Impossible to match this 56-score thriller

Few who ventured to Ballynoe on Tuesday evening would have expected what lay in store when Castlelyons and Ballinacurra clashed in the Imokilly JBHC.

A total of 56 scores were served up as the sides finished level after extra-time, former Cork star Timmy McCarthy scoring the equaliser for Castlelyons to give them 4-28 at the end, equal to Ballinacurra’s tally of 8-16.

“Nobody had ever seen anything like it,” said Castlelyons PRO Denis Fenton, “there were people taking photos of the scoreboard at the end. It was just unreal.”