Hurling combination
ing runs from deep positions, but found his path to goal blocked repeatedly by clusters of players converging on him, being prepared to foul, rather than afford him a goal scoring opportunity.
On reflection, Lixnaw might feel that he would have been better utilised closer to goal, and, when he did feature in the full forward position, very late on, he was denied twice in quick succession in goal scoring situations which said so much about Kilgarvan/Kenmare/ Dr Crokes defensive resilience and the qualities of their defenders.
The outcome still hung in the balance, with the deficit being reduced to a single goal, 2-14 to 1-14, with two minutes of normal time remaining, but the result was put beyond doubt, with points from two of their most influential players, Michael Lenihan and Daniel Casey, which sealed a win, which was, in the end, very much a fully merited and significant success. KILGARVAN/KENMARE/DR CROKES: Michael Horgan (Dr Crokes), Gary Randles (Kilgarvan), Liam Twomey (Kilgarvan), David Cronin (Kenmare), Sean Casey (Kilgarvan), Gearoid Fennessy 0-1 (Kilgarvan), Tommy Cronin (Kenmare),
Jack Foley (Kilgarvan), Dan McCarthy (Kenmare), Ronan Foley (Kilgarvan), James McCarthy 1-0 (Kenmare), Richard O’Sullivan (Kilgarvan), Daniel Casey 0-3 (Kilgarvan), Michael Lenihan 0-11f (Dr Crokes), Donal O’Sullivan 1-1 (1-0 pen) (Kilgarvan). Sub: Tom Doyle (Dr Crokes) for D Cronin.
LIXNAW: Robert Silles, Daire Shannon, Liam Mullins, Niall Cullen, Darragh Mc Elligott, Conor O’Keeffe, Matthew Pike, Brian Mc Auliffe, Shane McElligott, Jack Brosnan (0-1), Shane Conway 1-11 (0-9f, 0-2 ‘65’, 1-0 s/l), Jamie Galvin (0-1), Mikey Kelliher, Colin Sheehy (0-1), Aodhan Shanahan. Subs: Evan McCarthy for M Kelliher (blood), Mikey Kelliher for E McCarthy, Aidan O’Brien for D Shannon, Evan McCarthy for B McAuliffe.
REFEREE: Mike Hennessy (Ballyduff)