1954 Cork Senior Football Championship

1954 Cork Senior Football Championship
Dates	21 March - 3 October 1954
Teams	23
Champions	St. Nicholas' (3rd title); John Lyons (captain)
Runners-up	Clonakilty; Humphrey O'Neill (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	65 (2.71 per match)
Points scored	269 (11.21 per match)
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Dates21 March - 3 October 1954

Teams23

Champions

St. Nicholas' (3rd title)
John Lyons (captain)

Runners-up

Clonakilty
Humphrey O'Neill (captain)

The 1954 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 66th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round of the championship took place on 24 January 1954. The championship ran from 21 March to 3 October 1954.

Collins entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 3 October 1954, St. Nicholas' won the championship following a 2-11 to 0-03 defeat of Clonakilty in the final.^[1] This was their third championship title and their first title since 1941.

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21 March 1954 First round	Muskerry	0-02 - 2-04	Clonakilty	Bandon Grounds
	S O'Sullivan 0-1, Byrne 0-1.		J Adams 1-1, S Collins 1-0, K McCarthy 0-1, J Lyons 0-1, M Ryan 0-1.

2 May 1954 First round	St. Nicholas'	2-07 - 0-07	Lees	The Mardyke
	J Clifford 1-2, V Dorgan 1-1, J Lynam 0-2, D Creedon 0-1.		P O'Shea 0-4, N Duggan 0-1, P O'Donovan 0-1, M Shine 0-1.

16 May 1954 Second round	Macroom	2-06 - 0-04	Seandún	Coachford Sportsfield
	J Creedon 1-1, E Downey 1-1, M Goold 0-1, J Galvin 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.		T Furlong 0-2, B Murphy 0-1, K Kelly 0-1.

16 May 1954 Second round	St. Nicholas'	2-06 - 0-08	University College Cork	Cork Athletic Grounds
	S Daly 2-2, D Creedon 0-2, V Dorgan 0-1, J Lynam 0-1.		P Sheehy 0-4, J Brosnan 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, S O'Donnell 0-1.

1 August 1954 Quarter-final	Macroom	1-07 - 1-07	St. Finbarr's	Caochford Sportsfield
				Referee: M Barrett

1954 Cork Senior Football Championship

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

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12 September 1954 Quarter-final replay	Clonakilty	1-09 - 0-06	Garda	Castle Grounds
	D Cullinane 1-0, J Adams 0-3, J Lyons 0-2, Moriarty 0-2, B Kingston 0-1, Collins 0-1.		S Keevans 0-3, P Lyons 0-1, Monaghan 0-1.

30 July 1954 Semi-final	St. Nicholas'	2-04 - 1-04	St. Vincent's	The Mardyke
	J Hartnett 1-0, D O'Sullivan 1-0, D Creedon 0-1, D O'Donovan 0-1, V Twomey 0-1, C Ring 0-1.		E Prendergast 1-0, C O'Shea 0-1, J Coughlan 0-1, J O'Callaghan 0-1, B O'Shea 0-1.

19 September 1954 Semi-final	Clonakilty	1-05 - 1-02	Macroom	Cork Athletic Grounds
	J Adams 1-2, T Moriarty 0-3.		J O'Callaghan 1-0, P O'Leary 0-1, M Murphy 0-1.

3 October 1954 Final	St. Nicholas'	2-11 - 0-03	Clonakilty	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	F Daly 2-1, D Creedon 0-6, C Ring 0-3, J Twomey 0-1.		J Adams 0-1, T Moriarty 0-1, B Kingston 0-1.	Attendance: 14,910 Referee: T Cotter (Bantry)