Peader Andrews' younger brother Paddy tormented the Westmeath backline as Dublin progressed to the semi-finals of the Leinster MFC after a hard fought encounter at Cusack Park. Dublin 1-11 Westmeath 0-11 The Dubs looked to be in trouble early on as a succession of early scores saw Westmeath move into a promising 0-4 to 0-1 lead after 14 minutes of play. Dublin levelled the game with points from Cathal Morley and Andrews before the visitors were awarded a penalty which Andrews had no problem despatching to the net. Two Westmeath points narrowed the gap before a Paddy O'Connor free left Dublin leading 1-5 to 0-6 at the interval. The second half was a tight affair and Dublin were indebted to the performance of substitute Barry O'Rourke who fired over three fine points after is introduction. Dublin - J Mooney; J Cooper, C Connolly, H Gill; C McIntyre, K Nolan, C Guckian; C O'Sullivan, S Ryan; C Morley 0-1, P O'Connor 0-3, D Kelly; L O'Donovan, S McCann, P Andrews 1-4. Subs - S Byrne for Gill, B O'Rourke 0-3 for McCann, Furman for Morley, C Moore for Kelly. Westmeath - D Quinn; B Arigho, C Gavin, T Warburton; R Doyle, F Reilly, A Gaughan; M Flanagan, A Whitney 0-1; E Doolin, C Reilly 0-2, N Kilcoyne 0-1; B Kelly, A Giles, C Lynam 0-2. Subs - J Connellan 0-5 for Reilly, N Bannon for Kilcoyne, D Geeragh for Arigho, S Tone for Giles. Tweet

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