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Division Two Round-up Kerry eased their way to a useful brace of points when they defeated Mayo by 15 points - 5-15 to 1-12 - …

Mon Feb 23 2004 - 00:00

Division Two Round-upKerry eased their way to a useful brace of points when they defeated Mayo by 15 points - 5-15 to 1-12 - at a bitingly cold Austin Stack Park, Tralee, yesterday.

Mike Conway got the goal-rush under way in the 12th minute when he drilled low past Mayo goalkeeper Thomas Duffy, and goals from John Mike Dooley (two) and Erroll Tuohy helped Kerry to a 4-8 to 0-4 interval lead.

SCORERS - Kerry: J M Dooley (3-1); M Conway (1-1); E Tuohy (1-0)l S Brick (0-3, two frees); M Slattery, J Bunyan (0-2 each); A Cronin (0-3); P O'Connell (0-1, a 65); C Harris, I McCarthy (0-1 each). Mayo: K Higgins (0-3, all frees); D McConn, A Hession (0-3 each); A Healy (1-0); D McDonnell (0-2); P Higgins (0-1).

The see-saw pattern of results between the hurlers of Carlow and Wicklow continued at Aughrim yesterday when the visitors chalked up a well-deserved 2-11 to 0-9 victory.

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A few weeks earlier it was Wicklow's turn to win in the Kehoe Cup by 0-11 to 0-9, but yesterday there was no disputing the fact that Carlow were the hungrier of the two teams.

SCORERS - Carlow: D Murphy (2-1); P Coady (0-6, frees); K English, M Murphy, J Hickey, E Coady (0-1 each). Wicklow: J Keogh (0-5, four frees); C Kavanagh, T McGrath (free), W O'Gorman, J Bermingham (0-1 each).

Down had to battle hard in the second half to defend a six-point interval advantage, 0-10 to 0-4, but, despite the red carding of Gareth Johnsonin the final minute, they held on for a 0-16 to 1-10 victory.

The Derry defence were caught for pace on numerous occasions and only sterling play by goalkeeper Stevenson and midfielder Convery their plight could have been worse.

SCORERS - Down: J McGrattan (0-5, four frees); G Johnson (0-4); S Wilson (0-3, one 65, two frees); P Braniff, B McGourty, M Coulter (0-1 each). Derry: G Biggs (1-04, three points from frees); D Magill (0-03, two 65s, one free); G Biggs (0-2, one free); Barry McGoldrick (0-1).

Aided by two fortuitous first-half goals, Westmeath beat visitors Kildare 2-11 to 0-16. After Tom Carew had brought Kildare back into the game, it was a late Derek Gallagher point which saved the day for the home side.

Westmeath got a real boost when Diarmuid Conway found the net in the sixth minute and Daniel Carty put the midlanders firmly in control with a second goal midway through the half.

SCORERS - Westmeath: A Mitchell (0-9), D Carty, D Conway (1-0 each). D McCormack, D Gallagher (0-1 each). Kildare: T Carew (0-13); C Divilly (0-2); A McAndrew (0-1),