St. Mary's Junior Games.

08/05/05 COUNTY JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 SEMI-FINAL. ST. MARY’S 1-13 SPA 1-16.

After a trilling game in which no team excelled that spanned over 1hr 20mins Spa advanced to the final where they will meet Austin Stacks for a place in the Junior Division 1 in the cruellest of circumstances. Despite Spa taking the game into extra time with a last minute point from Sean Casey, the East Kerry side took a 4 point lead at the interval of extra time, the Mary’s fought back and found themselves level with time running out where both side must have been looking to another day out, but with time up, Spa received a 45m free from which Sean Casey again dropped the ball short and to the top corner of the goal and saw Spa step forward to the final. The first half saw seven points exchanged between both sides and largest leading margin being 1 point, Spa got off the mark first when C Flathery pointed despite the Mary’s having two clear cut chances of points denied beforehand. Adam Quirke put St. Mary’s on the board for the first of 14 times with a 30m free before P Cronin the full forward pointed from 25m. Paul O’Connell, John O’Sullivan, Connie Connor and Adam Quirke (3) all added points for the Mary’s before the break while C Cronin, P Cronin and Brian Gleeson equalled for Spa to bring the half time score at 7 points a piece. After St. Mary’s winning the throw in Declan O’Sullivan set Sean Donal O’Shea up for the Mary’s to take the lead by the minimum. P Cronin made his last contribution of a point before he got his marching orders for his second yellow card while Sean Donal O’Shea (St. Mary’s), Sean Casey (Spa) and D Cronin (do.) exchanged points before Adam Quirke and John O’Sullivan pointed in quick succession which seemed to lead to a win for the Mary’s only that Sean Casey had other things on his mind when a long ball found him he pointed to bring the game into extra time at 0-12 each. St. Mary’s failed to produce in the first half of extra time while Spa added an additional 4 points from Sean Casey (2) and Sean Morris (2). The South Kerry side had a lot to do in the final 10 minutes but when Vinny Moriarty and Duirmuid Walsh combined to make Adam Quirke’s point this was a good start, but better was to come when Sean Donal O’Shea broke the ball to Vinny Moriarty he levelled with a goal. Then came the heartbreaking moment for the Mary’s when Sean Casey’s 45m free dropped between three Mary’s men and snatched the game. St. Mary’s Team and Scorers: Cormac O’Shea, John Paul Mahony, Brian O’Connor, Daniel Mahony, Sean O’Brien, Liam Corcoran, Aidan O’Sullivan, Sean Donal O’Shea (0-3), Kieran Casey, Connie Connor (0-1), Duirmuid Walsh, Adam Quirke (0-6,5f), John O’Sullivan (0-2), Paul O’Connell, Declan O’Sullivan (0-1). Subs: Ml Pat O’Donoghue 4 John Paul Mahony and Vinny Moriarty (1-0) 4 Sean O’Brien.

27/05/05 COUNTY JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 ROUND 4. ST. MARY’S 1-09 GNEEVEGUILLA 0-04.

St. Mary’s Juniors retained their unbeaten run in the County Junior League when they defeated a hapless Gneeveguilla who only put up a token of resistance. The home side put the first score up on the board after 5 mins when Paul O’Connell pointed a free, before Vinny Moriarty doubled the advantage soon after. Gneeveguilla could only manage 2 points in the first half while St. Mary’s added a goal and two points during the remainder of the half, the points from Connie Connor, while Sean Donal O’Shea set Vinny Moriarty up in front of goal who slotted to the back of the net to have a half time score of St. Mary’s 1-4, Gneeveguilla 0-2. Paul O’Connell once again opened the scoring of the half from another free after 10 mins. Gneeveguillas point 3 mins later had 4 between the sides before the Mary’s went on a rampage when they added 5 points unanswered from Vinny Moriarty, Connie Connor, Paul O’Connell and Niall McCarthy. Tempers flared a bit towards the end which saw 3 players sent off but leaving the home side the victors by an 8 point advantage. St. Mary’s played particular well in the poor weather conditions with Cormac Shea, John Donovan, Paudie Shea, Ml Pat O’Donoghue, Paul O’Connell Connie Connor and Vinny Moriarty coming to the fore. St. Mary’s Team: Cormac O’Shea, Ml Golden, Daniel O’Mahony, John Donavan, Paudie O’Shea, Aidan O’Sullivan, Ml Pat O’Donoghue, Niall McCarthy (0-1), Ciarian Casey, Declan O’Sullivan, Paul O’Connell (0-3,3f), Connie Connor (0-3), Vinny Moriarty (1-2), John O’Sullivan and Sean Donal O’Shea.

Friday 20^th May at LEGION. County JUNIOR Football League Division 2 ROUND 3. LEGION 2-04 ST. MARY’S 2-11.

St. Mary’s: Cormac O’Shea, John Paul O’Mahony, Brian O’Connor, Aidan O’Sullivan (0-1), Daniel Mahony, Ciaran Casey, Paul O’Connell, Connie Connor (0-2), Paudie O’Shea (0-1), Adam Quirke (0-2), John O’Sullivan (1-02), Seamus Fitzgerlad, Paudie Donovan (1-0).

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