Cusack Cup 2015 Round 3

Miltown v Clondegad  19-04-2015

Miltown 1-5 Clondegad 1-15

Miltown suffered their first defeat of the 2015 Cusack Cup campaign when going down by 10 points to Clondegad in a sunny Ballynacally on Sunday.

Missing a number of players through injury Miltown were slow to settle in the first half and Clondegad held a three point lead before a Micheal Malone point from play opened their account after 14 minutes.However as the half wore on Miltown began the get the better of proceedings with Darragh McDonagh prominent in midfield.Points from Kieran Malone, Eoin Curtin and Kevin Keavey meant the sides went in level at half time on a scoreline of 4 points a piece.

The second half started well for the visitors with another Micheal Malone point securing the lead.However this proved to be a short lived lead and as Clondegad tightened the screw Miltown found scores very hard to come by, their only other score being a well taken goal by Kieran Malone after 46 minutes.In the mean time Clondegad had added 5 points and a 55th minute goal signalled the end of Miltowns hopes.The home side went on to score 6 unanswered points from play in the final 10 minutes to run out comprehensive winners.  

Next up for Miltown is an away fixture against Ennistymon in the O'Gorman Cup before travelling to Lissycasey for round 4 of the Cusack Cup in a game scheduled for tuesday 28th of april

Miltown :Sean O'Brien,Ian Sexton,Seanie Malone,Graham Kelly,Brian Curtin,Gordon Kelly,Shane Curtin, JJ.Meade,Darragh McDonagh,Kevin Keavey,Gary Egan,Colin Hehir,Eoin Curtin,Enda Fox,Micheal Malone

Subs:

Kieran Malone for Gary Egan,

Cormac Byrne for Graham Kelly

Gerard Malone for Kevin Keavey

Martin Mongan for Eoin Curtin

Referee Pat Cosgrove (Corofin)