Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round

Ballybay 2-17 Latton 2-5

 

Ballybay made an impressive start to their SFC campaign when they ran out convincing winners in their preliminary-round derby against Latton in Castleblayney. Paul Finlay, Christopher and Shane McGuinness, Dessie Ward and Thomas Kerr combining to hit 2-14 for Ballybay, who dominated a Latton side reduced to 14 men early on.

 

Ballybay: S Gorman; M Hannon, D Wylie (0-1), C Lennon; T McSkean (0-1), R Wylie, E McKearney; C Galligan, A Toner; T O’Neill, S McGuinness (0-2), D Ward (0-2); P Finlay (1-3, 0-3f), C McGuinness (1-2), T Kerr (0-5, 4f).

Subs: S McQuillan (Capt.) for Galligan (black card, 14 mins), D Drury (0-1) for Toner (black card, 20), B Wylie for Lennon (47), P O’Neill for S McGuinness (53), S Monaghan for Finlay (58), H Malone for C McGuinness (60).

 

Latton: S Black; E Lennon, K Duffy, O Coyle (Joint- Capt., 0-1); S Fitzpatrick, C Lynch, P Hughes; S McElroy, O Duffy; T Connolly (Joint- Capt.), S McCabe, D McElroy; A Mulligan (1-1, 1-0 ‘45), C Rice (1-0), H McElroy (0-3, 2f).

Subs: C Corrigan for Fitzpatrick (black card, 21), Dylan Quinn for S McElroy (H-T), B O’Brien for Hughes (38), S Coyle for H McElroy (49), D Hughes for McCabe (59).

 

Referee: S Hagan (Seán McDermotts).

 

Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round

Inniskeen 1-17 Currin 2-11

 

Inniskeen made a winning start to the SFC when they held off a valiant challenge from Currin in Aughnamullen. Seán Jones, Andrew Woods and the Meegans led the scoring as Inniskeen dominated the first half, but Currin battled back strongly, led by a 1-8 tally from Jack McCarron. Inniskeen, who had nine scorers in all, held on, however.

 

Inniskeen: P Garland; C Hanratty, M McKenna (0-1), A Keenan (0-1); C Meegan (Capt.), S Kindlon, R Lorenz (1-0); S Woods, G Dooley; C Boylan, C McNulty (0-3), P Meegan (0-2); D Meegan (0-2), Andrew Woods (0-2, 1 ’45), S Jones (0-5).

Subs: G McArdle for Lorenz (46 mins), Aidan Woods (0-1) for Boylan (inj., 40), R Meegan for P Meegan (57).

Temporary sub: J Butler for Boylan (4-9).

 

Currin: F Connolly; S Brady, Conor McCaffrey, R King; E McCaffrey, Colm McCaffrey (Capt.), C Smyth; J McKernan, Ciarán McCaffrey (0-1); K Murphy (0-1f), D Clerkin, S Smyth (1-1); B Clerkin; J McCarron (1-8, 0-4f, 0-1 ‘45), D Hynes.

Subs: E Morrow for McKernan (50), T McEntee for King (54), C North for Hynes (57).

 

Referee: B Finnegan (Donaghmoyne).