St. Peters Dunboyne 1-16
Skryne 4-6

St. Peters Dunboyne held on for the narrowest of victories in the A League Div.1 clash with Skryne played in Dunboyne this evening on a scoreline of 1-16 of 4-6.  Skryne came from 8 points down to almost snatch victory at the death but the post came to St. Peters rescue

The cliché game of two halves gets overused a lot of times in GAA circles but it was never more evident in this entertaining fixture played in perfect conditions. The opening 15 minutes Dunboyne tried to force the issue as Skryne sat deep in defence inviting on the home side but it was score for score in the opening period as early points from David Gallagher, Shane Comiskey & Donal Lenihan came either side of well taken Skryne scores. Dunboyne extended their lead soon after with further scores from Comiskey & the impressive Lenihan and the first goal soon followed. The quick thinking of Stephen Moran from a sideline and a well placed ball to Lenihan on the edge of the square who finished nicely to the net to put Dunboyne six clear. Lenihan added two more to his tally late on in the half to extend the lead further but Skryne came back into the game with a well taken goal of their own to leave the score at 1-8 to 1-3 at the break.

The second period seen Dunboyne start very brightly with Lenihan adding three quick frees along with a Stephen Moran point to leave them nine clear with 20 minutes to play. Dunboyne seemed well on their way to a comfortable home victory but Skryne began to peg the lead back with four unanswered points before Shane Comiskey & Moran stopped the rot to push them back eight clear with little over ten remaining.

The final ten minutes then seen Skryne hit the back of the net three times in quick succession to leave the game with only a point in it approaching full time and in the final attack Skryne hit the post with the ball eventually going wide saving Dunboyne who held out to gain the points.

St. Peters Dunboyne lined out as follows: 1. Johnny O'Connor 2. Johnny Meehan 3. Jack Scannell 4. Jordan McLoughlin 5. Colin Clarke 6. Cathal Finn 7. Conor Doran 8. Shane McEntee 9. David Gallagher 10. Gavin McCoy 11. Donal Lenihan 12. Shane Comiskey 13. Stephen Moran 14. Gerry Gallagher 15. Niall Carolan. SUBS USED: Seamus Lavin for Johnny Meehan, Sean McGarrell for Gavin McCoy, Gary Timoney for Conor Doran, David Clarke for David Gallagher, Ger Robinson for Niall Carolan

SCORERS: Donal Lenihan 1-8 (5f's), Shane Comiskey 0-3, Stephen Moran 0-2, David Gallagher, Jordan McLoughlin & Ger Robinson all 0-1 each

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A League Div 1 - St. Peters, Dunboyne hold out against late surge from Skryne

With 45 minutes on the clock this looked like a match where Dunboyne would run out easy winners.  However Skryne introduced substitute Alan Carty who won that extra bit of ball which made a difference. From this they tagged on a further 3 goals and three points to leave them only one point adrift at the final whistle.  Dunboyne were first to trouble the scoreboard keeper with a point after just one minute but this was immediately cancelled out by Stephen O'Brien. Two minutes later it was John Morley's turn to equalise at 0-2 each.  From then to the end Skryne were playing catch-up and just ran out of time at the finish.  Dunboyne tagged on points on the fifth, eleventh and twelfth minute before setting themselves up nicely with a goal on the sixteenth minute. Mark Battersby traded points with Dunboyne on the twentieth minute and punched a considerable hole in the deficit with a goal a minute later.  Dunboyne closed the scoring with a point just on half time to leave the score at Skryne 1 - 3 Dunboyne 1 -8.

The second half resumed with four unanswered points from Dunboyne in the next thirteen minutes making it a nine point difference at 1 - 3 to 1 - 12.  However points on forty five, forth seven and forty nine minutes from John Morley and two from Mark Battersby gave the Tara men some hope of a revival.  This seemed injected some urgency into the Dunboyne side and they posted two quick points on fifty one and fifty two minutes.  Then with fifty four minutes on the clock Morley cracked home a great goal which was followed up a minute later with one from Ronan McCabe making the score Skryne 3 - 6, Dunboyne 1 - 14 leaving just two points the difference.  Dunboyne tagged on two late points but just when you thought that there would be no more twists in the game Morley and Battersby combined to scramble the ball over the Dunboyne goal line leaving just the minimum between the sides with time virtually up.  Skryne won the kick out and Paddy Fox after a great run made a valiant effort to take both points but his shot came back of the post.  The final score was Skryne 4 - 6; Dunboyne 1 - 16.

Skryne: I. Gillette, N. Lenehan, K.Lenehan, J. Looby, R. McCabe(1-0), M. Jordan, A. O'Sullivan, A. Tuite, D. Ryan, C. O'Brien, S.O'Brien(1), P. Fox, J. Morley(1-2), T.McKeown, M.Battersby(2-3).  Subs: A. Carty for K.Lenehan (44min)

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