MFC A ROUND 1
MAYNOOTH 1-19
ST LAURENCE’S 0-3
It was a one-sided affair from start to finish and the losers could only register one point in the opening half as Maynooth amassed 12 points.
O’Connor led the way at corner-forward, hitting some pinpoint frees from distance, while county minor captain John Comerford showed that his radar was just as good as the forwards, with four points to his name. Together with Kildare minor keeper, Mark Donnellan, who partnered him in the winners’ midfield, they suffocated the Larries and not even the move of the Larries county minor, Padraig Fogarty, from centre-forward to midfield could halt Maynooth’s march.
With a 0-12 to 0-1 lead at the interval, the game was over as a contest but Maynooth continued to drive forward and their victory was capped off by a well taken goal from Martin O’Connor in the third quarter.
At the opposite end Neil Delaney was thwarting the Larries at every turn, making a string of fine saves in the final quarter as the losers struggled to find the target.
After TJ Kavanagh scored a rare point for Laurence’s, Maynooth finished the game in style with three successive points from Andy Fox, Martin O’Connor and Sean O’Connor.
MAYNOOTH: Neil Delaney; Hughie Flaherty, Cian Egan, Garvan Dowling; James Walsh, Shane Delaney 0-1, Shane Hawthorne 0-1; John COmerford 0-4, Mark DOnnellan 0-1; Cian Kearney, Sean O’Connor 0-1, Philly Murphy 0-1; Andy Fox 0-2, Mark Travers, Martin O’Connor 1-8 (0-4fs). Subs: Conor Nolan for Dowling, 50; Conor Saults for Travers, 50; David Murray for Fox, 52; Conor Davin for Donnellan, 52.
ST LAURENCE’S: Luke Doyle; Sean Mooney, Billy Donovan, Cillian Woods; Gareth Hoare, Pat Carton, Edward Dwyer; Roger Glynn, Brian Waters; TJ Kavanagh 0-1, Padraig Fogarty 0-1, Eric Mackey; Robbie Loughran, Danny O’Driscoll, Sean Doyle 0-1f.
REF: Brendan Cawley (Sarsfields).
