McGuigan stuns Murphy in decider

CONOR MCGUIGAN pulled off the biggest bowling shock since Danny McParland beat Mick Barry in the 1963 All-Ireland final, when he beat David Murphy by almost three bowls of odds in the All-Ireland senior final at Tassagh, Co. Armagh yesterday.

It is a weekend Cork bowlers will want to quickly forget. Only Cathriona Murphy in the Intermediate Women’s decider and Ciara Buckley in the Girls U16 final were victorious. David Murphy’s father John lost the Veteran final to Oliver Gribben and his cousin Kieran lost to Ethan Rafferty in the U18 final.

Colm Rafferty got the first leg of a family double when he beat Neil Crowley in the U16 and Donal Daly got a rare win for Tyrone when he beat Wayne Kingston in the Junior B final.