Aghabullogue win Intermediate A HC

 Aghabullogue 3-17 Midleton 2-19 

AGHABULLOGUE held on to claim the Intermediate A HC title in a nail-biting affair with Midleton in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon.

Matthew Bradley put in a man-of-the-match performance, scoring 0-14 overall, while Shane Tarrant and John Corkery also stood out as they shared the goals. With the best efforts of Aidan Ryan and Aaron Mulcahy, Midleton came back from seven points down, and levelled it heading into injury time.

 

Scorers for Aghabullogue: M Bradley 0-12 (0-8 f), J Corkery 2-0, S Tarrant 1-2, C Gillespie, P Ring, N Barry Murphy 0-1 each.

Midleton: A Mulcahy 0-14 (0-11 f 0-1 65), K Farmer 1-1, A Quirke 1-0, D McCarthy 0-2, A Ryan, G Reddy 0-1 each.

AGHABULLOGUE: F Foley; T Long, C Timmons, Jerome Corkery; T Buckley, P O’Sullivan, M Dennehy; N Barry Murphy, S Furey; John Corkery, P Ring, J Foley; M Bradley, S Tarrant, C Gillespie.

Subs: B Dineen for Gillespie (h-t), B Casey for O’Sullivan (44), D Quinlan for Long (50).

MIDLETON: Z Smith; C Gunning, C Murphy, D Scanlon; L Hennessy, J Nagle, G Reddy; A Daly, A Quirke; A Mulcahy, A Ryan, D McCarthy; T Roche, K Farmer, C Crowley.

Subs: A Power for Gunning (25 inj), P Dowling for Crowley (44), D Cagney for Roche (53), P O’Shea for Reddy (60).

Referee: Patrick O’Mahony (Kilbrittain)