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Parnells make the perfect start

Dublin SFC/Parnells 1-10 Naomh Olaf 1-5: Parnells strolled to a facile five-point victory over Naomh Olaf in the first round…

Fri May 20 2005 - 01:00

Dublin SFC/Parnells 1-10 Naomh Olaf 1-5: Parnells strolled to a facile five-point victory over Naomh Olaf in the first round of the Dublin SFC at St Peregrine's grounds on Blakestown Road yesterday evening.

In a rather drab opening period it took nine minutes for the first score when Gary Collins knocked over the first of his four points.

Three minutes from the break Cormac Sugrue blasted a fine goal off the underside of the bar which helped Parnells to a half-time lead of 1-6 to 0-3.

Olaf's were more competitive in the second-half, but by the time they got their goal two minutes from the end, the game was long over.

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PARNELLS: S Cluxton; L Browne, B Byrne, G Ryan; C Quinn, D Larkin, C Reilly; P Keogh, D Mayler; G Collins (0-4), I Brady, D O'Hanlon (0-4, 2f); M Keena (0-1, 1f), A Cromwell, C Sugrue (1-1). Subs: S Mills (for O'Hanlon 55), J Sheahan (for A Cromwell 58).

NAOMH OLAF: C Daughton; K Naughton, D Thornton, R Miley; B Lynch, P Neary, N McCaffrey; E Horgan (1-0), D Maxwell; B Begley (0-2, 1f), D Maher, C Lucey; E Christian, A Lyons (0-2), J Tyrrell (0-1). Subs: P Roe (for Maher 42), P Feehan (for Christian 51), M Deveale (for Naughton 58).

Ballinteer 1-14 Naomh Fionnbarra 0-6

Ballinteer recorded a comprehensive victory over their Division Three opponents in last night's game at O'Toole Park.

Ballinteer included Dublin panellists Coleman Gogggins and John McNally and led 0-8 to 0-3 at half-time with their very impressive centre forward John Corcoran sending over three points.

The second half turned into something of a procession with Owen O'Connor adding to Naomh Fionnbarra's woes with a goal towards the end.

BALLINTEER: M Cosgrove; P McGrath, J Glendon, A Darcy; J Faherty, C Goggins, R Garvey; K Cosgrove, J McNally (0-1, one free); P O'Connor (0-2), J Corcoran (0-3), M Kavanagh (0-2); P O'Brien (0-1), E O'Connor (1-3), F Ward (0-1). Sub: J Gillick (0-1) for Faherty 53 m.

NAOMH FIONNBARRA: L Sweetman; K Naylor, S Kavanagh, B Carr; J Bailey, I McDonald Snr. T Lynch; A Costello, G O'Reilly; K Russell (0-1), R McDonald, S Costello; D Caffrey (0-1), I McDonald Jnr (0-3, 2fs) D McDonald (0-1). Sub: D O'Brien for Carr 40 m.

St Mary's 0-18 Fingallians 2-4

St Mary's scored an easy eight points win over their northside opponents at O'Toole Park last night although goals in each half from Fingallians made life uncomfortable for them at times.

The Saggart side led 0-7 to 0-1 when Liam Prout fired in a goal for Fingallians on 19 minutes. However, St Mary's finished the half strongly to lead 0-12 to 1-3.

An Adrian Darcy free and a Peter Murtagh goal gave Fingallian hope early in the second half but St Mary's pull away again to win comfortably.

ST MARY'S: L McCormack; M Coyne, S Kelly, D Corcoran; K Kelly (0-1,D Brennan, D Byrne; P Courtney (0-1), S Walsh; C Broderick (0-2), S Cooke (0-6 one 45); D Marshall (0-2), R Redmond (0-2), P McCormack; B Kelly (0-3 2fs). Subs: D McConn (0-1) for Corcoran 55 mins. A Marshall for Byrne 60 mins. D Carron for Cooke 60

FINGALLIANS: V Galvin; J P McEntyre, S Daly, P McEntyre; D Markey, C Daly, K Connolly; R Heraty, P Murray; P Murtagh, (1-0), D Farrell, A Darcy (0-3, all frees), P Flynn (0-1), W Knight, L Prout (1-0). Subs D Connor for P McEntyre ht. L Harding for Knight ht. L Knight for Murray 46 m. G Lewis for Markey 46 m.