1968 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1968
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (2nd win)
CaptainPat Hegarty
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upKilkenny
CaptainJohn Kinsella
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
← 1967
1969 →

The 1968 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players under the age of twenty-one since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964..

Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial stage. Cork won the title after defeating Kilkenny by 2-18 to 3-9 in the final.[1]

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Leinster final

21 July 1968 Final Kilkenny 4-10 – 5-04 Dublin Nowlan Park
15:30 B O'Sullivan 2-1, W Harte 1-3, P Keyes 1-3, T Grant 0-2, P Dowling 0-1. L Hannebury 2-1, N Kinsella 1-1, J Hackett 1-0, P McCarthy 1-0, T Grealish 0-1, H Dalton 0-1. Referee: J Maddock (Wexford)

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Munster first round

7 April 1968 First round Tipperary 4-05 – 3-03 Waterford Leahy Park, Cashel
J Flanagan 1-2, S Hogan 1-1, M Ryan 1-0, D Fay 1-0, T Delaney 0-2. J Geoghegan 2-1, B Scanlon 1-0, N Kelly 0-1, M Hickey 0-1. Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)
7 April 1968 First round Limerick 3-06 – 7-08 Cork Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
15:30 N Hayes 1-0, P Bennis 1-0, É Grimes 1-0, J Foley 0-2, P Doherty 0-2, C Shanahan 0-1, R Ryan 0-1. S Murphy 2-0, P Curley 2-0, M Malone 2-0, B Meade 1-2, J Murphy 0-3, N O'Keeffe 0-2, P Ring 0-1. Referee: M Slattery (Clare)
16 May 1968 First round Galway 2-05 - 4-02 Clare Duggan Park
I Madden 1-0, T Quinn 1-0, P Fahy 0-3, J Connolly 0-2. J McNamara 2-1, M Culligan 1-0, P O'Leary 1-0, S O'Donnell 0-1.

Munster semi-finals

15 May 1968 Semi-final Kerry 3-02 – 8-11 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium
11 July 1968 Semi-final Clare 0-09 – 2-07 Tipperary Cusack Park
N Casey 0-3, D Fitzgerald 0-2, J McNamara 0-2, P Russell 0-1, P Higgins 0-1. N O'Dwyer 0-4, D Fahy 1-0, T Delaney 1-0, J Walsh 0-1, M Ryan 0-1, S Hogan 0-1. Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

Munster final

4 August 1968 Final Tipperary 1-13 – 4-10 Cork Seán Treacy Park
15:30 P Morrissey 1-1, T Delaney 0-4, N Dwyer 0-3, J Walsh 0-2, S Hogan 0-2, D Ryan 0-1. P Hegarty 1-1, P Ring 1-1, H O'Sullivan 1-0, S Murphy 1-0, B Meade 0-3, P Moylan 0-3, J Murphy 0-2. Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

18 August 1968 Semi-final Antrim 4-17 – 2-04 Cork Fr. Healy Park

All-Ireland final

8 September 1968 Final Cork 2-18 – 3-09 Kilkenny Walsh Park
15:30 B Meade 1-12, P Curley 1-2, P Hegarty 0-2, R Lehane 0-1, P Moylan 0-1. W Harte 1-8, P Lalor 1-0, P Keyes 1-0, J Kinsella 0-1. Attendance: 7,000
Referee: S Power (Waterford)

References

  1. ^ "Cork GAA profile". Hogan Stand. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2015.


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