Wicklow SF Final: Rathnew 0-8 Bray Emmet's 1-5 Rathnew, bidding to equal the record of eight county titles in a row, nearly saw their dreams shattered at Aughrim yesterday by an Emmet's side endeavouring to bridge a 68-year gap to the last time they won the title in 1935.
It took a 57th-minute point from Rathnew centre forward and top scorer Trevor Doyle to save the day for the champions and send this final to a replay next Sunday (3.30 p.m.). The sides were level at 0-2 each at the break after a lot of scrappy play.
RATHNEW: T Murphy; L Glynn, M Coffey, B Mernagh; S Doherty, S Byrne, C Murphy (0-1); D Byrne, D Coffey; M Doyle, T Doyle (0-6), A Mernagh; T Gill (0-1), R Coffey, N Mernagh. Subs: K Gill for N Mernagh; J Stafford for D Byrne; E Franey for Doherty.
BRAY EMMET'S: P O'Keeffe; A Corr, O Ó hAnnaidh, T Denver; R O'Brien, DÓ hAnnaidh, D Gaskin; R Lambe, B O'Keeffe; G Cahill, J O'Keeffe (0-1), C Flannery (1-4); L McGraynor, B Ó hAnnaidh, P Moynihan. Subs: P Callaghan for Cahill, R McGarry for O'Keeffe.
Referee: E Craul (Kilbride).
