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fl i - to about in


on a points system. Bacup’s 3—2 win over Accrington makes them leaders of this section with two points, followed by Nelson and Clitheroe with one each.-A fifth team, Darwen, did not play on Saturday.


enthuse season's game


Clitheroe 1, Nelson 1


IF Clitheroe are to make progress in the League Cup they will have to improve con­ siderably on the disappointing form of Saturday’s openin g game. They could only


draw with visiting- Nelson, and but for a freak goal might easily have lost. As last year, the early stages Lyme. Right-winger Conboy was*


of the League Cup are decided full of enthusiasm but pumped


thc ball into the crowd as often as he centred accurately, in his anxiety to outstrip the defence. Bolton had a quiet game, but


match did not take part on Saturday. Without doubt, the one most badly missed was centre forward Howard Dux- bury, who made a very promis­ ing debut against Harwood. He will not be available until


by beating them at Shawbridge tomorrow. But first, the flair they showed in the Great Har­ wood friendly will have to be recaptured. Three of the players in that


Clitheroc can overtake Bacup


he initiated a number of smart moves, suggesting that latent talent has yet to be seen.


VITAL


played a vital part. Nelson’s potential danger men, Gilbert and B. Kirk, seldom caused the Clitheroe defence much trouble. Once or twice they managed to squirm their way through, but Maybury was then usually equal to whatever they could produce. In the 80th minute, however,


At the back, Kirk’s experience


next month, by which time Clitheroe might be out of the League Cup. Without him, goals look like being hard to come by.


EFFORT


a good deal of effort against Nelson, they lacked the ‘killer’ instinct, so that almost every attack collapsed in the penalty


Although the forwards put in


box. The visitors possessed the


same faults, which did nothing to improve the entertainment value. At times, the football did little credit to the teams. The niceties which were the


son should equalise, for this was a match that Clitheroe did not deserve to win. Clitheroe: Maybury; Brown,


in the 46th minute. He took a corner from the left, at the Shawbridge end, and the ball curled in the wind, struck the far post and rebounded behind the astonished goalkeeper. It was poetic justice that Nel­


Kirk beat them all, to wipe out the one-goal lead Clitheroe had taken straight after the interval. This had come from Kendall


Williamson; B a r n e t t , Kirk, Southworth; Conboy, Wilson, Wilkinson, Kendall, Bolton. Nelson: L ew is ; Cameron,


hallmark of Clitheroe’s football k:'. season were conspicuous by their absence. Just occasionally, Barnett and Wilson produced a move of grace, which hinted at the brilliance these two have shown in the past. But such moments were far


SUNDAY XI DECLARE, THEN LOSE


AFTER declaring at 151 for 6, Whalley Sunday XI were de­ feated by Roe Green CC at the Worsley ground. Roe Green are members of


the Bolton Association and they run a Sunday selection scheme similar to that of Whalley. The match was played on a


32 eight-ball overs basis, i shortened version of the Asso ciation’s normal match play of


38 overs. Whalley batted first and, un­


fortunately as it turned out, Jim Peters senior retired after scoring 88. The visitors’ score rose at a steady rate right through the innings and they gave the home club a target of just under five runs an over. Although wickets were hard


Earby choose not to Fight


Ribblcsdalc Wanderers -137 for 9 dec.


Earby 13 for 1, RLBBLESDALE Wand­


erers returned; from the Applegarth ground on Sat­


urday . badly disappointed that league leaders Earby had apparently lacked the


courage to stage a fight to the finish, opting instead for


the certain point from a


hour late, Earby winning the toss and sending Wanderers in


draw. The game began nearly an


that runs were obtainable even though conditions were not good and the light was poor, and eventually they declared at


on a wet wicket. The . visitors demonstrated


137 for 9. In reply, Earby lost an early


wicket and then, when Proctor brought on his spinners at about 6-45 pm, they claimed for bad light and stopped play, the umpres calling the game oil officially just before 7-30. It all added up to an unsatis-


factory ending considering that originally the home side was the more insistent that play was possible in the first place.


J. Wallbank c Thompson b Moore .........


K. Proctor c Dennett b Booth


................


Duda; Parker, McHugh, Fother- gill; Grindrod, B. Kirk, Clark­ son, Gildert, Eyles. Sub.: Atkin­


son. Referee: B. Nickson, Bamber


Bridge. TOMORROW


too rare, and overshadowed by the mundaneness of the game as a whole. Dick Wilkinson, at centre-


forward, could perhaps hardly be expected to make much im­ pression as a spearhead. The last time he played for


Clitheroe was in October, when he came on for the last two minutes of the FA Challenge Trophy game at Ashton-under-


the match corresponding to to­ morrow’s, at Clitheroe. The record in cup competitions at Shawbridge involving these two clubs shows two wins for Clith- croe, two for Bacup and a draw. In the league, Bacup have lost more matches at Shawbridge over the past 20 years than any other present Combination side, except for Prescot. Clithcroe have won nine of 14 meetings.


Bacup lost 1—0 last year in


FETE FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL TEAMS


competition organised in con­ nection with the Castle Fete on September 4 has attracted a big


entry. First games were played last


night, as follows: Keystone Cops v Red Ironsides (J) (A);


Army (Y) (D); Hells Angels v Hcnthorn Utd. Youth (Y) (E); Mull’s Mob v Wagon ‘A’ (S) (H); North End Dog Eyes v


HOMING III .L. JT T—


^


WEATHER PLAYED HAVOC


A STRONG north-east wind, heavy rain and thunder had a disastrous effect on Clitheroc Homing Club’s 138-mile race from Gloucester.


bird arrived back at 4.17 p.m., and there were wide gaps be­ tween the rest of the birds timed in. Many of the 250 which were released were still missing at nightfall.


Liberated at midday, the first


■ ing a popular sport in Clith­ eroe, with many new members joining the club, and 1,000 pigeon rings have recently been ordered for the breeding of young birds next year.


F. Cottam, with a velocity of 942 yards per minute. Pigeon racing is fast becom-


The winners were W. J. and


pigeons is to be held at Lower- house Mills Club, Burnley, on September 5th, in aid of Cancer Research. Well over 100 pigeons have been donated by promin­ ent fanciers throughout Britain. Younger members of the


A grand auction sale of racing ;


land’s locals, the match ending in a 3—3 draw. Results of the Gloucester race


Clitheroe club are also keen footballers, and they recently played against Bolton-by-Bow-


2, Thorsby and Lofthouse 936; 3, F. Walker 892; 4, . B. Parker 892;. 5, V. O. Niel 860;. 6, J. Lund 839; 7, H. and K. Seed 836: 8, R. Sutcliffe 826; 9, Hitchon and Chatburn 809; 10, T. and D, Whaites 797; 11, B. Parker 795; 12, F. Ecclcs 794.


were:— 1, W. J. and F. Cottam 942;


i


WaddingtonFC experiment


. other game, with Langho, they found a more successful for­ mula and won 3-0.


mixed fortunes in two pre-sea­ son friendly games. Fielding an experimental side they _ want down 5-0 to Trinity but in the


Waddington FC have had


T A K E THE FIELD The five-a-side football


Arrows v Five Star (I) (B); Sil­ ver Shadows v Citizens (J) (C); Turnip Pickers v Buccaneers (Y) (F); Avengers v Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kids Y) (G); Liver-


Sneaky Squeaky (S) (I); Eagle Five v Five Ferrets (S) (J). Tonight’s programme: Red


Likely Lads v Barney’s Barmy pool v Commercial‘B’ ® (K);


ners (B) (J); Winners (D) v win­ ners (E) (Y); Winners (H) v winner (I) (S); Winners (I) v winners (K) (S); Winners (L) v Barclays Dogs (S); Calverley’s 4 plus 1 v Pcndle Witch ‘C


Tommy Smith’s Machine v Trutex Band Knife ‘5’ (S) (L). Monday: Winners (A) v win­


(S). Tuesday; Winners (C) v In­


vaders (J); Winners (F) v win­ ners (G) (Y); Paul’s Saints v M.Y.R.D.D.J.N. (S); Cairns Eng v Ribb. Wanderers (S); I-Iillards v Wagon and Horses ‘A’ (S); Pcndlc Witch ‘A’ v


United (S). Thursday: 3 plus 2 v Giant


Killers (J); 5 Tops v Champions (Y); E Tasmo Ward v C.C.H.D. (S); Pendle Witch ‘B’ v Com­ mercial Kinks (S); Krena Kro- ries v Bowker Bros. (S); Calder- stones v Numb Head 5 (S). Friday: Chatburn Champs v


.0, E. Walters not out 6. Extras 8. Total (6 wkts.) 151. Whalley bowling: F. Har­


to come by the five Whalley bowlers kept on top. Roe Green’s scoring rate was pegged below the required minimum until the last five overs when Briggs, 25 not out, and Connor, 51 not out, together took them to 154 for 6 in 31 overs. WHALLEY: J. Peters snr. re­ tired 88, A. Wood 11. K. Har­ greaves 1, H. Witton 5, S. Wit- ton 8, J. Peters jnr. 6, P. Sut­ cliffe not out 18, K. Marshall


greaves 10—1—40—2; A. Wood 6—1—19—0: P. Sutcliffe 6— 0—34—3; H. Witton 3—0—18 —1; J. Peters jnr. 6—1—28—0.


AMATEUR LEAGUE FOOTBALL


lington (H. Leach); Gisburn v King’s Arms (J. Whittaker); Whalley v Rimington (A. Brai- thwaite); St. Paul’s v Chipping (G. Barker); Commercial v


Trinity (K. Burgess); Gisburn v White Lions (P. Dawber); Bii- lington v Whalley (G. Barker); Rjmington v St. Paul’s (L. Farn- worth); Chipping v Commercial (J. Swayne); Chatbum v Grin- dleton (J. Whittaker); Bowker Bros v Royal Oak (H. Leach); Hurst Green v Waddington (A. N. Other). Wednesday: Trinity v Bil-


Tomorrow: King’s Arms v


T. Wallbank c Booth b Madden .......


W. Workman c Crabtree b Dennett


RIBBLESDALE W. .......


H


A. Musgrove c Wear b Madden .......................... 14


13 30 2


Slinger b Dennett ............... 29 D. Cottam not out ........... 6 J. Ainsworth c Moore b Madden.......................... 22


D. Lister b Madden ........... 0 I. Metcalfe b Moore.......... 0 Extras .......


10


—49—2; C. Madden 9—1—36— 4, D Moore 6.3—0—19—2, R. Booth, 5—0—23—2. EARBY


Dennett not out Extras .............................


Total (9 wkts dec) ... 137 BOWLING; Dennett 15—3


D. Moore not o u t .............. 10 B. Wright c Metcalfe b • Slinger .......................... 1 ............. 1


1, I. Metcalfe 2—0—7—0, P. Wilkinson 1—0—1—0, J. Wall bank 2—2—0—0.


Total (1 wkt) ........... 13 BOWLING: Slinger 3—1—4


Read beaten by seven wickets


IN the only Ribblesdale League match to produce a re­ sult, Padiham gained ample revenge for a home defeat by Read on Whit Saturday, winning by seven wickets in convincing fashion.


On a very Wet wicket, the


Padiham. captain invited the villagers to bat and they opened steadily. 5C01 ‘nS 22 before


Harwood was well caught by • Gee off Coward.


Under the conditions, both Coward and Halsall were bowl­ ing well and each was success-. ful when first Fairclough and subsequently Haworth was bowled. -i


and they put on 26 in attrac­ tive fashion before Goodway was bowled attempting to pull Coward. Georgeson went on to make 28 and saw the score to 88 when he became another victim for Coward and the sixth wicket to fall.


Georgeson joined Goodway - READ


J. Harwood c Gee b Cow­ ard .......


W. P. Fairclough b . Cow: ard


B. Smith b Gee............. . .......,••••. -15


R. Goodway b Coward ... - 28 P. Haworth b Halsall ....... 1 M. Georgeson. c J. Devon - b Coward ......


.10 28


Smith c Rigg b Gee ........... 4 A. Bleasdale not out ...... 2 F. Newby b Coward ....... Extras ............................


P. Boyce-Kenyon ran ; out 0 I. Wilkinson c Hayes b Coward .............


9


added and the villagers were finally all out for 105, having paid the penalty for attempting to make runs quickly and achieve a result despite a de­ layed start.


Only 17 more runs were


for his final figures of six for 50 and at the interval it was clearly Padiham’s task to make <i good start and force a victory.


Coward bowled accurately


task seemed obvious from ■' e beginning. Devon and Halsall punished the bad ball severly and rarely looked in trouble.


That they were equal to the |


R. Devon not o u t ............. '. 63 Halsall c B. Smith b Newby 25 S. Gee Ibw b Newby ....... 1 R. Bailey run out-........... 6 V. Daly , not out ............... 11 Extras .................1...


32—1, K. Coward 12.3—2- 50—6, S. Gee 5—1—17—2. PADIHAM


—0, I Wilkinson 4—0—34—0, F. Newby 5—0—15—2, Bleasdale 5—1—20—0; Goodway 2—0—8—0.


Total (3 wkts).......... 108 , BOWLING: Smith 6—0—29


Total ...................... 105 BOWLING: Halsall 8—0—


1


} Y b u t h ’ L e a g u e


c l i m a x a t


G h a t b u r n R d . The Ribblesdalc Youth ’Ti­


r s, .Clitheroe Advertiser and Times: August 20,1971' 9>;


Footbali Club £250 in the red as


! ^ , ' » i , . . support dwindles cket League programme will


•reach & fine climax at Chat*^ burn Road on Sunday, -August. 29th, when Clitheroc meet the present


Northern, in the; last-match of the season to decide,; who Will be champions.


leaders,. .Blackburn , .


than Northern. And if Clith­ eroe’s performance- 'against wooden spoonists Great .Har­ wood is any guide, the Chatburn Road side have a great chance.


A win will give-Clithcroc. a total of 33 points, one more


tled up 163 for 2, Stephen Ben­ nett scoring 68 and John Blatr- Bryan 66. Great Harwood were shot out for 32 in 24 overs, of which half were maidens.


At Great Harwood they rat­ Latest results: Oswaldtwistle


56, Read 95 for 8; Padiham 80, Blackburn Northern, 115; Great Harwood 32, Clitheroe 163 for


2' p WDLPis


Blackburn Nor.. 11 8 0 3 32 Baxcnden ......... 12 7 2 3 30 Clitheroe


Padiham ■ ........... 12 6'2 4 2i5 Read ..............12 5 1 6 21 Oswaldtwistle ... 12 3 1 8 13 Great Harwood ,12 1 1 10 5


.......11 7 1 3 29 Junior League


effective until Newby was in­ troduced and Halsall made his first and last mistake, turning a. full toss into the waiting hands of Barry Smith.


Tlte Read bowling was in­ Two runs later, Gee was out


lbw off the same bowler, and at this point Devon also went through a lean time while decid­ ing how to tackle the bowling of Bleasdale.


collapse were soon shattered. Despite the fact that Bailey was run out- at 69, Devon had by this time made up his mind to attack the bowling and he and Daly saw Padiham home in the last over-of normal time.


However, Read’s hopes of a


the match for Padiham, and he was 63 not out at the close of an interesting, if rather frus­ trating game for Read.


Devon’s innings certainly won


MOTOR CLUB’S FINEST HOUR


CLITHEROE and district Motor Club members took six out of the first eight' places in the SD 34 Lex-Tillotson


sponsored ‘Ten of Clubs’ rally. They also took the team the consolation


Chatburn (P. Dawber); Grindle- ton v Hurst Green (L. Farns­ worth); White Lions v Royal Oak (K. Burgess); Waddington v Bowker Bros (N. Berry).


RIMINGTON


team which is competing in the Clitheroe and District Ama­ teur Football League played a friendly game with fellow new­ comers Royal Oak in a pre-


The newly formed Rimington


lagers had the satisfaction of giving a promising display against a stronger and more experienced side.


season canter. Although outclassed, the vil­


CHESS CLUB


handicap league were played and the ‘ladder’ competition was resumed when the Coach and Horses Chess Club, Bolton by Bowland. last met. The next meeting is on Wednesday even­ ing.


A number of games in the


Strikers (J); Rovers v Opollo ‘5’ (Y); Just Us v Wellsprings Int. 5 (S); Virgin Soldiers v Barons (S); Klangers v Furies (S); Commercial ‘A’ v Jaffa Max


(S).


Each evenings programme begins at 6-30 p.m.


. ,


Defeat for veteran bowlers


Castle Veteran bowlers lost


by 110 points when they visited their opposite numbers at Ashton Park, the respective scores being 338 and .448 . De­ tails, Castle names second: A. Dent 16, F. Hudson 18;


W. Hunt 18, N. Windle 13; G. Pickard 15, H. Knowles 18; H. Cross 18, S. Edmondson 14; A. Streatle 18, C. Blundell 17; Mrs,


- Crosthwaite 18, F. Colwill 11; C. Worthington 18, J. Taylor 8; W. Dickinson 18, A. Dickinson 10; L. Burfield 10, W. Harri­


Spencer 18, Mrs, -Wright 5; A. Barnes 18, J. Sherliker 15; A. Fazackerley 7, I. Whitaker 18; S. Jones 18, J. Murphy 11; A. Turner 18, W. Wilkinson 17; W. Ashcroft 18, C, Wright 4; A, Bramwell 18, T. Wignall 10; A. Wilkinson 18, Jack Whitaker 7; A. Cliff 18, H. Bowker 16; T.


son 18; F. Bagot 18, H. Pem­ berton 16; R. Clarkson 13, J. Lively 18; W. Salisbury 18, A. Shore 6; R. Simpson 18, G. Tay­ lor 14; W, Hunt 18; H. Smith 9; Mrs. Hartley 18, Mrs. Grim-


shaw 11; A. Barnes 18, Mr. Grimshaw 7; A. Wilkinson 9, B. Murphy 18;, A. .Streatle 18, H.


Lawson 9.


club had Keith Watkinson, a seasoned competitor, and his navigator Keith Wood, who is nationally known as one of the leading exponents of navigating. Between them, the pair proved their point by winning the event outright However, they were very


award, and the fastest crews on selectivcs, and second semi­ expert, awards. Among their 15 entries, the


of the team


award. In eighth place came the ‘K


registered Fiat of Ken Golds- borough—Dave Hacking on its first outing, while second semi­ expert was the Escort of Tom Knowles—Art Howarth. Thanks to the sponsorship of


closely pressed by Ian Grant, and his navigator John Porter, who took second place. John was a last minute stand in, as he had just arrived home on leave from Sardinia, and took over when Ian’s regular naviga­ tor had to drop out through ill­ ness. Third place went to Fred and


Stephanie Mason, in spite of their car consuming vast quan­ tities of oil all night. Trouble on the road for two


other Clitheroe cars prevented a clean sweep. The Cyril Bolton —Jeff Smith Mini developed electrical troubles, and the Trevor Roberts—Roy Honey­ well Mini’s carburettor fell to bits.


the Lex Tillotson group, the presentation table so weighted down with awards, most of which were brought back to Clitheroe. making what was without doubt a first class, well- organised event into Clitheroe and district Motor Club’s finest


hour. Bowling


Ribblesdale still


on top


time rectifying these faults, but still finished sixth and seventh respectively. They at least had


Both cars lost considerable


CYCLING IN THE DALES


MANY years ago, the Clarion Cycling Club had a regu­


tracted that number and we visited many places which were regarded as too far away for a normal day’s run. One of these was the Buttcrtubs which I wrote about after the holi­ days; another was the Semer- water run, which for some rea­ son or other was deemed to need an early start, even though the two runs had little diffe­ rence in distance.


Even the midnight runs at­


able to visit both of these places, and because I was camp­ ing at Hawes, I was able to- combine these trips with a pil­ grimage to several other places which have featured in Clarion long-distance rides, and have been described in this column.


During the holidays I was


tho district describes Wensley- dale as ‘second only to Wharfe- - dale in captivating beauty.’


One of the guide books to


I, for one, would not put it second on any list. The descrip- tios of the-enchanting valley of the River Ure is perfectly true, and whilst- Wharfedale, parti­ cularly Upper Wharfedale. has its own chant), • along with tits sister, , Littondale—from which springs the other half of the Wharfe—the River Skirfare, Wensleydale has , always been for me-joint favourite with Dentdale. From Hawes at the head of the dale to Wcnslcy, tho village


lar turnout of at least two dozen riders. from which the dale takes its name, is only 12 miles, and al-


most every step of the way is a road which takes the traveller into the old world of peace and beauty, where the quiet is only broken by the song of the birds and the rush of the water over the many falls. At Bainbridge, built around the


their nearest challengers, Rib­ blesdale Wanderers maintained a six-point lead at the top of Great Harwood Bowling Lea­ gue. Latest results: Ribblesdale (7) 154, Oswald­


By defeating Oswaldlwistle,


twistle (3) 133; Clitheroa Castle (6) 147. Clitheroe Cricket Club (4) 138; Salesbury MC “A” (9) 160. Lowerfold Park (1) 121; Park View WMC (10) 168, Salesbury MC “B” 87; Calder- stones SC (3) 128, Whalley (7)


141.


Ribblesdalc 15 11 1 3 109 Oswaldtwistle 15 11 0 4 103 Clitheroc CC 16 10 1 5 100


P W D L Pts


Salesbury A 15 11 0 4 100 Lowerfold P. 16 8 0 8 88 Park View 15 7 0 8 71 Clithcroc C. 15 5 0 10 60 Whalley ... 16 6 0 10 60 Calderstones 16 5 0 11 51 Salesbury B 15 1 0 14 28


WEEKEND CRICKET


village green, where the old stocks are still to -be seen, an old custom decrees f.at a horn be sounded at 9 p.m. in autumn and winter to guide travellers on the fells. Aysgarth, four miles along


i the main road, and returns to Hawes along the shoulder of Abbotsidcr Common, through Woodhall and Askrigg, he will see the dale in all its glory. On Sunday, the racing mem­


the road, is where the spectacle of the Force can be seen. Upper Force can be seen from the bridge, but for anyone prepared to walk a couple of miles along the tree-lined river, the reward is the sight of the breathtaking Lower Force. If the traveller then leaves


Clitheroe v Earby; Great Har­ wood v Ribblesdale W; Padi­ ham v Baxenden; Settle v Read; Whalley v Cherry Tree. Sunday: Ramsbottom Cup Final—Blackburn N. v Whal-


RIBBLESDALE LEAGUE Tomorrow: (2 P-m. start)


1Cy JUNIOR LEAGUE Div lws(2 p.m. start) Baxen­


Settle.


ley- Oswaldtwistle v Barnolds­ wick; Rawtenstall v Rolls-Royce


Div 2: Cherry Tree v Whal­ '


■ full- details will appear; next week.


bers are in a field of 112 to contest flic Stanton Memorial ‘50’. on Brock. On the 29th August, the club bold their own ‘50’ over the Clitheroe- Skipton-Settle- circuit. This is just a preliminary notice,- and


SPRITE.


2nd; Ribblesdale W. v Great Harwood; Rolls-Royeerlst v Old Rossendalians; Waddington v Clitheroe.


VALLEY LEAGUE Tomorrow: Wellington


Lucas II (at Lucas); Barrow- ford v St. Francis; Burnley Boys Club v Belvedere.


Sunday: Clitheroe SC v S t Francis.


den v Fafliham; Blackburn N. v Lucas; Earby v EEC; Langho


Col. v Oswaldtwistle; B.B. and C.V. v Lower Darwen; Read v


BOWLERS HAD WHIP HAND


Ribblesdalc Wanderers 2nd 71, Waddington 80


this game in which the batting performances of both teams followed remarkably similar


Bowlers were well on top in


lines. Waddington lost their first


two wickets without a run hav­ ing been scored; Ribblesdalc lost two for eight and with six wickets down the teams were on 33 and 37 respectively.


wicket without addition but re­ covered with a stand of 23, which left them needing 21 to win with three wickets left but they failed to make it.


Ribblesdale lost another


took 6 for 37 and T. Barker 3 for 29. K. Winkley took 6 for 29 for Waddington, and A. Rigby 4 for 37.'


For Ribblesdale, P. Knowles


son 0, A. Hilton 1, T. Davies 0, J. Trotter 7, B. Williams 4, A. Rigby 15, B. Allan 13,. B. Edwards 10, S. Whiteside 1, K. Winkley 12, K. Taylor not out 10. Extras 7, Total 80.


WADDINGTON: N. Robjn-


0, A. Parker 23, J. Hutchins 0, D. Harrop 4, D. Webster 2, J. Aus- ter 3, P. Knowles not out 19, W. Bradley 1, T. Barker 14, H. Upton 0, D. Walton 0, Extras 5. Total 71.


RIBBLESDALE: K. Weaver


Padiham 2nd 60 for 5, Read 2nd 120


their mid-table position in Junior League division one, Read were foiled in their at­ tempt to overhaul Padiham,


Anxious to at least maintain


their promotion partners of last year.


37 by Snape enabled Read to reach a respectable score on a very wet wicket. They were all out for 120.


A fine, unbeaten innings of


DIVISION TWO P W D L P s


Clitheroe ...... 16 11 4 1 48 Rolls Royce 15 8 .5 2 37 O. Rosndlians 16 7 5 4 33 Cherry Tree 16 7 4 5 32 Rawtenstall ... 15 6 6 3 30 Gt. Harwood 16 6 5 5 29 Waddington ... 16 6 3 7 27 Barnoldswick 17 44 7 5 23


Whalley ....... 16 4 6 6 22 Ribblesd’le W. 16 2 7 7.15 Oswaldtwistle 15 3 2 10 14 Rolls R. 2nd 15 1 4 10 8


bum N, rained off; Lower Danven 163-5, Earby 162; Lucas 54-6, Baxenden 137; Padiham 60-5, Read 120; Settle 115, Langho Col. 67; Lower Darwen 196-3 dec, Blackburn


DIV. 1: BB and CV v Black- RESULTS


N. 148-9. DIV. 2: Barnoldswick. v


Rawtenstall and Gt. Hanvood v Owaldtwistle rained off; O. Ros­ sendalians 59-4, Cherry Tree 55; Ribblesdale W. 71, Waddington 80; Whalley 122-4 dec, Clitheroc 85-8.


Kibble Valley League


beaten by Lucas 2nd on Sunday for the second time this season. Last time, the match had a


Atkinson’s 50, Lucas 2nd 122 Atkinson’s were soundly


very dose finish, but on this occasion Lucas won by 72 runs. After a slow start, Lucas


FROM a financial point of view the,1970-71 season was


'the worst’he hacLever known, Mr. Tom Hesmondhalgh,: • treasurer, told the annual meeting of Clitheroe Football


"Club.-


he said that but for the com­ mittee’s, efforts- the situation,- would have been much- worse.


Revealing a deficit; of ; £250


For the first time, season ticket sales fell below £50. They pro­ duced only £37.25, while gate receipts were £519.70—a drop of £110.


1 Support is also dwindling.


tickets . should, he said, form the main source of income, it


Gate receipts and season


said, commanded support, but a losing team could not be suc­ cessful until it had . support. Mr. Colin Wilson, secretary,


i f


said that the team’s biggest problem had been in the for­ ward line, and during the sea­ son,-they had-no fewer than eight inside rights, seven outside rights, seven outside lefts, six centre forwards and six inside lefts.


was only through other efforts, disappointing season, and were such as social evenings, a jumble sale; and various draws that the deficit had been kept to a level that could be cleared early in the new season.


Except for a good run in the League Cup, they; had had a


,


hoping for better results this year. The total playing staff at the beginning of this season was 14.'


the size of Cliheroe, support fo the club was poor—there was a gate of only 126 at this sea­ son’s opening match. However, if the club did fold up through lack of funds, people would say the committee had failed in their task, although the com­ mittee was keeping the club on an even keel. “The team itself is also criti­


He added that, for a town


cised, but it cannot be improved without finance, although one or two new players arc needed.” A winning team, it had been


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by Lawson and Pollard—the former took three wickets for seven—which saw the first four batsmen score only five runs between them the home side ‘put up the shutters’ and played out for a draw. Derby­ shire had scored 25 not out, and Padiham 60 for five, by the close. READ: W. Monk 8, M. Grain­ ger 26, R. Rushton 4, P. Grain­ ger 10, D. Pollard 2, F. Skin­ ner 17, N. Snape not out 37, E, Sumner 0, D. Wymer 5, D. Lawson 0, R. Bell 2. Extras 9: Total 120. PADIHAM: 60 for 5. Bowling: D. Pollard 8—2—


After an early breakthrough


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batting failure by taking five for 16, and Atkinson’s last nine wickets fell for just 19 runs, to make it an easy victory for


Metcalfe gave Atkinson’s hope of an easy win—they scored 30 in just over 10 minutes, but it was not to be. Tyman made amends for his


mastered the bowling, with Aubin showing the way. When he was dismissed for 50, the run-rate slowed again, and in chasing runs they lost wickets fairly cheaply, giving Sunter five for 22 in five overs. A brisk start by Scedall and


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Lucas. LUCAS: 122 (Aubis 50). Bowling: Metcalfe 11—1—34


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0—22—5. ATKINSON’S: Seedall 21, Met­ calfe 10, Trotter 0, Hamer 4, Williams 5, Allan 5, Clough 1, Johnson 0, Hawcroft 0, Sunter not out 1, Buchanan 2. Extras 1. Total 50.


Brockball 67 for 4. Belvedere 65,


‘double’ over stragglers Belve­ dere with a six wicket away win on Sunday. Brockhall, in fact, lost only five> wickets in beating


B r o c k h a l l completed the


into the Belvedere • batting, finishing with four for 17 and three for 10, respectively,-and only 10 runs were added be­ tween the second and. ninth wickets. The home side reached 65 only because of a couple of reasonable early stands. Holgate, the bowler, became


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Holgate the batsman when Brockhall replied. He gave them a magnificent start with an inn­ ings of 30. Doman and Lamb contributed 16 and 18 to take Brockhall'on to 67 for the loss


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of only four wickets. BELVEDERE: 65. . „ . Bowling:- Bibby 7-M—17—0;


Lamb 4—0—17—1;.Richardson 7.6—1—17—4; Holgate 5—2—


10—3. ■ . BROCKHALL: Holgatc 30,


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