ClitKeroe ’
Whalley’s weak batting is ruthlessly exploited S
Whalley 48,
Ribblesdale Wanderers 132. THE deficiencies In Whal ley’s batting were embarra ssingly apparent yet again at Station Road on Satur
day, when they crumbled to an all out 48 in reply to Ribblesdale Wanderers’ total of 132.
. - .
j Nearly half Of Whalley’s score cam? from Fallon, bat ting number nine, whose un beaten 22 Was the Only light in a dark tunnel. While he was at the crease, the villagers’ chances
0[ the batting was ruthlessly exploited by a keen Wanderers attack. Slinger was particularly hostile, keeping an accurate line and length throughout his 9.7 overs and reaping just reward with five for 15. Whalley’s defeat; was, how
ever, to a considerable extent cnainccrcd by the astute cap taining of Ken Proctor, He had obviously done his. homework and made useful observations when these two sides met at Church Meadow a fortnight earlier. Aware of Whalley’s lack of
ly confident that not only would Whalley not reach 132, but also that two hours' .would be sufficient to bowl them out. ■ The plan worked, but it must
mg the optional extra five overs, but Proctor was obvious
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of a draw continued to flicker. .Whalley’s batting. But the weakness in the rest
without a key member of the team. But while Workman is merely one of Wanderers’ best batsmen and not indispensable Topham is of infinite value to Whalley: as well as being a bowling asset, Topham is. a limb vital to the functioning of
be said that Proctor and Wan derers profited from circumstan tial assistance. Both sides took the field
Hall, was in great form and threatened to make. serious in roads into the visitors’ batting. His normally lethal partner, Rudd (40. wickets at 5.1 each before This match), was, how ever. always struggling to per suade the ball to pitch where he wanted it, which made Wan
opener Gottam and useful bat Ainsworth. both back in the pavilion with 11 on the board, it appeared that Workman was going to be sorely missed. Moreover, the Whallcy pro.
At the outset,'with provisional
0 Ribblesdale Wanderers skipper, Ken Proctor, whose confidence in his bowlers gaid off.
batting potential, Proctor know- jnclv let his men bat on until the ' last wicket fell. This en tailed passing the two-and-a- half hour deadline and forfeit-
derers’ task only half as diffi cult. Wallbank with 31 (including
an enormous six—a rarity on this ground), Musgrove. with 22, and. Proctor himself, top; scorer with 36. laid a - solid
foundation, after the early set back, to assist Wanderers to a satisfactory total and give Hall a commendable return of seven for 46 in an uninterrupted spell of 20 overs. ■ Faced with scoring 133 in 100
finutes (a target by no means inaccessible). Whalley made a
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tragic start. Slinger clean bowled Anderson before he could get off tho mark: one for three. J. Slinger went the same way to Metcalfe, for three, with the score unaltered.
Whalley were made to resem ble a line of dominoes, which
callapses in. sequence when the momentum is begun by upset ting the first one. The. demise of Anderson and Slinger in stigated a disastrous avalanche which accounted for seven Whallcy wickets inside 45 minutes for a paltry 18 runs. Fifth man to retire involun
. exuberantly for lbw and_ the umpire pointed an ominous finger in assent, that was the end of Bieazard, for eight. When Wilkinson, over-an
tarily was Bieazard. A consis tent run-maker, in the Topham mould, Bieazard should have been the man to rescue 7hal- ley. But when Metcalfe claimed
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match Fallon’s stoicism. Rudd stayed for 12 minutes without scoring before Peddar yorked him in his only over. Collier made a bold seven—his highest score of the season—but his bravery was capped by Slinger’s brilliance, as the professional held a glorious return catch to give the game a perfect finish.
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RIBBLESDALE LEAGUE Tomorrow: Cherry Tree v
Ribblesdale W; Clitheroe v
'Great Harwood; Earby v Bax enden; Read v Blackburn N;
Settle v Padiham; Whalley v Barnoldswick. JUNIOR LEAGUE
Tomorrow: Div 1: Baxenden v Langho Col; Blackburn -N. v
SIX-A-SXDE FINAL
- SETTLE are this year’s winners of the Ribblesdale six-a-side competition. They beat Ribbles- dalc Wanderers in the re arranged final at Chatburn Road on Friday. Settle batted first and scored O for five in their allotted 10
replied, they were stifled by Settle’s tight bowling and alert fielding. When Proctor was dis missed for a ‘duck’ in the fourth ball of the innings, Wanderers’ fate looked beyond doubt.
overs. All the Settle batsmen played well, but Andrews scored over 60 of their runs. When Ribblesdale Wanderers
M
contributed the best bowling performance with three wickets in his statutory two overs.
was well caught at cover point, but the rest of the batting pro duced little and Wanderers were all out for 44. Metcalfe, f o r Wanderers,
Ainsworth made 25 before he
Earby 81; Blackburn N. 140-6, Read 137; BB and CV 57-1. EEC 54; Lower Darwen 138, Langho Col. 106; Lucas 45-6, Oswaldtwistle 149-7 dec: Padi ham 72-4, Settle 43. Div 2: Waddington 156-7 dec,
Div 1: Baxenden 83-8, JUNIOR LEAGUE
EEC; Lower Darwen v Oswald twistle.
Rossendalians; Oswaldtwistle v Clitheroe; Rawtenstall v Cherry Tree; Ribblesdale W. v Whal ley.
Div 2: Great Harwood v 0. VALLEY LEAGUE
Clitheroe SC. Sunday: Welling ton v Clitheroe SC; Atkinsons v St Francis.
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BENNETT AND EVANS PUT CLITHEROE ON VICTORY TRAIL
CLITHEROE 2nd took five points from two away games at the weekend to increase their, lead at the top of the Junior League division two. On Saturday, Clitheroe were
put in to bat by Great Harwood on a perfect batting wicket. The early batsmen made hard work of the scoring, but when Bennett (61) and Evans (43) came together at 47 for seven, they attacked the bowling with some great shots and good run ning between the wickets. Clitheroe were therefore able
Jagger with 47, had little to offer against the fine bowling of Wigglesworth (eight for 30), backed by Edmondson. On Sunday, at Rawtenstall,
to declare at 174 for nine. Great Harwood, apart from
Junior League, Div. II
three early batsmen, decided to settle for a draw.
WADDINGTON: B. Williams 2, A. Jackson 2, B. Edwards 8, J Trotter 25, T Davies 20, A Rigby 61, S Whiteside 2, B Allen not out 30, K Winkley not out 2, Extras 4. Total (7 wkts dec.) 156.
Clitheroe were faced with over taking a declared total of 197 for eight, amassed by a good team effort which included 51 from Haworth and 44 from
22—0, A Rigby 7—3—30—0, A Jackson 7—1—20—1, J Trot ter 5—0—24—3, A Hilton 3— 0—5—0, B Williams 1—0—6—
for 4 (A Fisher 49 n.o.) Bowling: K Winkley 10—5—
0.
start, losing both openers for three runs, but Atkinson and Bennett staged a good recovery with 44 and 24 respectively. Harrison and Nuttall held on
O’Neil. Clitheroe made a disastrous
O. Rossendalians 114-4; Bar- noldswick 96, Whalley 100-2; Great Harwood 111, Clitheroe 174-9 dec; Oswaldtwistle 65, Rolls Royce 67-6; Ribblesdale W. 104. Cherry Tree 171-5 dec; Rawtenstall 197-8 dec, Clith eroe 118-5.
81-5: Brockhall 45-4, Welling ton 44.
Clitheroe SC 77. Atkinsons VALLEY LEAGUE
twistlc Im. 58-7; Blackburn N. 72-8,' Baxenden 76-7.P W D L Pis
Gt. Harwood 57-7, Oswald- YOUTH LEAGUE
Read .................. 8 3 1 4 13 Oswaldtwistle....... 9 3 1 5 13 Gt. Harwood ... 10 1 1 8 5
Baxenden .......... 10 6 2 2 26 Padiham ............ 9 5 2 2 22 Blackburn N ......... 8 5 0 3 20 Clitheroe ............. 8 4 1 3 17
to the fifth wicket for a draw— a fair result against third-in- the-table Rawtenstall..
content with a draw with visit ing Old Rossendalians, on Sat urday. When the visitors lost their first three wickets with 103 still required, they played out
Waddington 156 for 7 dec., O. Rossendalians. 114 for 4. WADDINGTON had to be
for a draw. Waddington won the toss and
elected to bat on a good wicket but they got away to a poor start, losing three wickets for 14. Davies a retrtoTd npullde 14. Davies and Trotter pulled the side round a bit, but it was not until Rigby and Allen came together that the runs began to
come freely.
in 50 minutes, with Rigby scoring an excellent 61 and
for the runs, but, after losing Cricket scoreboard RIBBLESDALE W.
D. Cottam lbw b H a l l ....... 3 T. Wallbank lbw b Hall ... 31 J. Ainsworth b Hall .......... 2 A. Musgrove lbw b Hall ... 22 K. Proctor c Collier b Hall 36 Slinger b Hall .................. P. Nester run o u t .............. J. Hutchins b H a l l..............
P. Peddar not o u t ............ I. Metcalfe b Hindlc ...... P. Wilkinson st Collier, b
Hindle .............................. Extras ......... ....................
Total .132 7;Bowling: HaU„ 20nr5T 46rT WHALLEY A. Anderson b Slinger ...
J. Slinger b Metcalfe ...... P. Shuttleworth c Musgrove b Slinger ........■•••••..........
V. Bartlett b Slinger D. Bieazard lbw b Metcalfe
R. Wilkinson b Slinger M. Fallon not out .,•••
Wilkinson 22
•J. Rudd b Peddar ...........- g I. Collier c and b Slinger... 7
.
Extras .............................. 1 Total
48
Bowling: Slinger 9.7—3— i$~5; L Metcalfe 5—1—
"i P. Wilkinson 4—2—14—1; ?•Peddar 1 - 0 - 4—1.
Fallon 6—0—18—0; G. Hindlc I.
J. Rudd 12—0—49—0. M. 7—0—10—2.
CLITHEROE
; Greenhalgh b Slater ....... 81 C Bacon c Bennett b Hay-
M Washbrook c .McGarry b rown Brown ............... ?
dock .......... 0
R Steenson b Slater.......... 21 S. Westhead c Collins b
G. Davies run out ........... 29 R Vaughton not out'-.......... 6 P Atkinson no out ........... Extras ...................
Jones .............................. A 13
Total (6 wkts dec) ... 169 Bowling: P Brown 7—2—17
—1, B Hay dock 4—0—17—1, Collins 15—4—47—0, R Slater
11—1—42—2, P Jones 6—1— 33—1.
BLACKBURN N.
B McNulty b Westheada ... Collins lbw b Sutcliffe ...... 42 E McGarry b Westhead ... G. Dixon lbw b Sutcliffe R Etherington lbw b Wfi-
R Slater lbw b 'Wilson P Jones c Sutcliffe b Wilson
N Shepherd not out p. Brown run o u t ............... *
23-2, M Yates 3 - 0 - 2 1 - 0 , Greenhalgh 4 -2 -7 - -O G
. Bowling: S 'W e s f t f i a a j i ^
Sutcliffe 9—1—19—3; K wn 10—1—42—4.
Extras ......... ............ ;......_.....” Total
............. ••••• U® The stand produced 81 runs ,
Allen 30 not out. Rossendalians started to _ go
64—4, R Wigglesworth 8—0— 24—1. G Tomlinson 1—0—13 —0. R. Aspinwall 3—0—19—0, P Atkinson 5—0—29—1. S Bennett 6—0—42—1. CLITHEROE: S. Crabtree 3. R. Aspinwall 0, R Wigglesworth 10, P Atkinson 44, S Bennett 24, R Harrison not out 11, R Nuttall not out 6. Extras 20. • Total (5 wkts) 118.
dec. (Haworth 51). Bowling: K Boden 12—0—
Rawtcsstall 197 for 8 dec. Clitheroe 2nd 118 for 5. RAWTENSTALL: 197 for 8
11, S Crabtree 8, R Wiggles worth 0. R. Read 0, R. Harri son 16, S. Bennett 61. D. Green up 0, M. Evans 43, G. Tomlin son not out 5, B. Edmondson
Clitheroe 2nd 174 for 9 dec. Great Harwood 2nd 111, CLITHEROE: R Aspinwall
O. ROSSENDALIANS: 114
4, M. Hall not out 3. Extras 23. Total (9 wkts dec) 174. GT. HARWOOD: 111. Bowling: G Tomlinson 6—1
—28—0, R Wigglesworth 16.6 —8—30—8, R Aspinwall 6—2 —15—0, B. Edmondson 7—2— 23—2, D Greenup 2—0—13—0.
Ribblesdale Wand. 2nd 104, Cherry Tree 2nd 171 for 5 dec.
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers 2nd were unable to make much im pression on a strong visiting Cherry Tree side, and the 171 runs they scored proved too great for Wanderers to over haul.
son was unbeaten with 51 on tho way to Cherry Tree’s dec laration, for five wickets. Wanderers began their reply
Stevenson scored 64 and Ive-
but Parker went on to score 43.
well enough, Weaver a n d Parker making 28 for the first wicket. Weaver was out for 12,
from Knowles, 26 not out, and Barker, 11, went cheaply and Ribblesdale were all out for 104. CHERRY TREE: 171 for 5 dec (D. Stevenson 64, M. Iveson 51 n.o.) Bowling: P. Knowles 9— 2—25—1, T. Barker 6.2—1—27 —0, A. Parker 9—1—31—2, H. Upton 8—4)—44—2, C. Nutter 5—0—35—0. RIBBLESDALE W: K. E. Weaver 12, A. Parker 43. T. Barker 11, R.-Brennan 1, J. Austcr 0, W. Bradley 2. C. Mercer 2, H. Upton 1, P. Knowles not out 26, D. Williams 0, C. Nutter 1. Extras 5. Total 104.
The rest of the batsmen, apart VALLEY LEAGUE Atkinsons 81 for 5 Clitheroe SC 77,
ATKINSONS ended a run of seven games without a win by scoring a surprise away victory over league leaders Clitheroe Social Club.
characteristic batting failure largely brought about by Met calfe’s accurate howling, which gave him six wickets for 22 in just over nine overs.
Social Club suffered an un
was only 18, from Aspinwall, and their total of 77 was easily passed by Atkinsons, with five wickets to spare.
The home side’s top score
son 0, R Rawsthome 0, J Wood- worth 14, P Pedder 16, P Nes ter 3, D Thompson 11. L Aspinwall 18, B Smith 2, D Niven 5, C Choyce 0, J Atkin son 4. Extras 4. Total 77. Bowling: J Metcalfe 9.1—4—
SOCIAL CLUB: R. Thomp
calfe not out 6. M Johnson not out 5. Extras 6. Total (5 wkts) 81,
22—1, P Pedder 9—1—31—2; J Woodworth 6—0—18—2.
Brockhall 45 for 4, Wellington 44.
A FINE spell of bowling by Bibby and Lamb restricted Wei lington to a modest total of 44 when they visited Brockhall and the hospital side had no difficulty in passing this for
Bowling: D Niven 10.1—1— RESULTS
101-3; Clitheroe 169-6 dec, Blackburn N. 110; Settle 156-6 dec, Great Harwood 96-6; Whalley 48, Ribblesdale W. 132. PERFORMANCES BATTING
Cherry Tree 97, Baxenden
Gee (Baxenden) 54 n.o. M. Hemmingway (Settle) 51.
Hall (Whalley) 7-46. Slinger (Ribblesdale W.) 5-15.
BOWLING
LEAGUE TABLE P W B L f l s
Greenhalgh (Clitheroe) 81.
Gt. Harwood ....... 11 5 3 3 23 Barnoldswick ....... 10 5 1 4 21 Baxenden ........... 11 4 3 4 19 Cherry Tree ....... 11 4 3 4 19 Padiham ............... 10 4 3 3 19 Read .................. 9 4 1 4 17 Ribblesdale W ... 11 3 4 4 16 ♦Whalley .......... 10 3 2 5 15 ♦Clitheroe ........... 11 2 5 4 14 Settle .................. 11 2 6 3 14
Earby .............. 10 6 3 1 27
Blackburn N ........ 11 2 3 6 11 (* includes tic).
xious to repair the damage, be came Wanderers’ eighth victim with 22 on the board, Whalley looked to Fallon to restore sanity to the situation. But his colleagues could not
PARTICIPANTS in the sports day in jovial mood before the afternoons exertions, ------ . . .
IT WAS a day of records for Clitheroe Royal Grammar School athletes' at the annual sports day. Not because they were in better form than usual, but becauso this was the first time the school had used the metric system, and this meant that all tlte track event records had to' be re-established. Nevertheless, one field event
CASTLE ARE HOUSE CHAMPIONS AT GRAMMAR SCHOOL SPORTS
(H). Intermediate 100 metres: 1,
A. Pearson (W); 2, G. Monk (W); 3, I. Gregory (C).
record was broken and another equalled at the school’s annual sports day. A. Pearson, of Waddow House, broke the in termediate long jump record of 5.34 metres, which he himself had set up last year. This year he managed a distance of 5.79 metres. D. Nicholson, of Castle House, equalled the senior high jump record of 1.60 metres, set by M. Lord in 1966. Awards were presented to the winners by Mr. D. W. Spencer, a careers officer with the Lancashire County Council, and former member of tho grammar school staff, who was also in charge of physical edu cation at the school. The headmaster, Mr. G.
Woods (P); 2, R. Crabtree (P); 3, D. Grime (H). Intermediate shot: 1, G.
Hampshire (H); 2, J. Sharpies (C); 3, I. McKnight (W). Intermediate 800 metres: t,
Senior 800 metres: 1, P. ' „
A. Pearson (W); 2, M. Todd (P); 3, A. Gardner (W). Junior 100 metres: 1, D.
Intermediate high jump: 1, , Junior long jump: 1, M. •
Binns (C); 2, G. Wright (P); 3, J. Dale (H).
G. Wright (P); 2. I. Gregory (C); 3, P. Fort (W).
Raith (C); 2. M. Woods (P); 3, J. Walker (W). Senior 100 metres: 1, J.
Hood, presided at the meeting, and was chief judge. Results of the sports events
Senior long jump: Nicholson (C); 2. J.
(C.); 3, J. Stokes (C). Junior 200 metres:
1. D. Boden
Raith (C); 2, J. Walker (W); 3,
P. Jones (W). Intermediate 400 metres: 1.
R. Bentley (C), 2, J. Wood
(W): 3, R. Stock (P). Intermediate long jump: 1,
A. Pearson (W) (new record); 2, G. Monk (W); 3. F. Dooris (W) and I. Gregory (C). Senior 200 metres; 1, A. Compton; 2, D. Nicholson (Q;
3, J. Ward (H). Junior 800 metres: 1, A.
Bush (H); 2. D. Marlin (C); 3, A. Wilkinson (W). Junior throwing the cricket
Ward (H); 2, A. Compton; 3, J. Purves (C). Junior high jump; 1. M;
(H); 2, A. Purdie (C); 3, S. Green (P). 1st form—100 metres: 1, P.
Nicholson (C) (equalled record); 2, T. Stokes (C); 3, I. Astlcy
were: (W, Waddow H, Hen derson; C, Castle; P, Park.) Senior Javelin: 1, J. Ward
Jones (W); 2, R. Kay (C); 3, K. Pearson (H). Senior high jump: 1, D.
GREENHALGH INSTILS
CONFIDENCE
Clitheroe 169 for 6 dec, Blackburn N. 110.
LIKE neighbouring Rib blesdale Wanderers, Clith eroe responded to the call for an end to their frustra ting series of draws by
ern are only half the side they were last season, and conse quently one would expect them to be beaten twice as easily. However, Clitheroe found
scoring a laudable victory. Champioss Blackburn North
Cup) shared by J. Ward (H) and P. Hampshire (H), 9 points each. Middle school
Trophy), J. Ward (H); 800 metres senior (Neil Cook tro phy); P. Hampshire (H); 1500 metres senior (Bumett-Hurst Cup), P. Hampshire (H); inter house championship (Major Austin Cup), 1. Castle (58} pts);
champion A. Pearson (W) Junior school champion (Harri son Cup): M. Woods (P); first form champion; 'P. Jones (W); 100 metres, senior (Edmondson
2, Wadfiow (47}); 3. Hender son (40) and Park (40).
ball: 1, M. Woods (P); 2, M. Ranson (W); 3, D. Walton (P). Senior shot: 1, A. Morton (H); 2, S. Finder (C); 3, I.
Woods (P); 2. M. Wilson (H); 3. D. Mills (W) and J.
Astlcy (C). Intermediate 1500 metres: 1, G. Pye (C); 2, R. Bentley (C);
Walker (W). Intermediate 200 metres: 1,
3, D. Howard (W). Senior 1500 metres: 1. P.
mer (W); 2, A. Morton (H); 3, A. Pinder (C). Senior 400 metres: 1, P. Hampshire (H); 2, J. Ward (H);
G. Monk (W); 2, I. Skellorn (P); I. Fairclough (W). Senior disous: 1. M. Plim-
Binns (C); 2, I. Skellorn (C); 3, J. Dale (H).
3, J. Purves (C). Intermediate discus: 1, G.
Hampshire (H); 2, J. Sharpies (C); 3, D. Swarbrick (P). Relay junior (4 x 100 metres):
Caterer to tne Huaical mofesslon
PIANO TUNING and RECONDITIONING
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E. J. APPLETON 21 Woodlands Rise.
1. Park; 2, Henderson; 3. Wad dow Intermediate: 1, Park; Waddow: 3, Castle, Senior: 1. Castle; 2, Henderson; 3. Wad dow.
Brass Cup) and runner-up to Victor Ludorum (John Kenyon
Award winners were: Victor Ludorum (Sir William
Football “r eveng e match FOR CLITHEROE IN FA CUP
CLITHEROE FC will travel to Ashton United in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup, on September 18th. In the Lancashire Combination Challenge Cup,
they are also away in the first round, to Milnthorpe Corinthians, one of four new members of the League.
when they visited PJeckgate two weeks earlier that Northern are still capable of making a fight and had to settle for a draw when a win looked certain. So it was picasing to see
Clitheroe to beat Ashton United, for the winners will be at home in the next round to either Great Harwood or Pres cot Town, on October 9th. In the FA Challenge Cup,
There is a great incentive for
fresh names in the squad, perhaps including a former
Clitheroe player. The full draw for the Lan
Clitheroe gain revenge when the Blackburn side came to Chatburn Road on Saturday. Moreover, it was doubly grati fying to watch the home pro fessional Greenhalgh, continu ing his revival with a glorious
Greenhalgh has scored 77, 50, 32 and now 81. taking his average from 12.7 to 29.9. On Saturday, he inspired Davies to knock up 29 before being run out in his enthusiasm. Westhead was able to declare
force until Slater bowled him, and his presence undoubtedly instilled extra confidence into his colleagues. In his last four innings,
innings of 81. He looked an immoveable
tion.
Clitheroe a tremendous start by knocking off the bails of open- ing batsman McNulty for
their fourth win of the season. Bibby was the more success
The skipper himself gave , . '
ful bowler, with six victims for only 17, but his partner gave ample support, taking the other four wickets for 23. WELLINGTON: 44. Bowling: M. Bibby 10—4
22—6, B Buchanan 5—0—35 —2, J. Trotter 4—0—16—2.
B Williams 13, J Trotter 29, B Allen 17, P.. Clough 4, J. Met
ATKINSONS: J. Hamer 1.
17—6; W. Lamb 9.2-2—23- 4.
1. N Duckworth 0, M Holden 31, W Lamb 0, T Wallbank not out 9, 'A Holgate not out 0. Extras 4. Total (4 wkts) 45.
BROCKHALL: C Grunshaw
far from ended. Collins, North- ern’s dependable professional, made sure the home side had to work hard for victory by staying for 42, an innings which was terminated, much to Clitheroe’s relief, when Sut
none. But Clitheroe's troubles were
force another draw by Jones (25) and Shepherd (not out 14).
cliffe got him out lbw. Apart from a late attempt to
Brown was run out to relin quish' the last wicket ar.d give Clitheroe the win they deserved,
the rest of Northerns wickets Blackburn reached 110 before
accepted into the Lancashire Combination at the recent annual meeting, along with Atherton Collieries, Kirkby Town Reserves and Ashton
last y e a r , Ashton United eliminated Clitheroe after a replay at Shawbridge. Clitheroe will be anxious to gain revenge. Milnthorpe Corinthians were
cashire Combination Challenge Cup is: Milnthorpe Corin thians v Clitheroe; Blackpool Mcchs v Bacup; Atherton Collieries v Ashton Town: Darwen v Nelson; St. Helens Leyland M; Dukinfield
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Kirkby Town Res; Prescot Town v Wigan Rovers. Acc rington Stanley will have
bye. The League Cup wall be run
Town. There will only be 15 mem
bers of the Combination next season—an awkward number which will necessitate ’resting’
five clubs have left the League this season, while only four new ones have joined. Lytham were not re-elected
one team each week. This situation arises because
at 169 for six, and set about trying to bowl out the opposi
Athletic Reserves, resigned from the Combination on the assumption that their first team would be elected into the Football League. . This did not occur, however, and they eventually joined the Lancashire League, while the first team remains in the
at the AGM. Formby, Prest- wich Hcys and Radcliffe Borough were, after a period of uncertainty, accepted into an extended Cheshire League. The fifth clu b, Wigan
on a similar basis to last year, although this time there will be only three zones. Clitheroe will be in a zone with Darwen, Accrington, Bacup and Nelson.
WEST INDIANS VISIT
WHALLEY Whallcy 109 for 8,
Caribbcans X I200 for 9 dec.
WHALLEY entertained popular West Indian side, the Canb- beans, on Sunday, and managed to force a draw from an ex
citing game. The West . Indians were soon
Northern Premier League. Clitheroe fans will be pleased
to hear that David Maybury has signed as a professional
for the club. He gave some heroic displays in goal for Clitheroe towards the end ol the season and promises to be a valuable asset. Young ama teur, Mick Southworth, has
also
re-signed.All the players report for training on July 2.1st, in paration for the start of the new season, on August 14th. There will probably be a few
in trouble when Graham Wil- ford howled Jules with the score at eight. They continued to struggle until Joseph joined Mondesire at 42 for two. Joseph scored 60, including
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eight fours and a six. His partner. St Louis, who came in at number eight scored 45 (five fours; two sixes) and one ot his sixes cleared not only the railway embankment hut also both sets* of lines.
after Yates had taken three for 12. Whalley’s reply was slow but steady and at the close they had scored 109 for eight,
They declared at 200 for nine, . so forcing a draw. A biff day in the Clarion calendar
LAST Sunday was one of the ‘big’ days in the Clarion
calendar. - It was the .first National Clarion C. and A.A. ‘25’ mile champion ship. The decision to have
one was made at the Easter Meet at Southport in 1969, and it has -taken until now to make all the arrange
the Notts and Derby Clarion on a course on the A6097. Those
ments The event was promoted, by.
going to provide a flyer of a course soon found out diffe
of us who imagined that the roads in Nottinghamshire were
^ J
rently. The start, on a . side lanc;
gave us a two mile downhill swoop; followed by a level mile past the finishing point. At the main road we turned left on to a dual carriageway with a hard climb to the top turn, which was a most complicated round
turn, was against tho slight wind and involved negotiating a fur
about.- : : (- : - ! ■ The long leg out to the far
ther two islands,
before.cross ing the River Trest at Gun- thorpe Bridge and finding me road sweeping round a Jett hand bend into a tree-lined sec tion into which the sun; could hardly penetrate. It was, .perhaps, as well, be
.. i..*__nut in nosition by an 1.10.55, gav
been put in position by an Irishman, the last one in parti cular, after a short, hard climb was perfectly straight level, with tho finish appearing to be a small speck in the dis
cause the gloom hid a real leg- bending climb which had usiall out of the saddle. The return down it was the only time I found myself able to* get .the big top gear going.,
;
boards and I arrived at the con- elusion that they must have
The last five miles had marker
tance. As expected the promoting club carried off most o f . the
prizes, in particular the Cham pion* who' outclassed-everyone, Frank Taylor in 55.53.
; Notts, and Derby also had ■the fastest lady in Susan Beal in L10.3. and-the best vet on standard in Wyn Maddock the racing grandmother whose
1.10.55, gave her eight minutes. F o r North Lancs _
was the fastest vet in 1.3.47. Young Stephen Nightingale
Frank Barton rode into third place with 58.59 and Bod Fcltell
- Clarion,
produced a best ever 1.6.12 and came away crowing - at a 4 second beating of elder brother Christopher. My own. contribu tion was a best of the year in 1.9.32 and fellow vet Harry Beard returned 1.12.29. The club run leaves Woono
Lane at 9-30 a.m. destination- to lie decided at the start. ‘SPRITE’
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