1976 Cork Senior Football Championship

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1976 Cork Senior Football Championship - Wikipedia

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1976 Cork Senior Football Championship

Dates

18 April 1976 – 14 November 1976

Teams

Champions

St. Finbarr's (4th title)
Jimmy Barry-Murphy (captain)
Pat Lougheed (manager)

Runners-up

St Michael's
Andy Creagh (captain)

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

61 (3.05 per match)

Points scored

328 (16.4 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Billy Field (1-30)

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The 1976 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 88th 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 24 January 1976.

Nemo Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St. Finbarr's in the semi-finals.^[1]^[2]

The final was played on 14 November 1976 at the newly-opened Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between St. Finbarr's and St. Michael's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. St. Finbarr's won the match by 1-10 tp 1-07 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in 17 years.^[3]^[4]

Billy Field was the championship's top scorer with 1-30.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Football Championship

Bantry Blues^[5]^[6]

Results

First round

18 April 1976 First round	St Michael's	4-12 - 1-07	Avondhu	Clonmult Memorial Park
	B Field 1-6, E O'Donoghue 2-1, G Delaney 1-1, D McCurtain 0-3, R Cummins 0-1.		N Kirby 1-2, D Lonergan 0-3, M O'Mahony 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1.	Referee: A Twomey (Ballincollig)

18 April 1976 First round	Seandún	2-10 - 1-06	Imokilly	Ballinlough Grounds
	J Atkins 1-2, P Regan 1-2, B Meade 0-2, J Nodwell 0-1, N Walsh 0-1, M O'Regan 0-1, W Driscoll 0-1.		M Magee 0-4, S Farrell 1-0, T Murphy 0-1, B Óg Murphy 0-1.

2 May 1976 First round	Muskerry	1-08 - 3-10	Millstreet	Castle Grounds
	N Dunne 1-5, M Mehigan 0-2, D Curran 0-1.		D O'Connor 1-2, J Kenneally 1-1, T Burke 0-4, D O'Shea 1-0, T Kelleher 0-2, J Coleman 0-1.

2 May 1976 First round	University College Cork	2-13 - 0-10	Na Piarsaigh	Ballinlough Grounds
	C Kearney 1-5, S Murphy 1-3, C Mangan 0-1, J Cregan 0-1, T Foley 0-1, P Liston 0-1, T Sullivan 0-1.		J O'Sullivan 0-3, R McDonnell 0-2, B Whitley 0-2, F Buckley 0-1, G Moynihan 0-1, B Kelleher 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)

Second round

18 April 1976 Second round	Carbery	0-10 - 0-15	Nemo Rangers	Cloughduv Grounds
	T Murphy 0-9, J Gabriel 0-1.		C Murphy 0-4, K Collins 0-3, L Good 0-3, N Morgan 0-2, S Coughlan 0-1, J Barrett 0-1, D Allen 0-1.	Referee: F Halbert (Glenville)

18 April 1976 Second round	St. Finbarr's	4-09 - 3-04	Duhallow	Bishop Casey Memorial Park
	T Goulding 3-0, J Barry-Murphy 1-4, J McCarthy 0-3, E Fitzpatrick 0-1, R Kenny 0-1.		P O'Connor 2-0, B Daly 1-2, P O'Sullivan 0-1, J O'Riordan 0-1.

18 April 1976 Second round	Clonakilty	1-05 - 2-10	Bishopstown	Innishannon Grounds
	D McCarthy 1-0, K Harrington 0-2, M Leahy 0-1, TF Hayes 0-1, F Regan 0-1.		N Murphy 2-1, J Crowley 0-3, T O'Reilly 0-2, F Groarke 0-2, E McCarthy 0-1, G O'Herlihy 0-1.	Referee: D Collins (Kinsale)

1 May 1976 Second round	St. Nicholas'	3-04 - 2-05	Carrigdhoun	Manning Park
	F O'Sullivan 2-3, L Hedderman 1-0, G O'Sullivan 0-1.		M Burke 1-2, J O'Sullivan 1-1, G Hanley 0-1, C Callaghan 0-1.

2 May 1976 Second round	Beara	3-05 - 2-13	Bantry Blues	Ballingeary Grunds
	S O'Shea 1-0, F McCarthy 1-0, S O'Sullivan 1-0, B Hanley 0-3, T O'Neill 0-1, M O'Sullivan 0-1.		D Hunt 1-4, F Carroll 1-1, D Barron 0-4, K Evans 0-2, V McCarthy 0-1, J O'Riordan 0-1.

16 May 1976 Second round	Dohenys	1-09 - 0-03	Macroom	Charlie Hurley Park
	D Collins 1-5, C O'Rourke 0-2, B O'Rourke 0-1, J Collins 0-1.		J Allen 0-2, L Gould 0-1.	Referee: D Collins (Kinsale)

27 June 1976 Second round	St Michael's	2-17 - 3-05	Millstreet	Coachford Grounds
	D MacCurtain 1-4, B Field 0-7, D Buckley 1-3, R Cummins 0-3.		D O'Shea 2-0, B McSweeney 1-1, T Kelleher 0-2, D O'Connor 0-1, M Gilsenan 0-1.	Referee: J Creal (Kilmichael)

27 June 1976 Second round	Seandún	0-05 - 1-08	University College Cork	The Mardyke
	P Regan 0-2, J McCarthy 0-2, E Forde 0-1.		S Murphy 0-5, T O'Sullivan 1-1, J Mulvihill 0-1, J Crean 0-1.

Quarter-finals

26 June 1976 Quarter-final	St. Finbarr's	2-10 - 3-03	Bishopstown	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	J Barry-Murphy 1-0, G McCarthy 1-0, O McCarthy 0-3, R Kenny 0-1.		G McCarthy 1-1, N Murphy 1-0, T O'Reilly 1-0.

27 June 1976 Quarter-final	Nemo Rangers	3-10 - 0-04	Dohenys	Charlie Hurley Park
	D Allen 1-2, L Good 1-1, N Morgan 1-1, K Collins 0-4, C Murphy 0-2.		C O'Rourke 0-2, D Collins 0-1.

27 June 1976 Quarter-final	St. Nicholas'	1-09 - 1-09	Bantry Blues	Clonakilty Grounds
	T O'Neill 1-2, F O'Sullivan 0-3, J O'Neill 0-3, P Harte 0-1.		D Hunt 1-0, K Evans 0-2, D Barron 0-2, PJ Minihane 0-1, J O'Riordan 0-1, V McCarthy 0-1, T Delaney 0-1, D Cotter 0-1.

4 July 1976 Quarter-final replay	St. Nicholas'	1-06 - 0-10	Bantry Blues	Clonakilty Grounds
	J O'Sullivan 1-0, F O'Sullivan 0-2, JJ O'Neill 0-2, T O'Neill 0-1, P Harte 0-1.		D Barron 0-5, K Evans 0-3, D Hunt 0-1, J O'Riordan 0-1.

18 July 1976 Quarter-final	St Michael's	2-13 - 3-01	University College Cork	Ballinlough Grounds
	B Field 0-8, E O'Donoghue 1-1, D Buckley 1-1, P Kavanagh 0-2, R Cummins 0-1.		P Liston 2-0, F Hanley 1-0, J Crean 0-1.

Semi-finals

12 September 1976 Semi-final	St Michael's	4-08 - 0-07	Bantry Blues	Sam Maguire Park
	B Field 0-5, P Kavanagh 1-1, D Buckley 1-0, E O'Donoghue 1-0, K Warner 1-0, D McCurtain 0-1.		F Carroll 0-4, D Hunt 0-1, T Delaney 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1.

8 August 1976 Semi-final	St. Finbarr's	0-10 - 0-08	Nemo Rangers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	J McCarthy 0-4, J Barry-Murphy 0-3, C Myers 0-2, F Twomey 0-1.		K Collins 0-4, L Good 0-2, C Murphy 0-1, J Barrett 0-1.	Referee: F Halbert (Glenville)

Final

14 November 1976 Final	St. Finbarr's	1-10 - 1-07	St Michael's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	J Barry-Murphy 1-1, G McCarthy 0-3, R Kenny 0-2, F Twomey 0-1, J O'Callaghan 0-1, O McCarthy 0-1, É Fitzpatrick 0-1.		B Field 0-4, D McCurtain 1-0, D Buckley 0-2, É O'Donoghue 0-1.	Attendance: 11,062 Referee: J Dennigan (Fermoy)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Billy Field	St. Michael's	1-30	33	5	6.60
2	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's	3-08	17	4	4.25
3	Éamonn O'Donoghue	St. Michael's	4-03	15	5	3.00
3	Danny Buckley	St. Michael's	3-06	15	5	3.00
5	Frank O'Sullivan	St. Nicholas'	2-08	14	3	4.66
5	Dermot MacCurtain	St. Michael's	2-08	14	5	2.80
7	Gerry McCarthy	St. Finbarr's	1-10	13	4	3.25
8	Donal Hunt	Bantry Blues	2-06	12	4	3.00
9	Seán Murphy	UCC	1-08	11	2	5.50
9	Kieran Collins	Nemo Rangers	0-11	11	3	3.66

In a single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Tony Goulding	St. Finbarr's	3-00	9	Duhallow
	Frank O'Sullivan	St. Nicholas'	2-03	9	Carrigdhoun
	Billy Field	St. Michael's	1-06	9	Avondhu
	Tony Murphy	Carbery	0-09	9	Nemo Rangers
5	Noel Dunne	Muskerry	1-05	8	Millstreet
	Christy Kearney	UCC	1-05	8	Na Piarsaigh
	Denis Collins	Dohenys	1-05	8	Macroom
	Billy Field	St. Michael's	0-08	8	UCC
9	Éamonn O'Donoghue	St. Michael's	2-01	7	Avondhu
	Noel Murphy	Bishopstown	2-01	7	Clonakilty
	Dermot MacCurtain	St. Michael's	1-04	7	Millstreet
	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's	1-04	7	Duhallow
	Donal Hunt	Bantry Blues	1-04	7	Beara
	Dermot MacCurtain	St. Michael's	0-07	7	Millstreet