1978 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

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1978 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Dates6 April – 22 October 1978
Teams14
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg Blackrock (27th title)
John Horgan (captain)
Joe McGrath (manager)
Runners-up Flag of Furnes, Belgium.svg Glen Rovers
Martin O'Doherty (captain)
Christy Ring (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored89 (3.71 per match)
Points scored528 (22 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Antrim.svg Pádraig Crowley (1-25)
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The 1978 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 90th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 6 April 1978 and ended on 22 October 1978.

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St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Glen Rovers in the semi-finals. [1] [2] [3]

The final was played on 22 October 1978 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Blackrock and Glen Rovers, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years. Blackrock won the match by 4-12 to 1-07 to claim their 27th championship title overall and a first title in three years. [4]

Bandon's Pádraig Crowley was the championship's top scorer with 1-25.

Format change

Overview

Since its inception in 1887 the championship had been played on a straight knock-out basis. If any team was defeated at any stage it meant automatic elimination. This system was deemed the fairest as the county champions would always be the team who won all of their games. There were some problems with this system and a special committee was established to examine the standard of competing teams. At the County Convention on 5 February 1978, delegates voted by 143 to 93 in favour of changing the format of the championship. [5]

New format

Section one

Section one comprised the five top-graded club teams. They met each other on a league basis. The two teams to top the league table qualified for the championship semi-finals and each were included on a separate side of the draw. The third team in the section qualified for the championship quarter-final.

Section two

Section two comprised the five remaining club teams. They also met each other on a league basis. The two teams to top the league table qualified for the championship quarter-finals.

Section three

Section three comprised all the divisional and college teams. They played off on a knock-out basis with the winners of the section qualifying for the championship quarter-finals.

Team changes

From Championship

Regraded to the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Declined to field a team.

Results

Section one

Table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPts
1 Blackrock 44004-668-30+248
2 Glen Rovers 43017-514-40+206
3 St. Finbarr's 31006-364-41+12
4 Youghal 30036-256-45-200
5 University College Cork 20023-104-32-250
Green background The two top-placed teams qualified for the semi-final stage of the championship proper.
Yellow background The third-placed team qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.

Results

6 April 1978 Blackrock 1-15 - 2-04 University College Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh
B Cummins 1-1, D Collins 0-3, T Lyons 0-3, T Cashman 0-2, E O'Donoghue 0-2, F Cummins 0-1, E O'Sullivan 0-1, P Crowley 0-1, F Norberg 0-1.T Brennan 1-0, T Cullinane 1-0, B Waldron 0-2, M McDonnell 0-2.Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)
7 April 1978 Glen Rovers 1-14 - 1-12 St. Finbarr's Páirc Uí Chaoimh
K O'Keeffe 1-3, JJ O'Neill 0-2, D Coughlan 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, P Horgan 0-2, R Crowley 0-1, T Collins 0-1, N Corcoran 0-1.J Barry-Murphy 1-1, C McCarthy 0-4, B Meade 0-2, B Wiley 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, J Allen 0-1, B O'Brien 0-1.Referee: F Murphy (Blackrock)
15 April 1978 Glen Rovers 2-11 - 2-05 Youghal Clonmult Memorial Park
P Horgan 0-7, T Collins 1-1, M Ryan 1-0, R Crowley 0-2, D Coughlan 0-1.S Fitzgerald 1-0, R O'Sullivan 0-2, M Walsh 0-1, S O'Leary 0-1, M Butler 0-1.Referee: W Horgan (Brian Dillons)
22 April 1978 Glen Rovers 3-17 - 1-06 University College Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh
T O'Neill 1-5, K O'Keeffe 0-8, R Whitley 1-1, R Crowley 1-0, P Horgan 0-2, JJ O'Neill0-1.B Waldron 0-5, T Cullinane 1-0, B Dineen 0-1.Referee: P Cronin
23 April 1978 Blackrock 1-17 - 3-07 St. Finbarr's Páirc Uí Chaoimh
D Collins 0-8, E O'Sullivan 0-4, B Cummins 1-0, E O'Donoghue 0-3, F Cummins 0-1, T Lyons 0-1.J Barry-Murphy 2-2, J Allen 1-1, G McCarthy 0-3, T Butler 0-1.Referee: W Horgan (Brian Dillons)
6 May 1978 Blackrock 2-17 - 2-10 Youghal Páirc Uí Chaoimh
E O'Donoghue 1-6, E O'Sullivan 1-2, T Lyons 0-3, F Collins 0-2, D Collins 0-2, F Cummins 0-2.R O'Sullivan 1-2, M Butler 1-0, S O'Leary 0-3, S Fitzgerald 0-2, S Ring 0-2, A O'Regan 0-1.Referee: M English (Bishopstown)
9 June 1978 Blackrock 0-17 - 1-09 Glen Rovers Páirc Uí Chaoimh
D Collins 0-7, E O'Sullivan 0-3, E O'Donoghue 0-2, J Horgan 0-2, R Cummins 0-2, T Lyons 0-1.L McAuliffe 1-1, K O'Keeffe 0-3, JJ O'Neill 0-2, P Horgan 0-2, D Clifford 0-1.Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)
18 June 1978 St. Finbarr's 2-17 - 2-10 Youghal Páirc Uí Chaoimh
J Cremin 0-7, J Barry-Murphy 2-0, J O'Shea 1-2, C McCarthy 0-3, J Allen 0-3, B Wiley 0-2.S O'Leary 2-3, M Coyne 0-1, M Walsh 0-1, M Butler 0-1.Referee: M O'Flaherty (Blackrock)

Section two

Table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPts
1 Sarsfields 32019-335-30+154
2 Nemo Rangers 32019-409-30+104
3 Bandon 32013-335-34-84
4 Na Piarsaigh 30032-324-44-180
Green background The top-placed team qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
Yellow background These teams contested a play-of to determine which of them would enter the
championship proper, however, they were later thrown out of the championship.

Results

8 April 1978 Nemo Rangers 2-16 - 1-10 Na Piarsaigh Ballinlough
D Allen 2-5, B Morgan 0-4, N Morgan 0-4, S Coughlan 0-1, D O'Driscoll 0-1, J Barrett 0-1.John O'Sullivan 0-4, P Buckley 1-0, R McDonnell 0-3, D Murphy 0-1, P Barry 0-1, Jim O'Sullivan 0-1.Referee: W Horgan (Brian Dillons)
16 April 1978 Bandon 1-11 - 1-07 Sarsfields Páirc Uí Chaoimh
F Crowley 1-1, N Crowley 0-3, P Crowley 0-3, J Fitzgerald 0-2, K O'Driscoll 0-1, A Duggan 0-1.T Murphy 1-0, E Kelleher 0-3, B Óg Murphy 0-1, B Cotter 0-1, S Farrell 0-1, J Darcy 0-1.Referee: D O'Connor
23 April 1978 Bandon 0-12 - 0-10 Na Piarsaigh Ballinhassig
N Crowley 0-6, J Fitzgerald 0-2, D Desmond 0-1, R Wilmot 0-1, P O'Donovan 0-1, L Ryan 0-1.Jim O'Sullivan 0-3, John O'Sullivan 0-2, D Murphy 0-2, B Kelleher 0-1, J Whooley 0-1, J Gardiner 0-1.Referee: D Collins (Kinsale)
23 April 1978 Sarsfields 6-10 - 3-07 Nemo Rangers Páirc Uí Chaoimh
B Cotter 3-1, T Murphy 1-2, E Kelleher 1-0, P O'Riordan 1-0, B Óg Murphy 0-2, J Darcy 0-2, S O'Farrell 0-2, G McEvoy 0-1.N Morgan 2-0, B Morgan 1-3, S Coughlan 0-3, C Murphy 0-1.
1 July 1978 Nemo Rangers 4-17 - 2-10 Bandon Páirc Uí Ríogin
J O'Neill 2-3, B Morgan 0-6, D Allen 1-1, D Calnan 1-1, N Morgan 0-3, W Barry 0-2, J Barrett 0-1.P Crowley 1-7, F Crowley 1-2, N Crowley 0-1.Referee: D Collins (Kinsale)

Play-off

8 July 1978Play-off Nemo Rangers 1-11 - 1-11 Bandon Páirc Uí Ríogáin
B Morgan 0-5, D Barry 1-0, D Allen 0-3, S Coughlan 0-1, N Morgan 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1.P Crowley 0-8, N Gallagher 1-1, J Fitzgerald 0-1, K O'Driscoll 0-1.Referee: D Collins (Kinsale)
6 August 1978Play-off replay Nemo Rangers 2-08 - 0-08
(abandoned)		 Bandon Páirc Uí Ríogáin
B Morgan 1-3, W Barry 1-0, S Coughlan 0-2, D Calnan 0-1, K Murphy 0-1, J Barrett 0-1.P Crowley 0-7, K O'Driscoll 0-1.Referee: D Collins (Kinsale)

Section three

First round

23 April 1978First round Avondhu 4-16 - 2-12 Carrigdhoun Páirc Uí Chaoimh
D Ryan 2-4, P Buckley 1-4, D Coughlan 1-0, J Buckley 0-3, C Brassil 0-2, D O'Herlihy 0-1, P O'Herlihy 0-1, G Madigan 0-1.G Hanley 1-6, JL O'Sullivan 1-1, K O'Donovan 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, D Coleman 0-1, J Reynolds 0-1, G Webb 0-1.Referee: M O'Flaherty (Blackrock)

Semi-finals

23 April 1978Semi-final Muskerry 1-15 - 2-10 Carbery Ballinhassig
J Finn 1-2, M Malone 0-4, D Desmond 0-4, L Lynch 0-2, MP Buckley 0-1, J O'Leary 0-1, T Hourighane 0-1.F O'Leary 1-1, D Noonan 0-4, T Crowley 1-0, D Healy 0-3, F O'Regan 0-1, N Collins 0-1.Referee: M English (Bishopstown)
4 June 1978Semi-final Seandún 4-10 - 4-08 Avondhu Riverstown
K Keane 1-2, P O'Sullivan 1-2, M Murphy 1-1, J McCarthy 1-1, J Nodwell 0-2, E Murphy 0-1, T O'Neill 0-1.P Buckley 2-3, D Ryan 1-2, D Herlihy 1-1, PJ Greensmith 0-1, P Ryan 0-1.

Final

4 July 1978Final Muskerry 0-15 - 2-08 Seandún Charlie Hurley Park
D Desmond 0-12, J O'Leary 0-1, D O'Flynn 0-1, S Noonan 0-1.P O'Sullivan 1-0, P Doyle 1-0, J McCarthy 0-3, K Keane 0-3, G O'Sullivan 0-1, M Murphy 0-1.

Knock-out section

Quarter-finals

8 July 1978Quarter-final St. Finbarr's 4-14 - 2-08 Sarsfields Ballinlough
C McCarthy 1-4, J Barry-Murphy 1-2, C Ryan 0-2, J Allen 0-2, B Wiley 1-0, E Fitzpatrick 1-0, G McCarthy 0-2, E Fitzpatrick 0-1.B Óg Murphy 2-4, T Murphy 0-2, P Ryan 0-1, E Kelleher 0-1.Referee: F Murphy (Blackrock)

Semi-finals

13 August 1978Semi-final Glen Rovers 2-11 - 2-10 St. Finbarr's Páirc Uí Chaoimh
P Horgan 0-5, T Collins 1-0, P Barry 1-0, J Buckley 0-2, K O'Keeffe 0-2, JJ O'Neill 0-1, R Crowley 0-1.J Barry-Murphy 1-1, J Allen 1-1, C McCarthy 0-3, C Ryan 0-2, J Cremin 0-2, G McCarthy 0-1.Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)
15 October 1978Semi-final Blackrock 3-17 - 1-07 Muskerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh
R Cummins 2-3, D Buckley 1-2, D Collins 0-4, T Lyons 0-3, E O'Sullivan 0-3, P Kavanagh 0-1, E O'Donoghue 0-1.MP Buckley 1-1, D Desmond 0-4, S Noonan 0-1, J Lucey 0-1.Referee: J O'Riordan (Bandon)

Final

22 October 1978Final Blackrock 4-12 - 1-07 Glen Rovers Páirc Uí Chaoimh
R Cummins 1-4, É O'Sullivan 2-0, É O'Donoghue 1-2, D Collins 0-2, P Moylan 0-1, J Horgan 0-1, D Buckley 0-1, T Cashman 0-1.T O'Brien 1-0, P Horan 0-2, J O'Brien 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, P Doherty 0-1.Referee: S O'Grady (Limericky)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Pádraig Crowley Bandon 1-252855.30
2 Jimmy Barry-Murphy St. Finbarr's 7-062755.20
Billy Morgan Nemo Rangers 2-212755.20
4 Donie Collins Blackrock 0-262664.33
5Éamonn O'Sullivan Blackrock 3-132263.66
Éamonn O'Donoghue Blackrock 2-162263.66
7 Pat Horgan Glen Rovers 0-202263.66
Denis Desmond Muskerry 0-202036.66
9Kieran O'Keeffe Glen Rovers 1-161963.16
10 Dinny Allen Nemo Rangers 3-091853.60
Ray Cummins Blackrock 3-091844.50
Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Denis Desmond Muskerry 0-1212 Seandún
2 Dinny Allen Nemo Rangers 2-0511 Na Piarsaigh
3Brian Cotter Sarsfields 3-0110 Nemo Rangers
Dave Ryan Avondhu 2-0410 Carrigdhoun
Bertie Óg Murphy Sarsfields 2-0410 St. Finbarr's
Pádraig Crowley Bandon 1-0710 Nemo Rangers
7 Seánie O'Leary Youghal 2-039 St. Finbarr's
John O'Neill Nemo Rangers 2-039 Bandon
Pat Buckley Avondhu 2-039 Seandún
Ray Cummins Blackrock 2-039 Muskerry
Éamonn O'Donoghue Blackrock 1-069 Youghal
Ger Hanley Carrigdhoun 1-069 Avondhu

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