The visitors introduced three substitutes for the second-half and there was an immediate change of fortune as Raftery curled over his second point within a minute of the restart.
The Whitehall Colmcille player added a two-pointer three minutes later as Westmeath’s lead was trimmed to four points but the hosts regained control of matters through a trio of unanswered points by Murray, Tom Weir and Conor Cleary.
Trailing by Double scores, Dublin were in need of some inspiration at this stage and it duly arrived through the familiar figure of Raftery, who left Tom McCaul helpless in the Westmeath goal with an arrowed shot into the bottom corner following an incision from deep by Bobby Doyle.
Andy McDonnell looked busy when…