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Malin bag points at home to St Naul’s

July 3rd, 2008

GAA Fooball Div 1B Malin  1-16  St Nauls 1-08 
Malin came out the victors in this division 1B clash on saturday evening, and it was a victory that was fully deserved by the Inishowen side.St Nauls found it hard to get into this game and found themselves trailing by 0-7 to 0-1 in the first half before they scored three unanswered points to reduce the defecit to three points going into the break.Malin were obviously aware of the threat of St Nauls star man Stephen Griffin, and the defence did an excellent job keeping the striker at bay.In fact Griffin had a rare off day in front of goal, and despite clocking up five points for his side he also recorded a total of five wides in the first half alone.Paddy and Anthony Kelly dominated the midfield for Malin and did well to supply the forwards.A goal came for St Nauls four minutes from the end of the game when Cathal Lowther was quickest to react to Griffin’s saved attempt and was easily able to score.However Malin responded straight away with an excellent Anthony Kelly point before Paddy McColgan wrapped up the game, finding the back of the net on the stroke of full time.Malin hit 14 scores from play with all six forwards getting on the scoresheet.Malin: Declan Lafferty, Michael Doherty (0-1), Damian Harkin, John McLaughlin, Kevin McColgan, Charlie Byrne, Declan Walshe, Paddy Kelly, Anthony Kelly (0-4), Paul McGonagle (0-1), Paddy McColgan (1-02), Conor Farren (0-01)St Nauls: John Leonard, Conor McBrearty, Daniel Friel, Brian McGonagle, Danny McDyer, Mark Ward, Benny Quinn, John Meehan, Conal McGinley, Stuart Johnston (0-1), Brian McCabe, Cathal Lowther (1-01), Steven Griffin (0-5), Paul McGroarty, Barry Rose, Andrew Gallagher (0-01)