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Mayo 2-20 Westmeath 0-15: WESTMEATH’s victory in Westport on Saturday was set up in the first half when they twice hit the Westmeath…

Mayo 2-20 Westmeath 0-15:WESTMEATH's victory in Westport on Saturday was set up in the first half when they twice hit the Westmeath net through Derek McDonnell and Martin Devaney.

WESTMEATH:P Burke; E Price, P Greville, G Gavin; A Price, A Mitchell (0-6, frees), R Jackson (0-2); C Jordan (0-1), B Connaughton; J Shaw, B Murtagh (0-1, free), K Cosgrove; D McCormack, C Curley (0-1), A Devine. Subs: D McNicholas (0-3) for Shaw, D Kilcoyne (0-1) for Connaughton.

MAYO: M Walsh; D Walsh, A Connolly, P Hunt; B Higgins (0-1), P Barrett, C Ryan; P Higgins (0-1), Keith Higgins (0-5, three frees); E Madigan (0-1), D McDonnell (1-0), Derek McConn (0-1); A Freeman (0-7, four frees), D Dowling, M Devaney (1-2) . Subs: S Broderick (0-2) for Dowling, K McGrath for McDonnell (temp), C Freeman for Madigan, C Hynes for McDonnell, S Hoban for Devaney.

Referee:T Carroll (Offaly).