1987 Croke Cup

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1987 Croke Cup
Dates12 April - 10 May 1987
Teams3
Champions Colours of Cavan.svg St Flannan's College (10th title)
Justin Quinlan (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Sligo.svg St Kieran's College
Brian Ryan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored8 (4 per match)
Points scored38 (19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Cavan.svg Tim Canny (0-12)
1986 (Previous)(Next) 1988

The 1987 Croke Cup was the 36th staging of the Croke Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1944. The competition ran from 12 April to 10 May 1987.

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St Brendan's Community School were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Kieran's College in the Leinster final. [1] [2]

The final was played on 10 May 1987 at St Brendan's Park, Birr, between St Flannan's College and St Kieran's College, in what was their fourth meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 29 years. [3] St Flannan's College won the match by 4–11 to 1–07 to claim their 10th Croke Cup title overall and a first title in four years. [4] [5]

Tim Canny was the top scorer with 0-12.

Qualification

ProvinceChampions
Connacht St Joseph's College
Leinster St Kieran's College
Munster St Flannan's College

Results

Semi-final

12 April 1987Semi-final St Flannan's College 2-15 - 1-05 St Joseph's College Athenry Grounds
T Canny 0-7, P Healy 1-1, G Rogers 1-0, R McMahon 0-3, M McNamara 0-2, A Neville 0-1, J Quinlan 0-1.D Tiernan 1-0, D Curley 0-3, J Campbell 0-1, C Colohan 0-1.Referee: P Horan (Offaly)

Final

10 May 1987Final St Flannan's College 4-11 - 1-07 St Kieran's College St Brendan's Park
M Doherty 1-2, T Canny 0-5, M McNamara 1-1, R McMahon 1-0, P Healy 1-0, D O'Neill 0-1, P Heffernan 0-1, P Conlan 0-1.P O'Neill 1-3, A Ronan 0-3, DJ Carey 0-1.Referee: N O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Tim Canny St Flannan's College 0-121226.00
2Pat Healy St Flannan's College 2-01723.50
3 Pat O'Neill St Kieran's College 1-03616.00
Michael McNamara St Flannan's College 1-03623.00
Richard McMahon St Flannan's College 1-03623.00

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