Champions UL pushed hard
The student teachers were the better team for most of the first half and established a 1-3 to 0-2 lead when accurate free-taker, Niall Arthur, smashed a 21-yard free to the net. It was well deserved for there was more energy and purpose to their play and they were coping far better with the poor underfoot conditions than UL, who tended to overelaborate.
Slowly, UL asserted themselves thanks mainly to the energy and accuracy of centre-forward Cyril Donnellan who clipped over three fine points and, by half-time, they had managed to draw level.