Kilmacud Crokes secured a third win on the bounce yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Dublin senior football championship.

The 2018 champions were impressive in a 20-point victory over Ballinteer St John’s (1-23 to 0-6) that sees them move into the last eight.

Also confirmed in the capital yesterday was St Vincent’s elimination from the competition after the 29-time champions lost out to Castleknock in Naul.

Seamus O’Carroll’s goal on the half-hour mark saw Castleknock head in at the break with a commanding 1-10 to 0-6 lead.

O’Carroll and Mossie Quinn kept the points coming after the turnaround for the would-be winners, as the led by as many as 12 points come the second water break, prior to St Vincent’s grabbing a consolation goal as it finished 1-18 to 1-12.

The result sets up a play-off between Castleknock and Ballinteer to see which team will join Crokes in the quarter-finals. 

Friday evening saw holders Ballymun Kickhams and Thomas Davis into the knock-out stages as they picked up wins over Clontarf and Skerries Harps respectively.

Today (Sunday) sees the last round of games in Group 1 and Group 4, with Whitehall Colmcille taking on 2019 winners Ballyboden St Enda’s and Raheny playing Na Fianna. In Group 4, St Jude’s face Round Towers Lusk and Lucan Sarsfields clash with St Oliver Plunkett’s Eoghan Rua.

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