for the first time in over 66 years, cork and dublin clashed in the championship on 11 august 1974. it was their first ever championship meeting at the semi-final stage of the all-ireland series and the only 80-minute clash between the sides. cork misread the semi-final, assuming that dublin's first win in leinster since 1965 was down to a drop in standards in the province, rather than a marked improvement by kevin heffernan's newly charged outfit. cork led for only 90 seconds of the game, by a point between the 50th second of the game and the end of the second minute. dublin kicked eight wides during the opening 40 minutes compared to cork's five, however, they still held a 0-7 to 0-4 interval lead. john mccarthy put them four clear in the 44th minute and, three minutes later, anton o'toole scored the first goal of the game. cork regrouped and a goal from a penalty by jimmy barry-murphy brought them back into the game. in the 68th minute cork goalkeeper billy morgan dragged down a goal-bound jimmy keaveney and another penalty awarded. brian mullins converted the goal which ultimately sealed dublin's 2-11 to 1-8 victory.