1949 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

1949 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Dates10 April 1949 – 18 September 1949
Teams11
Champions Glen Rovers (12th title)
Dave Creedon (captain)
Runners-up Imokilly
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored84 (8.4 per match)
Points scored99 (9.9 per match)
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The 1949 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 61st staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures was made at the Cork Convention on 30 January 1949. The championship began on 10 April 1949 and ended on 18 September 1949.

Glen Rovers were the defending champions.

On 18 September 1949, Glen Rovers won the championship following a 6–5 to 0–14 defeat of Imokilly in the final. This was their 12th championship title overall and their second title in succession.[1]

Results

First round

10 April 1949 First round Carbery 2-03 - 8-01 Muskerry Innishannon Sportsfield, Innishannon
10 April 1949 First round Avondhu 3-05 - 8-04 Imokilly Fitzgerald Memorial Park, Fermoy
8 May 1949 First round Carrigdhoun 4-03 - 6-05 Sarsfields Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
15 May 1949 First round University College Cork 2-05 - 3-07 St. Finbarr's Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
12 June 1949 First round Glen Rovers 2-08 - 2-02 Blackrock Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
J Lynch 1-3, D O'DOnovan 1-0, C Ring 0-3, J Lynam 0-1, S O'Brien 0-1. EJ O'Sullivan 1-0, F Healy 1-0, D Hayes 0-1.

Second round

5 June 1949 Second round Rathluirc 6-03 - 4-04 Muskerry Kanturk Sportsfield, Kanturk
24 July 1949 Second round Imokilly 5-08 - 5-04 Sarsfields Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Semi-finals

31 July 1949 Semi-final Glen Rovers 3-11 - 0-07 St. Finbarr's Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
J Lynch 0-6, D O'Donovan 1-1, J Hartnett 1-1, D Twomey 1-0, C Ring 0-3. B Murphy 0-6, J Sargent 0-1. Referee: D O'Mahony (Passage)
14 August 1949 Semi-final Imokilly 8-06 - 5-02 Rathluirc Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Final

18 September 1949 Final Glen Rovers 5-07 - 3-02 Imokilly Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
D Twomey 3-0; J Lynch 2-2; C Ring 1-0; C O'Flaherty 0-2; J Lynam 0-1. E Cleary 0-5 ; S Fleming 0-4 ; WJ Daly 0-2; W Moore 0-1; P O'Neill 0-1; S Twomey 0-1.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Divisional side Imokilly qualified for the championship final for the first time ever.

References

  1. ^ "We March Again" (PDF). Cork Past and Present website. Retrieved 4 November 2017.