Kilmihil 2-11 Miltown 0-14
Following their opening round thrashing of Parteen, Miltown were eager to add 2 more points to their division 2 championship tally against a fancied Kilmihil outfit. Miltown started poorly and found it hard to get to grips with Kilmihil's free flowing football. The home side raced to a four point lead. Francis Gray, then had to make two good saves in the Miltown goal. At this stage Kilmihil were rampant and their goal came following a deflection off Miltown corner back Ciaran Kennelly which diverted the ball out of Gray's reach. Kilmihil led at half time 1-8 to 0-5.
The half time break rejuvenated Miltown and the gap was closed to 2 points 1-8 to 0-9 very quickly after the restart. Fine scores from Sean Malone and Eoin Cleary had Kilmihil on the back foot as Miltown attacked with purposed. Darragh McDonagh and Conor Cleary at midfield, were now dominant, with center forward David Meade mopping up the breaks. However, against the run of play, the home side were awarded a dubious penalty when John Organ was adjudged to have fouled the corner forward, when he appeared to have slapped the ball away legitimately . Martin O'Leary converted and added a point to open the gap to six, again. Back came Miltown, points from both the Cleary brothers and Sean Malone reduced the gap to two. Miltown were then denied a penalty claim when Sean Malone appeared to be tripped but referee Brian Keniry was not convinced. Kilmihil tagged on a point in the closing minutes to give them a 3 point win.
Miltown Team: Francis Gray, Ciaran Kennelly, Martin Rynne, John Organ, Declan O'Brien, Eoin Corbett, Donal Keane, Darragh McDonagh, Conor Cleary, Sean O'Malley, David Meade, Patrick McCaw, Tommy Howard, Eoin Cleary, Sean Malone. Subs: Michael Hamilton for P.McCaw & P.Flynn for D.O'Brien
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