CLITHEROE DID NOT IMPRESS
No leadership look
about Clitheroe when they entertained Read at Chat- burn Road on Saturday. On the contrary, they crumbled on a wicket which became receptive to spin and would have fared even more disastrously but
• out, Clitheroe finishing with just half the Read total and with halt an hour still to go. It was a game that pro
just under 50 when he began his innings and he was last
for Richard Vaughton. Halt the side were out for
duced some good hitting. Scddon who, with Grainger, gave Read an opening part nership of 98 hit seven fours and a six in his 81. He reached his 50 in just over the hour and was out shortly before four o'clock when he went down one knee and attempted to sweep Malcom Blackburn to leg. Vaughton’s 31 included two
on the edge of the field in accounting for Goodway—
and a brilliant return by B. Tomlinson from the scorebox area which broke the wicket as Clitheroe’s J. Tomlinson was scampering for a second run. Ending Read’s opening
partnership proved to be merely an opening gambit for Blackburn. He had started with a
READ
D. Seddon Ibw b Black burn
M. Grainger c Vaughton b Clayton ................... 14
.......................... 81
D. Marshall b Blackburn 1 P. Haworth st Vaughton b Blackburn ................ 7
R. Goodway c Blackburn b Entwistle................... 10
P. Grainger c Vaughton b Blackburn ................ 0
M. Georgeson c Vaughton b Entwistle ............ . . 2
B. Tomlinson lbw b Entwistle
maiden. Seddon provided him with a wicket-maiden and he took a wicket in each of his next two overs. At one period he had four for four in seven overs.
’ moved into the 90s, Blackburn coming on at the Chatbum Road end and Entwistle at the other. The success of this
the result of a double bowl ing change when the visitors
Clitheroe broke through as
sixes—one each off Seddon and Goodway; he also severely treated all the loose deliveries which the latter sent down, It was really Vaughton’s
day for in addition he took three catches and stumped one man. All this apart, the peak
moments were a fantastic catch by Malcolm Black- bum—he turned somersault
A day at
the lido Sunday was an impor
tant day in the Reliant owners' calendar, the occasion being the Nor thern Gala at Knares-
of Reliants when we reached Skipton, several members meeting us on the way there.
borough Lido. There was a good number
sultry as we took the familiar road through Bolton Bridge, past Beamsley Beacon and over Blubberhouses to Har rogate and Knaresborough.
The weather was rather
borough Urban Council opened the gala, and in addi tion to extending a cordial welcome he took much interest in the event.
gramme the first event being the children's fancy dress parade. None of the dresses cost more than 5s. and they were made out of crepe paper.
Campers
was taken.
..to. meet, club campers who had arrived on Saturday night. Ten other
After lunch, opportunity
■branches in addition to East Lancashire were represented,
Tile chairman of Knares
BOWLS
CASTLE FIND IT
P. Skinner c Crabtree b Blackbum ................... 10
E. Sumner b Entwistle .. 2 I. Wilkinson not out . . . . 6 Extras .............................. 4
................... 9
3—21—0: P. Brown. 5—2—17 —0: J. Clayton. 10—2—27—1; A. Entwistle 12—1—54—4; R. M.
McClean. 1—0—10—0; Blackburn. 9—4—13—5.
CLITHEROE
Indicated that the change ought to have been made much earlier. Blackburn w’as the sixth bowler to be tried and it was he who found a telling spot where spin was most effective. This was the last league
J. Clayton b Seddon __ 8 R. Harrison lbw b Seddon 7 M. Blackburn b Goodway 4 S. Westhead b Goodway 8 A. Entwistle b Goodway 14 R. Vaughton b Sumner 31 J. Nuttall c and b Good way .............................. 0 S. Crabtree run out . . . .
J. Tomlinson c Grainger b Wilkinson ................ 1
0
match in which Seddon will be seen at Chatburn Road; he has decided to quit the game professionally and will not re-sign. He does, however, hope to play some cricket as an amateur at Egerton. In passing, 81 was his highest score of the season.
J. McClean not o u t ......... 0 Total
............................. 73
21—2: R. Goodway. 9—1—45 —4: E. Sumner. 3—2—7—1: I. Wilkinson. 1.6—1—0—2.
Bowling: D. Seddon. 8—2—
Big hitting in benefit game
Three hundred runs and
plenty o£ big hitting were provided by J. Clayton's XI and Simon'Westhead’s XI in a friendly game for Clayton’s benefit at the Chatburn Road ground on Sunday afternoon. Players from Lancs and
end intact and 81 for two had become 122 for three when he provided Walton with a victim. Oddie. who had been
Yorks were seen in action, the captain’s eleven winning with nearly 40 minutes to spare. They would, however, have
There was a full pro
had an even easier task but for R: Walton, of Bamoids- wick who, bravely partnered by sixteen-year-old Stephen Bennett of Clitheroe second team, added 33 for the eighth wicket to give the profes sional's eleven a respectable 153 for 145 minutes' batting. First man to go was K.
■hoisted. Fittingly, Walton made the
ton staged a minor-recovery. Clayton’s was one of two wickets to fall at 94 and afterwards Stansfield stayed with Walton until 120 was
covering an area from South Yorkshire to Lincoln. Making many new friends is one of the enjoyments of these get-
togethers. The afternoon was taken
events, the first being a manouvreability test. Our members acquitted them selves well despite not featur ing in the prize list. In the toddlers’ race a very
up with a full programme of
determined Warren got second prize, the club also getting third prize in the ladies’ novelty race.
Variety
tested mixed doubles dart match. In fact everyone from five to 55 was well catered for. not least by the wide variety of games, and a. fortune teller. The presentation of cups and prizes was performed by
Tliere was a keenly con
Mrs. Joan Mills, the Reliant hostess, who thanked every one who had contributed to
the success of this third
annual gala.. So ended another enjoyable
member Reliant owners. THREE WHEELS.
day out with the Reliant Owners’ Club. Hie East Lan cashire branch welcomes inquiries from all non-
dropped early on—a perfectly feasible catch on the boun dary-continued to find the . open spaces and score freely, boundaries coming almost one after the other, no matter how much Clayton permu- tated his bowlers. He gave one more chance before sky ing a ball with which Clayton made no mistake By then it did not matter,
Wilkinson, at 42. four more wickets falling for another 30
runs. G. Stansfield and J. Clay
only four were needed for victory. Even so, one more wicket fell before G. Clark, Clitheroe second eleven cap tain, scored the winning single. The dozen runs he collected included a lusty six by hitting Bennett out of the ground the Chatbum side. J. Clayton's XI: .K Wilk
last scoring shot of the inn ings—a powerful six among the cars parked by the main gate. The captain’s eleven lost M.
Collins, Blackburn Northern, 13: A. Holden, Ribblesdale Wanderers, 12; G. Stansfield, Todmorden, 16; J. Clayton, 16; J. Hayes, Padiham, 0; R. Walton, Barnoldswick, not out 35; S. Bennett, Clitheroe, not out 13; extras 5, Total (8 wkts. dec.) 153. Bowling: R. Bowman, 5—1
inson, Todmorden, 34; H. Dawson, Todmorden, 8; E. Travis, Bridgeholmc, 1: R.
Greenhalgh at 13 but then R. Goodway and W. H. Oddie began a partnership that produced some festival type cricket. Choice shots all round the wicket and a generous helping of spark ling boundaries become the order of the day. The half century was
—23—0; W. Haworth, 6—0— 16—0; D. Parker, 9—1—17—3: D. Grant, 6—2—23—2; R. Goodway. 5—0—17—0; M. Greenhalgh, 5—1—11—2; M. Blackburn 5—0—27—2; S. Westhead, 3—0—14—0. S. Westhead’s XI: M.
reached at more than a run a minute, a change from an all pace attack to spinners mak ing little impression. Goodway eventually fell
when he skied a ball and was well caught by Holden in the deep.
reached his 50 with two crisp boundaries off Stans field. W. S. Haworth, although scoring few, runs, kept one
Soon afterwards, Oddie
. Clark, Clitheroe, not out 12: D. Grant Harrogate. 4: D. Parker. Lancaster, not out 0: extras 4. Total (5 wkts.) 154. Bowling: R. Walton, 8—0—
Greenhalgh, Padiham 5; R. Goodway. Read, 40; W. H. Oddie, Nelson, 81; W. S. Haworth, Lancaster 8; G.
34—1; J. Townend, 5—1—15 —1; R. Collins, 4—0—24—0; A. Holden, 3—0—14—0: G. Stansfield, 3—0—18—1; J. Clayton, 2—0—14—0; S. Ben nett, 3—0—24—0; K. Wilk inson, 2—0—3—1; H. Dawson, 1_0—4—1.
P. Brown c Skinner b Wilkinson ................... 0
Total (9 wkts. dec.) .. 140 Bowling: S. Westhead. 8—
EASY Castle Veteran Bowlers
had a comfortable victory of 46 pts. when they enter tained Burnley Queen's
R. Holt .......... ......... F. Hudson .......
N. Windle ....... Geo. Taylor .. . ...... .
Park. CASTLE VETERANS
J. Lancaster . .. ........... 18 J. Geldard . ..
18 18 18
Jack Whittaker ........ 18 J. Sherliker . .. .......... 18 H. Knowles . .. ........... 18 H. Wiggens . ..
15 18
J. Murphy ....... .......... 18 H. Bowker .. J. Caldwell .. J. Lively ....... I. Lord .........
3 H 9
J. Grimshaw .......... 18 Mrs. Grimshaw W. Wilkinson T. Wignali .. Jim Whittaker
18 18
18 18 4
18 Total 315
F. Whittaker ................ 15 J. Ainscow . ................. 14 J. Hugill . .. ................. 6 C. Lord ....... ................. 17 E. Baker . .. .................. 18 C. Pinder . . . ................. 13 j . Kelly ....... ................. 17 H. Robinson ................ 11 H. Kirkham . ; ................ 10 A. Spencer . ................. 18 F. Grimes . .. S. Wilson . .. W. Green .. .................. 18 A. Ingham ................. 14 F.
Keen
consists of five keen individ ual players who have not yet been welded together into a smooth-flowing attack. Some of them—Nuttall was
The present forward line
Attack must be strengthened
A weak Kirkby Town
side gained a deserved win at Shaw Bridge on Satur day, but they were not as superior as 4—0 score line
line played well and created many chances, finishing was very V' e k. Clitheroe's defer"’ ’’"d tightened up
suggests. Although then' forward
consi-'-rr1''" 'P06 the mid week game against Lancaster,
and had a stronger attack been fielded at least one point would probably have
been gained. It became increasingly
clear as the game wore on that Clitheroe will need to bring in new. attacking play ers before victories can be
to control the midfield. The visitors’ forwards were
very lively, making scoring chances frequently, b u t Howarth played well and was able to foil many of them.
Wide
O’Neill, the Clitheroe keeper brought down George. King took the penalty, but rolled it along the ground two feet wide of the post. By this time. Clitheroe
Midway in the first half
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were improving slightly but Harwood missed with what was the best shot of the match so far. His 25-yard shot just clipped the outside edge of the post. After 39 minutes, Kirkby
deservedly took the lead but with a rather fortunate goal. A right-wing cross passed in front of the goal
perhaps the most outstand ing—have good ideas; but. they were unable to put them into practice ' because they lacked either experi ence. speed, or both. A strong, experienced mid-
dead ball line; Broilifield lobbed it back into the centre and Brown’s kick hit the underside of the bar. the ball bouncing behind the goal line. After the interval, Kirkby
the
made our way to Siddows and Mitton Flats. The council tips used to be rather an eye sore along hero, but now that they are not used, nature is rapidly healing the area over. Crossing Mitton Flats, an enjoyable walk through the fields by the river soon brought us out into the road by the Aspinall Arms on the Mitton Whalley road, .where we were joined by several members from the Whalley area. The Aspinall Arms was at
the Clitheroe R.A. group was well supported. Meeting at Henthorn wc
using his rod with skill covered the water around him with long graceful casts care fully searching for the elusive
trout. Quiclei’
the river now quieter and wider. Downstream across the river near where the Calder
Continuing, we followed
squandered more chances before Murgatroyd scored in the 71st minute. king put the result beyond
field link player is also needed to speed up the pas sage of the ball from the defence to the forwards. The game started badly for
doubt in the 83rd minute with a powerful shot from 20 yards, taking the score to 4-0 only two minutes later. Clitheroe: O’Neill: Barnet,
H. Ernmott H. Barker .. ................. 9 H Holt ....... ................. 9 T. Wilson .. ................. 18 H. Knowles
................. 16
................. 13 Total 269
First win Caldcrstoncs gained their
first win of the season in the Great Harwood Bowling League when they beat local rivals. Whalley, by 15 points. Latest results: Calderstones (6) 151;
Clitheroe—two players failed to turn up. Nettleton ond Riley were among the 12 players named before the match but Clitheroe played for the first five minutes with only 10 men. Roland Rawsthorne. who
one time called the Mitton Boat Inn, for up to about 1810 before the bridge was built there was a ferry across the Ribble, which would take people from Little Mitton on the Lancashire side to Great Mitton on the Yorkshire side. The road from the ferry at that time being N.E. of the church and not up the hill where it is now.
Rawsthorne: Nuttall. How arth. Proctor; Cheswortli. Mullen, Gallagher. Shaw. Harwood. Sub. Riley. Kirkbv Town; Coates;
has played only once for Chatburn in the past 12 months was persuaded to play. He put in a very good performance in the first half, but was taken off at the inter val because Riley had turned
up. Missed
Whalley (4) 138; Clitheroe Castle (3) 129; Clitheroe CC (7) 149; Ribblesdale (8) 158: Oswaldtwistle Cons (2) 128: Salesbury MC (9) 165: Lowerfold Park (1) 125.
LEAGUE
Blackburn Alii. Ribblesdale Clith. C. C. .. Lowerfold Park Oswaldtwistle C
Salesbury ......... 14 7 7 66 Clith. Castle .. 14 5 9 61 Whalley. . . . . . 14 Calderstones SC 15
TABLE P W ’ 14 13 14 10 14 11 15 8 14 8
3 11 1 14
Record
of 53 for the Great Har wood invitation fourball stableford and it provided something of a record head ache for the competitions committee because no less than six couples tied on 45 points. Finally the club declared
entry There was a record entry
Jackie Campbell of Wilpshire and his home club partner Philip Howorth the winners. They were followed in
order by Ken Hindle and Roland Spencer of Baxen- den, Harry Cottarn and J. Wilson of Rishton, Peter Coulthart and D. Brophy of Clitheroe, Ron Holden and Barrie Ratcliffe, of Wilpshire and finally Nicholas Hallam and P. Whittaker of Hind- ley Hah.
Good weekend for Wanderers’ Second
second eleven won both their games at the weekend,
Ribblesdale Wanderers’
defeating Whalley on Satur day and Rolls Royce on Sun day by a comfortable mar gin. I. Metcalfe had a particu
larly successful time, taking a total of 11 wickets for 49 runs.
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J. Wallbank b Singleton 14 B. Allen st Entwistle b Parkinson ................ . 3
K. Holden c Wilford b Fallon .......................... 32
Ribblesdale W. v Whalley - RIBBLESDALE W.
15—2; Smith, 12—4—23—3; Parker 5—5—0—3.
Bowling. Metcalfe. 9—2—
Ribblosdale W. v Rolls-Royce RIBBLESDALE W.
J. Boocock c Follitt b ! Duxbury
A. Parker b Singleton .. ,2 W. Workman ct Fallon' b Singleton . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
J. Wallbank c James b Pedder
D. Cottarn b Duxbury .. 18 M. (Seedall lbw Richard son .............................. 0
....................... 0 ........
6
J. Boocock. lbw Singleton 5 I. Metcalf b Buttle......... 4 D. Lister not out ......... 22 D. Harrop c Sutcliffe b Fallon .......................... 9
A. Smith, o Fallon b Fallon .......................... 9
A. Smith c Fallon b Sin gleton .......................... 2
D. Williams riot out __ 9 Extras
....................... 5
. — 1; R. Singleton, 10—0—45 —5.
I. Parkinson, lbw Met calfe ....................... 13
WHALLEY .
Buttle, run out ............ 3 Wilford, b Metcalfe ....... 6 Sutcliffe, c -Boocock b
Holgate hit Wkt
Parkinson, not out . . . . . . 8 Eritwistle c Allen b Par ker
----' 4 Singleton, b Parker .......... ....................
—13—2; G. Buttle. 10—1—39 —1; T. Parkinson, 8—0—34
Total (9 wkts) .......... . 136 Bowling: M. Fallon, 12—6
D. Lister b Pcddcr......... 36 W. Workman b Duxbury 5 P. Knowles b Richardson 7 B. Allen b Richardson .. 19 I. Metcalfe b Pedder .. 0 D. Williams c Duxbury b Richardson ................ 0
Total
........................ ; 7 .................... ....1 0 3
1 105 4 88 3 85 7 77 6 69
Pts
utes. Kirkby missed several chances, and the unfortunate Brookfield. Kirkby’s number 11, hung his head in shame after shooting wide and over
During, the first five min
Murdoch. Williams: Cento, Hurley, George: Clegg. King. Brown. Murgatroyd. Brook field. Sub. McDevitt. Referee: Mr. B. Nixon. Bamber Bridge.
Reserves beaten
tlie nav. At full strength. Clitheroe
Clitheroe Reserves’ 6-2 defeat by Ribchester in their West Lancashire League fixture was the promise shown by 15-ycar-old Stephen Adcroft in goal.
Consoling feature about
showed some better tidcas than they did against Lan caster, but this was mainly because Kirkby were not able
Lions on
54 35
rampage While Lions trounced
Westminster
Batjk.....St.
on holiday. Lions played this' third friendly game with John Heminsley at full back instead of his usual spot at centre-half. They went into an early
Helens' 9—0 on-Saturday. With regular left back still
lead when Precdy picked a loose bah inside the area and shot home. After he had again shot inches wide from 40 yards, left half Foulker put over a high cross which deceived the keeper and gave Lions their second goal. Precdy got another when he hammered home a fierce drive from a Foulker pass.
LIMIT
stretched to the limit and Summerficld1 twice saved his side when goals seemed imminent. Seedall glanced in a good header from a Briggs’ cross and Briggs himself made it five when he pushed the ball home in a defensive mix-up just before half-time. The Bank defence was
The visitors’ defence was
Stuart Burch who was badly injured in a friendly game, Stephen put up a good show against a strong side.
Called upon to deputise for
gained a penalty in the sec ond minute, but it profited nothing. The keeper moved and the re-kick failed.
Clitheroe began well and
scored. They were now mov ing smartly and began to take
Ribchester broke away and
more aggressive and John Moran reduced the arrears
half-time tally to 5-1. Although C l1 i t l i e r o e
ful inside right found the net on two occasions to bring the
with a well-taken goal. Later. Ribchestcr’s power
resumed with more deter mination. they went still fur ther behind. A penalty was turned over the bar and then Ashworth, at centre forward,
scored for the Reserves. ■ In addition to Adcroft,
Clitheroe were well served by their captain. Harry Haw orth, Frank Richards and David Hinksman. After the game. Mr. S.
Burch, assistant manager, paid t r i b u t e to young Adcroft, who plays with St. Paul’s.
lor him to take part in a West Lancashire League
I t was, he said, a big step ,. game. He had handled the ball .
tinder continual pressure throughout the second half. Woodworth put Lions fur ther ahead after a Water- house shot had been pushed out and Foulker made it seven with a 40 yard punt which curled past the aston ished keeper. Waterhouse ended the scoring with two good drives which gave the keeper no chance. Throughout the game, the
a ligament in his foot (too there is a. possibility of his not playing again. Mean while Clitheroe have signed McGuire who has had exper ience with the Ragged School
Stuart Burch has injured .
will entertain Rawtenstall United at Shaw Bridge.
and other Blackbum teams. Tomorrow, the Reserves
,
smartly and should make a good keeper given a few more seasons’ experience.
made our way to the Hodder. Compelled by the dearth of footpaths in this area to walk on the road we did not linger and soon reach Annas Brow leading down to Lower Hodder Bridge as it is known, although the proper name is Hodder Lower bridge, the one further upstream being Hodder Higher bridge, which is quite correct as there is only one River Hodder. The prospect from the
Passing through Mitton we Correct
joins the Ribble, we saw the tall edifice of Hacking Hall built by Judge Walmesley, whilst away on our right the tumuli under which men who fell in the Battle of Whalley in 798 A.D. are reputed to have been bulled provided another historical feature. At Jumbles we saw the
Homing
A close finish
Gloucester turned out to be harder than expected. Eigh teen competitors sent 136 birds which were liberated in a light NW wind. The result was a close finish between Thorsby and Lofthousc and E. Hargreaves, only one yard giving the former first place. Jones and Addison came
The 138 mile race from
slightly uptilted sill of rocks which stretch right across the river at tills point, forming a small but natural weir, adding a lighter note to the deeper cadence of the water upstream. Still by the river, at Crosshills near the aqueduct, we had tea- Then a short walk up through the sand and gravel quarries brought us into the Hurst Green road to catch a home ward bound bus. On Saturday August 30th
third. Long intervals elapsed bet
ween arrivals, though returns
bridge is entrancing in both directions; upstream the river
wc hope to explore the foot paths on Longridge Fell. Members wishing to partici pate in what promises to be a pleasant eight mile walk should catch the 1-45 D.m. Longridges bus.
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between tree fringed banks, downstream the old bridge now grass covered and with out parapets always arouses curiosity. Both bridges are architecturally interesting. The one in current use was
glides pleasantly
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built by Macadam of tar macadam fame in 1826, the one downstream being erected by Richard Shireburn in 1648 at a cost of £70. This of course, is also the bridge which Cromwell as reputed to have crossed with his troops en-route for a night’s rest at Stonyhurst.
from the bridge brought us at last to the welcome green chevron footpath sign, which
A short walk up the road Delightful
indicates the route down to the river by Winckley Hall. Before descending to pass
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, Results: 1, Thorsby and Lofthouse 978.17 ; 2, E.Har- greaves 977.17; 3 Jones and Addison 952.23: 4, Jones and Addison 945.75; 5. Thorsby and Lofthouse 942.78; 6. W. Frankland 940.50: 7 Jones and Ainsworth 912.24: 10. Thorsby and Lofthouse 907.25; 11, H. and K. Seed 900.81; 12. Mitchell and Ains worth 898.45.
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through the woods which surround the hall the foot path crosses a small hill giv ing a spectacular view’ of the Hodder below. The walk through the wood is equally delightful, and as it passes the entrance drive to (flic hall one gets a glimpse of this fine building in its sylvan setting. Below the hall, wc passed
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through an immaculately tidy farmyard and along a lane which, conducted us to the river footpath and Hodder Foot. Here the Hodder and the Ribble marry, and the
TOMORROWS GAMES
Baxenden v. Clitheroe. Blackburn N. v. Padiham: Great Harwood v. Settle.' Read v Whalley. Ribblesdale W. v. Earby. Rolls Royce v. Barnoldswick. Junior League
Ribblesdale League
Lucas v. EEC. Padiham v. Blackburn N.
Bank forwards never came into the picture and most of the time O'Neill, in the home goal, was merely a spectator. Only some wild shooting by the Lions' forwards in the second half kept the score below double figures. White Lions: O’Neill; Gee-
lan, Heminsley; Chatburn, Grime, Foulker; Waterhouse,
Woodworth, Preedy, Briggs,
Seedall. Sunday game: White
Lions 3; P. Earnshaw XI (Blackburn), 4.
A. Smith not out ......... 0 Extras
23—3; Duxbury 9—4—30—3; Richardson 6.6—0—23—4; Hartley, 5—0—15—0.
ROLLS-ROYCE
E. Yates lbw Metcalfe .; H. Pilkington b Metcalfe G. Harkcr c Boocock b Metcalfe
' W. Nicklcston c Metcalfe b Wallbank . . . . . . . . .
Peters, lbw Smith . . . . 1 Fallon c Workman b Smith
Smith .......................... 5 0
Rydiard b Parker . . . . . . 0 Total
0 0
.38
R. Sagar.b Metcalfe . . . . B. Duxbury b Metcalfe .. I. James c-Workman b Metcalfe' . . . . . . . . . . . .
..........................
Pollitt not out — Extras
Total t . . . ............ . A. Hartley b Metcalfe ..’ ................. .
K. Richardson b Met calfe
. 0
.21 1
11 0 3
85
; Bowling: P. Knowles 7—1 .—25—0; I." Metcalfe- 11.3—2 —34—9; J. Wallbank 5—0—22
P. Pedder c Boocock. b Metcalfe
12 Bowling: Pedder, 11—3—
VALLEY LEAGUE
at the weekend. They beat Clarion on Saturday, but lost to Burnley IIT on Sunday. Resulte: Saturday, Lucas
mixed' fortunes in their two Ribble Valley ; League games
. difcheroe Social Club had
11, 170 for 7 dec., Wellington 59; Clarion 65, Clitheroe S.C. 84; Coal. Clougli 40, Black burn Deaf 44 for 7. Sunday; Burnley III 63 for
CLARION WATCH 12 HOUR MEN
Accompanied by one
new rider, Clarion Cyclists watched the Lancashire Road Club 12 hour run on
Sunday.First leg was to Longridge and even a t the start of the day the weather was very warm so riders kept their attire to a minimum. ! A good speed was main
cool off.
through on their way to St. Michael’s, and seeing the leaders return, it was hack to Nateby to take up positions on the finishing circuit over which tlie leaders run out the
C Y C U K S 3 After watching the field go
tained through Hurst Green and it became necessary to make the climb to Knowle Green on foot in order to
Early
ridge so early that their favourite cafe had only just
The party arrived in Long
opened. After leaving IngJewhite
. Coal Clough now have a three-point lead over Barow- ford. who have one game in ' hand., .
0, Clitheroe S.C. 62; Clarion 46, Barrowtord. 48 for 3: Blackburn Deaf 61 for 9. Wellington 59.
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Coal Clough . 14 8 4 2 28 Barrowtord' . 13 7 4 2 25 Clarion '. .A 15 6 .4 5 22 Clitheroe S.C. 13 5 4 4 19 Burnley HI . 14 3 9 2 18 Blackburn D. 13 4 4 5 16 Wellington .. 14 4 4 6 16 • Brockhall .. 15 3 2° 10 12.
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the riders took to the A6 at Brock, but the stay on the main road was brief, prefer ence being tor quiet roads via Nateby and Stakepool into the area of pleasant lanes , and rolling countryside that
iitlme for dinner and "then make a quick dash to Knott End to watch the "surfers." Back in Stakepool. they saw tire first of the 12 hour
; I t was here that the 12 hour event was taking place. The Clitheroe club members arrived in Stakepool about two hours in front of the .riders so they; had'plenty of.
comprise tho Fylde.
closing miles. Dave Brown, of Salesbury,
was going wery-wcU on his
way to a "win with 248 per cent miles. Clubmatc Terry Waring, of Langho. who appeared to be taking a bend ing over , the final „ hour because of a mix up. in feed ing arrangements, held on to' record 243 "miles-, and captured second place. To complete a North Lancs,
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1 ■ 2 ' 3, D. Pearson finished with a total of 238 miles. Two Clitheroe members said they would not mind trying a ”12’ so, who knows, Clarion members may be going v i t to watch them next year. . In the more immediate
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, could get, out to Garstang ill time' for the finish.-'-"; The club run will therefore
■Lucas I I . . . . 13 1 V 5 11 * Indicates tic
imen go through; -with... 170: 1 miles behind' them and still five hours to go. I t was pleas-, ing to note that neighbours —the North Lancs. R.C.—had' taken a firm - grip - on the event, with four riders in leading positions.
and as the Clarion Riders all have early numbers i t is most unlikely that a dub man
leave Clitheroe at 9-15 a.m. with John Bailey leading, en
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