O’Sullivan wins battle for Douglas

THE highlight of a curtailed championship programme in Cork was Douglas’ 0-11 to 1-7 Evening Echo Cork Co SFC victory over last year’s beaten semi-finalists Mallow at Watergrasshill.

It was achieved against considerable odds, a peach of a sideline point from Fergal O’Sullivan working the oracle, although it was a magnificent battling second-half performance with 14 players that made it happen.

Hit hard by injuries and losing Frank Tobin during the warm-up, Douglas struggled for long periods of the first half to cope with Mallow’s speedy and clever use of the ball.