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Marine Harvest Shinty / Hurling International - Scotland (1-11) 14-15 (2-9) Ireland. | |
29 October 2011 Ireland retained the Marine Harvest Quaich with a 5-1 series win over Scotland after they defeated the Scots 15-14 in their second Shinty / Hurling international test at the Bught Park, Inverness on Saturday 29 October 2011. The Scotland side suffered late heartache in this fixture for the second year in a row as a Brendan Maher goal 3 minutes from time snatched the Quaich from their grasp. Scotland captain Norman Campbell from Newtonmore won the toss in front of a Bught Park crowd of around 2,000 and a television audience, and opted to play with the wind. The hosts made a spectacular start which left Ireland chasing shadows. The Scots led (1-6) 9-0 (0-0) after 33 minutes but the Irish scored some crucial points before the break to get back into the game. Caberfeidh’s Kevin Bartlett was the Scottish ace with four two-pointers in the first half whilst Kinlochshiel’s Finlay MacRae found the back of the net with a truly spectacular effort from inside his own half. The second half belonged to the Irish though and Willie Hyland started to find his range, adding 5 more points. Scotland only managed 3 second half points – another Kevin Bartlett two-pointer and a single from Fort William’s Gary Innes. Kilkenny All-Start Michael Rice added two more Irish points. Even then a late Scotland goal would have swung the series in their favour but despite some late pressure, they were unable to breach the Irish rear-guard. Ireland captain Michael Rice was presented with the Marine Harvest Quaich by Marine Harvest Managing Director Alan Sutherland. Ireland: Willie Hyland (0-6), Joe Bergin (1-0), Brendan Maher (1-0), Michael Rice (0-2), Craig Doyle 0-1 Scotland: Kevin Bartlett (0-10), Finlay MacRae (1-0), Gary Innes (0-1) Picture courtesy of http://www.neilgpaterson.com/shinty.php
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