Division 1, County Senior Football League, Round 9.
John Mitchels 1-13, Templenoe 4-11
Templenoe recorded their 3rd win in the County league by defeating John Mitchels in the John Mitchels GAA Grounds last Sunday.
Stephen O’Sullivan opened the scoring with a point from play for Templenoe. Then the Mitchels responded with four unanswered points thanks to two frees from Alan O’Donoghue and James Duggan, before Alan O’Donoghue and Michael Wrenn added two more scores from play. The sides were soon level however, with Danny Cahalane, Brian Crowley and Patrick Clifford all hitting the target for Templenoe. John Mitchels centre back Laurence Bastible briefly restored their lead with a point, but the Kenmare District side immediately replied with both Cian Hallissey and Teddy Doyle raising white flags. The Tralee men hit the front again with a well taken goal from Shane O’Connor, but it was the visitors that went on to dominate the remainder of the half. Martin Reilly scored their first goal in the 26th minute before Stephen O’Sullivan and Martin Reilly followed this up with a point each to add to their tallies. Then, shortly before the half time whistle Killian Spillane extended Templenoe’s lead with their second goal to put them in a commanding position. Yet, there was time for one more Mitchels point through George Bastible to leave the score at the interval: John Mitchels 1-6 Templenoe 2-9.
John Mitchels started the 2nd half brightly with Shane O’Connor, Alan O’Donoghue and Stevie O’Mahony all splitting the posts, before James Duggan converted a 45 to reduce the margin to just two points. The turning point in the match came in the 43rd minute, when Templenoe were awarded a penalty after the Mitchels keeper Dermot Raggett fouled Brian Crowley. The aforementioned Brian Crowley made no mistake with the spot kick. Soon after the home side were dealt another blow, when Martin Reilly struck for his second and Templenoe’s fourth goal to put them eight points ahead. The visitors went on to add two more points from Brian Crowley and Killian Spillane in the final quarter, while Laurence Bastible, Alan O’Donoghue and James Duggan (free) popped over three points for the Mitchels in the same period to leave the final score John Mitchels 1-13, Templenoe 4-11.
Teams & Scorers:
John Mitchels:
Dermot Raggett, Sean Maloney, Frank O’Donnell, Jarlath Carney, Pat Kearney, Laurence Bastible 0-2, Jack Myers, Mike Wrenn 0-1, Ciaran Deane, George Bastible 0-1, Shane O’Connor 1-0, Conor Hurley, Alan O’Donoghue 0-4 (0-1F), James Duggan 0-4 (0-2F, 0-145), Stevie O’Mahony 0-1.
Subs: Eoin Barden, Cian O’Brien, Bryan Costello, Peter Nammock, John Maher
Templenoe:
Anthony Sheehan, Mike Hallissey Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Patrick Clifford 0-1, Danny Cahalane 0-1, Kieran McCarthy, Sean Sheehan, Cian Hallissey 0-1, Josh Crowley Holland, Brian Crowley 1-2, Teddy Doyle 0-1, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-2, Killian Spillane 1-2 (0-1F), Martin Reilly 2-1
Subs: Joseph Sheehan, Shane Cremin, Will Sheehy.
