1950 Cork Senior Football Championship

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1950 Cork Senior Football Championship
Dates16 April – 18 October 1950
Teams19
Champions Colours of Dublin.svg Garda (1st title)
Con McGrath (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Sligo.svg St Nicholas'
Donie O'Donovan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored48 (2.67 per match)
Points scored202 (11.22 per match)
1949 (Previous)(Next) 1951

The 1950 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 62nd 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 29 January 1950. The championship ran from 16 April to 18 October 1950.

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Collins entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Nicholas' in a quarter-final replay.

On 8 October 1950, Garda won the championship following a 3–07 to 2–05 defeat of St. Nicholas' in the final at the Cork Athletic Grounds. [1] This remains their only championship title.

Results

First round

16 April 1950First round Carbery 1-03 - 4-06 Collins Dunmanway Grounds
16 April 1950First round Fermoy 2-12 - 0-04 Duhallow Mallow Town Park
16 April 1950First round Castlemagner 3-05 - 1-00
(Void)
Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds
16 April 1950First round Imokilly 1-03 - 2-04 St Patrick's Cobh Grounds
16 April 1950First round Muskerry 1-02 - 2-03 Millstreet Macroom Grounds
23 April 1950First round St Vincent's 2-03 - 0-05 Seandún Cork Athletic Grounds
30 April 1950First round St Nicholas' 1-08 - 0-05 Macroom Coachford Grounds
7 May 1950First round St Finbarr's 1-08 - 1-05 Commercials Cork Athletic Grounds
14 May 1950First round Garda 1-14 - 1-03 Beara Glengarriff Grounds

Second round

18 June 1950Second round Clonakilty 2-06 - 1-04 St Vincent's Clonakilty Town Park

Quarter-finals

16 June 1950Quarter-final St Nicholas' 1-04 - 1-04 Collins The Mardyke
18 June 1950Quarter-final Millstreet 1-11 - 1-05 St Patrick's Macroom Grounds
9 July 1950Quarter-final Garda 2-08 - 0-05 St Finbarr's The Mardyke
2 August 1950Quarter-final replay St Nicholas' 5-02 - 2-08 Collins The Mardyke
6 August 1950Quarter-final Clonakilty 2-07 - 0-11 Fermoy Cork Athletic Grounds

Semi-finals

3 September 1950Semi-final Garda 1-04 - 0-04 Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds
24 September 1950Semi-final St Nicholas' 3-08 - 0-04 Millstreet Macroom Grounds

Final

8 October 1950Final Garda 3-07 - 2-05 St. Nicholas' Cork Athletic Grounds

References

  1. "Club Titles - Cork". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 24 December 2019.