All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1967

The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Eoghan Rua (Dublin), who defeated Oranmore (Galway) in a replayed final. The drawn match was played at Parnell Park and the replay at Ballinasloe[1][2]

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1967
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners Eoghan Rua (Dublin) (1st title)
Captain Ailish Toner
Manager
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up Oranmore (Galway)
Captain
Manager
Matches played

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Glen Rovers and Deirdre winning the championships of the other two provinces.

The Final

There was controversy that members of the Camogie Association Central Council decided extra time should be played at the end of the drawn final. Oranmore refused to play extra time and were granted a replay after an investigation into whether the respective team captains had been notified of the extra time arrangement in advance. The perception was that Oranmore, who led by four points with five minutes to go, had most to lose from the replay, Eoghan Rua having come back with a goal from Dolores Barber and a point from a 30 from Margaret O'Leary seconds from time.[3][4][5]

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

There was an unsatisfactory ending to an All-Ireland Club camogie championship final at Parnell Park when, after the game ende din a draw, Galway champions Oranmore did not come out to play extra time. The referee Mrs Bernie Byrne (Monaghan) had informed the teams prior to the start of the game that extra time would be played if scores were level at the end of the 50 minutes but when the field was cleared, only Dublin champions Eoghan Ruadh lined out. The Oranmore team had by then left the pitch. The game itself had been fast and spectacular with the girls from the west slightly better strikers than the Leinster champions. Oranmore played with great confidence against the sharp wind in the opening half, and at the interval, seemed almost certain to win when Eoghan Ruadh could only lead 0-2 to 0-1. The Dubliners were heartened by a great goal by Kathleen Lyons immediately after the restart.

The Replay

Eoghan Rua had the replay won at half time, scoring 6-2 in the first half without reply at Duggan Park, Ballinasloe. Oranmore were without three of the team that had drawn the final four months earlier.[6][7][8]

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

Backed by a strong wind, Eoghan Ruadh, playing like champions, were the superior side from the start. Faster to the ball, they lasted the fast pace better, and their excellent co ordination was more than Oranmore could match. In addition their forwards controlled the ball magnificently, despite the strong breeze. Twenty points down at the half time, Oranmore never measured up to their stiff second half task, although they battled courageously to the final whistle.

Provincial stages
Eoghan Ruadh (Dublin)2-5 – 2-2St Paul’s (Kilkenny)
Glen Rovers (Cork)7-4 – 1-1Ahane (Limerick)

Final stages
Eoghan Rua (Dublin)4-4 – 2-4Glen Rovers (Cork)
Oranmore (Galway)4-1 – 2-4Deirdre (Antrim)
Eoghan Rua (Dublin)3-4 – 4-1Oranmore (Galway)
Eoghan Rua (Dublin)7-3 – 4-1Oranmore (Galway)
Eoghan Rua (Dublin):
GK1Anne Carey
FB2Maureen Kearns
RWB3Pat Rafferty
CB4Margaret O'Leary
LWB5Anne Ashton
MF6Maureen Murphy
MF7Ailish Toner (captain)
MF8Kay Lyons
RWF9Phyllis Breslin
CF10Connie Lyons
LWF11Jean Foley
FF12Delores Barber
Oranmore (Galway):
GK1Joan Cosgrove
FB2Rita Linnane
RWB3Rita O'Flaherty
CB4Grace Divilly
LWB5Kay Quinn
MF6Rosemary Divilly
MF7Ann Dillon
MF8Kathleen O'Flaherty
RWF9Sheila Quinn
CF10Mary Mahon
LWF11Kay McGrath
FF12Mary Forde

References
  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, November 6, 1967
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, November 6, 1967
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, November 6, 1967
  6. Report of final replay in Irish Press, April 1, 1968
  7. Report of final in Irish Independent, April 1, 1968
  8. Report of final in Irish Times, April 1, 1968
  9. Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, September 11, 1967; Page: 16
  10. Irish Examiner 1841-current, Tuesday, August 29, 1967; Page: 11
  11. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1967
  12. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1967
  13. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1967
  14. Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1967
  15. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1967
  16. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1967
Preceded by
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1966		 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present		 Succeeded by
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1968
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