Rory Dalton strikes late as Robert Emmets defeat St Mary's, Convoy
Robert Emmets 1-14 St Mary’s, Convoy 0-16
Robert Emmets came from behind to snatch a dramatic late win over St Mary’s, Convoy, in a cracking game of football in Castlefinn on Saturday night.
Wing forward Rory Dalton was the toast of the Emmet Park faithful as he landed a two-pointer on the stroke of full-time for the lead point with time almost up.
It was a big night for the Dalton brothers in front of the St Mary’s posts as they ended the game with a tally of a goal and eight points between Rory, Conor, and Ciaran.
Conor top scored with a tally of six points while Ciaran netted the goal in the middle of the second quarter and after St Mary’s had posted five unanswered points to go four up.
St Mary’s led 0-11 to 1-5 at half-time courtesy of points from Mark Gordon, Anthony Browne, Conor Bonner, John Toye and Michael Mulrain.
St Mary's, with scores from Cormac Mulrain, Anthony Browne, Peter Blake, Mark Gordon and Keelan Gillen, forged ahead again to go four up again by the end of the third quarter at 0-14 to 1-7.
But the locals responded with five unanswered points to go one up again, 1-12 to 0-14 going down the home stretch.
But once more the St Mary’s response was positive, and they posted two quick-fire points to lead by one again with the clock ticking on full-time.
In a frenetic finish, up stepped Rory Dalton with his winning strike for Robert Emmets' first win over St Mary’s in ten years.
It is worth noting St Mary’s had 11 different scorers and lost.
Robert Emmets scorers: Conor Dalton 0-6, Dylan McNamee 0-5, Ciaran Dalton 1-0, Rory Dalton 0-2, Sean Maguire 0-1.
St Mary’s, Convoy: Anthony Browne 0-4, Mark Gordon and Conor Bonner 0-2 each, Michael Mulrain, John Doherty, Peter Blake, Cormac Mulrain, Corrie-lee Bogan, John Toye, Oran Patterson and Keelin Gillen 0-1 each.
Robert Emmets: Dylan McNamee; Ryan McGirr, Chris Bryson, Owen Haran; Kyran Roe, Neil Mulcahy, Sam McGlinchey; Daniel Dalton, Jack McGlinchey; Rory Dalton, Jordan Tourish, Oran Farrell; Conor Dalton, Sean Maguire, Caran Dalton.
St Mary’s, Convoy; Mark Gordon; Sean Doherty, Conor McDaid, Michael Mulrain; Anthony Browne, John Doherty, Bryan McNamee; Pauric Gordon, John A Kee; Cormac Mulrain, Corrie Lee Bogan, John Toye; Conor Bonner, Oran Patterson, Daithi Gordon.
Subs: Peter Blake, Liam Prunty, Keelan Gillen.