North Down mens first eleven welcomed Belfast Harlequins to Comber on Saturday in their second Premier League match of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home side started strongly and were soon 1-0 up. A cross field aerial from Jonny Linter found Josh Gilmore one on one with the Harlequins goalie and the sturdy striker made no mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However the advantage was curtailed when Stevie Dalzell slipped on a leafy pitch and collided with a Harelquins midfielder, warranting a 10 minute yellow card suspension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harlequins capitalised with the extra man, converting a short corner early in the second quarter to level the score at 1-1. North Down responded immediately with Gareth McKeown assisting Harry Templeton who rounded the keeper and slammed home on his reverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soon it was 3-1 with McKeown converting a short corner which had been won by Ross Linter. However Harlequins were still creating chances of their own and scored from another short corner, 3-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In quarter three, the scores were levelled with the home side caught on the counter attack and duly punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the game came to a close the drama continued. Harlequins won a penalty stroke which was skilfully saved by Darren Rodgers before Mark Shannon received a yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Final score 3-3 with both teams settling for a point in an entertaining game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burch Autos Man of the Match was Jonny Linter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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