1966 Cork Junior Hurling Championship

1966 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
Dates	9 October – 4 December 1966
Teams	7
Champions	Carrigtwohill (5th title); Dave O'Keeffe (captain)
Runners-up	Valley Rovers; P. J. Murphy (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	36 (6 per match)
Points scored	81 (13.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tony McCarthy (4-04)
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Dates9 October – 4 December 1966

Teams7

Champions

Carrigtwohill (5th title)
Dave O'Keeffe (captain)

Runners-up

Valley Rovers
P. J. Murphy (captain)

The 1966 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895.^[1] The championship ran from 9 October to 4 December 1966.

The final was played on 4 December 1966 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Carrigtwohill and Valley Rovers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[2] Carrigtwohill won the match by 7-06 to 3-03 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first championship title in 16 years.^[3]

Tony McCarthy was the championship's top scorer with 4-04.

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9 October 1966 Quarter-final	Courcey Rovers	4-08 - 1-07	Grenagh	Cork Athletic Grounds
	L Keogh 2-0, L Hurley 0-4, J Ryan 1-0, V O'Donovan 1-0, A Crowley 0-2, P O'Donovan 0-1, C Corcoran 0-1.		J Flynn 1-0, P Walsh 0-2, P Duggan 0-2, J McDonald 0-2, B Murphy 0-1.

16 October 1966 Quarter-final	Kanturk	2-07 - 2-05	Kilworth	Bishop Casey Memorial Park
	P Smith 2-0, S O'Connell 0-4, J O'Mahony 0-1, S O'Shea 0-1, D Kenneally 0-1.		K Casey 1-0, P Farren 1-0, D O'Riordan 0-3, J Keating 0-1.

23 October 1966 Quarter-final	Valley Rovers	3-06 - 3-04	Douglas	Carrigaline Grounds
	T McCarthy 1-2, T Fitzgerald 1-2, C McCarthy 1-1, Denis McCarthy 0-1, David McCarthy 0-1, G Sweetnam 0-1.		D Downey 3-0, B Larkin 0-4.

6 November 1966 Semi-final	Carrigtwohill	3-10 - 1-11	Courcey Rovers	Ballinhassig Grounds
	P Roche 2-0, P O'Brien 1-1, T Brown 0-3, P Duggan 0-3, A Kelly 0-2, S Barry 0-1.		M Keogh 1-0, A Crowley 0-3, L Hurley 0-3, A Hannon 0-2, C Corcoran 0-2, J O'Regan 0-1.

6 November 1966 Semi-final	Valley Rovers	4-06 - 3-08	Kanturk	Cork Athletic Grounds
	D McCarthy 1-4, F Maher 2-0, T McCarthy 1-2.		P Smith 2-1, T Burke 1-1, J Mahony 0-2, S Connell 0-2, C Loughlin 0-1, M Loughlin 0-1.

1966 Cork Junior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

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4 December 1966 Final	Carrigtwohill	7-06 - 3-03	Valley Rovers	Cork Athletic Grounds
	P O'Brien 2-0, T Kelly 1-2, T Browne 1-1, S Barry 1-1, T Jeffers 1-0, P Roche 1-0, P Duggan 0-2.		T McCarthy 2-0, T Fitzgerald 1-0, D McCarthy 0-1, A O'Leary 0-1, D O'Brien 0-1.