RedFM Senior Hurling League Erins Own 1-13 Midleton  2-14

The sun was shining this afternoon for the first game of the year in Caherlag, the pitch had been sanded & spiked two weeks prior to this game & the rain had stayed away for the last few days so the ground was as good as you were going to get for this time of the year, Midleton were the visitors today for this senior hurling league clash and were without the services of their inter county players, Erins own were also not at full strength with Cathal O Mahony, Jack Sheehan, Mark Collins & Andrew Power all away & Alan Bowen, Kieran Murphy, Cian O Callaghan & Cian O Connor all out injured, Stephen Horgan opened the scoring for Erins Own with a free from the 45 yard line, he also added another two points before the break one from play & another from a free, Midleton always looked sharp upfront & were toting up some fine points, Sean Kelly, Colm Coakley, added a pont each, James Carroll in good form today added two points from play & Mossie Carroll scored a goal & a point before half time, Midleton were still in front by a goal at half time, 2-08 to 1-08, Dara Twomey open the Scoring in the second half for Erins Own with a fine point from play, Eoghan Murphy who had came on at half time quickly put three over the bar from frees, James O Carroll hit another point from play, but that was it for Erins Own two points from play in the second half & despite an  outstanding performance from Man of the match Shane Murphy at centre back it still wasn’t enough to hold of Midleton who claimed this win by a goal and a point Shane Murphy, Cormac Dooley, Sean Kelly, Kilian Murphy & James O Carroll played well.

Team in Full: 1.Shay Bowen 2.Eolan Harrington 3.Cormac Dooley 4.Barry Og Murphy 5. Stephen Cronin 6.Shane Murphy 7.Shane Broderick 8.Ian O Mahony 9.Dara Twomey 10.Sean Kelly 11.Kilian Murphy 12.Colm Coakley 13.Stephen Horgan 14.Mossie Carroll 15.James O Carroll, Subs Used: Ronan O Carroll for Eolan Harrington (InJ) Patrick Fitzgerald for Cormac Dooley, Eoghan Murphy for Barry Og Murphy, Cathal Hevey for Ian O Mahony, James Carr for Dara Twomey & Sam Guilfoyle for Kilian Murphy (Inj)