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O'LEARY BRACE ENDS GALWAY'S HOPES
All Ireland Semi-Final
Cork 3 - 9, Galway 1 - 4
Jennifer
O'Leary's two goal salvo steered Cork to an 11-point victory
over a disappointing Galway in their Foras na Gaeilge Senior
All-Ireland camogie semi-final at Nowlan Park yesterday.
Cork
dominated the opening 30 minutes, with wing-forward Jennifer
O'Leary in sparkling form. The classy player pointed her side
in front in the opening minute, but Galway sparkled in the
following five minutes with an Orla Kilenny point bringing
the sides level, after which full-forward Annie Marie Hayes
got inside the defence and sent a cracking shot to the net.
But
O'Leary was already creating a huge impression with her delightful
runs, delicate flicks, and super finishing, punishing an over-worked
Galway defence where Ailbha Kelly and Sinead Cahalan were
striving to contain a rampant Cork attack.
Just
14 minutes into the game Elaine Burke sprung for Cork's opening
goal, and when O'Leary added a second one minute later, Galway
were well and truly buried as the Rebel girls went in with
a comfortable 2-6 to 1-1 interval lead.
Galway never looked like coming back, despite two early points
from corner-forward Lourda Kavanagh on the resumption, as
O'Leary found the net again after 37 minutes to leave her
side leading 3-6 to 1-3.
Galway made valiant efforts to put a more respectable look
on the final scoreline but luck deserted them for even substitute
Therse Maher mis-hit a penalty 21 close to the finish. It
just about summed up their day of woe.
SCORERS
- Cork: J O'Leary 2-5; E Burke 1-1; R Moloney, E Dillon, U
O'Donoghue 0-1 each. Galway: A M Hayes 1-0; L Kavanagh 0-3;
O. Kilkenny 0-1.
CORK:
A Murray; J O'Callaghan, R Holland, S Dunlea; P O'Connor,
M O'Connor, R Buckley; G O'Connor, V Harris; R Moloney, E
Dillon, J O'Leary; E Burke, E Watson, C Desmond. Subs: G Casey
for Desmond; R Curtin for Holland; A Geary for Watson; B Corkery
for G O'Connor; D O'Donoghue for Burke.
GALWAY:
S Earner; M Carr, S Cahalan, L Flynn; L Lally, A Kelly, S
Keane; A Lynskey, C Glennon; O Kilkenny, B Hanny, A Hillary;
L Kavanagh, A M Hayes, C Kelly. Subs: E Kilkelly for Hanny;
R Glynn for Keane; T Maher for Lynskey.
Referee:
E Browne (Tipperary)
(Article taken from Unison.ie 22nd August 2004)
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