1999 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

1999 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates19 June – 10 October 1999
Teams11
SponsorAIB
Champions Lixnaw (5th title)
Trevor McKenna (captain)
Jerry Molyneaux (manager)
Runners-up Crotta O'Neill's
Denis Mahony (captain)
Tom Kenny (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored53 (4.08 per match)
Points scored235 (18.08 per match)
Top scorer(s) John Mike Dooley (5-14)
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The 1999 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 98th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The championship draw took place on 20 April 1999. The championship ran from 19 June to 10 October 1999.

Causeway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Crotta O'Neill's in the semi-finals.[1][2]

The final, a replay, was played on 10 October 1999 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Lixnaw and Crotta O'Neill's, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 14 years. Lixnaw won the match by 0–09 to 1–05 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in 14 years.[3][4]

Causeway's John Mike Dooley was the championship's top scorer with 5-14.

Results

Preliminary round

19 June 1999 Preliminary round Kenmare 1-09 - 1-09 St Pat's FitzGerald Stadium
TP O'Connor 1-1, S O'Regan 0-4, S O'Shea 0-3, P Randles 0-1. G McGuinness 1-2, M Flynn 0-3, S O'Shea 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, T Hourigan 0-1, L Moloney 0-1.
19 June 1999 Preliminary round Austin Stacks 0-02 - 7-18 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
P Teehan 0-1, J O'Regan 0-1. L o'Sullivan 1-7, B Sheehan 2-1, D Nolan 1-3, T Maunsell 1-3, I McCarthy 1-1, G Maunsell 1-0, T O'Halloran 0-3.
23 July 1999 Preliminary round Kilmoyley 2-06 - 2-09 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
D Young 2-0, S Brick 0-2, I Brick 0-2, M Regan 0-1, C Walsh 0-1. P O'Connell 0-7, M Kelliher 2-0, J Maher 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.
24 July 1999 Preliminary round replay Kenmare 2-17 - 1-08 St Pat's Fr Breen Park
S O'Regan 0-7, TP O'Connor 0-4, P O'Shea 1-0, D Clifford 1-0, S O'Shea 0-2, E Hussey 0-2, L Lynch 0-1, P Randles 0-1. P Landers 1-1, M Flynn 0-4, J Dunphy 0-1, J Kennedy 0-1, T McGuinness 0-1.

Quarter-finals

6 August 1999 Quarter-final Crotta O'Neill's 3-11 - 3-08 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
M Carlton 1-7, D Mahony 1-0, P McGrath 1-0, J O'Sullivan 0-2, B O'Mahony 0-2. G O'Sullivan 2-1, B O'Sullivan 1-3, WJ Leen 0-2, K O'Sullivan 0-1, E Flahive 0-1.
7 August 1999 Quarter-final Causeway 3-09 - 2-12 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
JM Dooley 1-5, H McEnery 1-1, JJ Canty 1-0, S Sheehan 0-2, T Burke 0-1. T Maunsell 1-4, K Hannafin 1-2, L O'Sullivan 0-3, I Maunsell 0-1, T O'Connell 0-1, A Healy 0-1.
8 August 1999 Quarter-final Ballyduff 1-06 - 1-08 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
B O'Sullivan 0-5, J Carroll 1-0, F Whelan 0-1. P O'Connell 0-5, P Galvin 1-0, P Cronin 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1, M Conway 0-1.
8 August 1999 Quarter-final Kenmare 0-11 - 3-10 St Brendan's Austin Stack Park
L Lynch 0-4, S McIntyre 0-4, S O'Shea 0-2, J Wharton 0-1. J Brennan 3-0, D Leen 0-4, P Healy 0-3, D Clifford 0-2, T O'Halloran 0-1.
20 August 1999 Quarter-final replay Causeway 3-08 - 0-09 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
JM Dooley 2-2, L Harty 1-1, S Sheehan 0-2, S Harty 0-1, C Harty 0-1, G Barrett 0-1. I Maunsell 0-3, T O'Connell 0-2, T Maunsell 0-1, D Nolan 0-1, K Hannafin 0-1, L McCarthy 0-1.

Semi-finals

28 August 1999 Semi-final Lixnaw 5-06 - 3-03 St Brendan's Austin Stack Park
J Maher 2-2, P O'Connell 1-1, M Conway 1-1, J McCarthy 1-0, M Kelleher 0-1, P Galvin 0-1. P Healy 2-1, F Fitzgerald 1-0, E Corridan 0-1, D Leen 0-1.
19 September 1999 Semi-final Crotta O'Neill's 3-13 - 2-13 Causeway Austin Stack Park
M Carlton 0-7, B O'Mahony 2-1, P McGrath 1-0, S Twomey 0-3, P Cronin 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1. JM Dooley 2-7, S Sheehan 0-3, L Harty 0-2, C Harty 0-1.

Final

3 October 1999 Final Lixnaw 2-08 - 2-08 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
M Conway 1-2, P O'Connell 1-0, P Cronin 0-3, P Galvin 0-2, E Fitzmaurice 0-1. J Edwards 2-0, M Carleton 0-4, S Twomey 0-2, B O'Mahony 0-1, D Mahony 0-1.

Final replay

10 October 1999 Final replay Lixnaw 0-09 - 1-05 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
P O'Connell 0-3, M Conway 0-3, P Cronin 0-2, P Galvin 0-1. M Carlton 1-2, S Twomey 0-2, B O'Mahony 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 John Mike Dooley Causeway 5-14 29 3 9.66
2 Michael Carlton Crotta O'Neill's 2-20 26 4 6.50
3 Pat O'Connell Lixnaw 2-16 22 5 4.40
4 Tony Maunsell Abbeydorney 2-08 14 3 4.66
5 Mike Conway Lixnaw 2-07 13 5 2.60
Liam O'Sullivan Abbeydorney 1-10 13 3 4.33
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 John Mike Dooley Causeway 2-07 13 Crotta O'Neill's
2 Liam O'Sullivan Abbeydorney 1-07 10 Austin Stacks
Michael Carlton Crotta O'Neill's 1-07 10 Ballyheigue
4 John Brennan St Brendan's 3-00 9 Kenmare
5 John Mike Dooley Causeway 2-02 8 Abbeydorney
John Maher Lixnaw 2-02 8 St Brendan's
John Mike Dooley Causeway 1-05 8 Abbeydorney
8 Brendan Mahony Crotta O'Neill's 2-01 7 Causeway
Gerry O'Sullivan Ballyheigue 2-01 7 Crotta O'Neill's
Phil Healy St Brendan's 2-01 7 Lixnaw
Barry Sheehan Abbeydorney 2-01 7 Austin Stacks
Tony Maunsell Abbeydorney 1-04 7 Causeway
Pat O'Connell Lixnaw 0-07 7 Kilmoyley
Seán O'Regan Kenmare 0-07 7 St Pat's
Michael Carlton Crotta O'Neill's 0-07 7 Causeway

References

  1. ^ "Club Titles - Kerry". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Causeway - 1-14, Crotta O'Neills - 2-10". Irish Times. 12 October 1998. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Lixnaw - 2-8, Crotta O'Neills - 2-8". Irish Times. 4 October 1999. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Club History". Crotta O'Neill's GAA website. Retrieved 7 August 2023.