After a goalless first half Carr struck an excellent opener on 47 minutes with a delightful curler from the edge of the box.

Wainwright came close to adding a second on the hour when he was denied by an excellent Tim Deasy save but three minutes later he was on the scoresheet with a fine finish from 12 yards out after Craig Stanley's shot was blocked.

Elsewhere new striker Diarmuid O'Carroll showed some excellent touches and came close to a goal of his own on 44 minutes when he forced Deasy into a save low to his right.

Former Shrimps player Jamie Burns came on as a 56th minute substitute for Barrow who also saw another former Morecambe player come off the bench with Jason Walker making some decent runs up front.

Barrow thought they had scored a late goal but Chris Thompson's effort was ruled out for offside.

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MORECAMBE: Roche (rep Davies 75) , McCann (rep Parrish 57), Adams, McStay (rep Artell 70), Bentley, Stanley (rep Hunter 70), McLachlan, Carr, O'Carroll, Twiss (rep Curtis 57), Wainwright.

BARROW: Deasy, Woodyatt, Elderton, Jones, McNulty, Henney, Boyd, Bond, Tait, Brown, Winn. Subs: Burns, Thompson, Burke, Walker, Pearson, Morris.

Ref: L Metcalfe.

Att: 805.