14 October 1962 — Thurles Sportsfield

 Thurles Sarsfields 1-7 (10)  Moycarkey-Borris 1-6 (9). 
 Sarsfields retained the Tipperary title. 

John o Grady  Memories 

John O'Grady  remembered it as a “might-have-been” final. He says Moycarkey had a battling team and remembers the defensive work of Gus Ryan, Paddy Bourke and Mick Lonergan, with Tom Burke, Pat Ryan and Tommy Lonergan also prominent. 
 According to O'Grady, Moycarkey had been heavily beaten by Sarsfields in the Mid championship, but the county final was a completely different affair. Moycarkey had already overcome Toomevara, the 1960 champions and 1961 runners-up, on their route to the final. 
 The second half O'Grady  says:
 Moycarkey “got going properly in the second half”.
 They carried the fight to Sarsfields.
 Sarsfields were sufficiently under pressure that the injured Jimmy Doyle had to be brought into the game late.
 He also regarded Tony Wall's performance as crucial. 
 O'Grady remembered one particular ball involving “Musha” Maher. From his position in goal, he felt that if he had got just a little more of his hurley to Maher's ground ball, it would at least have gone out for a seventy rather than contributing to the decisive passage of play. 
 Then, right at the end, Donal Ryan had a free that could have levelled the game. O'Grady describes him as unlucky with it. It didn't go over, and Sarsfields held on 1-7 to 1-6. 

 Starting team / panel 
 Joe Coman
 Tommy Lonergan
 Paddy Coman — vice-captain
 Pat Ryan — captain
 Donal Ryan
 John O'Grady
 Dick Fitzgerald
 T. K. Dwyer — official
 Billy Shanahan
 Tom Wright
 Liam Hennessy
 Gus Ryan
 Michael Lonergan
 Paddy Bourke
 Gerald Ryan
 Tom Burke
 Martin P. Corcoran
 The listed substitutes were Billy Ryan, John Ryan, Liam Ryan, John Coman, Tom Kelly, Michael Shanahan, Matty Fanning and Billy Nolan. The selectors were Tommy Kelly, John Bergin, Martin Corcoran, Johnny Ryan and John Flanagan. 

 Sarsfields team
 
 M. Byrne
 Kevin Houlihan
 P. Dorney
 P. Doyle
 “Musha” Maher
 M. McElgunn (capt.)
 “Blackie” Keane
 R. Mockler
 Noel Murphy
 Larry Keane
 Sean McLoughlin
 Tom Walsh
 Tom Wall
 B. Maher
 Michael Murphy
 G. Doyle