Battling Midleton answer the call with five-star show

Midleton CBS 5-13 Abbey CBS 0-11

Thu, 11 Dec, 2003 - 00:00
Bob Lester

Needing Templemore to beat Douglas up the road and score a bagful themselves, Midleton’s task looked hopeless when they trailed 0-11 to 1-6 at the break.

Quite simply Abbey CBS, rocked by a quick Midleton burst inside the opening five minutes, with full-forward Killian Hurley goaling after taking the excellent Ger O’Leary’s free out of the air, proceeded to play some nice controlled hurling.

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