Ballymurn best in local derby
CROSSABEG-BALLYMURN GLYNN-BARNTOWN 2-7 3-2
Pádraig Foley (Crossabeg-ballymurn) races away from Padraic Wafer (Glynn-barntown).
THESE WEXFORD District neighbouring clubs produced the expected Jim Byrne Cup thriller at Ballymurn where both teams finished with 14 players as the hard-pressed home side won through by a two-point margin.
Crossabeg-ballymurn with the stiff breeze behind them in the first-half had by far the better start, leading by 1-3 to 0-1 by the end of the opening quarter.
Bill Eviston accounted for the winners' early points with Thomas Dixon scoring the goal.
Glynn-barntown fought back with a goal apiece from Cian Neville and Cian Gabbett to level matters by half-time (1-4 to 2-1).
The lead changed hands a couple of times in the second-half as Bill Eviston and Aaron Kehoe exchanged goals before Cormac O'rourke and late arrival Emmett Fox notched the winning points for the home team near the end of an exciting game.
Crossabeg-ballymurn: Ben Turner; Martin Redmond, James Kehoe, Eoin O'connor; Dylan Turner, Cian Lambert, Shane Whelan; Conor Devereux, Pádraig Foley; Cormac O'rourke (0-2, 1 free), Bill Eviston (1-2), Glen Murphy; Conor Maddock, Thomas Dixon (1-0), Paddy Devereux (0-1). Subs. - Patrick O'connor for Murphy, Emmett Fox (0-2) for Maddock, Seán Kelly for Turner, Kieran Shovlin for Whelan, Paul Foley for Dixon, also Oisín Foley.
Glynn-barntown: Luke Rafter; Joe Mahon, Murtagh Joyce, Shane Codd; Cian Neville (1-0), Galen Riordan, Jack Fenlon; Cian Gabbett (1-0), Callum O'shea; Matthew Joyce, Pádraic Wafer, Jimmer Doyle; Aaron Kehoe (1-2), Jamie Crean, Ian Moran. Sub. - Rowan White.
Referee:
Derek Murphy (St. Martin's).
