1968 Cork Senior Football Championship

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1968 Cork Senior Football Championship
Dates7 April 1968 – 6 October 1968
Teams17
Champions Colours of Wexford.svg Carbery (2nd title)
Frank Kehilly (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Mayo.svg Clonakilty
Kevin Dillon (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Points scored260 (16.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Mayo.svg Tim F. Hayes (0-26)
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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.

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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 1968First round St. Finbarr's 1-07 - 1-12 St. Nicholas' Cork Athletic Grounds
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 1968Second round Na Piarsaigh 0-03 - 2-14 Seandún Cork Athletic Grounds
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 1968Second round Avondhu 0-13 - 1-08 Mitchelstown Páirc Mac Gearailt
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 1968Second round Duhallow 0-06 - 0-09 Clonakilty Castle Grounds
W O'Leary 0-2, W O'Leary 0-2, D Morley 0-1, D Long 0-1.TF Hayes 0-9.
7 April 1968Second round Beara 1-09 - 0-05 Carrigdhoun Rossa Park
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 1968Second round Macroom 1-09 - 0-13 Urhan Wolfe Tone Park
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 1968Second round Carbery 4-05 - 0-04 Muskerry Charlie Hurley Park
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 1968Second round Nemo Rangers 2-09 - 1-11 Imokilly Riverstown Sportsfield
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 1968Second round University College Cork 4-08 - 1-08 St. Nicholas' Cork Athletic Grounds
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 1968Quarter-final Clonakilty 4-04 - 1-10 Urhan Wolfe Tone Park
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 1968Quarter-final Seandún 0-10 - 0-05 Avondhu Clonmult Memorial Park
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 1968Quarter-final Carbery w/o - scr. Nemo Rangers Kinsale Grounds
11 August 1968Quarter-final University College Cork 1-09 - 1-06 Beara Sam Maguire Park
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 1968Semi-final Clonakilty 0-10 - 1-06 Seandún Charlie Hurley Park
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 1968Semi-final Carbery 5-05 - 1-09 University College Cork Clonakilty Grounds
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 1968Final Carbery 0-09 - 0-09 Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds
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 1968Final replay Carbery 1-09 - 1-06 Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds
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
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Tim F. Hayes Clonakilty 0-262655.20
2 Brendan Lynch UCC 3-112036.66
3 Con O'Sullivan Urhan 1-141728.50
4Mick O'Regan Beara 1-101326.50
5 Johnny Carroll Carbery 3-021142.75
In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1 Con O'Sullivan Urhan 1-0710 Clonakilty
2 Brendan Lynch UCC 2-039 St. Nicholas'
Tim F. Hayes Clonakilty 0-099 Duhallow
4Jerry Horgan Avondhu 0-088 Mitchelstown
5 Con O'Sullivan Urhan 0-077 Macroom
Frank O'Connell Seandún 0-077 Na Piarsaigh
Mick O'Regan Beara 0-077 Carrigdhoun

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