Cork win All-Ireland despite late Galway revival

Cork 1-11 Galway 1-5

On a very humid day Cork, who were winning the title for the 12th time, were the better side. They were quicker to the ball and were 1-2 to 0-1 up after 17 minutes, their goal, an opportunist one, coming from Margaret McCarthy in the 17th minute. Emer Watson's effort for a point came back off the post and McCarthy was on hand to billow the back of the net.

Scores were hard to come by, but with the Galway defence inclined to foul and Noreen Mulcahy in excellent form from placed balls the Rebels managed to turn over leading by 1-7 to 0-2 at the break.

After Emer Watson had put the Rebels further ahead with a point in the opening minute of the second half Galway got back into it with a brilliant goal from their best player Brenda Hanney in the 37th minute. She picked up the ball about 30 meters out and raced through the Cork defence to give Valerie McCormack in the Cork goal no chance from close range.

The score seemed to give the Westerners renewed heart and they upped the tempo and put the Cork defence under tremendous pressure until the final ten minutes. However, with Sheila Burns playing a key role at full back and the halfback line of Noreen Mulcahy, Catriona Foley and Rena Buckley giving the Galway forwards little scope the defence stood firm and denied the wearers of the maroon another goal that would really have set up a tremendous finish.

In fact Valerie McCormack had to make a tremendous save from Susan Keane in the 50th minute when Galway were rampant, and in fact apart from Watson's opening point of the second half Cork had to rely on frees for their other three points in this period.

Scorers. Cork. E. Watson 0-6 (0-2 frees, N. Mulcahy 0-4 (frees), M. McCarthy 1-1.

Galway B. Hanney 1-1, S. Keane 0-2. C. Glynn 0-1 (free), L. Dillon 0-1.

CORKV. McCormack; M. Nyhan, S. Burns, L. Healy; N. Mulcahy, C. Foley, R. Buckley; E. O'Riordan (capt), A. Geary; B. Corkery, M. O'Neill, M. McCarthy; D. Twomey, E. Watson, M. Coleman.

Subs. E. Waters for L. Healy (52nd minute), M. Murphy for M. Coleman (56th minute).

GALWAYS. Earner; A. Coen, E. Burke, T. Byrne; L. Lally, E. Tannin, A. M. Broderick; C. Kelly(capt), C. Glynn; S. Keane, B. Hanney, M. Geoghegan; L. Dillon, E. Kilkenny, F. Hahnefeld.

Subs. C. Ruddy for L. Lally (20th), M. Finnerty for E. Kilkenny (25th minute), C. Hardiman for M. Geoghegan (half-time); R. Maher for F. Hahnefeld (40th minute), S. Dervan for C. Hardiman (56th).

Referee:.E. Browne (Tipperary).