1954 Cork Senior Football Championship

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.

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)
← 1953 (Previous) (Next) 1955 →

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. This was their third championship title and their first title since 1941.

Results

First round

Carrigdhoun v St. Vincent's

21 March 1954 First round

Carrigdhoun

1-01 - 3-09

St. Vincent's

Carrigaline Grounds

Garda v Glanmire

21 March 1954 First round

Garda

3-01 - 2-04

Glanmire

Riverstown Sportsfield

Avondhu v St. Finbarr's

21 March 1954 First round

Avondhu

1-02 - 5-05

St. Finbarr's

Páirc Mac Gearailt

Muskerry v Clonakilty

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.

Duhallow v Collins

4 April 1954 First round

Duhallow

0-02 - 3-07

Collins

Kanturk Grounds

Millstreet v University College Cork

4 April 1954 First round

Millstreet

1-04 - 2-08

University College Cork

Coachford Sportsfield

Carbery v Macroom

4 April 1954 First round

Carbery

0-05 - 1-07

Macroom

Sam Maguire Park

Beara v Bandon

11 April 1954 First round

Beara

0-11 - 1-03

Bandon

Wolfe Tone Park

Seandún v Imokilly

2 May 1954 First round

Seandún

3-03 - 1-03

Imokilly

Carrignafoy Grounds

St. Nicholas' v Lees

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.

Canovee v Castlemagner

2 May 1954 First round

Canovee

1-10 - 0-01

Castlemagner

Millstreet Grounds

Garda v Glanmire

30 May 1954 First round replay

Garda

1-08 - 1-01

Glanmire

Cork Athletic Grounds

• Fermoy received a bye in this round.

Second round

Macroom v Seandún

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.

St. Nicholas' v University College Cork

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.

St. Vincent's v Canovee

6 June 1954 Second round

St. Vincent's

3-05 - 1-04

Canovee

Coachford Sportsfield

Garda v Beara

13 June 1954 Second round

Garda

2-07 - 2-05

Beara

Rossa Park

St. Finbarr's v Collins

19 June 1954 Second round

St. Finbarr's

3-06 - 1-08

Collins

The Mardyke

Fermoy v Clonakilty

27 June 1954 Second round

Fermoy

1-02 - 1-13

Clonakilty

Cork Athletic Grounds

Quarter-finals

Macroom v St. Finbarr's

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

Clonakilty v Garda

8 August 1954 Quarter-final

Clonakilty

0-06 - 0-04 (declared void)

Garda

Macroom v St. Finbarr's

22 August 1954 Quarter-final replay

Macroom

1-09 - 2-04

St. Finbarr's

Coachford Sportsfield

Clonakilty v Garda

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.

• St. Nicholas' and St. Vincent's received byes in this round.

Semi-finals

St. Nicholas' v St. Vincent's

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.

Clonakilty v Macroom

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.

Final

St. Nicholas' v Clonakilty

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)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• St. Nicholas' win the title for the first time since 1941
• St. Nicholas' sister club Glen Rovers also won the Cork Hurling Championship to complete the double for the third time.
• Christy Ring wins a football title to add to his then eight hurling titles.