Newmarket Celtic advance in Munster Junior Cup

Newmarket Celtic A 3   Hermitage A 2

NEWMARKET progressed to Round 3 in the Munster Junior Cup when they overcame Hermitage A at McDonogh Park on Sunday.

The home side took the lead through Alan Kelly and this goal separated the teams at half-time.

Early in the second half, Colm Treacy put Newmarket two goals ahead before Hermitage pulled one back when Adrian Power scored.

Substitute Diarmuid Nash restored Celtic’s two-goal advantage when he found the net but the ’Tage cut the lead to one again with a goal from Ritchie Fitzgerald.

Despite their best efforts, they were unable to get through to an equaliser to force the game into extra time.

Newmarket Celtic A: Jan Da Silva; David O’Grady, Graham O’Reilly, Colm Treacy, Mark Donlon, Alan Kelly, Ronan McCormack, Darren Cullinan, Alan Brigdale, Martin Mulqueen, Neil Ryan.
Subs: Diarmuid Nash for O’Reilly, Kevin Feehilly for Brigdale and Mike O’Malley for McCormack.
Hermitage A: David Phillips; Liam Meaney, Ritchie Fitzgerald, Micheál Culligan, Tóla Crowe, Eoghan Ryan, John Maher, Paul Dullaghan, Johnnie Ferns, Mattie Kearney, Adrian Power.
Subs: Ger Dullaghan for Ryan, Ritchie O’Grady for Ferns and Pa Mannion for P Dullaghan.