SFC: Ballincollig Through to Round 4
May 05, 2015
Ballincollig 1-15 St Finbarr’s 1-12
Ballincollig senior footballers made a great start to their 2015 campaign with a win against St Finbarr’s at Pairc Ui Rinn last evening .They went into this game with as county champions and with a good record in the league and got off to a great start winning a lot of possession and the forwards in particular combining very well to score some excellent points . After 7 minutes they were up 0-4 to 0-0 with 2 points from Cian Kiely and points from John Kelly and John Miskella . After 18 minutes St Finbarrs scored their first point and at this stage the score was 0-6 to 01 . Shane Murphy made a number of runs forward and was un lucky not to score but with George Durrant and Pat Kelly both playing well Ballincollig continued to dominate . Pat Kelly scored a goal after 27 minutes after running on to a breaking ball and finishing well to the bottom corner of the net . At half time the score was 1-10 to 0-4 with Ballincollig down to 14 men with John Miskella very harshly sent off for a straight red .
The second half was always going to be tight and when St Finbarr’s started with 3 unanswered points and Ballincollig had to dig deep to keep on top and after 44 minutes and both teams exchanging scores, a point from Cian Kiely left the score at 1-14 to 0-7. Ballincollig made a number of changes with Pat Kelly being replaced by Alan o Donovan and after a number of black cards being handed out by the referee , St Finbarr’s scored a number of points and on 58 minutes they goaled to bring the margin to 3 points .
A further point from St Finbarr’s meant the finish was very tense and exciting. A point from Sean Kiely after 61 minutes restored the 3 point lead and that is how it finished .
Scorers for Ballincollig:
C Kiely (0-4); P Kelly (1-1); J Kelly (0-2 frees), C Dorgan (0-1 free, 0-3 each); J Miskella (0-2); S Kiely, C O’Sullivan (0-1 each)
Scorers for St Finbarr’s:
E Finn (0-6); C Madden (0-4, 0-3 frees); R Leahy (1-0); J Burns, C Lyons (0-1 each).
BALLINCOLLIG:
J Gibbons; S Murphy, L Jennings, N Galvin; JP Murphy, S O’Donoghue, C Moore; S Kiely, C O’Sullivan; G Durrant, P Kelly, C Kiely; J Kelly, C Dorgan, J Miskella.
Subs:
A Donovan for P Kelly (42 mins), D Kirstein for JP Murphy (47, bc) D Murphy for Moore (51, bc), R Noonan for J Kelly (62).
Report Courtesy Of G. Halligan
Ballincollig senior footballers made a great start to their 2015 campaign with a win against St Finbarr’s at Pairc Ui Rinn last evening .They went into this game with as county champions and with a good record in the league and got off to a great start winning a lot of possession and the forwards in particular combining very well to score some excellent points . After 7 minutes they were up 0-4 to 0-0 with 2 points from Cian Kiely and points from John Kelly and John Miskella . After 18 minutes St Finbarrs scored their first point and at this stage the score was 0-6 to 01 . Shane Murphy made a number of runs forward and was un lucky not to score but with George Durrant and Pat Kelly both playing well Ballincollig continued to dominate . Pat Kelly scored a goal after 27 minutes after running on to a breaking ball and finishing well to the bottom corner of the net . At half time the score was 1-10 to 0-4 with Ballincollig down to 14 men with John Miskella very harshly sent off for a straight red .
The second half was always going to be tight and when St Finbarr’s started with 3 unanswered points and Ballincollig had to dig deep to keep on top and after 44 minutes and both teams exchanging scores, a point from Cian Kiely left the score at 1-14 to 0-7. Ballincollig made a number of changes with Pat Kelly being replaced by Alan o Donovan and after a number of black cards being handed out by the referee , St Finbarr’s scored a number of points and on 58 minutes they goaled to bring the margin to 3 points .
A further point from St Finbarr’s meant the finish was very tense and exciting. A point from Sean Kiely after 61 minutes restored the 3 point lead and that is how it finished .
Scorers for Ballincollig:
C Kiely (0-4); P Kelly (1-1); J Kelly (0-2 frees), C Dorgan (0-1 free, 0-3 each); J Miskella (0-2); S Kiely, C O’Sullivan (0-1 each)
Scorers for St Finbarr’s:
E Finn (0-6); C Madden (0-4, 0-3 frees); R Leahy (1-0); J Burns, C Lyons (0-1 each).
BALLINCOLLIG:
J Gibbons; S Murphy, L Jennings, N Galvin; JP Murphy, S O’Donoghue, C Moore; S Kiely, C O’Sullivan; G Durrant, P Kelly, C Kiely; J Kelly, C Dorgan, J Miskella.
Subs:
A Donovan for P Kelly (42 mins), D Kirstein for JP Murphy (47, bc) D Murphy for Moore (51, bc), R Noonan for J Kelly (62).
Report Courtesy Of G. Halligan