PISHING STILL


ONEY OBITUARY


Former


President dies


A former president of


riitheroe and District Cham- ^er, « f J r a d e Mr. William


’ickthali, of Park Avenue


lied in hospital on Sunday He was 68.


’ ’ He had been ill for about sbr


veeks, and had an operation at Blackburn Infirmary on Satur.


Air. PickthaU a native of


Dalton-m-Fumess, served in the ,irmy during the First World


War, and in the second served


m headquarters staff in Bel gium. He was mentioned in dispat, ches “ in recognition of gallant


and distinguished service m north west Europe." He became shop manager for


Messrs. Redmayne, tailors, and was in charge of a business in Dumfries, Hawick, and then Preston.


he became a partner with Mr! W. P. Read in a tailors and out! fitters’ business in the centre of Clitheroe. This was known as Redmayne and Read Ltd., and later became F. Read and Co., Ltd. After Mr. Read’s death about


After the second world war,


three years ago, Mr. PickthaU became managing director. Mr. Pickthall had been a


chorister from the age of eight, and was a former member of Preston Parish Church Choir. He was actively associated with Clitheroe Parish Church. He was a past master of the Keep Lodge of Freemasons,


Clitheroe. Cremation at Pleasington on


Wednesday followed a service at Clitheroe Parish Church. He leaves a wife, a son and three daughters.


Mr. T. W. Tate


Unicorn Hotel. Skipton. Mr. Thomas William Tate, of Back Lane. Gisburn, died suddenly at his home yesterday week,


-ged 70.


A native of Leeds, Mr. Tate id his wife took over the •ence of The Unicorn Hotel, rinton, in 1953. where they ,-ed until they retired to Gis-


_ ,


lrn a few years ago. A keen swimmer in his early


ivs. Mr. Tate was later made iperintendent of Kirkham


Of a auiet dispotion. Mr. ate. who leaves a wife, iorence Mary. and one son. as respected by all who knew m.


iths. «,


iy at St. Mary the Virgin. Gis. lrn. conducted by the view. le Rev. J. H. Renton, prior to emation at Skipton.


A service was held on , K former licensee of The


POOLS HOLD GOOD HEAD OF FISH


S c ic ra l sa lm on w ere


taken on th e C l i lh e ro e Anglers’ w a te r Grinillcton


a b o v e B r id g e la s t


week, and a c c o rd in g to r e ­ ports.


th e p ools h o ld a


ao.'d head o f lish. All lish were taken on fly,


the yellow Torrish and Hairy Mary accounting for most of them. It is very pleasing to hear


of salmon being taken on fly as this is certainly the most exciting method of catching salmon. Of course one must be more experienced and know how and where to place the fly. bill when one has experienced the thrill of tak­ ing a salmon on fly. spinning for them loses all the excite­ ment. Salmon fishing in the White,


well area of the Hodder is extremely good and quite a number of fish were taken las: week on smaller-sized mepps- Sea trout are .conspicuous


by their absence. Very few are being taken, and this is also the case further up river in the Lancashire Fly fishing Association's water at Newton. Fishing on the Wenning in


the Clapham area is also very disappointing. Few fish have arrived in this area as yet and the anglers to whom I have spoken, who have fished there, say they have had very- poor results. Normally, at this time of


year, the Wenning is teeming with fish, but I believe the reason for the shortage this year, is that many of the pools have been dynamited) recently. Evidence of this has been the vast amount of scales found on the banks near to many of the bigger pools. There are still a few vacan­


cies in the angling classes at night, school and any inter­ ested angler will be welcome to attend on Thursday even­ ings at 7. p.m. Flv-tying, rod making and


casting arc on the agenda. KEN VAREY.


Reserves face a tough game


C l i th cro c R e s e rv e s c o n ­


tinue th e i r le a g u e p r o ­ gramme in th e S e co n d Division o f th e W e s t L a n ­ cashire L e a g u e tom o r row with a r e -a r r a n g e d aw a y fixture a g a in s t B .A .C . W a r - ton.


Although B.A.C. are near


the foot of the league table, tliis will not be an easy game for Clitheroe, as the Shaw Bridge side has been without a game for various reasons since September 14, when they defeated Lytham Corin­ thians 3— 1 at home.


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Clilheroe Advertiser dud Times. Friday, October II, 1969 13


Team rallied too late to save themselves


A n um b e r o f f a c to r s led


to C l i lh e ro e ’s d ism is sa l f rom th e F .A . C u p a t


F le e tw o o d o n S a tu rd a y , b u t th e p o in t s t i l l rem a in s th a t th e te am h a s o n ly i t ­ s e l f to b lam e f o r i ts d e fe a t w h e n o n e g e ts d ow n to


b a s ic fa c ts . Clitheroe suffered three


severe blows to their morale before the game was 15 minutes old. Firstly Bernard


Wailbank was pulled out of the side through injury- before the game; secondly Chris Sims was injured after six minutes and had to leave the field; and thirdly after 10 minutes, while Sims was still absent, Fleetwood took the lead.


The absence of Wallbank


certainly made a big differ­ ence to Clitheroe's play. They had little or no sense of urgency in mid-field, where Mel Widdup had a nightmare in the first half-hour.


F i g h t If the fact that Wallbank


was not playing was not enough, when Sims did not return for the second half after sustaining a badly- bruised instep, all the fight seemed to go out of Clitheroe until the final 20 minutes.


M a n y s p e c t a t o r s ,


Clitheroe's and Fleetwood’s alike, were saying after the game that had Clitheroe played throughout the game as they did in the final stages, they would have won the game with plenty to spare.


were two goals down, the Clitheroe players seemed to be content to stroll around the pitch, although they could claim with certain justifica­ tion that they did not have the run of the ball.


In the first half, when they This pattern of play con­


tinued until near the end when the whole Clitheroe team snapped out of its lethargic state and began


SC H O O L W IN W IT H O N L Y


T E N M E N C R G S 2 , Accrington G S 0 D e s p i te th e f a c t t h a t th e y


w e re re d u c e d to 10 m e n five m in u te s a f te r th e in te r ­ v a l , C l i th e ro e R o y a l G r am ­ m a r S c h o o l ’s F i r s t E le v e n , h e ld o n to th e 2-0 le a d th ey h a d b u i l t u p in th e f irs t •half in th e i r h om e g am e a g a in s t A c c r in g to n G r am ­


m a r S c h o o l la s t w e ek . The first goal came after 10


minutes when Chew, Ward and Whittaker all took part in a good move which was effectively finished by Evans, was again the scorer, after being put through by Ward. After the interval. Clitheroe


were under pressure but still managed to look dangerous In The second goal came 10 minutes later when Evans . occasional breakaways, and


they proceeded to hold out without conceding a goal despite losing a player after 50 minutes. Chew was outstanding for


the school hut the whole de­ fence played well, especially in the second half.


hammering away at the Fleetwood goal. By this time, however,' it


was too late, and the more Clitheroe tried to force their way through, the more they baffled themselves by being too hasty.


In a way it was a big let-,


down for the coach-load of supporters who had travelled to Fleetwood for the game, for had the Shaw Bridge side hit the fonn that enabled them to beat Great Harwood, they would have beaten this poor Fleetwood side with a couple of goals to spare.


As it was, Clilheroe were


beaten by a team which would do well to hold a middle-of-the-table spot in the Combination, never mind a place in the Premier League.


Lacking Fleetwood, we were told,


were only playing at half­ pace, but in the final minutes their defence looked very sus­ pect and one could only demise that had Clitheroe turned on the pressure earlier, a bag-full of goals would have resulted.


solid enough for the most part, but the forward line was sadly lacking in fire­ power. For the first 60 minutes, one could count the number of direct shots the Fleetwood goalkeeper had to save on two hands.


Clithcroe’s defence looked On the other hand, Scho­


field, who was given quite a rough time by the big Fleet- wood strikers, was kept busy throughout the match, but could not really be blamed for either goal.


He had no chance with the


first goal when Armstrong raced through from the half­ way line and shot after shrugging off a couple of tackles.


The second goal was scored


after 35 minutes when Scho­ field tried to punch a curling shot over the bar. but only managed to help it into his own net.


The ball would h a v e


entered the net anyway, and Schofield said after the game that it had skidded off lids glove as lie tried to punch it clear.


With the injury to Chris


Sims, whose boot was gashed open and his instep being badly bruised in one tackle, leaving such a gap in the middle, John Kirk was called upon to fill the centre which he did admirably,


U n e v e n The pitch was very uneven


in the middle and goal­ mouths. and tlie Clitheroe players soon found this out to their disadvantage.


Clitheroe's full backs, Colin


Williamson and Wilf Holt had their hands full with lively opponents in Melling and Haddock respectively, but Kirk kept a Arm grip on Fleetwood’s skipper, Arm­ strong.


a rock in defence, failed to return after the interval, Clitheroe brought on Robin­ son, as the substitute, and Peter Holden dropped back into the defence.


When Sims, who had been David Baron had an indif­


ferent game, good in patches, but lost hi others.


The other two mid-field


men, Widdup and Holden, both improved after shaky starts and towards the end, began to harrass the home defence so much, that for long periods only Caygill was out of the Fleetwood penalty area.


Kay, Nuttall, who had come into the team in place of Wallbank, and Wilson, rarely got in a shooting position and when at last they did work an opening for them­ selves, often their shots were so weak that Cooper had no difficulty in saving them.


The three front-runners,


Andrew, Kerfoot; Willder, Hayward, Bowker; Haddock, Betmeade. Caygill. Arm­ strong, Melling. Substitute: Fish.


Teams: Fleetwood: Cooper; Clitheroe: Schofield; Wil­


liamson, Sims, Kirk, Holt; Widdup, Baron, Holden; Kay. Nuttall. Wilson, Substitute: Robinson. Referee: Mr. J. B. Fleming


bination: Barrow Reserves 1. Dukinfleid Town 1; Danven 4, Wigan Rovers 1; Great Harwood 5, Wigan Athletic Reserves 2; Prescot Town 0. I Radcliffc Borough 2; Formby j Town, Nelson 0. F.A. Cup 2nd Qualifying |


of Kendal. Results: Lancashire Com­


Round: Fleetwood 2. Clith­ eroe 0: Honvich 1. Mossley 5: Lancaster 2. Morecambe 4: St. Helens 0, Skelmersdale 1: South Liverpool 2, Marine 0: Stalybridge Celtic 2, Burs- cough 2; Winsford 2, Kirkbv Town 4; Witton 4. Rossendale 3.


Gt. Harwood 10 9 1 0 19 Burscoiigh .. 10 8 2 0 18 Kirkbv Town 10 6 2 2 14 St. Helens .. 9 6 1 2 13 Wigan Rov 10 5 2 3 12 Prestwich H.


Clitheroe __ 9 5 i 3 11 Rossendale


Formby Town 10 5 2 3 12 Wigan A. Res. 11 5 o 4 12


9 6 0 3 12


Dukinfield .. 12 3 4 5 10 Darwen __ 11 5 0 6 10 Blackpool M. 8 3 2 3 8 Prcscot Town 9 3 2 4 8


Lancaster .. 11 5 0 6 10 Radcliffe __ 9 4 o 3 10


10 5 l 4 11


Marine ....... 9 3 i 5 7 Leylanp __ 11 3 1 7 7 Barrow Res 11 1 4 6 6 Bacup Bor.


Lvtliam ....... 9 0 1 8 1 Nelson ....... 7 0 0 7 0


10 2 1 7 5 DAVID BODERKE.


PROBLEM IN REFEREE SHORTAGE


T h e p ro b lem th a t h a s b e en p la g u in g th e C l i th e -


ro c a n d D is t r ic t A m a te u r L e a g u e fo r s e v e ra l y e a r s


h a s s i ru c k a g a in , a n d th a l is th e sh o r ta g e o f refe rees .


Mr. Colin Cooke, of Mona


Street. Sabdcn the Referees' Secretary for the league said that there are only five active referees to take charge of six weekly games in the league.


“If we had two more we


could pull through,” he said, “but people are afraid to come into refereeing be­ cause of the wav the officials are treated bv "the so-called sportsmen."


“Generally the Clitheroe


League is very good, but we always seem to have the problem of not having enough referees to go round.


eeing he very rarely loses interest but it is just a case of raising some incentive to those interested to urge them that little bit further.


Mr. Cooke added. “The


main trouble is that the job gets worse each season. It is happening all through the sporting world.


“People don't have enough


respect for referees, and this is why local lads are a little apprehensive about becoming a referee and perhaps having to take charge of a game in their own villages." He concluded by saying


that if anyone is interested in becoming a referee, they could contact him at his home. 29 Mona Street. Sab- den, or telephone Fa'diham 71665.


“Once a lad starts to refer­ P W D L Pts ONE OF THE FEW


‘LADS FROM THE VILLAGE' TEAMS


O n e h e a r s so m u c h n ow a d a y s a b o u t fo o tb a l l te am s


r e c ru i t in g p la y e r s f rom f a r af ie ld , th a t i t is re f re sh in g to c om e a c ro s s a lo cal am a te u r le ag u e s id e w h ich co n s is ts so le ly o f “ la d s f rom th e v i l la g e .’’


This is the case with


Chipping Football Club, which is a member of the Clitheroe Amateur League during the winter months


and the Catforth Summer ri SB The new c a p t a i n of


Clitheroe Golf Club, Mr. Clarence Brown, of Wadding- ton Road, Clitheroe, drove himself in at the start of the 1968-69 season on Saturday afternoon. About 80 members of the


club attended, and they were divided into two teams for a friendly match between the captain's team and the vice­ captain’s team. Mr. Brown succeeds Mr. J.


B. Kay, of Great Harwood, as club captain.


Grammar School


beaten C.R.G.S. 2.


Hyaward School 3 — F o r m o s t o f th e first


h a lf , C l i th e ro c R o y a l G r am m a r S c h o o l ’s 1st X I wiis fo rc e d b a ck in to its own h a lf , b u t s till m a n ­ ag ed th e o c c a s io n a l b r e a k ­ aw a y a n d b y h a lf - t im e


w e re level a t I — i. Although the home side


was dangerous in the middle where the forwards were able to outpace the visitors’ defenders, Clitheroe were unable to c o n t a i n Hay ward’s forwards, who scored three goals to Olitheroe’s two.


Added \ Clilheroe took the lead


after 15 minutes when Whit­ taker was brought down just outside the area. Purves took the free kick and slotted •the ball home into the top comer of the net.


Hayward soon equalised


with a fine 25-yard-shot, and then went further ahead when a corner kick was headed home.


Hayward added a third


before Ward pulled one back for Clitheroe with only 15 minutes remaining.


outstanding for ditheroe, whose team was: Chew: Red- fern, Slater, Wilson, Barker; Harrop, Halpin: Ward, Whit­ taker, Fui-ves, Evans.


Wilson and Whittaker were That early injury to Sims White Lions lose 100


clearly upset Clitheroe, and the team’s rhythm w as visibly shaken. Fleetwood almost added to their lead minutes after the first goal, but Williamson was at hand to hook the ball clear.


Hard Fleetwood pressed hard


during the period and Arm­ strong headed narrowly wide from a free kick floated in from the right wing.


Clitheroe almost equalised


when a Holden shot was going wide and Nuttall skidded forward to deflect the ball goalwards, but the shot lacked power and Cooper saved.


Schofield made a good save


from CaygiU’s header and there was a desperate scramble as players from both sides tried to steer the ball in the respective direc­ tions. but it was Schofield and Kirk who got there first. After 35 minutes Fleetwood


went into a 2— 0 lead when Wlllder centred from the right wing and Sohofield could only help the ball into his own net. Minutes later Williamson was booked for a foul on Bowker.


tre from Bowker soon after the re-start, and Holt headed away for a corner. Clitheroe retaliated and Cooper was lucky to tip Nuttali’s hard cross for a corner.


brought down Betmeade in the area and the referee awarded a penalty, but Arm­ strong’s shot hit the foot of the post and Kirk cleared.


After 70 minutes Kirk Just before time, with OUT NEXT WEEK 3 -


Clitheroe pressing hard for a goal Robinson’s header was cleared off the line by Andrew with Cooper beaten.


Schofield misjudged a cen­


per cent record While Lions 0, Chipping 0


A l th o u g h W h i te L io n s lo s t th e i r 100 p e r c e n t re co rd


the first 10 minutes but the White Lions defence held firm and from a breakaway almost took the lead when Briggs shot inches over the bar from an acute angle.


Chipping moved well with


Preston and Rhodes promi­ nent, and O'Neill was for­


tunate in turning a shot for a corner. Just before the interval


the visitors bad a chance to open their account, but Free­ man’s shot hit the post and rebounded clear.


back after the interval when Chatburn was injured and had to go on the right wing with John Woodworth drop­ ping back to wing-half because the substitute had failed to turn up.


White Lions suffered a set Both sides had chances to


clinch the points, but Briggs, after splitting tlie Chipping defence shot straight at the goalkeeper, and Lord headed wide for the home side, and minutes from time Proctor missed an open goal for the visitors.


Alan O'Neill was outstand­


ing for White Lions, and Wilf Blezard had a very good game for Chipping. Teams: White L i o n s :


O'Nedll; Pot te r , Bishop; C h a t b u r n .


Heminsley,


F o u l k c r ; Woodworth, Kitchen. Lord, Caswell, Briggs. Substitute; Sullivan.


F R IE N D L Y F O R


G IS B U R N O n S u n d a y , G isb u rn , th e


C l i th e ro e A m a te u r L e a g u e c h am p io n s w i l l b e p la y in g a f r ie n d ly m a tc h a g a in s t a te am se le c te d f rom th e re s t o f th e le a g u e o n th e i r ow n g ro u n d .


The league side will be


picked from: Kay (Trinity), Wilkinson (St. Paul’s), Raws- thorne (Bowkers), Hemdnsley (White Lions), ■ McGurk (Trinity) Foulker (White Lions), Hilton (Billington), Ireland (Low Moor Club), Lawson (Low Moor Culb), Pearce (St. Paul's), Bolton (Hurst Green), Rhodes (Chip­ ping), Duckworth (Billing- ton). Clitheroe Amateur League


has been drawn to play away against the Fylde Sunday League in thedr first match in the Inter-League Com­ petition on Sunday. October 27.


when th e y w e re h e ld to 0 -0 d r aw a t h om e to C h ip p in g o n S a tu rd a y , th ey h a v e y e t to c o n c e d e a g o a l a f te r th r e e le a g u e o u t in g s . Chipping pushed hard in


Chipping: Atkinson: Cook-


son R., Rich; Cookson I., Blezard, Preston; Freeman, Mercer, Rhodes, Proctor, Marchant. Substitute: Par­ kinson.


Clitheroe will be hard pressed to gain a point


C l i th e ro e v is i t M a r in e tom o r row fo r a L a n c a sh i r e


C om b in a t io n m a tc h , a n d th e S h aw B r id g e s id e w i l l b e a l l o u t to g a in th e i r th i r d su c c e s s iv e le a g u e v ic to ry , fo l ­


low in g w in s o v e r L y th am (aw a y ) a n d D a rw e n (h om e ) . Marine, who have been


highly placed ' for several seasons in the Lancashire Combination, have started badly this season, and have only gained seven points from nine games, scoring 16 goals and conceding 17. This should have been quite


an easy task for Clitheroe, but, at the time of writing, with Wallbank, Sims and Sagar all doubtful, they will be lucky to gain a point. Mr. Procter, Clitheroe’s


manager, who is on the look­ out for any available striker or mid-field player at the moment, will be well-satisfi^l if his injury-hit side can bring back even one point to Shaw Bridge.


amateur unit so they can compete in the F.A. Amateur Cup alongside Skelmersdale


Marine, who are an ail-


United,. have not finished below the half-wa.y line in the league table for the past six seasons, and hare aver­ aged 6th place with 55 points.


The corresponding match


last season resulted in a 5— 1 win for Marine, and it will


be remembered that in


COMEBACK FOR CHATBURIS


C h a tb u rn 9. G r in d lc to n 5. C h a tb u rn p la y e d th e i r


first g am e o f th e s e a so n o n S a tu rd a y a n d s ta g e d . a r em a rk a b le c o m e - b a c k a g a in s t G r in d le to n w h en , a f te r b e in g 2 -4 d ow n a f te r th e in te rv a l , th e y fo u g h t


b a c k a n d w o n 9-5. Chatbuvn were the first to


score when Bishop’s shot went under the goalkeeper’s body, but Grindleton soon equalised with a goal by Green following good work by Stoddart. Slinger added a second for


Chatbum, but an equally good shot front Green level­ led the scores a second time. Grindleton’s centre forward Stoddart scored again before


the interval following a mix- up in the Chatbum defence, to give his side a 3-2 half-time lead.


Control


in place of Jervis for the second half, but they went further behind when Green converted a penalty which was awarded for hand-ball.


Chatbum bought on Catlow


arrears for Chajtbum to make the score 4-3 before Stoddart scored his third and his side’s fifth goal.


Johnson D. reduced the Chatbum again fought


back and Dewhurst reduced the arrears before Slinger equalised to make the score 5-5.


Dcwhurst (2) and Slinger


completed the scoring for Chatburn after the home side gained almost complete control of the game.


Dewhurst was outstanding


for Chatbum, although the defence played well after the interval when they managed • to contain Stoddart. Rigby, had a good game for Grind­ leton.


Teams: Chatbum: John­


son K.; Bush, Jervis; Holgate J., Blthell, Holgate A,; . Read, Bishop, Johnson D„ Dewhurst S l i n g e r . W. Substitute: Catlow.


Grindleton: Jones B., Cow­


ell, Smith; Slinger D., Rigby, Clayton; Jones B., Green, Stoddart, Taylor, McCally. Referee: Mr. K. Taylor.


ssss


1965-66, Marine defeated Clitherbe 7— 0 at Marine. Clitheroe’s team for the


match last season was: Scho­ field; Holden. Williamson; Kirk. Sims, Baron; Kay, Widdup, Eliadis, Harvie, Wil­ son. Substitute: Holt. One hopes that Clitheroe


will have learned their lesson about Marine, for last season, David Wilson gave Clitheroe the lead and by half-time the score was 1— 1. After the interval, however,


Clitheroe collapsed and Marine ran riot, scoring four goals without reply. In that


game, Marine's centre for­ ward, Telfer scored four. I f the three Clitheroe play­


ers mentioned, are still unfit, then Mr. Procter will have to


do some switching of posi­ tions with the remaining players plus a couple of the more promising reserves.


Brockhall


Brockhall 6, English Elec. 0 U n t i l S a tu rd a y , E n g l ish


3eat E.E. Blackburn Combination Division 3


E le c t r ic w e re jo in t le a d e r s o f th e T h i r d D iv is io n o f th e B la c k b u rn C om b in a ­ t io n , w i th a 100 p e r c e n t re c o rd a n d o n ly o n e g o a l a g a in s t in th e i r f irs t th re e g a m e s , b u t B ro c k h a l l d e f e a te d th em b y six c le a r


g o a ls . During the first half, play


was fairly even, with the ball being swung from end to end. Brockhall managed to gain a slight advantage and took a 2— 0 lead through Leeming and Jeffrey. After the interval, the hos­


!


League during the summer months.


Rained All Clapping's players live


in the village except inside forward Dave Rhodes, and lie


used to live in Chipping until he got married, could not find a house in the village, and moved to Grimsargh.


the season, at home to league champions. Gisbum, was


Chipping's first game of postponed because of the co-n-


dition of the pitch, and their second game was postponed because their opponents. Chatburn, were engaged in a cup replay.


Mr. Wilf Blczard. Chip­


ping's 34-ycar-old secretary and captain when he occa­ sionally plays, said, “The Chipping Parish Council tell us when he have to call off our matches because they own the pitch.


“It was probably just as


well that our first game was postponed because It had rained from Thursday to Saturday and had we played, the ground would have cut up very badly making it poor for the winter months."


Chipping has quite a good side, he did not expect it to win the Clitheroe Amateur League championship. Gis­ bum were his favourites to land the title.


He said that although Chipping will be without


two of its stalwarts this season as the Squires brothers, Edward and Freddie have both joined Longridge United in the West Lan­ cashire League.


“This will probably have


some affect on us,” Mr. Blez­ ard commented, “but we still have some very good players in Dave Rhodes, Ken Pres­ ton, John Proctor and Ray Mercer”.


He 6aid the average ag.e


of the team is about 21, with the youngest members being Brian Rich and Graham Atkinson, who are both in the 17-19 age group.


Record Mr. Blezard said there are


usually quite large crowds watching Chipping’s games, although there are obviously more spectators on a fine summer evening than on a cold winter’s afternoon.


“We get very good financial


support from the village,’’ he added. “We run a weekly competition, hold dances and . have subscriptions which all help us to pay our way."


been secretary of the club for about five years, but has been a member of the team since 1954 after coming out of the Forces.


Chipping joined the Clith­


eroe and District Amateur League in 1958-59 and created a record by being league


champions in thedr first (sea­ son and for the next four con­ secutive seasons. During that time the team also won the Aitken Shield in 1959-60, 1961-62 and 1962-63. Chipping whose last suc­


cess was in 1966-67 when the team finished as league cham­ pions. has produced several players who have reached L a n c a s h i r e Combination standard, including Dave Freeman, who plays for Great Harwood, and Ediward Squires, who used to play for Accrington.


Competition winner


Miss C. Hinrile, one up on


bogey, was the winner of a OhaMemige Brooch competition in the Ladies’ Section of Clitheroe Golf Club on Satur­ day. Mrs. G. Hargreaves won the


Silver Division for the slowest extra day scores for the season at the club, and Mrs. Layfleld won the Bronze Division.


pital side took full control of the game and scored four more goals without reply through Ross and Dust (3). One of Dust’s goals came from a 25-yard direct free kick, and his total is now seven goals In two games. Brockhall’s team: Harri­


son: Parkinson. Bolton; Jeffrey, Gilllbrand, Simpson: King. Dust, Leeming, Ross, Hull.


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Mr. Blezard, himself, has T h e b ig n ew s lo r fo l ­


lowers o f th e C l i th e ro c A m a te u r L e a g u e


th is


w e ek , is th a t S a b d c n , w h o f inished b o t tom o f


the


ta b le la s t s e a so n , a n d w h o lo st 0 -2 7 in th e i r f irs t g am e o f th e s e a so n a t H u r s t G re e n th is y e a r , h a v e b een e je c te d f rom th e


le ag u e . Tins means that Hurst


Green's 27-0 victory does not count and each week In the fixture lists, the club which was supposed to have a rest date, will now take the place of Sabden. Spectators at the Grind­


leton matches this season are certainly getting their quota


of goals, as no less than 23 have been scored in the vil­ lage side’s first two games. In their first league match,


Grindleton were defeated 4-5 away to Low Moor Club, and on Saturday they were beaten 5-9 at Chatbum after holding a 5-3 lead at one time. Low Moor Club had a shock


Sin ' .


Shock as Sabden is ejected from league


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on Saturday when, after having won their first two games, they were beaten 2-6 at home to Billington, who had lost their first two games. White Lions, who also had


a 100 per cent record up to Saturday, were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Chipping, while last year’s champions, Gisbum, kicked off with a 2-2 draw at Bowkers. Saturday’s results; Calder-


stones 3, St. Paul’s 2; Chat, bum 9, Grtadleton 5: Low Moor Club 2 Biffington 6; White Lions 0, Chipping 0: Hurst Green 0, Trinity 4; Bowkers 2, Gisbum 2. IT om o ir row ’s fixtures:


League; Chipping v Calder- stones; Trinity v Grindleton: Low Moor Club v Bowkers; Hurst Green v White Lions; Gisbum v St. Paul's. Lancashire Junior Shield:


Walpamur, Darwen v Chat­ bum.


Calderstones 3 3 0 0 6 White Lions 3 2 1 0 S Low Moor Club 3 2 0 1 4 Bowkers


LEAGUE TABLE P W D L P


Chatbum 1 1 0 0 2 Trinity


Billington Chipping Gisbum


Grindleton St. Paul's


Hurst Green


3 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0.


2 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 2


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