Kehoe Cup round-up: Offaly overcome Down; Meath and Wicklow draw
December 15, 2019
Offaly's Cathal Kiely
Offaly delivered a second Kehoe Cup win for new manager Michael Fennelly while Meath and Wicklow had to settle for a share of the spoils.
An experimental Faithful County team was made to sweat by Down at Abbottstown before registering a 1-24 to 2-18 success.
Sean Cleary bagged their goal in the first-half and they led by 1-10 to 2-5 at the change of ends.
Cathal Kiely top scored for the winners with 0-7 (six frees) and they will now face Meath in the next round.
The Royals were caught on the line by Wicklow who had centre-back John Henderson to thank for finding the target with a stoppage time equaliser.
It finished Meath 1-21, Wicklow 0-24 in Arklow.
Andy O’Brien raised 16 white flags for the Garden County while Mickie Mullen took the scoring honours for the Royals with 1-4.
The visitors had led by 0-11 to 0-7 at half-time.
Offaly - J Dempsey; D O'Toole Greene, P Rigney, O Murphy; L Fox, Cillian Kiely (0-1f), D Dougan (0-2); D Nally (0-2), D King; T Geraghty (0-4), P Geraghty (0-5), S Cleary (1-1); A Kenny, B Duignan, Cathal Kiely (0-7, 6f). Subs: B Conneely for D King, B Murphy for A Kenny, L Langton (0-2) for B Duignan, C Langton for Cillian Kiely, A Flynn for O Murphy.
Down - S Keith; D Mallon, C Taggart, J McManus (0-1); G Hughes, C Woods (0-1), M Fisher (0-1); PJ Davidson, M Conlon (0-1); L Savage, P Savage (0-1), P Og McCrickard (0-2); T Prenter (1-3), E Sands (0-1), O MacManus (1-7, 0-5f). Subs: B Byers for D Mallon, T Murray for PJ Davidson, C Coulter for P Og McCrickard, C Cassidy for G Hughes, N McFarland for P Savage.
Referee - K Brady.
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Wicklow - R Fitzgerald; D Quinn, B Cuddihy, B Kearney; C Breen, J Henderson (0-2), M O'Brien; J Doyle, E McCormack; G Byrne, D Staunton (0-2), J O'Neill (0-1); G O'Brien, A O'Brien (0-16, 9f, 2'65), J Cranley (0-2). Subs: S Maloney for D Quinn, G Hughes for G O'Brien, P Doyle for J O'Neill, L Evans for G Hughes, G Weir (0-1) for J Cranley.
Meath - C Ennis; S Ennis, S Brennan, R Kerrigan; L Moran, K Keoghan, S Whitty; P O'Hanrahan (0-6, 3f, 1'65), P Slevin; J Walsh, M Burke (0-1), N Smullen (0-3); M Mullen (1-4), A Douglas (0-4), N Potterton (0-1). Subs: J Regan (0-2, 1f) for P O'Hanrahan, P Potterton for J Walsh, N McLarnon for L Moran.
Referee - J McGrath.
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