Doreen Rogers Explained

Code:Camogie
Province:Leinster
Doreen Rogers
Irish:Dóirín Nic Ruairí
Sport:Camogie
Position:position
County:Dublin
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Icapps(Points):?
Counties:Dublin
Clupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Icupdate:(16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC))
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland

Doreen Rogers is a former camogie player,[1] captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1944 and 1949.[2]

Career

A prolific goalscorer throughout her career, she won further All Ireland senior medals in 1942 when she scored two of Dublin's four goals in the final and 1943 when she scored three of Dublin's eight goals, against Cork in each case.[3]

Club exploits

She scored a goal for Austin Stacks in their breakthrough Dublin Championship victory over Optimists by 3-4 to 0–1 in 1945, and four goals for Austin Stacks when they beat Coláiste San Dominic by 7-0 to 6–1 in 1948.Her daughter also Doreen scored the second of Naomh Aoife's four goals in their 4-1 to 0-1 championship final breakthrough victory over Celtic in 1966.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moran, Mary . Mary Moran (camogie)

    . Mary Moran (camogie) . A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Cumann Camógaíochta . 2011 . Dublin, Ireland . 460.

  2. News: Camogie Archive . Camogie.ie . 30 June 2010 . 30 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120128172120/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/ChampionshipHistory/tabid/61/Default.aspx%3DCamogie.ie . 28 January 2012 .
  3. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=1&aid=143043&id=217157391491 Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals