Seniors secure first brace of league points

Post date: May 22, 2018 9:56:7 PM

Edenderry............4-13

Tullamore............0-12

The senior footballers collected their first brace of points in the Division One league with an emphatic thirteen point victory over Tullamore in Tullamore on Tuesday night.

In an end to end battle in the first half the side were very much evenly balanced with Sean Doyle and Michael Brazil trading two points each in the first nine minutes.

Points from Alex Kenny and Keith McGuinness put Edenderry 0-4 0-3 ahead in the twenty first minute but Tullamore replied with two more scores to give them the edge with six minutes remaining. Edenderry hit a purple patch and an excellent point from Colm Byrne had the sides level before an Alex Kenny point gave the reds a one point lead.

A goal from John Gorman in the twentieth ninth minute gave Edenderry a four point cushion but Tullamore pulled one point back deep into injury time.

Half Time

Edenderry 1-6

Tullamore 0-6

The opening score of the second half went to Tullamore in the thirty second minute but it was the following six minutes which ultimately decided the game. Sean Doyle pointed before goals from Colm Byrne and Richie Dalton in the space of sixty seconds decided the game. Further scores from Alex Kenny and Sean Doyle (3) helped Edenderry open up an eleven point lead and in the final eight minutes of the game Jordan Hayes, Richie Dalton and Alex Kenny contributed points to bring Edenderry's tally to 4-13.

Team:

Shane Cummins, Adam Mahon, Evan Kelly, Andrew Forde, Colm Byrne (1-1), David Brady, Mark Abbott, Stephen Guing, Richie Dalton (1-1), Jordan Hayes (0-1), Keith McGuinness (0-1), John Gorman (1-0), Ciaran Farrell, Alex Kenny (0-4), Sean Doyle (1-5).

Subs: Jamie Dolan for John Gorman, Mark Young for Keith McGuiness, Jake Kenny for Shane Cummins