Sligo Senior Football Championship 1956

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Sligo Senior Football Championship 1956
Sligo Champions Tourlestrane(1st win)

This is a round-up of the 1956 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Tourlestrane were champions for the first time in this year, as they avenged the previous year's final defeat to rivals Tubbercurry by seven points.

Contents

[edit] Quarter Finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
July 22 Ballymote Tubbercurry beat Ballymote (no score)
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
July 29 Ballymote Tourlestrane beat Mental Hospital (15 pts)
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 5 Markievicz Park Keash 2-8 Curry 0-6

[edit] Semi-Finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 26 Ballymote Tourlestrane 2-8 Craobh Rua 2-5
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 26 Ballymote Tubbercurry 3-7 Keash 0-3

[edit] Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Tourlestrane
4-1 - 0-6
(final score after 60 minutes)
Tubbercurry

Team:
T. Goulden
J. Walshe
P. Kennedy
T. Nealon
D. Scannell
T. Walshe
P. Murtagh
M. Christie
O. Kirrane
W. Haran
E. O'Hara
J. Walshe
P. Quinn
N. Feehily
P. Owens


Substitutes:

Half-time:
3-1 - 0-2

Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
September 2, 1956

Venue:
Corran Park, Ballymote

Referee:


Team:


Substitutes:

[edit] References

  • Sligo Champion (Summer-Autumn 1956)

[edit] External links