Kehoe Cup/ Wicklow 1-15 Mayo 1-14: Wicklow hurlers put their troubles behind them as they held out for a narrow win over Mayo in Arklow yesterday.

In the last couple of weeks they were not sure if they would cobble together a team for the match but yesterday they stood up to the Mayo challenge.

Mayo looked the sharper team early on but Wicklow improved as play wore on, sneaking ahead by 0-7 to 0-6 at the break, with three of their points coming from corner-forward Andy O'Brien.

The teams were level six times over the 70 minutes.

Keith Higgins made a big difference for Mayo when he came on as they put in a storming finish, pushing Wicklow all the way to the line.

WICKLOW: T Finn; J Connors, G Keogh, M Conway; TJ Byrne, G Connors, D Doran; G Bermingham (0-1), A Tiernan; V Flaherty (0-1), J Murphy (0-1), C Kavanagh (0-1); A O'Brien (0-4), J Keogh (0-5), D Moran ( 1-2). Subs: S Kinsella for Murphy (yellow card), C Doyle for Bermingham.

MAYO: T Duffy; D Walsh, J Duffy, B Delaney; K Healy (0-1), P Barrett, G Whyte; J Hogan, C Ryan; P Broderick (0-1), S Broderick (1-3), D McConn (0-2); A Freeman (0-3), K Robinson, A Howard (0-1). Subs: P Higgins (0-1) for Hogan, K Higgins (0-2) for Robinson, S Coyne for Whyte.

Referee: D Connolly (Kilkenny).