St Peter's, Wexford 0-10 Dundalk Colleges 1-15: A splendid first-half display by St Peter's College helped them to an eventual two-point victory over Dundalk Colleges in their Leinster Colleges second-round game at Athy yesterday.
With Aindreas Doyle kicking three first-half points, backed up by the free taking of Conor Quinn, St Peter's went in with an interval lead of 0-7 to 0-1.
Very little separated the sides in the third quarter but Dundalk Colleges' chances of victory evaporated in the 53 minute when Derek Crilly was red carded at a time when they trailed 0-8 to 1-3, Crilly having scored their goal minutes earlier. Quinn tagged on two late points to secure St Peter's victory.
ST PETER'S COLLEGE: D Redmond; A Murphy, B Malone, C Murphy; C Quinn (0-6, five frees), P Roche, E Quigley; R Quinlivan, I Murphy; D O'Sullivan, A Doyle (0-3), T Barron; C McGovern (0-1), A Griffith, D Kenny. Subs: C Lawlor for Griffith, J Codd for Kenny.
DUNDALK COLLEGES: G Smyth; D Moley, S Macken, J Lynch; R McArdle, C Sheridan, S Fitzpatrick; B Nash, S Lennon; R Byrne, D Crilly (1-0), D O'Hanlon; A Duffy, G Scully (0-1), A McCabe (0-3, one free). Subs: B Osborne (0-1) for O'Hanlon, S McCabe for Duffy, B Murnagh for Lennon, C Fee for Moley, I Faulkner for Byrne.
Referee: F Barrett (Kildare).
