2005 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2005 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates5 August – 16 October 2005
Teams9
SponsorAIB
ChampionsBorder Lixnaw (6th title)
Fergus Fitzmaurice (captain)
Johnny Conway (manager)
Runners-up Abbeydorney
Aidan Healy (captain)
Timmy Weir (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored40 (3.64 per match)
Points scored239 (21.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Border Michael Conway (3-26)
← 2004 (Previous) (Next) 2006 →

The 2005 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 4 April 2005. The championship ran from 5 August to 16 October 2005.

Kilmoyley entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballyduff in the quarter-finals.[1][2]

The final, a replay, was played on 16 October 2005 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Lixnaw and Abbeydorney, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 51 years. Lixnaw won the match by 0–17 to 0–06 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title in six years.[3][4]

Lixnaw's Michael Conway was the championship's top scorer with 3-26.

Results

First round

5 August 2005 First round Lixnaw 4-19 - 1-06 Kenmare FitzGerald Stadium
M Conway 1-6, J Flaherty 1-4, C Fitzmaurice 1-3, T Brosnan 1-0, P Lyons 0-2, P O'Connell 0-2, F Fitzmaurice 0-1, E Galvin 0-1. P O'Brien 1-1, P Randles 0-3, B O'Grady 0-1, J Maye 0-1.
6 August 2005 First round Abbeydorney 1-08 - 0-09 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
I Maunsell 0-4, M Hannafin 1-0, T O'Connell 0-2, K Hannafin 0-1, N Roche 0-1. A Keane 0-6, S Twomey 0-2, P Cronin 0-1.

Second round

19 August 2005 Second round Kenmare 3-05 - 6-25 Crotta O'Neill's FitzGerald Stadium
J Wharton 1-2, G O'Sullivan 1-0, M O'Sullivan 1-0, D O'Sullivan 0-2, B O'Grady 0-1. S Twomey 2-4, M Lynch 2-4, A Keane 0-9, JP McElligott 1-1, C McElligott 1-1, S Enright 0-2, F Cronin 0-1, T Culhane 0-1, F Keane 0-1, T Quille 0-1.

Quarter-finals

27 August 2005 Quarter-final Causeway 1-11 - 0-10 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
T Flynn 0-8, M Leahy 1-0, JM Dooley 0-2, C Dineen 0-1. S Twomey 0-4, A Keane 0-3, C McElligott 0-2, S Enright 0-1.
2 September 2005 Quarter-final Ballyduff 3-09 - 2-08 Kilmoyley Austin Stack Park
L Boyle 2-1, T O'Rourke 0-7, B O'Grady 1-0, G O'Brien 1-0. S Brick 2-6, M Regan 0-1, B Brick 0-1.
3 September 2005 Quarter-final Abbeydorney 2-10 - 3-02 St Brendan's Austin Stack Park
K Hannifin 2-1, I Maunsell 0-5 frees, M Hannifin 0-2, T O’Connell 0-2. Report A Kelly 2-0, S Griffin 1-0, J Egan 0-1, free, M Casey 0-1.
4 September 2005 Quarter-final Lixnaw 0-16 - 2-08 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
M Conway 0-9 (0-7 frees), J Flaherty and J Griffin 0-2 each, M Corridan, F Fitzmaurice and C Fitzmaurice 0-1 each. Report M Slattery 0-5 (0-4 frees), N Stack 1-1, N Flahive 1-0, KO’Sullivan and A Lawlor 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

18 September 2005 Semi-final Ballyduff 1-08 - 2-13 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
M Boyle 1-0, A Boyle 0-2, T O'Rourke 0-2 (0-1 free), B O'Sullivan 0-2 (0-1'65) M Hennessy and J Bunyan 0-1 each. Report I Maunsell 1-8 (1-7 frees), K Dineen 1-1, I McCarthy 0-2, K Hannifin and B Donovan 0-1 each.
18 September 2005 Semi-final Causeway 4-08 - 3-22 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
JM Dooley (3-0), T Flynn (0-5f), C Harty (0-2, 0-1 65), S Goggin (1-0), C Dineen (0-1). Report M Conway (2-7, 0-4f), K Dowling (0-5), C Fitzmaurice (1-4), F Fitzmaurice (0-2), J Griffin (0-1), P Lyons (0-1), R Thornton (0-1), J Flaherty (0-1).

Final

2 October 2005 Final replay Lixnaw 1-11 - 2-08 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
M Corridan 1-0, M Conway 0-4 frees, C Fitzmaurice 0-3, J Griffin, F Fitzmaurice, J Flaherty, and P Galvin 0-1 each. Report D Ryall 1-1, K Hannafin 1-0, I McCarthy 0-3, I Maunsell 0-3 ( 0-2f, 0-1 '65), B Donovan 0-1.

Final replay

16 October 2005 Final replay Lixnaw 0-17 - 0-06 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
P Galvin 0-5; E Galvin 0-3; J Flaherty 0-3f; F Fitzmaurice 0-2f; P Lyons 0-2; E Fitzmaurice, C Fitzmaurice 0-1 each. Report I Maunsell 0-4f; M Hannafin, I McCarthy 0-1 each. Referee: M O'Connor (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Michael Conway Lixnaw 3-26 35 4 8.75
2 Ian Maunsell Abbeydorney 1-24 27 5 5.40
3 Cillian Fitzmaurice Lixnaw 2-12 18 5 3.60
Andrew Keane Crotta O'Neill's 0-18 18 3 6.00
5 Seán Twomey Crotta O'Neill's 2-10 16 3 5.33
6 James Flaherty Lixnaw 1-11 14 5 2.80
7 Tadhg Flynn Causeway 0-13 13 2 6.50
8 Shane Brick Kilmoyley 2-06 12 1 12.00
9 John Mike Dooley Causeway 3-02 11 2 5.50
10 Matt Lynch Crotta O'Neill's 2-04 10 3 3.33
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Michael Conway Lixnaw 2-07 13 Causeway
2 Shane Brick Kilmoyley 2-06 12 Balyduff
3 Ian Maunsell Abbeydorney 1-08 11 Balyduff
4 Seán Twomey Crotta O'Neill's 2-04 10 Kenmare Shamrocks
Matt Lynch Crotta O'Neill's 2-04 10 Kenmare Shamrocks
6 John Mike Dooley Causeway 3-00 9 Lixnaw
Michael Conway Lixnaw 1-06 9 Kenmare Shamrocks
Andrew Keane Crotta O'Neill's 0-09 9 Kenmare Shamrocks
Michael Conway Lixnaw 0-09 9 Ballyheigue
10 Tadhg Flynn Causeway 0-08 8 Crotta O'Neill's

References

  1. ^ "Four-midable Kilmoyley". Irish Independent. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Four in-a-row for Kilmoyley". Hogan Stand. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ^ "First place after second chance". Irish Independent. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Lixnaw capture SHC title". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2023.