County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 6.
Templenoe 0-11, Kilcummin 2-13.
Templenoe faced table toppers Kilcummin at home in round 6 of the County League last Saturday evening. Two second half goals set the visitors on their way to maintain their 100% record, with six wins out of six. Credit to Jack O’Connor and his selectors though, they did release two of our County players Gavin Crowley and Killian Spillane for this fixture
The game was played on a glorious evening with a big enough crowd in attendance. Stephen O’Sullivan opened the scoring with a pointed free for the hosts, but Kilicummin immediately responded with Paul O’Shea causing problems for the Templenoe defence early on. O’Shea who was deployed at full forward hit three points in the first five minutes forcing Templenoe to adapt a sweeper system to curve his influence. In between, Templenoe’s Stephen O’Sullivan added a second free. There wasn’t much between the sides in the first half, but Kilcummin did look the more dangerous going forward. Noel Duggan and Killian Spillane exchanged frees mid-way through the first half, before Dara O’Callaghan and a fine score from Kevin McCarthy put the visitors three points clear. Killian Spillane then showed his class with wonderful score from a difficult angle just before the break.
Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-04, Kilcummin 0-06.
Kevin McCarthy and Killian Spillane traded scores again just after the restart. Then came the game’s first goal from Kilcummin with Philip O’Leary finishing perfectly after he was played through by Kevin McCarthy. Noel Duggan instantly followed this up for the East Kerry side with a point from play, to make the score 0-05 to 1-08 after 34 minutes of action. Aidan Crowley responded with a well taken score for the hosts. Templenoe needed more however and they nearly did so when a smart team move ended with Colin Crowley getting inside the defence from the right corner only to see his effort go agonisingly across the face of the goal. A green flag for the hosts at that stage would have reduced the margin to two points. Kilcummin heeded the warning and launched a high ball into their danger man Paul O’Shea, who was adjudged to have been fouled in the square with the referee awarding a penalty. O’Shea expertly converted the spot kick to extend their lead to eight points and there really was no way back for Templenoe from there. The hosts did have more goal scoring opportunities later on, but it was just not to be on the night. Kevin McCarthy added further scores to his tally, before Mark O’Shea chipped in with a brace of points of his own. While Killian Spillane kept the scoreboard ticking over for Templenoe with a few placed balls and a mark in between. The game ended with Shane McSweeney and Mark Looney from a 45 exchanging scores before the referee blew for full time.
Final Score: Templenoe 0-11, Kilcummin 2-13
Scorers:
Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-07 (5f) (1m), Stephen O’Sullivan 0-02 (2f), Aidan Crowley 0-01, Mark Looney 0-01 (1 45).
Kilcummin: Paul O’Shea 1-03 (1-00 pen 0-01 m), Kevin McCarthy 0-04 (1f), Philip O’Leary 1-00, Noel Duggan 0-02 (1f), Mark O’Shea 0-02, Dara O’Callahan 0-01, Shane McSweeney 0-01.
Teams:
Templenoe: Colm Breen, Mark Casey, Kieran O’Neill, John Moriarty, Joseph Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Josh Crowley Holland, Sean Sheehan, Mark Looney, Colin Crowley, Brian Crowley, Daniel Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Killian Spillane, Aidan Crowley.
Subs used: Tom Spillane, Michael F O’Connor, Michael O’Sullivan.
Kilcummin: Brendan Kealy, James Devane, Chris O’Leary, Philip Casey, James Nagle, Philip O’Leary, Dan Moynihan, Dara O’Callaghan, Kevin O’Gorman, Mark O’Shea, Gary O’Leary, Cian Foley, Kevin McCarthy, Paul O’Shea, Noel Duggan.
Subs used: Shane McSweeney, Andy Lowin, Damien O’Leary, Colm Kelleher.
