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. The championship began on 16 July 2005 and ended on 4 September 2005.
Clare were the defending champions but they did not enter the championship.
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

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.
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.

Results

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

Top scorers

;Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Mattie FordeWexford2-142036.66
2Declan BrowneTipperary1-141735.66
3Paul BardenLongford2-71334.33
3Stephen LohanRoscommon0-131326.50
5Damian O'BrienTipperary2-41033.33
5Brian KavanaghLongford0-101033.33

;Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Declan BrowneTipperary1-710Wexford
2Mattie FordeWexford1-69Longford
3John HudsonWexford1-47Longford
3Declan BrowneTipperary0-77Roscommon
3Stephen LohanRoscommon0-77Tipperary
3Ger HeneghanRoscommon0-77London
7Paul BardenLongford1-36Wicklow
7Stephen LohanRoscommon0-66London
7Paul BardenLongford1-36Waterford
10Damian O'BrienTipperary1-25Leitrim
10Mattie FordeWexford1-25Fermanagh
10Paddy ColferWexford1-25Longford
10Damian O'BrienTipperary1-25Wexford
10Niall CurranWaterford0-55Longford
10Ciaran O'ReillyFermanagh0-55Wexford
10Brian KavanaghLongford0-55Wexford
10Jamesie MartinLongford0-55Wexford
10Benny HickeyTipperary0-55Roscommon