Longford ... 1-7 Kerry ... 0-21 While Kerry had a comfortable margin of victory it was only in the second half they confirmed their superiority over Longford at Pearse Park yesterday.
Longford only trailed by a point at the break, 0-7 to 1-3, thanks to a goal from Ciarán Finnucane. Kerry dominance grew, however, as centre-half forward Shane Brick finished with nine points to his credit.
KERRY: J Healy; P McCarthy, C Flaherty, M Lucid; J McCarthy, A Cronin, T Cronin; P O'Connell (0-1), L Boyle (0-1); B Brick (0-1), S Brick (0-9, 7 frees, 1 65), M Conway (0-2); M Slattery (0-3, 1 free), J Dooley (0-1), B O'Sullivan (0-3). Subs: D Young for Boyle 12 mins, H Francis for T Cronin 34 mins, J Bunyan for B Brick 70 mins.
LONGFORD: S Lynam; G O'Gara, P Cullen, L Hayes; E Donnellan (0-1, free), B Stakem, F Daly; M Coyle, S Browne; G Ghee (0-5, 4 frees), H O'Kane, C Finnucane (1-0); E Corcoran, T Stakem, D Donoghue. Subs: D Lynam for Donnellan half-time, J Minnock (0-1) for Corcoran 45 mins, E Daly for D Lynam 69 mins.
Referee: J Cribbin (Down).
KERRY captain Barry O'Shea's was carried off when playing for Kerins O'Rahilly's, against Austin Stacks, in the Tralee Championship final yesterday. O'Shea picked up a thigh injury in the 56th minute.
