Clare–Cork hurling rivalry

Cork-Clare
Locale County Clare
County Cork
Teams Clare
Cork
First meeting Clare 2-9 - 3-4 Cork
1899 Munster semi-final
(13 May 1900)
Latest meeting Cork 2-23 - 2-18 Clare
2014 Munster semi-final
(28 September 2013)
Next meeting TBA
Statistics
Meetings total 52
Most player appearances Christy Ring (10)
Top scorer Christy Ring (4-41)
All-time series Cork 35-12 Waterford
(5 draws)
Largest victory Cork 6-8 - 0-2 Clare
1922 Munster quarter-final
(22 April 1923)

The CorkClare rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Cork and Clare.

While both teams play provincial hurling in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 33 championship titles between them to date. They will meet in the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final on 8 September, the first time that they have met in the final.

Roots

History

While Cork are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Kilkenny and Tipperary completing the trio, Clare have generally been regarded as one of the minnows of hurling for much of their championship lives. Due to both teams playing in the Munster series, meetings between Cork and Clare have been regular since the beginning of the provincial championship in 1888.

The first great era of the rivalry came between 1927 and 1932, when Cork and Clare played each other on six occasions. While Cork had the bragging rights from the first three games, Clare defeated Cork, who were the reigning All-Ireland champions, in 1930. It was only their third ever defeat of Cork and a first in sixteen years. Cork reasserted their supremacy the following year by defeating Clare and claiming the subsequent All-Ireland crown, however, Clare dumped a depleted Cork team out of the championship in 1932.

The rivalry reached new heights in 1977 and 1978, when the Munster decider on both occasions was contested by Cork and Clare. Clare won the National Hurling League in both 1977 and 1978 and had high hopes of claiming championship honours. The era belonged to Cork, however, as their triumph in both provincial deciders led to the team securing a hat-trick of All-Ireland crowns.

One of the most intense periods in the rivalry occurred between 1993 and 1999. For the first time ever, Clare secured four successive championship victories over Cork (1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998). In 1999 Clare, as Munster champions, faced Cork in one of the defining games of the year. In a changing of the guard, a young Cork team triumphed over a Clare team who had won two All-Ireland titles and three Munster titles in the previous three years.

Statistics

Team All-Ireland Munster National League Total
Cork 30 50 14 94
Clare 4 6 3 13
Combined 34 56 17 107

All time results

Cork win
Clare win
Drawn game
No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Competition
1. 13 May 1900 Clare (1) 2-9 - 3-4 Cork Tipperary MSHC semi-final
2. 26 April 1903 Cork (1) 3-10 - 2-6 Clare Markets Field MSHC final
3. 28 June 1903 Cork (2) 6-7 - 3-3 Clare Tipperary MSHC quarter-final
4. 20 September 1914 Clare (2) 3-2 - 3-1 Cork Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final
5. 26 September 1915 Cork (3) 8-2 - 2-1 Clare Markets Field MSHC final
6. 22 April 1923 Cork (4) 6-8 - 0-2 Clare Markets Field MSHC quarter-final
7. 7 August 1927 Cork (5) 5-3 - 3-4 Clare Markets Field MSHC final
8. 15 July 1928 Cork 2-2 - 2-2 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final
9. 29 July 1928 Cork (6) 6-4 - 2-2 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final replay
10. 6 July 1930 Clare (3) 6-6 - 5-6 Cork Ennis Road MSHC semi-final
11. 28 June 1931 Cork (7) 3-4 - 1-6 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
12. 31 July 1932 Clare (4) 5-2 - 4-1 Cork Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final
13. 14 July 1935 Cork (8) 8-3 - 2-4 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
14. 5 July 1936 Clare 4-4 - 3-7 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
15. 12 July 1936 Clare (5) 9-1 - 2-3 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final replay
16. 7 July 1940 Cork (9) 7-6 - 3-5 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
17. 9 June 1946 Cork (10) 2-9 - 2-1 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
18. 15 June 1947 Cork (11) 4-9 - 0-4 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
19. 1 July 1951 Cork (12) 5-7 - 3-5 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
20. 28 June 1953 Cork (13) 2-11 - 4-2 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
21. 5 June 1955 Clare (6) 3-8 - 2-10 Cork Thurles Sportsfield MSHC semi-final
22. 12 May 1957 Cork (14) 4-10 - 2-6 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
23. 18 May 1958 Cork (15) 5-9 - 3-9 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
24. 21 June 1959 Cork (16) 4-15 - 1-3 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC semi-final
25. 12 June 1960 Cork (17) 2-12 - 1-11 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC semi-final
26. 26 May 1963 Cork (18) 4-15 - 2-11 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
27. 19 June 1966 Cork 3-8 - 3-8 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
28. 3 July 1966 Cork (19) 5-11 - 1-7 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final replay
29. 11 May 1969 Cork 2-11 - 4-5 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
30. 15 June 1969 Cork (20) 3-8 - 1-4 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final replay
31. 30 July 1972 Cork (21) 6-18 - 2-8 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
32. 29 June 1975 Cork (22) 3-14 - 1-9 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
33. 10 July 1977 Cork (23) 4-15 - 4-10 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
34. 30 July 1978 Cork (24) 0-13 - 0-11 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
35. 14 June 1981 Clare (7) 2-15 2-13 Cork Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
36. 20 June 1982 Cork (25) 3-19 - 2-6 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
37. 20 July 1986 Cork (26) 2-18 - 3-12 Clare Fitzgerald Stadium MSHC final
38. 19 June 1988 Cork (27) 3-22 - 2-9 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
39. 13 June 1993 Clare (8) 2-7 - 0-10 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
40. 4 June 1995 Clare (9) 2-13 - 3-9 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
41. 8 June 1997 Clare (10) 1-19 - 0-18 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
42. 21 June 1998 Clare (11) 0-21 - 0-13 Cork Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
43. 4 July 1999 Cork (28) 1-15 - 0-14 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
44. 9 June 2003 Cork (29) 1-18 - 0-10 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
45. 14 August 2005 Cork (30) 0-16 - 0-15 Clare Croke Park AISHC semi-final
46. 28 May 2006 Cork (32) 0-20 - 0-14 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
47. 27 May 2007 Cork (32) 1-18 - 1-11 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC quarter-final
48. 27 July 2008 Cork (33) 2-19 - 2-17 Clare Semple Stadium AISHC quarter-final
49. 23 June 2013 Cork (34) 0-23 - 0-15 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
50. 8 September 2013 Cork 3-16 - 0-25 Clare Croke Park AISHC Final
51. 28 September 2013 Clare (12) 5-16 - 3-16 Cork Croke Park AISHC Final
52. 15 June 2014 Cork (35) 2-23 - 2-18 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final

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