Wexford 1-15 Fr. Tom Burke's 2-10
Wexford joined Tipperary at
the top of the junior hurling table with a win over defending Boston and NACB champions, Fr. Tom Burke's on
Saturday afternoon. The game was anybody's
entering the last 10 minutes, and it was Wexford who did enough to cross the
line ahead of Tom's by a nose. Inistoige
was to the fore as native son Ritchie Ryan accounted for the bulk of Wexford's
scores. Though Ryan was the free taker,
there were 3 or 4 lovely points from a play from the corner forward, and a goal
early in the second half.
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| Wexford Junior Hurlers came through at the end to beat Fr. Tom Burke's. |
The game started with Wexford going into a four points to no
score lead. Tom;s hardly had an attempt
at goal in the first 10 minutes, and though there were a few balls dropped into
the square, a Wexford player was there to make the clearance. In addition when the chances did come, Tom's
squandered them, two missed frees and a chance or two where a goal attempt was
cleared instead of taking the point meant that the Wexford lead remained
intact. Ryan accounted for 6 of
Wexford's first half tally, while additional points from Eoghan Flaherty and
Dominic Magill meant that there was a four point difference at the break.
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| Tom's Juniors still looking for the first win of the season. |
The game looked like it would get away from Tom's in the
second half after Ryan netted. His
marker, Paul Heneghan, did a fine job at corner back but Ryan just needed an
inch of room to make his openings and was often found isolated with plenty of
room to maneuver. Tom's had a great
chance at goal just beforehand when Fran Keenan was found with room on the 21,
but Craig Neville made a superb save to deflect the ball over the bar for a
point. Keenan finally got his opening,
not once but twice mid way through the half.
The second goal squirmed under the stick of Neville, and with that Tom's
were just a point behind. Keenan leveled
the scores with a point and with less than 10 minutes to go it was all
square. Wexford, who had that little bit
more quickness around the middle of the field, got the edge on their opponents
with the next three points, 2 Ryan frees and a point from play. Tom's tried to peg them back, but with time
running out needed a third goal and never got a clear chance. Tom's still looking for a win, and Wexford
with 2 wins from 2 games.
Wexford: C. Neville,
P. Nolan, P. Copper, D. Brennan, D. Magill (0-1), T. Edward, J. Foley, S.
Connelly (0-1), C. Kerins, E. Flaherty (0-1), J. Cullen, T. Dunne (0-1), R.
Ryan (1-12). Tom's: E. Cummins, T. Doran, P. Heneghan, K. Mooney,
C. Horan (0-2), J. Dooley, S. Wogan G. Kelly, C. Lee, C. Donoghue, P. McCoy
(0-1), M. Markhan, F. Keenan (2-7).
By Rory O'Donnell
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