Dungarvan 1-17 Abbeyside 0-7
The Dungarvan and Abbeyside clubs raised £1,000 for St. Johns School and Heart Bypass Rehab at the final of the John A Murphy senior hurling tournament at the Dungarvan club grounds last Friday evening. Despite the threatening rain, a good sized attendance gathered to see this latest local derby contest which also doubled as a County senior hurling league game.
Because of their win, the Blues will join Tallow in the semi finals of this competition along with Ballygunner and either De La Salle or Passage, the latter two teams yet to play each other. The scoreline suggests that Abbeyside were short some players for this game and such was the case with Stphen Enright, Brian Looby, James Beresford, Neil Montgomery, John Elstead, Darragh McGrath and Richie Foley unavailable while Dungarvan fielded as near to full strength as possible with just Patrick Curran an absentee due to injury.
Abbeyside’s Shane O Donovan solos clear of Dungarvan’s Conor Sheridan.
The home side led from the off and indiscipline in the Abbeyside team cost them dearly in a first half that the Blues won by 1-8 to 0-5. The Villagers also shot six wides, which if converted, would have kept this derby game in the melting pot. Top scorer Ryan Donnelly, he finished the hour with 0-12(8f), opened the scoring with a brace from play and from a placed ball while wing forward Mark Twomey replied for Abbeyside. Donnolly fired over another two points from frees followed by a contender for score of the match by Conor Prunty off his left side near the far wing, Prunty the County player starting at mid field here.
Dermot O Callaghan on left and Mac Dara Mac Donnacha enjoying this local derby.
However Ryan Donnolly was to Dungarvan in attack as was Kieran Power in defence and his knowledge of the positioning of the home posts yielded him three more scores in the far off goal to leave the winners 0-7 to 0-2 in front come the 20th minute. As expected, Abbeyside came back at their opponents during the next five minutes and fine scores by Sean Whelan Barrett and and Tiernan Murray left just one puck of the ball the difference after all of Dungarvan’s out field dominance on a score board reading 0-7 to 0-4.
Yet, the match swung back the Blues way in the latter minutes of the half, Gavin Crotty pointed from play replied to by Mark Fwrncombe and when Joe Duggan and Sean Ryan combined to send Crotty in for the only goal of the match in the 28th minute, Dungarvan had one hand on the Johnny Murphy Cup at the break on a score of 1-8 to 0-5.
Two wise students of the game, studying the form ahead of the next round of the senior hurling championship
Though it was in mid June, the lights had to be switched on at half time due to the overcast weather for a second moiety that Dungarvan won by 0-9 to 0-2. As in the first half, Ryan Donnolly opened the scoring before Mark Ferncombe scored what was to be Abbeyside’s only point for twenty minutes. The locals hit seven unanswered scores via Ryan Donnolly 0-5(4f), Kevin Daly and Cathal Curran. Abbeyside added four wides to their first half tally of eight as both goalies were also called into action. Laurence Power made a great save from Cathal Curran at the end of the third quarter while at the other end of the field Gavin Power denied Mark Twomey.
Abbeyside’s Tiernan Murray holds possession ahead of Dungarvan’s Jamie Nagle.
With the score standing at 1-14 to 0-6, Mark Ferncombe went low with a close in free but Kieran Power was up to the task on the line. Abbeyside’s only other second half point was attributed to a Michael O Halloran pointed free while Dungarvan sub Joe Allen finished off the scoring as the town team ran out deserving winners.
A selection of the large attendance at the club grounds last Friday.
PRESENTATION
Eileen Murphy presented joint captains Ryan Donnolly and John Curran with the winning trophy and the referee and his umpires chose Dungarvan number 6 Kieran Power as the Johnny Murphy Man of the Match. Dungarvan club chairman David Kiely presided over the presentations.
Scorers :
Dungarvan : Ryan Donnolly 0-12(8f), Gavin Crotty 1-1, Cathal Curran 0-2, Kevin Daly and Joe Allen 0-1 each.
Abbeyside : Mark Ferncombe 0-2(1f), Mark Twomey, Conor Prunty, Sean Whelan Barrett and Tiernan Murray 0-1 each, Michael O Halloran 0-1f.
Eileen Murphy presents the cup to winning captains, Ryan Donnolly on left and John Curran.
Teams :
Dungarvan : Gavin Power; Aaron Donnolly, John Curran, Sean Ryan; Jamie Nagle, Kieran Power, Darragh Lyons; Joe Duggan, Mike Kiely; Luke O Callaghan, Kevin Daly, Conor Sheridan; Cathal Curran, Gavin Crotty, Ryan Donnolly. Subs : Luke Egan, Kealan Daly, Cormac Curran, Joe Allen, Conor Duggan, Seanie McGrath, Kenny Moore and James Kiely.
Abbeyside : Laurence Power; Tom Looby, Evan Collins, David Collins; Shane O Donovan, John Hurney, Patrick Hurney; Conor Prunty, Maurice Power; Sean Whelan Barrett, Tiernan Murray, Mark Twomey; Michael O Halloran, Mark Ferncombe, Shane Ahearne. Subs : Stephen Cliffe, Eoin Kiely, Stephen O Connor, Oisin Hallahan.
Referee : Alan Kissane (Dunhill).
