Historic win for Junior A hurling team

ON Friday night last at Mallow, our Junior A hurlers advanced to the quarter-finals of the county championship with a merited 1-16 to 1-14 victory over city champions Nemo Rangers.

A feature of the game was the scored by Donal Hannon.

His play has been immaculate from all angles.

In 20 championship appearances 1-12 since his 2012 debut, Donal has amassed 9-154 (181 points). That is a match average of nine points per game.

Newmarket now face Ballinascarthy in the quarter-finals.

This was Newmarket’s first victory in a County Junior A Championship game since 1935, when Inniscara were defeated in a replay.

The team lined out as follows:

D Kearney, A Browne, A Ryan, P Allen, K O’Sullivan, M Cottrell, J Ryan, S Meehan, J Guiney, C Crowley (0-1), C Browne (0-1), D Hannon (1-12), R O’Keeffe (0-1), C O’Keeffe, and B O’Connor (0-1).

Subs were as follows: P Browne, N Collins, D O’Keeffe.

Our Junior B hurlers interest in the county championship ended at Kilbrin last Saturday when a classy mallow side proved far superior on a 2-24 to 1-6 victory.

The team was as follows: S McAulliffe, A O’Callaghan, R Stack, J Scanlon, J O’Keeffe, B Stack, D Norton, D Enright, A Carroll (0-3), M Kenneally, J O’Flaherty (1-0), S Murphy, P Verling (0-3), C’O Sullivan, D Cullotty.

Subs were E O’Connell, N Barrett, M O’Leary.