1968 Cork Senior Football Championship

The 1968 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 80th 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 28 January 1968. The championship began on 7 April 1968 and ended on 6 October 1968.

1968 Cork Senior Football Championship
Dates7 April 1968 - 6 October 1968
Teams17
Champions Carbery (2nd title)
Frank Kehilly (captain)
Runners-up Clonakilty
Kevin Dillon (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Points scored260 (16.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tim F. Hayes (0-26)
← 1967 (Previous) (Next) 1969 →

Beara entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by University College Cork at the quarter-final stage.

On 6 October 1968, Carbery won the championship following a 1-09 to 1-06 defeat of Clonakilty in a final replay.[1] This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1937.

Clonakilty's Tim F. Hayes was the championship's top scorer with 0-26.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Football Championship

Results

First round
19 May 1968 First round St. Finbarr's 1-07 - 1-12 St. Nicholas' Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
D Murphy 1-0, C Roche 0-3, G McCarthy 0-1, N Ahern 0-1, M Horgan 0-1, B Murphy 0-1. D Coughlan 1-2, J Daly 0-4, P Harte 0-3, D O'Driscoll 0-2, B Carroll 0-1.

Second round
7 April 1968 Second round Na Piarsaigh 0-03 - 2-14 Seandún Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
T Nott 0-2, D O'Leary 0-1. F O'Connell 0-7, B Hurley 1-2, L McAuliffe 1-1, E O'Brien 0-3, T McAuliffe 0-1.
7 April 1968 Second round Avondhu 0-13 - 1-08 Mitchelstown Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
J Horgan 0-8, D Ahern 0-2, W McAuliffe 0-2, T Monaghan 0-1. J Barrett 0-5, M Smyth 1-0, R Honohan 0-3.
7 April 1968 Second round Duhallow 0-06 - 0-09 Clonakilty Castle Grounds, Macroom
W O'Leary 0-2, W O'Leary 0-2, D Morley 0-1, D Long 0-1. TF Hayes 0-9.
7 April 1968 Second round Beara 1-09 - 0-05 Carrigdhoun Rossa Park, Skibbereen
M O'Regan 0-7, D Wiseman 1-0, C O'Sullivan 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1. R Wylie 0-2, C Cooney 0-1, J Enright 0-1, M Begley 0-1.
14 April 1968 Second round Macroom 1-09 - 0-13 Urhan Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry
M McSweeney 0-5, M Kelleher 1-0, N Fitzgerald 0-3, D Judgle 0-1. C O'Sullivan 0-7, P Foley 0-2, P O'Sullivan 0-2, JJ Murphy 0-1, S O'Neill 0-1.
5 May 1968 Second round Carbery 4-05 - 0-04 Muskerry Charlie Hurley Park, Bandon
J Carroll 2-0, M Farr 1-1, N Kehilly 1-1, D Hunt 0-2, T Holland 0-1. M Buckley 0-4, F Cooper 0-1.
19 May 1968 Second round Nemo Rangers 2-09 - 1-11 Imokilly Riverstown
J McCarthy 1-3, J Cooke 1-2, G Allen 0-1, D Barrett 0-1, B Barrett 0-1, M O'Driscoll 0-1. A O'Donoghue 1-3, M Cronin 0-2, W Glavin 0-2, P O'Sullivan 0-1, P Fitzgerald 0-1.
30 June 1968 Second round University College Cork 4-08 - 1-08 St. Nicholas' Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
B Lynch 2-3, M Power 1-0, J O'O'Donoghue 1-0, E Philpott 0-1, E Ryan 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1, G O'Herlihy 0-1, P O'Doherty 0-1. J Daly 0-5, D Moore 1-0, P Hurley 0-2, P Harte 0-1.

Quarter-finals
19 May 1968 Quarter-final Clonakilty 4-04 - 1-10 Urhan Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry
N Lane 2-0, T Hayes 1-0, TF Hayes 0-3, J O'Shea 0-1. C O'Sullivan 1-7, J O'Neill 0-1, JJ Murphy 0-1, P Foley 0-1.
9 June 1968 Quarter-final Seandún 0-10 - 0-05 Avondhu Clonmult Memorial Park, Midleton
N O'Keeffe 0-4, E O'Brien 0-3, B Larkin 0-2, B Meade 0-1. N Kirby 0-2, J Farrell 0-1, F Sheedy 0-1, T Monaghan 0-1.
7 July 1968 Quarter-final Carbery w/o - scr. Nemo Rangers Kinsale
11 August 1968 Quarter-final University College Cork 1-09 - 1-06 Beara Sam Maguire Park, Dunmanway
B Lynch 0-5, R Cummins 1-0, B O'Keeffe 0-2, P Doherty 0-1, E Ryan 0-1. M O'Regan 1-3, B O'Neill 0-2, M O'Sullivan 0-1.

Semi-finals
28 July 1968 Semi-final Clonakilty 0-10 - 1-06 Seandún Charlie Hurley Park, Bandon
TF Hayes 0-5, T Hayes 0-2, F Hayes 0-1, N Lane 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1. L McAuliffe 1-0, P Barry 0-2, T O'Neill 0-1, N O'Keeffe 0-1, T Cuthbert 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.
1 September 1968 Semi-final Carbery 5-05 - 1-09 University College Cork Clonakilty
B Evans 2-0, J Carroll 1-1, M Farr 1-0, N Kehilly 1-0, B Desmond 0-2, T Holland 0-2. B Lynch 1-3, E Ryan 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, R Cummins 0-1, M Power 0-1, P O'Donoghue 0-1.

Finals
29 September 1968 Final Carbery 0-09 - 0-09 Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
T Holland 0-4, D Hunt 0-1, B Evans 0-1, B Desmond 0-1, D Kehilly 0-1, J Carroll 0-1. TF Hayes 0-5, H de Long 0-2, F Hayes 0-2. Attendance: 11,222
Referee: J Dennigan (Fermoy)
6 October 1968 Final replay Carbery 1-09 - 1-06 Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
D Hunt 1-3, T Holland 0-3, B Desmond 0-3. TF Hayes 0-4, H de Long 1-0, P O'Sullivan 0-1, P Hayes 0-1. Attendance: 11,352
Referee: J Dennigan (Fermoy)

Championship statistics

Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Tim F. Hayes Clonakilty 0-26 26 5 5.20
2 Brendan Lynch UCC 3-11 20 3 6.66
3 Con O'Sullivan Urhan 1-14 17 2 8.50
4 Mick O'Regan Beara 1-10 13 2 6.50
5 Johnny Carroll Carbery 3-02 11 4 2.75
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Con O'Sullivan Urhan 1-07 10 Clonakilty
2 Brendan Lynch UCC 2-03 9 St. Nicholas'
Tim F. Hayes Clonakilty 0-09 9 Duhallow
3 Jerry Horgan Avondhu 0-08 8 Mitchelstown
4 Con O'Sullivan Urhan 0-07 7 Macroom
Frank O'Connell Seandún 0-07 7 Na Piarsaigh
Mick O'Regan Beara 0-07 7 Carrigdhoun

Miscellaneous
  • Seandún qualified for the semi-final stage of the championship for the first time.
  • Nemo Rangers withdrew from the championship after the club's request to move their fixture with Carbery.

References
  1. "Picking this team was hardest job of all". The Southern Star. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
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