1888 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

The 1888 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the second staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 21 February 1888. The championship began on 3 March 1888 and ended on 29 April 1888. Due to the increased number of teams taking part, a divisional system was used.

1888 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Dates3 March 1888 - 29 April 1888
Teams35
Champions Tower St. (1st title)
William Gleeson (captain)
Runners-up Ballygarvan
Timothy Stanton (captain)
← 1887 (Previous) (Next) 1889 →

Cork Nationals were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St. Finbarr's 2nd 21.

On 29 April 1888, Tower St. won the championship following a 4-1 to 0-1 defeat of Ballygarvan in the final. This remains the club's only championship title.[1]

Participating teams
Cork city East Cork North-East Cork North Cork South Cork Mid-Cork

Results

Cork city
4 March 1888 First round Cork Nationals w/o -scr. St Mary's Cork Park
4 March 1888 First round St. Finbarr's 2nd 21 1-07 - 0-00 Greenmount Cork Park
18 March 1888 First round St. Finbarr's 1st 21 7-04 - 0-00 St. Peter's and Paul's Cork Park
18 March 1888 First round Douglas 0-00 - 3-08 Tower Street Cork Park
25 March 1888 Semi-final St. Finbarr's 2nd 21 1-00 - 0-03 Cork Nationals Cork Park
25 March 1888 Semi-final Tower Street 2-01 - 0-03 St. Finbarr's 1st 21 Cork Park
8 April 1888 Final Tower Street 2-05 - 0-00 St. Finbarr's 2nd 21 Cork Park

East Cork
4 March 1888 First round Carrigtwohill 3-05 - 0-00 Killeagh and Inch Midleton Enclosure
4 March 1888 First round Queenstown 0-00 - 2-05 Caherlag Midleton Enclosure
11 March 1888 First round Dungourney 0-01 - 0-03 Cloyne Midleton Enclosure
11 March 1888 First round Aghada 1st 21 w/o - scr. Aghada 2nd 21 Midleton Enclosure
18 March 1888 Second round Little Island 2-02 - 3-00 Carrigtwohill Midleton Enclosure
25 March 1888 Semi-final Aghada 3-04 - 1-02 Carrigtwohill Midleton Enclosure
25 March 1888 Semi-final Caherlag 1-01 - 1-03 Cloyne Midleton Enclosure
8 April 1888 Final Aghada 1-05 - 0-00 Cloyne Queenstown Enclosure

North-East Cork
4 March 1888 Semi-final Glenville 0-01 - 1-02 Bartlemy Fermoy Enclosure
April 1888 Final Ballyhooly v Bartlemy Fermoy Enclosure

North Cork
Semi-final Mallow v Buttevant Buttevant Enclosure
Semi-final Ballyhea v Charleville Buttevant Enclosure
Final v Buttevant Enclosure

South Cork
4 March 1888 First round Carrigaline 1-00 - 0-02 Tracton Carrigaline Enclosure
4 March 1888 First round Ballygarvan 5-03 - 0-00 Crosshaven Carrigaline Enclosure
11 March 1888 First round Ballinhassig 0-01 - 0-02 Passage Carrigaline Enclosure
11 March 1888 Second round Ballygarvan 1-01 - 0-00 Carrigaline Carrigaline Enclosure
18 March 1888 Final Ballygarvan 1-02 - 1-00 Passage Carrigaline Enclosure

Mid-Cork
4 March 1888 First round Carrigrohane 0-01 - 2-05 Inniscarra Cloghroe Enclosure
11 March 1888 First round Aghabullogue 0-00 - 0-00 Blarney Cloghroe Enclosure
11 March 1888 First round Aghinagh 0-04 - 1-01 Grenagh Cloghroe Enclosure
25 March 1888 First round replay Aghabullogue 0-02 - 2-01 Blarney Cloghroe Enclosure
25 March 1888 Second round Inniscarra 3-04 - 0-00 Grenagh Cloghroe Enclosure
8 April 1888 Final Inniscarra 0-00 - 0-00 Blarney Cloghroe Enclosure
14 April 1888 Final replay Inniscarra 1-01 - 0-00 Blarney Cloghroe Enclosure

First round
8 April 1888 First round Buttevant 2-02 - 0-00
(declared void)		 Bartlemy Mallow Town Park
14 April 1888 First round refixture Buttevant v Bartlemy Mallow Town Park
15 April 1888 First round Ballygarvan 1-01 - 0-00 Aghada Cork Park
15 April 1888 First round Tower Street 3-05 - 0-00 Inniscarra Cork Park

Semi-finals
22 April 1888 Semi-final Tower Street 0-03 - 0-00 Buttevant The Glen Field
22 April 1888 Semi-final Ballygarvan 0-03 - 0-00 Bartlemy Cork Park

Final
29 April 1888 Final Tower Street 4-01 - 0-01 Ballygarvan Cork Park

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • In the first round of the Cork city division, Cork Nationals received a walkover from St Mary's after the latter were only able to field 14 players.
  • The Aghabullogue-Blarney tie in the Mid-Cork division ended in a scoreless draw, however, Aghabullogue were declared the winners after being adjudged to haven been the better team.

References
  1. "The G.A.A. Co. Cork Hurling Championship Final - Sunday April 29th 1888". Ballygarvan GAA website. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.


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