1946 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

The 1946 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 58th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 7 April 1946 and ended on 16 November 1946.

1946 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	7 April 1946 – 16 November 1946
Teams	13
Champions	St. Finbarr's (13th title) P. Coughlan (captain)
Runners-up	Glen Rovers Christy Ring (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	97 (6.93 per match)
Points scored	156 (11.14 per match)
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Glen Rovers were the defending champions.

On 16 November 1946, St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 2–3 to 2–1 defeat of Glen Rovers in the final. This was their 13th championship title overall and their first title in three championship seasons.

Results

First round

Muskerry v Army

7 April 1946 First round	Muskerry	7-05 - 1-06	Army	Coachford Sportsfield, Coachford
	J Barry-Murphy 3-0, T Barry-Murphy 1-1, J Twomey 1-0, M Desmond 1-0, J O'Grady 1-0, D Moynihan 0-1, J Fitzgerald 0-1, T Burns 0-1.		T O'Neill 1-0, H Gouldsboro 0-3, Fitzsimons 0-1, E Young 0-1, P Hayes 0-1.	Referee: P Taylor

Blackrock v Imokilly

21 April 1946 First round	Blackrock	4-09 - 6-03	Imokilly	Riverstown Sportsfield, Sallybrook
	M O'Riordan 2-3, EJ O'Sullivan 1-3, P Madden 1-0, D Murphy 0-2, Horgan 0-1.		P Abernethy 2-3, WJ Daly 1-0, P Campbell 1-0, E Cleary 1-0, J O'Sullivan 1-0.	Referee: F Casey (Glen Rovers)

Carrigdhoun v Glen Rovers

28 April 1946 First round	Carrigdhoun	5-03 - 7-07	Glen Rovers	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	R Andrews 2-0, D Dunne 2-0, M Drinan 1-0, W Twomey 0-1, T O'Callghan 0-1, R O'Regan 0-1.		C Ring 3-1, C O'Flaherty 2-0, D Twomey 1-2, J Lynch 1-0, J Young 0-1, D Healy 0-1, S O'Brien 0-1.	Referee: C Murphy (Ballincollig)

Avondhu v Sarsfields

28 April 1946 First round	Avondhu	1-09 - 3-03	Sarsfields	Buttevant Sporstfield, Buttevant
	J Lyons 1-4, M Twohill 0-1, T Higgins 0-1, W Griffin 0-1, R Walsh 0-1.		M Dwyer 3-0, P O'Leary 0-2, T Hayes 0-1.	Referee: D Maher (Blackrock)

Nemo Rangers v St. Finbarr's

12 May 1946 First round	Nemo Rangers	1-01 - 4-09	St. Finbarr's	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	B Murphy 1-0.		S Condon 1-4, MJ O'Driscoll 1-0, F O'Donovan 1-0, J Goulding 0-1, T O'Halloran 0-1, T Coughlan 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1, S Kennefick 0-1.

Ballincollig v Carbery

12 May 1946 First round	Ballincollig	1-09 - 3-06	Carbery	Innishannon Sportsfield, Innishannon
	W Murphy 0-7, D O'Sullivan 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1.		D Cullinane 1-1, C O'Neill 1-1, W McGrath 1-1, Conroy 0-1, Nolan 0-1, H O'Neill 0-1.

Avondhu v Sarsfields

4 August 1946 First round replay	Avondhu	1-07 - 1-09	Sarsfields	The Mardyke, Cork
	O'Toole 1-5, W Griffin 0-1, J Ryan 0-1.		M Brennan 1-2, P O'Leary 0-3, A Lotty 0-2, J O'Neill 0-1, M Dwyer 0-1.	Referee: D Maher (Blackrock)

Blackrock v Imokilly

11 August 1946 First round replay	Blackrock	2-05 - 8-04	Imokilly	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	M O'Riordan 1-0, T Horgan 1-0, K O'Riordan 0-3, EJ O'Sullivan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.		P Campbell 3-0, C Murphy 2-1, E Cleary 2-1, P Abernethy 1-0, J O'Sullivan 0-1, WJ Daly 0-1.	Referee: J Buckley (Glen Rovers)

• Glen Rovers received a bye in this round.

Second round

Seandún v Sarsfields

18 August 1946 Second round

Seandún

2-02 - 6-08

Sarsfields

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Muskerry v Imokilly

15 September 1946 Second round

Muskerry

1-05 - 4-05

Imokilly

The Mardyke, Cork

St. Finbarr's v Carbery

15 September 1946 Second round

St. Finbarr's

5-10 - 3-09

Carbery

Innishannon Sportsfield, Innishannon

Semi-finals

Glen Rovers v Sarsfields

22 September 1946 Semi-final

Glen Rovers

8-04 - 1-07

Sarsfields

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

St. Finbarr's v Imokilly

29 September 1946 Semi-final

St. Finbarr's

4-04 - 4-03

Imokilly

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Final

St. Finbarr's v Glen Rovers

16 November 1946 Final	St. Finbarr's	2-03 - 2-01	Glen Rovers	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	S Condon 1-1, Gallagher 1-0, Goulding 0-1, Keating 0-1.		J Lynch 1-1, D Twomey 1-0.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• The tricolour was flown at half mast and a two-minute silence was held at all games on 12 May in honour of IRA hunger striker Seán McCaughey who died in Portlaoise Prison the previous day.