day was Richard Greenwood whom one associates more easily with the rigour of Rugby Union Football than the som nolent atmosphere at Chatburn Road. Richard is. of course, a former captain of the England
tories but went down to Great Harwood on Sunday. Runs are not proving too hard to get the club’s main concern being the fitness of Paul Tatton. The professional is having trouble with an old knee injury and at Great Harwood on Sunday was called upon only because the Cliffe Park Club objected to Read fielding a substitute. Helping Clitheroe on Satur
Read and were held at bay bv Baxendcn. Read have had two good vic
are at Chatburn Road tomor row. have one win to their credit but although passing the hundred mark in both two weekend games they lost at
largely to the skill of Hall and Kudd, Ribblesdale Wanderers who
ued in last years vein yet, sur- prisingly despite some low scores—an embarrassing 17 on Saturday—they have won two of their three games, thanks
AFTER the rain-spoilt open ing to the Ribblesdalo Cricket League season, clubs have now completed three full program mes but luck has been loth to favour the local teams. Whalley s batting has contin
Weakened Whalley shot out for 17
sporting chance when the oppo sition goes in last.
derer; Read v Baxenden; Whal ley v Great Harwood. Sunday:
Ribblesdale League. JUNIOR LEAGUE
CiiP* Bolton League v
v Read; Blackburn Northern v Langho Colony.
Saturday: Div. 1: Baxendcn
, P*v- 2: Great Harwood v Whalley; Ribblesdale W v Clitheroe; Rolls Roycc 2nd v Waddington.
Rossendalians; Owaldtwistle v Waddington.
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Rolls Royce 2nd; Rawtenstall v Ribblesdalc W; Whalley v O
Sunday: Div. 2: Clithcroe v
RIBBLESDALE LEAGUE Saturday: Clitheroe v Ribblesdale Wan
batting potential is there; not so evident on Saturday was the vital spark to fire it into pro ducing enough runs to give the less strong bowling section a
brought tile number of players With Stonyhurst College con- Pft'?™ to two, the other being Martin Greenhalgh, the profes sional, and the Public School link was completed by the skip per, Simon .Westhcad, who was educated at Giggleswick. On the face of thing's, the
Rugby team. His inclusion in' the team
Brockhall; Barrowford v Atkin son’s.
dere; Clitheroe SC v Lucas. JUNIOR LEAGUE
Sunday: Brockhall v Belve
4, Baxendn 74; BB and CV 61-6, Langho Colony 60; Lower Darwen 200-8 dec., Read 111-7; Lucas 77, EEC 78-5; Padiham 81, Oswaldtwistle 88-2; Settle 97, Earby 45.
Division 1: Blackburn N. 77-
Blackburn Northern 79; Clith eroe 46, Barnoldswick 49-3; Earby 78-9, Settle 114;-Whalley 17, Padiham 85; Cherry Tree 140-9 dec., Gt. Hanvood 70: Read 162-6 dec., Ribblcsdale Wanderers 112. Sunday: Read 107. Gt. Har
round: Read 189-9, Earby 89; Langho Colony 69-4, Wadding
CRICKET
Down like ninepins
little over two hours; Whal- ley's 17 took almost as long, which amply indicates the pat tern of the game. Gee and Shirtcliffe finished
with 5 for seven and 3 for two respectively.
Hall six for 26
tions to his liking and finished with six for 26. Rudd chipped in with three for 15 and Settle owed a debt to Hemningway for being the only man to reach double figures—21 out of a total of 45.
Wanderers failed
tent with sharing the points. After losing cheap early wickets, Baxendcn held the Wanderers’ attack at bay due to the resist ance of Gee, who scored 39, and Duckworth with an unbeaten 30. There were still five wickets in hand when the game ended. Slinger took all five wickets
secutive overs and similar cavalier treatment was handed
out to Metcalfe and Barker who each conceded 10 .in an over.
A tedious afternoon
SCORING was painfully slow at Chatburn Road on Saturday when Barnoldswick were visi tors—and won by seven wick ets.
strong batting side but there was no evidence of it on this occasion, although allowances must be made for the absence '
On paper. Clithcroe are a
Poor show against Whalley the previous week, while Clitheroe had been able to declare at Great Hanvood; one therefore rightly expected no difficulty in notching the first win of the season. Incidentally, Barnolds wick provided just that almost 12 months ago to the day. After 40 minutes, Clitheroe
of Davies and Wilson. ' Barnoldswick had put up a
at a cost of just under five apiece, but lacked support at the other end. Ten runs were taken off Pedder in two con
man and Wallbank who put on f>6 for the first wicket when Baxenden visited C h u r c h -Meadow on Sunday. Ribbles dalc Wanderers reached the res pectable total of 133. But they still had to be con
Given a good start by Work
on Sunday their modest 63 seemed nowhere hear sufficient after Davidson and Hemning- , way had claimed four wickets each at reasonable cost. However, Hall found condi
Wl^en Whallcy visited Settle
nership between Anderson and Rudd (the former held four catches off Rudd’s bowling, and Rudd followed tip his five wickets against Barnoldswick with six for 16), Padiham re covered well. The visitors’ 85 came in a
made tuns hard to get, Padi ham began badly, losing their first three wickets for 10 runs. Among those was professional Halsall, who had slammed the Ribblesdale League’s first cen tury of the season, the previous week. But despite a successful part
scorer with seven, which inclu ded one of the only two boun daries of the match. Padiham’s top-scorer Rigg, got the other. On a soft, slow wicket which
made the Guinness Book of Records! Parkinson v.-s Whallcy’s top
in reply to Padiham’s 85. and the innings included f i v e ‘ducks.’ The first four fell for only two runs, and but for Duckworth. Parkinson a n d Hall, Whalley might well have
WITHOUT Topham and Blea- zard, Whalley’s wickets fell like ninepins to a brisk Padi ham attack at Mitton Road on Saturday. Whalley were all out for 17
Scothern were not to be separa ted. but scoring was ever so slow, 29 being reached in just .over the hour and it was . tur ned 6 o’clock when the profes sional hit the winning boun dary.
Read take the points
and a more than adequate total. Read were able to experiment with bowlers. To some extent this was necessary as Tatton
were Goodway (36) and Tatton (30 no), and the Ribblesdale bowling was given the treat ment from time to time, Tat ton hitting three sixes. With plenty of time to spare
put the villagers in on a slow wicket. Skipper Fairclough scored his first fifty of the sea son in a valuable innings which laid the foundation for Read's total of 162 for 6 declared. Other major contributors
READ defeated Ribblcsdale Wanderers by 40 runs in their first home game of the season. The visitors won the toss and
shaped little better. They lost opener Wilson before a run had been scored and had three down for 19. Two of them were the direct result of bowling chan ges: Sutcliffe took over from Westhead and promptly had Walsh leg before, and Green wood, relieving Greenhalgh at the Pimlico end had Alderson out with his first delivery, West- head diving full-length to take a grass-high catch at mid-wicket. However, Mitchinson and
tive maidens, taking two wick ets en-route, with Mitchinson claiming a hat-trick from the Chatburn Road end as Clith eroe slumped to 42 all out for some two hours’ batting. In general, Barnoldswick
were on 19 but then lost two wickets and the remainder began to tumble. Another fell at 28 followed by five more for only another 10 runs. Pickup bowled three' consecu
Clitheoe 92; Ribblesdale W 153, Baxenden 92-5. Sunday: Lawrence Cup 1st
Tree 102; BlackbUrn Northern 111-7, Earby 110; Padham 156,
wood 109-4; Settle 45, Whalley 63; Barnoldswick 103-6, Cherry
Bamoldswick 65, Clitheroe 68 for 6. Saturday: Baxenden 146,
Cherry Tree 74; O. Rossenda lians 145-8 dec.. Waddington 39-9; Oswaldtwisle 53, Rawten stall 98-9; Ribblesdale W. 104, Rolls Royce 107-5; Rolls Royce 2nd 66, Whalley 155-9 dec.;
Division 2: Gt. Harwood 90, Saturday: St. Francis’ v VALLEY LEAGUE
ton 66; Rolls Royce 2nd 89, Padiham 90-1; Clithcroe 35-3, Cherry Tree 31. 2nd round: Burnley Belvedere 112-9, O. Rossendalians 114-4.
sons 55-4; Lucas 2nd 49, Bar rowford 46; Brockhall 44, Clitheroe SC 45.
2, Lucas 2nd 27. Sunday: Belvedere 54, Atkin-
’
Harwood, 8 for 40; Mitchinson, Barnoldswick, 7 for 28; J. Rudd Whalley, 6 for 16; H. Howard, Cherry Tree, 6 for 18; M, S. Davidson, Settle, 6 for 42; D. Haydock, Blackburn Northern, 6 for 43; S. Gee, Padiham, 5 for 7; Dennett, Earby, 5 for 35; T. Barnes, Baxenden, ,5 for 39.
Batting: Collins, Blackburn Northern, 59; Halsall, Padiham,
Sunday
Harwood, 7 for 44; J. Eland, Padiham, 6 for 20; Hall, Whal ley, 6 for 26; Slinger, Ribbles dale Wanderers, 5 for 24; Col-’ lins, Blackburn Northern. 5 for 24; D. Peat. Blackburn North ern, 5 for'43.
58; D. Ormerod, Great Har wood 54 not out. Bowling: Halliwcll, Great
^Batting: P. Fairclough, Read, Bowling: Halliwcll,. Great
PERFORMANCES Saturday
dington team, is still champion player of Clitheroe and district
successive year only when his opponent, Terry Palmer, of the Social'Club, conceded the final game of the five played at the Conservative Club on Tuesday, which had reached the last
Snooker League. He won the title for the third
the first and third and Palmer the second and fourth of some very interesting games played before a capacity audience which included members of the Burgess family, the senior members of which were cele brating their golden wedding anniversary that day. At the close, the president.
black ball. Previously Burgess had won
Norman Bulges-., of the Wad
Social Club; runners-up Wad dington “A” Team Knockout Cup: Police. Highest Break Cup: Pendleton. Individual Championship Cup: N. Bur gess; runner-up Cup: T. Pal mer.
Mr. F. Haydock, presented trophies won in the league during the season, as follows: League Championship Shield:
Mr. F. McNab presided and
Thistlethwaitc who received the Highest Break Cup on be half of R. Crozicr, Pendleton, unable to attend; D. Niven, captain of Social Club, league champions; N. Burgess, indi vidual champion; and B. Althain, Police, winners of (he team knockout.
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LAST PAIR SAVE WADDINGTON
Barnoldswick 2nd 65, Clitheroc 2nd 68 for 6
Sixth over due to the recurrence of a previous injury. The Ribblesdale . batsmen showed little enterprise, Met-
nfWd
30 and Sumner 3 for 33. A satisfactory result,, but a rather worrying match for Read con sidering the injury to Tatton.
good one to dismiss Lamb. Goodway finished with 4 for
Still out of luck
field preceded the dismissal of Bailey, caught and bowled by Sutcliffe with the score at 88. Hargreaves joined Halsall who was punishing the slow left arm deliveries of Bennett but was ultimately caught on the boun dary by Washbrook off Sut cliffe, quickly followed by Hal sall, caught for 58. John Devon and Derbyshire stayed
sive Saturday afternoon cricket the Chatburn Road side must provide if they are to attract spectators. A fine six ino the football
CLITHEROE found Padiham in aggressive mood in their Sunday fixture at The Arbor- ies. Padiham won the toss and opened with Roger Devon and Halsall to the bowling of Greenhalgh and Boden, -and quickly had Devon back in the pavilion, run out for a single. Halsall was joined by Gee and the pair proceeded to punish the bowling, forcing an early change of attack. Gee was run put for 13, but Halsall was in sparkling form and, with Bailey, raced ahead and had 40 of the first 55 runs includ ing a fine six into the car park. His 50 arrived in 70 minutes. This was the type of aggres
keeper Boyce- over. w give
the.skipper three ‘akl"8 ? particularly wickets, jn n balls at a cost
i j ] le „ <
LaCJ1CS R'SS both bowled in the same - -
of three apiece. The total was 156.
-
Wilson, Davies (hurt), Green wood and Read the Clithcroc batting was badly weakened, which gave some of the youn ger players an opportunity to win their spurs.
looks promising and will surely make the grade once he has settled to senior league cricket. He is finding that there is a vast difference between nets and being in the middle on match days. He fell to a catch behind off Eland with the score 35 for four.
Turpin (17) and Boden (19) failed to arrest Padiham and
the Clitheroe side were all out for 92.
brought on Gee who took Greenhalgh caught and bowled for 21, and with a fully attack ing field, Bennett fell for four. Two fine tail-end innings by
who was being forced' to adopt an unaccustomed “backs to the wall” game for his side. Vaughton was reasonably un happy to be given out lbw and Crabtree seemed to be batting well when lie was caught ‘off the shoulder’. A double bowling change
Vaughton joined Greenhalgh Bob Wigglesworth always
brook and Stevenson to the bowling of Halsall and Eland. Washbrook fell to a catch off Eland at 18 and was replaced by Greenhalgh. Runs came fairly freely but at 27, Stev enson on 13 gave an easy chance to cover which was gratefully accepted by Rigg. Westhead was bowled by Shincliffe for nought. In the absence of Bacon,
Clitheroe opened with Wash- was unable to complete his
calfe-at number 10, being top cliffe wascaught off We’ 20 not out.,
shire was smartly run out attempting a second run; Shin-
Who then dismissed Eland and sthead,
together to 120 when Devon was Jbw to Sutcliffe; Partnered by Rigg, Derby
Beaten by 6 wickets
READ suffered their first defeat of the season when they met Great Harwood at Clide Park on Sunday.
satisfactory slart when there was disagreement about the fielding of a substitute pro fessional by Read. Conse quently, Tatton played al though unfit and unable to bowl at full pace.
wicket gave him little or no assistance, Halliwell look seven Read wickets for 44 runs, the last six wickets falling for the addition of only 20.
Despite that fact that the The match got off to an un
S. Crabtree 7. P. Dobson 9, R’. Harrison 3, D. Greenup not out 6, R. Aspinwall 10, G. Rawson not out 17. Edmond son not out 5. Extras 5. Total (6 wkts.) 68.
son 8—3—14—1; D. Brennan 5—1—26—2; R. Aspinwall 7—
Clitheroe bowling: G. Raw-
1—8—2; G. Tomlinson 4.7—1 —13—5.
Clitheroc 2nd 35 for 3, Cherry Tree 2nd 31.
the committee will no doubt be the injury to Tatton, which it is hoped will not be so serious as to deprive Read of his services.
K. Procter lbw Greenwood 7 I. Metcalfe c and b Sav
Slingcr b Greenwood ... .0 P. Pedder c and b Savage 4 T. Barker b Savage ....... 4 A. Musgrove not out ...... 3 Extras
age .................. ............... 15 1
2—43—2; K. Savage 12.3—1 —43—4; P. Clegg 5—0—19— 0: Gee 8—4—13—2: W. Greenwood 4—0—14—2.
Total .............................. 133 BOWLING: T. Barnes 13—
K. Savage lbw Slingcr ... 0 J. Duckworth not out ... 30 D. Pilling not out ........... 1 Extras .......................... 1
39
24—5; I. Metcalfe 4—0—19— 0: P. Pedder 7—1—34—0; T. Barker 2—0—14—0.
Total (5 wkls) .............. 92 BOWLING: Slingcr 11—2—
WHALLEY
R. Wilkinson c Gilchrist b Davidson ...........
T. ParkinSbn e Mitchell b Hemmingway ................ 12
P. Shuttleworth c Horn b Davidson ' ......................
I
Hall c Lord b Davidson 1 M. Sallon lbw Andrews 13 J Rudd b' Mitchell ......... 16 L Collier not out ........... 3
G. Hindle c Andrews b Hemmingway - i . . . . . . . . 0
Total 63
J. Slinger c Mitchell b Hemmingway .............. 2
N. Duckworth c Mitchell b Davidson ...................... 5
A. Anderson b Hemming way .............................. 9
1
S. Knowles b Slinger ....... 1 G. Lund b Slinger............ 13 W. Greenwood b Slinger 7 Gee b Slinger ......
BAXENDEN
J. Ainsworth Ibw Gee ... 7 D. Cottam Ibw Barnes ... 7 B. Lamb c Ormerod b Savage .......................... 19
T. Vyallbank c and b Barnes
W. Workman c Knowles b Gee ............................ 44
RIBBLESDALE W. ............................ 22 Cricket scoreboard
BOWLING: M. S. Davidson 33—7—14—4; M. Hemming- way 15—5—21—4;.D. Stavclcy 5—0—20—0; W. Andrews 5—
D. Gilchrist b Rudd ....... 0 T. Lord b Hall .............. 1 L. Bird run out .............. o D. Stavcley b Hall .......... 2 M. S. Davidson not out 1 Extras 4
Total 45
BOWLING: Hall 12—5—26— 6; J. Rudd 11—3—15—3.
S. Bennett stmpd Scothern b Mitchinson
Total
R. Read b Mitchinson ... Greenhalgh b Pickup ... R. Wigglesworth b Pickup R. Vaughton b Mitchinson S. Westhead b Mitchinson R. Greenwood b Mitchin son ................................. 0
A. Turpin b Mitchinson 4 G. Sutcliffe not out ...... 2 Extras
—0—28—7; R. Pickup 11.2—4 —17—3.
BARNOLDSWICK
■R. Alderson c Westhead b - Greenwood .................. 0
....... 31
K. Wilson lbw Greenwood 0 M. Walsh Ibw Sutcliffe ... 4 Mifchinson not out
■T. .Scothern not out ...... 14 Total (3 wkts) ,v ..... . 49 BOWLING: Greenlialgh 9—
BOWLING: Milchinson 12 ....... 0
.......................... 1 46
B. Stevenson b Pickup ... C. Bacon c Whipp b Mit chinson .......................... 8
CLITHEROE 19
E. Mitchell b Rudd ....... 1 M. Hayton lbw Hall ....... 8 W. Adnrews b Hall ....... 0 B. Horn c and b Rudd ... 3
J. Agar lbw Hall .......... 4 M. Hemminway c Duck worth b Hall .............. 21
SETTLE
1—6—1; E. Mitchell 1—0—2— 1.
J. Hanvood c Workman b Slingcr .............................. 4
R. Goodway'c Wilkinson b Metcalfe .......................... 36
' Tatton not out .................. 30 P. Haworth run out ......... 0 E. Sumner c Workman b Slinger .......................... 9 Extras ............................. s
M. Grainger c Wallbank b Slinger.......................... is
—3; I. Metcalfe 11—1—68—1;
W. Workman b Tatton ... 4 T- Wallbank lbw b Pollard 18 J. Answorth c Pollard b Tatton .......... .................. 4
P. Wilkinson 3—0—28—0; T. Barker 4—0—14—0. RIBBLESDALE WANDS.
Slingcr lbw Goodway ...... 13 T. Barker b Goodway....... 14 A. Musgrove b Sumner ... 2 K. Proctor c and b Good-
P. Wilkinson c Fairclough b Sumner ......
T way .................................. 0 I. Metcalfe not out ...... 20
Extras .......................9 Total ...................... ]]2
|
l 6—?; F Newby 5—0—16—0; R. Goodway 8—0—30—4- D
PADIHAM
R. Devon c Collier b Hall .........
Halsall c Anderson b Rudd
S. ' Gee c Anderson b Rudd R. Bailey c Slinger b Rudd D. Hargreaves b H a l l....... J. Derbyshire lbw Rudd J. Devon c Anderson b Rudd ......... ;....... ..
H. Rigg b Shuttleworth V. Daly st Collier b Rudd
0—20—0; S. Westhead 4—2—. 6—0: G. Sutcliffe 6—0—10—1; R. Greenwood 4—0—6—1; B.. Stevenson 1.4—0—7—0.
J.' Hayes not out .......... Extras
Total .................... .
B. .Shirtcliffe c Anderson b Rudd ......... ........ ...........
BOWLING: Talton 5.4—1— 6°— t ^ ,0~ E' Suillncr
D. Cottam b Goodway ... IS W. Lamb c Boyce-Kcnyon _b Sumner ...................... 9
Total. (6 wkts dec.) ...... 162 BOWING: Slinger' 12—I—44
W. P. Fairclough b Met calfe ................................. 57
READ
R. Wilkinson hit wicket b Gee ......... ;...................... 0
A. Anderson c Rigg b Hal sall ................................. 2
P. Shuttlcworth b Gee () J. Slingcr lbw b Halsall 0 N. Duckworth c Hayes b Gee
............................. 3
J. Collier not o u t .............. 0 Total
0 17
BOWLING: Halsall 8—4—8— 2; S. G5e 10—7—7—5; B. Shirtcliffe 2—1—2—3.
R. Goodway b Halliwcll M. Grainger b Haworth ... Tatton c Jagger b Halli well
.............................
P. Haworth b Halliwell ... P. Boyce-Kenyon b Haw orth ..........................1..
.............................
E. Sumner Ibw b Halli well
F. Newby not out Total ..............................
Extras .............. .............. 6 107
12 24—0; W. Haworth 6—0—23— 12 3.
0
17 Goodway ...................... II 21 D. Ormcrod not out ...... 54 ■8 D. Halliwell c Fairclough b Sumner ...................... 10
P. Wall c Fairclough b GT. HARWOOD
— Extras 85
0 W. Wilkinson b Harwood 18 3 C. Ward lbw b Tatton ... 2 3 W. Haworth not out ......
Total (four wkls)
..............-........... 12 109
2
8 1—44—7; R. V. Spencer 3—1 0 —10—0: B. Lancaster 2—0^-
BOWLING: Halliwell 11.5—
M. Georgcson c Nixon b Haworth ......................
I. Harwood c Ward b Hal liwell
W, P. Fairclough lbw b Halliwil .....................
READ
3S 0
27 0
T. Parkinson c and b Gee 7 R. Eatough b Shirtcliffe i Hall b Shirtcliffe .......... 4 G. Hindle c Halsall b Shirtcliffe ...................... 0 J. Rudd b Gee ..........
PADHAM
Halsall c Crabtree b Sut cliffe .............................. 5s
S. Gee run out ......... R. Devon run out .......... 1
R. Bailey c and b Sut cliffe .............................. 12
L Eland b Westhcad ....:. 0 J.. Heycs not out .............. 3 Extras
.......................... 4 Total .............................. 156
r : 3—51— 0; K. Boden 7—0— 24—0: G. Sutcliffe 11—1—46
BOWLING: Grecnhaleh 13
—4: S. Bennett 4—0—22—0; S. Westhead 1.3—0—9—3.
R- Stevenson c Rigg b Eland
CUTHEROE .............. .- 13 EWashbrook c Hayes b land
A. Turpin c Gee b Halsaii 17 S. Bennett c Bailey b Gee 4
S. Crabtree c j. Devon b Eland
...... ................
K. Boden b Eland ........... 19 G. Sutcliffe not out ....... 0 Extras
3 Total ...... 97
24— 1;.J. Elahd 10.3—2—20— 6; B.-Slurtcliffe 10—3—25—1;
BOWLING: Halsall S—2— S. Gee 6—2 -1 5 -2 ; J. Devon ....................... .„ 13
Greenhalgh c and b Gee 21 S- Westhead b Shirtcliffc ' 0
K. Whgglesworth c Bates b Eland .............................. 1
1
J. Derbyshire run out ... 16 L Devon lbw Sutcliffe ... 15 H. Rigg b Westhead ....... IS B. Shirtcliffe c Stevenson b Westhead ........
7
D. Hargreaves c Wash brook b Sutcliffe .......... 9
13
Two wins foi1 School
good
THE school had an excellent win against St. Mary's College. Blackburn.
side, took first knock and reached 119. There was some good bowling from K. Boden with 6 ' for 30 and T. Boden with 2 for 28. The school batted with Lister forcing runs from the start. Later Wallbank and K. Boden took them to victory with only five wickets down. Lister scored 38, Wallbank
Boden, K. Bowden, Webster, Ward, B. Monk, G. Monk, Berrymen, Blair-Bryan, a n d Hindmoor.
30 and K. Boden 26. Team: Wallbank, Lister, T.
opening bowlers, bowled for almost all the match and kept the score down. Tho former took 4 for 30, J. Boden 3 for 24 and later G. Monk took 3 for .1, getting the rest 'o f the wickets.
Boden, Webster. - ■ Rushton, Ward, Bcrrvmcn, B. Monk, G. Monk, Blair-Bryan, Compton.
ter got off to a fast start scor ing 32 out of 47. Later, Comp ton batted well to sec the team home with six wickets down. Tam: Lister, T. Boden, K.
When the sciiool batted. Lis
at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Blackburn. The home team were put in and batted for two hours for only 57. K. Boden and J. Boden, the
On Saturday. CRGS played The college, a strong batting
BOWLING: Hall 17—5—29— 2; J. Rudd 13.2—5—16—6; G Hindle 6—0—21—1: P. Shut tleworth 3—0—16—1. WHALLEY
performance and one hr two fielding errors. A further talking point for
for the loss of only four wickets and left the villagers to reflect on their own batting
in the early stages but made sure that he did not need another and went on to make the major contribution to his side's victory, scoring 54 not out. The Read total was passed
tiously with .“Dour Dan” Ormcrod setting the pace. The fast bowlers were soon re placed by the spinners and the Great Harwood total moved steadily forward, despite fur ther bowling changes. Ormerod was given a ‘life'
cally aggressive innings of 3S (seven fours and a six), Haw orth and Fairclough offered any resistance, and "as they went in to tea. the villagers must have realised that 107 was a less than adequate total. Harwood opened fairly cau
Only Goodwav. in a typi
The last wicket fell at 31, five men failing to score, and Clith croc replied with 35 for three. Cherry Tree: 31.
Atkinson S, P. Dobson 7, R. Aspimvall not out 3, D. Green up not out 6. Extras 2. Total (3 wkts) 35.
Clitheroe: R. Harrison 9, P.
son 7.6-2-13-5; G. Tomlinson 7-2-16-4. .
.followed by some solid batting and a fine all-round perfor mance from David Pollard, plus some excellent fielding, gave Read an easy win in their first Lawrenson Cup match.
Rend 2nd 188-9, Earby 2nd 90. A good opening partnership
the home side off to a crack ing start.
runs in tune overs. Pollard was also top-scorer with 53. Skin ner (39) and Rushton (27) got
20
—0; R. Goodway 9—1—21—1; E. Sumner 6—0—19—1; F Newby 4—0—17—0; J Har wood 1—0—4—1.
BOWLING: Tatton 6 .7 - 0 - 25—1; 1. Wilkinson 3—1—11
As well as taking five for 12 set. and after a reasonable start — ,„uu.n. of reaching the target they were Clitheroe bowling: G. Raw-
CLITHEROE 2nd completed a good weekend with a seven- wicket defeat of Cherry Tree 2nd at Chatburn Road. - Not one of the visitors reached double figures against the bowling of Rawson (5 for 13) and Tomlinson (4 for 16).
AFTER early batsmen had gone cheaply, Clitheroe 2nd re covered and beat Barnolds wick 2nd by four wickets. A stand of 40 for the fourth wic ket by Bowditch and Geldard saved the home side from utter collapse. Tomlinson, w h o ended, -the partnership, had 5 for 13 in just under five overs. Barnoldswick: 65. Clifhcroe: M. Washbrook 8,
2; A. Bleasdale 5—0—26—0; N. Snape 3—0—5—3. Ribblcsdalc Wands 2nd 104, Rolls-Royce 107 (for 5 wkts). AFTER having half of the Rolls Royce team out for 34. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nd were foiled by a stand of 73 between Nicholson (not out 4S)
9—4—12—5; D. Lawson 7— 2—26—1; G. Monk 6—0—15—
Rushton 27, B. Smith 9, P, Grainger 11, D. Pollard 53, W. Monk 13. N. Snape 18. D. Marshall 2, A. Bleasdale 9, G. Monk not out 2, D. Lawson not out 0. Extras 5. Total (9 wkts.) 188. Earby 2nd: 90-9. Read bowling: D. Pollard
and Thompson (not out 27) and lost by five wickets. Wanderers’ innings were
Harker 5 for 38). Ribblesdalc bowling: P.
Knowles 11-1-49-3; H. Upton 4.1-0-23-0; A. Parker 6-0-34-2.
Old Rosscndalinns 145-8 dee, Waddington 39-9.
lairdo’s
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90 minutes to pass Old Rossen dalians’ 145-8 declared and in the end were lucky to hold out for a draw. The home side declared after
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the middle-order batting col lapsed alarmingly. Five wickets fell for the
Trotter 5-0-17-1; K. Taylor 3 1-9-0; D. Duckworth 1-0-6-1.
T. Davies 6. A. Rigby 17, J. Trotter 9, R. Stewart 0, K. Winkley 0. D. Duckworth 0, B. Williams 1, A. Hilton not out 0, K. Taylor 0, B. Edwards not out 0. Total (9 wkts) 39. Waddington bowling: A. Hil ton 12-3-38-1; K. Winklcy 12-2 44-1: A. Rigby 10-2-2i 6-3;
(A. Fisher 37. and 5-5). Waddlngton: N. Robinson 6,
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addition of only three runs, but Hilton and Edwards managed to hold out. O. Rossendalians: 145-S dec.
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given a good start by Weaver and Parker who put on 52 for the first wjeket. The batting then collapsed against the bowl ing of Harker (5 for 38). Ribblesdale: K. Weaver, c
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