Thursday, 28th September 2017
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51 Dalton Strike Earns Imokilly A Replay Against Erin’s Own
Imokilly 2-19 Erin’s own 3-16
Wasteful, came Imokilly within a whisker
of being knocked out of the Cork senior hurling championship, but a su- perb late pointed free from goalkeeper Declan Dalton gave them a draw against Erin’s Own in a match that they should have wrapped up in Pairc Ui Rinn last Sunday afternoon. On a beautiful day for
hurling, both sides served up what was a dramat- ic encounter, with Erin’s Own holding sway in the opening quarter, but
to 0-9, with Seamie Har- nedy and Niall O’Leary firing over a brace of points each in the closing stages. Up to that
point the a
goal from a Declan Dalton penalty brought Imokilly right back into contention and from being 0-8 to 0-4 in arrears, they went in at the interval leading by 1-7
Imokilly forwards had struggled for scores with goalkeeper Declan Dal- ton pointing their first two scores, while William Leahy added a third from a close in free with Brian Lawton getting their only score from play. In contrast Erin’s Own were much less wasteful and with less possession they had early points from Eoghan Mur- phy and Maurice O’Car- roll, while Robbie O’Flynn and Cian O’Callaghan also found the range for the Caherlag side.
After halftime Imok-
illy continued to add to their wide count (they fin- ished with 15 in total) but they still managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over with points
from Mark
O’Keeffe, Brian Lawton, Will Leahy and Seamie Harnedy, before a superb- ly created goal, finished by sub Brian Mulcahy had Imokilly seven points in front and looking good. At that point Erin’s Own were struggling for scores with only Cian O’Cal- laghan, Eoghan Murphy and Maurice O’Carroll finding the range in the third quarter as Imokilly led by 2-13 to 0-12. Erin’s Own made a few
changes and slowly they worked
their way back
into the game, with a point from sub Stephen Horgan, followed by a goal from Maurice O’Carroll and it was game on again. An-
other sub Alan Bowen then pointed, before O’Carroll made it a one-point game with just ten minutes re- maining. Imokilly were on the ropes but points from Paudie
O’Sullivan
and a long range free from Declan Dalton steadied the ship again. Further points from John Cronin after a strong run and a 4th
from Seamie Harnedy
looked to have Imokil- ly safe once more as they now led by five points with time almost up. Erin’s Own were
from finished and when Robbie
O’Flynn hit
far a
smashing goal in the 60th minute, just
two points
separated the sides once more. Erin’s Own were now applying all the pres- sure and the Imokilly defence cracked again as Eoghan Murphy blast- ed to the net in the 63rd minute and from being in
command, Imokilly were now a point in arrears. Last year Imokilly were caught at the death by Er- in’s Own as history looked to repeat itself but Erin’s Own fluffed two chances to wrap up the win as Eo- ghan Murphy was wide with his first effort from a free, while the second was taken down by goalkeep- er Dalton, who unleashed a mighty drive that saw Seamie Harnedy win pos- session and was fouled. Declan Dalton who was superb throughout made the journey forward and he duly slotted over to earn his
side something that a replay, they cer-
tainly deserved, and had they not been so wasteful Imokilly might
easily
have won this contest. They will meet again this coming Saturday night to see who makes it through to the semi-final.
Imokilly: D Dalton
1-4, S Harnedy 0-4, W Leahy 0-4, B Mulcahy 1-0, N O’Leary 0-2, B Lawton 0-2, M O’Keeffe, P O’Sul- livan and J Cronin 0-1 each.
Erin’s Own: E Murphy
1-8, M O’Carroll 1-3, R O’Flynn 1-1, C O’Cal- laghan 0-2, S Horgan and A Bowen 0-1 each. Imokilly: Declan Dal-
ton (Fr O’Neill’s) Dara Kelleher (Cobh)
Colm
Barry (Castlelyons) Kier- an Histon (Cobh) Ciaran O’Brien (St Ita’s) Niall O’Leary
(Castlelyons)
John Cronin (Lisgoold) Barra O’Tuama (Cas- tlemartyr) Brian Law- ton (Castlemartyr) Mark O’Keeffe (Fr O’Neill’s) Ian Cahill (Cloyne) Seam- ie Harnedy (St Ita’s) Capt, William Leahy (Agha- da) Paudie
(Cloyne) and Josh Beau- sang (Russell Rovers).
Subs used Brian Mulcahy (St Catherine’s) for O’Tu- ama, Ger Millerick (Fr O’Neill’s) for O’Keeffe and Cian Fleming (Agha- da) for Beausang. Erin’s Own: Shay Bow-
en, Cian O’Connor, Cor- mac Dooley, Jack Shee- han, Stephen Cronin, Shane
Murphy, Cathal
O’Mahony, Sean Kelly Capt, Killian Murphy, Robbie
O’Flynn, Mau-
rice O’Carroll, Kieran Murphy, Eoghan Murphy, James O’Flynn and Cian O’Callaghan. Subs used Mark Collins for Kieran Murphy, Andrew Power for Sean Kelly, Alan Bow- en
for James O’Flynn,
Stephen Horgan for Kil- lian Murphy and James O’Flynn for Maurice O’Carroll. Referee: Joe
O’Sullivan (Ballinora)
Larkin
• Brian Mulcahy Imokilly scores a goal.
• Declan Dalton Imokilly catches a high ball.
• Imokilly team V Erins Own Cork co SHC
• James O’Flynn Erins Own palms the ball away from Barra O’Tuama Imokilly
• Killian Murphy Erins Own and Niall O’Leary Imokilly
• Sean Kelly Erins Own Joe Larkin Referee and Seamus Harnedy Imokilly.
• Robbie O’Flynn Erins Own and John Cronin Imokilly
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• Paudie O’Sullivan Imokilly gets away his shot. eastcorkjournal
• Will Leahy Imokilly and Cathal O’Mahoney Erins Own. Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email:
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