1968 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Teams12[1]
Champions East Kerry (1st title)
Weeshie Fogarty (captain)
Runners-up Waterville
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The 1968 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 68th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889.[2]

Mid Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by East Kerry in the semi-finals.[3]

The final was played on 1 November 1968 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between East Kerry and Waterville, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. East Kerry won the match by 6-08 to 1-09 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in three years.[4] [5]

Results

Final

1 November 1968 Final East Kerry 6-08 - 1-09 Waterville Austin Stack Park
T Long 4-0, J Culloty 0-4, M Lyne 1-0, DJ Crowley 1-0, J Saunders 0-3, P Moynihan 0-1. M O'Dwyer 0-5, D Courtney 1-0, M O'Connell 0-1, K Donnelly 0-1, G Cronin 0-1.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Waterville qualify for the final for the first time.

References

  1. ↑ "1968". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "The beginning". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mid Kerry GFC". Club Info website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "E.K.B History County Championship Connection". East Kerry GAA website. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Club Titles - Kerry". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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