27 February 2006 Cork Junior Ladies overcome Galway Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! Cork Junior Ladies overcome Galway Suzuki National League Division B Cork 2.07 Galway 2.00 Cork travelled to Gort on Sunday to play league leaders Galway and returned down south with a well deserved win. Both defences were on top early in the first half making it difficult for forwards to pick off scores. Indeed it took all of 17 minutes before the first score came courtesy of Cork captain, Eva O’Donoghue. Marie O’Neill was giving the Galway full back, Aisling Egan, a torrid time scoring two very well taken points. With Annie Walsh dictating matters in midfield the Cork girls began to get a grip on the game. Jo Hennessy at full back and Fiona Crowley at wing back were in very commanding form repelling any Galway attack. A long ball forward from centre back AM Walsh found Caitriona O’Connell at corner forward. A quick transfer to Marie O’Neill saw her put Eva O’Donoghue through and she gave the Galway keeper no chance from close range. Two Annie Walsh points drew the first half to a close with Cork comfortably in a lead of 1.05 to 0.00 The second half was a minute old when Caitriona O’Connell put the Cork girls further ahead. Eva O’Donoghue put the game beyond the reach of the Galway girls in the 47th minute when she was quickest to react to a save from the Galway keeper following a tremendous burst out of defence by Blathnaid Wiseman. The Cork defence were caught napping badly in the 51st minute when a long ball over the top found wing forward Brid Connolly and she drove the ball past Mairead O’Sullivan in the Cork goal. The Cork girls replied quickly with a point from Triona Lucey and with the game in its dying moments a free from Galway centre forward, Barbara Hannon, deceived goalkeeper Mairead O’Sullivan and ended up in the back of the net. Cork: M O’Sullivan S Buckley J Hennessy M Rea F Crowley AM Walsh B Wiseman Emer O’Connell A Walsh (0.02) C O’Sullivan T Lucey (0.01) L O’Connell E O’Donoghue ( Cpt) (2.01) M O’Neill ( 0.02) C O’Connell (0.01) Subs: B Forde for M Rea (Inj) L O’Connell for C O’Connell C O’Driscoll for M O’Neill C O’Mahoney for S Buckley S O’Brien for B Wiseman Galway: L Morris M Maloney A Egan D Martyn C Coleman S Noone A Connaughton E Curley M Brannelly S Egan B Hannon (1.00 (f) B Connolly (Cpt) (1.00) N Lahan M Reilly M Wilson Referee: R O’Connor ( Tipperary) Terry O’Brien Cork Ladies Football Share this Article 0 0