Walterstown Vs Curraha A League Div 2 –Sun Mar 12 -2017
1-12 to 1-10
Walterstown played Curraha in Walterstown on Sunday in Walterstown’s first match in Div 2 of the A league. Though played in somewhat slippery conditions, after the previous heavy rain both sides served up a very entertaining game. Walterstown got off to the better start with points from Cormac Madden and Brian O Connell but after 15 minutes Curraha had levelled and by half time they were 7 points to 6 ahead of the Blacks.
After the interval Walterstown struck 3 unanswered points to go 2 ahead. However Curraha then struck for a well taken goal. This they followed by 2 more points at which point Walterstown’s chances were looking slim. With 7 minutes on the clock, after an intricate move, Walterstown’s Joey Coogan slotted a great goal from the edge of the small square. This lent itself to a thrilling finish. Curraha threw everything they had at the Walterstown defence but marshalled by centre back Davy Reynolds and full back Brian McGrane they held Curraha to a solitary point in the closing minutes. Brian O Connell showed nerves of steel to kick Walterstown’s last 3 long range frees to leave them victorious by 1-12 to 1-10
Walterstown
John Davis, Conor Cullen, Brian McGrane, C Reilly, Colin McGrane, Davy Reynolds, David Donnellan(0-1), Conor O Sullivan, Alban Crosbie, Paul Donnellan , John Geoghegan,(0-1), Christopher Farrelly, Cormac Madden,(0-3) Joey Coogan,(1-1) Brian O Connell ( 0-6, 5F) Subs: C Lydon for J Davis,, K Devine for C Farrelly, Dan Halligan for Conor Cullen, Kashif Ali, Conor Cassidy, Alan Wall, Aaron McLoughlin
Detailed Match Summary
01mins 1st half Walterstown point from play Cormac Madden
07mins 1st half Walterstown point from free Brian O Connell
09mins 1st half Curraha point from play
11mins 1st half Curraha point from free
13mins 1st half Curraha point from play
15mins 1st half Walterstown point from free Brian O Connell
17mins 1st half Walterstown point from free Brian O Connell
20mins 1st half Curraha point from play
25mins 1st half Walterstown yellow card Alban Crosbie
26mins 1st half Curraha point from play
29mins 1st half Curraha point from free
31mins 1st half Curraha point from free
32mins 1st half Walterstown point from play David Donnellan
33mins 1st half Walterstown point from play Cormac Madden
Half time score: Walterstown 0-6(6) Curraha 0-7(7)
2nd half start: 15:18 12-03-17 Walterstown v. Curraha
03mins 2nd half Walterstown point from play John Geoghegan
04mins 2nd half Walterstown point from play Joey Coogan
05mins 2nd half Walterstown point from play Cormac Madden
06mins 2nd half Curraha goal from play
09mins 2nd half Curraha point from play
13mins 2nd half substitution Walterstown–> off: John Davis on: Ciaron Lydon
15mins 2nd half Curraha point from play
23mins 2nd half Walterstown goal from play Joey Coogan
26mins 2nd half Walterstown point from play Brian O Connell
28mins 2nd half Walterstown point from free Brian O Connell
31mins 2nd half Walterstown yellow card Joey Coogan
35mins 2nd half Curraha point from free
36mins 2nd half Walterstown point from free Brian O Connell
Full time score: Walterstown 1-12(15) Curraha 1-10(13)