1973 Cork Intermediate Football Championship

1973 Cork Intermediate Football Championship
Dates15 April – 5 August 1973
Teams14
ChampionsBorder Canovee (1st title)
Runners-upBorder Glanworth
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored32 (2.46 per match)
Points scored219 (16.85 per match)
Top scorerBorder Noel Dunne (0–22)
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The 1973 Cork Intermediate Football Championship was the 38th staging of the Cork Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the first round fixtures took place on 28 January 1973. The championship ran from 15 April to 5 August 1973.

The final was played on 5 August 1973 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Canovee and Glanworth, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Canovee won the match by 2–11 to 0–06 to claim their first ever championship title.

Results

First round

15 April 1973 First round Bishopstown 1-09 - 3-03 Newmarket O'Connell Park
D Murphy 1-1, C O'Sullivan 0-3, J Lynch 0-2, E McCarthy 0-2, J Nellis 0-1. J O'Flynn 2-0, J Collins 1-0, E O'Sullivan 0-2, T Burke 0-1.
15 April 1973 First round Youghal 1-11 - 2-05 St Michael's Páirc Shéamuis de Barra
J Power 1-0, P Barry 0-3, N Gallagher 0-3, M McCarthy 0-2, N Hogan 0-2, T Mullins 0-1. G Delaney 1-2, P Doyle 1-1, P Casey 0-2.
15 April 1973 First round Kilmurry 1-06 - 2-11 Glanworth Cork Athletic Grounds
F Long 1-1, S Murphy 0-3, R O'Sullivan 0-1, N Ronan 0-1. DJ Ryan 1-4, T Linehan 1-3, E O'Neill 0-2, A Fahy 0-2.
22 April 1973 First round Canovee 1-18 - 0-04 Glanmire Páirc Uí Chonchúir
N Dunne 0-6, M Aherne 1-1, C Kelly 0-2, T O'Mahony 0-3, D Mehigan 0-3, P White 0-3. B Óg Murphy 0-4.
6 May 1973 First round replay Bishopstown 2-09 - 0-09 Newmarket O'Connell Park
T Healy 1-3, J Lynch 1-0, C O'Sullivan 0-3, G Nellis 0-1, T Lucey 0-1, D Murphy 0-1. B Daly 0-4, T Burke 0-2, B Eardley 0-1, J O'Flynn 0-1, J Collins 0-1.
13 May 1973 First round Nemo Rangers 1-05 - 0-05 Midleton Páirc Shéamuis de Barra
J Collins 1-0, J Cooke 0-2, M O'Driscoll 0-1. T Canavan 0-3, W Glavin 0-1, J Hurley 0-1.
13 May 1973 First round St Vincent's 2-09 - 2-07 St Finbarr's Church Road
P Regan 1-4, J Regan 1-0, B Heffernan 0-3, P McNamara 0-1, J Healy 0-1. C Buckley 1-2, T Moore 1-0, O McCarthy 0-3, C McCarthy 0-2.

Quarter-finals

13 May 1973 Quarter-final Bantry Blues 4-08 - 1-10 Cobh Charlie Hurley Park
D Barron 2-3, M O'Connell 1-2, D Hunt 1-0, B Williams 0-3. S O'Connor 0-8, M Cronin 1-1, M Sloane 0-1.
17 June 1973 Quarter-final Canovee 0-15 - 0-03 Youghal Páirc Shéamuis de Barra
N Dunne 0-4, L Nash 0-4, M Aherne 0-4, P Whyte 0-1, D Mehigan 0-1, J Dunlea 0-1. L Cooper 0-2, N Gallagher 0-1.
24 June 1973 Quarter-final Glanworth 1-16 - 1-11 St Vincent's Castlelyons Grounds

Semi-finals

8 July 1973 Semi-final Glanworth 3-10 - 1-08 Bantry Blues Cork Athletic Grounds
P McCarthy 2-0, G Quinlan 1-1, J Courtney 0-5, DJ Ryan 0-2, J Cummins 0-1, T Linehan 0-1. J O'Riordan 1-0, D Barron 0-6, M Connolly 0-1, B Williams 0-1.
8 July 1973 Semi-final Bishopstown 0-08 - 1-07 Canovee Páirc Uí Chonchúir
C O'Sullivan 0-6, T Healy 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1. N Dunne 0-6, C Kelly 1-0, L Nash 0-1.

Final

5 August 1973 Final Canovee 2-11 - 0-06 Glanworth Cork Athletic Grounds
N Dunne 0-6, C Kelly 1-0, D O'Brien 1-0, L Nash 0-2, T O'Mahony 0-2, T O'Leary 0-1. T Coakley 0-3, T Linehan 0-1, G Quinlan 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ↑ "Intermediate Football Finals 1970-2005". Cork GAA results website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "End of a long year but Canovee all out to make it memorable". Irish Examiner. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Cinderella clubs have eye on ball". Irish Examiner. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "History". Cloughduv GAA website. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2020.