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EVENING ECHO REPORT - U21 FINAL - (Number of times read: 1044)
Derry Farr | Tuesday 2 May 2017
Report Courtesy of Derry Farr
Dohenys 2 – 8 Castlehaven 0 – 9
A mixture of emotion and relief greeted
this Doheny victory in last evening’s Clóna Milk sponsored Carbery U-21 AFC
final in Aughaville. The relief came in
their ending of a 17 year drought in this championship while the nostalgia was
served up after the game when the winning captain Eóin Lavers, a grandnephew of
Liam Farr whose name this trophy commemorates, received the Cup. The game itself was one of two halves with
Dohenys serving up a virtually flawless opening 30 minutes. At the break the winners were 2-5 to 0-1
ahead but the expected Haven revival materialised after the resumption only for
Dohenys to pick off a trio of invaluable points in their time of crisis. With Johnny Kelly excelling in midfield and
their defence as tight as a drum it was all Dohenys early on with a point from
the outstanding Bill Murphy starting the cavalcade. Then Mark Buckley, beaten
to a few early balls by sterling Haven fullback Ronan Walsh, cut loose to first
score a point followed immediately by his 21st minute goal. This was far from a three man show however as
Seán Daly was keeping a close eye on Michael Hurley in a Haven attack that
uncharacteristically kicked a few deliveries into the safe hands of Doheny
custodian Darragh McCarthy.
Up front Keith White proved to be a
will of the wisp attacker with a brace of points before
setting up Johnny Kelly who coolly scored their second goal just before a Conor
Cahalane free served up the only Haven score a minute from halftime. Cahalane, although hobbling proved to be a
major player in the Haven revival after the resumption with David Whelton,
Patrick Bohane, Conor Nolan and Ronan Walsh other key players. They shook off their opening half shackles
and a succession of points ended with Cathal Maguire making it a four point
game in the 48th minute. A
mighty Fionn Herlihy point settled the winners who had substitute Ray Jennings
also on target to finally kill off a vibrant Haven revival.
Dohenys; M Buckley, J Kelly 1-1 each, K White 0-2, B Murphy, C O’Donovan, F
Herlihy, R Jennings 0-1 each.
Castlehaven; C Cahalane 0-4 (0-1f),
C Maguire 0-2, M Hurley, C Nolan, K O’Donovan 0-1 each.
Dohenys; D McCarthy; J O’Farrell, S
Daly, E Murray; D Collins, E Lavers, J Carroll; C O’Donovan, J Kelly; F Herlihy, B Murphy, A O’Donovan; K White, M
Buckley, N O’Donovan. Subs; R Jennings,
T Murphy.
Castlehaven; C O’Driscoll; S Walsh,
R Walsh, D Whelton; R Maguire, C O’Sullivan, P Bohane; C Nolan, C Cahalane; S
Kearney, M Hurley, K O’Donovan; A Pearce, R Foley, C Maguire. Subs; D O’Neill.
Referee; Alan Long, Argideen Rangers.