FOR THE SECOND suc­ cessive match, Clitheroc snatched a face-saving point


from a lower-placed team with an only goal in the final minute. And when Irving scored the winner at Shawbridge on. Saturday, it was tile third time in a row that the team have netted


But on a pitch that resembled a paddy field, following a lot of rain, this was only to be expected. But, the visitors played as well as the home side and deserved better than to leave empty-handed.


to feel thait they were robbed. They did not produce brilliant football; neither did Clitheroe.


with only seconds to go. Leyland Motors have a right


B u sy ;


generally was forced to take a back seat, John Ashworth gave one of his best perfor­ mances for Olitheroe. Both keepers were kept busy


On a day when showmanship


throughout the match. Ley- land’s Ashton nearly always looked'confident, and he had no trouble with high balls, taking most of them cleanly. Ashworth was seldom beaten,


Ashworth excels and snatch points


Clithcroe 1, Lcyland Motors 1


demce no doubt stemmed from the reliability of his defence. Steve Brown, in . particular,. though .sometimes beaten for speed, kept a cool head at all rimes and refused to be worried into making a rash pass.


Scares


and he brought off some spec­ tacular saves. Several of his brave efforts drew applause from the crowd. Much of Ashworth's confi-


Chatbiirn tested


Cltatburn 5. Hurst Green 3.


IN this match between two of the pace-setters in the league, Hurst Green gave Chatburn a hard fight be­ fore going down by five goals to three in the Ciith- croe Amateur League Pro­


greaves put Chatbum in front, and 10 minutes later McLean scored a second. Hurst Green, though two


vailing, the game started with Chatbum kicking down the slope and immediately put­ ting pressure on the visitors’ defence. After 15 minutes, Har­


gramme. 'W i th good conditions pre­


ever, Hargreaves scored a great goal with a diving header to restore Chatburn’s two-goal lead. In the second half Hurst-


Green began to play some good football, and scored through Hoyle and Green- halgh, to level the scores. But Chatbum showed they


had reserves of spirit and •with two minutes left Bithell made the score 4-3. Chatbum continued to press


linesmen. Chatbum: Johnson; Bush,


small crowd and was well con­ trolled by the referee and


and were rewarded when Lawson scored from a comer to put victory beyond doubt. The game was enjoyed by a


Cross, W. Seed; Bolton, Hem- bry, Atkinson; Dowden, Green- halgh, Hoyle, S. Seed, Bailey. Sub- Jacques.


Jervis: Holgate, Lawson, Lin­ ford; Read, Bithell. Har­ greaves, Smith, McClean. Sub: Dewhurst. Hurst Green: Stophenson;


Chipping still lead


Tr in ity 0 , C hipp ing 3


CHIPPING extended their winning sequence to seven eames and retained their iead at the top of the table by beating Trinity 3—0 on


mainly for its lack of creative, cohesive play from either side.


Saturday. The first half was notable


ter of a dour struggle and deserved, to be in the lead at


Chipping had rather the bet-


half-time. Their first goal was from a


penalty, awarded when Wood, the Trinity left-half, handled the ball. Duncanson made no mistake with a well-taken


spot kick. The second goal 'vas a -so


came on as substitute for Morrison who was feeling the effects of an ankle injury. The second half started


defence. Carter headed a,cross from


a well-taken effort, Duncan­ son heading nast Key after good work on the left-wing by Cookson. After half-time, Haworth


with Trinity showing more urgency in their play and gradually they began to apply pressure to the Chipping


Haworth just tvide of the post, Haworth himself had a good effort well saved by Atk'nson and a goal by Turn- bul; was disallowed for an infringement in the goal area. Then Chipping broke away


behind did not give up, and from a free kick near the half­ way line, Bolton scored to pull one back. Just before half-time, how­


Barnett hit the side netting with an angled shot; Trey- maine was desperately unlucky to sec a header beat the keeper but come out off the post and later he narrowly missed help­ ing in a shot from Kendall as lie collided • with full-back Kenny and the goalpost; Wil-


scares within seconds of one another, ten minutes from the end. The ball was almost al­ lowed to roll into an open goal before being kicked away for a comer, and almost imrne- liately John Kirk cleared off the line with Ashworth beaten for once. Both sides missed chances.


There were a couple of


goal by failing to control-an. accurate cross shortly after getting himself in the way of a power-drive from Wilson 'that would otherwise certainly have been a goal. He could not be blamed for baulking the shot; it -was just a piece of bad luck.


son got both feet to a waist- high centre from Brown and the ball just skimmed over the bar. Ian Kendall missed an open


Chances


throwing chances away. Hath­ away was presented with a golden opportunity to equalise just before the whistle, but he headed over from .two yards. As the end of rive match


Clitheroe were not alone in


drew near, both teams stepped up the pace in a bid to get the winning goal. In the 89th minute, that goal came, but Peter Irving was lucky to have a second stab a t the ball after the keeper had pushed out his


Church team beat leaders


ENGLISH MARTYRS 4, ST. MARY’S 3.


kick-off but gained no reward for their efforts, and i t was against the run of play that Oswaldtwistle scored, A pass down the right wing found Farr all on his own and his firmly hit shot gave Billing- ton no chance. After Mils goal, S. Rhodes


firm surface but a crosswind made many passes and shots go wildly astray. Whalley pressed from the


and Foster moved back to strengthen th e Whalley defence.


PRESSED


equaliser, and several shots went inches wide of either post. Perhaps the best chance for


Whalley pressed hard for an


Whalley to get back on level terms fell to A. Ronnan, who saw his hard -shot parried by Hoyle and then kicked off the line by Warnock after he had been put through by a defen­


val, Lee beat five men in a brilliant solo run and ham­ mered a shot past Hoyle for a much deserved equaliser, and the score remained one goal each a t half-time. On the restart, Oswald-


twst-lc pressed hard for an advantage, but a resolute defence gave nothing away. Whallcy substituted Tatter-


sall for Ronnan and gradually got back into the game. After 60 minutes a long through ball from K. Rhodes found Rigby, who accelerated past three defenders and coolly slotted the ball home os Hoyle came out to narrow the angle.


SPURRED


Whalley piled on the pressure, and they soon got another goal as a reward for their endeavour. Brennan split the defence with an inch-perfect pass to T. Ronnan, whose first-time shot from 15 yards hit the underside of the bar and bounced down into goal. The Martyrs were at full


Spurred on by this goad,


sive error. Ten minutes from the inter­


IN an enthralling match, English Martyrs beat top-of-fche table St Mary’®, Oswald twistle, by tihe odd goal in seven. Tnc game was played on a


Rhodes, T. Ronnan; Bren­ nan, Doman, Oates; Lee, A. Ronnan, S. Rhodes, Foster, Rigby. Sub: Ta-ttersall.


Whallcy: SilKvigton; K.


Billington crash


Billington 1, St. Paul’s 5


FIELDING ■ a far below strength side, Billington conceded five goals to lowly St. Paul’s and crashed to th e i r fourth consecutive heavy defeat in Clitheroe and District- Amat eu r


own for the first ten minutes even though they were hard pressed but St. Paul’s even­ tually went ahead through


League. The home side held their


Richard, when he collected a rebound from the goalkeeper


added by Richard and Taylor, resulting from bad clearances by the Billtogton defence, and a fourth goal came from Har­ greaves following a free kick. After the restart, Ross


and easily netted. Two further goals were


scored a consolation goal for Billington. Richard got his ha-t-trick


through faulty defensive work by the Billington rearguard. This was rather a weak


Scott; Rigby, Wilson, Man­ ning; Willis, Whitehead, ROss, Rotherham, Baskerville. Sub: Atkinson. St. Paul’s: Bates; Bradley,


effort from the Billington team in general, and a good all-round performance from St. Paul’s, who deserved to win. Billtogton: Harrison; King,


Bennett; Davies, Hargreaves, Hodson; Wa l k e r , Mainard, Richard, Taylor, Pinch. Sub: Waterhouse.


fettle now and Rigby added a fourth five minutes later when he was put through by T. Ronnan. H ow e v e r , Oswaldtwistlc


Heaviest defeat


Darwcn GS 6, CRGS 0,


were not y e t . finished, and with ten minutes left Gavcn put in a shot 'which Bffiang- to-n parried, but Gavin fol­ lowed up to score a goal with a shot that went in off a post.


DECEIVED


twistle came right back into the game when . centre from the left wing was carried on by the wind into the goal­ mouth. Gavin deceived every­ one by jmnping over the ball when the defenders expected a shot and what was appar­ ently a harmless centre ended up in the back of the goal. Oswaldtwstle pressed hard


Two minutes later Oswald­


for an equaliser, but the Whalley defence, marshalled as nly by Foster and Dornan,


held out. Outstanding for Whatley


were Foster In defence, and T. Ronnan and Lee in mid­ field, although it could be said that nobody had a bad game and a brilliant team effort brought about a great result.


, CRGS suffered their heavi­ est defeat of tire season— by six clear goals—at Dar- wen on Saturday. For a full hour, Clitheroe always looked to have a chance to snatch at least a point, but in the last 20 minutes the young side eventually buck­ led under the pressure of


chances falling to the CHtheroe forwards, but none were taken, due mainly to bad luck rather than bad finishing. Darwen, however, took an undeserved lead when they capitalised on a defensive misunderstanding, to be a goal up at half-time. In the second half, the


the big Danven players. Tlie first half saw many


Williamson; Barnett. Kirk, South-worth: .-Maculewicz, Irv­ ing, Kendall, Wilson, Trey- maiiie. sub: Tomlinson. .- Leyland Motors: Ashton;


first'attempt.. Clitheroe: Ashworth; Brown,


Clithej'oe's record at Spring- field Road shows a 2-0 defeat and a 1-1 draw, in the Com­ bination Cup last season, Clith­ eroe went, down by two goals to one. However, Clitheroe have won


. Bury.


Kenny, - Derbyshire; Brindley, Butler Preston; Hathaway, Hah, ' Miller, Stringfehow; Smith, sub; Brooks. Referee: Mr. A. Parkinson,


Tomorrow


task tomorrow when they travel to Wigan Athletic Re­ serves. A formidable side at home, Athletic have won eight out of 16 games. They aro on the same pointage as Clitheroc (17) but with a far superior goal average, 1.572 against


Clithcroe have a difficult


0.806. Uniril two seasons ago, the


champions of Division Two.


Three goals iii six


minutes Low Moor 4, Bowker Bros. 3.


pitch. Bowkers kicked down tire slope. They soon got into their stride and stretched Low Moor’s defence to the limit. On settling down, how­ ever, Low Moor began to play more determined football in midfield, and should have con­ verted a couple of good chan­ ces.


IN a dramatic match be­ tween Low Moor and Bow­ ker Bros, in Clitheroc' and District Amateur League, team spirit finally won the day for the home side by the odd goal in seven. On a semi - waterlogged


with a good shot by Scott from the edge of the box, giv­ ing Allen no chance.


Bowkers opened the score HEADER


Moor forwards and a header by Warden from a cornet- brought the resultant equal­ iser.


End to end play followed,


with Bowkers’ forwards catch­ ing the Low Moor defence upfield ' time and again, and Allen had to leave his box several times to clear.


second goal when Jeffries beat Allen -to a loose ball and was only prevented from scoring by a fine tackle by Bailey on the line.


Bowkers came close to a


when Alien, Jeffries and Evans ran for a loose ball out­ side the area. Evans, finding rite ball a t his feet, hit it into an open net.


Bowkers wont ahead again


Law Moor forwards right into this game. With minutes gone, a through ball sent Hit- chen down the left wing cut­ ting Inside the full-back, he unleashed a right-foot drive from a narrow angle, giving Loynd no chance. A minute later, Clegg, hav­


The turn round brought


ing gained possession just in­ side the opponents’ half, beat two men and, running on to the edge of the penalty area, chipped a beautiful ball over the advancing keeper, to givo his side the lead. A fine in­ dividual goal. Low' Moor, now running


Bowkers’ defence amok, forced two comers in the next three minutes: the second of these, by Pinch, dropped against the front side of the crossbar, and Loynd could only help it into the net in a vain attempt to save. These three ' goals in six


This spurred on the Low-


sides 'had not met since 1959- 60, when Clitheroe were


both previous encounters at Shawbridge


.Suspended


sing from the Clitheroe line­ up. On Monday, inside-forward Peter living began a two-week suspension imposed by the club. He was also fined £5. :The suspension and fine


A familiar face will be mis­


match since lie joined the club on October 3rd, making 18 con­ secutive appearances in all. The goal he scored on Satur­ day was liis fifth for the club, two from penalties.


follows an incident during Clitheroe’s C-3 rout of Lytham, in December when Irving and a Lvtham player were sent off hi the. 73rd minute. Irving lias not missed a


Grmdleton


fight hard Grindleton kicked oil


after White Lions had won die toss and should have


gone into an early lead. However, Buchanan shot


wide with an easy chance and White Lions began to take control after equal exchanges. They went in front when McLean’s high lob deceived Bennett and went in off the post. Grindleton fought back and


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times January 29,1971 U


Table Tennis TWO


Trinity “A” v St.,Paul’s “A”;. Chatburn, Pendlc Mill “B"; Trutex “3" v Venture Scouts; St. Paul’s “C” v Trinity '‘B”: Pendle Mill “A" v Trutex “A”; RWCC “B” V R.WCC “A ”.


THE draw-for the annual knockout competition has been made and with 15 teams competing, one team ha® a bye into the quarter- final, the lucky team being Calderstones. The rest of the draw is: Brockhal] v RWCC “C”;


hall and RWCC “C" brings together the top of the two leagues and promises to be a closely contested match. Brockliail are severly handi­ capped and this puts the teams on even terms. The most severely handi­


The fixture between Brock-


TOP TEAMS ARE PAIRED


Mill “B” an only making a- draw in a very closely contes­ ted match, and later to the week beating Trutex “A”. The latter result puts them


two points clear of Pendle Mill “B " .a t the top of the League, and if they win their last two games, which seems to be a formality, , RWCC should win League “B’’ by two points from Pendle Mill “B". with Trutex “A” pro­ bably in third place. As a lot of fixtures have to be played to League


“A" would team captains please -try to - arrange these fixtures within the next three weeks, so that they will not interfere with the handicap


petition will run smoothly this year and clubs are asked to co-operate by phoning their results in to the fixture sec­ retary as soon as possible after the game, thus allow­ ing the draw for the quarter­ finals to be made the same week. Because of a poor atten­


capped player is F. Hamer, of Brcckhall. who is 20 back, which means that, he must score 41 to a player on scrat­ ches 21. I t is hoped that the com­


deliver'the scorecards them­ selves or phone their results to to Clitheroc 3174, while the postal strike continues. In league “B”. RWCO “C”


results. Will captains also try to


and Pendle Mill “B" moved ahead of the rest of the


field a t the top of the table. Trutex “A” were defeated in


a very close game with RWCC


“C". Chatburn had their livst win


dance at the last table ten­ nis meeting, it was impossible to decide on a date for tbe annual dinner-dance and tire individual tournament, which i t is hoped will be played at Trinity on a Saturday after­ noon. Clubs will receive in­ formation of both events when the committee make arrangements. There was only one result


of the season when they de­ feated Trutex “B” 6-4. This was a joint effort by all the Chatbum players, who all won two games. The only consola­ tion for Tvutex went to N. Neal, who won all his games and rile doubles with D. Wild. Other results in league “B" that week; Chatbum 1. Trinity “B” 9; Trutex “B” 4,


RWCC “B” C. The previous week Brock-


this week in League “A”: RWCC “A" 5, Pendlc Mill “A” 5 In League “B”. RWCC “C”


had a busy week, playing first on Monday at Pendle


hall dropped two games to their 8—2 victory over RWCC “A”. Hie successful players for RWCC “A” were B. Raws- thome and S. Thompson, who defeated D. George. Neverthe­ less,, later to the week, Brock- hall had o- 10—0 win over St. Paul’s “A”.


Amateur League


for a time they had the visi­ tors -penned in their own half. The due reward was reaped when a good move on the right ended with Smalley’s shot be­ ing deflected into the not by O'Donnell.


Ten minutes later, White


Lions regained the lead with a disputed goal. McLean re­ ceived the ball in what ap­ peared to be an offside posi­ tion and easily beat Bennett Just before half-time good work by Seedall ended with Briggs volleying the winger’s cross home for a 3-1 lead.


after the resumption, Bennett making good saves from Seed- all, Brown and McLean. At the other end, Whittaker’kept out efforts by---Green and McCally.


Exchanges were fairly even


Lions began to take- control again and they went further


As the game went on, White


Whittaker produced a brilliant save when Smalley shot. Frcedy replied by hitting the bar from 25 yards.


ahead when Seedall scored from Briggs' prompting. Grindleton hit back and


Foulker put the issue beyond doubt, giving Bennett no chance after a good run.


With 15 minutes to go,


games of the season in the Grindleton goal, while O’Don­ nell and Foulker were out­ standing for White Lions.


Bennett had one of his best


feree did not turn up and the teams had to agree on a last- minute substitute.


Cowell, Clayton; McKenzie, B. Jones, Turner; B. A. Jones, Smalley, Buchanan, Green, McCally. Substitute: j. Ben­ nett.


Grindleton: G. Bennett;


Geelan, Potter; O’Donnell, Grime, Freed}’; McLean, Brown, Foulker, Briggs, Seed- all.


White Lions: Whittaker;


minutes were just reward for team effort. End to end play continued, and Scott, running well between defence and attack, was justly rewarded with a fine 18-yard shot. Low Moor could have scored


Chess Club Team


more if chances had been taken. Bowkers pushed tor an equaliser but were unsuccess­ ful, lack of team spirit being their biggest obstacle. Low Moor’s inside trio again


School fought hand to pull the deficit back, but the effort was in vain. In the 20 minutes the heavy, muddy conditions took its toll on the young players and Darwen completely over­ ran the school, scoring a fur­ ther five goals, two of which were “own" goals.


created plenty of chances, be’mg well served by the win­ gers, but didn’t take advan­ tage. Bibby and Howard played


well in defence for Lew Moor, while Bowkers were well served by Scott in midfield, Pearce in defence and Jeffries up front. The game was well con­


trolled by Mr. G. Barker, an up-and-coming young referee.


Chess Club team to meet Skipton LMS Club will be D. Mortimer. H. L. Cosgrove. S. Taylor, A. Wilson, N. M. Wolstenholme, 0. Wilson, R. Duckworth and C. Moon. Reserves A. Robinson, D. Moore and J. ■


The Coach and Horses Rothwell. The


match will be played on Wed­ nesday, February 17fch, and visitors will be welcome. There will be an ordinary meeting of the . club next Wednesday.


been arranged for February 10th at rile Duke of York Hotel, Grindleton.


The club’s first dinner has Once again, the official re­


WHALLEY FC HAVE A GROUND


AFTER a long search, Whalley Rangers FC now have a home ground adjoining the village cricket field in Mil­


to their first season in Clith­ eroe and District Amateur


noon of football” from 2 pan. on Sunday. The newly formed dub are


League and although they are the “wooden spoonists" with no points from 16 games, their sportsmanship and effort have earned praise from more experienced opponents. Com­ ments in this column are


proof of that., Sunday's programme in­


cludes a game against another village team, and secondly a


Fine win for the School


CLITHEROE RGS 3. BOLTON GS 0,


DUE to a fine' team eflort, CRGS had a good 3—0 away win at Bolton GS. Playing a fast and fit oppo­ sition on a large pitch, the School were well-suited to


and created several chances which were net converted, due to bad finishing. The School opened the scoring, however after 10 minutes. A free kick on the right was


play good football. The team soon settled down


it to unchallenged. CRGS continued to domi­


the goal for Wright to put


nate the play and scored their second goal just before half-time—Ward intercepted


a. bad pass and broke away to score from a shot which the keeper could only palm into


the net.


School continued to play con­ fidently and soon scored their third with a brilliant effort from Wright. The ball was carried upfield to a series of neat passes and finally came to Wright on the edge o” the box who, under pressure, coolly teed the ball up for himself to volley ‘nto the top


In rile second half the . „ comer of the' net.


but could not master a reso­ lute defence to which Purves acquitted himself outstand­ ingly a t centre-half. GRGS: Lister; J. Bcden,


Bolton now pressed hard ’


Purves; Smith, Hampshire, Kay; K. Boden, Wright, Stokes' Ward, Compton. .


and added a further goal through Cokson after a mix- up in the Trinity defence. They were denied a fourth goal when Kay brought off a magnificent save that Gor­ don Banks would have been


proud of. Although he was on the los­


ing side, McGurk had a very soiid game a t centre-half for Trinity, hardly putting a foot


wrong all afternoon. The ground was very sticky


and uneven, making ball con­ trol and accurate passing


Edrrmndson: ' A. N. Other, McGurk. Wood;. Jones, Czaoowski. Varter, t Turnbull, Mowison. Sub: Haworth. chipping: G Atk’nson; V.


difficult. Trinity: Kay; J. Penman.


Freeman. Social Club consolidate


THE four local teams in Accrington and District Conservative Clubs snooker and domino league were matched against each other this week. At the snooker, Clitheroe were beaten 6—3 by Read and Whalley “B” lost 5—4 to Whalley “A”. Dominoes resulted in a 5— 4 win for Read and a 6— 3 victory for Whalley


home team first: Olitheroe 471, Read 510; N.


“B”. individual snooker results,


Rich, B. Rich R. Freeman. Blezard, M. Atkinson: Dun­ canson, ■ Procter, Rhodes, Mercer, ' Cookson. Sub:- D;


Burgess 91, J. Pollard 41; A. Wright 47, R. Goodway 83; E. Tomlinson 49, D. Lawson 80; G. Sptolk 87, C.. Ellis .50;. P. Glennion 24, D. Pollard 64; W. Worthington 74, K. Bradshaw 47; R. Hall 48, S. Waddicor 72;


F. Webster 51, D. Turner 73. Whalley “B" 419, Wfaalley


“A” 487; D. Coggins 38, D. Kenyon 78; J. Charles 37, R. Rouse 77; C. Britddffe 40, G. Kenyon 66; G. Carr 69, . T. Charles 61; J. Timperley 46, V. Broderick 82; J. Growther 59, S. Holden 23; P. Hargreaves 60, S. Marsh 52; J. H. Water- house 70, G. Morris .48.


CLITHEROE BEATEN


SOCIAL CLUB have been at the top of the; table in


- Clitberoo and District Snooker League .for 11 con­ secutive weeks, and they strengthened their position with .a decisive 14—0 tri-.


umph over the Police team. Latest results, home team ■ first: BUitogton “A“ 10, . Pen­


dleton 4; Colder stones “A” 4,' Chatbum “B” 10; Ohatburn “A” 6, Calderstones. “B” 8; Conservatives '4, Waddington “B” 10; Pemdlo "Club 8, British Legion 8; Social Club 14, Police, 0; Waddington “A” C, Billington “B” 8. Individual results: Billington “A” 392, Pendle­


. Calderstones “A” 372, Chat­ bum “B" 380; B. Seed 75, P. Jones 45; J. Haydock 92, H. Frankland 42: :H. Mayor 60, D. Leach-63; H. Clayton 58, M. Fletcher 66; Wi Tlplady 36, D. Speak 85: R. Hindle 51, F.


ton 374; "V. Broderick 57, T. McMenemy 78; T. Warden 84, H. Parkinson 47; B. Lee 82, H. Nutter 59; K. Garrett 31, R. Greater 68; M. Aitken 67, A. McNab 54; P. Gorton 71, F. McNab 68.


Fitzpatrick 56;.M. Frankland 79, D. Wynne 52; S. Butler 45, S. Ghaboos 48; E. Horsfield 35, P. Backhouse 90; A. d a r k 57, M. Starkie 70; A. Middlebrough 80, M. Oldham 64,


ton “B” 345; P. Glennon 42, T. Walmstey 46; F. Hall 49, P. Clapham 69; W. Anderton 61, J. B. Herd 58; G. Spink 53, A. Wright 64; J. Blackburn 28, F. Coar 66;- W. Worthington 61,,


Conservatives' 294, Wadding­ S. Hatton 42. /


Webster.79. Chaitbum • “A”. 360, Calder­


stones “B” 380;,P. Craig 64, D.


D. Niven 75, P. Hargreaves 30; A. Hargreaves 82, W. Ashworth 30; T. Palmer 58. T. Swift 54;


Legion 388; G. Whittaker 47, T. Gcodbier 67; H. Wilkinson 65, B. Holden.81; G. Burgess 81, T. Williamson 43; T. Howarth 72, G. Eaitough 34; G. Knowles 98, G. Slater 31; H, Knowles 59, G. Goodbier 102. Social d u b 400, Police 247;


Peiidle Club 422, British


B. smith 62, L. McEntee 52; R. Burn 64, B. Altham 39; E. Holden 59, G.. Titley 42.


tcu “B” 383; D. Nelson 70, J. Hall 36; M. Sowdeu 81, R. Wild 67; N. Burgess 59, P. Swain 67; J. Wooff 58, H. Onnerod 46; N. Watenvorth 44, D. Wharton 73; F. Thompson 31, B. Robin­


Waddington “A” 343, Billing- son 94.


Social Club----- Waddtogton B Calderstones B


Pendlc Olub .. Police ............. Billington A .. Billingtou B .. Chatham A .. Waddington A , Conservatives Chatbum B .. Catderstones A Pendleton


. . . 13 125 . . . 13 115 . . . 13 101 . . . 13 101 . . . 13 98


P Pts


ton Road. To celebrate the acquisition, the club will hold an “after­


game against a team com­ prising tile fathers of the Whalley players—a ktod of dads versus lads effort.


of Blackburn Rovers, who will kiok-off in the -second game, probably about 3-45 p.m.


Important visitor will bo Mr. Johnny Carey, manager


help of Whailey. Parish Coun­ cil to bringing 'their search for a ground to a successful conclusion.


The club; appreciate the FRIDGE REPAIRS


council, asked W h a l l c y Cricket Club if they could make their tea pavilion avail­ able as a changing room; the cricket club agreed to his


Mr. J. Holden, clerk of the Ring:


request. The title race to the Amat­


eur League is developing into a close one. Chipping have a two-point lead but have played two more games than Calderstones, lying second.


In third place, Chaitbum


also have two games to hand over Ohipping with four


points fewer. White Lions, currently fifth


band. RESULTS


floated over to the far post were Ward headed across


Low Moor Club 4, Bowken Bros 3; Trinity 0, Chipping, 3; Grtodleton 1, White Lions


Whalley 0, Calderstones 7;


5; Billtogton l. St. Paul’s 5; Chatburn 5, Hurst Green 3.


TOMORROW


Berry), Grindleton Bowker Bros. (L. Farnsworth), Bil­ lington v Calderstones (G. Barker), Hurst Green v King’s Arms (H. Leach), Low Moor v St. Paul’s (J. Swain).


SUNDAY


replay. Chatbum v White Lions at Shawbridge (P. Dau­ ber) .


Ashley Smith Trophy Final, TABLE Chipping . . . .


CalderstQiies Chatbum Hurst Green White Lions King’s Anns Trinity ......... Grindieton ., Billington .. Low Moor C. St. Paul’s .. .. Bowker Bros. Whalley __


’l l 9 14 8


14 6 13 15 15 16 14 16


P W D 15 12 1 13 11 13 10 15 9


LPts 2 25 1 23 2 21 4 20 1 19 6 16 6 14 6 12 9 10 9 10


11 8 10 6 16 0


FISH COUNT . ON THE GATHER


LANCASHIRE River Authority is to take a fish count of the River Calder' at Whalley, it was reported at Monday’s meeting of Clitheroe Rural


erage and cleansing committee. This follows an application


13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 74


Council’s waterworks, sew­


by the Moss Side 7oolal . Ang­ ling Society for th e re-newal


of their fishing rights lease, which expires next month. The council has asked the


authority to conduct the court because of last year’s thunder­ storm which stirred up the river bed and reduced the oxy­ gen levels, killing 30,000 fish,


Chipping v Whalley (N-


NYLON STRETCH COVERS


AN AMAZING SELECTION P OVER 170 DIFFERENT


All Prices—All Shapes and Sizes auoted for


For Free Homo Demonstration Rins Clithoroo 3075


or call at H. & L. CARPETS,


30, Moor Lane, Clitheroc. (Evenings) Tel. 2798


c.


PAINTER and DECORATOR (Apprentice trained)


INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PROMPT ATTENTION


ESTIMATES FREE


18, GEORGE STREET, CLITHEROE. Tel: 3235


CHIMNEY Brush and Vacuum


House Cleaning-Carpets ,B. BRIDGES


2, Woone Lane, Ciitheroe Tel: 2807 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.


ATTERNS TO CHOOSE FROM


in the tabic, also come into the reckoning. They have 19 points with four matches in


DARWEN REFRIGERATION


at Blackburn 21119 Night Service 60331


G. E. Parker


GENERAL CLEANING CONTRACTOR


Specialist in Gleaning HOUSES


CHIMNEYS. CARPETS, FLOORS,


FLOOR POLISHING Any Type ot Gleaning


3 Warwick Drive TeJ. Clitheroe 3475


Domestic and Commercial


CASTLE ALL TYPES OF BUILDING WORK Pointing, Concreting etc.


Write, call or phone Tel: Clitheroe 3133


HIGHEST QUALITY


7, WELLGATE, CLITHEROE. BUILDING


Extensions :: Alterations Flagging :: Concreting Tarmacing :: Pointing Stonework, etc. JOHN LYNCH


from 1 p.m. to io p.m. Tel. Clitheroe 4318 CYRIL HOOI.EY


Ex-Hoover Service Engineer


57 WOONE LANE CLITHEROE P h o n e : 2 0 2 3


Repairs, Reconditioning and Service


of HOOVER


APPLIANCES Specialists on Kcvir.attc


fitting service on blinds at prices well below what vou would normal I v expect to pay:


fhe areas leading retailers of window coverings offer tree measuring estimating and


Also fantastic range of Roller Blinds


e.g. 4 x 4 £6-10-0 Stacks ol Colours All Slat Sizes.


Telephone Clitheroe 3975 or call at


30, Moor Lane, Clithcroe, • Tel: 2798 (Evenings)


H. & L. CARPETS,


WHY PUT UP WITH DAMP UNEVEN FLOORS?


when you can have


Estimates Free No Obligation. EDGINGS,


ASPHALT FLOORS AND VINYL TILING


PAVINGS AND PATHS Consult:


JAMES BOLTON & SON (A3PHALTERS) LTD.,


LOWER EANAM WHARF, BLACKBURN


on all floor problems.


Telephone Blackburn 59438 - Evenings: Blackburn 55342


NEXT WEEK


Trinity “A” v Calderstones; Wednesday, St. Paul's “A” v St. Paul’s "C”; Thursday. Brockhall v RWCC “A”; Rest week -for Pendle Mill “A”. League :‘B":, Monday, Pen­


League . “A’-’:- \Mondny.


dle Mill ’’B’’ v RWCC “B”; Wednesday. RWCC “C” V Chatburn; Thursday, Trutex “A” v Venture Scouts.


Brockhall


LEAGUE “A” P W D LPts


RWCC “A” .. 7 3 3 1 9 Calderstones 7 4 0 3 8 Pendlc M “A" 9 2 3 4 7 St. Paul’s “A" 6 2 1 3 5 St. Paul’s “C” 7 1 2 4 4 Trinity “A” .


.. .. 7 7 0 0 14 . 7 1 1 5 3


Trinity “B” .. 11 4 1 6 9 Chatbum ..


RWCC “C" .. 12 9 3 0 21 Pendle M “B” 12 8 3 1 19 Trutex-“A" .. 11 8 0 3 16 RWCC “B” ..


LEAGUE "B” P W D LPbs


Trutex “B” .. 11 0 3 8 3 Venture Sc’ts 11 1 1 9 3


11 7 2 2 16 l i l i g 3


W. BEER LIGHT HAULAGE


Removals and Odd Jobs Undertaken


71 WOONE LANE, CLITHEROE. Tel: 2857


' RECONDITIONING one


Caterer to cue Musical orofesslon


E. J. APPLETON


Tel. Haworth 8519 Anytime. Any Area


21 Woodland!; Rise. Haworth. Koishloy.


Aerials Repaired


19, CURZON STREET CLITHEROE


TEL: 4168


New Sets Supplied Rental or Sates


KING and For all


WASHING MACHINE REPAIRS and Kenwood Repairs


Ail makes of new and reconditioned Washers and Cleaners


1


HOOVER—HOTPOINT—BURCO—SERVIS PARNALL—ROLLS—ADA


Sales and Workshop 2 FRANKLIN STREET


CLITHEROE TEL. 2979 .i.’kX


H UimPTY ai Me. ’.VttHCTSIXq H m DEREIv LEIGH and 'hiirdo’s


Heated lndooi Kennels and Cattery


Expert Clipping and Stripping ' Shampooing -all breeds


Covered Runs


Ring Mrs. Nuttall Clitheroe 2120


Collection and Delivery Service


/.


CHIMNEY SWEEP BRUSH AND VACUUM


Tol! ciltheroB 4519 5-00 n.m. to 8-00 o.m.


* m f m w m s


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