The 1953 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 18 January 1953. The championship ran from 3 May to 20 September 1953.

The final was played on 20 September 1953 at Mallow Sportsfield, between Newtownshandrum and Glen Rovers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Newtownshandrum won the match by 0–05 to 0–04 to claim their first ever championship title.

Results

First round

3 May 1953 First roundNewtownshandrum5-07 - 3-07RathluircButtevant Athletic Grounds
3 May 1953 First roundCastlemartyr9-05 - 2-02DouglasCork Athletic Grounds
17 May 1953 First roundRedmonds1-03 - 13-08BallymartleBallinhassig Grounds
24 May 1953 First roundGlen Rovers6-11 - 4-05ButtevantMallow Sportsfield
24 May 1953 First roundCarrigalinew/o - scr.Blarney
  • Mallow received a bye in this round.

Second round

5 July 1953 Second roundGlen Rovers6-03 - 6-02CarrigalineManning Park
5 July 1953 Second roundNewtownshandrum3-07 - 3-05BallymartleMallow Sportsfield
2 August 1953 Second roundMallow2-03 - 5-03CastlemartyrFermoy Sportsfield

Semi-final

16 August 1953 Semi-finalNewtownshandrum6-10 - 4-04CastlemartyrCork Athletic Grounds

Final

20 September 1953 FinalNewtownshandrum0-05 - 0-04Glen RoversMallow Sportsfield
B Troy 0-2, J Lyons 0-1, D Geary 0-1, R Troy 0-1.D O'Sullivan 0-2, E Goulding 0-1, D Twomey 0-1.