2003 Croke Cup

2003 Croke Cup
Dates6–26 April 2003
Teams3
Champions St Kieran's College (15th title)
James "Cha" Fitzpatrick (captain)
Runners-up St Colman's College
Andrew O'Shaughnessy (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored4 (2 per match)
Points scored43 (21.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) James "Cha" Fitzpatrick (0-10)
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The 2003 Croke Cup was the 52nd staging of the Croke Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1944. The competition ran from 6 April to 26 April 2003.

St Colman's College were the defending champions.[1][2]

The final was played on 26 April 2003 at Clonmel Sportsground, between St Kieran's College and St Colman's College, in what was their sixth meeting in the final overall and a second successive meeting.[3] St Kieran's College won the match by 1–15 to 1–04 to claim their 15th Croke Cup title overall and a first title in three years.[4]

James "Cha" Fitzpatrick was the top scorer with 0-10.

Qualification

Province Champions
Connacht Gort Community School
Leinster St Kieran's College
Munster St Colman's College

Results

Semi-final

6 April 2003 Semi-final St Kieran's College 2-20 - 0-04 Gort Community School Boherlahen Grounds
J Fitzpatrick 0-6, E O'Gorman 1-2, M Bergin 1-1, R Power 0-3, M Nolan 0-3, J Murphy 0-2, D O'Neill 0-1, E Reid 0-1, J Quane 0-1. D Kennedy 0-3, K Diviney 0-1. Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)

Final

26 April 2004 Final St Kieran's College 1-15 - 1-04 St Colman's College Clonmel Sportsground
R Power (0-3 frees), J Fitzpatrick (0-2 frees) 0-4 each; E Reid 1-0; D O'Neill, M Bergin 0-2 each; E O'Gorman, J Murphy, M Nolan 0-1 each. Report D Fitzgerald 1-0 (free); A O'Shaughnessy 0-2; P Kirby, P Kearney 0-1 each. Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

References

  1. ^ "St Colman's golden hurling era, Shaughs the forward star and back in the Harty Cup big time". The 42. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ Harrington, John (29 April 2002). "St Colman's resolve wins battle of nerves". Irish Independent. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Pres Athenry Defeats Kilkenny CBS In Croke Cup Hurling Semi-Final". Galway Bay FM. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ Larkin, Brendan (28 April 2003). "Awesome Kierans take title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 June 2023.