Wexford League v Defence Forces (Oscar Traynor)
After a good win against the Leinster Senior League, Wexford will be disappointed to lose this Oscar Traynor tie against the Defence Forces in Ferrycarrig this afternoon as the home side were by far the better side, created enough chances to win two matches and were only kept at bay by a remarkable performance by the Defence Forces goalkeeper. Wexford started, I think, with Lee Walker, Alan Freeman, Gary Delaney, Ian Sinnott, Craig McCabe, John Peare, Spot Murphy, Ricky Fox, James Peare, Adam Beary and Kyle Dempsey. Wexford controlled the game more or less from the start with Spot Murphy, playing deep, pulling all the strings for the home side. However, Wexford found it hard to create any real chances and it took until the twentieth minute for Wexford’s John Peare to knock a shot a yard over the Defence crossbar. The Defence Forces then went a goal ahead on 32 minutes when the Wexford defence allowed the opposition centre-forward too much space inside the penalty area, and he headed home a good cross by the Defence Force’s decent outlet on the right, Tony Smith, to put the away side a goal to the good. Wexford’s Kyle Dempsey then had a good chance with a one-on-one against the Defence keeper, but the latter stretched out a foot to keep out Kyle’s goal-bound low effort. 1-0 to the Defence Forces at half-time.