Down IFC Quarter Final: Dundrum 0-08 Darragh Cross 0-09
Down IFC Quarter Final: Dundrum 0-08 Darragh Cross 0-09
A win is a win
will be Darragh
Cross's analysis
of this game after
a single point
victory despite
not being at their
best against a
determined Dundrum
side in the Intermediate
Championship on
Thursday evening.
A perfect pitch
at St Johns was
the venue for
this Quarter Final
tie and Darragh
were pushed all
the way by their
Division 3 opponents.
The sides were
level five times
during the game
in what was generally
a stop-start match.
There were far
too many hold-ups
for officials
consulting with
each other despite
there hardly being
a bad challenge
in the whole game.
Dundrum played
for more than
half of the game
with fourteen
men after their
influential midfielder
Kieran Walsh was
sent off for two
bookable offences.
The Duns deserve
great credit for
showing great
hunger and spirit
to provide an
exciting finish.
Tom McMahon took
a pass from Eoin
Mageean and hooked
over the opening
score for Darragh,
but County star
Paul McComiskey
fisted over an
equaliser in Dundrum's
first attack.
Mark McMahon curled
over from the
right, before
a 45' from Eoin
Mageean gave Darragh
a two point lead.
Mageean had a
fine opening to
the game and his
next score was
impressive, beating
his man to the
ball and lofting
a high shot over
the bar from distance.
Chris Hogg pulled
a point back for
Dundrum before
Mark McMahon restored
the three point
advantage for
Darragh with a
close range point.
Dundrum finished
the half strongly
with McComiskey
scoring all three
of their points,
two from frees,
to leave the sides
level at the break.
This was despite
the fact that
they had lost
Walsh to that
red card. Darragh
also had a goal
disallowed in
the closing stages
of the half when
a ball in from
Peter Swail went
straight to the
net but a square
ball was given.
Marcus Miskelly
and Paul McComiskey
scored frees at
either end at
the start of the
2nd half, before
Eoin Mageean pointed
a free to put
Darragh ahead
by the minimum.
Dundrum had their
keeper to thank
in Darragh's next
attack when firstly
Gerard Gelston
smashed a shot
off the crossbar
and from the rebound
Colum King produced
a supeb save from
Mark McMahon's
goalbound effort.
John Hurley hooked
over a leveller
at the other end
to give the Dundrum
fans in the large
crowd hope, and
a McComiskey free
put them in the
lead for the first
time in the game
minutes later.
Darragh won a
free at the other
end and Hugh Murray
curled over to
level the game
again, and with
two minutes of
normal time left
good work from
Dermot Timoney
released Marcus
Miskelly to curl
over Darragh's
winner.
Darragh will need
to improve for
their Semi Final
meeting with Downpatrick
but they had good
performances from
Paddy Murray,
Sean Timoney,
Fintan Murray
and Eoin Mageean.
McComiskey was
Dundrum's main
dangerman with
Marty Coughlan
and John Hurley
also having solid
performances.
Dundrum: C.King,
N.McComiskey,
P.Shields, J.McKibben,
J.McMullan, J.Hurley
(0-01), M.Melville,
K.Walsh, A.Doyle,
C.McShane, P.McComiskey
(0-06, 3F), C.Hogg
(0-01), P.Rooney,
C.Venney, M.Coughlan.
Subs: D.Kavanagh,
NJ McLaughlin,
M.Cunningham.
