Ruthless Kenmare cruise through
The Kerry champions led 0-11 to 0-1 at the break.
All six Kenmare Shamrocks forwards got on the scoresheet with Paul O’Connor hitting 1-5, while Alan O’Leary, Mark Crowley and Stephen O’Brien shared 12 points.
The Kenmare defence, headed up by centre-back Sean O’Leary, never allowed Kilmacthomas get into the game.
The only score from play for Kilmacthomas came from the boot of Bobby Power.
Scorers for Kenmare Shamrocks: P O’Connor 1-5 (4fs), A O’Leary, M Crowley, S O’Brien (2fs) 0-4 each, DJ Brennan 0-3fs, K O’Sullivan 0-2, S O’Leary 0-1.
Scorers for Kilmacthomas: A Power 0-2fs, B Power 0-1.
KENMARE SHAMROCKS: H Murphy; D Crowley, T O’Sullivan, C O’Sullivan; A O’Callaghan, S O’Leary, A Crowley; S Dalton, J Wharton; A O’Leary, M Crowley, K O’Sullivan; DJ Brennan, P O’Connor, S O’Brien.
Subs: K Fitzgibbon for H Murphy (38), S Duncan for J Wharton (40), R O’Sullivan for M Crowley (43), P O’Dwyer for A Crowley (45), D O’Shea for P O’Connor (47).
KILMACTHOMAS: D Power; M Sutton, G Kiely, B Hallihan; D Hallihan, P Behan, P Hulhern; B Power, A Power; K Dee, P Reilly, E Power; M Power, M Walsh, E Walsh.
Subs: J Cleary for E Power (38), M Sheehan for K Dee (45), T Curran for G Kiely (50), N Cronin for M Walsh (53), J Hughes for M Power (55 inj).
Referee: B Tyrell (Tipperary).
