CORK EXAMINER, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1934
COVE WANDERERS BEATEN IN DUBLIN
Free State Junior Cup Final
B. & I. A. S.C. 2 Cove Wanderers 1
At Dalymount Park,yesterday,B.& I.A.S.C.
beat Cove Wanderers by 2 goals to one.B.&
I were a heavier team than Cove and their
forwards worked better together than the
Wanderers front line,and these two facts
combined were responsible for Cove's defeat.A
high wind made control difficult; otherwise
more goals would have been scored,as the
ball was frequently swept out of the field
of play when normally it would have remained
in.Cove Wanderers were under severe pressure
through the first half,when B. & I.had
the wind behind them,and Murphy in goal
made manty fine saves.Hennessey's weight
was a great asset and he was rather the
better of the two full -backs,whilst Cotter
was outstanding in the half-back line.The
forwards,as already mentioned,lacked cohesion.B.&
I. confirmed the good impression they had
made by winning the Leinster Junior Cup
and the Leinster Second Division Championship
earlier in the season,and their forwards
certainly were a clever lot.Lynch at right-back
was the most dangerous man on the field,and
he well merited the two goals he scored.Hellier
at centre half kept a very close watch on
Dick Barry,the Junior international,whilst
Mulhall,the Free State junior international
goalkeeper,made no mistakes between the
posts.
The Play
Cove Wanderers began against the wind and
they were lucky shortly after the start
when Ryan delayed over his shot with Murphy
more or less at his mercy.Aided to a great
extent by the wind ,B.& I.kept play
at Wanderers end,and Cotter got through
a lot of fine defensive play.After eighteen
minutes Thompson beat Rassmussen before
sending in a pass along the ground which
Lynch netted with a curling shot.Cove Wanderers
were under severe pressure at this stage
and Murphy made many fine clearances,but
following one of these Bradshaw got possession
and swung the ball across the goalmouth
for Lynch to secure his second goal by heading
it into the net.
In a sudden raid by Cove Wanderers Hannon
sent in a great shot from far out on the
right,the ball hitting the crossbar and
rebounding out straight in front of goal,where
three Cove forwards were unable to get possession
of it,and a good chance was lost.
On the re-start Doyle made a great run before
putting McCarthy in possession,but the latters
cross was sent wide by Lawton.B.& I.made
more headway against the wind than Cove
had done,and Murphy was called on to clear
from Ryan on the left. B.&I. continued
to have rather the better of the exchanges,but
following a foul against Barry just outside
the penalty area,Walker scored for Cove
with a magnificent shot which skimmed into
the net a couple of inches beneath the cross
bar.Shortly after this goal Barry was injured
and had to go off,but he returned later
after he received attention.Cove made strenuous
efforts to get the equaliser but they were
unable to beat the B.& I. Defence,in
which Rooney at right-back was prominent.
Cove Wanderers:
J.Murphy, J.Hennessey, M.Rassmussen, J.Hannon,
J.Walker, J.Cotter, F.McCarthy, B.Doyle,
R.Barry, T.Lawton, R.O'Keeffe
B. & I. A.S.C.
Mulhall, Rooney, Whitaker, Hellier, Young,
Matthews, Thompson, Lynch, Fitzsimmons,
Bradshaw, Ryan
