Calry St
Josephs 1-14 St Mary’s 2-10
Calry St
Josephs and St Marys played a very entertaining match in Group 2 of the Fureys Coaches Senior League Div 1 at
Hazelwood on Saturday
evening with both sides were welcoming back players involved with the county
team in recent weeks.
Calry St Josephs
started stronger with a long ball into the full forward line gathered by Aaron
Flynn who took on the last line and finished tidily to find the net.
The home side
followed up with a well taken point from Adrian Cummins whose surging runs from
midfield were a feature of the first half.
St Marys by
contrast were finding space down the wings and Calry had netminder Brian
Shannon to thank when his quick reactions deflected the ball over the bar to
prevent what looked like a certain goal for the visitors just before the water
break.
The town side
upped the tempo in the second quarter and were rewarded with two pointed frees
and a fine effort from play by Emlyn Mulligan.
Calry responded
when another long ball into the forward line found Adrian Cummins who wasted no
time turning and shooting into the net with a fine finish off his weaker left foot
.
Again, St Marys
dug deep and finished the half ahead by the minimum when Patrick Maher finished
a great move from midfield to the net.
Both sides were
guilty of some bad wides in the early stage of the second half but points each
from returning county players Conor Griffin and Daragh Cummins nosed the home
side back in front.
St Marys then had
a strong spell of possession following and restored their lead with a brace of
close in frees from Emlyn Mulligan and a point from play by Kyle Cawley.
Calry manager
David Cummins turned to his bench for some fresh impetus and energy in the last
20 minutes of the game with two points from Paddy Wolfe and a free from Eoin
Doherty being them back to within a point.
The game ebbed
and flowed for the final 10 minutes, with some wides and missed opportunities
from both sides but it was St Marys who held on for a one-point win at the
final whistle.
Calry St
Josephs:
Brian Shannon;
Eoin Nicholson, Conor McGovern, Jonny McGoldrick; Shaun Cawley, Ronan Cox,
Ciaran Stenson; Adrian Cummins, Damien O’Boyle; Mark Flanagan, Darragh Cummins,
Daire O’Boyle; Cormac Coyne, Conor Griffin, Aaron Flynn. Subs used: Paddy
Wolfe, Eoin Doherty, Niall Gray, Michael Flynn.
St Mary’s
:
Mark Mulhern;
Fionn O’Hehir, David Philips, Conor Darcy; Steve Henry, Kevin Connell, Johnny
Lynch; Paul Kilcoyne, Jay Cox; Mark McGoldrick, Emlyn Mulligan, Patrick Maher;
Eamonn Flynn, Kyle Cawley, Johnny Martyn.