Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) Murray Walker's i j Snooker


Conservatives bounce back


THE situation still remains very tight at both the top and bottom of Division One of the Clitheroe and District Snooker League.


with an 8-6 scoreline but ton A, Social B v Cons A, Chatburn A took advan- Pendle Club v RBL B, tage of Slaidburn A’s bye Chatburn B v Police, week to lead the table by Slaidburn B v Low Moor the smallest margin. Six A- teams are in with a realis-


5C o™hinwh“ u^any?wom


the remaining’ five could be relegated. The race for the second


All the games finished Rimington B v Wadding- A in.


o? Whitbread Ribble Valley League B A C K a t S h a w -


bridge...Steve Marrow


division championship has been thrown wide- open once again. Leaders CSC B were trounced by Cons A. Second placed Social B lost to RBL B, whilst Police inflicted a home defeat on Waddington A.


Billington A (6) 358, Hor: Waddington B (8) 382: J. Bolton 55, T. Swift 53; D. Cox 4(i, M. Dewhurst G8; A. Rydeheard 44, S. Herd 74; A. Dean 77, D.Cox 50; M. Butterfield 55, T. H. Walmsley 75; S. Keighley 81, B. Phillip 62. Rimington A (8) 412,


Results: Division One — Pny ,


Billington B (6) 365: J. Lund 58, P. Elliott 64; D. Bannister 87, R. Ormiston 50; S. Petty 48, R. Milton 61; F. Wrathall 5-1, J. Con­ nell 75; D. Riley 86, N. Harris 61; A. Riley 79, D. Stewart 54. Chatburn A (8) 393,


THE final of the Elembee Ashley Smith Tro- will be contested between Waggon and


Final places are decided


close affairs, with Waggon finally triumphing 5-3 over Kings Arms.


orses and Chatburn. Both semi-finals were


local rivals 1


two-goal margin, seeing off the challenge of Trans-' port Blue with a 4-2 victory.


Chatburn also won by a


ley Smith Trophy semi­ finals — Waggon and Horses 5, Kings Arms 3; Chatburn 4, Transport Blue 2.


Results: Elembee Ash­


Low Moor B (6) 400: G. Simkin 45, T. Henshaw 95; P. Craig 74, D. Ireland 53; P. Clark 59, M. Holmes 4 7; D. Speak 76, P. Traynor 59; N. Robinson 50, D. Dean 82; P. Whit­ taker 89, N. Lawton 64. Social A (8) 360, RBL


Grindleton, all the teams are back in league action this weekend.


• With the exception of


A (6) 323: D. Laycock 38, N. Schofield 63; M. Par­ kinson 78, M. Peel 52; M. Herrington 53, D. Parker 74; S. McCullough 96, P. Harrison 27; G. Hincks 19, B. Hitehen 51; M. Varnoin 76, B. H. Sims 58. CSC A (8) 382, Cons B


week's semi-final when Waggon play Kings Arms. If unbeaten Waggon win, they can virtually call the title their own.


There is a repeat of last


second in the league, third also take on fourth when


With f i r s t playing


Royal Oak face Waterloo Rangers.


,1. Crowther 86, F. Web­ ster 43.


(6) 347: I. Tomlinson 87, E. McQuade 53; A. Hall 53, D. Coupe 61; N. Bur­ gess 66, E. Wallace 49; H. Hudson 51, F. Watson 56, L. Dixon 39, J. Pickles 85;


(8) 390, Social B (6) 365: A. Smith 72, S. McCally 52;E. Barnes 63, J. Bur­ gess 60; R. Taylor 67, M. Yates 76; G. Walmsley 74, .1 .Travis 31; G. Swales 55, K. Eccles 75; K. R. Walmsley 59, M. Harvey 71.


the bottom of the league, Buck Inn and Calder- stones, meet, while bot­ tom team Bridge Inn play


Two teams struggling at Division Two — RBL B other game, Chatburn are


teams, White and Blue, also meet while in the


at home to Swan and Royal.


(2) 253: B. Hargreaves 88, B. Driver 12; K. Smith 48, B. Bithell 75; D. Smith 112, C. Thorne 52; S. Tay­ lor 86, D. Niven 37; M. Wensley 94, S. Hope 53; I. Nash 88, R. Watson 24. I’endle Club (14) 484,


Cons A (12) 516, CSC B


Jones), Buck Inn v Calder- stones • (D. Marshall), Bridge Inn v Station (J. Lowery), Chatburn v Swan and Royal (B. Bleas-


referees: Transport White Transport Blue (B.


Saturday’s fixtures and


dale), Waggon and Horses v Kings Arms (D. Bush),


Rimington B (0) 355: A. Procter 62, B. Conchie 53; W. Wright 69, P. Winck- ley 66; W. Beer 98, R. Bolland 57; J. Schofield 82, 1). Seed 62; S. Edmond­ son 87, D. A. Seed 76; A. Garner 86, J. Christopher-


son 41.Low Moor A (12) 505, Chatburn B (2) 332: S.


Whalley cup win


llelmshorc United 1 Whsilley 4,


WHALLEY took the first stop towards retaining the East Lancashire League


McDonald 88, P. Parker league’s bottom club. o2,’ G; TTiCri !)G’ Be i,0nqS


63; A. Holmes 84, S.’ D yer Booth 66; M. Moss-Blun-


dell G2, A. Hodgson ou; N.


Brown 118, A. Bradshaw 30; N. Parkinson 57, A. Wilson 65. Waddington A (4) 354,


Although some attractive football at Darts League Division to savej Helmshore played t„ a„vn Hnlmshore nlav no


Police (10) 367; A. Par­ sons 48, R. Brown 69; J. Wooff 68, D. Allen 46; J. Cotton 50, F. Booth 68; F. Goar 55, N. Thompson 60; B. Waddington 79, S. Grif­ fiths 51; J. Baines 54, M. Emmott 73.


burn A 120, Rimington A 112, Waddington B 110, Billington B 104, Billing­ ton A 92, Low Moor B 90, Social A 86, Cons B 82*, RBL A 78. (* two points deducted for late card). Division Two — CSC B 130, Social B 128, Cons A


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belonged to the visitors, but gradually, Ormerod, Parr and Bolton in mid- field, and Dewhurst and Smith up front, started to take control.


work hard for their result. The first 10 minutes


After 30 minutes, a left-


two-point gap at iev


. . Rllvhln


President’s Cup with this clea r-cut preliminary round victory over the


Waterloo Rangers v Royal Oak (J. Swayne).


Station. The two T ran sp o r t


m IV rtrftwiia.


DOUBLE strike... chael Houldsworth


level and took the lead with 20 minutes to go — all three goals coming from right-wing raids by Kings’ outstanding player


equalised when Houlds­ worth got his second and, with time running out, Steve Conti headed the


Lingford. Soon after, Waggon


fo u r th when he met Richards’ cross before


after good skill from left wing Roger Walker. Outstanding for Waggon


were Graham Walker, Edmondson and Tomlin­ son, while Lingford, Cox and Isherwood did well for the Kings.


Winckley, Walker (G), Scorah, Conti (G), Walker (R)


ra y n e , Tomlinson, Ladies’ darts


De Lacy at top


___ „ .. goalkeeper Arms have opened up a wiicii i)wyer did not have a shot __ ___


WHALLEY’S De Lacy _


0f Ribble Valley Ladies’ the top


Horse also enjoyed a good win when they beat Brown Cow. In the first division,


Inn. Second-placed Bay


Kings men are knocked out


Waggon and Horses f» Kings Arms a.


ON a difficult pitch, these two teams served up an excellent advert for local soccer in front of a good crowd. Waggon and Horses,


after an early spell of Kings Arms pressure, had a 2-0 half-time lead due to two brilliant individual efforts from Haydock and Houldsworth. Within three minutes of the restart. Kings were


Marrow signing is a boost for Clitheroe


BLUES manager Andy


Hills will surely please the Shawbridge faithful with the signing of midfield star Steve Marrow. The impressive Marrow,


cles and signed for Ather­ ton LR.Marrow was known to


be unhappy there and the move appears to be to the benefit of both club and


formerly on Blackburn Rovers’ books, blossomed in the three years he was at Shawbridge.


seemed set to reap the month after yet anothei Geoff Young looks like end the following week,


player. ^ As usual, the good news tempered with bad.


Just as the Clitheroe b e i n g


rewards Marrow, whose father Ronnie was vice- chairman of the club, was the su b je c t of some interest in non-league cir-


out of the side for a


recurrence of his ham­ string injury. He has been carrying it for some time and it seems that rest is now the only cure for it.


November 17th. T h e i r 1 0 -m a tc h unbeaten run came to an


• - "— - and Clitheroe’s only suc­ cess since has been in the


friendly with Westh- oughton Town. In the intervening time,


Vauxhall motor to victory


Vauxhnl! GM 2, Clithcroe 1


power is the main cause for concern, and the sight of Geoff Young limping off the pitch at half-time may force Hills to delve into the transfer market. Vauxhall scored the


Clitheroe’s lack of fire


first goal in the 21st minute when Warrener rounded Hills to slot the ball into an empty net. Clitheroe came back


Reds beat the Blues


Accrington Stanley 3, Clith­ eroe 2


into the game and Steve Orrell had a shot well- saved by the ’keeper. Despite conceding an


early goal, Clitheroe’s defence re-grouped, with John Cohen playing par­ ticularly well. In the second half,


second round Lancashire ATS Challenge Tro- >'” » >«■ phy tie. When Bob Pizelis reduced the deficit to a single goal


* . 1 . _1 • A Y1 1 . . , I L l a f i - n


with 10 minutes remaining, Clitheroe bombarded the Stanley goal and were unlucky not to grab an equaliser before the referee blew the final whistle.


Clitheroe pressed forward in an attempt to claim an equaliser. But only Mark Heyes looked the part as the Blues had a lack of penetration in attack. Vauxhall increased their


HFS Loan and Bass North West Counties Leagues m the first half.


Clitheroe certainly bridged the gulf between the


lead in the 57th minute when Coyle, who had gone on a good run down the left, cut inside and let fly from outside the box. This seemed to spur the


visitors on and 10 minutes later Heyes was upended in the penalty area and


picked himself up to put his side back into the match from the penalty


sliding home number five unTucky to miss with a


spot. Gly n D a v ie s was


fierce strike, then Cohen had a shot deflected for a corner, but the equaliser would not come.


Promotion FWaggon and Horses: J lO D C S l a d e 0 ,


(S) , Houldsworth, Hay- dock. Subs: Taylor, Richards.


, Edmondson, Conti


Cullilirciives Klingers 4, Whalley Wanderers 1


WANDERERS employed the' sweeper-system for


the first time this season — and it proved to be their undoing.


It now mentis promotion to the second division of the Memorial Sunday League is^now


out of their hands, with Galli- greaves likely to take the valu­ able third place from them.


derers midfield became nen-ex- istent early in the second hair w h en g o a l s c o r e r C r a ig Dewhurst limped off with a knee injury.


A largely ineffective Wan­ ___ „


times and made Whallcy Two following their 7 - 1 .................... .. defeat of local rivals Dog


claim for goal-of-tho-seasou with a thunderbolt of a free-kick which Ocw into the top corner of tiie net from 2T> yards. Once again, Whalley conceded


Earlier, Dewhurst put in his \ ■ I k h 4 ’ U - . v W


Clitheroe have slipped from championship con-


Rugby


Charity begins away from home


Manchester YMCA 1st XV 27, Clitheroe KUFC 1st XV 6


visitors to Shawbridge on gerously near the bottom Friday night (k.o. 7-30 of the table, p.m.) and the Blues will be A n o th e r couple of looking for their first defeats, and relegation l e a g u e w in s in c e could be staring the Blues


• Leyland DAF are the tenders to a position dan-


in the face — so Friday’s match takes on even greater significance. Bottom club Penrith


sprang a surprise last week when they travelled to Leyland and came away with a 1-0 win. • Last night’s sche­


OUT of action...Geoff Young


Squash


duled Floodlit League game with Flixton was again postponed and now takes place this coming Wednesday (k.o. 7-30 p.m.). Clitheroe are still in with a chance of reaching the final but, more impor­ tantly, it may give Hills the opportunity to experi­ ment with his side. Last Saturday’s Bass


NWCFL Division One results: Ashton United 4, Flixton 0; Leyland DAF 0,


THE Blues still cannot find the elusive first win that would give new. Penrith 1; Maine Road 1 manager Andy Hills something to smile about.


Rn‘”'” Rnrn"crh 2- Nan


Bacup Borough 2; Nan- twich 2, Salford City 1; Prescot Cables 3, Skel- mersdale 3; Vauxhall GM 2, Clitheroe 1. Postponed — Bootle v


Eastwood Hanley.


Hass NWCFL Division One


PW D L P


CLITHEROE’S crowd-warming late rally was syteTo™.......... bi m m not quite enough to force extra-time in this Nant'wichfown.....


Read ...................


Skclmcrsilale Util...... Eastwood Hanley...... Prescot Cables.......... Upland DAF.............. Flixton........................ Clitheroe.......... ; .........


Darwen...................... Atherton LR............. Salford City............... Bacup Borough......... Penrith.......................


Grimshaw claimed his 12th goal of the season for the F 0RMER Ribblesdale Reds.


ent Into the lead in the 30th minute when Chris o e c u i c paid dividends five minutes before the interval when application to rejoin East burn put the thirds 3-0 , men ;n with a This sparked a period ol Uitheroe pressure unco which John Seedle has had his of Clitheroe P>


done the trick for Stanley as they went into a 3-1 lead There had been some by the 75th minute.


Phil Staley’s half-time team talk appeared to have committee. A


eroe’s fans love to hate, turned provider when he |,is brother, Paul, is cap- crossed for Bernie Hughes to power his header into ta;„ an(] his father, Alan,


' Former Blues striker Paul Beck, the man Clith- church Meadow, where talk of his returning to the net. m i . . .-


earlier mistake by putting the ball in the right net lor Accrington last year, but Stanley, but the wrong one for the Blues.


Shortly afterwards, Peltier made amends for his S e e d le p la y e d a t injury (logged his progress


, . . , . is president. L .w l .v .i* P l U W n r 1--- . . . . .........i . _ . i .. his name. L e a g u e 's e x e c u t iv e John Seedle has had ms marathon. Houaiu piaca- ^onverto(1 to put t),e ytt-


Floyd Peltier was forced to head into his own goal Ijanes accepted by the ahead after beating John shout at half-time. following an aerial bombardment of the home teams R an c a sh i re C r ic k e t B a r b e r 3 -1 , M >.k e box.


Heyworth had a similar score against John Mead­ ows and Russell Cowking beat Sue Meadows in the


0 at Parkhall 2nds, with good performances from


match ’ it was the visitors who looked the more move to his old stamping The ladies’ seconds were impressive, but Stanley held on by the skin of their groun(i, where he made awarded a walkover by to progress to the next round.


Then’ after Pizclis had put Clitheroe back in the an(i thjs has prompted a Cartledge and Sue Bird, South Shore 2nds. A stroll for the Station Anne Cowking, Susan


the whole team — Sharon Willis, Suzanne Atkinson,


last game. The ladies’ firsts won 5-


performance was pretty b le ak. O’Duffy was r e p l a c e d by P a u l Taberner, who came in on the wing, with Heanan fill­ ing in at fly-half, but Clitheroe seemed to lose their wav.


Clitheroe’s second half


undecided whether to ruck or maul, then did neither with any competence and the backs faced a similar dilemma for running or kicking.


I n d e c i s i o n l e d t o dropped passes on to o


KnowUlcv Utd............. 18 13 4 l 43 Ashton Utd................. 21 11 4 6 37 Vauxhall GM.................. 21 10 6 5 3G


1810 2 6 32 21 8 7 6 31 22 8 7 7 31 20 8 G G 30 18 G 8 4 26 22 6 7 S 25 21 7 4 10 25 19 7 3 9 24 20 5 7 8 22 21 5 G 10 21 19 5 5 9 20 23 5 4 14 19 20 5 5 10 20 21 4 5 12 17


wDespite this, it was the Crown Ground side that S e e d l e siUTlS


Matthews turns match


CLITHEROE Squash Club’s first team scored a good 3-2 win against East Lancs 3rds.


AFTER their recent run of good form, Clith­ eroe came down to earth with a bump last Saturday.


make two changes from last week’s game, with Brian Wood coming in on the wing in place of the unavailable Peter Jaques and Phil Proctor returning at lock.


They were forced to


game, Clitheroe were unprepared for the task that lay before them. Although the pitch was dry and level, it was ra th e r narrow, which meant that Clitheroe’s mobile pack would not be able to exploit the opposi­ tion’s relative lack of pace.


Arriving late for the


Hayward and Steve Hut- winning possession was c h i n s o n lo s t , Dave not going to be the cake- Matthews pulled off a fine walk it had been in previ- ous matches.


A l th o u g h B r ia n counterparts found that


applied the pressure in the tight. Their Clitheroe


Colwyn Bay, Darwen v Atherton LR, Knowsley v


3-0 win to keep Clitheroe in th e match before Robert Fielding and Ray Dryden settled the issue in decisive style. The seconds went down


just failed to record a notable victory and Rick Ashton also lost. How­ ever, Dave Mackenzie kept Clitheroe alive with a long 3-2 victory, but Richard Bedford lost by


by 2-3 at Reedley. Paul Burrows, on his debut,


between the th. (Is d fU. ,y simpIc trieSi cmh_ foui thx, the stnn01 .


In the domest O ^


won o-O in a closei conte. t ^ gioom when centre than the scoi e si gg . p.ive p 0jg received good


. . 0pp0Sjtj0n had scored two croe saw a chink of light in


However, a f te r the /-* .. 1 , „ „ * D U V C I . /U IU H f t .tTV L -1 1


, . . Wanderers professional W,,, , , , . o ..ft,,,. ., defence to score under the marathon. Howard Black- ‘


Suzanntf Atkinson in the *»« right, came off his left the Walters'defeated Tony f™1’ 'vt''ong foote.(1 t !le


almslej by 3--. aftci a


t Malcolm Heanan tn


croe won at the set-piece was definitely of the sub­ standard variety and not the good quality that the three-quarters craved for.


In fact, the ball Clith­


not aided when their piv­ otal fly -h a lf Declan O’Duffy sustained an early injury which reduced his effectiveness and ulti-


Clitheroe’s cause was


the same score so that mately required him to Conor McLaughlin’s good leave the field in the


3-0 success could not alter second half, the match result


large pack soon began to exert their weight and


However, Manchester’s


Craven League Poor show


Crosshills 5, Waddington 1


WADDINGTON suffered their biggest defeat for some time when they trav­ elled to Crosshills in this Premier Division top-of-


the-table clash. C r o s sh i l ls s ta r t e d the


stronger, but after the opening 10 minutes, with Waddington’s defence holding firm, the visi­ tors began to put Crosshills under some pressure. The loss of Pickles, who was


most dangerous attacker, A alf-tin


f i e


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Febiiary 7th, 1991 21


badly cut around the eye, after 15 minutes was a blow to Wad­ dington as he had looked their


s half-time approached, play was swinging from end-to-end, with both sides m s ing clear-cut


uissmg clea:


Thompson who, after being put clear of the home defence by a fine headed pass from Green, found himself with only the


’keeper to beat but somehow managed to completely inis-hit the ball. At half-time, with the


score standing at 0-0, both sides were left reflecting on missed opportunities. In the second half, a more


determined Crosshills began to dominate Waddington in every department and, when they scored from a corner after 05 minutes, it was always going to difficult for the visitors. With Waddington now only


managing to play in sporadic- patches, Crosslulls scored a fur­ ther three goals before Quigley pulled one back for the visitors. Uach time Crosshills scored,


it took Waddington at least five minutes to sUirt battling again — a feature that will have to be removed from their play if thev wish to finish the season with some success. Although Crosshills scored


once more to make it 5-1, Wad­ dington still created enough chances which, if they had been converted, would have resulted in a closer scoreline at the


finish. It was a very poor team per­


formance and Waddington seemed content to lie down and let Crosshills swarm all over


them. Wuddington: Hargreaves,


Threlfall, Jarrold, Astin, Hut­ chinson (F), Hutchinson (A), Waddington, Green, Keighley, Pickles, Thompson. Subs: Quig-


lev, Hitchen. • Harnoldswick United are


the visitors to Twitter Lane on Saturday when Waddington are in League Cup quarter-final action. It they are to progress fur­


ther in this competition, each plaver will have to adopt a dif­ ferent attitude to the game when things start to go wrong


on the field ‘ Id. The forwards were Read’s revenge


Rend United 1. Rihehester3


which the opposition were 9..l only too happy to capi- In a well-played game, talise, while the all-round Read went 2-0 up with tackling of the whole team goals from Martin Burton wjis best forgotten.


THERE was an air of expectancy before this game as Read had recently recorded th e ir worst result of the season when Ribchcster defeated them


show increased commit ment both in training and in the game. C li th e ro c : Slinger,


Wood, Waterhouse, Doig, goal from Dean Halliwell Heanan, O'Duffy, Tindall, and, pressing their advan-


__________ „ . through an exceptional


P r o c t o r , C l a r k e , Dubowski, Proctor (P) Giles, Newton, Holmes Sutcliffe.


Atherton at Littlemoor on Saturday (k.o. 2-15 p.m.) in a vital Courage League


• Clitheroe entertain


it goal in the first two minutes of the game when the defence was caught napping following a goad


second met third and Vic­ toria just got the better of Starkies, finally winning


second half, Shaun Smith headed home following great work on the right and an accurate cross from


Five minutes into the Parr.


124, Waddington A 122, Police 104, RBL B 98, Low Moor A 94, Pendle Club 92, Slaidburn B 86, Chatburn B 78, Rimington


t l


B 60.Tonight’s fixtures; Divi­ sion One — Waddington B v Rimington A, Cons B v Social A, RBL A v Billing- ton B, Billington A v Chatburn A, Low Moor B


v Slaidburn A. D i v i s i o n T w o —


Annual meeting


RIBBLESDALE Wan- <laje°^n Orel's Cricket and Bo mg Club holds its ann


one of its most successful seasons last year, with the first team finishing as run­ ners-up in the Whitbread t Ribblesdale League and


The cricket section had , .


E o' S b " r r . ss v « s s a a f t . clubhouse.


their brightest spell, with­ out causing the home defence too much trouble. Smith brought an end to this resistance, scoring his second after 65 minutes and completing his hat- trick five minutes later. The last 20 minutes saw


Helmshore then had


Victoria 5, Starkies 3; Black Horse 4, Royal Brit­ ish Legion B 4; White Horse 4, Kings Arms B 4; Craven Heifer 3, Judge Walmesley 5; Royal Brit­ ish Legion A 4, Commer­ cial 4; Low Moor A 4, Commercial 4; Low Moor 5, CCWMC 3. Division Two — Bridge


Results: Division One —


move by GaUigrcavcs. Dewhurst's equaliser came m


the .'Ifith minute and Whalley then began to dictate the play to finish the half in control. Hut the second period was a


Ic T / 'v ; U '


‘i


starved of the ball and (lid not manaev a single shot in the


second half. • Galligreavos were gifted a


s e c o n d g o a l w hen th e ir unmarked right back was allowed a free-header from


three yards out. In the bust five minutes, the


home team sealed the game, with two late goals that knocked the heart out of the visitors.


Whalley in complete con­ trol, although Helmshore gained some consolation from the penalty spot in


Inn 3, Owd Ned’s 5; Sta­ tion 5, Cross Keys 3; Royal Oak 4, Catholic SC 4; Kings Arms A 6, Black Bull 2; Brown Cow 2, Bay Horse 6; Dog Inn 1, De


Lacy Arms 7. Points and positions:


the closing minutes follow- Arms B 77, Victoria 71 ing a clumsy tackle on the Starkies 62, Judge Wal


Division One — Kings


are back jn ieagUe Moor 59, Commercial 58, j en t|lev entertain Royal British Legion A 50,


merly known as Imman- 43u uel, Oswaldtwistle are struggling slightly follow­ ing the loss of their facili­ ties last year. Whalley will be hoping to return to winning ways in the


proceedings get underway' champ.ons-elect, Colne lit 8 p.m.


LeP °n'


he seconds winning the league to keep in touch D i v i s i o n Two title The with the group challenging


35. » « « » ccw»,c


Lacy Arms 75, Bay Horse 73, Station 71, Kings Arms A 70, Cross Keys 64, Owd Ned’s 63, Royal Oak 61, Catholic SC 58, Bridge Inn 54, Pendle Witch 46, Black Bull 45, Brown Cow 37, Dog Inn


Division Two — De ■/. Whal- 00?Sprii?g Miu”59,^L.(fw


E g g # B ^ S S S l ’ . . . . .


t The only bright spot for Wan- son ensured that they 5; CCWMC 5, Browr -- -


....... ................. III.IKI',


Barnes, who was named man-ol- the-match and, but for him, Whalloy could have been on the wrong end of a very embarrass­


. Fox and Bernard Tomlin- ..........


ing scoreline. Whnllcy Wanderers: Barnes, Chapman (D), Kearsley, Smith, L lo yd , Mos sop, Walker , Dewhurst, Chapman (S), Cur­ rie, Taylor. Subs: Currie,


Gorton. Readstone . . . . . . ! « n n fm M n f fVtn u r o o l f .


Hyndburn Academicals Heifer B jn tho thir(] (Uvi_ team, the youngster put sj but Low Moor c iub


Playing against a stiong victory over Craven . .


award for Readstone went to nine-year-old Matthew Ward, who shows great promise.


The man-of-the-match


up a spirited performance only to lose 2-0.


matched them by rec­ ording a similar scoreline over Clitheroe Football


Club. Results: Division One —


the two captains, Station’s Mick Howarth (left) and David Johnson, of the New Inn, greeting each other before the match. Last week, luckless


Royal Oak B were sent crashing 8-0 by second


Horseshoe. Division One leaders


n 9 f l n o i n t ln o /1 o f ro i* Heifer 60, White H ^orse ONLY the under 11 team j udge Walmesley now


was in action at the week- enjoy a 30-point lead after end, with the under 12 defeating Royal British game being called off Legion A 5-3. owing to a frozen pitch. Billington Brass Band .


lerers canto with the norfor- enjove(l a Q.2 win over Billington BBC « ance of goalkeeper ,+n.t.n


THE stroll down New Hotel 4;_Ju.lgc Walmesl^S, Market Street was a par-


members of the Station Hotel’s Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Darts League team on Monday night. Wins for Dave Laycock,


Mick O’Neill, Rob Brown, Mick Howarth, Malcolm


ticularly pleasant one lor white Horse A 4, New Inn (Gia- ~


burn)4. Division Two — Commercial


5. Hridge Inn 3; Station 3, Cath­ olic Club 5; Black Bull (Old


6; Dog Inn 4, White Rorse B 4. Division Three — Clitheroe 2,


Ln ‘amgho) 3, New Inn (Clithcroe) B 77, Station 72, Black Bull 62, « uru:»~


noiehbortrS New Inn. Helto? RegdBntri, i Legion B Our photograph shows


3, Cross Keys 5. Points and positions: Division


One — Judge Walmesley 129, Royal Oak A 99. Royal British


d i v i s i o n l e a d e r s the kit bag. ^ ^ ^


organisations could benefit from a cash.windfaU to ^ gt Mary>s over Bow_ Three Rivers B 8; Bucca- BunTfDog and Partridge


LEAGUES, individual clubs,


schools and other casn » iu u ia ii ijj


£ 4^


’ roo'fo^Rhnington j^jary»s over


Results: New Inn B 1, . .


League have money a t their disposal which they arc Results' Standen C 1, 2, Black Bull 7; Pendle willing to use for the good of the game.


had £600 in the coffers. This accumulated 'ntcrcsl . ’R;minJton 6- St-Mary’s Inn A 8. until 1989 when the trustees decided to offer the. 4. moncy to any needy cricketing causes.


..... . Club had a comfortable 6-2


Chatburn, one of the teams who played in the league, benefitted two years ago and other local


clubs who were members included Ribblesdale \\ an- derers, Sabden, Barrow, Wiswcll and Hurst Green. sumlen B„ Last year, £255 was donated and the trustees arc standen A.,


now looking for any interested clubs and orgamsa- tions to apply for this year’s hand-out.


Black Bull 6, Pendle Witch 2; Royal Oak A 4, Kings Arms 4; Craven Heifer A 4, Wilpshire


. • i . i __• __________I . . . Sn X fn v / tH


Applications must be made in writing to Mr t cter Himinmnn. Holden, 9 Shaftesbury Avenue, Burnley, before the end'of■ the month! to enable the trustees to consider S . nB them at their annual meeting in March.


St M ary’s - C '


ton 1. Standen B 9. Ribbtad«leT.T.


. 10 S 1 I 75 9 9 0 0 66


. 9 4 1 4 44 10 2 2 6 39


10 5 0 5 4S 11 3 0 8 44


. 9 3 1 5 35 11 2 1 8 33 , 10 1 1 8 31


pw D L P 9 8 1 0 75


Gisbum& Dist. Pool l/tflguc


Low Moor Club 6; De Lacy Arms 3, Swan with Two Necks " ........ ‘ Brown Cow 3; Craven


n i New Inn 53, Bridge Inn 51, Royal Oak B 46.


Legion A 97, Kings Arms 91, Black Bull 88, Pendle Witch 77, New Inn 74, White Horse A 74, Black Horse 56, Craven Heifer A 40, Dog and Partridge 38, Wilpshire Hotel 33. Division Two — Horseshoe 93, Commercial 84, White Horse


j- Horseshoe 8, Royal Oak B Catholic Club 58, Dog Inn 55, v'w.


Division Three — Billington BBC 108, Low Moor Club 102,


Clitheroe FC SO, Swan with Two Necks 71, Cross Keys 62, CCWMC 5S, Craven Heifer B 48, De Lacy Arms 46, Brown Cow 44, Royal British Legion B


31. Cricket cash offer


Table tennis Close at top


IT is still tight at the top of the Ribblesdale Table Tennis Association, with Standen B and A level on 75 points.


defeated the C team 9-1, while Standen B enjoyed a s im i la r sco re line at Waddington.


Last week, Standen A


tewashed Trinity B to keep in touch with the


B o w 1 an d A w h i ­


match. On Sunday, they play


Gisburn pool Half-way house


WITH exactly half of the Gisburn and District Pool League season gone, Buck Inn and Fosters Arms B have opened up a big gap


at the top. Although the Buck has


lost, two of its games, they still have a one-point gap over the unbeaten Bar- noldswick side. Last week, Buck had a


Clitheroe can take little However, Read slack- satisfaction from this per- Cned off and this allowed formance, and will need to Ribehester back into the


and Andy Passmore.


game and they levelled. Good team work led to Read retaking the lead


tage,’ Read again scored through the hard-working Passmore. Despite a slip which


allowed Ribehester to reduce arrears to a single goal, Read ran out 4-3 winners. The man-of-the- match award went to Dean


Halliwell.


host to a touring side from Dublin (k.o. 2 p.m.).


played a strong Huncoat team and put up a fighting display, but were unlucky to lose 2-1. Read’s goal came from a sensational free-kick which John Dud­ geon bent round the defensive wall.


• Read’s second team


team had the misfortune to have their game called off due to a frozen pitch.


Once again, the Sunday ia(l f


Manchester United Ladies’ FC 4


Ladies crash Clithcroe Ladies’ FC 0,


bye and this enabled Fos- a iour-g< ab?e grounTby TeaUng M a n c h e s te r U n i ted B


" O T : • , , .


C LITHEROE we r e brought crashing down by a four-goal bonanza last


Fosters Arms A and New goalkeeper Vickers had no Inn A all won by similar chance of stopping the


B,11B8ueeanTeherrs<: S e ^ v ^ n C.I{heroe


help them build a new pavillion or simply replen.sh land B „„„ Trinity A ^ e r e ^ r e y s U n ^ .U uS S d elided Ihefr third Va,ley Cricket respectively.


..... „ , - Number two came five r s SfUmb?ed, then


from a comer. Clitheroe started the


When the league finally disbanded in 1981, it still Trinity B O' Bowland B 8; Three Rivers A 1, New J Wadding-


<?tanden A 9- Bowland A Hotel 1, Fosters Arms A


Buck Inn............... Fosters Arms!!.... Fosters Arms A... New Inn A............ I)or & Partridge..


Black Bui!............. Three Rivers A ... Three Rivers B.... Buccaneers...........


Pendle Hotel........ Grcystoncs........... New Inn B............ White Bui!............


12 10 2 83 12 12 0 82 12 7 5 65 12 7 5 W 12 7 5 58 12 7 5 57 12 6 6 54 12 4 8 47 12 4 8 44 12 5 7 41 12 4 8 38 12 3 9 37 12 2 10 32


PW L P


second half with a good effort from Feather, but the United ’keeper saved well. On 65 minutes, United scored again after


to United. Clithcroc: Vickers,


1


chipping the ’keeper. e n ritheroe could find no


way back into the game and the score remained 4-0


Barton, McCloud, Room, O’Connor, Ward, Feather, Parker, O’Brien, Hughes, Swarbrick. Subs: Ralph, Middleton.


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