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Round 1
8 July 1972
| Cafferky |
1-0 |
Cox |
| Coldrick |
½-½ |
O'Riordan |
| Dennehy |
0-1 |
Byrne |
| Henry |
½-½ |
Kennefick |
| Keeshan |
1-0 |
Egan |
| Kerins |
½-½ |
Doyle |
| Ó Briain |
0-1 |
Heidenfeld |
| O'Leary |
1-0 |
McDonough |
| Quigley |
0-1 |
McCurdy |
| Spillane |
1-0 |
Coveney |
Scores after round 1
| Byrne | 1 |
| Cafferky | 1 |
| Heidenfeld | 1 |
| Keeshan | 1 |
| McCurdy | 1 |
| O'Leary | 1 |
| Spillane | 1 |
| Coldrick | ½ |
| Doyle | ½ |
| Henry | ½ |
| Kennefick | ½ |
| Kerins | ½ |
| O'Riordan | ½ |
| Coveney | 0 |
| Cox | 0 |
| Dennehy | 0 |
| Egan | 0 |
| McDonough | 0 |
| Ó Briain | 0 |
| Quigley | 0 |