 In spite of this Cork led at the interval, and Kilkenny forward Pat Delaney left the field on a stretcher.Ultimately, Kilkenny scored five unanswered points in the last seven minutes to win by 2–15 to 2–9.Cork regrouped during the 1969–70 National League, and an aggregate 5–21 to 6–16 defeat of New York gave Maher his second National Hurling League medal.