Carlow ... 0-19 Waterford ... 1-6: A strong opening-half performance when playing with a strong wind set up Carlow for an easy victory at Dungarvan yesterday. The winners led from 30 seconds in, when Pat Nolan found the range, and they were seven points to the good at the interval, leading by 0-12 to 1-2.
They had already scored six points before Waterford opened their account with a John Hennessey point on the quarter-hour. The winners dominated the third quarter, scoring five points without reply in an 18-minute spell to kill off any hope of a Waterford revival.
In fact the home side had to wait all of 25 minutes for their opening score of the second period, a point from substitute Billy Harty.
CARLOW: P McGrath; C McCarthy, B Farrell, R Burke; B English, J Hayden, S O'Brien; T Walsh (0-2), J McGrath; J Nevin (0-2, 1f), D Byrne, J Kavanagh (0-4,2fs); S Rea (0-5, 3fs), P Nolan (0-4), D Walker (0-1). Subs: B Kelly (0-1) for Walsh; G Morrissey for Rea; E McGarry for Kavanagh.
WATERFORD: D Lenane; J O'Reilly, G Hayes, K Coffey; T Dunphy, E Rockett, T Costello; B Kirwan, A Hubbard; J Coffey, C Power (1-0, pen), J Hearne; G Hurney (0-1), J Hennessey (0-1), M Power (0-2, 1f). Subs: M Crotty for Hayes; B Harty (0-2), for Cowan; S Briggs for Costello; E Walsh for Power.
Referee: G Hough (Limerick)
