City slickers fail to deliver goods

IT SHOULD have been an Evening Echo Cork SHC double-header to savour, but neither the meeting of St Finbarr’s and Blackrock in the opener, nor the ensuing Glen Rovers and Na Piarsaigh clash at Páirc Ui Chaoimh lived up to expectation for the 5,000 plus crowd.

The opener, which finished at 0-14 apiece, will not rank with the great clashes between these clubs, but this third-round game had an entertaining finish.

The Rockies had a last-minute chance to edge two points in front but Adrian Coughlan put his free wide, and from the puck-out the Barr’s worked the ball to Michael Ryan.