Top flight within grasp for Syddan
taking a pass from Brian Dillon and they led 1-4 to 0-2 following a rare point from Andrew Garland.
Madden and Ruairi O’Dowd were particularly prominent for the Blacks as they kept the scoreboard ticking over throughout the half.
Points from Aaron McLoughlin and O’Dowd had Walterstown level within three minutes of the restart, but then Mark Fedigan got forward and produced an exquisite finish to the Walterstown net.
The sides were back level towards the end of the third quarter before Brian Dillon and Andrew Garland - his second point - edged the visitors ahead again. However, Walterstown responded to regain parity by the 49th minute.
Both sides were reduced to 14 with the dismissals of Paddy Farrelly and Davy Reynolds 10 minutes from the finish. Brian Dillon and O’Dowd then swapped points before the dramatic finale, with the win leaving Syddan on the cusp of promotion.
SYDDAN: Ciaran Farrelly; Mark Fedigan 1-0, Ronan Mooney, Jack Reid; Stuart Fedigan 0-1, Andrew Garland 0-2, Michael Fedigan; Sean Clare 0-1, Kevin Traynor; Paddy Farrelly 0-1, Daire Rowe 2-3, Graham Garland; Brian Dillon 0-2 (1f), Cathal Dardis, Cormac Rowe 0-1. Sub: Michael Smith for Dardis.