A determined rearguard action by the last pair of Angus Farrell and Adam Armstrong salvaged a draw for Ulster Schools against their Leinster counterparts.

The duo held on grimly for 10 overs, surrounded by the hosts in scenes reminiscent of the Oval Test of 1968.

Resuming day two on 214 for 4, Leinster lost Eoin Birch (33) early, but a stand of 95 in 18 overs between Sean O'Brien - who hit 8 fours in his 63 - and Liam Gilhooly (43) allowed them to declare with a lead of 200 and plenty of time to try and whittle out Ulster.

It looked as if the game would meander to a draw as an improved batting effort second time around from Tom Crothers (78), Ryan Clarke (34) and skipper Mohammed Aahil (32) took them to 161 for 3.

However, Merrion left-arm spinner Daniel Forkin took five wickets in quick succession, getting his rewards for a marathon spell which looked to be taking Leinster to victory.

However, they couldn't prise out the final wicket in a thrilling finale.

A great advert for the red-ball game.  

At Anglesea Road, Leinster Schools drew with Ulster Schools
ULSTER SCHOOLS
Sam McMillan c Sugrue b Birch 8
Tom Crothers c Sugrue b Thomson 23
Angus Farrell c Sugrue b Birch 4
Adam Heasley c Isaac Djikstra b Thomson 31
Mohammed Aahil c Cosgrave b Bala 26
Sam Magee c Isaac Dikjstra 0
Ryan Clarke c O'Brien b Gilhooly 28
Michael Skelly lbw b Forkin 0
Jacob Scarlett c Cosgrave b Bala 4
David Kane not out 3
Adam Armstrong b Seb Dijkstra 3
Extras 20 (3b, 3nb, 14w)
Total (all out, 44.4 overs) 142

Fall: 1-5 2-15 3-71 4-74 5-74 6-122 7-127 8-134 9-135 10-142

Bowling: Eoin Birch 7-1-41-2, Sean O'Brien 4-0-23-0, Luke Thomson 7-1-23-3, Daniel Forkin 12-4-20-1, Liam Gilhooly 5-0-21-1, Yash Bala 6-1-9-2, Seb Dijkstra 4-2-2-1.

LEINSTER SCHOOLS
Daniel Forkin c McMillan b Skelly 5
Tom Johnson b Scarlett 73
Macdara Cosgrave c Aahil b Magee 7
Luke Thomson b Nawn 66
Eoin Birch lbw Skelly 33
Sean O'Brien c Aadil b Scarlett 63
Liam Gilhooly c McMillan b Scarlett 43
Isaac Dijkstra not out 12
Extras 21 (9b, 6lb, 14w, 5nb)
Total (7 wkts, 62.3 overs) 342 dec

Fall: 1-31 2-49 3-147 4-180 5-228 6-323 7-342

Bowling: Michael Skelly 13-2-49-2, Cameron Nawn 16-1-63-1, Sam Magee 7-0-50-1, Mohammed Aahil 7-1-42-1, David Kane 5-0-32-0, Adam Armstrong 4-0-25-0, Jacob Scarlett 7.3-1-40-3, A Farrell 3-0-25-0.

ULSTER SCHOOLS (2ND INNS)
Sam McMillan c Sugrue b Thomson 8
Mohammed Aahil c Thomson b Forkin 32
Tom Crothers b Forkin 78
Ryan Clarke b O'Brien 34
Adam Heasley run out (Thompson) 10
David Kane c I Dijkstra b Forkin 0
Sam Magee c I Dijkstra b Forkin 18
Jacob Scarlett c Sugrue b Forkin 6
Michael Skelly b S Dijkstra 0
Angus Farrell not out 0
Adam Armstrong not out 6
Extras 11 (3b, 1lb, 5w, 2nb)
Total (9 wkts, 77 overs) 203

Fall: 1-23 2-50 3-126 4-161 5-162 6-179 7-196 8-197 9-197

Bowling: Luke Thomson 10-2-23-1, Eoin Birch 8-2-19-0, Isaac Dijkstra 1-0-9-0, Liam Gilhooly 5-2-15-0, Seb Dijkstra 22-7-39-1, Daniel Forkin 23-10-39-5, Yash Bala 3-0-8-0, Tom Johnson 2-0-21-0, Sean O'Brien 3-0-21-1, Macdara Cosgrave 1-0-5-0.