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Division 1 - County League - Round 11.
Dr Crokes 3-7 ------- Milltown 1-10(Played
in Lewis Rd on Sunday 19th Nov06)
Even though we won our last game
in the County League Division 1 we were still pipped by
one point to qualify for the final. Our final tally of
14 points left us in third place. The game was however a
very good work out for next Sundays Munster Club
championship semi final against Nemo Rangers.
We had the breeze in the first half of a game
that was played in atrocious weather. Even though we had
the first score of the game , a point in the first
minute Milltown went ahead with two points in the next
few minutes. This was the only time in the game that
they led. Aided by the elements and three goals , two by
Eoin Brosnan and one by Colm Cooper we were ahead by
nine points going into the last minute of the half. Our
opponents however struck for a good goal in injury time
to leave us six points ahead at the interval.
Points were exchanged twice in the first ten
minutes of the second half and a point by Edmund
O'Sullivan in the 52nd minute put us seven points
clear.This was our last score of the game. Milltown
added on four minors to leave just three points between
the teams at the end.
Dr Crokes Best Player; Colm Cooper.
Team and Scorers; Kieran Cremin, Brian
O'Donoghue, Luke Quinn, Shane Doolan; Bat Moriarty,
Brian McMahon, Eanna Kavanagh; Eoin Brosnan 2-0, Ambrose
O'Donovan; Brian Looney, Andrew Kennelly 0-1, James
Fleming(capt); Kieran O'Leary 0-1, Kieran Brosnan, Colm
Cooper 1-4(0-2frees). Subs; Edmund
O'Sullivan 0-1, Vince Cooper, Nicholas Murphy, John
Payne.
Division 1- County League - Round 10.
Dr Crokes 3-5 ------- Kerins O'Rahillys 0-9 (Played in Tralee
on Friday 8th Sept 06) We got back on winning ways with a five
point win over Kerins O'Rahillys at Tralee. We made good use of the
strong breeze in the first half and two early goals gave us the start we
needed against the League leaders. The game was played at championship
pace from the outset and our tally of 2-3 at the break gave us a five
point lead. It was no certainty that this lead was going to be
enough but our players got stuck in more than in any other game this
year.Even though the Blues narrowed the gap to three points midway
through the second half a goal a few minutes later by Andrew Kennelly
put us six points clear going into the last ten minutes. We were in
control in the closing stages, scoring two points and happy not to
concede a goal and restrict theO'Rahillys to three points. Team
and Scorers; Andrew O'Connell; Shane Doolan 0-1(free) Luke Quinn,
Keith McMahon; Batt Moriarty, James Cahillane, John Payne 0-1; Kieran
Brosnan, Brian McMahon 1-0; Brian Looney 0-3(0-2frees), Nicholas Murphy,
James Fleming; Kieran O'Leary, Johnny O'Sullivan 1-0,Andrew Kennelly 1-0
Subs; Ambrose O'Donovan. Division 1 County League- Round 6
Dr Crokes 1-7 --- Listowel Emmets 0-9
After a lack lustre display
we collected two points and kept ourselves in contention
in the County league Division 1.With the breeze at our
back we made the early running but sloppy passing and
indifferent shooting left us just a goal ahead at the
interval, 1-4 to 0-4.
Listowel were on top in the second half
but some heroic defending gave us a flattering one point
win.
We were served well in defence by
goalkeeper Kieran Cremin, Vince Cooper, James
Cahillane and John Payne. Best in attack were James
Fleming, Kieran O'Leary and David Moloney.
Team and Scorers; Kieran Cremin; Shane
Doolan, Luke Quinn, Keith McMahon; Bryan O'Donoghue,
James Cahillane, John Payne; Kieran Brosnan, Batt
Moriarty; David Moloney 0-1, Andrew Kennelly, James
Fleming 0-4(0-3frees), Kieran O'Leary 1-2, Vince Cooper,
Brian Looney.------Subs; Ambrose O'Donovan.
Division 1 County League --- Round 7 --- Dr Crokes
1-13 --- Castl Desmonds 3-6.(Played in Lewis
Rd on Saturday 12th July) Even though we
triumphed over Desmonds by the minimum margin in round 7
of the County League our mentors could not have been
happy with our display. We continued right throughout
the game to score hard earned points but found it
difficult to keep out the major scores(three in all)
because of our inability to defend against the height
advantage of our opponents. Our opponents
enjoyed parity at the break because of goals they scored
in the 7th and 29th minutes to give them a tally of 2-1
to our 0-7. In the early minutes of the second
half Desmonds added on a goal and a point and
considering they enjoyed wind advantage they were very
much in the driving seat. We had our best period of the
game in the next twenty minutes, scoring 1-6 to our
opponents single point. This left us three points ahead
going into the last five minutes.Desmonds however
rallied strongly with three unanswered points to level
the scoring going into the last minute. Vince Cooper
gave us victory with a point on the stroke of time. Our
opponents probably deserved a point from the fixture. The
game was a personal triumph for Kieran O'Leary who
contributed 1-6. Team and Scorers: Kieran
Cremin, Keith McMahon, Luke Quinn, Shane Doolan; Batt
Moriarty, James Cahillane, John Payne; Ambrose
O'Donovan, Kieran Brosnan; David Moloney 0-2, Andrew
Kennelly 0-1, James Fleming 0-1, Kieran O'Leary
1-6(0-2frees), Vince Cooper 0-1, Brian Looney 0-2. Division
1 County League ----- Round 8
Dr Crokes 1-11 -------- Ghaeltacht 0-18 (Played in
Lewis Rd on Sat August 26th) Five unanswered
points in the first ten minutes of the second half by
our opponents and five more points by them to our one
made them worthy winners of this County League tie. We
made most of the running in the first half and enjoyed a
four point lead after twenty five minutes.The West Kerry
lads finished the half the stronger with three points to
leave us a point in front at the interval. Ghaeltacht
had five points without reply to put them four points
ahead by the 40th minute.We got on top in the next ten
minutes and were on level terms by the 20th minute. Our
opponents however finished the stronger, scoring five
points to our one for a deserved victory. We
played second fiddle to our opponents in this game
because of their ability to win the breaking ball around
midfield and because of the ten point contribution of
Dara O Cinneide who scored ten points(eight from frees).
Team and Scorers: Kieran Cremin, Shane
Doolan, Luke Quinn, Keith McMahon; Brian O'Donoghue,
James Cahillane, John Payne; Ambrose O'Donovan, Batt
Moriarty(0-1); David Moloney 0-1, Andrew Kennelly 1-0,
James Fleming 0-3; Kieran O'Leary 0-6, Vince Cooper,
Brian Looney. ----Subs; Mike Moloney, Kieran
Brosnan, Nicholas Murphy, Jamie Doolan. |
