Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 19 points
  • Kilkenny 6-9 : 1-5 Wexford (Leinster final, 4 August 1957)
• Most goals in a match: 9
  • Waterford 4-12 : 5-5 Limerick (Munster semi-final, 16 June 1957)
• Most points in a match: 22
  • Kilkenny 4-10 : 3-12 Waterford (All-Ireland final, 1 September 1957)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 6
  • Kilkenny 6-9 : 1-5 Wexford (Leinster final, 4 August 1957)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
  • Limerick 5-5 : 4-12 Waterford (Munster semi-final, 16 June 1957)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 12
  • Waterford 3-12 : 4-10 Kilkenny (All-Ireland final, 1 September 1957)

Miscellaneous

• The English
  English people
  The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
  
   actor John Gregson
  John Gregson
  John Gregson was an English actor.He was born Harold Thomas Gregson, of Irish descent, and grew up in Wavertree, Liverpool, where he was educated at Greenbank Road primary school, later St Francis Xavier School...
  
   joined the Kilkenny
  Kilkenny GAA
  The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...
  
   team during the parade at the start of the all-Ireland final as part of his role as a GAA player in the film Rooney
  Rooney (film)
  Rooney is a 1958 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow and Barry Fitzgerald. The film depicts the life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends, and a Dublin rubbish collector during the week...
  
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Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).