In a rain-sodden Marlay Park Ballinteer St John’s got off to a flying start to lead by 1 – 4 to no score after twenty minutes.  Naomh Olaf settled to the task in hand and a “65” from  Donal MacMathuna, a pointed free from Colin Kyne Delaney and two points from play by Ray Quinn and John McGrath brought the half time score to 0 – 4 to 1 – 7.

Naomh Olaf started the second half well with a point from Michael O’Connor and another “65” from Donal MacMathuna but a controversial decision to disallow a Naomh Olaf goal was a turning point. 

Ballinteer St John’s built well on their lead and finished strongly to win by 1 – 13 to 0 – 7.

Naomh Olaf:                                                      S O’Connor

                                                                J Carroll,  P Roe,  A Daly

                                                D Egan, D MacMathuna (0 – 3, 1f, 2”65”), E Kinsella

                                                                M Devlin, Robert Quinn,

                                                J McGrath (0 – 1), K Keane, D O’Dwyer,

                                                C K Delaney (0 -1f), M O’Connor (0 – 1), Ray Quinn (0 -1)

Substitutions:   S Kinsella for A Daly, 45 minutes.