leincup225	Leinster v Railway Union
	Leinster Senior Cup 1981 (Final)
Venue	Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin on 1st August 1981 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Leinster won by 3 wickets
Umpires	R MacClancy, S Moore
Man of the Match	BA O'Brien

Railway Union innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BA O'Brien	c Short b Delany	79			11	1
+DF Byrne	c Godfrey b Jones	11			-	-
DO Tipping	not out	66			-	-
G Guthrie	b Wills	12			-	-
JA O'Meara	c McDonnell b Jones	5			-	-
CH Tipping	run out	1			-	-
G Dagg	run out	5			-	-
J Keogh	did not bat
W Whelan	did not bat
A Noone	did not bat
D Tanham	did not bat
Extras	(23 lb)	23
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Byrne), 2-134 (O'Brien), 3-166 (Guthrie), 4-181 (O'Meara), 5-185 (CH Tipping), 6-202 (Dagg, 60 ov)

Leinster innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Short	retired hurt	17
BA Buttimer	run out	66
S Parkinson	c Keogh b Dagg	43
D Kent	lbw b Dagg	5
G Delany	b Whelan	6
J Byrne	not out	14
T McDonnell	c O'Brien b Tanham	10
E Jones	run out	0
+B Godfrey	b Tanham	1
GA Duffy	not out	15
*J Wills	did not bat
Extras	(26 lb)	26
Total	(7 wickets, 58.4 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-140 (Buttimer), 2-140 (Parkinson), 3-151 (Kent), 4-158 (Delany), 5-176 (McDonnell), 6-177 (Jones), 7-? (Godfrey)

Notes
--> JF Short retired hurt in the Leinster innings having scored 17 (team score 53/0)