CORK AND DUBLIN BRIDGE 85-YEAR GAP
Cork and Dublin meet in the GAA hurling senior All-Ireland semi-final for the first time for 85 years when they go head-to-head in Croke Park next Sunday (3.30). It will be preceded by the minor semi-final between Kilkenny and Waterford (1.30).
Cork and Dublin met in All-Ireland qualifiers in 2007 and 2008 and they met four times in All-Ireland finals in the 1940s and 1950s but have not clashed in the semi-final since 1928.
Overall, they have met fourteen times in the championship with the results standing at 11-2 in Cork’s favour while there was one draw. Dublin are seeking their first win over Cork in the championship since the 1927 All-Ireland final.
Leinster champions, Dublin are bidding to reach the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1961 while Cork last appeared in the final in 2006.
Paths to the semi-final
Cork
Cork 0-23 Clare 0-15 (Munster semi-final)
Limerick 0-24 Cork 0-15 (Munster final)
Cork 0-19 Kilkenny 0-14 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Average For: 0-19; Average Against: 0-18
Cork scorers:
Patrick Horgan……….0-23 (0-15 frees)
Seamus Harnedy………0-7
Jamie Coughlan………..0-5 (0-2 frees)
Pa Cronin………………..0-6
Conor Lehane………….0-4
Luke O’Farrell…………0-4
Daniel Kearney…………0-2
Anthony Nash………….0-2 (0-2 frees)
Stephen Moylan………0-1
Cathal Naughton……..0-1
Cian McCarthy…………0-1
William Egan…………..0-1
Dublin
Dublin 1-17 Wexford 1-17 (Leinster quarter-final)
Dublin 1-17 Wexford 0-12 (Leinster quarter-final) Replay
Dublin 0-17 Kilkenny 1-14 (Leinster semi-final)
Dublin 1-16 Kilkenny 0-16 (Leinster semi-final) Replay
Dublin 2-25 Galway 2-13 (Leinster final)
Average For: 1-19; Average Against: 1-14
Dublin scorers
Paul Ryan…………………..3-26 (0-19 frees, 0-1 ’65’)
Joey Boland……………….0-20 (0-15 frees)
Danny Sutcliffe………….1-6
David O’Callaghan……..0-9
Conal Keaney……………..0-6
John McCaffrey…………..0-5
Eamonn Dillon……………1-1
Shane Durkin……………..0-3
Ryan O’Dwyer……………0-3
Conor McCormack……….0-3
Michael Carton……………0-3
David Treacy……………….0-2
Michael Schutte…………0-2
Simon Lambert…………..0-1
Paul Schutte………………0-1
Peter Kelly………………..0-1
Previous Cork-Dublin SH Championship clashes
2008: Cork 1-17 Dublin 0-15 (All-Ireland qualifier)
2007: Cork 3-20 Dublin 0-15 (All-Ireland qualifier)
1952: Cork 2-14 Dublin 0-7 (All-Ireland final)
1944: Cork 2-13 Dublin 1-2 (All-Ireland final)
1942: Cork 2-14 Dublin 3-4 (All-Ireland final)
1941: Cork 5-11 Dublin 0-6 (All-Ireland final)
1928: Cork 5-3 Dublin 0-2 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1927: Dublin 4-8 Cork 1-3 (All-Ireland final)
1920: Dublin 4-9 Cork 4-3 (All-Ireland final)
1919: Cork 6-4 Dublin 2-4 (All-Ireland final)
1902: Cork 2-6 Dublin 0-1 (All-Ireland ‘Home’ final) Replay
1902: Cork 1-7 Dublin 1-7 (All-Ireland ‘Home’ final) Draw
1894: Cork 5-20 Dublin 2-0 (All-Ireland final)
1892: Cork 2-4 Dublin 1-2 (All-Ireland final)
Cork 11, Dublin 2, Draws 1.
Last Five All-Ireland semi-finals
Cork
2012: Galway 0-22 Cork 0-17
2010: Kilkenny 3-22 Cork 0-19
2008: Kilkenny 1-23 Cork 0-17
2006: Cork 1-16 Waterford 1-15
2005: Cork 0-16 Clare 0-15
Dublin
2011: Tipperary 1-19 Dublin 0-18
1948: Dublin 8-13 Antrim 2-6
1944:.Dublin 6-12 Antrim 3-1
1941: Dublin 2-4 Galway 2-2
1928: Cork 5-3 Dublin 0-2
Last Championship Clash…
Cork 1-17 Dublin 0-15 (2008 All-Ireland qualifier, Pairc Ui Chaoimh)
Cork: Donal Og Cusack; Shane O’Neill, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Brian Murphy; Eoin Cadogan, John Gardiner, Kieran McCann; Tom Kenny, Jerry O’Connor; Ben O’Connor, Niall McCarthy, Timmy McCarthy; Cathal Naughton, Neil Ronan, Joe Deane.
Subs: Kevin Hartnett for Cadogan, Pa Cronin for Timmy McCarthy, Ronan Curran for McGann, Patrick Horgan for Ben O’Connor.
Dublin: Gary Maguire; Niall Corcoran, Kevin Ryan, Tomas Brady; Stephen Hiney, Ronan Fallon, Joey Boland; John McCaffrey, Simon Lambert; James Burke, Declan O’Dwyer, Declan Qualter; David O’Callaghan, Kevin Flynn, Ross O’Carroll.
Subs: John Kelly for O’Dwyer, Padraig O’Driscoll for Flynn, Paul Ryan for Burke, Paddy Bergin for Kevin Ryan, Peter Kelly for McCaffrey.
