Wilkinson turns tide

ULSTER CLUB FOOTBALL - Ballinderry 1-11 Latton 0-10:  RAYMOND WILKINSON'S 35th-minute goal proved the turning point as Ballinderry…

ULSTER CLUB FOOTBALL - Ballinderry 1-11 Latton 0-10: RAYMOND WILKINSON'S 35th-minute goal proved the turning point as Ballinderry saw off Latton at Ballinascreen yesterday.

The Monaghan champions had been reduced to 14-men at that stage after the sending off Barry McCabe in first-half injury-time.

The goal gave Ballinderry a three-point lead, 1-6 to 0-6, which the managed to maintain.

BALLINDERRY:M Conlan; D Bell, N McCusker, C Wilkinson; M McIver, Kevin McGuckin, C Nevin; J Conway, Kevin (Moss) McGuckin (0-1); M Harney, D Conway, S Rocks; R Wilkinson (1-2), E Muldoon (0-2), C Gilligan (0-6, four frees). Subs: M Bell for McIver (28 mins), R McGuckin for Nevin (35 mins), D Bateson for McCusker (57mins), J Bateson for Rocks (58 mins).

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LATTON:S Farmer; R Ward, Edmund Lennon, H Lennon (0-1); S Fitzpatrick, F Coyle, D O'Brien; Eoin Lennon, A Farmer (0-1); E Duffy (0-1), B O'Brien (0-3, one free), B McCabe; K Hughes, H McElroy (0-2), N Coyle (0-1). Subs: P Fitzpatrick for D O'Brien (35 mins), J Connolly for Hughes (46 mins), M O'Brien (0-1) for S Fitzpatrick (56 mins).

Referee:J White (Donegal).