Ribblesdale I DERBY WIN PUTS CLITHEROE IN Junior League


CLITHEROE II. v. WHALLEY II A 'naif-century by P. Aspinwall,


SECOND PLACE


following fine bowling by F. Wrigley and J. Fletcher, helped Clitheroe I I to. an easy eight- wicket victory over Whalley II.


Whallcy II.


Bleazavd 31;', M. Gorton 8; A; Greenwood 13; H. Jones 15; D. Barrott 0; E. Greenwood 3; R. W. Gann 14; A. Barrott 2; H. Hind not out 2; Extras 5. Total 97. N. Pinder 13-3-28-2; F. Wrigley


G. Lawless 3; A. Hellicar 1; D.


12.5-5-37-4; R. Aspinwall 7-1-16-0; J. Fletcher 6-3-11-4.


Clithcroc II.


J. Fletcher not out 5; A. Huddle­ ston not out 0; Extras 2. Total for two wickets, 98.


E. Musson 34; R. Aspinwall 57;


wood 6-0-42-0; G. Lawless 2-0-16-0 D. Bleazard 3-0-17-2.


j WADDINGTON V. ROLLS- ROYCE II


Rolls-Royce II on Saturday when he took eight waddington wick­ ets for nine runs.


N. Irving was on top form for


M. Roberts 19, N. Irving 13, D. Heaton 2, J. Clarke 2, E. Smith 10, W. Virr 5, K. Berry 0, D. Lemon 9, B. Hindle 1, M. Butter­ field n.o, 2, extras 8. Total 105.


Rolls-Royce I I : J. Murray 34,


greaves five for 33; P. Jackson none for 15, K. Whiteside two for 13, K. Panter two for 19.


B. Oddie none for 11, T. Har­


Whiteside 13, K. Panter 2, D. Underwood 5, H. Hoyle 2, R. Clark 1, B. Oddie 0, D. Nelson 0, C. Metcalfe 0, P. Jackson n.o. 6, T. Hargreaves 0, extras 8. Total


Waddington; K. Oddie 7, K. 44.


N. Irving eight for 9, D. Lemon none for 9, M. Roberts two for 18.


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i^LITHEROE climbed into second place in the Rjbbjesdale League table on Saturday by defeating Ribblesdale


Wanderers in a thrilling derbv game at Church Meadow. Wanderers made a slow start, but recovered later, setting


Clitheroe to get 117 to win. The visitors victory bid was in- o terrrupted by rain, and they needed a single off the last ball


f normal time to claim the extra overs. The ball was skied and the catch, which if heldwould have drawn the game,


was dropped. Iiwham took six Wanderers’ wickets for 39 runs. Also


among the wickets was Bill Holt of Whalley, who took six for 29. In one spell. Holt claimed five Great Harwood wickets in an easy victory for the villagers.________


Clitheroe win in derby clash


( 'LITHEROE seized their big v- chance to remain in the championship race on Saturday by defeating Ribblosclale Wan­ derers by three wickets at


Church Meadow. This defeat has almost put the


Wanderers out of the running which they have made all season.


runs on the board when W. Slm- ger bowled K. Weaver. The accurate bowling kept the scoung rate down, and after an hour s plav. Wanderers’ total was 29 foi three wickets, the additional vic­ tims being R. Scott and K. Eccles.


Batting first, Wanderers had .19


Slinger off Ingham three runs later, but K. Procter and I. Johnson put on 20 runs befoie Johnson was caught at the wicket


M Dennett was caught by


off A. Entwistle. When D. Parkinson joined


Procter the runs came more freely, 32 being scored in 30 min­


utes. Entwistle broke the partner­


ship when the total was 86 by claiming D. Parkinson lbw. In his next over, he had A. Mus- grove caught by P. Aspinall.


was caught by D. Wilson and Ingham ended the innings claiming the last three wickets at


Replacing Musgrove, L. Dixon


a cost of one run. Opening for Clitheroe, A. Ent-


and Warren followed. Enlwistlo gave a return catch


wistie and E. Speak took 12 oil Warren's first over but fom maiden 'overs from M. Dennett


to Warren with the score at 18.


but rain interrupted ploy soon after. When the game i r a s jc - sumed 30 minutes later, K Wil­ son and S. Weslhead went for the runs, after E. Speak had been


'.bw to Wilkinson. Westhead returned to the pav­


ilion when the score was 83 and Clithcroe lost two quick wickets. Wilson and Ingham, in adding


six runs. The visitors claimed the extra


five overs with P. Aspinall and M. Blackburn at the wicket, and


Aspinall was soon lbw to Warren. Blackburn departed when Cii-


theroe were 15 runs short of vic­ tory, but E. Hodgkinson and D. Wilson saw the score past that of


Wanderers. RIBBLESDALE WAND.


R.' Scott b Ingham ................. 12 K. Eccies c Aspinall b Slinger 2 M. Dennett c Slinger b Ingham ................. 6


K Weaver b Slinger ............ 9


K. Procter b Ingham .......... 32 I. Johnson c Hodgkinson


D. Parkinson lbw b Entwistle 24 b Ingham ............. . • • • 8


A. Musgrove c Aspinall b Entwistie ................. 2


L. Dixon c D. Wilson b Ingham ..................... 14


Warren not out ..................... J Extras 6


P. .Wilkinson c D. Wilson b Ingham ................. 0


Total 116


A. Entwistle W. Slinger D. Wilson . Ingham


O M R W 11 3 29 2


P. Aspinall ---- -- 2 0 5 0 CLITHEROE


11.5 f 39 6


A Entwistle c & b Warren.. 12 E‘ Speak lbw b Wilkinson .. 22 K. Wilson b Warren ............. 3o S. Westhead b Johnson ---- 16 Ingham run out ..................... 8 P. Aspinall lbw b Warren .. 7 M. Blackburn run out ......... 6 ' E. Hodgkinson not out ......... 8


13 4 30 2 3 0 7 0


board and only three wickets down when they slumped to 107


all out. Bill Holt, next year's profes­


sional for Blackburn Northern, and Gordon Topham, broke the back of the Great Harwood bat­ ting, which included four ‘ducks.


Whalley met indifTerent bowl­


ing in their reply, and Jimmy Peters, Topham and Brian Em­


mett soon hit off the runs to give Whalley an eight-wicket victory.


with R. G. Barnes and E. Dickin­ son at the wicket. Barnes was dismissed by Holt for 20, and Dickinson was joined by R. Cart- ledge in a partnership which pro­ duced almost 50 runs before Cartiedge was sent back with 30 runs to his credit.


Tile visitors opened confidently Dickinson continued to bat


confidently when he was joined by Nixon, but after his dismissal the rot set in. Harwood slumped from 101 for three to 107 all out.


three runs in four overs to finish with an analysis of three for five, while in 4.7 overs Holt claimed four wickets for one run, finish­


Topham took three wickets for


ing with six for 29. Slick fielding played its part in


the collapse, with Geoffrey Ire­ land in good form behind the stumps.


minutes. Peters batted steadily and confidently, and was not worried by the mediocre bowling. His undefeated 42 included sev eral praiseworthy shots.


Whalley hit off the runs in 90


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Gordon MacRae takes the part


was caught, and was followed by Ireland, who got eight. Emmett joined Peters at the wicket and saw the score safely past the Great Harwood total.


Topham scored 23 before he GREAT HARWOOD


R G. Barnes st. Ireland b Holt


E. Dickinson b Holt ............. R. Cartledgo c Ireland b Tattersall


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


D. Wilson not out ................. 8 Extras 4


M. Dennett .......... 4 2 8 0 Kl Eccles ............. 3 0 10 0 P. Wilkinson ___ 4 0 17 1 I. Johnson ............. 7.3 0 27 1


Warren ..................14 2 55 3


Whalley win by eight wickets


an easy home victory on Satur­ day. The visitors were sitting pretty with a century on the


AN un-anticipated collapse by Great Harwood gave Whalley


Total (for 7 wkts.) 121 O M R W


J. Nixon c Topham b Holt .. Usher b Topham — ......... E. Edmundson b Holt ......... K. Chandit not out


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


J. Clayton b Holt ................. F. Gorton c Holt b Topham...


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


R. Bu'.cock c Ireland b Topham .....................


C Vickery c Birkctt b Holt.. Extras


Total 107 Tatterqall


G. Topham ......... 8 5 W. |Holt ............. 13-7 5 J. Petdrs............... 7 1 B. Tattersall — 4 1


............. 10 0 WHALLEY


J. Peters not out ..................... 42 G. Topham c Chandu b Nixon ......................... 23


B Emmett not out ............. 33 Extras 3


G. Ireland lbw b Chandu .. 8 „. Clayton Uslher


Total (for two wkts.) 109 O M R W


K. Chandu .......... 4 0 21 J. Nixon


............. 4 1 12 ......... 3 0 18


4 1 17 1


C. Vickery .......... 3 0 19 E. Dickinson — 3 1 15 R. Cartledge ......... 1 0 4


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RIBBLESDALE LEAGUE Results


Ribhlesdale Wanderers 116, Clith- eroe 121 for seven;, Barnolds- wick 79, Baxenden 82 for four: Whalley 109 for two, Great Har­ wood 107: Roijs-Royce 115, Blackburn Northern 69 for six.


Earby 54 for four, Settle 51; Performances — Bowling


W. B. Holt, Whalley ------ 6—29 Ingham, Clitheroe ........... 6—39 Hudson, Blackburn N. .. 6—47 P. Wear, Earby ................. 5—22 Madden, Earby ................... 5—29


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Ribble Valley League: Hurst Green win K.O. final


,0er in the final of the Ribbla Valley League knock-out compe­ tition at Stonyhurst on Saturday.


TJURST GREEN had a con- ■


L‘L vincing victory over Ribchcs-


and got off to a good start of 73 before the partnership of W. Jacques (37) and G. Holden (35) was broken. Both men were out at the same score.


The home side took first knock


a partnership between C. High- am (36) and L. Greasley (32) put on almost 70 runs. Hurst Green went on to make 154. Molyneux, with four for 17, was an accurate Ribchester bowler.


G. Cross did not last long, but


soon lost six wickets for 31 runs, but they struggled on to make 94.


Rochester had a bad start and


the Hurst Green captain, W. Jacques, by the league secretary.


The trophy was presented to


Mr. T. E. Morley. Hurst Green; W. Jacques 37,


G. Redden 35, G. Cross 8, O. Higham 36, L. .Greasley 32/ P. Peddar 0, J. Wilcock 0, R. Rogcr- son 1, R. Shepperd 8, T. H. G. Haworth n.o. 0, W. Crotty 0, extras 2. Total 154.


Rogerson none for 14; Hligham two for 3; Crotty 4 for 23, Holden 3 for 25; Greasley none


for 23. Ribchester: D. Bennett 3; J.


McLaughlin 10, W. Bolton 0, P. Barton B-R. Molyneux 2, T. Cron- shaw 7. J. Dewhurst 18, J. Barton 29, F. Bolton 3, G. Bennett 7, M. Kennon n.o. 1, extras 6. Total


94. MIDWEEK MATCH


each innings in a mid-week fix­ ture between Hurst Green and Chipping which Hurst Green won


Play was limited to 16 overs in


by five wickets. Chipping batted first and were


for victory, which they gained in the last over. Higham was top scorer with an undefeated 29.


Hurst Green had to fight hard FIXTURES Chipping: P. Stott 8, D. Double


0, J. Gerry 10, A. Seed 33, W. Huck 15, A. Crowther 0, R. Stott 2, J. Hewitson n.o. 19, L. Mar- chant n.o. 1, extras 7. Total (for


7 wickets) 97. Rogerson four for 38, Higham


none for 18, Clayton one for 19, Crotty one for 16.


G Holden 25, R. Rogerson 4, C. Higham n.o. 29, G. Ashman 5, P. Peddar 1, L. Greasley n.o. 4, ex­ tras 11. Total (for 5 wkts.) 100.


Hurst Green; W. Jacques 21,


Berry four for 53, Seed one for 16, Hewitson none for 21.


THIS WAS NEWS . . . A railway strike marred the


25 YEARS AGO August 14th. 193G


ATR. James Chadwick, of "A Lytham, preached the


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TVTR. W. E. Smithson, of iYX waddington, was placed


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TVTEMBERS of the Clltheroe lwL inner Wheel Club spent an afternoon at Coplow View when, under the guidance of Mrs. Low, they Inspected the different departments of tne


Institution.


presented an electric clock to the Rev. A. G. Gibbs as a token of anpreciation of his ministry over four years.


dington Methodist Church


second in the hired shepherds class at the English National Sheepdog Trials held at Wavertree, Liverpool.


ing site and to link up with Low Moor Road.


hrough the Henthorn housing


choir sermons at West Brad­ ford Methodist Church for the 41st consecutive year.


50 YEARS AGO August 18th, 1911


Clitheronians. Three trains ran to Blackburn on Friday, but none arrived from the opposite direction.


annual holidays of many OFFICIAL PROBE


t Bawdlands, which was to pass DUE to the strike, no mails BRITAIN is in an economic and political morass of


vered. Motor-cyclists brought two morning newspapers from Blackpool. One of the papers was pasted on the window of the “Advertiser and Times shop and the other was bor­ rowed to read to the public in the Swan and Royal Hotel. i|t 5|S H


or newspapers were deli­ * INTENSE heat caused many


nationally, many people died from apoplexy. Never within living memory had the crops been harvested so soon. 4! 4: 4=


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was overcome by the heat and died.


Dugdale, of Waddington, 4s 4! 4:


/TLITHERONIANS, during a coach excursion to Bolton


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sigmes Riding, who was .re­ the Institution.


rTRIBUTES were paid by the Ja Board of Guardians to Mr.


ning from their employ at


Abbey, organised by Mr. W. M. Cunningham, saw the King and the Duke of Devonshire returning from a grouse shoot.


decay. Therefore big decisions are being made by the incom­ petent powers - that - be to lower the standards of living.


i Credit squeezes are priority


This is going to effect in a very big way the spending or saving of money by the local Council May I, therefore, submit to the Clitheroe Council the following proposition;


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TO-MORROW’S MATCHES Ribblesdalc League


Earby v. Rolls-Royce. Baxenden v. Ribblesdale W. Gt. Harwood v. Barnoldswick. Read v. Whalley. Blackburn N. v. Padiham.


Ribblesdalc Junior League North


Ribblesdale W. v. Earby. Rolls-Royce v. Clitheroe. Waddington v. Langho Colony.


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Padiham v. Blackburn N. Lucas v. Great Harwood. Courtaulds v. Cherry Tree. Oswaldtwlstle v. Baxenden. E.E.C. v. Read.


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hampered by the bowling of Rogerson (four for 38). They ran out of overs at 97 for seven.


best out of "Many a new day" and “People will say we’re in love, which she sings with Gor­ don MacRae.


Shirley Jones’ voice brings the


of Ado Annie, whose flirtations with Will Parker (Gene Nelson) and A3i Hakim (Eddiqj Albert) provide a sub-plot.


Gloria Grahame takes the role


film when a haystack is set on fire and the spreading blaze en­ dangers the lives of people living


Tire re is excitement, too, in the


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How they fight against Nature


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themselves, life is easy until the two oldest boys. Fritz and Ernst, leave home in a small boat to ex­ plore the surrounding islands. They are almost caught by pir­ ates, but manage to free two white captives, an elderly seaman and his “grandson.”


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