Adamstown’s morale boost
scores while Harry Cosgrave, Eric Bradley and Paudie Barden were also on target.
Walsh opened the scoring in the second-half before Adam Whitmore took in Tommy Barron’s crossfield ball one-handed over his head, like Shelmaliers’ answer to Odell Beckham Junior, only to crack his shot off the metalwork.
Points from Seán Barden and Conor Hickey closed the gap to one by the 44th minute (0-9 to 0-8). In a game of some woeful kick-passing, Paudie Barden broke the trend with a superb ball to Eric Bradley who sent his shot shuddering off the post.
A pair from Walsh made it 0-11 to 0-8 but Adamstown finally got their goal when Eric Bradley picked out Shane Bradley instride and the attacking substitute punched past Graham Lawler to the net.
Walsh put Shelmaliers back in front with a point in the 55th minute. Eric Bradley then poked onto the foot of the post with Lawler beaten, but the ball was worked back out and Shane Bradley registered the point to tie the game for the fourth and final time.
Both sides had chances to win it. Michael Furlong missed the target with two tricky attempts while, at the other end, the last shot of the game came from Simon Donohoe and tailed well wide of the posts. BANNOW-BALLYMITTY made light of the fact that they had to play two thirds of the game with 14 men as they warmed up for the knockout stages with a comfortable win in Group A of the Ashdown Park/Amber Springs Hotels Intermediate football championship in Taghmon on Friday.
Prolific duo Ben Brosnan and Niall Harney contributed 3-7 of the Bannow-Ballymitty tally, with fellow county man Kieran Butler the only other player to get on the scoresheet for the south county side.
When John Sinnott was dismissed for a clumsy challenge with 20 minutes on the clock and Bannow-Ballymitty 1-2 to 0-1 to the good, the Wexford town men were handed an opportunity to work their way back into the game, but it never came to pass as last year’s beaten finalists simply sauntered to victory.
Brosnan introduced himself to the game in style when he raced through and planted the ball firmly beyond the reach of St. Joseph’s goalkeeper Jamie McMahon in the seventh minute, and seconds later he saw a shot well saved by the netminder.
Wayne Carty popped over a free for St. Joseph’s - who will play Kilmore in the relegation final - before points from Brosnan and Kieran Butler stretched the Bannow-Ballymitty advantage.
The New Ross District outfit were then reduced to 14 men but they responded well with two frees from Niall Harney and one from Brosnan.