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over come dogged Down - 14/04/03
Division
2A Group 1 NHL at Navan - Sunday 13th April 2003
Meath 2-10 Down 0-12 
Down
fall to a strong Meath side in this top quality NHL match
at Navan yesterday. Down fielded without severial first
team players due to injury and exams. The
97 spectators who braved the cold and rain watched a game
in which both teams played their hearts out.
Down playing with the wind in the first half ran into a
0-04 to 0-01 lead after only ten minutes. Martin Coulter
(2), Tom Coulter and Stephen Clarke scoreing for Down while
corner forward Evan Lynam scored Meaths score. Both teams
exchaged points before Meath's Padraig Coone scored a goal
to level the match midway through the half.
Down lifted their game and Gerard Adair
scored a point to once again take the lead, but Meath responced
with a Nicky Horan free. Both teams once agian exchanged
points before Down scored twice to lead the game 0-08 to
Meaths 1-03.Points were exchaged again as Down lead the
game 0-10 to Meaths 1-06 at half time.
Down opened the socreing in the second
half through Martin Coulter, but Meath fought back and leveled
the match with scores from Nicky Horan and Dan Dorran. Down
edged in front again with a Tom Coulter free. Meath broke
the deadlock when Keith Callaghan whoot to the Down net.
In the final ten minutes Down threw everthing at Meath and
should have had two goals only for great blocks by Meath
keeper Mark Gannon. Meath 2-10 Down 0-12.
Meath - M Gannon, S Wallace, R Dorran,
P Gannon, P Roche, C Sheridan, K Dowd, B Perry, D Fagan(0-01),
M Cole, D Dorran(0-02), S Clynch, E Lynam(0-02), N Horan(0-04),
P Coone(1-01).
Sub: K Callaghan (1-0) for P Coone, T Lynch for S
Clynch
Down - Graham Clarke, Gabriel Clarke,
M Braniff, L Clarke, M Pucci, T Coulter (0-03), B Milligan,
G Adair (0-01), P Monan, G McGrattan (0-01), B Coulter,
E Trainor, M Coulter (0-06), G Johnson, S Clarke (0-01).
Subs: R Murray for B Coulter, JH Hughes for G Johnson
(blood)
Ref: S Whelan (Wexford)
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