Miltown secure 3rd Cusack Cup victory

St. Josephs Miltown senior side continued their unbeaten start to the season when securing a hard fought one point victory over Doonbeg in Miltown today. A determined Doonbeg side started brightly and kicked the opening three points. This combined with an early injury to Kevin Keavey put Miltown under pressure. Miltown came very much into the game in the second quarter to level at 0-5 each. In the minutes to half time, Enda Fox saw his rasping shot rebound from the crossbar while David Tubridy struck for a Doonbeg goal to leave the half time score at Doonbeg 1-6 Miltown 0-6. The half time introduction of John Meade helped Miltown gain a foothold at midfield. The move of Micheal Malone to the half forward line as a result was richly reqarded with Micheal hitting a tally of 1-3 from play in the second half. In the closing minutes, the teams were tied at 1-9 apiece when Darragh McDonagh kicked the winning score. Doonbeg battled to the very end despite finishing with 13 men as two players were issued straight red cards in the closing minutes. Miltown will hope that injuries picked up by a number of key players will prove not to be too serious ahead of a tough game away to Eire Og next week. The Miltown team lined out as follows: Niall Quinn, Colin McGuane, Enda O'Gorman, Shane Curtin, Eoin O'Brien, Gordon Kelly, Brian Curtin, Darragh McDonagh, Micheal Malone, Kieran Malone, Gearoid Curtin, Enda Fox, Joe Curtin, Eoin Curtin, Kevin Keavey Subs used: Eoin Cleary, John Meade, Gerard Malone, Ian Sexton