Paul Smith was most vocal!

In poor conditions at Cavan on Easter Monday both teams tried hard to play good football but to no avail. Joey Connor and Paddy Murphy. gave Abbey a 2-0 lead but Cavan took control, in the second- half and within 15 minutes led 4-2, with Jim Hughes in defence battling hard.

In fact most of the Abbey attacks in the second half came from a frustrated Paul Smith on the sideline. In the end Cavan ran out easy winners to consolidate their position near the top of the division.