Horan guides Benildus home

GAA: DUBLIN SCHOOLS SF 'A' FINAL: St Benildus College 1-9 Maynooth 0-9: A BARRY Horan goal two minutes from time proved crucial, as St Benildus College secured a Dublin hurling and football double with an extra-time victory over a game Maynooth Post Primary side in O'Toole Park yesterday.

Maynooth recovered from going three points down inside the opening 10 minutes (following a brace of Glen Whelan points and one from Shane Cunningham) to trail at half-time by 0-4 to 0-3, with their scores coming through Mark Donnellan (free), substitute Simon Mackey and James Durcan.

Three more points from the excellent Donnellan, and a second Durcan score, put them two points in front with seven minutes of normal time remaining. But a point apiece from Benildus duo Horan and Cunningham brought the game into extra-time.

Benildus held a one-point lead midway through extra-time courtesy of a Niall Carr point, and even though Donnellan produced two more scores in the final 10 minutes of play, a 1-1 burst from Horan guided Benildus home in the end.

ST BENILDUS: E Roe; D Quinn, A Clabby, C Dolan; S Mulvanny, K McGrath, David Byrne; S Fitzsimons, Darragh Byrne; B Reilly, C Butler (0-1), B Horan (1-2); S Cunningham (0-3, two frees), G Whelan (0-2, 0-1 free), N Carr (0-1). Subs: C Conway for Reilly (15 mins), L Moran for Carr (44 mins), Carr for Conway (61 mins).

MAYNOOTH PP:D Corcoran; H Faherty, C Egan, C Forde; R Maguire, C O'Donoghue, S Higgins; J Walsh, J Durcan (0-2); J Gunn, S Guiney, B Murray; C Canning, M Donnellan (0-6, four frees, one 45), H Breen. Subs: S Mackey (0-1) for Murray (18 mins), N Flynn for Canning (42 mins), N Delaney for Gunn (51 mins), C Kearney for Breen (58 mins), B Agunsoye for Guiney (67 mins), Breen for Kearney (74 mins).

Referee:D Deasy (Dublin).