1953 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

1953 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Dates3 May – 20 September 1953
Teams11
Champions Newtownshandrum (1st title)
Runners-up Glen Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored78 (8.67 per match)
Points scored92 (10.22 per match)
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The 1953 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909.[1] The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 18 January 1953. The championship ran from 3 May to 20 September 1953.

The final was played on 20 September 1953 at Mallow Sportsfield, between Newtownshandrum and Glen Rovers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.[2] Newtownshandrum won the match by 0–05 to 0–04 to claim their first ever championship title.[3][4][5][6]

Results

First round

3 May 1953 First round Newtownshandrum 5-07 - 3-07 Rathluirc Buttevant Athletic Grounds
3 May 1953 First round Castlemartyr 9-05 - 2-02 Douglas Cork Athletic Grounds
17 May 1953 First round Redmonds 1-03 - 13-08 Ballymartle Ballinhassig Grounds
24 May 1953 First round Glen Rovers 6-11 - 4-05 Buttevant Mallow Sportsfield
24 May 1953 First round Carrigaline w/o - scr. Blarney
  • Mallow received a bye in this round.

Second round

5 July 1953 Second round Glen Rovers 6-03 - 6-02 Carrigaline Manning Park
5 July 1953 Second round Newtownshandrum 3-07 - 3-05 Ballymartle Mallow Sportsfield
2 August 1953 Second round Mallow 2-03 - 5-03 Castlemartyr Fermoy Sportsfield

Semi-final

16 August 1953 Semi-final Newtownshandrum 6-10 - 4-04 Castlemartyr Cork Athletic Grounds

Final

20 September 1953 Final Newtownshandrum 0-05 - 0-04 Glen Rovers Mallow Sportsfield
B Troy 0-2, J Lyons 0-1, D Geary 0-1, R Troy 0-1. D O'Sullivan 0-2, E Goulding 0-1, D Twomey 0-1.

References

  1. ^ "Club Titles - Cork". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Intermediate 'A' Hurling Roll of Honour". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Roll of honour". Newtownshandrum GAA website. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. ^ "The fruits of a lifelong labour". Irish Examiner. 7 April 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Morrissey loving 'extraordinary' era". Irish Examiner. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Cork GAA Jersey Wars: Carbery Rangers v Newtownshandrum". Echo Live. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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