1939 Cork Senior Football Championship

1939 Cork Senior Football Championship
Dates26 March 1939 – 12 November 1939
Teams14
ChampionsBorder Clonakilty (1st title)
Pat Nyhan (captain)
Runners-upBorder Beara
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored44 (3.67 per match)
Points scored111 (9.25 per match)
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The 1939 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 51st staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 7 February 1939.

St. Nicholas' entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Beara in the semi-final.

On 12 November 1939, Clonakilty won the championship following a 0–07 to 0–05 defeat of Beara in the final at Skibbereen Town Park.[1] This was their first championship title.

Results

First round

26 March 1939 First round Clonakilty 5-05 - 1-06 Carbery Conakilty Sportsfield
26 March 1939 First round Avondhu 3-03 - 5-03 Imokilly Fermoy Sportsfield
2 April 1939 First round University College Cork 3-01 - 2-01
(match abandoned)		 Kilmurry Coachford Sportsfield
16 April 1939 First round Millstreet 3-04 - 2-02 Macroom Millstreet Sportsfield
16 April 1939 First round Dohenys 4-05 - 2-03 Bantry Blues Drimoleague Sportsfield
23 April 1939 First round Collins 1-02 - 1-07 Beara Bantry Sportsfield
7 May 1939 First round St. Nicholas' 2-05 - 1-06 Dromtarriffe Mallow Town Park

Second round

21 May 1939 Second round Clonakilty 2-01 - 0-06 imokilly The Mardyke
28 May 1939 Second round Dohenys 2-06 - 1-06
(declared void)		 Beara Bantry Sportsfield
24 September 1939 Second round St. Nicholas' 3-14 - 0-05 Millstreet Castle Grounds

Semi-finals

2 July 1939 Semi-final Clonakilty 1-06 - 1-05 University College Cork Dunmanway Sportsfield
29 October 1939 Semi-final Beara 0-09 - 2-02 St. Nicholas' Dunmanway Sportsfield

Final

12 November 1939 Final Clonakilty 0-07 - 0-05 Beara Skibbereen Town Park
Referee: J Murphy (Innishannon)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Clonakilty win their first senior title having lost six for the last eight finals.
  • The first round match between University College Cork and Kilmurry was abandoned seven minutes from full time after a dispute arose in the Kilmurry goalmouth and the spectators invaded the pitch. The match was subsequently awarded to UCC.
  • The second-round game between Dohenys and Beara was declared void and game awarded to Beara after an objection over the use of illegal player by Dohenys was upheld.

References

  1. ^ "Football History – Clonakilty GAA". Clonakilty GAA website. Retrieved 27 June 2019.