2005 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2005 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	24 September – 19 November 2005
Teams	7
Sponsor	Evening Echo
Champions	Fr. O'Neill's (1st title); Ger Holland (captain)
Runners-up	Kilworth
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	16 (2.29 per match)
Points scored	143 (20.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paudie Lynch (1-20)
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The 2005 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 108th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 24 September 2005 and 19 November 2005.

On 19 November 2005, Fr. O'Neill's won the championship following a 0-15 to 1-9 defeat of Kilworth in the final.^[1] This was their first championship title in the grade.

Kilworth's Paudie Lynch was the championship's top scorer with 1-20.

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Kilworth
Carbery	South West Junior A Hurling Championship	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Shamrocks
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Frreemount
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Fr. O'Neill's
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Grenagh
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Mayfield

Results

First round

24 September 2005 First round	Fr. O'Neill's	4-14 - 0-10	Freemount	Fitzgerald Park
	J Flavin 1-7, K Wall 1-1, G O'Leary 0-4, P Butler 1-0, R Murphy 1-0, B Murphy 0-1, E Holland 0-1.		P Collins 0-7, K Broderick 0-1, M Enright 0-1, G Whitmore 0-1.

24 September 2005 First round	Shamrocks	0-10 - 1-06	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	Jack Barrett Park
	C O'Sullivan 0-5, S O'Neill 0-3, B Sweeney 0-1, M Prout 0-1.		JP O'Callaghan 0-5, S Crowley 1-0, J O'Donovan 0-1.

30 October 2005 First round	Kilworth	0-12 - 1-09	Grenagh	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	E Pierce 0-7, P Lynch 0-4, J Cahill 0-1.		D Dorgan 0-6, J O'Neill 1-0, R Dorgan 0-1, D Dalton 0-1, T Kenny 0-1.

6 November 2005 First round replay	Kilworth	0-11 - 1-06	Grenagh	Fr. Con Buckley Park
	P Lynch 0-4, J Cahill 0-2, R Tobin 0-2, A Mannix 0-1, E Pierce 0-1, D McNamara 0-1.		S Coleman 1-0, DD Dorgan 0-2, A O'Neill 0-1, C Kenny 0-1, J Russell 0-1, T Kenny 0-1.

Semi-finals

9 October 2005 Semi-final	Fr. O'Neill's	3-17 - 2-06	Shamrocks	Páirc Uí Rinn
	J Flavin 1-5, G O'Leary 1-4, K Wall 1-0, E Holland 0-3, G Holland 0-2, R Murphy 0-1, P Butler 0-1, C Buckley 0-1.		S O'Neill 0-4, D Collins 1-0, C O'Sullivan 1-0, C O'Neill 0-1, J Shanahan 0-1.

13 November 2005 Semi-final	Kilworth	1-12 - 2-06	Mayfield	Páirc Uí Rinn
	P Lynch 1-8, T Twomey 0-2, A Mannix 0-1, J Moakley 0-1.		N O'Driscoll 1-1, E Crowley 1-1, M Barry 0-2, J Donovan 0-1, D Sheehan 0-1.

Final

19 November 2005 Final	Fr. O'Neill's	0-15 - 1-09	Kilworth	Páirc Uí Rinn
	G O'Leary 0-5, C Buckley 0-2, E Conway 0-2, P Butler 0-2, E Holland 0-2, J Flavin 0-1, E McCarthy 0-1.		T Twomey 1-1, P Lynch 0-4, D Cahill 0-1, J Cahill 0-1, E Pierce 0-1, N Gowen 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Paudie Lynch	Kilworth	1-20	23	4	5.75
2	John Flavin	Fr. O'Neill's	2-13	19	3	6.33
3	Ger O'Leary	Fr. O'Neill's	1-13	16	3	5.33

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Paudie Lynch	Kilworth	1-08	11	Mayfield
2	John Flavin	Fr. O'Neill's	1-07	10	Freemount
3	John Flavin	Fr. O'Neill's	1-05	8	Shamrocks
4	Ger O'Leary	Fr. O'Neill's	1-04	7	Shamrocks
	Pádraig Collins	Freemount	0-07	7	Fr. O'Neill's
	Elton Pierce	Kilworth	0-07	7	Grenagh
5	D. D. Dorgan	Grenagh	0-06	6	Kilworth

References

^ "Junior A County Hurling Finals 1971 - Present". Cork GAA finals website. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[1] "Junior A County Hurling Finals 1971 - Present". Cork GAA finals website. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

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