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Peadar
Martin Memorial Cup - 29/10/03
U15 Inter County Tournament
Final Down 2:7 Meath 1:9
In This Louth Sponsored Competition Down Caused Something Of An Upset By Defeating
Leinster Kingpins, The Royal County.
Played On An Immaculate Clann Na
Gael Pitch Under Perfect Lights This Was An Exciting Game Full Of All The Good
Things In Gaelic Football With The Result In Doubt Until The Final Whistle.
Down Dominated The Early Exchanges But Scores Were At A Premium And Two Good Goal
Chances Brought A Solitary Point.
Meath Improved As The Half Progressed
And Were Menacing At Four Points To Two When Down Struck Their First Goal To Regain
The Lead.
Foraging Corner Forward Conor Sloan Won Possession In The Middle
Third And Slipped The Ball To Rampaging Midfielder Conor Walsh Who Broke Through
The Meath Defence Before Placing Declan Ross And On The Swivel Ross Fired Low
Off The Greasy Surface To The Net.
Meath Came Back To Retake The Lead
Before Down Levelled At The Break, 1:3 To 0:6.
The Royals Got On Top
On The Restart With Shane O'rourke, Son Of Colm, Sending In A Dangerous Ball.
It Looked Like The Down Defence Had It Covered But Somehow Killian Finn Smuggled
It To The Net.
Down Did Well To Keep In Touch In A Tough Third Quarter
And Trailed By Four When In The Forty Sixth Minute Thomas Courtney Ran Through
Soccer Style To Score Their Second Goal.
O'rourkes Third Free Put Two
In It But Down Dominated To The Finish. It Was Really Only A Question Of Whether
They Would Get The Necessary Scores As They Owned The Ball In The Closing Stages.
Chris Mc Grath And Luke Toner Points Drew Them Level But They Went Agonisingly
Close On Several Occasions Before Courtney Edged Them Ahead.
In Added
Time Davy Dalton Thought He Had Forced Extra Time But The Referee Correctly Ruled
His Shot Had Strayed Just Outside The Post And Down Had Won A Famous Victory.
Team:
G Joyce; F Boyle M Digney F Doyle; P Phillips N Mulholland
K Doran; C Walsh L Toner(0:2); N Mc Aleenan(0:2) C Crilly G Mc Cartan; D Ross
(1:0); P Mc Comiskey(0:1) C Sloan.
Subs. T Courtney(1:1) C Mc Grath(0:1)
M Doyle S Bradley B Branagan D Sherry P Fitzpatrick D Fegan J Fitzpatrick L Mc
Alinden S Grant.
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