Road Bowling: Fitzgerald takes North-East crowd in gripping climax

Road Bowling

Dave Fitzgerald beat Michael Murphy in the last shot of an extraordinary North-East Junior A final at Bottlehill.

It all came down to a last shot, with Fitzgerald leading by just under two metres. Murphy opted for the left track, his bowl drifted into the forestry entrance and stopped right on the line. Fitzgerald only needed to beat the line. He played his bowl well, but it was too soft and fell in at exactly the same spot. They were dead level, right on the line, but it was not scored.