1968 Cork Junior Football Championship

1968 Cork Junior Football Championship
Dates	13 October – 17 November 1968
Teams	8
Champions	Canovee (2nd title); John Dunlea (captain)
Runners-up	Adrigole; Bernie O'Neill (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	15 (2.14 per match)
Points scored	100 (14.29 per match)
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Dates13 October – 17 November 1968

Teams8

Champions

Canovee (2nd title)
John Dunlea (captain)

Runners-up

Adrigole
Bernie O'Neill (captain)

The 1968 Cork Junior Football Championship was the 70th staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895.

The final was played on 17 November 1968 at Sam Maguire Park in Dunmanway, between Canovee and Adrigole, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[1] Canovee won the match by 3–06 to 1–11 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 18 years.^[2]^[3]

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13 October 1968 Quarter-final	Canovee	1–13 – 0–08	Carrigaline	Charlie Hurley Park
	L Nash 1–3, N Dunne 0–5, T O'Mahony 0–2, K Murphy 0–2, C Kelly 0–1.		B Wylie 0–6, D Murphy 0–1, R Cullinane 0–1.

13 October 1968 Quarter-final	Midleton	2–06 – 1–08	Bantry Blues	Charlie Hurley Park
	W Glavin 1–4, D Cotter 1–0, T O'Donoghue 0–2.		D Hunt 0–5, D Barron 1–0, V O'Callaghan 0–1, D Dineen 0–1, D Cotter 0–1.

13 October 1968 Quarter-final	Adrigole	2–06 – 1–01	Mayfield	Ballingeary Grounds
				Referee: D O'Mahony (Kilmichael)

27 October 1968 Quarter-final	Kilshannig	4–04 – 0–11	Newmarket	Kanturk Grounds
	D O'Sullivan 2–0, D Reidy 1–0, M Cronin 1–0, C Walsh 0–2, D Cremin 0–1.		M Flanagan 0–4, N Collins 0–3, M O'Halloran 0–2, W Daly 0–1, J Deasy 0–1.

3 November 1968 Semi-final	Canovee	0–08 – 0–07	Midleton	Ballinhassig Grounds
	N Dunne 0–6, TJ Lyons 0–1, T O'Mahony 0–1.		W Glavin 0–5, D Sweeney 0–1.

1968 Cork Junior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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3 November 1968 Semi-final	Adrigole	0–09 – 0–02	Kilshannig	Sam Maguire Park
	M Regan 0–5, EJ O'Sullivan 0–3, PJ O'Sullivan 0–1.		J Horgan 0–1, C Walsh 0–1.

17 November 1968 Final	Canovee	3–06 – 1–11	Adrigole	Sam Maguire Park
	C Lehane 1–2, C Kelly 1–1, TJ Lyons 1–0, L Nash 0–2, L Walsh 0–1.		PJ O'Sullivan 1–1, M O'Regan 0–4, B O'Neill 0–3, BJ O'Sullivan 0–1, EJ O'Sullivan 0–1, JJ O'Sullivan 0–1.	Referee: T Downey (Clonakilty)