Final Score: Kildare 1-22 Dublin 1-13. Excellent 2nd half performance by Kildare for a 9 points win. Kildare will play Westmeath in the final
Dublin were impressive in the opening half, helped by quite a few KIldare errors
Alex Beirne was impressive as he converted a ’45 and adding two points from play.
But then, Robert Shaw lofted a high ball into the Kildare square and corner-forward Jamie McCarvillebeat beat goalkeeper Didier Cordonnier to to the dropping ball, punching it to the net.
That extended Dublin’s lead to four before Alex Beirne brought his first-half haul to five points to leave Dublin leading by 1-8 to 0-8 at half-time.
But between the 37th and 45th minutes Kildare outscored Dublin by 1-6 to a point, to lead by 5,including a two pointer by Alex Beirne the goal from corner-back Harry O’Neill
Dublin scored the next three points, but a two-pointer from James Harris, and points from Eoin Cully and Darragh Swords saw Kildare home by 9 points.
Scorers – Kildare: A Beirne 0-7 (1 tpf,1f,1’45), H O’Neill 1-0, B McLoughlin, J Harris (1 tp) 0-3 each, S Doran, D Swords, E Cully 0-2 each, B Loakman, K Feely, A Browne (f) 0-1 each. Dublin: C Burke 0-5 (2 2p), J McCarville 1-1, D Kettle 0-2, S Moloney (’45), N O’Callaghan, E Kennedy, C Dolan, R Shaw 0-1 each.
Final Score: Kildare 1-22 Dublin 1-13.
Kildare: D Cordonnier; M Dempsey, P Spillane, H O’Neill; E Lawlor, B Byrne, D Crowley; K Feely, B Gibbons; B McLoughlin, A Beirne, L Killian; B Loakman, N Dolan, S Doran.
Subs: D Swords for Killian, M Spillane for Dempsey, E Cully for Dolan, J Harris for Lawlor, R Fitzgerald for P Spillane , E Bagnall for Beirne, A Browne for Loakman, A McNally for Byrne .
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