Greenfield Foods Monaghan Senior Football Championship:
Scotstown 0-18 Carrickmacross 0-12
SCOTSTOWN'S aspirations of retaining the Mick Duffy Cup are back on track following this six-point victory over Carrickmacross in a run-of-the-mill affair in Aughnamullen on Saturday that sees Carrickmacross exit the series.
Led by the Hughes brothers - Darren at full-forward, who finished with six points, and Kieran at centre-back - Scotstown always held an edge after racing into a five-point lead in the opening six minutes. Scotstown led at half-time by 0-12 to 0-7, with Carrickmacross upping the tempo somewhat in the second-half and enjoying plenty of possession, but ultimately lacking the firepower to turn it around completely.
They got the margin down to three 10 minutes into the second-half, but that was as good as it got, with tempers then threatening to flare in the closing stages and Scotstown finishing the game with 14 players following the dismissal of Fergal McPhillips on a straight red card.
MATCH STATS
Scotstown: R Beggan (0-2 frees), M Duffy, O Heaphey, P Keenan, F McPhillips, K Hughes (0-3, 0-2 frees), B Boylan, F Caulfield, J Turley, S Mohan (0-1), D Morgan, R McKenna, S Carey (0-6, 0-4 frees), D Hughes 0-6, P Sherlock; Subs: F Maguire for O Heaphey, D McArdle for B Boylan, R Sheehan (0-1) for M Duffy, W Carroll for J Turley.
Carrickmacross: A O’Rourke, J Guinan, C Duffy (0-1), A Murray, C Martin, C Cromwell, D Finnegan, A Lynch (0-5 frees), P O’Hanlon (0-3, 0-2 frees), K O’Hanlon, R O’Connor, D Eakin, S O’Hanlon (0-1), J Conlon (0-2), G McEnaney; Subs: C McEnaney for D Eakin, S Downey for R O’Connor, R Carolan for A Murray, A McCluskey for J Guinan.
Referee: M McGinn (Aughnamullen).
