The 1967 Cork Junior Football Championship was the 69th staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 15 October 1967 but was not completed until 10 March 1967 due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

The final was played on 10 March 1968 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Newcestown and Midleton, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Newcestown won the match by 2–12 to 1–02 to claim their first ever championship title.

Qualification

DivisionChampionshipChampions
AvondhuNorth Cork Junior A Football ChampionshipKilshannig
BearaBeara Junior A Football ChampionshipCastletownbere
CarberySouth West Junior A Football ChampionshipNewcestown
CarrigdhounSouth East Junior A Football ChampionshipCarrigaline
DuhallowDuhallow Junior A Football ChampionshipCullen
ImokillyEast Cork Junior A Football ChampionshipMidleton
MuskerryMid Cork Junior A Football ChampionshipKilmurry Naomh Abán
SeandúnCity Junior A Football ChampionshipNemo Rangers

Results

Quarter-finals

15 October 1967 Quarter-finalNewcestown1–09 – 1–05CarrigalineMillstreet Town Park
F Collins 0–4, J O'Callaghan 1–0, J McCarthy 0–2, M O'Callaghan 0–2, D Kehilly 0–1.J Foster 1–2, B Wiley 0–2, J Murphy 0–1.
5 November 1967 Quarter-finalKilmurry1–04 – 0–04CullenMillstreet Town Park
5 November 1967 Quarter-finalCastletownbere0–09 – 0–07Nemo RangersRossa Park
5 November 1967 Quarter-finalMidleton0–09 – 1–04KilshannigPáirc Mac Gearailt
W Glavin 0–4, C Moroney 0–2, P Fitzgerald 0–1, W O'Regan 0–1, A O'Donoghue 0–1.M Cronin 1–0, J Horgan 0–3, J O'Flynn 0–1.

Semi-finals

19 November 1967 Semi-finalMidleton3–06 – 3–06CastletownbereSam Maguire Park
P O'Sullivan 2–1, M Sexton 1–1, W O'Regan 0–2, D O'Donoghue 0–2.J O'Sullivan 1–1, S O'Sullivan 1–0, D Harrington 1–0, M O'Driscoll 0–2, M O'Sullivan 0–2, B Hanley 0–1.
26 November 1965 Semi-finalNewcestown3–07 – 1–04Naomh AbánCastle Grounds
F Collins 1–2, P Crowley 1–1, S Ryan 1–0, K Kehilly 0–2, N Kehilly 0–1, K Callanan 0–1.J Lucey 0–4, C Lucey 1–0.
26 November 1967 Semi-final replayMidleton1–04 – 1–03 (abandoned)CastletownbereSam Maguire Park
M Sexton 1–0, P O'Sullivan 0–1, W Glavin 0–1, D O'Donoghue 0–1, C O'Sullivan 0–1.PE O'Sullivan 1–1, M O'Driscoll 0–1, B Hanley 0–1.

Final

10 March 1968 FinalNewcestown2–12 – 1–02MidletonCork Athletic Grounds
M O'Callaghan 1–8, F Collins 1–1, J McCarthy 0–1, N Kehilly 0–1, K Kehilly 0–1.M Lovett 1–0, L Glavin 0–2.Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • The semi-final replay between Midleton and Castletownbere was called off by the referee nine minutes into the second half when a player who had been sent off returned to the field of play and refused to leave. The match was later awarded to Midleton.