1962–63 National Hurling League
# 1962–63 National Hurling League

The 1962–63 National Hurling League was the 32nd season of the NHL, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Waterford won their second title.

## Division 1

Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1961-62 season.

On 3 November 1963, Waterford won the title after a 3-10 to 1-10 win over New York in the final replay. It was their first league title.

Waterford's Phil Grimes was the Division 1 top scorer with 6-31.

### Division 1A table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Waterford | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | National League champions |
| 2 | Wexford | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Cork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Limerick | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Carlow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

### Group stage

Play-off

### Division 1B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tipperary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Kilkenny | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Clare | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Offaly | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Laois | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Division 1C table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Galway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Dublin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Westmeath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Antrim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Knock-out stage

Semi-final

Home final

Finals

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Phil Grimes | Waterford | 6-31 | 49 | 8 | 6.12 |
| 2 | Oliver McGrath | Wexford | 9-10 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 |
| 3 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 8-09 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 |
| 3 | Christy Ring | Cork | 6-15 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 |
| 4 | Willie Hogan | Carlow | 7-08 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |
| 4 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 4-17 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 5 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 3-17 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 6 | Seán McLoughlin | Tipperary | 6-01 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 7 | Pat McNamara | Clare | 5-03 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 8 | John Barron | Waterford | 5-02 | 17 | 9 | 1.88 |
| 8 | Frankie Walsh | Waterford | 2-11 | 17 | 9 | 1.88 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oliver McGrath | Wexford | 3-06 | 15 | Carlow |
| 2 | Willie Hogan | Carlow | 4-01 | 13 | Waterford |
| 2 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 3-04 | 13 | Offaly |
| 3 | Phil Grimes | Waterford | 1-09 | 12 | Tipperary |
| 4 | John McKenna | Tipperary | 3-02 | 11 | Waterford |
| 4 | Pat McNamara | Clare | 3-02 | 11 | Offaly |
| 5 | Liam Connolly | Tipperary | 3-01 | 10 | Offaly |
| 5 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 3-01 | 10 | Laois |
| 5 | Séamus Gohery | Galway | 3-01 | 10 | Westmeath |
| 5 | M. Cullinane | Galway | 2-04 | 10 | Antrim |
| 5 | Christy Ring | Cork | 2-04 | 10 | Limerick |

### Miscellaneous

* On 21 October 1962, Carlow defeated Cork by 1-17 to 1-12. It remains their only ever defeat of Cork in the National Hurling League.
