Cavanagh seals Tyrone's victory

ULSTER UNDER-21 FC/Tyrone 2-10 Cavan 1-10 :  COLM CAVANAGH'S late goal gave 14-man Tyrone a narrow win over Cavan at Omagh.

Six frees from Raymond Galligan put Cavan in a strong position and when Tyrone's Danny McBride was sent off in the 49th minute the visitors had victory within sight.

But the home side staged a strong finish to book a semi-final place. Johnny Lafferty's early goal for Tyrone was cancelled out by Enda Gaffney's quick reply for Cavan and the teams were level 1-6 apiece at the interval.

Cavanagh's crucial goal came in the 54th minute when he flicked Cathal McCarron's free to the net.

TYRONE : G Kelly; N McGinn, D McBride, C McGinley; N Kerr, S O'Neill (0-1) , H Gallagher; A Cassidy, S O'Hagan (0-1); G Devlin (0-1), C Cavanagh (1-2) , J McAnullan; R McCrory (0-1), J Lafferty (1-1), C McCarron (0-2, two frees). Subs : D McDermott for Kerr, C O'Donnell (0-1) for Devlin.

CAVAN : S Delaney; N O'Reilly, R Dunne, S McCormack; F Jordan, D O'Dowd, D Graham; R Galligan (0-6, six frees) , J McEnroe; B Watters, P Brady (0-1), M Reilly (0-1, free); E Keating (0-1) , C Smith, E Gaffney (1-1). Sub : C Mackey for Graham.

Referee: A McAlynn (Derry).

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