Meath A League Division 1 Round 10
Summerhill 6-14 Seneschalstown 3-08
The sun may have been shining in Summerhill on Saturday evening but there was little summer cheer for Seneschalstown as they fell to a heavy defeat at the hands of their hosts. Trailing by three points at the interval having performed nowhere near their capabilities they would have been looking to improve matters in the second half but what was to follow will go down as a most disappointing thirty minutes of football as Summerhill outscored them by 4-07 to 1-03.
Meath A League Division 1 Round 10
Summerhill 6-14 Seneschalstown 3-08
The sun may have been shining in Summerhill on Saturday evening but there was little summer cheer for Seneschalstown as they fell to a heavy defeat at the hands of their hosts. Trailing by three points at the interval having performed nowhere near their capabilities they would have been looking to improve matters in the second half but what was to follow will go down as a most disappointing thirty minutes of football as Summerhill outscored them by 4-07 to 1-03.
When the game threw in Summerhill got off to a lightening quick start when they kicked four points in the opening five minutes and looked like they might rack up a huge score. Bryan Clarke looked to settle his side in the ninth minute when shooting for goal but when his effort was blocked out for a forty five he settled for opening his sides account when pointing the resultant dead ball. Five minutes later David Lyons marked his return to action with a good one on one save and then showed good reactions to tip over the resultant rebound. Clarke soon hit his second of the game when after being placed for a shot by Joe Sheridan he saw his shot from out on the right just creep inside the right hand upright.
Summerhill soon moved further in front when hitting a goal and a point and then on twenty minutes Seneschalstown saw a good goal chance passed up when Joe Sheridan shot very narrowly wide. Summerhill soon added a point but Seneschalstown were to receive a massive boost when Bryan Clarke hit back with a major of his own. Clarke rounded the goalkeeper and despite being tripped still managed to get the ball over the line and before the game could restart after the goal the Summerhill custodian had to make his way to the sideline after receiving a black card for the trip. Brian Sheridan added a point soon after when he showed great determination to shrug off some rugged defending to point before the two sides exchanged rapid-fire goals.
Firstly Summerhill netted their second before Joe Sheridan showed great strength to hold off the Summerhill full back before turning and firing into the back of the net from all of twenty one metres. His side then came very close to netting for a third time on the stroke of half time when after linking up well with Mark Carey, Damien Sheridan saw his fisted effort for goal knocked over.
Like they had done in the opening half Summerhill started the second one like a steam train and once more recorded the opening four scores, only this time they had hit two goals and two points instead of the four points which they had hit in the first. Long serving midfielder Damien Sheridan hit his second point of the game with thirty four minutes on the clock when marauding through the centre of the Summerhill defence after Brian Sheridan had won a David Lyons kickout in the centre of the field. Bryan Clarke added a free before Summerhill hit a brace of points in reply.
Brian Sheridan then saw a goal effort flash over the crossbar before the home side hit 2-03 in a three minute spell to kill off any remaining aspirations of a Seneschalstown comeback. To their credit though they kept plugging away and finished the game with a goal and a point, the major from the boot of Brian Sheridan which flew into the top corner and the point from a Bryan Clarke free after a Robert Ruddy goal had been disallowed due to a free being awarded instead of the advantage rule being applied.
This result represents a setback to Seneschalstown’s hopes of securing a mid-table berth in the League and they now have a tough run in to face with two away games in their last three games including an away game at table topping Dunshaughlin in the next round.
Seneschalstown: David Lyons, Conor Cowley, Cormac Noonan, John Smith, Mark Fox, David Matthews, Adam Carey, Tean Cummins, Damien Sheridan (0-02), Niall Lyons, Brian Sheridan (1-02), Brendan Lynch, Bryan Clarke (1-04, 0-02 Frees, 0-01 ’45), Joe Sheridan (1-00), Mark Carey.
Seneschalstown Substitutions: Sean Noonan for B. Lynch, Niall McCabe for C. Noonan (inj.), Robert Ruddy for T. Cummins, Ross Howard for M. Carey and Darragh Keogh for D. Sheridan (inj.).
