Walterstown had four points to spare over visitors Moynalvey in this Premier Football Championship Div. 3 Group A game played in Walterstown on Sunday afternoon August 2nd.
Moynalvey 0-8
Walterstown 0-12
Contrasting fortunes for the two clubs in the championship first rounds, as Walterstown made it two wins from Intermediate and Premier championship outings with Moynalvey losing their Senior and Premier championship games.
Walterstown took an early two point lead through Mark Foy and Sean Irwin, with Moynalvey’s opening score coming from James O’Neill in the 6th minute.
Sixty seconds later Shaun Deering had the sides level for the first time before a pair of points from the lively full forward Mark Foy had Walterstown two points to the good, 0-4 to 0-2, a lead they wouldn’t relinquish for the remainder of the game.
The Blacks led 0-8 to 0-5 at half time, with Moynalvey’s other first half points coming from Sean Duggan, Evan Clarke and James O’Neill.
Soon after the restart John Geoghegan furthered Walterstown’s lead to four points, 0-9 to 0-5.
The introduction of William Harnan provided immediate dividends for Moynalvey as he fielded a high ball in to quickly lay off to Sean Duggan, who split the uprights to bring the deficit back to three points again.
All Moynalvey could muster from a large amount of possession was a further two Shaun Deering frees. An Adam Barrett free on the stroke of full time for Walterstown left them four point winners, 0-12 to 0-8.
Moynalvey: Chris O’Malley, Conor Egan, Scott Tuite, Anthony Brien, Robert Keane, Conor Shirren, Brian O’Reilly, Brian Conneely, Padraig Kelly, Eoghan Murphy, Sean Duggan (0-2), Paul Corcoran, Evan Clarke (0-1), James O’Neill (0-2, 1f), Shaun
Deering (0-3, 2f).
Subs: William Harnan for Clarke, Matt Brennan for Brien, Andrew Jackson for Conneely, Paul Brennan for Keane, Aidan Gilsenan for James O’Neill.
