Little success in


league Local clubs did not have


league matches or the LaT .-ashire Junior Shield t ie s / Chatbum and ptK.u


■


vctc both knocked o u t^ f t^ Junior Shield, going down it Wa’.pamur Darwen, and t j . >way agamat Dynamoes r e s ^


n the Third Division wen oeaten 0 -2 away to Gregor


In league matches, Brockhmi


Lane, while Waddington r« ~ fes drew their Fourth Divisim


and Langho had no games ai the weekend.


sides in the Combination are Division I: Waddington 1st wit! 10 points from five games; Rib


Tile positions of the loca


diester. 7th with five point- from five games.


‘


D i v i s i o n n : Ribchestei Reserves, 7th. six points frotr live games; Langho, 14th, twt points from four games


with seven points from sij games: and Division IV: Wad dington Reserves, 9tli. with five points from four games.


Division III; Brockliall, Btl


Foursomes final


Wheatcroft beat Harry Shaw and Jim Kerr five and four in the final of the Clitheroe Golf Club Foursomes held recently.


competition by beating Joe Britnell two and one.


Fred Cooper \ n the singles


ner of a stableford competition held at Clitheroe with 33 points. Jim Hornby was second two (points behind cn cards, and Terry Yates was third. ’ Dyu-:Gfi Sm-rosr,z


Eric Hadfield was the win­ John Glover and Freddie


borne game against Islington St. Mary's ‘A’ 4-4. B Tile other local clubs Wad lington, Rochester Reserved


riuch success in either the Blackburn


Combinafi f a c e unknown


s i d e Tomorrow


Clitheroe


face new opponents in Dukintield Town, a n d obviously the Shaw Bridge side is hoping to win their first-ever Lancashire Com­ bination fixture against


more easier said than done, a,, Dukiniield are only one place below Clithcroe in the league and have the same number of points.


as the Combination’s draw specialists, having shared the points in five of their 13 games. In fact, their last match, a t home to Prescot Town on Saturday, finished


Dukir,field have emerged


in a 3—3 draw. Thev had a reputation


after the first few games of being a hard side, but the Ciitheroc officials who have aatchcd them recently, des­ cribed Dtmkinfieid as a powerful and skilful footbal­ ling side, which gets out of trouble by using skill rather


than force. Dismissal


an interesting game at Shaw Bridge, and the fixture could be made more attractive as Clithcroc are hoping to include two new signings in their team.


having been suspended for 14 days following his dismissal in the F.A. Cup game at Great Harwood, it will mean he will miss two games, tomorrow’s- and next Satur­ day's away-game at Nelson.


Wi th Colin Williamson


were both unfit for Satur­ day's game at Marine, and at the time of writing, they are still doubtful for to­ morrow.


Chris Sims and Wilf Holt


hoping to complete the sign­ ing of Tommy Haworth, a former Blackburn R o v e r s player, and also a centre for­ ward from a West Lancashire League club.


The Clithcroe officials are


back or centre half, had «. couple of seasons at More- cambe after leaving Black­ burn. and last season cap­ tained Chorley in the Lan­ cashire Combination.


Haworth, who plays full


ol goals, as both sides have scored and conceded 20 or more goals.


There could be quite a glut


the table, have played 10 games and scored 23 goals and conceded 20, wh i l e Dukiniield, very much an unknown quantity, are 13th, with 22 goals for and 23 against in their 13 games.


Clitheroe, who are 12th in Everything points to quite •. Clitheroe Reserves won


because of injuries, Clitheroe included in t h e i r team D. Hlhksman, a 14-year-old, and he gave a very convincing performance indeed.


their third successive game, which moved them to 5tih place in the table, when they defeated B.A.C. War- ton 4-0 in a re-arranged game at Shaw Bridge on Saturday. Fielding* a weakened side


Clitheroe should be soon chal­ lenging for the top positions


If this form is continued,


and promotion into Division I.


F o rg e d


flying start and scored two goals in the first two minutes, the first coming after Hinks- man D. had hit the crossbar from 20 yards and the ball rebounded to Pcdder, who slotted it home.


The Reserves got off to a


Clitheroe forged their way through and were awarded a free kick, from which Hinks- man J. sent a terrific shot screaming into the back of the net'from 25 yards.


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lead after 21 minutes when Hinksraan D. made it a real dream-debut for himself when he added to the score.


Ciitheroc increased their


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Warton seemed to shake Outstanding


began to take control and little was seen of the Clith­ eroe attack.


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minutes from the end when one of their full backs passed to his goalkeeper, who missed it and could only watch help­ lessly as the ball crossed the line.


the defence, while Hinksman D. had a very satisfactory debut into this higher grade of football.


Mitchell aits outstanding in


Mitchell. Procter: Rmksman J., Sagar, Pedder, Hinksman D., Davies.


Clitheroe Reserves; Birch; Hunterm, Crook; Howarth,


West Lancashire League, Division 2: Clitheroe Reserves 4, BAC Warton 0; British Rail i, Flakefleet Athletic 4: Lytham Land Registry 0, Greenbank Celtic 6. Tomorrow th e Reserves


Saturday’s results in the


travel to an anway game against Thornton Cleveleys.


Second half provided


good goals Hurst Green 5, Lions 7


White White Lions conceded


their first goals of the season when the Hurst Green team hit five past them, but the visitors went on to win by 7-5. With the slope and a strong


Fiakeneet Ath. 8 5 3 0 13 Longridge Utd 6 6 0 0 12 Greenbank' C. 8 4 4 2 10 South Shore . 6 3 2 1 8 Clitheroe Res, 5 4 0 1 8 Whittingham 6 3 2 1 8 B’pool Co-op . 6 3 1 2 7 Walmer Brdge 6 2 2 2 6 Th’rnt’n Clev. 7 1 3 3 5 BAC Warton 7 2 1 4 5 B’pool Mcs. R. 6 1 1 4 3 Lytham Cor. . 6 1 0 5 2 L’th’m L’nd R. 6 1 0 5 2 British Rail .. 7 0 1 6 i


TOUGH GAME FOR


ROVERS There arc tough matches


for both Blackburn Rovers and Burnley tomorrow when they face Bury away and Leeds United at home respectively. Blackburn Rovers, still


smarting from that shock 0-2


defeat inflicted upon them by bottom-of-the-table Car­ lisle United at Ewood on Saturday could find the go­ ing hard against a side which is very unpredictable.


last week, tomorrow’s match at Bury could be quite a re­


As with Burnley at Stoke


union for the Blackburn party. Bryan Douglas, now back


wind in their favour, White Lions scored direct from the


start with a well-taken goal by Briggs. After 10 minutes Arden


in favour with the first team, made his senior debut at out­ side right at Gigg Lane in 1955, while Rovers’ manager,


came out and made a cou­ rageous save from Kitchen, but the ball rebounded off Wilkinson and into his own net.


S t ro n g


in the game and mounted several unsuccessful attacks which were beaten off by the strong White Lions’ defence. Most of the play took place in the Hurst Green half and the visitors added two more goals through Lord and Foulker.


Green scored within two minutes of the kick-off when Greemhalgh sent in a strong shot which O’Neill carried over the line.


In the second half Hurst


arrears with a good goal. Hurst Green were pressing White Lions back on the defensive at this stage and looked set to equalise, but in a rare visitors’ attack, Lord scored a good goal in the 65th minute.


Bolton further reduced the


ford headed in a cross from Bo l t o n , but immediately afterwards, Kitchen made it 6-3 in another breakaway attack.


Five minutes later Strat­ H e a d e d


was brought down in the area and Cross scored from the re- sultihg penalty.


After 75 minutes Stratford


headed home a good cross from the left and die scoring was completed soon after when Greenhalgh hit a strong shot into the net.


Five minutes later Kitchen


which became very exciting In the second half, being well controlled by the referee.


I t was a good, clean game


Ardent; Shaw, Bailey; Eat- ough, Wilkinson, Cross; Grin- drod, Seed, Stratford, Green­ halgh, Bolton, Substitute:- Hayhurst.


Teams: Hurst Gr e e n : OUT NEXT W E E K 3’-


Kitchen, Lord, Caswell, Briggs. Substitute: Chatbum


C., Referee; Mr. N. Berry.


Bishop, Potter; Geelan, Hem- insdey, Foulker; Woodworth,


W h i t e Lions: .O’Neill; Hurst Green were still well


Eddie Quigley also has many ties with the dub. He started his playing


career at Bury and returned there before retiring, and then became chief scout for the club before moving to Blackburn.


The Blackburn party is likely to meet up with two


former Ewood players as Ben Anderson, now skippers and plays centre half for the Bury team, while inside for­ ward George Jones started his career at Bury before moving to Ewood and then back to Bury.


Blacklaw will probably meet up with an ex-Burnley player if Ian Towers is included in the Bury side.


John Connelly and Adant


cent successes against West Ham United and Stoke city, will find a real challenge facing them tomorrow when they entertain league-leaders Leeds United at Turf Moor.


Burnley, despite their re­


L E A G U E T A B L E P W D L Pts


Strong winds hold game in


balance Gisbura 3, League XI 2 Gisbum, last season’s


champions of the Clitheroe Amateur League, faced a team selected from the other clubs in the league at home on Sunday, and managed to win by the odd


goal in five. Due to injuries and failure


to attend, the league side had to be re-arranged. Gisbum. with a strong


the league side did good approach work, its finishing was poor.


S c o re d


" Simpson opened the scor­ ing when he latched on to a bad clearance from O'Neill, shot from 30 yards and saw the ball skid under the goal­ keeper’s body.


ond goal after 28 minutes after a Huxtable shot had


Atkinson scored the sec­


rebounded to him. and then Huxtable, himself, made it 3—0 three minutes from the interval when he ran in on the blind side and shot into the roof of the net.


complete reversal of the first, for, with the wind at their backs, the league players


The second half was a


tested Dennett on a number of occasions, before Wilkin­


wind behind them led 3—0 at half-time, for although


Bad conditions beat


Chatburn Walpamur Darwen 4, Chalbum 2.


Chatbum’s progress in


the Lancashire Junior Shield came to a halt on Saturday when they were defeated 4-2 away against


poor condition wittvmud and pools of water covering al­ most all the pitch and a strong wind added to the dis­ advantages.


the wind in the first half and their defence found great difficulty in clearing the ball out of the mud.


Chatbum played against


tacking, with, the help of the wind, paid off when their out­


side left dribbled through and scared. Soon afterwards, the same player laid on another for his attack.


S p l i t


minutes before half-time and minutes later the Chatbum


Tlte third goal came 10


defence was split wide open and a hard cross was hit past Johnson, in the goals.


bum fought hard to get back into the game and Read scored the first goal after being put through by Bishop.


son R. scored .with a good header from a cross by Hil­ ton after 55 minutes.


the league side, the score re­ mained the same until five minutes from time when Foulker volleyed the ball home from 10 yards.


Despite strong pressure by Team s


Woodworth were -outstanding for Gisbum, and Foulker, Hil- to and Bolton for the league side.


Dennett. Simpson and


Kenny, Whittaker; Embery, Wilson, O’Donnell; Atkin­ son, Woodworth, Yards, Simpson, Huxtable.


Teams: Gisbum: Dennett;


Lions); Wilkinson K. (St. Paul’s), Rawsthome (Bow- kers); Foulker (White Lions),


League XI: O’Neill ( White


Heminsley (White Lions), Pearce (St. Paul’s); Hilton


(Billington). Bolton (Hurst Green), Wilkinson R. (Hurst


ton). Referee; Mir. N. Berry.


Faltering start for the


Grindleton lads Trinity 1, Grindleton 1


The start of tihe game was delayed for quite some


side with Grime taking over in goal from Kay, and Morri­ son replacing McGurk, who was unavailable, at centre half.


Trinity opened the scoring through Robert Peel, who was captaining the side for the first time. Halpin went close with a


Kicking with the wind,


time as Grindleton only had three players at the ground at the official starting time. Trinity had a re-arranged


terval, and in the 60th minute, Stoddart equalised. Again the woodwork prevented Halpin from scoring when this time a lob beat Hall but bounced off the bar.


Job in holding the Trinity defence together, but Grindle­ ton were not creating many scoring chances during , the first half and were hampered . a little more when their in­ side left. Taylor, went off the field Injured but came back before the whistle.. Green came on as substitute


header which hit the crossbar from Edmondson’s cross as the home side pressed hard to increase.their lead.......... Morrison was doing a grand''


for the visitors after the in- t


point-blank range stopped by a packed Grindleton rear­ guard, but the shots that did get through were all dealt with capably by Hall. Morrison was outstanding


R. Peel had a shot from


Smith; Clayton, O'Connell, Rigby; McCaliy, Stoddart, Drachenberg, Taylor, Jones. Substitute:* Green.- Rcfcree: Mr. L. Farnsworth.


Penman, Mlcklewright; Cza- powski, Morrison. Peel J.; Howarth, Peel R„ Halpin, Turnbull, Edmondson. Substi­ tute: Wrigley. Grindleton: Hall; Oowell,


for Trinity and O’Connell for Grindleton. Teams: Trinity: Grime;


Green), Ireland (Low Moor Club), Duckworth (Billing-


After the interval Chat-' Walpamur’s persistent at­


Walpamur Darwen. The ground was in very


S u r p r i s e a s S t . P a u l ’s d e f e a t c h a m p i o n s


Only one club still has a


100 per cent record in the Clitheroe Amateur League, and that is Ghatburn, who have only played one


game. Calderstones, who had won


all their three previous games, were held to a 4-4 draw at Chipping on Satur­ day, and the hospital side was joined at the top of the table by White Lions, who de- defeated Hurst Green 7-5 away from home. Low Moor Club, who


started the season with two good wins over Trinity and Grindleton, slumped to their second successive home de­ feat when they lost 2-4 to Bowkeis, for whom Atkinson scored a hat-trick. Perhaps the biggest shock of the day, was the 2-1 away


win by S t .. Paul’s over last season’s champions GisbunL St. Paul's, who had lost their first three games, were draw­ ing 1-1 at half-time, and Devine scored the winning goal after the interval.


. chatbum fought hard, but Walpamur generally com­ manded the game, although with 15 minutes to go, Bishop scored Ohatbum’S second goal, and another shot from


Dewhurst stuck in the mud barely six inches from the Walpamur goal-line.


hard to marshall his defence, but the side lacked a mid- field general to create the openings.


For Ohatbum Dawson tried


K.; Bush, Jervis; Holgate' J. Dawson, BitheU; Read', Bishop, Dewhurst, Caitlow, Slinger.


Ghatburn team; Johnson


CRGS lose with bad


defence C.R.G.S. 3, Darwen G.S. 5 Three defensive mistakes


by GEtheroe Royal Gram­ mar Sohool led to tlhedr be­ ing beaten 3-5 at home by Daiwen Grammar School on Saturday, after holding


when a hopeful 20-yard shot from Evans slipped through


a 3-2 lead at one stage. Clitheroe took the lead


the goalkeeper’s hands and Into the net Good


Clitheroe soon re-established their lead when Ward netted from close range off a cross by Evans.


Da rwen equalised, but


football during the first half and bringing the: ball out of the defence well, but soon after the start of the second half, Darwen equalised for the second time in the match.


Clltheroe were playing good leads with television rental ». < H l 7 / f t


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Harrop, Redfern, Wilson, Newby; Law, Halpin; Ward, Whittaker, Purves, Evans,


Clitheroe’s team: Chew; Clitheroe managed to re­


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place at the weekend was at Gisbum on Sunday, when the home side defeated a League Select XI by 3-2, the goals coming from Simpson, Atkin­ son and Huxtable for Gis­ bum, and Wilkinson and Foulker for the League.


Chipping 4, Calderstones 4; Gisbum 1, st. Paul’s 2; Hur Green 5. White Lions 7; Low Moor Club 2, Bowkers 4; Trinity 1, Grindleton 1.


Saturday’s results: League:


Walpamur, Darwen 4, Ohat­ burn 2. Friendly: Gisbum 3, League Select XI 2.


Lancashire Junior Shield:


derstones v Hurst Green; Bowkers v Low Moor Club: St. Paul's v Chipping; Chat- burn v Billing-ton; Grindle­ ton v Trinity.


L E A G U E T A B L E


White Lions 4 3 1 0 7 Bowkers ___ 3 2 1 0 5 Low Moor Clb 4 2 0 2 4 Trinity ......... 4 1 1 2 3 Chatburn .. .. 1 1 0 0 2 Chipping .... 2 0 3 0 2 Billington .. 3 1 0 2 2 St. Paul’s __ 4 1 0 2 2 Gisbum __ 2 0 1 1 1 Grindleton .. 3 0 1 2 1 Hurst Green . 2 0 0 2 0


Calderstones


P 4


W D L Pts. 3 1 0 7


Tomorrow's fixtures: Cal­


FIRST DEFEAT FOR


GISBURN Gisburn 1, St. Paul’s 2 Gisbum crashed to their


first league defeat since October 21st last year


when they were defeated 1-2 at home by St. Paul’s


which was a 4-1 reversal against Brockhall, GiSbum’s league record has been: Played 19, won 15, drawn four, lost none, goals for 98. goals against 25.


on Saturday. Since that last defeat,


them. Tills may, however, be


Clitheroe slumped to


their second away defeat in successive w e e k s when they were beaten 1—4 at Marine on Saturday, but several factors contributed to the reversal. Firstly, Clitheroe we r e


without the experience of Chris Sims and Wilf Holt in the defence, both of whom were unfit, and secondly the coach broke down on the way to the ground, which meant that the visitors had no time for a warm up before the game started. A blustery wind was blow­


ing lengthways along the pitch, which made ball con­


trol and accurate shooting very difficult. After suffering the setback


of having a goal against them within three minutes. Clitheroe fought back and equalised mid-way through the first half.


lucky, before Marine regained their lead, when they had


Clitheroe were somewhat un­


what seemed to be a pcrfectlv good penalty claim turned down by the referee.


Bernard Wallbank left a big gap in midfield, and on Sat­ urday the defence certainly missed the steadying influ­ ence of Sims.


Last week, the absence of


wliile the attack is scoring more freely, with 23 goals from 10 games, the defence has not been as successful, and has conceded 20 goals.


Unfortunately this season,


fallen quite a way behind the two leaders, who are still un­ beaten, but if they can patch up their leaking defence, more matches would be won and the team would soon climb the table.


Already Clitheroe h a v e


at some of the results in league games this season when Clitheroe have been the better side but have still lost, such as the Prescot and Formby away games, and. to some extent, the home game against Formby.


One has only to look back


well have provided at least a point for Clitheroe, for the visitors held the upper hand for quite some time in the first half and had the Marine defence floundering.


Saturday’s game could very


Clitheroe began to attack strongly and one felt after the equalising goal, that 'f either team was going to win. it would be Clitheroe.


defence was split by Wall- bank, but when the penalty claim was tinned down, a lot of the life went out of Clith- eroe's attack.


Time after time the Marine


allowed, it would have presen­ ted a problem to the Clitheroe side, as the regular penalty ’king’, Wilf Holt, was absent with ’flu.


been the*'turning point of the game, and if the spot-kick had been scored, a Ciitheroc victory, which is a rare occur­ rence at Marine, would have become a reality.


It could, however, have


penalty, Clitheroe could have gained the maximum points had there not been a spate of slack marking which led to Marine’s three second half goals.


Indeed, even without the


centre half, but after spend­ ing the majority of his games this season and last at wing- half, he was understandably a little out of touch with his duties at first.


Kirk had a good game at Ciitheroc included in their After Marine’s early goal,


team, two reserves, who have both had first team outings before. Malcolm Robinson was named at right half, and John Nuttall took over the left wing spot from David Wilson, who moved inside.


apparently for making a remark. .


games as did the full backs. Peter Holden and Colin Wil­ liamson, although Holden was apt to wander upfield and get stranded wh e n Marine broke suddenly.


Both had reasonably good


result 'of him having played as .a forward in his last five games.


This, obviously, was the Marred


game as the midfield general, and it was hardly fair that he had to finish on the losing side. His pinpoint passing was a delight to watch, and his clever dribbling got him out of trouble several times, including once when he took on two defenders, rode several tackles, and then crossed the ball to the right.


Wallbank had a very good


half of the mid-field duo, had a much-improved game and it was unfortunate that his per­ formance was marred by the referee taking his name.


Baron, making up the other


Bernard Kay, David Wilson and John Nuttall, moved well together, but did not have the finishing power to end their moves, although Kay was unlucky on a couple of occa­ sions when only McCul’an's finger-tips prevented a goal.


The forwards. Mel Widdup, F o rc e d


hour late because of the Clitheroe coach breaking down near Southport, and as a result of this, Clitheroe could have to pay a fine to the Lancashire Combination management.


The game started half an


tional start from the Marine point of view. The home side forced a' corner and, after only two and a half minutes’ play, O’Donnell blasted the ball home from just outside the six-yard area.


The match had a sensa­


lost composure and began to press hard on the Marine defence, which looked quite shaky at times. Clitheroe were kicking with


Clitheroe regained their


and kicked it out of his hands downflcld. The wind carried the ball right into the Marine penalty area, it bounced once and McCullen, the Marine goalkeeper, could only palm it into his own net. Clitheroe were full of confi­


dence after that ‘freak’ goal, and only McCullen, maktag amends by diving at Wall- bank’s feet at the "edge of the area, prevented the visiters from taking the lead. The Clitheroe defence got


in a tangle during one Marine attack, and only the. coolness


T h ro u g h


Schofield made a brilliant save when he punched Wes­ ton s shot over the bar for a corner, which was eventually


Minutes from half-time


the strong wind at their backs, and this was directly responsible for their equalis­ ing goal after 25 minutes.


cleared. Straight after the re-start. Widdup broke through for Clitheroe, but his shot , though it beat McCullen. went inches the wrong side of the post. Weston was having a good


of Kirk saved them from going behind for the second time.


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L E A K I N G D E F E N C E L E T C L I T H E R O E D O W N Schofield collected the ball


Schofield tipping his powerful shot over the bar. Clitheroe almost took the


batable penalty decision. Wi l s o n was racing for the ball and was brought down in the area, but the referee waved play on. After 65 minutes Marine


lead when Kay was put through. At full stretch he just managed to flick the ball forward, but McCullen dived to his left and his finger-tips deflected the shot to safety. Minutes later came the de­


took the lead when Keeling centered and Duncan, with vards in which to move, shot home. Schofield made two good


■3. Kirkby Town 4; Radcllffe Borough 2, Barrow Reserves 0: Rossendale 2. St. Helen’s 1: Wigan Athletic Reserves 1. Darwen 1; Wigan Rovers 1, Lancaster 2.


saves at O’Donnell’s feet be­ fore Weston, who was un­ marked in the centre, look his time to pick his spot, and made it 3—1 after 75 minutes. Five minutes later Davies completed the scoring when he headed past Schofield after O’Donnell’s header had been partially cleared. Just on time, O’Donnell


Burscough .. 11 8 3 0 19 Kirkby Town 11 7 2 o 16 St. Helens .. 10 6 i 3 13 Formby Town a 5 3 3 13 Wigan A. R. 12 5 3 4 13 Rossendale u 6 1 4 13 Wigan R’vers 12 5 2 5 12


Gt. Harwood 11 9 2 0 20 P ’w D L P


bination; B u r s c o u g h 1, Formby Town 1; Dunkinfleld 3 Prescot Town 3: Leyland Motors 0, Great Harwood .0; Marine 4. Clitheroe l; ‘Nelson 5, Lytham 0; Prestwich Heys


Leyland. Results: Lancashire Com­


liamson; Wallbank, Baron; Widdup. Kay, Wilson, Nuttall. Referee: Mr. J. Rice of


Lancaster • • 12 6 0 6 12 Pr’s’wichH’ys 10 6 0 4 12 Rad. Bor. .. 10 5 2 3 12 Clitheroe


game for Marine and found time to add his weight to the attack. One of his forays into the Clitheroe half ended with


was booked by the referee for a foul on Widdup. Teams: Marine; McCullcn; Bradbrook. Walker: Weston. Coleman. Hughes: O’Donnell. Day, Duncan, Davies, Keel­


ing. , Clitheroe: Schofield: Hol­


Dunkinficld • 13 3 5 5 a Darwen .. .. 12 5 1 6 a Marine. __ 10 4 1 5 9 Prescot Town 10 3 3 4 9 B’pool Mechs. 8 3 2 3 8 L’yland Mtrs. 12 3 2 7 8 Barrow Res. 12 1 4 7 6 Bacup'Bor. .. 10 2 1 7 5 Nelson __ ..


10 5 1 4 11 den, Robinson. Kirk. Wil­


Lytham — 10 0 1 9 i David Boderke


8 1 0 7 2


were much quicker to the ball than the champions in the second half.


On Saturday, the visitors


served win and goals by Pearce and Devine enabled St. Paul’s to become the first team to win at Gisbum for two seasons. Embery scored Gisbum’s first half- goal.


outstanding for the home side, while all the St. Paul’s players had good games.


Whittaker, Richardson; Em­ bery, Wilson, O’Donnell, At­ kinson, Woodworth, Kenny, Rigg. Huxtable. Substitute: Bowden.


Teams; Gisbum: Dennett;


greaves, Scott; Parson, Sims, Pearce; Pye, Wilkinson, Devine. Driver. Nester.


St. Paul’s: Parker; Har­ On the whole it was a de­


Dennett and Wilson were


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