1956 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

1956 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	8 April – 15 October 1956
Teams	16
Champions	Blackrock (22nd title); Mick Cashman (captain)
Runners-up	Glen Rovers; Donie O'Donovan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	108 (7.2 per match)
Points scored	204 (13.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pat Healy (8-03)
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Dates8 April – 15 October 1956

Teams16

Champions

Blackrock (22nd title)
Mick Cashman (captain)

Runners-up

Glen Rovers
Donie O'Donovan (captain)

The 1956 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 68th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship ended on 14 October 1956.

St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 14 October 1956, Blackrock won the championship following a 2–10 to 2–02 defeat of Glen Rovers in the final. This was their 22nd championship title overall and their first title since 1931.^[1]

Pat Healy was the championship's top scorer with 8-03.

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8 April 1956 First round	Seandún	8-08 - 4-04	Muskerry	Coachford Sportsfield
	C O'Shea 2-0, P Coughlan 1-3, T O'Leary 1-3, T O'Flynn 1-1, T O'Sullivan 1-0, T Donoghue 1-0, F Maxwell 0-1.		P Cremin 3-1, T O'Riordan 1-0, O'Gorman 0-2, S Morrissey 0-1.	Referee: T Ó Tuama (Glen Rovers)

8 April 1956 First round	Carrigdhoun	7-10 - 4-04	Youghal	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	J O'Sullivan 3-0, C Cooney 2-1, D Deasy 1-1, S Kelly 0-2, J Cooney 0-2, N Hartnett 0-1, S Mahony 0-1, C Nyhan 0-1, T Kelly 0-1.		J Coyne 1-1, P Curley 1-0, D O'Sullivan 1-0, J Cotter 0-2, J Dempsey 0-1.	Referee: D Owens (St. Nicholas')

29 April 1956 First round	University College Cork	7-06 - 5-05	Newtownshandrum	Buttevant Sportsfield
	J McCarthy 2-1, L Forrestal 2-1, J Dwane 2-0, S Long 1-0, J Moore 1-0, P Horgan 0-1.		J Lyons 2-0, T Galvin 1-1, B Galvin 1-0, J Browne 0-1.

29 April 1956 First round	Midleton	3-08 - 2-08	Nemo Rangers	Clonmult Memorial Park
	G Power 1-2, D Falvey 1-2, E Moriarty 1-1, D O'Brien 0-2, T O'Sullivan 0-1.		P O'Keeffe 1-3, G Allen 1-1, F Noonan 0-2, M Murphy 0-1, Lynch 0-1.	Referee: P O'Leary (Sarsfields)

13 May 1956 First round	Duhallow	1-03 - 2-10	Carbery	Macroom Sportsfield
	D Sullivan 1-0, D Curtis 0-2, D Nolan 0-1.		N Ahern 1-2, D Mahony 1-2, J Collins 0-2, A Scannell 0-2, J Riordan 0-1, J Fitzgerald 0-1.

1956 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

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Results

First round

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Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

References

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13 May 1956 First round	Avondhu	2-04 - 4-10	Glen Rovers	Bishop Casey Memorial Park
	R Browne 1-0, O'Sullivan 1-0, O'Toole 0-2, M Fahy 0-1, McAuliffe 0-1,		C Ring 2-4, Healy 2-2, J Clifford 1-2, J Hartnett 0-1.

20 May 1956 First round	Carrigtwohill	3-07 - 5-11	St. Finbarr's	Riverstown Sportsfield
	L O'Driscoll 2-1, S Butler 1-1, K Tabb 0-2, G McCarthy 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1.		M Finn 1-8, C Maher 2-1, J O'Sullivan 1-0, J Ring 1-0, M Ryan 0-1.	Referee: T Ó Tuama (Glen Rovers)

24 June 1956 First round	Sarsfields	2-05 - 3-10	Blackrock	The Mardyke
	P Barry 1-2, R Lotty 1-1, W Walsh 0-1, L Dowling 0-1.		S Horgan 3-1, F O'Mahony 0-3, M Murphy 0-2, J Bennett 0-1, J Redmond 0-1, T Furlong 0-1, M Cashman 0-1.	Referee: C Conway (Blarney)

19 June 1956 Second round	Glen Rovers	8-10 - 2-02	University College Cork	The Mardyke
	P Healy 4-1, M Cullinane 2-5, C Ring 1-3, J Hartnett 1-1.		R Troy 1-1, J Forrestal 1-0, T Lineen 0-1.	Referee: M Barrett (Nemo Rangers)

8 July 1956 Second round	Carrigdhoun	2-08 - 5-05	St. Finbarr's	Cork Athletic Grounds
	J Cooney 1-2, J O'Sullivan 1-0, N Hartnett 0-2, S O'Mahony 0-1, J West 0-1.		J O'Sullivan 2-1, T Cronin 2-0, C Healy 1-1, M Finn 0-2, M Ryan 0-1.	Referee: C Conway (Blarney)

26 August 1956 Second round	Blackrock	4-10 - 1-04	Midleton	Riverstown Sportsfield
	M Murphy 1-2, S Horgan 1-1, EJ O'Sullivan 1-1, J Aherne 0-3, F O'Mahony 0-1, M Cashman 0-1, P Philpott 0-1.		D O'Brien 1-1, P Fitzgerald 0-2, E Moriarty 0-1.

2 September 1956 Second round	Carbery	4-09 - 4-05	Seandún	Cork Athletic Grounds
	Lehane 3-0, A Scannell 0-5, D O'Donovan 0-1, J Fitzgerald 0-2, White 0-1,		J O'Riordan 2-0, D Terry 1-0, T O'Leary 1-0, C O'Shea 0-2, B O'Shea 0-1, J Coughlan 0-1.	Referee: O Barry (Sarsfields)

2 September 1956 Semi-final	Glen Rovers	7-06 - 3-03	St. Finbarr's	Cork Athletic Grounds
	J Daly 2-2, C Ring 2-1, P Healy 2-0, J Hartnett 1-0, J Clifford 0-2, D O'Donovan 0-1.		J Ring 1-0, T Cronin 1-0, C Healy 1-0, M Finn 0-3.

30 September 1956 Semi-final	Blackrock	1-12 - 1-05	Carbery	Cork Athletic Grounds
	J Twomey 1-0, T Furlong 0-3, F O'Mahony 0-3, J Dermody 0-2, EJ O'Sullivan 0-1, S Horgan 0-1, J Redmond 0-1.		R White 1-0, C Corcoran 0-2, D O'Mahony 0-1, J O'Riordan 0-1, A Scannell 0-1.	Referee: O Barry (Sarsfields)

15 October 1956 Final	Blackrock	2-10 - 2-02	Glen Rovers	Cork Athletic Grounds
	M Murphy 1-3, S Horgan 1-1, J Bennett 0-1, Clifford 0-1, S Hearne 0-1, F O'Mahony 0-1, M Cashman 0-1, T Furlong 0-1.		C Ring 1-0, D O'Donovan 1-0, V Twomey 0-2.

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Pat Healy	Glen Rovers	8-03	27	4	6.75
2	Christy Ring	Glen Rovers	6-08	26	4	6.50
3	Séamus Horgan	Blackrock	5-04	19	4	4.75
4	Mossie Finn	St. Finbarr's	1-13	16	3	5.33
5	Mick Murphy	Blackrock	2-07	13	4	3.25