The 1986 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 98th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 2 May 1986 and ended on 5 October 1986.
Blackrock entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 5 October 1986 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Midleton and Blackrock, in what was their second successive meeting in the final. Midleton won the match by 1–18 to 1–10 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in three years.
Midleton's Ger Fitzgerald was the championship's top scorer with 5–17.
Team changes From Championship
Regraded to the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship Erin's Own
Declined to field a team University College Cork
Results First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Top scorers overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Ger FitzgeraldMidleton5-173248.002Finbarr DelaneyBlackrock4-193147.753John GroganBallyhea2-172337.664Mossie FitzgibbonMilford1-141728.505John FentonMidleton3-071628.006Jimmy Barry-MurphySt. Finbarr's3-031226.007Vincent SheehanMilford3-021125.50Denis WalshSt. Finbarr's0-111125.509John FitzgibbonGlen Rovers3-0110110.00Christy ClancyImokilly2-041025.00Adrian O'DriscollCarrigdhoun2-041033.33Martin FitzpatrickCarrigdhoun0-101033.33
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1John GroganBallyhea1-1114Milford2Finbarr DelaneyBlackrock2-0713Ballyhea3Ger FitzGeraldMidleton2-0511Muskerry4John FitzgibbonGlen Rovers3-0110DuhallowMossie FitzgibbonMilford0-1010Ballyhea6Thomas MulcahyImokilly2-028CarrigdhounJohn FentonMidleton2-028St. Finbarr'sTony CoyneYoughal1-058BallyheaGer FitzgeraldMidleton1-058St. Finbarr'sJohn FentonMidleton1-058CarrigdhounDenis WalshSt. Finbarr's0-088Midleton
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