Owen Roes Thirteen Men Denied

Fixture: Beragh v Owen Roes

Score: 0-10 to 0-9

A good Owen Roes display amounted for nothing in Beragh on Sunday afternoon as the home side came from 3 points down with a few minutes to play to nick it by a single kick. However the visitors will look to the dismissals of Davy Harte and Stephen Dooher as being pivotal moments of a keenly fought contest.

The Leckpatrick side welcomed back Declan McCrossan to the starting fold after injury, and also Kevin O'Donnell after a year's absence through injury. The returning McCrossan stroked over an early free for his side, but only after a score from Ronan Parker for the O'Neills.

Owen Roes' positive start was reinforced via a point from wing forward Ryan Stewart, and another McCrossan free to take a 0-4 advantage while Beragh had not troubled the scoreboard at this point.

Martin Rogers got the Beragh account up and going with a dead ball, before McCrossan's free restored the four point lead. At the stroke of half-time Rogers doubled his free tally to leave three in it at the short whistle.

Half Time: Beragh 0-2 Owen Roes 0-5

McCrossan was again on target early in the second period to etch out a slight advantage, but Beragh struck back with a couple of points of their own to keep within distance of the visitors.

Back came Owen Roes and McCrossan collected his fourth point before his side saw their compliment reduced with the sending off of Davy Harte. Rogers and McCrossan again traded dead balls before Beragh's numerical advantage became two as Stephen Dooher also saw his afternoon ended prematurely.

Rodgers' accuracy from dead balls made the gap two but substitute Andy Devine restored the three point cushion on 55 minutes with his placed kick sailing over.

However the contest was not yet over, and with the 13 men defending deep Beragh bounced forward with thee points in a row to level it up. Dspite leading for much of the contest the visitors were going to get nothing for their toils, and when Rodgers dispatched a free kick in injury time that was it for the day.

This result signalled the second single score defeat in a week for Owen Roes, who emerged from this fixture with nothing to show for their efforts. Killyman make the trip next Sunday with the Leckpatrick side keen to arrest their recent record.

Team:
Ryan McShane, Gerard Devine, Brendan McCrossan, Gerard McShane, Kevin O'Neill, Kevin Doherty, Davy Harte, Brendan Boggs, Chris Kelly, Stephen Dooher, Ronan Parker (0-1), Ryan Stewart (0-1), Kevin O'Donnell, Declan McCrossan (0-6), Conor McCay. Subs: Andy Devine (0-1) for McCay and Sean McBride for Stewart.