| Dates | 4 May – 29 September 1985 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 18 | ||
| Champions |  Blackrock (29th title)Andy Creagh (captain) Tim Murphy (manager) | ||
| Runners-up |  MidletonPat Hartnett (captain) Denis Kelleher (manager) | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 18 | ||
| Goals scored | 64 (3.56 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 365 (20.28 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Finbarr Delaney (3-22) | ||
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The 1985 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 97th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 4 May 1985 and ended on 29 September 1985.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Carbery in the second round.[1]
The final was played on 29 September 1985 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Blackrock and Midleton, in what was their first meeting in the final in 70 years. Blackrock won the match by 1–14 to 1–08 to claim their 29th championship title overall and a first title in six years.[2][3]
Blackrock's Finbarr Delaney was the championship's top scorer with 3-22.
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- ^ "Senior Hurling Finals 1970 - Present". Cork GAA Finals website. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Midleton's glorious era from 1983 to 1991 changed the face of Cork hurling". Echo Live. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.