McCarthy leads the rout of poor Kerry

Cork, fielding 12 of their All-Ireland winning minor team of 1998, crushed Kerry at Austin Stack Park, Tralee, last night

Cork, fielding 12 of their All-Ireland winning minor team of 1998, crushed Kerry at Austin Stack Park, Tralee, last night. Cork will meet Limerick in the semi-final. Cathal McCarthy, with 2-5, lead the rout.

CORK: M Morrissey; E O'Sullivan, M Fitzgerald, D McNamara; B Lombard, R Curran, T Kenny; A O'Connor, J Barrett 0-3; M O'Connor 1-1, J Olden 0-3, R O'Doherty; C McCarthy 2-5, N McCarthy, E Fitzgerald 0-4. Subs: K O'Shea for R Curran, W Deasy 1-0 for A O'Connor; V Cusack 0-2 for M O'Connor; JP King 0-2 for C McCarthy; E Collins 1-0 for E Fitzgerald.

KERRY: G Fealy; A Healy, M Lucid, A Cronin; R O'Connor, E Corridan, A Keane; A O'Donovan, D Slattery; S Brick 1-3, L Boyle 0-1, D Kearney; I McCarthy, P Sheehan, K Hanafin. Subs: T O'Rourke for P Sheehan; C Giffin for A O'Donovan; D O'Connell for A Healy; TJ Maher for D Kearney.

Referee: D O'Driscoll (Limerick).