Doherty sets Donegal on way

Donegal 1-21 London 0-4: Donegal remain unbeaten after a comfortable defeat of London at Ruislip yesterday

Donegal 1-21 London 0-4: Donegal remain unbeaten after a comfortable defeat of London at Ruislip yesterday. The exiles took the lead after three minutes through a JP Boyle free but Donegal were dominant from then on.

Four frees from Michael Doherty and one from Adrian Sweeney gave the Ulster side a 5-1 lead after 15 minutes. Donegal swept forward in droves and picked off points through Rory Kavanagh and Stephen McDermott. A Christy Toye goal on 33 minutes effectively ended the game as a contest.

Donegal were 1-13 to 0-1 to the good at half-time and the second half contained little in the way of quality football.

DONEGAL: P Durcan; T Donoghue, E McGee, K Lacy; B Dunnion, B Monaghan, D Diver; N Gallagher (0-1), S McDermott; C Toye (1-0), S Friel, R Kavanagh (0-4); A Sweeney (0-2), J Gallagher (0-2), M Doherty (0-9, eight frees). Subs: B Boyle (0-3) for McDermott, B Roper for Toye, M Boyle for Sweeney.

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LONDON: A McRory; A McLernon, P Callaghan, P Earley; P McConigley, K Waldron, V O'Sullivan; E Brennan, D Meehan; P Quirke, A Dillane, J Niblock; C Foody (0-1), E Sweeney, JP Boyle (0-2). Subs: B McBrearty for McRory, C Donnellan (0-1) for Quirke, F Cunningham for Waldron.

Referee: G McKenny (Louth).