1973 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Gaelic football competition October 2020 October 2020 Sligo Senior Football Championship 1973 Sligo 1973 St. Patrick's, Dromard 4 n/a n/a This is a round-up of the 1973 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Patrick's regained the Owen B. Hunt Cup in this year after defeating Craobh Rua in the final. A new name appeared in the Championship entrants this year - Eastern Harps, an amalgamation of Keash, 1964 finalists and intermittent competitors at Senior level, and Gurteen. First round Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCFirst Round 22 July Ballymote Coolera 0-11 Curry 0-7 Sligo SFCFirst Round 22 July Ballymote Shamrock Gaels 1-8 Eastern Harps 1-7 Sligo SFCFirst Round 22 July Tubbercurry Tourlestrane 1-7 Tubbercurry 2-2 Sligo SFCFirst Round 22 July Tubbercurry Craobh Rua 3-13 Ballymote/Geevagh 0-2 Sligo SFCFirst Round 22 July Markievicz Park Collooney/Ballisodare beat Muire Naofa (no score) Sligo SFCFirst Round 22 July Markievicz Park Mullinabreena 3-12 Easkey 1-5 Sligo SFCFirst Round 22 July Easkey St. Patrick's beat Enniscrone (no score) Sligo SFCFirst Round 29 July Tubbercurry Grange/Calry 2-9 St. Farnan's 1-4 Quarter-finals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter-final 12 August Markievicz Park Shamrock Gaels beat Mullinabreena (no score) Sligo SFCQuarter-final 12 August Markievicz Park Collooney/Ballisodare beat Grange/Calry (no score) Sligo SFCQuarter-final 19 August Tubbercurry Craobh Rua beat Tourlestrane (no score) Sligo SFCQuarter-final 19 August Ballymote St. Patrick's 1-11 Coolera 1-6 Semi-finals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-final 26 August Tubbercurry St. Patrick's 0-10 Shamrock Gaels 0-9 Sligo SFCSemi-final 26 August Tubbercurry Craobh Rua 0-11 Collooney/Ballisodare 1-8 Sligo SFCSemi-final Replay 2 September Tubbercurry Craobh Rua 1-11 Collooney/Ballisodare 1-8 Sligo Senior Football Championship Final St. Patrick's1-10 - 0-8(final score after 60 minutes)Craobh RuaTeam: T. Cummins E. Rushe A. Boland J. Cuffe S. Clarke P.J. Kilcullen L. Boland M. Kearins (0-7) J. Kilgallon (0-2) P. McMunn R. Boland P. Kearins M. James T. Tempany J. Kearins (1-1) Substitutes: M. FarrellHalf-time: Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final) Date:16 September 1973 Venue:Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee:Team: J. Devitt J. McGuigan J. Fitzgerald M. Kearins B. Murphy P. Joyce P. Fitzpatrick G. Soden M. Laffey K. Delaney S. Connelly M. Gorman (0-6) D. Kerins (0-1) F. Brett P. McDermott Substitutes: S. Brosnan (0-1) C. Smith References Sligo Champion (Autumn 1973) Category:Sligo Senior Football Championship Sligo