2007 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
| Dates | 8 August – 7 October 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 9 | ||
| Sponsor | AIB | ||
| Champions | Border Lixnaw (7th title) Pat Dowling (captain) Éamonn Cregan (manager) | ||
| Runners-up | Border Kilmoyley Billy Brick (captain) Anthony Day (manager) | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 8 | ||
| Goals scored | 26 (3.25 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 185 (23.13 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Border Michael Conway (3-15) | ||
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The 2007 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 106th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the preliminary and quarter-final rounds took place on 2 July 2007. The championship ran from 8 August to 7 October 2007.
Ballyduff entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilmoyley in the quarter-finals.[1][2]
The final was played on 7 October 2007 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Lixnaw and Kilmoyley, in what was their first meeting in the final in four years. Lixnaw won the match by 1–12 to 2–06 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in two years.[3][4]
Lixnaw's Michael Conway was the championship's top scorer with 3–15.
Results
[edit | edit source]Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]| 8 August 2007 Preliminary round | St Brendan's | 1-20 - 1-07 | South Kerry | Austin Stack Park |
| J Egan 1-5, A Dineen 0-5, T Hanafin 0-5, T Mooloney 0-2, D Dineen 0-1, S Flaherty 0-1, C Flaherty 0-1. | P Randles 0-5, B D'Arcy 1-0, S Morris 0-1, J Bergin 0-1. |
Quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]| 24 August 2008 Quarter-final | St Brendan's | 1-17 - 4-13 | Ballyheigue | Austin Stack Park |
| J Egan (1-7, 1-0f), T Hannafin (0-7, 6f), D Dineen (0-2), D Wallace (0-1). | Report | B O'Sullivan (4-4, 1-1 ?65?s, 0-3f), J Griffin (0-3), J Crean (0-2), R Kenny (0-2, 1 sideline), N Stack (0-1), M Slattery (0-1). |
| 25 August 2007 Quarter-final | Kilmoyley | 2-12 - 0-07 | Ballyduff | Austin Stack Park |
| S Brick 0-5, B Brick 1-1, J McCarthy 1-0, I Brick 0-1, C Harris 0-1, M Murnane 0-1, T Murnane 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1, S Maunsell 0-1. | B O'Sullivan 0-4, G O'Brien 0-1, T O'Rourke 0-1, G O'Grady 0-1. |
| 28 August 2007 Quarter-final | Lixnaw | 2-17 - 1-11 | Crotta O'Neill's | Austin Stack Park |
| M Conway 2-4, J Flaherty 0-8, K Dowling 0-2, P Lyons 0-2, F Fitzmaurice 0-1. | A Keane 1-5, I McCarthy 0-4, C McElligott 0-1, D Galvin 0-1. |
| 1 September 2007 Quarter-final | Abbeydorney | 3-09 - 2-14 | Causeway | Austin Stack Park |
| K Dineen 1-1, K Hanafin 0-4, I Maunsell 0-4, B Sheehan 1-0, B O'Donovan 1-0. | JM Dooley 1-4, JJ Canty 1-2, C Harty 0-2, S Sheehan 0-2, C Flynn 0-2, C Dineen 0-1, F Carroll 0-1. |
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| 9 September 2007 Semi-final | Kilmoyley | 1-15 - 2-02 | Ballyheigue | Austin Stack Park |
| S Brick 1-7, M Murnane 0-3, C Harris 0-1, T Murnane 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1, B Brick 0-1, S Maunsell 0-1. | B O'Sullivan 2-0, J Casey 0-1, J Griffin 0-1. |
| 9 September 2007 Semi-final | Lixnaw | 1-15 - 2-08 | Causeway | Austin Stack Park |
| M Conway 1-5, J Flaherty 0-6, P Lyons 0-3, S Power 0-1. | JJ Canty 1-1, JM Dooley 0-4, A White 1-0, S Sheehan 0-1, C Harty 0-1, D Dineen 0-1. |
Final
[edit | edit source]| 7 October 2007 Final | Lixnaw | 1-12 - 2-06 | Kilmoyley | Austin Stack Park |
| M Conway 0-6, C Fitzmaurice 1-0, J Griffin 0-1, P Lyons 0-1, P Galvin 0-1, T Galvin 0-1, J Flaherty 0-1, E Galvin 0-1. | S Brick 0-5, J McCarthy 1-0, J Murnane 1-0, B Brick 0-1. |
Championship statistics
[edit | edit source]Top scorers
[edit | edit source]- Overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Conway | Lixnaw | 3-15 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Bobby O'Sullivan | Ballyheigue | 6-04 | 22 | 2 | 11.00 |
| 3 | Shane Brick | Kilmoyley | 1-17 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 4 | John Egan | St Brendan's | 2-12 | 18 | 2 | 9.00 |
| 5 | James Flaherty | Lixnaw | 0-15 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
- Single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby O'Sullivan | Ballyheigue | 4-04 | 16 | St Brendan's |
| 2 | Michael Conway | Lixnaw | 2-04 | 10 | Crotta O'Neill's |
| John Egan | St Brendan's | 1-07 | 10 | Ballyheigue | |
| Shane Brick | Kilmoyley | 1-07 | 10 | Ballyheigue | |
| 5 | Michael Conway | Lixnaw | 1-05 | 8 | Causeway |
| John Egan | St Brendan's | 1-05 | 8 | South Kerry | |
| Andrew Keane | Crotta O'Neill's | 1-05 | 8 | Lixnaw | |
| James Flaherty | Lixnaw | 0-08 | 8 | Crotta O'Neill's | |
| 9 | John Mike Dooley | Causeway | 1-04 | 7 | Abbeydorney |
| Tim Hannafin | St Brendan's | 0-07 | 7 | Ballyheigue |
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