EASY WIN FOR GLENEALY
Played last Friday evening at Ballyrichard, in a field kindly given by Mr, Patrick Carthy, the camogie league final ended in an easy win for the holders, Glenealy, who beat Ballyrichard by 4—3 to nil.
With their long record of successes, the game was not so exciting to Glenealy and their supporters, as to the young Ballyrichard girls and followers who were looking forward eagerly to their- most important contest ever, and with bright hopes of winning. The Ballyrichard girls held Glenealy scoreless in the first half, when they were seen to advantage in exchanges with the noted Glenealy players, such as May and Kathleen Kavanagh, Sadie and Kay Douglas, Martha and Ada Ryan and E. Porter, who have won honours for the county and helped to bring Wicklow into the Leinster final.
It speaks well of Peg Neill. Margaret Nolan. F. Earls and B. Lawlor, (in goal), that they were able to do so well for Ballyrichard. The loss of the league final should be not a disappointment, but an encouragement to this up-and-coming team.
The game, especially in the first half, was one of the best played in the county for a long time.
From the start the pace was a ‘cracker” and the standard of hurling was excellent all through. There was very little between the .earns as the blank Scoreboard at, half time indicated. Both sides missed chances, but-then both defences were sound.
Betty Lawler saved the net for Ballyrichard on several occasions, and in fact the team’s strong point was the defensive line, where the county player, Peg Neill, with B. Carthy as her able assistant, for long defeated Glenealy’s best efforts.
At the interval, Glenealy had a word of advice from Joe Byrne which soon proved advantageous, as K Douglas rammed home two goals in as many minutes. Real do-or-die efforts by Ballyrichard produced exciting play, but they could not break through Glenealy’s stonewall defence, led by M. Kavanagh, and finally gave way before the skilled and experienced Glenealy attack.
J. O’Neill’s two additional goals finished all prospects from the challengers. The closing minutes saw Glenealy take over command, K. Douglas adding two points and A. Kavanagh. a point from a free.
Glenealy— M. Ryan. M. Kavanagh. (Capt.. A. Ryan. A. Kavanagh. P. Neill, Mary Kavanagh, E. Porter. Jean Neill. S. Douglas. K. Kavanagh. B. Manly, and K. Douglas.
Ballyrichard— Peg Neill, Margaret Nolan. N. Nolan. A. Clancy. K. and Josie Fitzgerald. Betty Lawlor. B, Carthy. L. Brennan, E. Murphy; F. Earls, K. Roche,
