Mícheal Holland Cup semi-final

Kilbrittain were comforatble winners over Clonakilty last night in Clonakilty under lights.Kilbrittain were first to score in the fourth  minute with a Tomas Harrington point quickly followed by another from Ross Cashman. Alan Hayes and Maurice Sexton made it four by the tenth minute. Clonakilty did have their chances in those first ten minutes but were not to trouble the Kilbrittain defence much for the remainer of the half as Kilbrittain took over and showed the difference in grade. Only for their nine wides in the first half the difference would have been huge at the break as they held Clon scoreless while scoring five more through Alan Hayes, 2, David Desmond, Ross cashman and Chris Hickey. Cashman floated over a '65 immediately after the resumption. Two minutes later a long Clon ball into the square was not dealt with and ended up in the Kilbrittain net. This gave Clon a confidence boost as they added apoint minutes later. However, this mishap led to kilbrittain upping the ante and with Vincent O'Brien and James Deasy taking control in the halfback line, Kilbrittain stamped their authority holding Clon to one more point for the game while adding 1-6 themselves. Deasy chipped in with 2 points, Hayes added 2, one from a free, Maurice Sexton knocked over a free while Denis Murphy who started at corner back, was replaced at half time and returned as a corner forward, goaled from close range in the twenthieth minute following a Sexton delivery which came off the post. It was a strange last ten minutes then as Kilbrittain took their foot off the gas a little while clocking up a few wides. Murphy was on hand in the end to point with time up leaving the final score Kilbrittain 1-16 Clonakilty 1-02. Kilbrittain now await the winners of Newcestown and Bandon which should be this coming weekend with the final penciled in for St