1973 Cork Senior Football Championship

1973 Cork Senior Football Championship
Dates	1 April 1973 – 30 September 1973
Teams	19
Champions	University College Cork (8th title); Tom Looney (captain)
Runners-up	Carbery; Donal Hunt (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	73 (3.32 per match)
Points scored	406 (18.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jim Kenneally (3-20)
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The 1973 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 85th 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 1973. The championship began on 1 April 1973 and ended on 30 September 1973.

St. Finbarr's in the first round.^[1]

On 30 September 1973, University College Cork won the championship following a 3-08 to 1-10 defeat of Carbery in the final. This was their 8th championship title overall and their first since 1969.

Millstreet's Jim Kenneally was the championship's top scorer with 3-20.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

Cork Intermediate Football Championship

Dohenys

Results

First round

8 April 1973 First round	St. Finbarr's	0-09 - 0-07	Nemo Rangers	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	S Gillen 0-5, E Philpott 0-2, J Barry-Murphy 0-2.		M O'Donoghue 0-2, S Leyden 0-2, C Murphy 0-1, D Cogan 0-1, S Coughlan 0-1.	Referee: F Halbert

Beara v Millstreet

8 April 1973 First round	Beara	1-09 - 1-09	Millstreet	Sam Maguire Park, Dunmanway
	JJ Murphy 1-1, B Hanley 0-2, B O'Neill 0-2, N Murphy 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1, EJ O'Sullivan 0-1, N O'Sullivan 0-1.		D O'Shea 1-1, D Long 0-3, T Kelleher 0-2, A Kiely 0-1, D O'Hare 0-1, J Kenneally 0-1.	Referee: J McDonnell

15 April 1973 First round replay	Beara	1-07 - 0-10	Millstreet	Sam Maguire Park, Dunmanway
	B Hanley 0-4, J O'Neill 1-0, EJ O'Sullivan 0-1, JJ Murphy 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1.		J Kenneally 0-6, T Kelleher 0-2, D O'Shea 0-1, D O'Hare 0-1.	Referee: J McDonnell

22 April 1973 First round	Newcestown	1-07 - 2-08	Carbery	Clonakilty
	J O'Leary 0-5, M O'Callaghan 1-1, K Kehilly 0-1.		D Barron 2-1, D Hunt 0-2, T Murphy 0-2, B Murphy 0-1, M Burns 0-1, T Holland 0-1.

29 April 1973 First round 2nd replay	Beara	0-06 - 3-14	Millstreet	Sam Maguire Park, Dunmanway
	B Hanley 0-3, EJ O'Sullivan 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1, KJ O'Sullivan 0-1.		A Kiely 2-1, D O'Shea 1-2, J Kenneally 0-3, T Kelleher 0-3, T Burke 0-3, D Long 0-2.	Referee: J McDonnell

Second round

1 April 1973 Second round	Avondhu	2-04 - 1-07	Clonakilty	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	N Kirby 1-2, T Monaghan 1-0, DJ Ryan 0-1, B Honohan 0-1.		P Griffin 1-0, TF Hayes 0-3, M Leahy 0-2, P Finn 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: F Halbert

1 April 1973 Second round	Na Piarsaigh	1-05 - 6-12	University College Cork	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	D O'Sullivan 0-4, J O'Sullivan 1-0, B Joyce 0-1.		B Lynch 1-7, D Kavanagh 1-1, D Cotter 1-1, D Murray 1-0, S O'Shea 1-0, P Lynch 1-0, N Sullivan 0-1, F Hanlon 0-1, N Brosnan 0-1.	Referee: P Finnegan

1 April 1973 Second round	Duhallow	1-08 - 1-11	Macroom	Millstreet
	TD Cronin 1-0, B Daly 0-3, DJ O'Keeffe 0-2, D Buckley 0-2, N Collins 0-1.		J Downey 1-2, T O'Sullivan 0-4, L Gould 0-2, S Noonan 0-2, G Kelleher 0-1.	Referee: D Twomey

1 April 1973 Second round	Dohenys	2-11 - 1-03	Imokilly	Kinsale
	V O'Sullivan 1-1, D Collins 0-4, R Rourke 1-0, A Collins 0-2, J Carroll 0-2, C Rourke 0-2.		S O'Connor 1-0, W Glavin 0-1, B Óg Murphy 0-1, E Kelleher 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin

8 April 1973 Second round	St. Nicholas'	2-14 - 0-04	Seandún	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	T O'Mahony 1-4, T O'Brien 1-2, P Harte 0-3, P Doherty 0-1, D Coughlan 0-1, JJ O'Neill 0-1, L McAuliffe 0-1, F Crowley 0-1.		O O'Brien 0-1, M Fleming 0-1, B Meade 0-1, D Healy 0-1.	Referee: D O'Brien

8 April 1973 Second round	St Michael's	Manning Park, Passage
	J Barrett 1-0, M Burke 0-3, P Tuohy 0-1.		B Field 1-4, R Cummins 1-2, B O'Loughlin 1-0, M Lynch 0-2, N O'Keeffe 0-2, P Moylan 0-1, F O'Connell 0-1.	Referee: A Twomey

6 May 1973 Second round	Millstreet	4-11 - 3-07	Muskerry	Macroom
	J Kenneally 2-4, D O'Shea 1-1, D O'Hare 1-0, T Burke 0-3, D Long 0-2, T Kelleher 0-1.		N Dunne 2-5, M Malone 1-0, S Murphy 0-2.	Referee: S McDonnell

13 May 1973 Second round replay	Avondhu	2-18 - 3-18 (aet)	Clonakilty	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	J Barrett 0-11, N Kirby 0-5, T Sheehan 1-0, DJ Ryan 1-0, J Cummins 0-1, B Honohan 0-1.		K Dillon 2-1, M Leahy 0-6, B Keohane 1-1, T Hayes 0-3, TF Hayes 0-3, D McCarthy 0-2, P Finn 0-1, P Griffin 0-1.	Referee: F Halbert

3 June 1973 Second round	St. Finbarr's	Kinsale
	M Burns 2-1, T Murphy 0-6, D Barron 1-0, J Gabriel 0-2, B Evans 0-1.		T Moore 1-1, E Philpott 0-4, J Barry-Murphy 1-0, B Murphy 1-0, G Ahern 0-1, S Gillen 0-1, F Twomey 0-1.	Referee: J Dennigan

Quarter-finals

20 May 1973 Quarter-final	St. Nicholas'	1-13 - 0-09	Dohenys	Innishannon
	T O'Brien 1-2, P Harte 0-5, T O'Mahony 0-2, R Crowley 0-2, JJ O'Neill 0-1, M O'Halloran 0-1.		D Collins 0-2, B Rourke 0-2, V O'Sullivan 0-1, C Rourke 0-1, A Collins 0-1, K Driscoll 0-1, J Carroll 0-1.	Referee: J Dennigan

24 June 1973 Quarter-final	University College Cork	4-07 - 0-13	Clonakilty	Charlie Hurley Park, Bandon
	S O'Shea 2-0, B Lynch 0-5, D Cotter 1-1, D Kavanagh 1-0, N Brosnan 0-1.		TF Hayes 0-5, S McCarthy 0-3, P Griffin 0-2, T Hayes 0-1, D Keohane 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: F Halbert

24 June 1973 Quarter-final	Carbery	1-08 - 1-08	Millstreet	Macroom
	T Murphy 0-4, D Hunt 1-0, T Holland 0-1, M Burns 0-1, J O'Riordan 0-1, B Evans 0-1.		J Kenneally 0-5, A Kiely 1-1, T Kelleher 0-1, D Long 0-1.	Referee: J Dennigan

26 June 1973 Quarter-final	St Michael's	1-12 - 2-07	Macroom	Cloughduv
	B Field 0-8, N O'Keeffe 1-2, R Cummins 0-1, E O'Donoghue 0-1.		J Gould 0-6, T Noonan 1-1, M Browne 1-0.	Referee: L Meade

Carbery v Millstreet

22 July 1973 Quarter-final replay	Carbery	3-11 - 2-12	Millstreet	Macroom
	D Hunt 2-1, T Holland 1-3, T Murphy 0-3, B Evans 0-1, M Burns 0-1, J Weldon 0-1, D Barron 0-1.		A Kiely 1-2, J Kenneally 1-1, D Long 0-4, T Kelleher 0-3, D O'Shea 0-1, D O'Hare 0-1.	Referee: J Dennigan

Semi-finals

29 July 1973 Semi-final	St. Nicholas'	1-09 - 3-08	Carbery	Coachford
	P Harte 0-5, T O'Brien 1-1, T O'Mahony 0-1, R Crowley 0-1, JJ O'Neill 0-1.		T Murphy 1-4, D Barron 1-1, J O'Riordan 1-0, R Wilmot 0-1, B Evans 0-1, B Murphy 0-1.	Referee: F Halbert

22 August 1973 Semi-final	St Michael's	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	D Kavanagh 1-0, B Lynch 0-3, D Murphy 0-1, N Brosnan 0-1, T Looney 0-1.		N O'Keeffe 0-6, E O'Donoghue 0-2, R Cummins 0-1, F O'Connell 0-1, D Hartnett 0-1.	Referee: J Dennigan

Final

30 September 1973 Final	University College Cork	3-09 - 1-10	Carbery	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	B Lynch 0-8, D Kavanagh 2-0, J McMahon 1-0, N O'Sullivan 0-1.		T Murphy 0-8, D Hunt 1-0, T Holland 0-1, R Wilmot 0-1.	Attendance: 10,991 Referee: F Halbert

Career statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total
1	Jim Kenneally	Millstreet	3-20	29
2	Tony Murphy	Carbery	1-27	30
3	Brendan Lynch	UCC	1-23	26
4	Andy Kiely	Millstreet	4-05	17
5	Dan Kavanagh	UCC	5-01	16
6	Donal Hunt	Carbery	4-03	15
	Declan Barron	Carbery	4-03	15
	D. O'Shea	Millstreet	3-06	15
	Billy Field	St Michael's	1-12	15
10	Teddy O'Brien	St. Nicholas'	3-05	14

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jimmy Barrett	Avondhu	0-11	11	Clonakilty
2	Jim Kenneally	Millstreet	2-04	10	Muskerry
2	Brendan Lynch	UCC	1-07	10	Na Piarsaigh
4	Billy Field	St Michael's	0-08	8	Macroom
	Brendan Lynch	UCC	0-08	8	Carbery
	Tony Murphy	Carbery	0-08	8	UCC
7	Donal Hunt	Carbery	2-01	7	Millstreet
	Declan Barron	Carbery	2-01	7	Newcestown
	Andy Kiely	Millstreet	2-01	7	Beara
	Kevin Dillon	Clonakilty	2-01	7	Avondhu
	Mick Burns	Carbery	2-01	7	St. Finbarr's
	Tim O'Mahony	St. Nicholas'	1-04	7	Seandún
	Billy Field	St Michael's	1-04	7	Carrigdhoun
	Tony Murphy	Carbery	1-04	7	St. Nicholas'

References

^ "The History Of Nemo Rangers Hurling And Football Club 1922-2000". Nemo Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[1] "The History Of Nemo Rangers Hurling And Football Club 1922-2000". Nemo Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

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