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Clitheroe 2232b (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) Whitbread Ribblesdale Cricket League


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Ribblesdale Wanderers 130 for 8,


Blackburn Northern 145


bottom Cup by a solid, bottom Cup with a com- Blackburn Northern side, fortable victory over Set­


RIBBLESDALE Wan­ derers were knocked out of the Whitbread Rams-


the early breakthrough when a brilliant piece of fielding by Gor­ don Leach resulted in Gillibrand being run out whilst attempting a risky single. Billy S ling e r was then


Church Meadow, Northern were put into bat and Ribblesdale got


In a closely-fought cup tie at


CLITHEROE began their campaign for the retention of the Whitbread Rams-


errors in their batting to


brought into the attack and Atkins appeared to glove the ball to Cottam at slip, only to be given not out. However, Slinger took a reflex return catch to dis­ miss him next ball. Richard Bedford was brought


tle, as the Yorkshire side made too elementary


pose a real threat. Settle skipper Andrew David­


son, after much deliberation, decided to bat on a wicket which, after recent rain, looked


as if it might hold something for the bowlers. Davidson then proceeded to


on at the top end to replace See- dle and Leach replaced Slinger, who slipped awkwardly while bowling nis fourth over. Bed­ ford's offspin accounted for Rob­ bins and ended a useful stand of 38. Leach bowled well without success and was replaced by Darren Rayton. The professional immediately


Lucky 13 as champions Clitheroe march on


Settle 104, Clitheroe 108 for 5


launched when the flamboyant Graham Harker took it upon himself to test Garth Sutcliffe’s line and length, striking Clith- eroe’s left-armer for 14 in one over and, together with Mike Dodgson, threatened to revive Settle’s hopes. After a stand of 31, Dodgson


A re scue a t tem p t was


in hand, there was no panic, These two were replaced by Alan Henderson and Kim Nor-


Mocke 10-2-27-2, G. Sutcliffe G-4-15-3


kett, who waited for those bowl­ ers to complete their 10 over spells and hit the winning runs off Davidson and Derham. This was Clitheroe’s 13th suc­


went in another run-out. Harker followed shortly afterwards, caught behind by Tahir Amin, and the innings stuttered to a halt at 104. All of Clitheroe’s bowlers


mis-time the first half-volley from Mick Dewhurst into Alan Henderson's hands at extra cover. Not content with this, his


cessive win in the Ramsbottom Cup and it must go down as one of the easiest in the sequence. Despite a number of lapses in the field, what Clitheroe did, they did well.


stuck to their task well, with Dewhurst, the pick of them, ending up with 3 for 11. Clitheroe in reply put up a


partner, Steven Andrews{ then ran out Andrew Saballus in one of those masterpieces of misjud­ gement that push the morale of the fielding side sky high. At 8 for 2. the home side


bowled a troubled Halsall and Australian amateur John Mit­ chell, returning to his brother’s former hunting ground, was paired with Nortnern profes­ sional Kevin Sample. Sample scored a bright 22


Settle


A. Davidson c Henderson b Dewhurst......................... 1


solid opening stand of 43 before Neil Ashworth could resist Der- ham’s left-arm spin no more and holed out to mid-off. Keith Fawcett joined profes­


needed sound, sensible, slow batting to repair the damage. None of the threesome of Tim Green. Mike Verden and profes­ sional David Jolleys really looked the part and paid the price for hitting the ball in the air.


before driving Bedford into Dennett’s hands and the North­ ern innings slowly folded, with resistance only coming from


innings was opened by Richard Bedford and Steve Proctor, the latter being caught at second slip off Sample in the second over. Dennett, Cottam and Bedford


S. Andrews c Lones b Sut­ cliffe.................................. 18


sional Bryan Lones and moved the score up 62 before the for­ mer departed. Lones carried on until he too became over confi­ dent and went the way of his


skipper. At 73 for 3, Settle brought


back their opening combination of Saballus and Jolleys and put Dewhurst and Barry Mocke under pressure. Scoring came slowly, but with plenty of overs


A. Saballus run out............. 0 T. Green c Lones b Mocke... 16


M. Verden c Lones b Mocke 11 3olleys c Bishop b Sutcliffe.. 5


Clitheroe


N. Ashworth c Davidson b Derham............................ 25


M. Dewhurst c Dodgson b Saballus............................ 8


Lones c Davidson b Derham 32 K. Fawcett c Jolleys b Dur­ ham.................................. 9


Bowling: Jolleys 10-3-22-1, A. Saballus 10-4-13-1, D. Derham 9-1-31-3, A. Davidson 7.4-1-24-0, C. Fleming 2-0-10-0


Victorious


M. Dodgson run out............ 2 G. H a rk e r c Amin b Dewhurst......................... 27


Catholic Catholic SC 97 for 4, Brockhall 92 for 2


D. Derham c Dewhurst b Sutcliffe............................ 9


C. Fleming b Dewhurst...... 1 P. Eccteston not out............ 2 Extras....................... 12 Total (all out) 104


Bowling: M. Dewhurst 9.2-4- 11-3, M. Sharp 9-2-24-0, B.


Mitchell with 24. After the break, Wanderers’


Whalley stroll to a six-wicket victory


Cherry Tree 104, Whnllcy 105 for 4


soon followed, and the score now stood at 27 for 4. Dave Bennett and Martin Greenhalgh showed great skill in mastering an awkward pitch and some restrictive bowling. They batted for two hours,


adding 85 runs and putting Wanderers back in with a chance. Unfortunately, the pair were both dismissed within two overs with the score on 112. Seedle and Rayton tried to hit


really recovered from the shock of losing their pro­ fessional, Kevin Hayes,


for a duck. Australian amateur John


their way to victory with the scoring rate steadily rising, but both went at 117, leaving Leach and Ian Threlfall requiring eight an over to win. The innings petered out 15


runs short with the time at 8-16 p.m. and the sun so low as to be causing problems to both the batsmen and fielders. This was another match that


Blackburn Northern


M. Gillibrand run out........... 5 3. Halsall b Rayton.............. 33 C. Atkins c and b Slinger.... 0 N. Robbins b Bedford.......... 18 Sample c Dennett b Bedford 22 J. Mitchell Ibw b Seedle...... 24 N. Weaver c Dennett b Greenhalgh....................... 8


WHALLEY continued their impressive start to the season with a six-wicket win at Blackburn. Cherry Tree never


J. Sutcliffe not out............... 25 \V. Cooper c Pauli b Fallon.. 2


D. Hayes c Wharton b Brown.............................. 20


P. Mercer c Calderbank b Fallon...................


Pauli bowled Hayes with only the fourth ball of the day and then fellow opener Derek Ben­ nett was caught behind by Vic Morris off the bowling of Roger Watson to leave Cherry Tree struggling at 9 for 2. The home side then enjoyed


D. Hubbersty c Macintosh b L Fallon................................ 0


0


P. Benson Ibw b Wright...... 3 B. Mawman c Morris b Wat­


. Kennedy b Wright.......... 13


son.................................... 9 Extras....................... 9 Total (all out) 104


their best spell of the match as Eric Kinder and skipper David Hayes staged sometning of a recovery, but both fell with the


Wanderers could have won, but after the bad s ta rt to their innings, they did well to get so dose.


score on 56. Hayes fell to Brian Brown


and, after conceeding nine runs in his first over, off-spinner Mark Fallon took a fine caught and balled to dismiss Kinder. Fallon then proceeded to rip the heart out of the Cherry Tree middle order to finish with 4 for 20 from his 10 overs. Jonathon Sutcliffe came to the


R. Walton run out................ 7 R. Barnes b Seedle.............. 1 I. Battersby not out............ 7 P. Jones not out.................. 0 Extras....................... 20 Total (nine wickets) 145


Seedle 10-29-2, W. Slinger 4-2- 6-1, R. Bedford 9-1-27-2, G. Leach 5-0-26-0, M. Greenhalgh 10-3-19-1


Bowling: Rayton 10-1-26-1, P. Ribblesdale Wanderers


S. Proctor c Halsall b Sam­ ple.................................... 1


R. Bedford c Weaver b Barnes.............................. 8


M. Dennett c Battersby b Barnes.............................. 10


D. Bennett b Mitchell.......... 39 M. Greenhalgh c Gillibrand b Sample........................... 33


D. Cottam c Walton b Sam­ ple.................................... 4


P. Seedle b Sample.............. 1 Rayton b Jones.................... 2 G. Leach not out.................. 4 1. Threlfall not out............... 7 Extras....................... 21 Total (eight wickets) 130


Sample 10-1-19-4, P. Jones 6-3- 14-1, C. Atkins 2-1-17-0, R. Walton 10-6-9-0, J. Mitchell 10-1-29-1


Bowling: R. Barnes 10-2-28-2,


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R IB B L E SD A L E 'S th ird team bounced back from th e i r cup d e fe a t a t th e hands of rivals Clitheroe to produce a convincing victory of th e ir own. Paul S p encer (23) and Neil Parker (48) put on 61


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chins (49 n.o.) and Barry Spencer (24) took off where their openers left off as the visitors raced to 193 from their allotted 45 overs. When Cherry Tree


Watson 10-3-31-2, M. Fallon 10- 5-20-4, B. Brown 7-4-7-1, A. Wright 7-1-18-2


Bowling: J. Paul! 6-1-24-1, Whalley


J. Kearsley not out............. 24 Watson c Mercer b Hub­


J. Wharton c and b Hub­ bersty.............................. 9


bersty.............................. 44


P. Macintosh c Bennett b Hubbersty........................ 17


J. Pauli not out..................... 4 Extras....................... 5 Total (four wickets) 105


M. Fallon c Cooper b Hub­ bersty.............................. 2


P. Benson 2-0-14-0, D. Hub­ bersty 9.2-2-40-4, P. Mercer 4- 1-19-0, B. Mawman 5-1-13-0


Bowling: D. Bennett 3-0-16-0,


READ SET UP A DERBY MATCH


Read 239 for 8, Oswaldtwistle Immanuel 83


quick succession at the other RamSbottom Cup and set up a derby game with Three fell with the score on Padiham.


crease and could only watch in desperation as wickets fell in


............ ........ ........... ley Road to go into the second round of the Whitbread


62, but Sutcliffe and Kennedy Man-of-the-mateh was the staged another minor fightback rejuvenated Richard Goodway, before Tony Wright bowed the who hit a brisk 47 in 39 balls and latter.


partners and Cherry Tree’s innings came to a close after 40 of their allotted 48 overs. To rub salt in Cherry Tree’s


Sutcliffe finally ran out of


wounds, Watson then laid about the Cherry Tree attack with wild abandon. When the Whal­ ley professional was finally caught out in the seventh over, he had scored 44 out of a total of


then demolished the visitors by


Stephen Rushton, who had not recovered from the leg injury he sustained at Settle in the pre­ vious match. Granville Piflre- placed him. Batting firs t on a lively


claiming six wickets for 27 runs. Read were missing captain


50.Whalley captain John Whar­ ton fell soon afterwards to give the home side a glimmer of hope, but although Paul Macin­ tosh and Fallon followed him back to the pavilion, by the time of their departure the match


Read


A. Hough c Wilson b Shor­ rock.................................. 9


M. Georgeson c Wilson b Shorrock...........................


15


Bradshaw c and b Shorrock. 45 S. Hunt lbw b Shorrock...... 0 G. Pilling c Billsborough b Morris................................ 55


wicket, Read soon had problems coping with an excellent spell of bowling by Peter Shorrock. The Oswaldtwistle opening bowler accounted for the first four wickets and conceded only 13


M. Grainger b Morris......... 9 R. Goodway c and b Maden. 47 P. Hanson not out................ 22 P. Worsley not out............... 0 Extras .................... 21 Total (eight wickets) 238


%


D. Smith c Morris b Burs­ nall..................................... 27


SL


runs in his 10 overs. Neil Bradshaw was severe on


was already won. Cherry Tree the day’s top score of 55. Doug spinner David Hubbersty took Smith hit three 6’s in his 27 all the four wickets to fall, but before Goodway took the total opening bat John Kearsley held beyond 200. one end up well to finish The first division never got seriously in contention after los­ ing their first three wickets for seven runs to Philip Hanson and Kelvin Clarke. Bursnall and Baron staged a


the bowling at the other end to reach 45 and Pilling took advan­ tage of some loose fielding to hit


ing Cherry Tree is a second- round match at Barnoldswick, who, like Cherry Tree, do not appear to be the force they once


unbeaten on 24. Whalley’s reward for defeat­


were. Cherry Tree


Hayes b Pauli...................... D. Bennett c Morris b Wat­


E. Kinder c and b Fallon..... 26 Ribblesdale round up


son.


recovery until Goodway bowled the latter and then Longworth in his first over. Bursnall con­ tinued his resistance, reaching 37 before he too was bowled by


quickly and Oswaldtwistle were eventually all out in the 30th over.


Good way. The visitor's innings folded


17-0, P. Shorrock 10-17-13-4. M. Maden 10-0-77-1, S. Burnsall 10- 0-50-1, D. Morris 10-2-38-2, M. Billsborough 6-0-32-0.


Oswaldtwistlc Immanuel


B. Wilson b Hanson............ 0 P. Maudsley b Clarke.......... 0 S. Bumsall b Goodway....... 37 D. Baron b Goodway........... 14 D. Longworth b Goodway... 4 M. Bilisborough c Hanson b Goodway........................... 8


A. Richards c Bradshaw b Clarke.............................. 1


D. Morris c Smith b Brad­ shaw................................. 0


G. Porter c Bradshaw b Goodway........................... 10


K. Clarke 6-1-17-2, N. Brad­ shaw 9-4-16-1, R. Goodway 8.5-2-27-6.


Bowling: P. Hanson 6-0-21-1,


Wanderers fall as the rest triumph


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four overs. I t took him until his ninth before he struck again, picking up two in a double wicket


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ing first division opposition last week and Oswaldtwistle Immanuel provided the Whalley Road side with few problems. The senior clubs are in a no-


Read were the only team fac­


maiden. At the other end, Ian Britcliffe was doing ster-


Kevin Hayes, formerly with Lancashire, topped the batting averages for the third suc­ cessive time, but so far he has had a poor start to the season. Perhaps he is missing playing the full-time game. With Hayes’ opening partner, John Swanney, not playing, the Blackburn side have been strug-


1987. Last year, their professional,


_r prove him wrong when they Rihblesdale Wanderers v Black- tn *Yx pliffn nn Snlnrdnv burn NnrtVmm. Rnmolllswick V


Clitheroe players w


trying to


Saturday's Senior League fix- tures: : Whalley v Paaiham,


,


derers entertain Warrington eroe, Bead v Earby, Cherry New Town in the Cockspur Tree v Settle. Cup. .Warrington accounted for Settle in the first round. Meanwhile, Ribblesdale have


lost the services of Murray Walker after six years with the club. The 23:year-old player is moving back* to Whalley. from where he was signed by Ribb­ lesdale in 1982. Results: Whitbread Ramsbot-


Cherry Tree. Division Two — Baxenden v


Division One — Clitheroe v


Ribblesdale Wanderers, Lower Darwen v Read, Rawtenstaii v Whalley. Sunday: Cockspur Cup —


win situation when playing their junior counterparts. There is a large gap in standards between the two and the senior teams are always expected to win strongly and generally do.


wickets) 193 Cherry Tree: 73 Bowling: I. Britcliffe 14-


Clitheroe


cricket THE Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Cricket League is now in its third week. Wednesday’s fixtures:


Brockhall v Chipping, ■ at Calderstones, Whalley; Catholic v Gisburn, at Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. Thursday’s fixture:


Casuals v Hurst Green, at Chatburn Road, Clitheroe.


7-19-3, G. Bamber 15-4-43- 6, R. Blair 5-1-5-0, P. Atkinson 2-1-0-1


past, but when reigning cham­ pions Earby travel to second division Lower Darwen, who can only field 10 men and lose by 247 runs, they might not fall on deaf ears next time.


tom Cup, Clitheroe, won con­ vincingly at Settle and will now face-Earby in the second round


Theholders of the Ramsbot­ ’


as they bid to lift the cup for the fourth successive year. This weekend, Ribblesdale


will be trying to gain revenge for their cup defeat when they again entertain Blackburn Northern. Stephen Gee, profes­ sional at Station Road last year, returns to Whalley on Saturday as a Padiham amateur, while Read entertain Earby.


Gary Kirsten will have made few friends with the declaration that the standard of the Ribb-


Great Harwood professional .


tom Cup first round — Earby Ciitheroe, Ribblesdale Wan- 291 for 7 (Clarkson 85, Hipgrave derers v Bamoldswick. 80 n.o.), Lower Darwen 44 for 9; Read 239 for 9, Oswaldtwistle Immanuel 83; Burnley Belve­ dere 100 for 4, Lucas 99 for 9; Cherry Tree 104, Whalley 105 for 4; Baxenden 141 for 6, Padi­ ham 145 for 5 (M. Heyworth 59); Great Harwood 129 for 8, Bar­ noldswick 135 for 4; Settle 104, Clitheroe 105 for 5. Revised second-round draw (matches to be played on June


Poor batting-


display Chatburn 1st XI 67 all out, Sutton 94 all out


d Calls for the juruor clubs to be T Y |c o |> « |% i r i f r n p r i ’f


ropped from the competition JL I Io d -P pU i l lL I I lc I l t have been controversial in the


SUTTON were put into bat and found runs hard to to come by against some accurate bowling from Rod Booth and Gary Mea- kin in this Craven and District Cricket League match. Sutton struggled along even­


AFTER losing the toss, Clith­ eroe were put into bat and, despite losing a wicket in the second over, made a good recov­ ery, with Booth and Scott put­ ting on 118 for their second wicket. However, good bowling res­


,______ WriSlUan'1wbaTtheaotnlv’bat°S


tricted Clitheroe to 173 in this * Lawrenson Cup tie. Some slack bowling let Eden-


field make a good start and it was not until Scorah and Hus­ sein came on that Clitheroe made any impact on the Eden- field batting. Slowly but surely they clawed


their way back into the game and, at 60 for 4, Clitheroe had a chance.: Unluckily, the local side did


not take another wicket until it was too late and eventually Edenfield passed the Clitheroe score to win.


travel to the Cliffe on Saturday, burn Northern, Bamoldswick v On Sunday, Ribblesdale Wan- Baxenden, Gt Harwood v Clith-


j


Northem in a low-scoring game. WVinHev w e re th e vie- lesdale League, is not particu- 18th): Burnley Belvedere v


Eh. Although the South UlacKburn Northern. Keau v African lias started well, fellow Padiham, Bamoldswick v VVhal- countrymen Bryan Lones and ley, Clitheroe v Earby. the


high_ | , though lhe South Blackburn Northern, Read y


P. Shorrock not out.............. 3 Extras....................... 6 Total (all out) 83


Bowling: D. Longworth 2-0- Topsy-turvy


match Clitheroe 3rd X I192 for 5, Baxenden 3rd XI 135 for 9


CLITHEROE gained a further three points in this topsy-turvy match against Baxenden. Batting first, Clitheroe


Fruitless Chatburn


Chatburn 2nd X I105 all out, Cononley 2nd X I120 all out


got off to a steady start, but lost wickets regularly. Eventually Mike Houlds- worth came to the crease and he tore into the Bax­ enden attack, scoring a quick half century. Neil Bolton supported well, but fell with his score on 26. Dave Booth replaced


CONONLEY batted first in this Cowling Cup match and found the going diffi­ cult in the early stages. At one point Cononley


stood at 22 for 5, but a seventh wicket stand of 51 between M. Palin (33) and A. Speak (33) shored up the innings. For Chatburn, A. Hodg­


son bowled well, taking seven wickets for 47 runs. Hodgson batted well for


Booth and helped boost the score to 192 with a thumping 25 not out. Baxenden started their innings well as Clitheroe’s


his 30, but the overall per­ formance was poor. A hearty last wicket stand of 31 from B. Jones and P. Whittaker was not enough


opening bowlers straggled and Chatburn fell short.


to make any impact. They lost their first wicket for 92 runs and looked to be cruising to victory. How-


j casualty in the Whitbread Ramsbottom ever. Robin Sharp and Z a n d e r s fell victim to Blackburn


batting and between them claimed six wickets for just 12 runs. Booth needed two


wickets from the final over to secure six points, but could only manage one. Clitheroe did well to


gain three points from what seemed to be a no- win situation, especially as they had Palmer carried off with a badly-gashed


Ribblesdale Wanderers v War­ rington New Town. DivisiiDivision Three — Earby v


24, W. Briggs 2, J. Furnell 15, P. Griffiths 19, M. Houldsworth 70 n.o., N. Bolton 26, D. Booth 25 n.o. Baxenden: 135 for 9. Bowling: G. Robinson 6-


Clitheroe: R. Palmer 0- 6- 0.


0, G. Lambert 9, A. Hodg­ son 30, M. Barker 0, S. Booth 0, J. Trotter 8, J. Whittle 10, K. Tomlinson 0, M. Pearce 2, B. Jones 11, P. Whittaker 17 n.o., extras 18, total 105.


27-0; B. Jones 17-9-18-2; A. Hodgson 18-4-47-7; S. Booth 4-0-21-0. Chatburn: P. Dinsdale


Cononley: 120 all out. Bowling: J. Whittle 6-1-


CLITHEROE Cricket Ciub Under-18s lost for the first time this season against a strong Great Harwood side. Batting first, Clitheroe


First loss


scored 98 for 9, but were disappointed not to have finished with a higher total, having stood at 70 for the loss of ju s t 2 wickets after 11 overs. The total was built on a


0-18-0; D. Booth 9-2-36-1; S. Nicholson 2-0-19-0; R. Sharp 14-4-23-3; G. Cart- ledge 12-8-16-3; W. Briggs 2-


Swim for home


tually, reaching 94 on what wa9 a fairly easy wicket. Booth was in form for Chatbum, recording swimmers performed mag- figures of 6 f°r 48. _____ „ , nificently to beat Rose


Wnght (25) was the^only^bats^


men to show any resistance. Joe Woodworth and Roger Harrison were the only two other bats­ men to get into double figures. Sutton's attack were in form,


IN a subsidiary league gala held at Clitheroe last Friday, the home team’s


40-8. On Sunday, the Micro


superb innings from Richard Palmer, who, despite having a serious leg injury, managed to score 48 in 12 overs. Simon Bishop bowled


Chatburn stumped


Sutton 2nd XI 199 all out, Chatburn 2nd XI 176 all out


72 min u tes from D. McCormack, supported by A.E. Fountain (32), helped Sutton to a healthy 199 in this Craven and District Cricket League fourth division match. Chatburn replied well


AN Excellent 118 in just Rimington FC


retain Shield Rimington 3,


Whalley Celtic 1


RIMINGTON gave departing manager Philip Hodgson the leaving present ne wanted when they retained the Aitken Shield at Shawbridge on Saturday


&v.-. I' 'VS.j ;/A ■ READ convincingly defeated the junior side at Whal-


CATHOLIC SC batted first in this Clitheroe and District cricket match and lost two quick wickets. However, a fine 22 from


B. Bishop set the home side on their way and they eventually finished with 97 from their 16 overs. In reply, Brockhall


began well with opener Burns scoring a hearty 46 n.o., but two losses meant that Catholic looked in a healthy position. A strong challenge from


B. Mocke Ibw b Jolleys....... 12 A. Henderson not out.......... 8 K. Norkett not out............... 4 Extras....................... 10 Total (five wickets) 108


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WHITE HORSE’S tre­ mendous season came to an end last Thursday at Shawbridge with a thrill­ ing cup final win that secured them the first division double. t But they had to thank


... ' i t


White Horse win at the double


White Horse 2, Whnllcy Celtic 1


Thompson, whose two some neat possession foot- goals overcame a brave ball, but often their play


h e ir captain, S tu ar t into the game, playing


Whalley Celtic side. The game got off to a


was broken down by the defence of Holt and


frantic start when Horse's winger, Allen, fired over a cross for Thompson to


Threlfall. The second half saw


powerfully head home to but they were denied by give his team the lead some fine goalkeeping after only seven minutes. Celtic’s reorganised


Whalley pressing again from Tomlinson and were


Mahon, with an unbeaten 36, was not enough and Catholic won by five runs. Catholic: A. O'Neill 3,


P. Bithell 0, P. Bishop 22, R. Bishop 5, A. Drakeford 31 n.o., P. Doman 25 n.o., extras 11, total 97. Brockhall: 92 for 2. Bowling: G. Bamber 4-


0-


M. Byrne 3-0-29-0; P. Bishop 4-0-22-0; P. Doman 1- 0-7-0.


defence was having diffi­ culty in coping with the opposition strike force, who were constantly beat­ ing their square offside trap with some intricate


play.After 20 minutes, the Clitheroe side were 2-0 up when Thompson again


, , r 14-0; J. Hosty 4-0-14-2; coolly lobbed the ball into


the empty net. Whalley now came back


even more frustrated when Keighley’s shot struck the bar. Celtic had White Horse


constantly pinned back in their own half, but they were still dangerous on the break and Mercer saw his shot come back off a post.


Whalley eventually got


the goal they deserved when Hartley scored, but despite all their pressure, they could not find an equaliser.


Horse, was named man-of- the-match. The game was well refereed by Trevor Hobday.


Paul Allen, of the White


season for the White Horse, with the Ashley Smith Cup now added to the Whitbread Ribble Val­ ley League’s Division One


This rounded off a great


Cup and league joy for the De Lacy


De Lacy Arms 4, Bonny Inn 0


broke free. With Celtic the De L towards hi1


FOUR clinical goals from centre forward Dave Carney ensured that collectecl the Memorial League Knock-out Cup and


^ Thompson completed the double at Preston on Sunday. The match was staged Whalley, all carrying the


MURRAY WALKER’S RIBBLE VALLEY SPORTS SCENE I


3m


at Deepdale and attracted mandatory plastic inflat- a healthy following from ables and in fine voice


throughout the game. Having lost to Bonny in the


final last year, the De Lacy showed no obvious nerves and soon settled into their play,


although it was Bonny who enjoyed


opening half. Despite having less of the


i more of the ball in the


play, tne De Lacy took the lead in impressive style after just six


minutes. The Whalley side won a free-


kick on the right wing deep inside the Bonny half.. Ian Lang chipped the ball into the area ana found Carney, who had made an unchallenged run into the box. He rose well and headed the De Lacy into the lead from 15 yards. For the remainder of the half,


championship trophy. To bring several new


players to the club and inspire them to play so well has been an admirable achievement by the White Horse management team. Player-manager Ian Threl- fall must take huge pride at what he has achieved this season.


the two captains, Mike Hayes of Whalley Celtic (left) and White Horse's Stuart Thompson, before the start of the game.


Our photograph shows


Clitheroe put up a fight


Clithcroe Ladies’ FC 3, Helens Ladies’ FC 4


St


CLITHEROE were extremely unlucky not to


have taken a point from this highly-entertaining, hard-fought match at Shawbridge. The home side took the


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lead through Anne Morris in the 10th minute after a good build up involving several players. St Helens hit back at


Clitheroe, scoring three goals in quick succession, but could not kill off the home side, who showed a lot of spirit. Clitheroe soon pulled a


Bonny pressed forward and the De Lacy were restricted to ?[uick breakaways, but looked ar more commanding in front of


goal. Bonny built up well and


seemed a solid side, but when they reached the De Lacy area, they ran out of ideas and the defence had no trouble coping, leaving John Butcher, in the De Lacy goals, with a quiet half. Tne De Lacy had a dream


goal baek when a precise corner from the left was parried by the St Helens 'keeper and Debra O'Con­ nor scored. St Helens had no


s ta r t in the second period. Attacking the Spion Kop end, the Whalley side were again awarded a free kick deep in the Bonny half. Lang strode up, played the ball into the box and Carney headed past the ’keeper — a carbon copy of the first goal. This early strike proved to be


answer when Clitheroe scored an equaliser of true quality. After a goal­ mouth scramble in the Clitheroe half, Patricia Bibby played a superb ball through to Vicky Ash­ worth, who ran half the length of the pitch before slotting the ball past the 'keeper. C l i th e ro e had the


the turning point of the match. From then on it was the De Lacy who controlled most of the


play.After 60 minutes, Carney completed his hat-trick with a powerful solo run from the half­ way line, an inch-perfect finish. Bonny kept on running, but


evening.After a goalless first nalf. the match sparked into life just after the re-start when Carney opened the scoring with a well-


with an opening stand of 69 from P. Dinsdale and G. Lambert. However, good fielding from Sutton res­ tricted Chatburn’s scoring to give the home side a win by 23 runs. Sutton: 199 all out. Bowling: B. Jones 12-3-


taken goal. Carney was in the action


shortly afterwards when he intercepted a back pass, pulled it back to John Penman, who laid it off for Keighley to finish with an excellent strike. Keighley showed his finishing


47-4; I. Derbyshire 11-2- 37-1; J. Trotter 7-0-43-0; S. Booth 9-1-47-1; M. Pierce 6-1-18-0. Chatburn: P. Dinsdale


Celtic, who grabbed a late con­ solation through Shaun Sidebot- tom. Thev were forced to play a ,semi-final and two finals in the space of six days and finished th e se a so n w i th o u t any


Spare a thought for Whalley .........


20, G. Lambert 59, M. Barker 16, S. Booth 13, I. Derbyshire 22, J. Trotter 21, M. Pierce, 0, K. Tom­ linson 7 n.o., B. Jones 1, P. Smith 2, B. Hart 0, extras 15, total 176.


Ladies’ golf


gatt foursomes qualifier, to be played at IVilpshire G.C.. were: 1st, D. Underwood and M. Han­ son; 2nd, Lady Captain (N. H. Hoyle) and M. Holding; 3rd. P. Parker and B. Brown. The reserves are S. Fame and D. Hindle. Ann James won the Jane


IT has been a busy time for the ladies of Clitheroe Golf Club recently. The winners of the Hilda Leg-


lant captain David Bialecki hold­ ing the Shield, while he is sur­ rounded by his team.


Our photograph shows mbi- . Ski-ing


PENDLE Ski Club hosted a freestyle ski-ing compe­ tition last Sunday.


Golf Association qualifiers, who will plav at Bury U.C., are: 1st,• Lady Captain (N. H. Hoyle); 2nd, S, Crowther; 3rd, M. Hold- ing; 4 th , M. Thompson. Reserves are K. Fisher and G.


Panter Shield, donated by the former professional of the club, with a score of 98-27-71. The East Lancashire Ladies’


tightly,-only having five runs scored off his 4.2 overs, but Great Hanvood accumulated runs steadily and won the game.


______ • SQUASH b- grove 3&13 and Marlins CLITHEROE Squash Club’s


with Hollis claiming 7 for 23. This was not a game that Sutton won; it was more a case of Chat- bum losing with a poor batting display. Sutton: 94 all out. Bowling: R. Booth 20.2-4-48-


6; G. Meakin 20-7-41-3. Chatburn: J. Woodworth 10,


K. Barker 5, B. Wright 25, M. Robinson 2, P. Clough 7, G. Meakin 0, R. Booth 2, R. Harri­ son 11, D. Harrison 0, L. War­ ren 0, P. Clough 2 n.o., extras 3, total 67.


League swimmers, who are aged nine to 12, trav­ elled to Garstang and fin­ ished in joint second place. Final result: Carnforth


first team had a convincing 5-0


victory at home to Bury. The victorious five were War­


134, Clitheroe 109, Gar­ stang 109, Kirkham 56. This ensures Clitheroe's


young swimmers a place in the area semi-final for the second year running. It takes place at Preston in September with the final in October.


Reedley's Sunday Nighters, with Paul McGuire (3-2) their only winner. Dave Mitchell (1- 3), Chris Thomas (0-3), Anne Cowking (1-3) and Tony Walms-


teside (3-2). The seconds lost 4-1 away at


ley (2-3) all lost. The ladies repeated the first’s


5-0 success at home to Reedley 1. Sara Thompson, Marie Aspin and Anne Hardisty all won 3-0, while Dorothy Barker and Jean Hutchinson triumphed 3-1.


ren Starbuck and Laurence Pol- litt (3-0), Barry Hargreaves and Tony Pritt (3-1) and Nigel Whi­


Kav.The Ladies’ Invitation mixed foursomes was won by M. Fletcher and M. Fletcher (87- 20.5-66.5). P. Holden and R. Saville (88-21-67) were second and B. Brown and T. Brown (93-24.5-68.5) were third. The best gross was recorded by S. Riley and S. Dawson with 85.


WINNER of the Clerical and Medical Senior Quali­ fier held at Stonyhurst Park Golf Club was L. McEntee with a score of 87-19-68. Second place went to M.


Qualifier


May Medal was also held at the club at the week­ end. In first place was A. M. Child (84-22-62), with A. Bamber second (90-26- 64) and C. E. Moxon third (90-24-66) after a card play-off. .


Millar (89-20-69). The Burt and Harris


part, including some of the top junior skiers in the co u n try . Among the e n t ra n ts was James Moody (11), who is ranked fifth British junior.


Over 22 skiers took


the world. She gave a qeij playing fields in Whalley. most impressive display of •• •


.


Vicky Simpson, who is ranked seventh junior in


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her talent and won the competition.


sored by Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports Shops.


Good year


CLITHEROE RUFC reported on a successful year, both on and off the field, at its AGM. The follwoing officers- were


Colin Siicock (president, surer), Douglas Woodburn trea-


(chairman), John Hyde (secre­ tary), Roger Holmes (club cap­ tain), Patrick Ramsden (house chairman), Graeme Tindall (social chairman), Chris Thomas (fixture secretary), Brian Dent, Tony Dubowski and David Tat- tersall (elected members). .


ner tomorrow in the clubhouse, when the main guests will be Lenny Lowe, of St Helens RUFC, and Lancashire Rugby Union's Bill Beckett. A special men versus women


The club holds its annual din­ The event was spon­


Also in the field was -


time and time again showed lit­ tle idea in front of goal. The one chance they did create was well saved by the generally inactive Butcher. Not content with , three, Car­


to go, St Helens took advantage of a lapse in concentration from d i th ­ er oe and scored the winner. Clitheroe have just one


majority of the play during the second half and almost took the lead when a thun­ derous shot from Bibby was tipped over the bar. With just five minutes


power again when he put his side 3*0 up from a free kick hit past the wall and into the corner of the net.


ney saved his best goal until last. The Bonny ’keeper passed the ball to a defender on the edge of the box. He was robbed by Carney, who turned as he won the challenge, sending the ball looping over the ’keeper and into the net.At the end of the match a jubiliant Carney could not con­ trol his joy and sprinted off the pitch to embrace injured strik­ ing partner Dave Mason, who had sprained an ankle the day before.


Oak felled


3M Neotechnic 6, Roynl Oak Res 3


silverware.Michael Frankland would surely have won the man-of-the- matcfi award but for the finish­ ing of Keighley.


home a free kick from J. Rim- mer. Shortly afterwards Royal Oak hit the* post, but Neotech­ nic increased their lead by goals from R. Hargreaves and P. Travnor. The second half saw the goal


NEOTECHNIC took control of this Rome as early as the fifth minute when J. Foulker fired


ton, Parker, Counsell. O’Connor, Ferguson, Til­ ley, Feather, Morris, Bibby, Ashworth. Clitheroe are staging


home fixture remaining, against Bronte Ladies’ FC from Keighley. Clitheroe: Moore, Bar­


the North West League and Intermediate Cup Finals at Shawbridge next Sunday. WFA Cup win­ ners Leasowe Ladies’ FC, along with some of the n or th’s other leading sides, will be in action. There will also be a pen­


alty competition, starting at 12 p.m., which includes Clitheroe.


Summer darts


of the game by T. Ridgway, after only 40 seconds. The Oak pulled two goals back, butS. nlckVmg Increased Neotechnic’s lead.Just as the Oak seemed to be


S etting on top, a brilliant Job by argreaves ended any hope Oak


had of catching Neotechmc. The Oak substitute, S. Swayne, scored a last-minute goal and L. Parkington was booked for dissent.


Lancaster Shield


ROYAL Oak A have taken a strong lead in the first division of the Clitheroe Men’s Invitation Summer Darts League with a 5-3 win over last year’s run­ ners-up, White Horse. In the second division, Clitheroe Central Working Men’s Club B are the only side to have won both matches and stand two points clear of Black Horse. Points and positions:


competition this Sunday at the Main guests for the event will


WHALLEY Football Club is organising a six-a-side soccer


be a team from Telford, Shrop­ shire. All those taking part will be split up into two groups of four teams, who will compete for the Lancaster Home Care


Division One — Royal Oak A 13, CCWMC A 8, Sta­ tion 8, White Horse 7, Craven Heifer 5, Kings A 4, Horseshoe 3. Di v i s i o n Two —


elected for the 1989/90 season: whalley FC, Whalley Celtic FC an(j the Dog Inn will be held at


Shield.The a c t io n b e g in s a t 10-30 a.m. and the standard of soccer should be high, with teams taking part from the East and West Lancashire leagues, the Lancashire Amateur League, the Blackburn Sunday League and the Ribble Valley League.A presentation evening for


Whalley Golf Club on May 26th, with tickets costing £3.


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Burwain sailing


CLITHEROE members of Bur- wain Sailing Club did well in the Summer Series last Sunday. Julian Smith-won the first and


match takes place this Sunday (k.o. 11 a.m.).


third laser races, while Roger Smith won the first handicap race in his Merlin Rocket. The second and third handicap races were won by Norman Har­ greaves in his Enterprise.


CCWMC B 11, Black Horse 9. Royal Oak B 9, Kings B 6, Cross Keys 5, Low Moor 5, Dog and Par­ tridge 3.


Judge clear


' in the Ribble Valley Summer Darts League. The Judge have pulled four


BILLINGTON’S Judge Wal- mesley have set the early pace


points clear after winning 10-0 on Monday night at the Black Bull, Chatbum. Dog Inn, Whalley, moved into


second place when they also had a convincing away win, 9-1 at the Swan, With Two Necks. They are now level with the Pendle Witch, who won 7-3 at home to Whalley Arms. De Lacy lost 8-2 at home to the Dog and Partridge, Barrow. Points and positions (after


two games): Judge Walmesley 18, Dog Inn 14, Pendle Witcn 14, Dog and Partridge 10, Black


Bull 8, De Lacy Arms 7, Whal­ ley Arms 5,Swan With Two Necks 4.


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