2005 Tommy Murphy Cup

The 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup was the 2nd staging of the Tommy Murphy Cup, the Gaelic Athletic Association's secondary inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The draw for the preliminary round fixtures took place on 9 July 2005.^[1] The championship began on 16 July 2005 and ended on 4 September 2005.

2005 Tommy Murphy Cup

Dates	16 July 2005 – 4 September 2005
Teams	12
Sponsor	Bank of Ireland
Champions	Tipperary (1st title) Declan Browne (captain) Séamus McCarthy (manager)
Runners-up	Wexford John Hudson (captain) Michael Furlong (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	19 (2.11 per match)
Points scored	211 (23.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mattie Forde (2-14)
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Clare were the defending champions but they did not enter the championship.^[2]

On 4 September 2005, Tipperary won the championship following a 3-10 to 0-15 defeat of Wexford in the final. This was their first Tommy Murphy Cup title.

Wexford's Mattie Forde was the championship's top scorer with 2-14.

Teams

Summaries

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Most recent success
				All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Antrim	Saffron and white	Bushmills Distillery	Michael Culbert		1951
Carlow	Green, red and yellow	Stone Developments	Liam Hayes
Fermanagh	Green and white	Tracey Concrete	Charlie Mulgrew
Kilkenny	Black and amber	Avonmore			1911
Leitrim	Green and yellow	Masonite	Dessie Dolan		1994
London	Blue and green	JCB	Noel Dunning
Longford	Blue and gold	Longford Arms Hotel	Luke Dempsey		1968	1965-66
Roscommon	Yellow and blue	Ballymore Properties	Val Daly	1944	2001
Tipperary	Blue and gold	Enfer	Séamus McCarthy	1920	1935
Waterford	White and blue	Lawlors Hotel	John Kiely		1898
Wexford	Purple and gold	Wexford Creamery	Michael Furlong	1918	1945
Wicklow	Blue and gold	White Young Green	Hugh Kenny

Withdrawals

In July Carlow manager Liam Hayes was forced to pull his side out of the championship due to the unavailability of the majority of his first-choice squad. Hayes made the decision as 12 of his panel were injured and four dual players decided to line out for the Carlow hurlers.^[3]

In August the Antrim County Board took the decision to withdraw from the championship due to a full club hurling fixture list, injuries and players on holidays.^[4]

Preliminary round

Matches

Longford v Wicklow

16 July 2005 Preliminary round	Longford	1-13 - 0-10	Wicklow	Leo Casey Park
	P Barden 1-3, B Kavanagh 0-4, K Mulligan 0-3, J Martin 0-3.		J Daniels 0-4, JP Davis 0-2, T Harney 0-2, L Glynn 0-1, W O’Gorman 0-1.	Referee: S Doyle (Wexford)

London v Kilkenny

16 July 2005 Preliminary round	London	1-15 - 0-9	Kilkenny	Páirc Tailteann
	S McInerney 1-1, JP Boyle 0-4, B Solan 0-3, F Cunningham 0-2, E Brennan 0-2, P McConigley 0-1, P Morgan 0-1, D O’Connor 0-1.		A Holden 0-3, D Herity 0-2, P Maher 0-2, P Donnelly 0-1, P Sheehan 0-1.	Referee: M Sludden (Tyrone)

Tipperary v Leitrim

16 July 2005 Preliminary round	Tipperary	2-9 - 1-11	Leitrim	Semple Stadium
	D O'Brien 1-2; B Mulvihill 1-1; B Hickey 0-3; N Fitzgerald 0-2; C Maher 0-1.	Report	M Foley, B Prior 0-4 each; D Duignan 1-0; S Foley, D Brennan and D Maxwell 0-1 each.	Referee: E Whelan (Laois)

Fermanagh v Carlow

16 July 2005 Preliminary round

Fermanagh

w/o - scr.

Carlow

Quarter-finals

Matches

Wexford v Fermanagh

30 July 2005 Quarter-final	Wexford	2-8 - 1-7	Fermanagh	Wexford Park
	M Forde 1-2, 2 frees; J Hegarty 1-1; J D'Arcy 0-2, 1 free; S Cullen, J Hudson, R Barry 0-1 each.	Report	C O’Reilly 0-5, F Reilly 1-0, D Kelly 0-2.	Referee: G Kinneavey (Galway)

Longford v Waterford

30 July 2005 Quarter-final	Longford	2-15 - 0-7	Waterford	Leo Casey Park
	P Barden 1-3 (0-2f), J Martin 0-4, K Mulligan 0-3, S Mulligan 1-0, K Smith 0-2, B Kavanagh, D Glennon and D Brady (0-1, each).	Report	N Curran 0-5, G Power 0-1, L O Lionnain 0-1.	Referee: E Whelan (Laois)

Roscommon v London

7 August 2005 Quarter-final	Roscommon	1-15 - 0-9	London	Dr. Hyde Park
	G Heneghan 0-7, S Lohan 0-6, J Rogers, S O'Neill, J Callery, J Collins 0-1 each.	Report	B Solan 0-3, E Brennan, F Heir, J Rafter, K Waldron, C Donnellan 0-1 each).

Tipperary v Antrim

14 August 2005 Quarter-final

Tipperary

w/o - scr.

Antrim

Semi-finals

Matches

Wexford v Longford

20 August 2005 Semi-final	Wexford	3-19 - 2-13	Longford	Wexford Park
	M Forde 1-6, J Hudson 1-4, P Colfer 1-2, D Foran 0-3, P Curtis 0-2, R Barry 0-1, PJ Banville 0-1.		B Kavanagh 0-5, J Martin 0-5, L Keenan 1-1, W Murray 1-0, P Barden 0-1, K Mulligan 0-1.	Referee: M Ryan (Limerick)

Tipperary v Roscommon

22 August 2005 Semi-final	Tipperary	0-15 - 0-11	Roscommon	Semple Stadium
	D Browne (0-7), B Hickey (0-5), B Mulvihill (0-1), A Fitzgerald (0-1), B Lacey (0-1).	Report	S Lohan (0-7), K Mannion (0-2), D Hoey (0-1), B Higgins (0-1).

Final

Tipperary v Wexford

4 September 2005 Final	Tipperary	3-10 - 0-15	Wexford	Croke Park
	D Browne (1-7), D O'Brien (1-2), A Fitzgerald (1-0), B Hickey (0-1).	Report	M Forde (0-6, including 0-4 frees), D Kinsella (0-3), PJ Banville (0-1), J Hegarty (0-1), C Morris (0-1), D Breen (0-1), D Murphy (0-1), S Cullen (0-1).	Referee: J White (Donegal)

Stadia and locations

Main article: List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mattie Forde	Wexford	2-14	20	3	6.66
2	Declan Browne	Tipperary	1-14	17	3	5.66
3	Paul Barden	Longford	2-7	13	3	4.33
	Stephen Lohan	Roscommon	0-13	13	2	6.50
5	Damian O'Brien	Tipperary	2-4	10	3	3.33
	Brian Kavanagh	Longford	0-10	10	3	3.33

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Declan Browne	Tipperary	1-7	10	Wexford
2	Mattie Forde	Wexford	1-6	9	Longford
3	John Hudson	Wexford	1-4	7	Longford
	Declan Browne	Tipperary	0-7	7	Roscommon
	Stephen Lohan	Roscommon	0-7	7	Tipperary
	Ger Heneghan	Roscommon	0-7	7	London
7	Paul Barden	Longford	1-3	6	Wicklow
	Stephen Lohan	Roscommon	0-6	6	London
	Paul Barden	Longford	1-3	6	Waterford
10	Damian O'Brien	Tipperary	1-2	5	Leitrim
	Mattie Forde	Wexford	1-2	5	Fermanagh
	Paddy Colfer	Wexford	1-2	5	Longford
	Damian O'Brien	Tipperary	1-2	5	Wexford
	Niall Curran	Waterford	0-5	5	Longford
	Ciaran O'Reilly	Fermanagh	0-5	5	Wexford
	Brian Kavanagh	Longford	0-5	5	Wexford
	Jamesie Martin	Longford	0-5	5	Wexford
	Benny Hickey	Tipperary	0-5	5	Roscommon

Miscellaneous

• Tipperary win their first championship in 10 years, last winning the 1995 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship

See also

• 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship