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TWO LATE GOALS IN THREE MINUTES AT NETHERFIELD


Blow to Clitheroe’s Championship hopes


w eather to c le a r . In the match with Ncthcrficld, which Clithcroc lost 1-3, the r e f e r e e told the


•pO R Hie f i r s t t im e i n m a n y y e a r s , a C l i t l ie ro c f ix tu r e in th e L an e a - sliirc C om b i i ia t io n w a s a b a n d o n e d f o r a w h i le to a l low th e


players to go off the pitch after 25 minutes to allow the weather to abate. With this defeat. Clitheroe’s championship hopes took a drastic tumble, and it


now seems, even to the most fervent supporter, that they must wait anoher season for league honours. Once again, as in several games this season, David


ess


Baron scored a spectacular goal. On Tuesday week against


Chorley. Baron ran 40 yards with the ball before un-


- .cashing an unstoppable shot, and on Saturday he made a spectacular diving header to ram home Clitheroe's equal­ iser.


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improvement in form and Bibby aiso played well in the attack. ‘ In defence, although all the


the others with his ruthless tackling which gave nothing away. Netherfield's victory avenged


the 2—0 defeat Clitheroe handed out to them at Shaw Bridge earlier in the season when the two goals were both


ilicre was an a c c id e n t . The Clitheroe players were kicking a ball about in the goal­ mouth before the start, and while a linesman was checking the net, he was hit in the face by tlie ball and had to have attention »,• both trainers. Driving rain was sweeping


scored by Nctherficld defenders. Even before the game started


members played well. John Kirk stood out slightly above


defeat, Clitheroe certainly deserved better than this, and were at least worthy of a draw. Nctherfield's second goal looked as though it could have been offside, but the referee allowed the goal to stand. Hobson kept up his great


the inside right was clean through, but Holmes saved the free kick. Kirk ran 20 yards with the ball before passing to Wallbank whose shot was deflected for a comer. Half-time came with Nether-


Gibb obstructed Hobson when


field still holding on to their slender 1—0 lead. From the re-start. Kenyon


centred and Widdup headed just over.


4: Burscough 3, Guinness Ex­ port 0; Chorley 3. Great Har­ wood 1; Droylsden 3. Southport Reserves 1; Lancaster 3, Fleet- wood 3; Leyland Motors 2. Morecambe 1; Marine 2, South Liverpool 4; Nelson 1. Barrow Reserves 4; Nctherficld 3. Clitheroe 1. The Rossendale v. Prescot


game was abandoned. LEAGUE TABLE


handball on the right wing, and the ball landed on the roof of the net. Robson shot narowly wide in


Hodgson took a free kick for


a close dribble but Holmes made a good save to his right to clear the danger. Wallbank robbed Robson in


another home attack. Widdup beat two defenders in


Clitheroe's penalty area and cleared upfield.


DARING SAVE


and the Clitheroe left back took the kick himself. Widdup headed goalwards only to see Holmes well-placed to save. After 60 minutes Clitheroe


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down the pitch in Clitherce's favour and in the early stages Wallbank combined well with Widdup, but the centre for­ ward's shot was pushed over for a corner by Holmes. Clithcroe kept up their pres­


adding to his side's score, but Wallace advanced out of his goals and dived at his feet, the ball bouncing over the line for a corner. Copeland fouled Grayston,


Brownlee had a chance of


S. Liverpool ___ 24 17 4 3 38 Chorley ............. 27 14 9 4 37


P W D L Pts


Morecambe . . . . 27 9 10 8 28 Great Harwood 23 10 7 6 27 Marine ............ 20 11 3 6 25 Skelmcrsdale .. 23 11 3 9 25 Droylsden ___ 25 8 8 9 24 Burscough ___ 28 8 5 13 21 Bacup Borough 27 9 2 16 20 | St. Helens ___ 27 7 4 16 18 1 Nelson ............. 25 7 3 15 17 Guinness Ex. .. 21 6 4 11 16 Leyland Motors 26 6 4 16 16 Prescot Town .. 23 5 4 14 14 Rossendalc. ___ 22 4 6 12 14 Southport R. .. 25 3 3 17 13


Clitheroe . . . . . . 24 13 5 6 31 Barrow R........... 27 13 5 9 31 Lancaster ......... 27 12 6 9 30


Netherfield . . . . 26 13 8 5 34 Fleetwood . . . . 25 16 2 7 34 Honvich ......... 22 15 3 4 33


NEW-LOOK ATTACK


equalised. Kenyon took a corner on the right, and Baron dived full length to head home through a crowd of players.


sure and forced three corners in the first five minutes but none of them gained any advan­ tage for the visitors.


PROTEST


■Holmes dived to save and the ball was pushed out to Bibby, but his shot was cleared off the line. Clitheroe players sur­ rounded the referee protesting that Richardson had handled when he cleared Bibby’s shot, •but the referee waved play on. Grayston took a free kick on


Widdup r a c e d through,


was saved by Holmes. Alter 25 minutes, the referee


told the players to clear the field to allow the fierce, driv­ ing rain and hailstones to


resinned, but the pitch had become very sticky and was churned up considerably. Never­ theless it was not in as bad a condition as was Shaw Bridge, the previous Saturday. Hobson took advantage of a


slacken oil. Five minutes later play was


when he raced in to the left Post and cleared after Wallace had been beaten by a centre. Hobson beat three defenders


Grayston saved Clitheroe


ia mid-field but his final shot was straight at Holmes.


IN THE LEAD


after 39 minutes when Brown­ lee slipped the ball past Wal­ lace from Lambert’s centre. Hobson beat, two defenders


Neiherfield took the lead


but his shot skidded across the goalmouth. Bibbv raced in from the left and put the ball back m tire centre, but the linesman ruled that the ball had crossed the dead-ball line. Huron mis-kicked on the edge


Gisburn 5, Waddington Res. 2 John Kirk was being unjustly IN atrocious conditions both


criticised by the crowd for his robust tackling, but he was go­ ing for the ball instead of the man, and though his tackling was hard, it was certainly fair. Heyes took a free kick and


passed to Hobson, the inside right crossed to Wallbank who left the ball for Bibby, but the


outside left’s shot was-deflected for a comer by Talbot, Hobson weaved his way


through tile Netlicrfield defence and passed to Wallbank, but the Clitheroe skipper’s shot was just wide. Baron received the ball on


attacking football with Gis­ burn always the more menacing side. Waddington were weak in the


SUCCEEDS teams endeavoured to play


forward line, but the defence was very sturdy. After half­ time, conditions steadily wor­ sened and more and more attacks were mounted on the Waddington goal. Gisburn's new-look forward


Hie left wing, but Kenyon’s shot f Talbot headed away Hobson’s


the edge of the area, and sent in a fierce drive which Holmes just tipped to safety.


cross and had to receive treat­ ment when he headed the ball wrong.


■but once again Wallace dived to save.


Hinchliffe was clean through


ance and ran in .towards Neth- crfield’s goal, blit Holmes.dived, at his feet and thus stopped Clitheroe's chances of taking the lead. Almost immedately, the


Hobson collected the clear­


defensive slip but shot narrowly wide.


to recover. Netherfield in­ creased their lead when Hodg. son beat Wallace with an angled drive after 80 minutes. M in u t e s later, Lambert


home side took the offensive and Hinchlifle beat two defenders before crashing a shot past Wallace after 77 minutes. Before Clitheroe had a chance


lead when he took advantage of a Lad mistake by the Wad­ dington defence. □insdale equalised for the


when Kenny hammered the ball into the top corner of the net from the 18-yard line, and then Atkinson converted a penalty after Kenny had been held back by the goalkeeper. Waddington reduced th e


Only two teams in running for chief honours


'THE gap at the top of the Clitheroe and District Amateur A League is gradually closing, and on Saturday when


Gisburn kept up their challenge by beating Waddington Reserves 5-2, Chatburn were held to a shock 4-4 draw at


home by Trinity. Ch alburn are now only six


points ahead, but Gisburn have two games in hand. Last season Gisburn were champions with Chatburn in second place three points behind.


i team in the League who have \ not drawn a game in - the league.


2 Brockhall 2: Chatbum 4 Trinity 4; Gisburn 5 Wadding­


Saturday's results: Bowkers


ton Reserves 2. The Aitken Shield match


i ! all postponed.


line, capably led by Kenny were too clever for the tiring- visitors’ defence. Atkinson gave Gisburn the


visitors just after half-time when he lobbed the ball over Dennett's head. Gisburn took the lead again


between Clitheroe Reserves and Bashall Eaves, and the league games between St. Paul’s and Chipping, and Caldcrstones and Wha-lley Youth Club were


i v Bashall Eaves, i Aitken Shield: Chatburn v j Gisburn: Chipping v Wadding- ! ton Reserves: and Brockhall v


Next week's fixtiu-es: League: js t. Paul’s v Trinity: Bowkers


! Whalley Youth Club.


LEADERS SHOCKED


j Chatburn 4, Trinity 4.


arrears when the referee awarded a penalty after Wright had been brouglit down. Gis- bum players and the linesman argued that Wright had fallen two yards short of the penalty area, but the referee stuck to his decision and Hargreaves scored from the spot. Atkinson scored his third and


Gisburn’s fourth goal when he netted another penalty after Kenny had been brought down. J. Woodworth completed the


kicked the ball out of Wallace’s hands and centred, but Grays­ ton headed for a corner. In the final minutes Clitheroe


scoring when he latched on to a good through ball from Kenny and beat the advancing


put on a little pressure, and. Waflbank tried a long shot which went wide, and then Bibby received the ball on the edge of the area, but put his centre just behind. Teams; Netherfield—Holmes;


r‘j Um area from Widdup's pass. Had Baron connected with the oall properly. Holmes would ™ve stood no chance. Netherfield’s wing halves were


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V collected the rebound but his euort was scrambled away.


Richardson, Holt; Talbot, Cope­ land, Gibb; Hodgson, Hinch- lifTe, Brownlee, Robson, Lam­ bert. Clitheroe: Wallace; Heyes,


tackling rather over-enthusi- astically and they were pena- :ised several times.


Baron tried a long shot, Bibby


Grayston; Kirk, Nightingale, Baron;. Kenyon, Hobson, Wid­ dup, Wallbank, Bibby. Referee: Mr. L. Haslam of


Blackburn.


cashire Combination were; Bacup Borough 1. skelmersdalc


TABLE TENNIS


AFTER only a mediocre season in Division ‘B\ Calder- stones ‘B’ are having a successful run in the team knock­


out competition. In ihc preliminary round


''incing victory over Ribbles- dale Wanderers ‘B’ to gain a


derers ‘B' R. Holder won two panics, H. Hind (two) and G. o-unner (one). M. - Dennett


gainst Catholic Y.C. ‘A’ at acme Calderstones ’B’ seem in


against Catholic Y.C. ‘B’, ihcy won a close match and then won their tag as giant-killers" with a con-


garter final .place. Against Ribblesdale Wan­


=ained the consolation for Rib- Wesdale. With a quarter final draw


L g,°?d Position to reach the einl-flnaj and a draw against


a plum home tie against. Whal- y aPd barring accidents would reach the last four.


a top Division ’A’ side. Forden Club ‘A’ seem to have


n. on MONDAY*


•heir own ‘A’ side. an? last tie sees Ribblesdale


natch should ensue in the nird quarter final tie against


dcrers ’A’, 'wlio incidently


Paul’s *B' beat Forden c ' then a real blood-


have won the premier cham­ pionship, paired with cither their own 'C' team or Trinity ‘B’. Which ever it is wif have a hard struggle against . the league champions. Team Knock-out results:


sons ‘B’ 3, Whalley 5, Trinity ’A’ 2, St. Paul’s ‘A’ 7. Forden Club 'A' 5. Clitheroe C.C. ’A’ i


Calderstones 'B' 5, Ribbles­ dale Wanderers ‘B’ 1, Atkin-


ROUND 1 0.


draw is: Forden Club ’A’ v Whalley,!


Calderstones ‘B’ v Catholic Y.C. ‘A’, Trinity ’B’ or ■


Wanders ’C’ v. Ribblesdale ‘B\ St. Paul's ‘A’ v St. Paul’s ‘B’ or Forden Club ’C’. Chi present form the favour­


Ribblesdale


ites to enter the semi-final of tlie competition are Forden Club ‘A’ Calderstones ‘B\ St. Paul's ‘A’ and Ribblesdale 'C\ I t is up to the 'underdogs’ to


provide the results which could give them the title of •'giant-


killers' G. Lambert ............ PENDLETON 7


The revised quarter final . G. Burgess .............. . 59 J. Whittaker .............. . 50


' R. Holt .................... . 36 . 53


. 35 . 65


298


. 75 . 54


P. Prokopyszyn ....... F. McNab ................ . 79 H. Dewhurst 391 BILLINGTON "B” 1


R. Thistlcthwaitc • • . 73 C. Rydeheard ........... . 69 A. McNab ................ . 44


........... . 35 . 47


E. Petty ..................... . 82 334


Saturday’s results in the Lan­ RESULTS


Taylor,.E. Woodworth: Embery, Wilson. Parker: Atkinson, J. Woodworth. Kenny, Southwart.


goalkeeper with his shot. Teams: Gisburn: Dennett:


Smith, Bullock; Benson. Met­ calfe, Harrison; Williams, Dinsdale. Hargreaves. Walm- sley, Wright.


Beard. Waddington Res: Roariy;


j rpRiNiTY took the lead when ; I A Turnbull netted, but Chat-! burn, were not behind for long and Allen equalised for the vil- [ lage team.


more goals before the interval! through Allen, Holgate, a n d , Yates, After the interval, Trinity got i


Chatburn then added three


on top and scored through M, i Fletcher, who headed home | when the Chatburn goalkeeper was badly positioned.-


side after the interval and took their chances with McGurk and J. Fletcher outstanding. For Chatburn, Allen took what few chances he lind, but the general failing was in the forward line.


Snooker League


R. Charnlcy .............. . 94 C. J. Rydeheard ....... . 82 H. Hilton .................. . 54


P. Prokopyszyn __ . 70 E. Petty .................... . 62


BILLINGTON ’’B" 7 4R


C. Rydehcnrd ......... . 73 H. Gordon ................ . 72


409 CROSS KEYS “B” 2 R. Bell


T. Brown ................ : 39 G. Holden ................


270 PENDLE CLUB 3 .................... . 60 . 28


D. Peck .................... . 47 C. Garaghan ......... • 37


T. Swift ..................... . 49 P. Craig ..................... G. Coldwell ............... A. Gaunt


L. McEntee ............ POLICE 6


J. Martin .................. . 75 : 394 1


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


R. Whitchouse ......... . 64 T. Palmer .................. . • 45 T: Williamson ........... . 73 C. Wilkinson ........... J. McCullough ...........


J. Geldard ................ . 46 317 CROSS KEYS "A" 5 G a l l a h e r l t ?


Virginia House LONDON & BCLYAttT


TlFRED 3^6 PLAIN4/2 B. Lee ......................... . 70


BILLINGTON “A" 6 pts. W. Cliffe .................. . 34


417


H. Nutter .................. . 42 G. Newington ....... .... . 59


PENDLETON 1 _\...


F. McNab .................. . 86 C. Nutter .................. . 51 R. Thistlethwaite . .. . 67


357 . 80


E. Tomlinson ........... . 44 - D. Cowperthwaite .. . 66 l II. Ireland .................. . 30


CONSERVATIVES 2 pts.


N. Waterworth ....... . 32 J. K. Wilkinson ....... . 60


268 ;


what questionable goal. The referee allowed M. Fletcher to stand only five yards from the ball when a free kick was-taken, and he intercepted the kick and scored. Trinity were the far better


made the score 4—3 when a defensive mistake put him clear. The equaliser was a some­


Soon afterwards Czapowskl i j j Chatburn


Gisburn __ 1 3 0 2 26 THIS was an even game with 1 5 2 0 32


! Gisburn are now the only C’roe Res. .. 1 St. Paul’s . . . . 1


Brockhall


Bowkers . . , . 16 7 4 5 1 Chipping- __ 1 Calderstcnes 1 Trinity ___ 1 1


Bashall Eaves 16 1 Wd’g’ton Res. 1


9 7 11 k b


P w D L Pts 7 1 51


5 8 3 •4 1 5 7 1 7 15 6 6 2 8 141 1


0 1 5 2


Whatley Y.C. 19 1 117 3 w o r m


3 6 1 6 1 5 6 1 8 1 8 0 11


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Waddiiigton j run riot in second half [


Blackburn Combination Div 2 : Waddington 7,


r p H I S match, which was . Played as a league game


Haslingdon St. Mary’s 0


and also as a quarter final. [ Eddies ton Cup tie, was played i at Plcasington in very blustery r conditions. After 20 minutes Seedal! 1


v


broke away and his curling j centre beat the goalkeeper and floated into the net. .Just | before the interval Waddington I conceded a penalty, but the 1 kick was blasted over the bar. After 60 minutes Ripley put j


lowed for a foul on the goal­ keeper, Kay scored after 75 minutes with a magnificent header from Ripley’s cross. Ripley completed his hat-trick and then, Ken Ward scored his first goal in a Blackburn Com­ bination match tltis season. Kay rounded off the scoring


with a last minute penalty. This was a very sound per­


formance from Waddington, with the defence always in


Marsden, Pearson; Benson. Cornthwaite, Cross; R ip le y ,


command and the forward line, having a field day. Waddington team: O’Neill;


Waddington further ahead, and i five minutes later he added; another to make the score 3—0.; After having a ‘goal’ disal­


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SPORTS NOTES


Mar. 5—Nelson .............home ,. 12—Skelntersdale „ 19—Cliorley


Apr. 2—Prescot Town ,. away ., 5—(Tue.) Lancaster away „ 8—(Good Friday) Fleetwood ......... away


., 26—Marine ............ ’home ., 29—(Tue.) S. Liv’p’l away


.........away


,. 9—Bacup Borough home „ 11—(Mon.) Fleetw’d home


Mistakes led to


all the goals Bowkers 2


Brockhall 2


rain hindering both sides. In bad conditions, all goals


strong wind and driving


were scored through defensive errors.


for Brockhall and Seed scored both Bowkers' goals. Outstanding for Bowkers


Hilton and Atkinson scored


vere L. Aspinwall, Scott and E. Preedy. and for Brockhall Bolton and Leeming.


all their remaining fixtures ex­ cept for tlie Combination Cup semi-final tie, which has still to i be drawn. The fixtures are:


riLITHEROE Football Club, Apr 14—(Thursday E Committee have arranged


16—Open date. 19—(Tuesday)


siSt. Helens


away | May 2—(Monday) Lancaster


23—Skelmersdalc . 27—(Wed.) Marine 30—Honvich .......


has deteriorated since the start of the season for in the first seven away league games, Clitheroe won four and drew one, scoring 17 goals and con­ ceding 13, but since that 5-1 away victory over Bacup Borough, Clithcroe have gained only one point in the last four away games, scoring four goals and conceding eight. With John Heminsloy absent


„ 7—Morecambe Clitheroe's recent away form


,. 4—(Wednesday) South Liverpool


through injury, Clitheroe have only got three ever-presents in their team, those being Joint Kirk, David Baron and Bernard Wallbank. Their scorers in league and


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