Wicklow 0-12 London 0-9 A penalty miss in the seventh minute by full forward Eric O'Reilly proved costly for London who, despite producing one of their best performances of the campaign, lost to Wicklow by three points at Ruislip yesterday.

London are the only county to remain pointless in this division but this performance holds out hope with newcomers Billy Molloy, Johnny Niblock, Gary Kane and Colm Foody displaying a lot of promise.

Wicklow, who led by two points at the interval, owed their victory to the clinical finishing of their attack with Paddy Dalton's ability to slot over four points proving vital.

WICKLOW: R Hollingsworth; A Byrne, G Jameson, C Davis; S Cush, B Hanna, E O'Neill; B Sheehan, G Duffy; P Dalton (0-4), P Cronin (0-3), A Nolan (0-3); W O'Gorman (0-2), D Dillon, J Slattery. Subs: B Flynn for Duffy, V Quigley for Sheehan, T Burke for Dillon, B Canavan for Slattery.

LONDON: B Molloy; K Geraghty, C Costello, O Fitzgerald; C Kissane, J Niblock, M Donaghy (0-1); K Waldron (0-1), S Hehir; G Kane, J Carmody (0-2), N Horgan (0-1); L O'Connell, E O'Reilly (0-3), C Foody. Subs: G Crawford (0-1) for G Kane, F Greenan for K Geraghty, D Slattery for K Waldron, K Scanlon for O Fitzgerald.

Referee: J McKee (Armagh).