Crokes power their way past St John’s

Sun, 25th September 2016

KILMACUD CROKES 4-22 BALLINTEER ST JOHN'S 0-8

Killmacud Crokes had too much firepower for Ballinteer in this Dublin SHC 'A' clash at O'Toole Park on Saturday afternoon.

Crokes advance to play Craobh Chiaráin in their quarter-final after they ran out commanding victors by 26 points.

Oisín O'Rorke was in rich scoring vein as he hit 1-8 (1-3f, 0-1 '65') while Ryan O'Dwyer, Caolan Conway and Fergal Whitely were also prominent in the scoring department.

SCORERS – Kilmacud Crokes: O O’Rorke 1-8 (1-3f, 0-1 ‘65’), R O’Dwyer 1-2, C Conway 1-1, F Whitely 0-4, M Collins 1-0 (1-0f), S McGrath 0-2, C Mac Gabhann, N Ó Riordáin, R O’Carroll, A Considine, D Kelly 0-1 each. Ballinteer St John’s: A Clabby 0-6 (0-4f), F Clabby, D McCarthy 0-1 each.

KILMACUD CROKES: M Collins; N Corcoran, R Walsh, J Clinton; B O’Carroll, J Doughan, R Murphy; C Mac Gabhann, N Ó Riordáin; R O’Carroll, R O’Dwyer, F Whitely; C Conway, S McGrath, O O’Rorke. Subs: B O’Rorke for R O’Carroll and R O’Loughlin for Ó Riordáin (40), A Considine for Whitely (49), L McMullan for B O’Carroll (53), D Kelly for Conway (59).

BALLINTEER ST JOHN'S: S Lane; R Collins, C O’Brien, J Donovan; E Coffey, F Clabby, J Gilligan; F Chambers, K Nolan; J Maher, A Clabby, C Lane; D McCarthy, D Gormley, R Aherne. Subs: C Dolan for Coffey (47).

REF: F Gaffney (Na Fianna).