1973 Cork Junior Football Championship

1973 Cork Junior Football Championship
Dates	9 September - 28 October 1973
Teams	8
Champions	Naomh Abán (2nd title)
Runners-up	Mitchelstown
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	13 (1.63 per match)
Points scored	120 (15 per match)
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The 1973 Cork Junior Football Championship was the 75th staging of the Cork Junior Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 9 September to 28 October 1973.

The final was played on 28 October 1973 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Naomh Abán and Mitchelstown, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[1] Naomh Abán won the match by 2-15 to 0-05 to claim their first ever championship title.^[2]

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Football Championship	Mitchelstown
Beara	Beara Junior A Football Championship	Adrigole
Carbery	South West Junior A Football Championship	Castlehaven
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Football Championship	Kinsale
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Football Championship	Dromtarriffe
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Football Championship	Glenville
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship	Naomh Abán
Seandún	City Junior A Football Championship	Douglas

Results

Quarter-finals

16 September 1973 Quarter-final

Douglas

1-11 - 1-05

Castlehaven

Charlie Hurley Park

16 September 1973 Quarter-final

Naomh Abán

0-08 - 0-04

Urhan

Wolfe Tone Park

16 September 1973 Quarter-final

Glenville

0-06 - 0-06

Kinsale

Cork Athletic Grounds

30 September 1973 Quarter-final

Mitchelstown

2-06 - 0-07

Dromtarriffe

Castletownroche Grounds

30 September 1973 Quarter-final replay

Glenville

0-07 - 4-04

Kinsale

Ballinlough Grounds

Semi-finals

7 October 1973 Semi-final	Mitchelstown	2-08 - 0-09	Douglas	Castlelyons Grounds
	J Barrett 0-6, B Honohan 1-1, D Russell 1-1.		C Kavanagh 0-5, B Larkin 0-2, M O'Regan 0-1, T O'Leary 0-1.

21 October 1973 Semi-final	Naomh Abán	0-14 - 1-06	Kinsale	Cloughduv Grounds
	J Lynch 0-6, S Mullane 0-5, C Twomey 0-1, D Scannell 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.		C O'Callaghan 1-0, T Fogarty 0-2, J Hurley 0-2, M Burke 0-1, JJ Hurley 0-1.	Referee: L Meade (Ballinascarthy)

Final

28 October 1973 Final	Naomh Abán	2-15 - 0-05	Mitchelstown	Cork Athletic Grounds
	D McCarthy 1-2, D Scannell 0-5, J Lynch 0-4, P Lynch 1-0, M Scannell 0-2, S Mullane 0-2.		J Barrett 0-3, B Honohan 0-1, JJ Lynch 0-1.

References

^ "Junior AFC". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Stair Naomh Abán". Naomh Abán GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[1] "Junior AFC". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[2] "Stair Naomh Abán". Naomh Abán GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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