2017 Lory Meagher Cup

2017 Lory Meagher Cup

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The 2017 Lory Meagher Cup is the ninth staging of the Lory Meagher Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009. It is the fourth tier of senior inter-county championship hurling.

Cavan returned to senior inter-county hurling in 2017 by entering The Lory Meagher Cup. They had disbanded midway through the 2011 season.

The participating teams are Cavan Fermanagh Lancashire Leitrim Sligo and Warwickshire,

Louth, the 2016 champions, play in the Nicky Rackard Cup having won promotion.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Warwickshire	4	4	0	0	13-80	7-43	55	8
2	Sligo	4	3	0	1	12-57	4-59	22	6
3	Lancashire	4	2	0	2	2-77	6-59	6	4
4	Leitrim	4	2	0	2	5-64	7-55	3	4
5	Fermanagh	4	1	0	3	10-50	15-73	-38	2
6	Cavan	4	0	0	4	2-53	5-92	-49	0

Rounds 1 to 5

Round 1

Sligo v Lancashire

22 April 2017 Round 1	Sligo	4-14 - 0-17	Lancashire	Markiewicz Park, Sligo
	C Kevin Gilmartin 3-1,K Raymond 0-8 (8fs), EKilgannon 1-0; K Banks, C Behan, E McDonagh, P Burke, J McHugh 0-1 each.	Report	R Crowley 0-13 (2fs), Darragh O'Brien, Nathan Unwin, 0-2 each.	Referee: K McGeeney (Roscommon)

Cavan v Warwickshire

22 April 2017 Round 1	Cavan	1-14 - 3-28	Warwickshire	Breffni Park, Cavan
	D Cahill 0-8 (7fs, 1 ’65); L McKenna 1-0; K Conneely, S Keating 0-2 each, R Everett, M Moffett 0-1 each.	Report	L Watson 2-7, S Caulfield 0-6, E Dwyer 1-3, E McCabe 0-4, P Unlacke, K McGee, P Crehan 0-2 each, D Kennedy 0-1, P Hoban (1f).	Referee: S Hynes (Galway)

Fermanagh v Leitrim

22 April 2017 Round 1	Fermanagh	5-13 - 2-21	Leitrim	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
	S Corrigan 3-8 (5f), S Curran 1-3, C McShea 1-0, R Bogue, J Duffy (f) 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Donnell 2-7 (7f), C Cunniffe 0-7 (5f), J Glancy 0-3, C O’Donovan 0-2, L Moreton, K McDermott 0-1 each.

Round 2

Leitrim v Cavan

29 April 2017 Round 2	Leitrim	1-20 - 0-12	Cavan	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick
	P O'Donnell 0-7, Z Moradi 1-3, C Moreton 0-5, G O'Hagan 0-2, D McGovern 0-1, K McDermott 0-1, D Molloy 0-1.		K Conneely 0-4, S Keating 0-3, D Cahill 0-2, R everett 0-2, N Browne 0-1.

Warwickshire v Sligo

29 April 2017 Round 2	Warwickshire	2-20 - 2-9	Sligo	Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham
	S Hennessy 0-8, S Caulfield 1-4, K McGee 1-1, L Watson 0-4, Robins 0-1.		C Behan 2-2, K Raymond 0-4, J McHugh 0-2, E McDonagh 0-1.

Lancashire v Fermanagh

29 April 2017 Round 2	Lancashire	2-22 - 0-15	Fermanagh	Old Bedians, Manchester
	R Crowley 2-14 (0-5fs, 0-1 '65', 0-1 sl), D Cahalane, S Power (1f), D O'Brien 0-2 each, N Unwin, T Duane 0-1 each.	Report	S Corrigan 0-7 (3fs), M Teague 0-2, R Bogue, F McBrien, J Duffy, D McGarry, C Corrigan, S Curran 0-1 each.	Referee: J Larkin (Cork)

Round 3

Leitrim v Lancashire

5 May 2017 Round 3	Leitrim	1-12 - 0-14	Lancashire	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick
	Z Moradi 1-2, C Cunniffe 0-9 (6f, 2'65), L Moreton 0-1.		S Power 0-5 (5f), R Crowley 0-4 (2f), N Unwin 0-2, S Sexton, S Duncan, A Slattery 0-1 each.

Cavan v Sligo

5 May 2017 Round 3	Cavan	0-9 - 1-20	Sligo	Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
	K Conneely 0-3 (2f); N Browne, S Keating (1f) 0-2 each; A Sheridan ('65), F Hughes 0-1 each.		C Behan 0-11fs; J McHugh 1-5; L Reidy, G O'Kelly Lynch, K Gilmartin, T O'Kelly Lynch 0-1 each.

Fermanagh v Warwickshire

5 May 2017 Round 3	Fermanagh	3-9 - 6-16	Warwickshire	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
	S Corrigan 1-6; JP McGarry and J Duffy 1-0 each; F McBrien, C McShea, B McGarry 0-1 each.		L Watson 3-7, P Uniacke 2-0, S Hennessey 0-3, S Caulfield 0-3, K McGee 1-0, I Dwyer 0-2, C McBride 0-1.

Round 4

Lancashire v Cavan

13 May 2017 Round 4	Lancashire	0-24 - 1-18	Cavan	Old Bedians, Manchester
14:00	R Crowley 0-20, A Slattery 0-2, D O'Brien 0-1, D Cahalane 0-1.		C Sheanon 1-6, D Cahill 0-5, C Shearon 0-2, S Harten 0-2, F Hughes 0-2, M Sexton 0-1.

Sligo v Fermanagh

13 May 2017 Round 4	Sligo	5-14 - 2-13	Fermanagh	Markievicz Park, Sligo
15:00	C Behan 2-8, J McHugh 2-1, G O'Kelly-Lynch 1-1, L Reidy 0-1, E McDonagh 0-1, M Davey 0-1, K Gilmartin 0-1.		S Curran 1-3, S Corrigan 0-6, B Jones 1-0, M Teague 0-1, C Corrigan 0-1, R Bogue 0-1, R Porteous 0-1.

Warwickshire v Leitrim

13 May 2017 Round 4	Warwickshire	2-16 - 1-11	Leitrim	Páirc na hÉireann, Solihull
	L Watson 0-7, I Dwyer 1-3, P Uniacke 1-1, S Caulfield 0-3, P Hoban 0-1, C Robbins 0-1.		P O'Donnell 1-5, C Byrne 0-1, J Glancy 0-1, M Quinn 0-1, L Moreton 0-1, C Moreton 0-1, D McGovern 0-1.

Round 5

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Final

The winners of the Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4) are automatically promoted to next year's Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3).

10 June 2017

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Croke Park, Dublin

Nicky Rackard/Lory Meagher Relegation/Promotion

The bottom team in this year's Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3) plays the winner of this year's Lory Meagher Cup (tier 4).

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Play-off

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Scoring statistics

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total
1	Ronan Crowley	Lancashire	2-51	57
2	Liam Watson	Warwickshire	5-25	40
3	Seán Corrigan	Fermanagh	4-27	39
4	Cormac Behan	Sligo	4-22	34
5	Pádraig O'Donnell	Leitirm	3-19	28
6	Joe McHugh	Sligo	3-09	18
7	Clement Cunniffe	Leitirm	0-16	16
8	Diarmuid Cahill	Cavan	0-15	15
9	Shea Curran	Fermanagh	2-07	13
10	Kevin Gilmartin	Sligo	3-03	12
	Keith Raymond	Sligo	0-12	12

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Ronan Crowley	Lancashire	2-14	20	Fermanagh
	Ronan Crowley	Lancashire	0-20	20	Cavan
3	Seán Corrigan	Fermanagh	3-08	17	Leitrim
4	Liam Watson	Warwickshire	3-07	16	Fermanagh
	Cormac Behan	Sligo	2-08	14	Fermanagh
6	Pádraig O'Donnell	Leitrim	2-07	13	Fermanagh
	Liam Watson	Warwickshire	2-07	13	Cavan
	Ronan Crowley	Lancashire	0-13	13	Sligo
9	Cormac Behan	Sligo	0-11	11	Cavan
10	Kevin Gilmartin	Sligo	3-01	10	Lancashire