Late avalanche engulfs Dublin

FOR about 45 minutes in Parnell Park on Saturday, this was a match.
Late avalanche engulfs Dublin

Not an exciting match, not remotely a thriller, but still interesting enough to keep the attendance of nearly 10,000 engaged. 1-12 to 0-9 it was at that stage and, even if Dublin were “riding their luck at times,” as manager Tommy Naughton admitted, Cork were still finding it difficult to shake them off.

Twice in the first half the visitors had come close to opening a real gap between the teams, corner-forward Neil Ronan breaking through as early as the 4th minute, Joe Deane doing the same ten minutes later; on each occasion, however, Cork were denied by Dublin keeper Gary Maguire.

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