Division Two B Round-up: Kerry recorded the second win on the trot when they saw off the challenge of Mayo by 0-15 to 2-5 at Austin Stack Park yesterday.
Mayo, who were boosted by a goal after four minutes from Stephen Hunt, looked the better side in the opening half and led by 1-4 to 0-5 at the interval.
Kerry fired over six unanswered points in the third quarter, with Shane Brick getting two, while Michael Conway, Kieran Hannafin, John Mike Dooley and Darren Young added to Mayo's misery as Kerry led 0-11 to -1-4.
Conway and Keith Higgins swapped points before Mayo scored a second Mayo goal in the 57th minute through Paul Broderick. Kerry finished the stronger, however, with Brick firing over two points while Eamon Fitzgerald added a third.
Westmeath made a bright to start to their league campaign with a 1-14 to 1-10 win over Kildare. Points from Blaine Lahart and Andrew Mitchell gave them an early lead. A Barry Kennedy goal gave them a comfortable lead and they led 1-8 to 1-6 at the break.
Kildare restarted well with two scores by Billy White. Westmeath pulled clear and two scores from John Shaw was enough to secure the win.
SCORERS
KERRY 0-15: S Brick 0-5 (one free), M Conway 0-3, D Dineen 0-2, A Keane 0-1, K Hanafin 0-1, J M Dooley 0-1, D Young 0-1, E Fitzgerald 0-1. MAYO 2-5: K Higgins 0-4 (one free), S Hunt 1-0, P Broderick 1-0, S Broderick 0-1
WESTMEATH 1-14: J Shaw 0-4, A Mitchell 0-4 (frees), B Kennedy 1-1, B Lahart 0-2, D Devine 0-2, D Carthy 0-1. KILDARE 1-10: B White 0-4 (three frees), A McAndrew 1-0, M Dowd 0-3, D Horan 0-1, P Reidy 0-1, O Lynch 0-1.
