Connacht SFC: Rossies negotiate London hurdle
May 24, 2015
London's Martin Carroll with Roscommon's Ian Kilbride during the Connacht SFC quarter-final in Ruislip.
©INPHO/Gerry McManus.
Roscommon are safely through to the semi-final stage of the Connacht championship after a routine 1-14 to 0-10 defeat of London in Ruislip.
The outcome of this match was never in any doubt with the visitors leading by 1-12 to 0-6 approaching the three-quarters stage.
John Evans' men were six points to the good at the break with Enda Smith on target four times, 0-11 to 0-5, and Ciaran Murtagh's goal three minutes after the restart settled the Exiles' fate.
The prize for the Division Two winners is a semi-final joust with Sligo on Saturday, June 20th.
Roscommon - D O'Malley; S McDermott, N Carty, N Collins; D Ward, N Daly, C Cafferkey; I Kilbride (0-1), C Shine (0-2); E Smith (0-4), D Shine (0-2f), C Murtagh (1-2); D Murtagh (0-2, 1f), S Kilbride, C Cregg. Subs: R Stack for D Ward, C Connolly for S Kilbride, U Harney (0-1) for E Smith, D Smith for D Murtagh, T Featherston for N Carty, R Daly for C Murtagh.
London - D Traynor; B Collins, P Butler, D McGreevey; D McCarthy, C Carty, S Curran; M Gottsche, M Carroll; S Conroy, C Og Greene, J Moran; A O'Hara (0-1), L Mulvey (0-8, 5f), A Moyles (0-1f). Subs: P O'Shea for C Og Greene (BC), P McGoldrick for A Moyles, M Walsh for J Moran, A Carr for M Carroll, S Devine for D McCarthy, S Buckley for S Conroy.
Referee - E Kinsella.
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