Good Counsel finish strongly

Good counsel recorded a comprehensive victory over St Peter's Wexford in the Leinster Colleges A Senior Hurling Championship …

Good counsel recorded a comprehensive victory over St Peter's Wexford in the Leinster Colleges A Senior Hurling Championship at Power Park, Wexford, yesterday.

The sides were level at 0-3 each approaching the break when a speculative lob from Neil Collins found its way to the net. Good Counsel took control in the second half, adding further goals from Tom Hendrick, William Dwyer and Tommy Cooper.

GOOD COUNSEL: R Flynn; A Murphy, C Brennan, A O'Connell; G O'Grady, J Murphy, P Kehoe; K Kennedy (0-1),D Bardon; T Kendrick (1-1), R Gaul (0-1), N Collins (1-1); M Phelan (0-3), T Cooper (1-2), W O'Dwyer (1-0). Subs: R Ryan for Kennedy, J Lalor for Collins, T Crosby for O'Grady.

ST PETER'S: K Rossiter; M Doyle, E Byrne, B Mulligan; J O'Connor, L Goff, D Walsh; D Colfer (0-2), E O'Leary (0-1); L Power, S Kehoe, C Dempsey (0-1); J Codd, C Byrne, D Foran (0-1). Subs: A Murphy for O'Connor, R Doyle for C Byrne, PJ Burke for Power, P Waters for Kehoe.

Referee: S Whelan (St Martin's).

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