St. Brigid’s travelled to Sarsfield’s to play in the All County League Division 5 and came away on the wrong side of a one point defeat.
The Malone Road Boys started well into the breeze and had created a couple of normally easily converted frees, but Jimmy King scorned the opportunity to convert his first three efforts before finally registering a score to tie the game on a point a piece. The second quarter saw the home team dominate the midfield sector
and on the odd occasion St. Brigid’s attacked good approach work, failed to be finished with a score.
It took Brendan McDonald to score from play, five minutes before the whistle before Naomh Brid doubled their score.
The half time score trailing 6 point to 2 meant that an uphill battle was on hand in the second half.
The first half introduction of Niall Cunningham did help around the midfield area, and his influence was much to the fore in the second half fight back, when he scored twice from frees and from play with additional scores from Chris Donnelly and Jimmy King. The decisive play of the game came from the home side wing half back who ran 50 metres on a solo run and finished from close range giving keeper Convery
No chance. Despite a late frantic rally that saw Donnelly hit the bar twice in quick succession and a golden opportunity to level from Mark Kelly on the final whistle, the Boys in blue left empty handed in this game.
Pluses from the match was a great display from Minor Ben Synott, and Eddy Smyth and Niall Cunningham
Team T Convery, A kelly, E Smyth, C Mackle, B Loughran, A Owens, C Mooney, P McCrudden D Horrisk, D McKeever, C Rodgers, M kelly, J king, B McDonald, R Mackle
Subs Used: Niall Cunningham, Ben Sinnott,C Donnelly, D McElholm, D McAlleenan
Subs not used M Harvey, G Morris, M Kelly
