Westport 1-9
\nShurle-Glenncorrib 0-9<\/p>\n
CONOR MORTIMER MADE his return to club action this evening but a cameo off the bench couldn\u2019t prevent Shurle-Glencorrib slipping to defeat to Westport at MacHale Park.<\/p>\n
Mayo\u2019s all-time leading scorer had to wait until the fifth minute of the second-half to get his chance and while he marked his return with a point, it wasn\u2019t enough as Lee Keegan\u2019s Westport advanced to the Mayo intermediate football final.<\/p>\n
When Mortimer was introduced, his side were trailing by four points and had failed to register a score in 20 minutes having raced into a five-point lead by the 14th minute.<\/p>\n
Mark Ronaldson did the early damage with three frees but Westport rallied in the second quarter of the game with Shane Scott\u2019s goal on 16 minutes springing them into life.<\/p>\n
Four points from Lewis Cawley saw Westport take a 1-4 to 0-5 lead into the break.<\/p>\n
When Mortimer did get involved, he hit a sweet point with his left foot to cut the gap back to three points, which was greeted by approval from the large crowd who came to Castlebar on a cold Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
He did have another effort that sailed wide a few minutes later, but he couldn\u2019t impact the game in the way he would have hoped.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for the south Mayo side they were totally outplayed by Westport in the second half, with the seasiders hitting ten second-half wides to go with the five points the added on in that period.<\/p>\n
Keegan wasn\u2019t the attacking wing back that you\u2019d associate with his Mayo performances, spending the evening picking up former inter-county man Mark Ronaldson who was a constant threat throughout, hitting six points over the hour.<\/p>\n
While the return of Mortimer was the main focus before the game, his elder brother Trevor was also back in action for their home club and he was about to be introduced just before the full time whistle denied him his return.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s Westport who advance to Saturday\u2019s intermediate final against Kiltimagh at the same venue.<\/p>\n
Westport scorers:\u00a0Lewis Calwey (0-6, 5f), Shane Scott (1-0), Liam Staunton (0-1), Oisin McLaughlin (0-1), Paul Lambert (0-1).<\/p>\n
Shrule-Glenncorrib scorers: Mark Ronaldson (0-6, 6f), Stephen Mullin (0-2), Conor Mortimer (0-1).<\/p>\n
Shrule Glenncorrib<\/p>\n
1. Gary Hennelly<\/p>\n
2. Daryl McThighe
\n3. James O\u2019Dowd
\n4. Ronan Walsh<\/p>\n
5. Noel Sheridan
\n6. Johnny Naughton
\n7. Conor O\u2019Dowd<\/p>\n
8. James Lavelle
\n20. Kieran Walsh<\/p>\n
10. Colm Hoverty
\n11. Mark Ronaldson
\n12. Shane Mellett<\/p>\n
23. Nathan Magee
\n14. David Geraghty
\n15. Stephen Mullin<\/p>\n
Subs:<\/p>\n
18. Conor Bohan for Shane Mellett
\n29. Conor Mortimer for Kieran Walsh
\n19. Brendan Ryan for Nathan McGee
\n22. Eoin Hennelly for Stephen Mullin
\n21. Evan Cawley for Colin Hoverty<\/p>\n
Westport<\/p>\n
1. Patrick O\u2019Malley<\/p>\n
2. Niall McManamon
\n3. Kevin Keane
\n4. Liam Ketterick<\/p>\n
5. Keelan Dever
\n6. James Walsh
\n7. Brian McDermott<\/p>\n
8. Lee Keegan
\n9. Shane Scott<\/p>\n
10. Fionn McDonagh
\n11. Phil Keegan
\n12. Colm Higgins<\/p>\n
13. Colm Moran
\n25. Paul Lambert
\n15. Lewis Cawley<\/p>\n
Subs: <\/p>\n
14. Liam Staunton for Colm Higgins
\n19. David Horan for Paul Lambert
\n26. Ronan Geraghty for Colm Moran
\n27. Oisin McLaughlin for Fionn McDonagh
\n28. Brian O\u2019Malley for Brian McDermott.<\/p>\n
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