ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 3A
FINGAL 0-15
LOUTH 1-12
MIDFIELDER Dean Flood rescued Fingal in Lawless Memorial Park with his late point securing a draw against 14-man Louth.
Louth took the early initiative with full-forward Gerard Smyth’s 15th-minute goal inspiring a mini scoring spree that led to a five-point cushion by the 24th minute.
Points from Flood, Brian McCarthy and JM Sheridan gave Fingal some momentum but they still trailed 1-7 to 0-6 at the interval.
Louth soon increased their lead to seven points but Fingal were not so lightly dismissed.
With Sheridan to the fore, they hit seven scores in a row to leave the sides level with just six minutes to go.
Louth lost Derek Horan to a red card but went ahead again with a Shane Fennell, before Flood’s late intervention.
Man of the Match: JM Sheridan (Fingal).
SCORERS – Fingal: JM Sheridan 0-8 (6f), D Flood, B McCarthy 0-2 each, N Ring, D Vaughan, C O’Flynn 0-1 each. Louth: S Fennell 0-5 (3f), D Murphy 0-4 (3f), G Smyth 1-1, G Rellis, P Egan 0-1 each.
FINGAL – H Murray-Hession 6; A Morris 7, R Sheridan 7, G Morris 7; N Ring 7, D Vaughan 7, R McGarry 6; D Hattie 6, D Flood 8; C Foley 6, A Richardson 6, A Rooney 6; JM Sheridan 8, D Smyth 6, B McCarthy 7. Subs: C O’Flynn 7 for Rooney, P Sheridan 6 for Foley, C Harford 7 for Murray Hession (all h-t), A Kirwan 6 for Ring (51), P Daly 6 for McCarthy (63).
LOUTH – J Carter 7; D McKiernan 6, W Morrissey 7, D McArdle 6; R Byrne 7, D Horan 7, D Murphy 8; S Callan 7, N Stanley 7; S Fennell 7, G Rellis 7, D Dunne 7; P Egan 7, G Smyth 7, D Kettle 6.
Subs: D Mahony 6 for Kettle (35), B Corcoran 6 for Smyth (60).
REF – J Keenan (Wicklow).