First blood to Pat’s
Dress rehearsal for championship goes O’Brien’s way
at Joule Park, Aughrim 1-13 2-8
Mikey O’Connor pointed for Blessington but Duffy and Kelly added to Pats total.
McLoughlin pointed another free but Duffy came back again with a pointed free of his own. Kelly added another and at this stage Pats led by 1-11 to 1-7.
Anthony McLoughlin, who scored a total of 2-5 for his side and made a huge contribution to the Blessington cause, then put the cat among the pigeons when he fisted home his side’s second goal to leave the minimum between the sides.
The last ten minutes were very keenly contested as both sides battled for victory.
Tommy Kelly again pointed but Mikey O’Connor pointed a free to leave the bare minimum between the sides with two minutes left on the clock, Paul O’Brien secured the insurance point for the Wicklow Town side in the second minute of added time.
After the game, the Dunne Cup was presented by County Chairman Martin Fitzgerald to the captain of the victorious St Patricks team, Dean Healy.
– St Patricks: Tommy Kelly 0-6, Stephen Duffy 0-4, Conor Ffrench 1-0, Paul O’Brien 0-2, Ciaran McGettigan 0-1.
Blessington: Anthony McLaughlin 2-5, Mikey O’Connor 0-3.
Ian Murphy; Padraig Higgins, Shane Morley, Wayne Doyle; Simon Bouchier, Conor Ffrench, John Crowe; Dean Healy, Shane Doyle; Ciaran Doyle, Paul O’Brien, Johnny Delahunt; Jordan Pettigrew, Stephen Duffy, Tommy Kelly. Subs: Ciaran McGettigan, Rory Marron, Ronan Murray.
Scorers St Patricks:
Peter Manning; Barry Murphy, Wayne Callaghan, Stephen Bohan; Aaron Curran, Paul McLoughlin, Jack Gilligan; Gavin Murray, Kevin John Rodgers; Jack Cotter, Anthony McLoughlin, Kevin Hanlon; Dean Siney, Curtis Geraghty, Mikey O’Connor. Subs: Patrick O’Connor, Martin Shanahan, Owen Keogh, Caolin McGorman.
Ciaran Fleming (Balt-
Blessington: Referee:
inglass).