1946 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season

Dates

7 April 1946 – 16 November 1946

Teams

Champions

St. Finbarr's (13th title)
P. Coughlan (captain)

Runners-up

Glen Rovers
Christy Ring (captain)

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

97 (6.93 per match)

Points scored

156 (11.14 per match)

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The 1946 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 58th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 7 April 1946 and ended on 16 November 1946.

Glen Rovers were the defending champions.

On 16 November 1946, St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 2–3 to 2–1 defeat of Glen Rovers in the final. This was their 13th championship title overall and their first title in three championship seasons.^[1]

Results

First round

Muskerry v Army

7 April 1946 First round	Muskerry	7-05 - 1-06	Army	Coachford Sportsfield, Coachford
	J Barry-Murphy 3-0, T Barry-Murphy 1-1, J Twomey 1-0, M Desmond 1-0, J O'Grady 1-0, D Moynihan 0-1, J Fitzgerald 0-1, T Burns 0-1.		T O'Neill 1-0, H Gouldsboro 0-3, Fitzsimons 0-1, E Young 0-1, P Hayes 0-1.	Referee: P Taylor

Blackrock v Imokilly

21 April 1946 First round	Blackrock	4-09 - 6-03	Imokilly	Riverstown Sportsfield, Sallybrook
	M O'Riordan 2-3, EJ O'Sullivan 1-3, P Madden 1-0, D Murphy 0-2, Horgan 0-1.		P Abernethy 2-3, WJ Daly 1-0, P Campbell 1-0, E Cleary 1-0, J O'Sullivan 1-0.	Referee: F Casey (Glen Rovers)

Carrigdhoun v Glen Rovers

28 April 1946 First round	Carrigdhoun	5-03 - 7-07	Glen Rovers	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	R Andrews 2-0, D Dunne 2-0, M Drinan 1-0, W Twomey 0-1, T O'Callghan 0-1, R O'Regan 0-1.		C Ring 3-1, C O'Flaherty 2-0, D Twomey 1-2, J Lynch 1-0, J Young 0-1, D Healy 0-1, S O'Brien 0-1.	Referee: C Murphy (Ballincollig)

Avondhu v Sarsfields

28 April 1946 First round	Avondhu	1-09 - 3-03	Sarsfields	Buttevant Sporstfield, Buttevant
	J Lyons 1-4, M Twohill 0-1, T Higgins 0-1, W Griffin 0-1, R Walsh 0-1.		M Dwyer 3-0, P O'Leary 0-2, T Hayes 0-1.	Referee: D Maher (Blackrock)

Nemo Rangers v St. Finbarr's

12 May 1946 First round	Nemo Rangers	1-01 - 4-09	St. Finbarr's	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	B Murphy 1-0.		S Condon 1-4, MJ O'Driscoll 1-0, F O'Donovan 1-0, J Goulding 0-1, T O'Halloran 0-1, T Coughlan 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1, S Kennefick 0-1.

Ballincollig v Carbery

12 May 1946 First round	Ballincollig	1-09 - 3-06	Carbery	Innishannon Sportsfield, Innishannon
	W Murphy 0-7, D O'Sullivan 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1.		D Cullinane 1-1, C O'Neill 1-1, W McGrath 1-1, Conroy 0-1, Nolan 0-1, H O'Neill 0-1.

Avondhu v Sarsfields

4 August 1946 First round replay	Avondhu	1-07 - 1-09	Sarsfields	The Mardyke, Cork
	O'Toole 1-5, W Griffin 0-1, J Ryan 0-1.		M Brennan 1-2, P O'Leary 0-3, A Lotty 0-2, J O'Neill 0-1, M Dwyer 0-1.	Referee: D Maher (Blackrock)

Blackrock v Imokilly

11 August 1946 First round replay	Blackrock	2-05 - 8-04	Imokilly	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	M O'Riordan 1-0, T Horgan 1-0, K O'Riordan 0-3, EJ O'Sullivan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.		P Campbell 3-0, C Murphy 2-1, E Cleary 2-1, P Abernethy 1-0, J O'Sullivan 0-1, WJ Daly 0-1.	Referee: J Buckley (Glen Rovers)

Glen Rovers received a bye in this round.

Second round

Seandún v Sarsfields

18 August 1946 Second round

Seandún

2-02 - 6-08

Sarsfields

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Muskerry v Imokilly

15 September 1946 Second round

Muskerry

1-05 - 4-05

Imokilly

The Mardyke, Cork

St. Finbarr's v Carbery

15 September 1946 Second round

St. Finbarr's

5-10 - 3-09

Carbery

Innishannon Sportsfield, Innishannon

Semi-finals

Glen Rovers v Sarsfields

22 September 1946 Semi-final

Glen Rovers

8-04 - 1-07

Sarsfields

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

St. Finbarr's v Imokilly

29 September 1946 Semi-final

St. Finbarr's

4-04 - 4-03

Imokilly

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Final

St. Finbarr's v Glen Rovers

16 November 1946 Final	St. Finbarr's	2-03 - 2-01	Glen Rovers	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	S Condon 1-1, Gallagher 1-0, Goulding 0-1, Keating 0-1.		J Lynch 1-1, D Twomey 1-0.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

The tricolour was flown at half mast and a two-minute silence was held at all games on 12 May in honour of IRA hunger striker Seán McCaughey who died in Portlaoise Prison the previous day.

References

^ "St Finbarr's GAA Club 1934–1965". Cork Past and Present website. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

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