Darling strikes for Wesley

Hockey Leinster Schools Senior Cup finalWesley College 1 St Andrew's 0 With talented defences dominant, it was only two minutes from the end that a slickly-worked short corner yielded a 1-0 victory for Wesley College over the holders, St Andrew's, at Grange Road yesterday.

David Fitzgerald had been particularly sharp between the St Andrew's posts but a set-piece switch from Chris Pelow set up Mitch Darling for the winner.

Overall, with Tim Hill to the fore, Wesley had been the more lively attackers, though there was a period early in the second half when St Andrew's threatened. A key moment came when Iain Walker blocked a thrust by Alan Sothern.

A solitary goal also decided the Minor Cup final in which Theo Kirwan made a decisive early breakthrough for St Andrew's against Sutton Park.

WESLEY COLLEGE: I Walker; R Motyer, C Pelow, S Roche (Capt), R Osman, H Micks, D Walker, S Furlong, T Hill, M Darling, S Cinnamond. Subs: G Murray, C Shannon, S Brownlowe, J Martin.

ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE: D Fitzgerald; M Doran, A Haughton (Capt), J Fry, D Loughrey, S Nolan, R Wyse, J Lewis (Player of the Match Award), D McFarlane, A Sothern, G O'Halloran. Subs: J Kirwan, R Mason, G Lenehan.

Umpires: A Groves, K Eppel.

MINOR FINAL - St Andrew's 1 (T Kirwan), Sutton Park 0.

ST ANDREW'S: C McCauley, R Cruickshank, A Browne, D Carson, S Cole, L Hamilton-Felton, A Fox, B Murphy, J Haughton, K Kenning, T Kirwan, S Loughrey, R McKenna, S O'Leary-Quinn, R Sykes, C Spears (Capt).

SUTTON PARK: R McKiernan, M Palminteri, J Carton, J Carr, H O'Reilly, A Stevenson, J Skehan (Capt), S Walsh, A Tighe, D Eames, M Brophy. Subs: M Guerin, L Moore.

Umpires: M O'Brien, G Walsh.