Galway v Cork Stats...

Galway v Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Championship Qualifier
Semple Stadium, Saturday 19th July, 7.00pm

This will be the 30th championship clash between the counties, stretching back to 1901 when they met for the first time in the All-Ireland semi-final which Cork won by 7-12 to 1-3. Cork lead 25-4 with Galway’s four wins coming in 1975-79-85-2002. They last met in the 2005 All-Ireland final which a Cork team, for whom Ben O’Connor scored 1-7, won by 1-21 to 1-16. Ger Farragher was Galway’s top scorer on 0-8.

Galway’s last win over Cork was in the 2002 All-Ireland qualifiers. Eugene Cloonan scored 0-9 as they ran out easy winners, 0-21 to 1-9 in Semple Stadium.

Last Five Championship Clashes
2005: Cork 1-21 Galway 1-16 (All-Ireland final)
2002: Galway 0-21 Cork 1-9 (All-Ireland qualifier)
1990: Cork 5-15 Galway 2-21 (All-Ireland final)
1986: Cork 4-13 Galway 2-15 (All-Ireland final)
1985: Galway 4-12 Cork 5-5 (All-Ireland semi-final)

How they got here

GALWAY
Galway 6-21 Antrim 1-10
Galway 1-26 Laois 0-9


Galway scorers
J Canning.....................2-15
D Hayes........................1-6
A Kerins........................1-4
A Cullinane...................1-4
K Wade..........................2-0
I Tannian.......................0-5
G Farragher...................0-4
E Cloonan......................0-2
F Healy..........................0-2
C Donnellan..................0-2
A Smith.........................0-2
D Joyce..........................0-1

CORK
Tipperary 1-19 Cork 1-13 Munster semi-final)
Cork 1-17 Dublin 0-15 (All-Ireland qualifier)

Cork scorers
B O’Connor..................1-5
C Naughton..................0-7
J Deane.........................1-1
J O’Connor..................0-4
T Kenny........................0-3
N Ronan........................0-2
N McCarthy................0-1
P Cronin........................0-1
P O’Sullivan..................0-1
Sean Og O hAilpin........0-1
B Corry..........................0-1
E Cadogan.....................0-1
P Horgan.......................0-1
J Gardiner....................0-1