SECOND HALF
The second half is now about to begin; they are off and I see Rea in
possession. but he is tackled by Healy. Paddy Sullivan is beaten by
Kennedy and the ball is gone up towards the Carlow goal. P.B. Brosnan
sends goal wide for Kerry.
Lawler takes kick-out to centre of field, Whelan hold onto the ball,
although tackled. Morris is now in possession, he kicks the ball over to
Sullivan who has come out. Sullivan back to Morris, Morris to O’Rourke,
but Murt Kelly gets it, and sends it to Dillon.
He passes it to P.B. Brosnan, Whelan nips in for Carlow and kicks it
to Byrne, Byrne back to Whelan, Whelan to Sullivan, Keohane gets his hand
to it but Hosey gets it and is fouled and it’s a free for Carlow. LUKE
KELLY COMES BACK ON. I see Paddy Kennedy shaking hands with him. Free
taken for Carlow, but ball is sent wide.
Healy takes kick-out, it goes to centre of field, McDonnell gets it,
he sends it to Dillon, Dillon is tackled by O’Rourke, who clears out to
centre field. Eddie Walsh there for Kerry. He sends it back to Kennedy,
Kennedy to Dillon, who sends it towards goal. P.B. Brosnan tackling, but
goal is saved.
Luke Kelly gets it. Kelly to Morris, Morris to Moore, Moore to
Doyle, Doyle to Sullivan, who sends it across goal, Hosey waiting for
ball, McCarthy beaten by Hosey but Hosey touches ball on the ground and
there is a free 70 yards for Kerry. McCarthy kicks it, Farrell gets it,
Farrell sends to Moore, Moore is tackled by Walsh, who sends it to
Brosnan, Brosnan back to Walsh, who sends it towards Carlow goal, Joyce
gets it for Carlow, Joyce to Kelly, Kelly to Farrell, who kicks it to
centre of field; Walsh sends it down to Murt Kelly, then across to Dillon.
Joyce gets it, Joyce to Whelan, Whelan kicks to centre-field,
Kennedy gets ball, Bill Dillon has it now, he takes kick for goal which is
sent wide.
Kick-out - Clifford gets it, sends it towards goal, Joyce gets it,
kicks it to O’Rourke, who has come in, Brosnan comes in and fouls O’Rourke
and free is awarded to Carlow. Lawler takes it.
Brosnan jumps high, but Whelan takes it, Whelan pretends he is going
to kick it but does not. He passes, but the ball goes over the line wide.
Kavanagh kicks in to Dillon, Dillon to Clifford, who sends over the bar
for point for Kerry.
Lawler kicks out to centre of field, Kelly jumps for it, Kavanagh
gets it, Kavanagh to Kennedy, Kennedy to Murt Kelly who in turn sends it
to P.B. Brosnan, Brosnan to Dillon, who takes shot which is blocked by
Quinlan and ball goes over the line wide.
Luke Kelly meets the ball when kicked out, he sends it to Rea, who
runs 20 yards with ball to Byrne, Byrne back to Rea, Rea to Hosey, Hosey
to Doyle, who sends it in front of goal, but Tim Brosnan nips in and it
goes over line 50 for Carlow.
Morris kicks towards goal, Keohane gets it and kicks, Kavanagh and
Sullivan race for ball, Sullivan gets it, he pretends to kick but passes
to Byrne, Byrne passes but Walsh of Kerry gets it. He handles ball on
ground and a free is awarded to Carlow, which results in another point for
Carlow, leaving score; Kerry 8 points, to Carlow’s 7 points.
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The ball is kicked out, Morris sends it towards goal, Doyle kicks
out to Sullivan, who side-steps goal, Keohane and Healy go for it. Rea
gets it and is fouled, and a free is awarded to Carlow, 40 yards from
Kerry goal. Keohane is down injured, he collided with Healy, but he is up
again, and Morris goes to kick free.
O’Keefe saves, and it goes out to Micky Byrne, who passes ball but
Kennedy draws on it, and Morris gets it, who kicks towards goal. Keohane
punches clear. So Brosnan and Whelan go for ball, Brosnan’s kick is
tackled by O’Rourke, but ball goes to PB. Brosnan who kicks it to
O’Donnell.
O’Donnell sends it to Murt Kelly, back to PB. Brosnan, who sends it
in to goal which is saved by Quinlan. The ball comes out and hits off
Carlow back and goes back into net for a goal for Kerry.
Quinlan kicks out to O’Rourke, O’Rourke to Farrell, Farrell to
Hosey, Hosey to Rea, Rea to Micky Byrne, Byrne to Hosey, but Hosey is
blocked and fouled and referee awards a free to Carlow, just in front of
goal 14 yards out. Doyle takes free and gets another point for Carlow.
Keohane kicks out to centre of field, Murt Kelly has it, but referee
has penalized him and free is awarded to Carlow, which is taken by P.
Whelan, McCarthy comes in for Kerry, and Walsh clears down centre of
field.
Whelan gets it back to Morris who sends Carlow into attack again,
McCarthy gets it and is fouled and it is a free out for Kerry which
McCarthy sends to Kavanagh, Kavanagh sends it between Clifford and
Farrell, Clifford sends it to PB. Brosnan, he is tackled but ball goes
towards Carlow goal, it comes to O’Rourke, O’Rourke to Luke Kelly, Kelly
to Doyle, Hosey is there for Carlow, and Doyle passes it to him, Hosey
back to Doyle, who is fouled, and a free awarded to Carlow, 30 yards out
in square 5. Luke Kelly sends ball across goal, it is stopped by Micky
Byrne, Micky Byrne steadies himself and sends over the bar for point for
Carlow, this is Carlow’s ninth point.
Luke Kelly is there for Keohane’s kick-out, he passes to Farrell,
Farrell to Micky Byrne, Byrne fouled 30 yards out. Luke Kelly takes free
which he sends towards goal, Tim Brosnan of Kerry catches the ball and
sends it over the line for ‘50’ for Carlow, taken by Morris.
It is a low one. Rea, Whelan and Moore there. Keohane clears out to
Kavanagh, Luke Kelly runs for it too, he wins, and sends it to Farrell,
Farrell to Kelly and Kelly to Farrell, and Carlow are attacking again.
Sullivan jumps for ball, Brosnan is fouled 20 yards out in square 6,
Keohane takes free for Kerry, Luke Kelly jumps, he passes ball to Rea.
Rea kicks to Hosey, Keohane clears again, and it is a side-line
throw for Carlow; Byrne throws to Hosey, who sides step Kennedy, Kavanagh
of Kerry comes in, Hosey back to Byrne, who sends it lobbing right across
goal. Keohane saves dangerous position for Kerry, Morris is now in
possession.
Hosey has it now, and he sends it to Luke Kelly, is fouled 30 yards
and he kicks free across goal, but Keohane saves. Moore sends ball in
again, but T. Brosnan sends it out.
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There is a race for the ball and ball goes over the line, for
side-line throw for Carlow, taken by Whelan, Morris gets it but is fouled,
Morris takes free. Three or four men jump for it, there is a tussle, which
results in side-line throw for Carlow, taken by Byrne into Morris, who
sends high ball in towards goal, which Keohane kicks out.
There is another side-line throw for Carlow, Morris sends ball
towards goal, but Keohane again punches clear. Sullivan side-steps Eddie
Walsh and sends ball towards goal; Hosey is fouled and it is a 14 yards
free for Carlow.
There is a discussion as to whether it is a penalty or not, but he
was fouled outside 14 yards mark. Doyle kicks a low ball, which Sullivan
kicks over the bar to leave Carlow only one point in arrears.
Keohane kicks out. Hosey gets it and sends to Farrell, who has
discarded his cap, Kerry man is fouled and they are awarded a free,
Archbold misses and O’Donnell goes for the ball but is brought down in
possession and it is another free for Kerry.
Murt Kelly tries for goal but there is a great save by Whelan who
kicks to Morris, but it goes over the line for side-line throw for Kerry.
Whelan is down injured, he was hit by ball, but resumes after few minutes.
Eddie Walsh takes side-line throw. It is a long one. Clifford gets
it, kicks to Dillon, Dillon to Kavanagh. Whelan there for Carlow. but he
is fouled and free for Carlow is taken by Lawler but it goes over the
line. Side-line throw for Kerry.
Murt Kelly gets the ball but is shouldered over the line by Archbold
and ball goes wide. Dillon Kerry meets the ball when kicked out by Carlow
and he sends it over the bar for another point for Kerry.
Lawler kicks out to Morris. He sends it to Micky Byrne, who is
fouled 70 yards out from the Kerry goal mouth. Morris kicks free, it is a
long one, Condon of Kerry clears out, O’Rourke of Carlow sends ball across
goal, Morris goes for it, but Kennedy gets it and sends it to Clifford who
is fouled and free is awarded to Kerry, 45 yards out. Murt Kelly take it,
but kick knocked down by Archbold.
Referee awards free kick to Carlow, for foul on Archbold, which is
take by Quinlan. Rea gets it, passes to Farrell, Farrell back to Rea,
Hosey gets it Hosey to Rea, who is fouled. Carlow sends in free towards
goal, Eddie Walsh gets the ball, kicks to Dillon, but Archbold catches it,
and is tackled by two men. Luke Kelly jumps for it, is tackled by Dillon,
Clifford gets it and sends towards goal.
Archbold kicks out Morris, who is tackled by Kavanagh; he passes it
to Hosey, who is tackled by McCarthy, who gets ball and sends it back down
field. Dillon beats Whelan. Dillon to P.B. Brosnan who is tackled and
passes back to Dillon, who sends ball to goal. Archbold saves again. He is
tackled by three or four men and is fouled; it a free out to Carlow, which
Lawler takes and sends to Farrell. O’Donnell gets in and kicks it to
Condon. Condon sends it towards goal. Archbold misses it Quinlan saves it
and ball goes wide. There is a shot kick-out by Lawler which Luke Kelly
gets and Brendan Nestor blows the whistle for full time, leaving the
score:
KERRY 3-3
CARLOW 0-l0
- Congratulations Kerry!
- Hard luck Carlow -
- Better luck next time!
- Attendance:- 41,000
Source:
The
Nationalist December 1999
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