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Carrick Dawins madę History in 1966-67

In keeping with tradition of recent years, today’s County Senior Hurling Finał day will include ■ a tribute to a team ofthe past.The Carrick Davins team which won the 1966 and 1967 County Senior Hurling finals will be honoured this aftemoon. The team met in the Thurles Greyhound Stadium before the match and will be introduced in the crowd after the presentation of the Sean Treacy Cup to the winning minor captain. After the matches today, the Carrick Davins Panel will travel to Young’s of the Ragg for dinner and a night of reminiscing about the achievements of the mid-l960s. I am surę you will give the team your fuli support today. The entire eyent is being sponsored jointly by the Tipperary Star and Young’s of the Ragg.

Hurling in the town of Carrick was dominated by the Swan during the thirties. forties and fifties during which they won thirteen divisional titles and capped a great era with a county victory in 1947. Davins were the poor rela-cions who, although founded in 1922. had only a junior hurling title won in 1931 to shout about

History was to change dra-matically for the club in the sixties and the seventies during which time they were to win eleven senior divisional titles. Although Marlfield and Killenaule were to dominate the early sixties. sharing the first five senior titles between them, Davins were to hit the scene with a vengeance in

1965.

Davins first came to notice in the quarter-final at Cashel in 1965, when they defeated a good Lorrha side. They con-firmed their credentials when surprising Moycarkey-Borris by 2-11 to I -6 in the semi-final played at Clonmel. Hasty shooting, born of inexperi-ence, prevented them from defeating Sarsfields in the finał on November 14. also played at Clonmel.The gamę ended in a draw. Davins 3-4 Sarsfields 2-7. The replay at Cashel. before 12,000 spectators on the fol-lowing Sunday, was a subdued affair, Davins kept in touch in the first half mainly through the free-taking of Mick Roche, but were behind by I -6 to 0-5 at the interval. It was all Thurles in the second-half and they went on to win comfort-ably by 3-10 to 0-7 to the great disappointment of Davins.

A team has to lose one to win one. as the saying goes, and so it was in the case of Davins, who returned with a bang in 1966. For the first time there were four quarter-finals and Davins madę no mistake in defeating Moyne-Templetuohy by 2-14 to 4-1 in the quarter-final at Cashel on September 11. In the semi-final at Thurles on October 2. Davins equalised with the last puck of the gamę to draw with Toomevara on a scoreline of 2-13 to 3-10. They madę no mistake in the replay at Thurles on October 16, winning by 5-6 to !-7.The finał was postponed until Novem-ber 6, because of a Lorrha objection to Holycross in the other semi-final. In a poor gamę Davins won convincingly, defeating Lorrha by 2-12 ro I -3 to take their first county senior title.

They continued their suc-cess in the Munster club cham-pionship, then a new innova-tion. Played the following year, they defeated Ballyduff by 6-13 to 4-3 on March 19. Patrick-swell by 2-9 to 2-8 on April 4. and Ballygunner by 2-17 to I-11 at Clonmel on August 20.

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