PJ Ryan 1-0, S Carroll 1-0, G Quinlan 0-3, D Bourke 0-1.		F Cormican 0-3, M Craughwell 0-1.

Wexford v Antrim

22 August 1965 Semi-final	Wexford	8-13 - 0-04	Antrim	Gorey Grounds
	C Dowdall 2-6, T Maher 2-3, T Doran 2-0, S Baron 1-2, J Berry 1-0, W Murphy 0-1, W Bernie 0-1.		P Gavin 0-2, P McCamphill 0-1, B McParland 0-1.

All-Ireland final

Wexford v Tipperary

12 September 1965 Final	Wexford	3-07 - 1-04	Tipperary	Nowlan Park
	PJ Doran 1-3, C Dowdall 1-1, T Maher 1-1, P Quigley 0-2.		M Keating 1-0, F Loughnane 0-2, J Quinlan 0-1, PJ Ryan 0-1.	Referee: J Duggan (Galway)