1999 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

Football match

1999 Munster Senior Hurling Final

Event

1999 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Cork	Clare

1-15	0-14

Date

4 July 1999

Venue

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee

Pat O'Connor (Limerick).

Attendance

54,000

Weather

Sunny

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The 1999 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final (sponsored by Guinness) was a hurling match played on Sunday 4 July 2000 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary,. It was contested by Cork and Clare. Cork captained by Mark Landers claimed the title beating Clare on a scoreline of 1-15 to 0-14.^[1]

Joe Deane got the only goal of the game in the first half when a high ball was kept in play on the right by Seánie McGrath for him to flick low past Clare goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald. Cork had a 1-10 to 0-7 lead at half time.^[2] The match was shown live in Ireland as part of the Sunday Game live on RTÉ Two.

Details

1999-07-04
Final

Cork	1-15 – 0-14	Clare
J. Deane 1-4 (0-4 frees); M. O’Connell 0-5 (0-2 frees, 0-1 seventy); B. O’Connor and S. McGrath 0-2 each; N. Ronan and F. McCormack 0-1 each.	(report)	N. Gilligan 0-3; D. Forde 0-3 (0-2 frees); O. Baker 0-2; R. O’Hara, S. McMahon (free), A. Markham, B. Murphy, C. Lynch and D. Scanlan 0-1 each.

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick).

References

^ "Munster Final Winning Teams". Munster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "The Banner is lowered as restless Rebels rule once more in Munster". Irish Examiner. 5 July 1999. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2009.