Skryne cut down the Furze bush
Seneschalstown 0-16 Skryne 3-11
Skryne’s first half performance secured all the League points in this hard fought game played in Skryne on Saturday evening last. Seneschalstown relinquished home advantage as their pitch was unplayable. Had the match been given a Friday night slot then McManus Park would also have been unplayable so therefore the match went ahead on a rain soaked, very heavy surface which didn’t suit either team. Although the light breeze didn’t really affect the game both teams played much better into the goals at the scoreboard end.
The Blues started the match brightly and had two goals on the board to the Furze two points very early on. One each from Niall Morley and Bryan Davis. They continued to bombard the Seneschalstown goals for the rest of the half and the excellent Morley added a further goal and a point before the 20 minute mark. This first half was a great team effort from Skryne and they played some lovely combination football right up to the break at which time they led by 10 points – 3-8 to 0-7.
The second half was much different and it was Seneschalstown who played the better football and outscored the winners by 9 points to 3 during this period. The accuracy of Shane Clarke and the strength of Joe Sheridan who scored 10 points between them kept Seneschalstown in the game right up to the end. The goal they needed never came due mainly to the safe hands and shotstopping of Skryne goalkeeper Ian Gillett who continued where he left off in the last game (versus Ballinlough).
Patrick O’Rourke and Donie Ryan (particularly up the time he was badly fouled) gave Skryne a slight edge at midfield and this along with their excellent forward movement, as already stated, had the Blues in control for long periods of an entertaining game.
In defence Mark Jordan was back to his best form until he unluckily received a black card. He was ably assisted by Stephen O’Brien and Tomás McKeown while up front others to shine were Neil Burke, Paddy Fox and Conor O’Brien.
But very few games are won by individuals and this was a team effort with all 17 players who took part contributing to a fine win.
With a number of players to return to the fold competition for starting places will intensify over the next few weeks which can only be good for the team overall.
Skryne – Ian Gillett. Niall Lenehan, Martin Mulvaney, Mark Jordan. Adam O’Sullivan, Tomás McKeown, Stephen O’Brien (0-1). Patrick O’Rourke (0-1), Donie Ryan. Neil Burke (0-2), Conor O’Brien (0-3), Bryan Davis (1-3). Paddy Fox, John Morley, Niall Morley (2-1).
Subs used – David Lynch and Declan Morley.
A League Division 1 table – 06th March 2016
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