Smith hails Midleton character as famine ends

Peter Smith was on the last Midleton team to win the county SHC title in 1991, as part of a side which featured household names like Ger Fitzgerald, Kevin Hennessy, John Fenton, Pat Hartnett and Denis Mulcahy.

Back then, with a fourth county title in nine years secured, the thought of waiting 22 years for the next one must have been alien to anybody in the East Cork town. After yesterday’s game, Smith admitted he had not expected such a drought, but was not surprised it was this group of players who had ended it.

“It seemed like ages and ages,” he said.