Cork 1-13 Wolfe Tones 2-13
For the second week in a row Cork fell just short of a
result after falling to the Wolfe Tones on a warm Sunday afternoon at the Irish
Cultural Center. For the Tones it was a
good way to rebound after a sub-par outing against the Gaels last week. Cork chased the game all the way through and
although the rebels came close, they could not find an equalizing goal to earn
themselves a point for their efforts.
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| Wolfe Tones held on to deny Cork on Sunday. |
The first half started slow but finished with some well
taken scores. The Tones enjoyed the
advantage of four early and unanswered points to carry them through most of the
period. Neither side managed to generate
much in the way of flowing football, but did manage some flashes of good
football. Kevin Ryan opened the scoring
for the Tones and was followed by Barry McShea and two points from Ciaran
Cunningham.
The Tones threatened to run rampant, however, Cork came to
grips with affairs and managed to generate some decent scoring chances. Jack Lynch and Mike Moynihan pointed as the
game tarted to flow a bit better and moved up and down the field. Sean Kelly and Ryan answered back for the
Tones before a well worked goal came from Brian O’Connor. A ball into Sean Kelly was off loaded to the
inrushing O’Connor who buried it.
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| The rebels found themselves a step behind most of the game. |
Cork
finished the half strongly with four unanswered points themselves with Kevin
McMahon, Lynch, and James Long hitting the mark to make it a 1-6 to 0-7 Tones
first half advantage.
Cork tried to eat into the Tones lead but could not make any
inroads as each time Cork pointed the Tones answered. Padraig O’Shea’s lovely score was answered by
Ryan, as was Cork’s next score. The
rebels labored to make up ground. The
Tones then hit with a Barry McShea goal.
A well worked move was hit low past Ollie Murphy by McShea and now Cork
really needed a goal to have a chance of salvaging something and keeping on
track for a semi-final place.
,Cork managed a couple of Peter Wallace points and Moynihan
forced a good save from Miskell in the final 10 minutes. Cork worked the ball well into the final
third and had brought Cian Clifford into the fray. Eventually the rebels got the ball into the
hands of the tall corner forward and Clifford slotted home from the edge of the
small rectangle. Five minutes to go and
a goal in it. Cork pointed through
O’Shea and with normal time up needed the goal.
Jack Lynch was in from a tight angle, but amid Cork cries for a penalty
the captain’s shot hit the outside of the post.
The teams traded points to finish the game with the Tones holding on to
both points from the game.
Cork: O. Murphy, M.
Carolan, T. McCloskey, B. Devlin, C. Caffrey, S. Loftus, J. Lynch, L.
Cunningham, K. McMahon, M. Moynihan, J. Long, P. Wallace, P. O’Shea. Tones:
P. Miskell, C. Moran, B. Faulkner, K. Gill, K. O’Regan, N. Mullen, C.
Cunningham, B. McShea, B. O’Connor, K. Ryan, A. Moore, G. Walsh, S. Kelly.
By Rory O'Donnell
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