Douglas set up southside derby with Nemo

Douglas 1-14 Dohenys 3-07

In the event, they needed that early burst of scoring because two goals before the interval and a third soon afterwards kept Dohenys in contention all the way to the end, when they came agonisingly close to forcing extra-time.

On balance, while the city side exerted more control for the greater part of the contest, they never managed to translate it into scores with the ease with which they began (in somewhat similar fashion to the draw when they went 1-4 clear early on).