1969 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
{{Short description|Annual hurling competition season}}
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{{Infobox hurling championship
| name = 1969 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
| image =
| imagesize =
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| dates = 13 April - 21 September 1969
| teams = 15
| sponsor =
| champions = File:Flag of Furnes, Belgium.svg Glen Rovers
| count = 22
| champions captain = Denis O'Riordan
| champions manager =
| runners-up = File:Colours of Down.svg University College Cork
| runners-up captain = Paddy Crowley
| runners-up manager =
| promoted =
| relegated =
| matches = 14
| goals = 78
| points = 242
| top scorer = File:Flag of Furnes, Belgium.svg Mick Kenneally (6-03)
| previous year = 1968
| previous tournament = 1968 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
| next year = 1970
| next tournament = 1970 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
}}
The 1969 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 81st staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 13 April 1969 and ended on 21 September 1969.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by University College Cork in the quarter-finals.
The final was played on 21 September 1969 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork between Glen Rovers and University College Cork, in what was their first meeting in a final in seven years. Glen Rovers won the match by 4–16 to 1–13 to claim their 22nd championship title overall and their first title since 1967.{{cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~kod/senior_hurling_3.htm|title=Senior Hurling Finals 1970 - Present|publisher=Cork GAA Finals website|access-date=9 August 2016}}
Team changes
=To Championship=
Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Results
=First round=
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| date = 13 April 1969
| round = First round
| team1 = Duhallow
| score = 1-09 - 2-09
| team2 = Avondhu
| report =
| goals1 = B Buckley 1-7, S Stokes 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.
| goals2 = F Sheedy 1-1, D Keating 1-0, R Browne 0-2, L Sheehan 0-2, P Behan 0-1, T McNamara 0-1, D Ahern 0-1, C Morrissey 0-1.
| stadium = Buttevant Sportsfield
| referee =
}}
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| date = 20 April 1969
| round = First round
| team1 = Carbery
| score = 2-02 - 2-07
| team2 = Sarsfields
| report =
| goals1 = J Kirby 1-0, J Crowley 1-0, F Crowley 0-1, T Hayes 0-1.
| goals2 = M Holland 1-2, M Kearney 1-0, JJ Long 0-2, S Riordan 0-1, R O'Rahilly 0-1, M Kearney 0-1.
| stadium = Kinsale Sportsfield
| referee =
}}
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| date = 27 April 1969
| round = First round
| team1 = Blackrock
| score = 5-09 - 3-04
| team2 = Seandún
| report =
| goals1 = D McCarthy 3-0, P Moylan 1-2, N O'Keeffe 0-5, K Cummins 1-1, J O'Leary 0-1.
| goals2 = J O'Sullivan 1-1, J O'Shea 1-0, A Murphy 1-0, T O'Neill 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-1.
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
| referee =
}}
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| date = 27 April 1969
| round = First round
| team1 = Glen Rovers
| score = 4-11 - 2-06
| team2 = Carrigdhoun
| report =
| goals1 = M Kenneally 2-1, S Kennefick 1-2, L McAuliffe 1-1, W Carroll 0-2, T Corbett 0-2, P Harte 0-1, J Young 0-1, J Daly 0-1.
| goals2 = D Coleman 2-0, JK Coleman 0-4, F Coleman 0-1, D Walsh 0-1.
| stadium = UCC Sportsgrounds
| referee =
}}
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| date = 16 May 1969
| round = First round
| team1 = Muskerry
| score = 3-06 - 1-08
| team2 = Imokilly
| report =
| goals1 = C Kelly 2-1, T Ryan 0-5, J Helay 1-0.
| goals2 = T Browne 0-4, J Ahern 1-0, P Hegarty 0-2, T Meaney 0-1, P Fitzgerald 0-1.
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
| referee =
}}
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| date = 25 May 1969
| round = First round
| team1 = Na Piarsaigh
| score = 3-05 - 3-11
| team2 = St. Finbarr's
| report =
| goals1 = L Joyce 1-1, S Twomey 0-4, N Geaney 1-0, P Allen 1-0.
| goals2 = C McCarthy 2-3, C Cullinane 1-0, C Roche 0-3, S Gillen 0-2, M Archer 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1.
|stadium = UCC Sportsgrounds
| referee =
}}
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| date = 22 June 1969
| round = First round
| team1 = University College Cork
| score = 6-11 - 1-08
| team2 = St. Vincent's
| report =
| goals1 = J O'Halloran 3-1, T Buckley 1-3, W Moore 1-1, D Motherway 1-1, N Dunne 0-2, N Morgan 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, D McDonnell 0-1.
| goals2 = D O'Regan 1-0, N Barry 0-3, C O'Shea 0-2, B O'Neill 0-1.
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
| referee =
}}
- Passage received a bye in this round.
=Quarter-finals=
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| date = 6 July 1969
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = Passage
| score = 1-06 - 4-10
| team2 = Muskerry
| report =
| goals1 = B Meade 1-1, J Murphy 0-2, E O'Brien 0-2, T O'Shea 0-1.
| goals2 = T Ryan 1-5, M Ryan 1-2, S Coakley 1-0, C Kelly 1-0, T Mahony 0-1, J Sheedy 0-1.
| stadium = Ballinhassig Sportsfield
| referee =
}}
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| date = 6 July 1969
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = Blackrock
| score = 5-15 - 2-03
| team2 = Sarsfields
| report =
| goals1 = J Bennett 2-2, J Russell 1-2, N O'Keeffe 0-5, P Kavanagh 1-1, P Moylan 0-4, B Cummins 1-0, F Norberg 0-1.
| goals2 = S O'Riordan 1-1, D O'Connell 1-1, JJ Long 0-1.
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
| referee =
}}
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| date = 13 July 1969
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = University College Cork
| score = 4-11 - 4-10
| team2 = St. Finbarr's
| report =
| goals1 = R Cummins 2-2, T Buckley 0-4, J O'Halloran 1-0, N Morgan 1-0, D Clifford 0-2, M Murphy 0-1, N Dunne 0-1, J Barrett 0-1.
| goals2 = C McCarthy 1-4, M Archer 1-2, C Cullinane 1-2, G McCarthy 1-1, S Gillen 0-2.
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
| referee = M Walsh (Mayfield)
}}
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| date = 13 July 1969
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = Glen Rovers
| score = 2-10 - 2-06
| team2 = Avondhu
| report =
| goals1 = P Harte 1-4, J Young 1-2, J Daly 0-1, K Houlihan 0-1, D Coughlan 0-1, S Kennefick 0-1.
| goals2 = R Browne 2-0, F Sheedy 0-3, L Sheehan 0-2, K Casey 0-1.
| stadium = Páirc Mac Gearailt
| referee =
}}
=Semi-finals=
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| date = 24 August 1969
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Glen Rovers
| score = 4-08 - 1-10
| team2 = Blackrock
| report =
| goals1 = M Kenneally 2-1, T O'Brien 1-1, L McAuliffe 1-1, P Harte 0-2, D Coughlan 0-1, B O'Connell 0-1, J Young 0-1.
| goals2 = J Russell 1-3, N O'Keeffe 0-4, B Cummins 0-2, P Moylan 0-1.
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
| referee =
}}
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| date = 24 August 1969
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = University College Cork
| score = 3-11 - 2-07
| team2 = Muskerry
| report =
| goals1 = N Morgan 2-1, R Cummins 1-1, N Dunne 0-4, T Buckley 0-2, J O'Halloran 0-2, J Barrett 0-1.
| goals2 = T Ryan 0-5, J Coakley 1-1, C Sheehan 1-0, M Malone 0-1.
| stadium = Charlie Hurley Park
| referee =
}}
=Final=
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|date = 21 September 1969
|time =
|round = Final
|team1 = Glen Rovers
|score = 4-16 - 1-13
|report =
|team2 = University College Cork
|goals1 = P Harte 1-6, M Kenneally 2-1, J Daly 1-2, W Carroll 0-4, S O'Riordan 0-1, S Kennefick 0-1, T O'Brien 0-1.
|goals2 = M Murphy 1-2, R Cummins 0-3, T Buckley 0-3, J O'Halloran 0-1, D Clifford 0-1, D Motherway 0-1, S Looney 0-1, P Kilkenny 0-1.
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
|attendance = 17,824
|referee =
}}
Championship statistics
=Top scorers=
;Top scorers overall
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
! Player ! County ! Tally ! Total ! Matches ! Average |
|---|
| rowspan=1 align=center|1
|Mick Kenneally |align=center|6-03 |align=center|21 |align=center|4 |align=center|5.25 |
| rowspan=1 align=center|2
|align=center|2-13 |align=center|19 |align=center|4 |align=center|4.75 |
| rowspan=1 align=center|3
|align=center|1-15 |align=center|18 |align=center|3 |align=center|6.00 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|4
|UCC |align=center|4-04 |align=center|16 |align=center|4 |align=center|4.00 |
| Charlie McCarthy
|align=center|3-07 |align=center|16 |align=center|2 |align=center|8.00 |