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The Clithcroe Advertiser A Times, March 6,1964 11


Valuable win despite loss of early sparkle


rJpHERE is enough individual talent in Clitheroe's team to sec them well clear of the foot of the table. But why, oh why,


don't they make use of their skills ? Somehow Clithcroe have got out of the habit of playing


increasingly well known as an ecclesiastical architect, designed the new St. Nicholas Church at Fleetwood, which has been visited by many people from all parts of the country. The foundation stone of die


by Act of Parliament in 1926. the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, being named


the Princess Royal in 1937. The diocese itself was founded


as the cathedral. Work on the extensions began


methodical football, of which they are capable. Far too often they lapse into a kick and rush game which achieves nothing, apart from boring spectators. This was demonstrated on


new extension of the old parish church of Blackburn was laid by


Saturday w h e n Clithcroe gained two valuable points by


of brilliant football and should easily have had three goals in the first ten. minutes.


a 2—1 defeat of Burscough. Clitheroe started with a flash


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across centres which left Stan Hurst stranded but Tom Finder, Mel Widdup, and G o r d o n Brown, failed by inches to apply the final touch.


Three times Reg Dixon put A tenth-minute goal by Pin-


the cathedral was of course interrupted, but not altogether. One man was kept on the job as a token of continuity, and lie is foreman on the Job to this day Building was resumed at the


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tier whetted the appetite for a Clitheroe goalstorm but this did not materialise. Clitheroe re­ laxed and Burscough came more into the game.


end of the war and the tran­ septs were completed.


an equaliser Clitheroc had to wind up once more for the winner.


After the visitors had scored


surprise after Clitheroe's initial burst of energy. Bernard Wall- bank chipped through and while Burscough defenders Bill Rich and Tommy Jones did an •'after you, Claude!” act on the edge of the penalty area. Finder dashed in to send an angled shot curling into the top corner. For the rest of the first half.


The first goal came as no


FOUR GOALS FOR LEFT WINGER


St Paul's 2; Calderstones 6. 4 LTHOUGH lowly St. Paul's


net once. Much of the fire that had


Clitheroe. threatened danger without getting the ball Into the


been in their earlier play had gone and they seemed content ;o make the obvious move, .rather than devise something


Clitheroc was carried over into the second half and Burscough. who should by then have been a well-beaten side, had scored an equaliser. inside-right Brian Murphy


new. This, kind of football from


-4*- took a whipping from cham­ pionship-chasing Calderstones in terms of goals, they were not outclassed in the quality of foot-


' ball. On the run of play they were


not so far behind the hospital side, but Calderstones gave them a lesson on how to finish off


moves. The teacher-in-chief was out-


sidc-left Powell who put four into the St. Paul’s net. I t was Powell who started the


broke- through two half-hearted tackles and pushed the ball in


from short range. Murphy also had the ball in


the net once more soon after the interval but was ruled off­


l e t h a r g y about mid-way through the second half and Pinder rose to a Widdup centre to head home.


side. Clithcroe awoke from their


The crowd was astonished


when tha goal was disallowed for offside for Walmesley had apparently moved from behind Pinder alter the ball had been


centred. Seconds


Clitheroe scored the winner. Pinder unleashed a n o t h e r angled drive from 30 yards and Hurst was given no chance. Clitheroe's man of the match


l a t e r , however,


Bimpson fo u nd Grayston’s tackling too keen and switched to the left after the Interval. But he fared little b e t t e r against the slickness of Derek Heyes.


ped and Grayston. as usual, came out triumphant. Ex-Rovers’ w i n g e r Louis


Grayston; Kirk, Hodson, Par­ kinson: Dixon. Wallbank, Wid­ dup, Pinder, Brown.


Teams: Clitheroe: Wallace: Heyes,


llng; Walmsley, Jones (T), Jones (R): Bimpson. Murphy.


Norcross, Spencer, Eyres. Referee: Mr. J. Warburton.


Burscough: Hurst; Rich, Mcl-


Low Moor shock


Chatburn LOW MOOR 5; CHATBURN 3.


T EAGUE-LEADERS Chatburn started botli halves of the


game with goals but were shock­ ed by the pace and power of the Low Moor side. In their last league match at


lead in the fifth minute off a post and tilts seemed to herald another Chatburn goalstorm.


with a cross shot five minutes later, Low Moor began to play with more confidence and attack­


But after Driver had equalised


ed strongly. When RigB was brought down


lie converted the penalty and Low Moor’s first half superiority was rubbed in when Driver finished off a five-man move. One minute after the interval, Greenwood pulled a goal back


in the area in the 20th minute


home this season, Low Moor took their chances and their humbl­ ing of Chatburn was no ’’ fluke." McLean shot Chatburn into the


A much-travelled foot­


baller is Waddington vicc- captain Ted Speak, who left school to join the ground staff at Blackpool where he stayed for two seasons play­ ing in the Bloomfield Road club’s “A” and “B” sides. Ted, who is 24, went to


for Chatburn, beating Holgate from six yards and Yates brought Chatburn level when he touched home a right-wing cross from


Simpson. Low Moor could well have been


expected to fold up against Chatburn’s recovered dash. But


it was not to be. Rigg darted in to score after


P la y e r and o f f ic ia l


CALDERSTONES BACK TO TOP OF LEAGUE


DEFEATS for two of the top four in the Clithcroe Amateur League on Saturday mean that Calderstones have scc-


sa"ed back to the top and Gisburn are virtually out of the title hunt,


Chatburn took over the ~


leadership of the league from Calderstones a fortnight ago ’° end the hospital side’s four-


month reign at the head of the Isague.


I f„2n Saturday, however, u1(, !


were reversed. Chat-


InT )vcnt down at Dick Field lowly Low Moor, while Calder-


neighbouring Henthom Field. The leading figure in Calder-


slammed SL Paul’s at the


•wnes’ goal riot was outside-left rrank Powell who scored four goals, including a second half bat-trick.”


Clitheroe after his spell with Blackpool, and then made his Amateur League


debut with Chatburn. Although inside-forward


left completed his hat-trick, heading home the rebound after a shot from Driver had struck a defender.


Holgate had mishandled a Proc­ tor free-kick and then the inside-


is Ted’s usual position, he started the current season as Waddington’s centre- half. Then Dave Wilson took over and Ted went back into the forward line. Ted is known in the


Bolton: Proctor, Leach, Blair: Manning, Beard, Hargreaves (N),


Teams: Low Moor; Scott; Blatchford,


waite, Com th waite; Simpson, Hargreaves (K), Bithell; Yates, McLean, Greenwood, Slinger, Seed.


Rigg, Driver. Chatburn: Holgate; Thistleth-


Referee: Mr. M. Taylor.


scoring with a ten-minute goal, equalised five minutes later by a hard drive from Driver. Wilson restored Calderstones'


Double 4 nap’ for reserve team


reduced the arrears in 10 minutes. after the interval but then Powell turned on the heat. Powell ran almost the full


lend in the 25th minute and Dust hit a third five minutes before the break. Following a solo rim, Driver


length of the field in a break­ away and netted and then weigh­ ed in with two more goals before the dose. Pearce and Sinis worked hard


in the St. Paul's defence with Pilkington the home side’s best


forward. Richardson supplied the drive


in the Calderstones defence with Barrott, also prominent.


was surely Jack Grayston who put more power into his tackles than ever before. In one head-on clash with


gess, Swarbrick; Berry, Sims, Pearce, Seedall (Ml, Pilkington, Seedall (A). Aspln. Calderstones: Furber, Wood.


Teams: St. Paul’s: Hammonds; Bur­


Grayston. Burscough left-half Bob Jones had his shorts rip­


Bibby; Richardson, Pilkington. Barrott; Owen, Dust, Wilson, Brooke, Powell.


Referee: Air. J. Williamson. FIXTURES Lancs. Combination Div 1.


Prescot Cables v. Clitheroe. Cllthoroc. Amateur League


Bashall Eaves v. Waddingtcn. Gtsburn v. St. Paul's, Trinity v. Low Moor.


Aitken Shield (Preliminary Round).


i Chatburn v. Chipping.


figures at Oswaldtwistle on Saturday, defeating White Ash United 10-1. Lee and Johnson both hit hat-tricks, Dave and Eric Preedy b o t h scored two, and Eric Bush, one. Tomorrow the Reserves meet


Clitheroe Reserves hit double


Helmshorc United at Shaw Bridge and will probably line up: Grimes; Bullock, Bush (E): Foulker, Trotter. H i l l a r y ; Bishop, Johnson, Preedy <D), Lee, Preedy <E).


league as a player who always gives of his best on the field, in whatever posi­ tion he is playing.


his bit for the. game, being j Waddington’s secretary and ! treasurer and, of course, he j is a well known Ribblcsdale j League cricketer.


Off the field, too, lie docs j CHIPPING


FORWARDS MASTERED


BASHALL EAVES 4i CHIPPING 1


■L*- defence gradually over ­ powered the Chipping attack,


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Chipping net from a melee to score an equaliser and a free- kick from Jacquos and a Robin­ son header gave the home side a comfortable lead at the inter­


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half came from the penalty spot. Holgate converting after Rud- yavd had been brought down. The strong Bashall Eaves defence relied mainly on the


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Cowell, Jacques; Holgate, O'Con­ nell, O’Donnell; Jones, Green,


by the Stair, Social and Sports Club, at Calderstones Hospital,


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to the league of St. Paul’s left- "inger Alan Aspin, who had been oat of the side for two months with a ieg injury.


This match marked the return


inside-left Rigg, including one fi'om the penalty spot, shocked Chatburn at Dick Field.


■\ “hat-trick” by Low Moor


. Low Moor led 3—1 at the nilerva] but when Chatburn drew level it seemed that they might take the points with them. But two goals from Rigg dashed Chatburn’s hopes.


a grand debut for Waddington, scoring two goals In his side’s 4—1 win over Gisburn.


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Gisburn's defeat at the hands ] of Waddington drops them into


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championship trail and in third place in the league with matches in hand, had a comfortable win over Chipping at Bashall Park.


Bashall Eaves, still hot on the


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siones 6; Low Moor 5, Chatburn 3; Waddington 4, Gisburn 1; Bashall E. 4. Chipping 1.


Results: St. Paul's 2. Coldcr-


Calderstones 18 14 1 3 75 40 29 Chatburn .. 18 14 0 4 83 32 28 Bashall E. . 13 11 1 1 55 16 23 Gisburn .. 16 11 0 5 62 2 6 22 Chipping .. 16 7 2 7 54 71 16 Waddington 17 6 1 10 37 54 13 Low Moor .18 4 l 13 48 69 9 Tfil’ .. 16 3 0 13 36 83 6 it,.'Pad's . 18 1 2 15 32 94 4


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