William J. Abernethy (1929 – 21 October 1980) was an

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hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the

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senior team. Abernethy made his first appearance for the team during the 1951-52 National Hurling League and was a sometimes regular member of the starting fifteen until he left the panel after the 1952 championship. During that time he won one

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medal on the field of play and one

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medal as a non-playing substitute. At club level Abernethy was a one-time county junior championship medalist with

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Playing career

Club

Abernethy played his club hurling with

. In 1951 Castlemartyr captured their second divisional junior title in succession. Having failed in the county series the previous year, Abernethy's side subsequently qualified for the county championship decider. A 6-5 to 2-7 defeat of

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gave Abernethy a junior championship medal.

Inter-county

Abernethy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team. He played in the underage grade for two seasons in 1946 and 1947, however, Cork exited the championship in both years without any success. In 1952 Abernethy joined the Cork senior team for the championship. He was an unused some for Cork's opening three championship games but was included on the starting fifteen for the All-Ireland showdown with

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. Dublin were outclassed by Cork on that occasion. In spite of only leading by three points at half-time Cork won by 2-14 to 0-7 and Abernethy picked up an

medal. His inter-county career ended shortly afterwards.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abernethy, Liam 1929 births 1980 deaths Castlemartyr hurlers Cork inter-county hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners