The 2016 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 128th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 13 December 2015. The championship ran from 15 May and to 15 October 2016.
Glen Rovers entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 9 October 2016 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Glen Rovers and Erin's Own, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Glen Rovers won the match by 0–19 to 2–11 to claim their 27th championship title overall and a second title in succession.
Patrick Horgan and Eoghan Murphy were the championship's top scorer with 3–63 each.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Newcestown
Results Preliminary round
Round 1
Round 2A
Round 2B
Round 3
Round 4
Relegation play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Patrick HorganGlen Rovers3-6372612.00Eoghan MurphyErin's Own3-6372710.283Mark O'ConnorDouglas0-353557.00Cormac WalshMidleton0-353557.005Bill BeckettSt. Finbarr's4-213365.50Eoghan FinnSt. Finbarr's1-303365.507Pa O'CallaghanBallyhea0-3232310.668Barry JohnsonBride Rovers2-2531310.33David CahillKilleagh3-223147.7510Darren McCarthyBallymartle3-213047.50
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Eoghan MurphyErin's Own2-1218St. Finbarr's2Patrick HorganGlen Rovers1-1316Sarsfields3Kevin O'KeeffeBlackrock1-1215BallyheaEoghan FinnSt. Finbarr's1-1215Erin's Own5Pa O'Callaghan Ballyhea0-1414Newtownshandrum6Keith FitzpatrickBallymartle1-1013CarberyDarren McCarthyBallymartle1-1013Na PiarsaighEoghan MurphyErin's Own0-1313Imokilly9Séamus HarnedyImokilly2-612UCCPeter O'BrienAvondhu0-1212BallymartlePatrick HorganGlen Rovers0-1212BishopstownPatrick HorganGlen Rovers0-1212Erin's Own
Miscellaneous
Glen Rovers retained the title for the first time since 1960. They became the first team since Erin's Own in 2007 to retain the championship.
References
External links Cork GAA website