I t lorass Told


that W rank and allse fulljj d e flnan- keeply embedded.


lEY i o R D ’S REVIEW i


Ithing everywhere pro-• liuch as usualJ We have kt Matches, ofir Wimble- '


Jr Henley an(i our race K Just as if jve were at-. well off as Ih our most Nothing to- down ah i


fous days.


i r Crisis APS the


1-that we are 'ery near it.' jJut are we? lows ?


in 'the dollar he way out.' -


[the. peoples of [Britain and IDominlonst— India and. hn as well—thit the doUar- m 'inust bejsolVed, it might


tore than present a warn-


It put an end to the reck- > with which ouh unofficial [pursue their, ahns bytry-


J bring the nation dow^.


I reach the last word in ■Ity when i^eamen onfthe Islde .'threaten | jto boycott aiips in Canadian : and States ports ;1because cur­


lian krikers who have no from Ajmerlcan seamen,


Commonwetlth i delega- crisis : wiU ilfilt does.


ilUllwcc 1 coiiference o f .


VICTORY BID ALMOST COST W ANDiRERS’ DEFEAT


,A F NE Innings of 78'by E. McCrea, whb is well-kriowh’ to " l(cal spectators as Clithproe F.C.’s rfght full back, helped Barn il^wick to it comfortable total of 1181 for six ait Church Meadows on Saturday and threw out a challmge which Eibbles- dale Wanderers were not slow to accept, bid very nearly cost them, defeat.


. stump:, were drawn, after a forc^ ful in lings in which, from the outset, runs came at considerably •more than one a minute, in direct coqtrast to the tost hour of Ba 'noldswick’s Innings when


bowUnfe.


.tost iuccess by bowling Sher­ wood.


. Maroney, and with ten runs on the be ard, all of them scored, In singles, Maroney met ;with his


began cautiously against accurate bowlmg by Metcalf and J. M.


J. leckover and B. Bherwood ;


, noldsv'ick’s professional, Prdffltt, but tie tempo showed no signs of'imreasing., R i^ continued to ,co ne in ones, anc twos, a lab'orijus process wljiich :took Bamoldswick to 36, without pro­ viding the spectators with .. a


■ Pecl:over was. joined by |Bar-


' the- irrival of his successor, iMcOrna, infused life into the' inninrs for the tost time-


.single attractive scoring shot. Proffitt had made l i when he was w ell beaten by MaroneyJ but


ls refuse : to handle two an ships [here, , and in tunv'. wr dockers • in sympathy . with,


Jretty keuje of Jflsh if -ever fwas one. If strikes are to |e wldespreaid on -the Is of thej p r^ n t dockers’ in liondnn, th'tn it is high they ■ we]re ;made_ illegal,


laily'whenl bur| Is are ask}ng!:


1 are we ? to Rs


I •the time Innounced


trade union Where on.


nsom of writing it is


Tof liOndbn I resumes • full that) unless the


lent to' 'ihakeI .regulations ■the Emergency, Powers


I a state ofiHerg^cy daimed, todlmg the Gov-


fof. 1920 ti'lwodithe docks 1 the neceaary transport


u ■ I ■ other words a form of


|d the str Imunists.


|ers’ stri|ce Ipsed. Readers will know by " whether [[the cdllapse has repeated,! or whether 'the scare fails at the second j ' ■


fers were j last te monf


npt. •'


| t have 'tihe ''threat J


that as it may, what Eers is whither the Govern- pluck to stand by


hot know what [the strike is It, ‘ who i have no immediate rate grievance hut who have ^w minor grievknces., ■W I’t ? ' '


lountry to he he[ld to ransom Jien who confess,


_____ They are .fully ileld in riefusing


to permit that


they ho-


lay enjoy what they have ler enjoyea before—security,


In the contrary I the dockers


lead of I hinging about the Iks i without pay, waiting for a


I they lare now paid to wait, pnd when' -Witing is required,


itarlanism,, which suits, the nainelyy the


li-of the pepe [vho have In- ' ;e,


B caking the monotony,


; whi :h . flashed, to the leg ' j bouidary,.


'


• the mbdued Peckover, The 50 went up after 60. minutes, but iMcCrja treating all but Maroney with scant respect, the innings lecehed an invaluable fillip.


mendius power, he completely dominated'his partnership with


Hit mg: the ' bail , .with tre-


' Peckt ver being Ibw to Metcalf lor 26. W. Brown came to .the wickit and like his predecessor ■was lompletely overshadowed by


Bainoldswick had reached 94 ■when the partnership ‘ ended,


' the lorceful McCrea, who, find­ ing tie boundary with increasing Ireqiency showed no signs of


.slack;ning .the pace., UMPIRE HURT


ag(|, ::the ' then^ immediately


eii Emergency st threatened


Meti^lf, was partially stopped by the I owler, but struck! the umpire, ■below the heart with the result that the game was held up for seveial minutes while)toe umpire recff'ered from whi^t was un­ doubtedly a , nasty blow.


One full-blooded drive ofE ’


Ma<!rea went after, toe runs rig l‘' .'from' toe‘’'‘sldrt o r his iim ngs with a couple of shots


! Wc nderers were still 30 runs-—’— r behind the visitors’ 'total with,. only tliree wickets in hand whe


j although their victory.


'the ba tsmen could do little more than poke tentatively at the


hours jin ■which■ to make their reply, IVar derers found them­ selves [confronted with a difBcult task, but settled down quickly;to a deterifained policy of going for the ruirf. Prom the start they kept well* ahead of the clock—the century) mirk was passed .in '85 minutes^but when, with their total at 154 the sixth and seventh wickets I feU without addition to the score, -toe rate of scoring had of hece&ity to slow down , while Wanderers] withstood a deter­ mined aissault on%eir remaining wickets.) ,1


. <


reach^ 22 .in quick time, when Metcalfl after making nine was'


Mettalf ’) and., H. Washbrook


'bowled i by Duxbury, and the tempd iwai . maintained ,in the pannershih between Wanderers captaihi and R. Scott. The half centufyj mark was passed in 40 minutes, bht one run later, Scott was caught off Nutter for 14. H." Smithies and Washbrook


GUERNSEY TO aiTHEROE


jVhalley Win With Three Minutes Tn Spare


\yiXII only five minutes to n spare, 'Whalley succeeded in


Bating the Blackburn Northern’s aitack and passed their total of 147, with three wickcts in hatia at the Abbey Ground on Saturday.


pair, Kennedy and Shaw did not seem able to master the bowling C'f Cook or Parkin, and Shaw had leen a t ' the wicket only 16 minutes when he flashed his bat df a ball from Parkin- and was- i kught by Fowler,. ,


Blackburn Northern’s opening


pis partner and together they began to. push the score along at a reasonable,paqp,, although they


Kennedy now had Walmsley as t


had hit; ui^ another 23 runs when Washbrook was bowjed by Dux­ bury for ah extremely useful 32, and |4t 88, Wanderers had another skback when Smithies who hit four boundaries in his total 'of 21, was Ibw .to Proffitt.


. magniflcehtly restored by fight­ ing innings by K. Oddle and L. Cov^erthwaite.


also" fell victim to Duxbury without [opening his score, but what! could, have bepome a very I a^ykward situation was


Ope'run later, Woodjvorth Descending mercUessly on the


seemed capable of ending Wan- j dkers i sp rited Victory bid in


loose; ball, well past 145, when by . the


disaster. ’ '


was bowl^ by Bradley, who to the same I over also dismissed J.' Parktogton, Cowperthwaite and: D. Jiioss however' remained un-j pertiifbpd [ and Wanderers had reached 150 without further loss when ! stumps were drawn’ Cowperth^dite having, reached 28 not! ouj; and Mpss 5 not out. !


K.! Oddie after hitting up 31 j I BARNOLDSWICK I


‘ Proffitt b I Maroney................ 12 R. McCrea c Iddon b Maroney 78 W. Brown b Woodworth . ... 9 L. Duxbu'ry c Cowperthwaite |


J. Peckover Ibw. b'Metcalf ,. 26 B. SherwiMd b Maroney . ... 3


' blow. BroWn who had made nine was bowled by G. [Woodworth, and without addition to the scon!, McCrea, struck out at a ball from Maroney, [skied it to mid wicket and was iwell caught by I Idon. His 78 included twelve houiidary hits.


Tl e score jumped t!o 142 when Ban oldswick suffered a double


j ‘


.heirg undefeated at 20 and Johiston'at 14.


)


,ias restricted their freedom to k and chooie the kind of work |y will perform and to work Ten they pjease.


|en asked v hy he ’ell, niiiter, I’ll t


one I of the


, life can ‘ quickly. I ■ •


It bur: freedom.” lustomed .to takijii the .'smooth,


security has done for them thingi thejr had! overlooked—


bowlers was Maroney who toiled lemorselessly,beneath an almost,


Most successful of; Wanderers


frof leal sun, taking four wickets conceding on^ 43 runs in 21 overs.


ith little more I than two i ' ■


strikers said was striking: :11 you; we’ve To people


be made too ’


litninish Freedom? Government


Irable. They ca ke and still hat When the exercipi a small imino:


jralysed. They ninish • freedom


’ act, otherwise the


lough, -it is necei |ep enough down any eve


feob stuff I in


jtting down Ipporters


burage to lays h e : lommunist emocracy Feedom,” and he ^official strikes ohomic ahd pol


bawcross gt


lur movement putttry.”


lelves froth the ■hey:haye| so o! a’ their chequer


ruth to the pent should now be, trutlh (ibout nee oiice the nOw th i .truth be challeiige, 1 the whe)el, anci


Having told Innot be legitima


g the rough would seem smooth


JIBBLESDALE LEAGUE P. W. 'D. L.Pt.


Resd ... Wh


Bla Lar Chirley


■St.


fenace to '(he fr ht to live) of . choice becomep


..;y becomes a re/edom (or the big majority,


„ -there's the innot eat their ,e it. le of freedom


is bound to Britain is may have to


, Government j


, obvious. ;eches is not isary to probe until it hurts.


:ely accused of their own ^


l>The mbn nofflcial strikes the Govemmeht. least


call a "We atti


soon.


tehind these! ire no friends. . Sir Hartley;


, are “ an act of iljtlcal treason to and ito oor


lick on our or lose our adds that these


„ has had the spade a spade: must kill .the


docke]


the appropriate jrs, the Govem- tell the rest of


thb dollar crisis, British public


pit . they will


‘ last " ditch, as en dohe before d history. .


their shoulders extricate them-


SPiRIT OF adventure “The 1 spirit of ttdventure


nnot I thrive . 'where . the ivemnient takes half of dh? sslble jproflti and leaves the


.venturer to carry any lo,ss. !Claredj 'Mr. Leslie


bsldfent of the institute o- eport, in a speech at Llv®r-


. Gam.age,


kpool caster


Ribblesdale W 15 5 7 3 22 Daiwen ___ 14 5 x3 6 19


alley . Annes


Lejland .........13 3 9 1 18 Baifioldswick 14 4 3 7 16 heroe . ... 14 5 1 8 16 ■ecambe .. 13 3 x4 6 14


Settle . . . . . . 14 4 2 8 16 Blackburn N. 14 4 0 10 12 Gt. Harwood 14 4 0 10 12 lejjland M.


Cli! Mo


Includes,two ties; x includes tie, two points. ■


SATURDAY’S RESULTS


■' Riljblesdale W. 150 for 7; Bar- noldswlck 181 for 6 dec.


W1 alley 148 for 7|' Blackburn Northern 147. ' |


Se: tie 91: Clitheroe 199 for 5 dec. Bli ckpool 160 for 1 :Morecambe 147..


i ■; .


Xaficaster 169 for 9; St. Annes 157. ■ j


Clijorley 80; Leyland 194. '


Dalrweri 164; Leylani Motors 154 for 7.


'


Gijeat Harwood 163; Read 168 for 7. '


PROMISING START The newly formed jwiswell


cr .cket team, have won their 'fi:'st two matche^. Against : ndleton' (thelir enthusiastic


rl/als), the result , was Wls- w;!!.; 64; Pendleton lp4. On T lesday, they played a,n Inter- es ting game against Mr/Albert "Vieyer’s Shaw Bridge! Bakery tejam, at Four Lape Ends. The ■J,fsult was: • Wlswell, 72; •, ■V;eversXI., 34.


. ’ ■ THE ONLY WAY


The onjy way to better con­ ditions and higher wages. Sir 'William Lawther, th e , Presl- told the Mlneworkers’


Confereiice, Is through harder ’work.


13 2 3 8 9


. 'With McCrea’s departure there ■was a decided lull in) the rate of .scorng. Only four runs had been added when .the tireless Maroney stru:k again having |L.’ Duxbury caught by Cowperthwaite, but R;' Cas veil and A. | Johnston indulged in a display of free hitt ng which took the visitors to a tital of 181 for six, Caswell


R. Caswe|l not o u t ........... t . 20 A. Johnston not out ......... 14 !'


b jMabney ..................... 4 I i Metcalf . Extras ........... 15


J. M.|Mdroney;. 21 6 /43 4 G. Woodworth;. 9 2 48 1 R. Mdoii ....... 4 0 21 C !i !


. Total for six' wkts. dec. .; isit ........ 16 3 54 j


RIBBLESDALE WANDERERS ■


Metcalf t) D u x b u r y ........ 9 H Washbrook b Duxbury .. R, Scott c Bradley b Nutter .. H. Stoithles Ibw. b Proffitt .. K. oddie; b Bradley ........... G. 'W)oodworih b Duxbury .. L. edwperthwaite not out .. J. Pafktogtoh b Bradley ....


D. Moss not out .................. ' j’ . Extras .........


L. Duxbury __ 16 2 55 ;3 N. Bradley .... 6 1 19 '2 R. Nutter ....... 3 0 , 16 il Proffitt; : ...... 7 .0 50 ,1


' , ) ’ '■ j ■


;! /Total for seven wkts. 150 ■ O . ■ IV l. R . w .


CRICi^T SCOREBOARD


BEST; PERFORMANCES [i Batting;.


R. MoCrea, Bamoldswick .. '.'.Parks, Blackpool


R. Heyesj’l Clitheroe -........... W. A. Hall, Morecambe . ... G. Wright Blackpool. . . . . . . : Lawtlon, St. Annes ............ P. L.( Iddon, Leyland.......... D. f1 Healey-Welch Lancalster ..........;— •


..............


Edwardsoh, Choriey .. 9 for 96 Rae ’ (Eeyland Motors) 7 for 79 Warne, Lancaster . ... 7 for 83 J.'Francis (Leyland) .. 6 for 40 Hud^n, Clitheroe . ... 6 for 54 W. E.! Curtis, St. Annes 6 for 59 Dyson, R&d!>.............. 5 for 58


X Denoles not out Bowling


JUNIOR LEAGUE


Oswaldtwistle 14 12 0 2 36 DarWeh | ..... 14 10 3 1 33 Cherry Tree 14 11 0 3 33 Ribblesdale W 16 8 0 8 24 Baxeiidtpi .. 14 7' 1 6 22 L. Darwen .'. 14 7 1 1 6 22 Read ...!...... 15 7 0 ’ 8 ; 21 Leyland ; . ... 14 6 1 7 19 iBiamoldBWick il3 .6 0 7 18 Clitoeroe! . . . . 14 5 0 9 15 Cliorley ;... 14 5 0 9 15 Whalley ; .... 14 4 0 10 1,2 Gt. jHarwpod 14 4 0 10 12 Blacl(bum N. 14 3 2 9 11


I i . P. W. D. L.Pt.


RIBBLESDALE LEAGUE To-morrow’s Matches


Clililleroe v. Great Harwood Blackburn N. v. Ribblesdale W. Bariioldswlck v. Whalley LeylandIM. v. Blackpool, :Ch6rley|v. Lancaster Read ; V. I Settle


JUNIOR LEAGUE • j'To-morrow’s Matches


Leyland' v.l Clitheroe ^ j'Wh'alley v. Blackburn Nor.


Darwen | v. Bamoldswick 'Greait Harwood v, Choriey Lower Darwen v.' Baxenden., Oswaldtwistle- I. v, Cherry


• ! Tree i .l| fuel ECONOMIC


The Minister of Labour has annbunbed .that ..^lectrlctty


load ispreading will be carrlec oiit this 'winter on the samt lines as! last year:


■the pair took the score.;! the century mark to)’ another double success;: Bamoldswick attack


Garratt replaced Cook and tempted 'two batsmen back to the pavilion to quick ; succession. Kennedy^tried tolpweep him to he boundary, struck over the


ere hit repeatedly by the ball. hth 31 runs on ■ the board


outfield., ■ ■


, from the effects of a nasty ' knock received whth he --was struck under the heart by' a fast delivery.


scored 19, was latting con­ fidently when lie suddenly collapsed at the wick^. He was helped, to -the pavilion where he was found to be suffering


3. K. Walmsley who had '-ii: \


'stead showed no sign of going for. the runs. The match was becoming tedious when at 86 Afmistead was bowled by Parkin. Four nms later Brieriey was caught at the wicket from a fast ball by Cook.


sional, Brieriey, took Walmsley’s place and together with Armi-


was almost dismissed immedi­ ately when 'J. Ellis made a gallant attempt, but failed, to hold a low catch. At 97 Parkin was rested after he had bowled 15 overs four of them maidens,, and had taken : three for 37; Ellis taking his place.


F. Shaw - joined Holden and


by “ Big ” Jim Smith was not ful­ filled for after scoring his only run he was caught on the boundary by Aspden.


Promise of some bright batting


replaced Ellis to -the attack was doing good work and the bats- taen could not afford to take liberties with him.


Arthur Greenwood who had


The injured Walmsley re­ turned as last man, but had added only one run to his total when the innings closed at 147, his partner, 'Whittaker, being caught by Fowler.


CONFIDENT START


.the necessary.runs themselves. But-it was not to be for


,about two hours did not seem a difficult one and Ganatt and Parkin gave the impression that they were going to ■


The Wk o’ f ’hitttag'l48 runs to' ’ knock-off ”


Garrat't had the misfortune to be run but from a rather lucky throw-in by Brieriey which re­ bounded off the wicket-keeper’s pads on to the wicket.


start expected but worse was to follow for a run later T. Green­ wood was adjudged Ibw. At 40, Parkin was caught by Duc'Kworth but Frank Webb and' Arthur Greenwood began to revive Whalley’s hopes-.of- victory. A partnership of '56 was broken when Greenwood was caught by Armistead in the gulley, but Webb continued to bat merrily and had reached 47 when he was clean bowled by Brieriey. It was Webb’s third innings with the first eleven, his last contribution being 35 againsySettle two weeks ago.


One wicket for 28 was not the ' ' 50


ship was notable for a j|agnifi- cerit six by Wallbank on Smith that soared into ’ the : football field. Wallbank tried to do the same thing with tl;ie next ball and was' bowled by Smith. Seven runs later Fowler was dismissed, and when,R. M. Aspden came to ■toe wicket ten runs were] needed to 15 minutes. Aspden and Hes- mondhalgh accounted for the runs the winning hit being made by Aspden.


Wallbank and Fowler’s paraer- BLACKBURN NORTHERN


G. Kennedy Ibw b Qarratt .. 22 W. Shaw c Fowler b Parkin .. 9 J. K.! Walmsley not o u t........ 20 J. L. Duckworth c Webb b Parkin


W. Armistead b Parkin........ 10 Brieriey' c Hesmondhalgh b. Cook ........................... 15


........................ 11


P. Shaw Ibw b A. Greenwood 10 J. Smith 0 Aspdefi b 'A. Green­ wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1


G. Holden c Hesmondhalgh b Cook .................... 23


N. Watson b A, Greenwood .. 12 J. Whittaker c Fowler b A.


.Greenwood'


■ . Extras ........... 6 Total .. 147


......... 8 ,0. M. R. W.


Parkin ............ 13 ^ 87 3 G. Garratt — 4 *) 24 1 TV Cook ___ 19. 3 43 2 J.'Ellis ............. 4 0 21 , 0 A. Greenwood . .4.3 1 16 ’ 4


, , WHALLEY


G. (ianatt run o u t .......... 22 Parkin- c Duckworto b; Whit--


F. Webb b Brieriey ,


T. Greenwood Ibw b Smith .. 0 27


taker,


A* Greenwood' c Arinistead b : Smith-


J. Fowler 0 Watson b Smith ■; 9 T. Wallbank b Smith . , . . 8 J. Hesmondhalgh not out .. 2 R. M. A ^ e n not out


47 Extras...... 11


Brieriey J. Smith


If ; ® 9


Total for 7 wkts. .. 148 \


J. Whittaker .. 3 0 -27.. 1 N. Watwn . . . . 8 0 ' 26 0


1L4 4: M j 4 ........................... -18 Blackburn Northern’s profes­ A T I , m YARDS RER m i n u t e ' j sSPO^TIIrotuc«G j HT


so successfully during winter months as Clithei'oe P.C.’s right full back, Bairnoldswick batsman Hob McCrea showed a big crowd at Chprch Meadow oh Satuijday that ■when It comes to cricket; his methods are exactly the, re­ verse,


JjX)BSAKING the defensivte tactics which he employs


[ ' ’


as, good as a toific .to jthe many spectators -who found .the go-slow Innings of earlier


'Mr. W. Breaks with the bird which won the Blackburn and district Nantes Club race from


puernsey.


TRYING in its first race ’of the season, a blue hbn


')3all and was Ibw, and. a few runs ater Duckworth was out to a me-handed catch by Webb to the


bred by Mr. W. Breaks, lof King-street, Clitheroe, last week won the silver cup for the Blackburn and district Nantes Club race from Guernsey.


yards a minute, the hen being back in the loft a little under seven, hours after being re-i


The bird’s velocity was 1,319


ber of the Clltheroe Homing Society, owned his first pigeons when he was 12 years of age, and the blue hen was half-sister to a blue cock which won f o r , hinl the coveted Osman ' Memorial Cup In 1945 in the Nantes Club race from Truro;, at a velocity of 1|690. The sire was a blue check, cock, and the dam. was a red pied hen which won the . Nantes Club


leased. . Mr. Breaks, whb is a mem­


race from PemVibce In 1946 and netted £48 In prize- money.


•week, “ but,” he added, “ the sport Is one of the fairest there Is.”


fanciers Is very keen," Mr.- Breaks told an ; “lAdvertlser and Times” reporter this'


“ Competition among pigeon


fanciers were also listed, the nearest being Mr. E. P. Nutter whose bird was; only five yards a second slower.


Four other Clltheroe


entered, the final placlngs being; W. Breaks, Cfitheroe, 1319.51, abede ;v E; F. Nutter, Clithero'e, 1314.49, abedefg; Parker Bros., Whalley, 1306.17, abedefg: J. Smith, Clltheroe, 1299, abedef; G. Cowper­ thwaite, Clitheroe, 1298, abedefg: Whittaker Harrison, Clltheroe, 1266, abedef.


More than 50 birds were


OITHEROE 8ATWN! SIljENCED THHR CRITICS


f)LlTHEBOE batsmen silenced their critics by hitting up an impressive total of 199 for ive wickets at Settle on Saturday,'


after which the howlers of tlj' their reputation by dismissing


Clitheroe innings with W. Aiibln lost no time in getting off the mark when he promptly hit the tost ball of 'the match from H. Robinson to the boun-dary.


Runs came freely from both


ends but it was Keys who set the pace, Aubto having two narrow escapes when he faced Lamb and saw the ball elude the grasp of toe' slip fieldsmen. Apart from these lapses, toert'


was.-little in - the attack--that troubled Clitherbe’s opening pair and the 50 appeared on the board after 42 minutes playj


They carried the score to 71 before being . separated wheri Aubto was run out following a smart return by B. Robtoson from cover-point. , ;


i


went on confidently to reach his half-century after being at the Crease for 67 minutes, and! tiie total had been advanced tij) within four of the century in less than 80 minutes, when Heyi made his tost mistake by putting the ball up to rqid-on where It was easily taken by Capstiok. ^


E. Mills joined Heyes ’who


boundaries to his score of 65! m!. Pike, who • followed, sent | the hundred i up with a boundary hit two minutes later, and continued ,to bat forcefully, until he; was struck by a rising ball froin Clayton and had to , retire. Mills and'W.' Davies took the


Heyes had included [nind


e Chatbum-road , club maintained the Yorkshire side for 91 runs to


give Clitheroe their best away win of toe season. R. Heyes who opened the


Saturday, the crowd no doubt re­ membered his nine] for 10 per­ formance when Settle- visited Clitherde earlier to -the season.


CLITHEROE


R. Heyes c Capstick b Lamb 65 W. Aubto run out .............. 17 E. Mills Ibw b Latab ........... 22 M. Pike not out .................. 34 W. Davies b Capstick ........ 19 E. Hodgkinson c Whiteoak b Oapstick


His arrival at the ;crease{was


Barnoldswick batsnien did not agree. -with their | Ideaj of Saturday afternoon cricket.


Hitting powerfully, jpar^


tlcular on the on-side,' McCrea plied on the runs, .bnd seamed well set for a century ’^hen jumping out to Maroney he skied the ball and was caught at mld-on.


■ | With typical enMgy, which


did not seem, the (east affec- .ted by the fierce heat, IVan- derers young batsiflen replied spiritedly to ah|. Imposing total, although It-was' this policy yihich In the closing stages of .the game, might have brought them defeat.


■ HIGHEST SCORE! Making their highest; score


of the season:r^l99 for- 5 at Settle on SatuMay—Clltheroe batsmen illustrated once)again that It the opening pair can get a few runs, their con­ fidence will quickly spread to other member,s of the team. R. Heyes became Clitheroe’s top scorer of- the season with a grand 65—13 runs [better than Clltheroe’s pbvlous best Individual' score bjl E. Mills at Church Meadow the previous


week,,.- j


■ Clltheroe’s professional, George Hudson with another six wickets to [his [credit, brought his total [bag for the season to . 78, and [earned praise from' Settle ;players arid spectators bs tpe best bowler In the ^ibblesdale League.


If ,the batsmen can main


R, H; Carus not out ........... 4 '


..................... 15 Extras........... 23


H. Robinson:


Total for five wkts. dec. .. 199 0. M. R.


Lamb ....!... . i4 2 !44 F. Clayton .. . 5 0 40 B, Robinson n . . 1 0


. 16 2 69


A. Capstick ... . 4 0 !22 SETTLE .


J. Foster b Hudson...............’33 B. Robtoson b Hudson ........ 9 W. Brown c Thompsonj b Har­ greaves


R. P. Robtoson b Pike E. Butt b Pike ...... J . . ‘,T.T... 6


Lamb b Hudson ..........— . 0 F. Clayton c A. Cam b Hudson 0 H Robtoson c A.; Carus b Hudson . ..^ .. .. 1 .......... 2


10


D. 'Whiteoak b Pike;.. j,. .1,... 13 A. Capstick,, b Hudson. ....... 12 J. Davison not out:.. [.......... 0 Extras 1.......... 5


Total


Hudson ' ........ M. Pike......... . K. Hargreaves..


'by Capstick , who had judt relieved Clayton.


total to 129 before toe former wab Ibw to Bamb, and Pike retilrned to indulge with Davies in mor ; quick scoring which sent to j total past 150 to less than twp hours. At 163 Davies was bowled


with the bat, and during his ’ 20. minutes stay he claimed a gran-1 hit for six' over the leg boundarf’ off H. Robinson before being caught by Whiteoak at 188.|


•E. Hodgkinson soon got going ,


skipper declared the innings closed. Pike being undefeated.pt 34.


Eleven rttos later toe Clitherpe , EARLY REVERSE j


when , R, P. Robinson | wh opened their innings with Foster was -clean bowled by tl third ball of Pike’s second I dve. with only seven runs scored. B. Robinson had a couple of bound­ aries before he was bowled by Hudson and Settle had lost tv o wickets, for 24.


Settle suffered an early reverse


Foster and W. Brown proved toe most productive for Settle] and the half-century had been passw when Brown was caught to toe slips by Thompson off : ’Hair- greaves who had relieved Pike.


The next partnership between


In-'toe. next over Hudson rfruck a treble blow to Settle’s hopk


when he claimed toe wickets of Foster, Lamb and F. • Clayton with toe total imchanged at 51.


a dozen runs after which-Pike who had returned to the attaii, clean, bowled Butt, and six: rtiM later H. Robinson feu | 'into Hudson’s leg trap when A. CaMis took,his sebond catch at jshorf; leg off. the Clitheroe prof^ sional’s bowling.


E. Butt and H. Robtoson addM


‘took the total to, 91 when' both lost ..their wickets, Hudsbh and Pike, ending- Settle’s effort by again hitting the sticks. ■; .-j


b. 'Whiteoak and A. Capstick pdded 22 by .bold methods, which,


.


ally ,'bcknewledged by the Settle players and supporters , to; haye


■Hudson’s bbwUng was'- gener­


been /the best their batsmen hlave had to face this seiaison, uli<l iin additibn to his six for 54 '


f J


13 2 10.1 2 2 1


0. M. 1 1


tain their present form, Clltheroe have every prospect of finishing higher [in the league than they had dared to hope earlier In,) this sea­ son, for with a ma^tch In hand, they are now only six. points behind the ■Wanderers) '


FOOTBALL SIGNINGS


the start Of the football .sea­ son, Clltheroe P.C . have signed 15 players, • and arranged a prabtlce match for Saturday, [August 13 Members’ cards are nojv avail­ able from any. member of the committee, the i Supporters’ Club or Mr. H. Rushton,


With only five weeks before butcher, Bawdlaijds. j


slgned: W. Barratt; C. ham, S. Johnstoh, J. ton, C. Thomas, R; Robinson and J. Wilkinson)


Of last season s team the following players hjtve re-


Rother- Hough-


backs, H. Hardman (Rochdale and 'Wrexham); D! L. McGlyn (Bolton district ileagues). R.


Newcomers will be: Full-


Leather (Southiiort); Half­ backs, P. Walkdbn (Nelson); F. Crowther (DaWen): For­ wards, E. 'Whittkker j (Roch­ dale) :^A. Davies (Lancaster City) and /J. Cheetham, a centre-forward from


South- port. ' Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 15, 1949 Paris Tlteir Refujiie


jQBICH REMARQUE, whii first made his mark on contempc rary literature with the famous “All Quiet on the Western Fr>nt,”


brings the saihe shirewd oiisOTation to bis'latest bqst-se le r “ARCH OF TRroJDPH’’ [(Kin^La^ a drataatio, expertly- made film, brilliantly-acted and technically as smooth as silk,


The' period is immediately


before -the outbreak of war to 1939, and the setting! is'Paris which! has become ; a b^eat,' clearing house for toe thouWnds of refugees from totaliferiah countri^. Among them is Ravic,


ah Austrian surgeon, play^ by Charles Bdyer, who hecau^ he has entered Paris without a passport;, is forced to earn a pre­ carious living. He meets anbther r e f u g e e , .


1 n g,r 1! d Bergman, ' who earns an equally precarious living as a night club singer ahd small - part actress, and


'! i . NEXT


WEEm F ILM ^


their romance provides 'theme of a .tense, adult story. Charles Laughton contributes some polished villainy Gestapo agent and 'there excellent supporting cast.


_ ; ' the


as a Is an


much of its diarmtog com ^ to a grand performance by J'eanne Crain as a personable [young woman married to, 'William Holden, an ex-G.I. studying' at a University. She exerci^' , her charm on a college i professor, Edmund Gwenn, and' persuades him to let her have the attic of his house for a temporary [home. The professor now retired, )s qon- templatin^ suicide—his useful­ ness, so he maintains,' is over,


“Apartment For Peggy” owes Sut with so engagiPg p coiiple on V'


noble a light to ‘The Big Punch,’ a further exposition from) Holly­ wood! of the sordid affairs of crooked boxing promoters and their; ham-handed,| , brainless fighters. Providing a) neat, satis- fytosj blend of excitement 'and mystery, the story jtrai^ the fight for justice of [prizefighter Gordon’ McRae, who changes his '


PALLADIUM defbhee is not ■


’ !


■, The ^rt' bf self- shown ih too


mind after agreeing to ' lose a


Holden, he quickly : abandons toC Idea,


K.C.,ffiThe Bliiid Goddess).” has an intelligent ahd as one would expect from ■ so eminent, an authority, cleverly written story about a shady politician guilty of manipulating toe accounts: of an International fund for dis­ placed persons! His .private secretary discovers proof of his employer’s ’ guilt’- and writes to the Prime Minister providmg all , ■ information that he can. T h e = politician issues a Writ for libel against his secretary, and ' the story switches to ' the courtroom for a series of finely-handled sequences to which Eric Pottman, as the politician’s lawyer,) Hugh wmipms, as thfe politiclanl Anne (Jrawford as his wife and Michael ■ Dennison as his secretary try entertainingly, to arrive at ;the truth.


GRAND stage play b[y Sir Patrick Hastings


Adapted frob the


■ •< Esther Waters'"!, harks back once taore to gas-Ut Londpp and the. doubtful ■


'


torian era to an. entertaining, adaptation of the novel of the same name by George Moore. Kathleen Ryan, who widi be re­ membered for her. superjb per­ formance as the revolutionary’s girl friend to “Odd Map Out,” brings toe same qualities of simple charm and grace to-her performance- as the! jcentral figure to tills' moving story. She . is a semnt girl bptrayed -by Dlrkg Bogarde, a sporting foot­ man',: who leaves her with -the job - of bringing iip a- baby.- Miss


doings of the • Vic­


and as Miss Craip ai(d Mr. Bogarde which has a traijic end, . i'


' biit the drama is relieved')y some fine sequences of Derby Day to the ’eighties on Epsom' Downs,.


WHALLEY Michael [Wilding ’


: find advepture


fight; and surprises’ both pro- motor and spectators by knock­ ing 'but' his opponent. His manager, furious at iiavtog been double-crossed, commits murder and leaves evidence whlcl| points suspicion at. Ml WcRqe,' who eventually finds Justice at the hands of Wayne ■


[ Mortis, "a


minister who knows l.how)'to use his fists. I«ls Makwell provides toe-romance , and'torte Is sdme 'pretty viUainy --by •' Mthony, Wtorfe; as "the unsprpp.ulous prd*: ’inoter.


-■ '


■tually solves toe bystery. RomanedJ intrigue and comedy ■are well balanced and a strong supporting cast Includes Emlyn Williams, Roger Livesey, Basil Rathbone and Mar^aretSa Scott.


RlBBLEa)ALE JUNIOR league


CLITHEROE II v. OSWALDTWISTLE


Whirlwind batting by J. Ward


who scored 48 of his total of 51 not out;in lusty boundary hits, took-’ Oswaldtwistle 'Immanuel from an unconvincing 69 for six to a comfortable win over Clith­


eroe II at Chatburn-road on Saturday.


their total- of 124 to. H. Forrest who went in second wicket and was 61 not out when the innings closed. The only other Chtheroe batsmen to reach double -figures were J. Dawson (14), A. Lord (l4) and E. Musson (13).


Glitheroe owed almost half


.only other batsman to, impress. ClithcroD II.—W. A. Dewhurst


partnership of 37, slipped badly to 69 for 6, but passed the Cllth­ eroe' total witoout further loss, •thanks mainly .to the remarkably forceful Ward, who with the ex­ ception of S. Wood (32), was toe


The visitors after a first wicket


’H. Forrest not out 61; A. Lord b Gorton 14; P. Harger b Tur­ tington 0; J. Harrison c Wood b.Gorton 2; G. Dugdale c W. (jorton b Gorton 1; F. Cheet­ ham b Kenyon 4; E; Musson c and b Brtodle 13; P. Wrigley c ■Wood b Turtmgton 1; Extras 4; Total 124.


c W. Gorton b R. Gorton 6; J. Swales Ibw b Gorton 4; J. Daw­ son c Gorton b Turtington 14;


Turtington three for 42; J. A. Kenyon-one for 25; H. Brtodle one, for 3.


R. Gorton.took five for 49; J.


•Forrest b' Wrigley 3; j; Ward not out 51; Extras 7; Total for six'wickets 137.


Musson 32; T. - Taylor Ibw b Musson 5; R.' Berry b Musson 2;,' J. A. Kenyon b-Musson 16; A,-Robinson b Wrigley 9; R. Gorton not out 12; A. Brtadle c


Oswaldtwistle.— G. Wood b ,


E. Musson. took four for 46; P. Wrigley two for 20. .


BEAD II V. BIBBLESDALE WANDEBEaS IIj ’ ■ :


less than 15 overs match with Ribblesdale! Wander­ ers on Saturday, remember the bc wltog Tomlinson and G.


Read batsmen, timbl^ out to


than eight overs 'Tomlinson,took seven wickets for 34 runs While Clark got three for 25|to seven


to their home cave.! cause to Clark.


overs. : -


K. Oates with 23 was Read’s highest scorer—only,: three bats­ men reached double figures—but despite thenr bowlersl success Wanderers had | to i struggle. Although sound ! contributions came from W.- Bnch (22), and T. Hincks (15), Wanderers, with eight wickets down, found them­ selves five runs short of Read’s total of 60. . The | situation was restored however by G. Clark (16 not out) and T. Frankland (25 not out) enabhngi Wanderers to reach 97 without further Joss.


I ' !


Clark 2; J. Pollard ic and b Tomlinson 0; R. Htodle b Tom­ linson 3; 'K. Oates b Tomlinson 23; R. EddlesWnjc and Tomhn- son 14; E. Hornby c Clark, b Tomlinson 0; Haworth b Clark 0; A. Starfcie b Tomlinson 10; P. Haworth b Clark 7; W. Anderson not out lo; W. Mauds- ley b Tomlinson 10; Extras 1; Total 60.


Read II.—P. Aldred Ibw b I


W. Birch c Pollard bi Eddleston 22; J.: Hall run out 0|! R..Pmch b Eddleston 9;.‘| J. iSwales: b Anderson 0; W; Tomlinson c Hornby b Eddleston 0;i G. Clark not out 16; T. Frankland not out .25; - Extras 8; Total 97 for eight'wickets.


Bush c Oates b Anderson 0; D. N. Kitchen Ibw b Eddleston 2; T. Htocks c Oates b Anderson 15;


■RibblesdBle Wanderers IL—E. . | i .


and R; Eddleston ifouri for 40. ■; . DEmER|£GGS ,


' . W. Anderson took three for; 28 T h e , Mlnlsterl of .Food has


agreed to ■ pay An Increase; of 2s. 4(J. a dozen for fresh -win­ ter shell-eggs froni lAustralla. -.1


I I


of W. in less


BARNOLDSWICK U v. iWHALLEY 11


Bamoldswick on Saturdfiy. Bar­ noldswick, who batted first, made iOl, T. Akrigg (3l) being the main , scorer. G. i jLawl^ who bowled only three dyers took two, for 19 and :C, Rydeheard; had toe best analysis of four for 29. F.


■Whalley II lost by five runs at


Cotterill took three) for ! Replying to Bamojldswick’s


last two batsmen could not make toe required number of runs and the innings closed at 96;


Shorrocks two forl.nlne, and E. Robtoson one for 24. ! ,


K. Whipp took sqvepkfor 34, J.


child b Cotterill 13 j H. Sheldrlck run out 0; J. Shorrocks b ;,Cot- terill 1; R. Turner c Bradley b Cotterill 11; T. Aldigglb Ryde­ heard 9; K. Whipp c G. Lawless b Rydeheard 33; lE. Caswell b Rydeheard 5; I. Butterworth Ibw b Lawless 5; i J. Carrell c Ryde­ heard b Lawless 0; J. Pollard b Rydeheard 10; E. [ Robtoson not '


Barnoldswick III.—J. iT. Fair-


out 0; Extras 14; i Total 101. ■ ..


■Whipp 0; G. Lawless c pheldrick b 'Vtoipp 11; Gt Thornhill b Whipp 16; D. Sylfes c iPollatd b Wihipp 22;. I G. Topham b Shor­ rocks 0;, li. Bradlej) b 'Whipp 12; W. Crane b Robtoson 0;! F. Cotterill not out llO; iC. Ryde­ heard c Fairchild b Whipp 8; P. G. Perris cAkngg b iTOiipp 8; K.-Airey b Shorroicks y. Extras' 7; Total 96.


■ Whalley-n'.“--A. Hellioar Ibw b | I .


NO PRIVATE LIFE .T:-' I


In ■ an article., ion the- standards reqi^ed of. party


members, the fiidapest Com-, ■munlst' newspaper | (‘Szbad Nep’i.says^hey must Ibe .made- private life Is ma4er, but


td realise 'that “ not a private very much a concern of the party and the people.”


• ' 1 .1. .. ' 1 : -!'!■


total, Whalley' lost] four) wickets for 32, K, Whipp then havmg an analysis of four for. l4. The ninth wicket fell at 891 but the


Margaret Lockwood, [as pretty as ever as a nurse who is twice Accused of murder,; I Miss Lock- wool is ; willed money]' b y a patient who later, diw to piysteri- OUS' circumstances.' : She is, charged with murder, biit Barry K. ’Barnes, - a ' ybmig ‘ barrister,•' comes to’ her rescuP. ■ After re­ ceiving a newspapeij[ to,whlch'’a vacancy for a‘ nurse ' lids' been underlined, MiSS 'Lofikwtod gets another job, but heri new-patient dies in circumstances similar to ■those which oyertodk the first victim. Another cdse for Mr. Barnes ? ; Yes, he again: takes on her I defence and'j doe^ some private investigation which even--


“'T’he Girl in the Ntws” Is . I . !■ .


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tery novel by Wilkie Collins, which,' first published to 1859, paved toe way for what hasffiow become alPibsli' » cult .‘among readers of crime and- detective iflotloh—the '‘-whcHlun-ltl"


White, and thPibeautif' ■FaWie,-"'whb 'da' forced | upfiappy mar'rlage; :;T^at most ibpostag of, screep!'v'iUalfls Syd­ ney. . Greensireet ;p0r^ys the why ■ Count ; Foxo,! who compels Laura: to ' ’bariyf one ' of his unsavoury, acoompUces jand then tries to kldhap . her ,-, cousin, ■ Alexis Smith. Others' to-this lively/melodrama are|0ig Young as .'toe young artist iwho ’ is the .first ;to sense the myptery sur- roundbg the manor, Agnes Moobhead and John lApbatt.


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