BACK IN THE DAY
The Irish News, November 11 2009: MacRory Cup: St Macartan’s, Monaghan 0-18 St Patrick’s, Dungannon 2-9
St Macartan’s, Monaghan caused a major shock in the BT MacRory Cup by defeating holders St Patrick’s, Dungannon in Killeeshil yesterday to take their first win in this season’s competition.
The Tyrone men got off to the perfect start with Conor McAliskey finding the net straight from the throw-in, but that was as good as it got for them.
Monaghan helped by the leadership and accuracy in front of the posts of Daniel McKenna, were level at 0-7 to 1-4 going with seconds left to the break.
But they went into the interval ahead after McKenna and Gary McQuaid picked off very late points.
Dungannon’s Colm McFaul grabbed a 50th minute goal to narrow the gap, but Daniel McNally responded with another Monaghan point and his side held out for a 0-18 to 2-9 victory.
St Macartan’s: D McKenna (0-7), G McQuaid (0-4), L Hahassey (0-3), D McNally (0-3), B McQuaid (0-1).
St Patrick’s: L Gervin (0-4), C McAliskey (1-0), C McFaul (1-0), K Morgan (0-2), N Morgan (0-2), J O’Hagan (0-1).
BIRTHDAYS
Mark Draper (soccer) - former Notts County, Aston Villa and Southampton midfielder, born 1970.
Lou Vincent (cricket) - former New Zealand batsman who in 2014 received a life ban for spot-fixing, born 1978.
Gonzalo Canale (rugby union) - former Italy centre, born 1982.
Philipp Lahm (soccer) - Former Bayern Munich and Germany full-back, born 1983.
Francois Trinh-Duc (rugby union) - Toulon and France fly-half, born 1986.
Alan Judge (soccer) - Ipswich and Republic of Ireland midfielder, born 1988.
Kyle Naughton (soccer) - Swansea full-back, born 1988.
Georginio Wijnaldum - Liverpool and Holland midfielder, born 1990.
Tom Dumoulin - 2017 Giro d'Italia winner, born 1990.
Jamaal Lascelles (soccer) - Newcastle captain, born 1993.
Ellie Simmonds (swimming) - five-time Paralympic champion, born 1994.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Which club did Jack Charlton play for throughout his professional career?
2. How many majors has Tiger Woods won?
3. Who was the jockey for Tiger Roll's back-to-back wins at the Grand National in 2018 and 2019?
4. What is the ring name of Coalisland fighter Conrad Cummings?
5. Who won the 1996 All-Ireland GAA Senior Football Championship title?
(See quiz answers below)
ON THIS DAY
1868: The first athletics meeting of any description to be held in the United States took place indoors at the Empire Skating Rink, New York.
1986: Pakistan's Jahangir Khan lost his first match since 1981 when he went down to Ross Norman in the final of the World Open Squash Championship.
1990: Monica Seles beat Gabriela Sabatini 6-4 5-7 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the final of the Virginia Slims Championship in New York. It was the first five-set match in a major women's event since the 1901 US Championship doubles.
2011: London was awarded the right to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships after beating off competition from Qatar capital Doha.
2013: Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4 to win the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena.
2015: Stuart Lancaster paid the price for England's dismal Rugby World Cup campaign by stepping down as head coach.
2016: Scotland made history as they became the first of the minnows to claim a Four Nations point after snatching a deserved 18-18 draw from a dramatic match with New Zealand.
SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, November 11)
SOCCER: FA Cup, Harrogate v Portsmouth - BT Sport 1 1900; FA Cup second-round draw - BBC Two 1900
TENNIS: ATP World Tour Finals - BBC Two 1400
DARTS: Grand Slam of Darts - Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action 1900
SNOOKER: Northern Ireland Open - Eurosport 1 1245 & 1845
GRIDIRON: NFL, San Francisco 49ers v Seattle Seahawks - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Action 0100 (Tue)
Tomorrow (Tuesday, November 12)
TENNIS: ATP World Tour Finals - BBC Two 1400
DARTS: Grand Slam of Darts - Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action 1900
SNOOKER: Northern Ireland Open - Eurosport 1 1245 & 1845
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Leeds; 2. 15; 3. Davy Russell; 4. Dynamite; 5. Meath defeated Mayo after a replay, first game 0-12 to 1-9, replay 2-9 to 1-11. The game is also remembered infamously for a massive brawl between the teams. See video below)
