DARREN MCCARTHY SCORED 1-8 in a man of the match performance as Ballymartle stunned Glen Rovers in a superb comeback at Páirc Uí Rinn.
Last year’s beaten county finalists led by seven points at the break, and by five with as little as 15 minutes remaining.
But goals from Johnny Wallace and then McCarthy helped Ballymartle turn things around and get their revenge for last year’s quarter-final loss.
Rebels star Patrick Horgan scored seven points in the first half, four from play, as the Glen took an 0-16 to 0-9 lead into the interval.
A Horgan 65 and a free, and a point from Jack Dwyer, helped keep the Ballymartle revival at arm’s length.
But the Riverstick men outscored them by 2-5 to 0-4 in the final stretch to seal a two-point win and book their place in Round 4.
Earlier Mark Dolan got the only goal as Douglas beat St Finbarr’s by 1-14 to 0-9, while Erins Own ran out comfortable winners against Carrigtwohill.
Here’s the draw for the second round:
Cork senior hurling championship Round 1 – Saturday
- Douglas 1-14 St Finbarr’s 0-9
- Erins Own 2-22 Carrigtwohill 0-16
- Ballymartle 2-19 Glen Rovers 0-23
Some performance by macarthy in the 2nd half..wen the game was there to be won stood up to be counted class goal…unlike horgan who as per usual wen the game is on the line for the glen goes missing…glen still suffering mental affects from last yrs county final hammering…glen management a lot to answer for too leaving the two wing backs there all 2nd half wen they were being hammered and leavin hoggie on the 40 wen he was being destroyed…gr8 game