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<\/a>A Story of Hurling in Waterford<\/p><\/div>\n
entitled “A Story of Hurling in Waterford”, It’s a painstakingly compiled record of all the championship campaigns of the Waterford county hurling teams, as well as the county finals.<\/p>\n
Not only does it give the relevant scores of each game, it also gives an account of the matches themselves.\u00a0 Here’s an extract, for example, from the year 1963:<\/p>\n
“After the heavy defeat in the 1962 Munster Final, Waterford were keen to get back for another crack at the title.\u00a0 They played Limerick at Thurles in the Semi-final.\u00a0 Waterford lined out without Tom Cheasty and lost Austin Flynn through injury during the game.\u00a0 With a good all round performance they ended up with a six point win 2-15 to 3-16.\u00a0 The scene was now set for a repeat of the 1962 final with Tipperary and the good news was that Tom Cheasty and Austin Flynn were fit to start this game.\u00a0 The game itself was a tense struggle with hard knocks given and taken on both sides.\u00a0 Tipperary had the better of the first half and held a two point lead going into the break, 0-5 to 0-3.\u00a0 The second half started with Tipperary adding another point but at this stage Waterford brought on M. Dempsey at centre field and things began to go their way.\u00a0 Phil Grimes was in\u00a0 great form from placed balls and soon Waterford were in front, Grimes weighing in with eight of Waterford’s eleven point total.\u00a0 Tipperary had a goal disallowed and had some close in frees saved by a very solid Waterford defence and held on for a three point win. There were no goals scored due to good goalkeeping from e. Power (i.e. Ned Power) and R. Mounsey (Tipperary).”<\/p>\n
A simple idea – to catalogue all the matches that have mattered over the years of Waterford hurling but no-one had done it until this former Waterford All-Ireland goalkeeper did it himself.\u00a0 One of the best hurling books you’ll ever read!<\/p>\n
“My Father: A Hurling Revolutionary, the life and times of Ned Power” is out on paperback at the end of November 2009.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> for further information, pre-order and excerpt.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2005, Dickie Roche – a former Waterford goalkeeper and Mount Sion club man – brought out a hurling book that makes essential reading for anyone with a strong interest in Waterford hurling and GAA. entitled “A Story of Hurling … Continue reading