1968 Cork Senior Football Championship Dates 7 April 1968 – 6 October 1968 Teams 17 Champions Carbery (2nd title) Frank Kehilly (captain)Runners-up Clonakilty Kevin Dillon (captain)Matches played 16 Goals scored 35 (2.19 per match) Points scored 260 (16.25 per match) Top scorer(s) Tim F. Hayes (0-26)
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.
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 [ ]
St. Finbarr's v St. Nicholas'
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 [ ]
Macroom v Urhan
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.
Nemo Rangers v Imokilly
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.
University College Cork v St. Nicholas'
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 [ ]
Clonakilty v Urhan
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.
Semi-finals [ ]
Clonakilty v Seandún
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.
Carbery v University College Cork
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 [ ]
Championship statistics [ ]
Top scorers [ ]
Overall
In a single game
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 [ ]