Ailrrrtixcr ,C- Titiics. Mat/ 21st. ti>'.>2 Clifheroe 22.W (Editorial), 22,12.) (Advertixiuf/). Ihtnileii222.il (Clasxthcd)_ •-3•'1 * Summer pool


m I Lund


5fij leads


STOGK car supremo John Lund has moved in to the lead in the c u r r e n t N a t i o n a l Points Championship. However, with the


I


season not set to end until November , the Rimington farmer and defending champion is certainly not thinking of glory. Racing at Crewe on


U


a large shale t ra ck , Lund really found top form, lie claimed first place in the two heats, first in the final and th i r d in th e Gr an d National. This superb performance brought him a m a s s i v e (U points. "Kv e ry th in g went


well and I had a bit of luck here ami th e r e which h e lp e d ,” said


he t ravelled to Bolton’s small tarmac track and al though not as suc­ cessful. still managed t<i s e c u r e 22 mo r e points, taking his tally for th e we ek en d to almost 101). Talking about Bolton


Lund. 'I'he following day,


I,und said: "I was able to keep up with the leaders, but could not do anything about get­


ting past them.” Wi th his c a r not


qu i te coming up to scratch, he had to set­ tle for fifth place in the two heats and the final and a fourth posit inn in the Brand National. This weekend, he is n the road again, at


Soccer players collect awards


THK Wi l s o n ami Horses dominated the proceedings at the Whi tbread Ilihhle Valley Dougni’


presentat ion. The team won all four trophies, claiming the league


title, the Ashley Smith Cup, the Aitken Shield and the Supplementary Cup. 'I’he Hint's Arms collected the


league runners-up trophy and medals lor their performance in the Supplemenatrv ( up. Kihhlrsd.de Victoria Raiders were runners-up in the Aitken Shield and Caldorstones were runners-up in the Ashley Smith


Roger Walker, of the Waggon, picked up the top


scorer prize, with an impressive 2o. Dominic Me 1 ear. of the Kings Arms, was mited young plover ol the year. Michael lsherwood, also from Kings Arms, was


voted as the spor ts personality of the year. The-maii-of-the-match award was shared by .Inn


Tierney, of Dower Hack anil John Shears, ol the Koval


Oak. ' All the trophies were presented by Mr David


liriggs, from Klemhee Trophies. In his review ol the year, league chairman Mr Ralph Aspimvnll, said that the season had been well contested and he looked


forward to the campaign. Whitbread Rihblesdale League


W h a l le y s lum p a s W a n d e r e r s shine


Wbailey 1st XI 122 all out, ttibhlcsdalc Wanderers 1st XI


12t> for 1


Northampton on Sun­ day and at Bradford on Bank Holiday Monday.


Howev e r , o p en e r and


W h a l l e y p r o f e s s i o n a l R o g e r ' W a t s o n w a s d r o p p e d o f f I) a v i d


Howard. Ribblesdale's first break-


Beaten with ease


mixup between Watson and j)avj(j Howard for 0, bowled John Kearslev led to the lat- j)V


However. Fitton ter being run out for -1. C a p t a in Jo h n Wh a r to n in n in gs s t a r t e d wi th tom-


joined Ids nrofessmnal and Boundaries. Dickinson scored began to build a good partner- - iK.f(,n . being caught behind ship when he was howled by ,,ff Foster and Whalley soused his opposite number Ter ry ^


Braithwaite for 10.


Ki nd 1 si XI 117 fur II. Ksirby 1st XI l l l l l i ir I


KARHV eniisi' il tn :i ciim- Im-tubU- victory at Whal ley Road on Sa tu rd a y , pas s ing Road’s mo d r s t total ot M7 witli six wick e t s in band and six ove r s to spare.


in ideal conditions for cricket for the first time this season. Hopes were high for a feast of runs, but Glyn Sedman and


Terry Clegg elected to bat


T h is brought overseas ama- Maleolm Dennett and Fit- teur Anderson to the crease l(m |ul(l otlier ideas and built a


al oJ; for 2.


and he p la y e d a s t e a d y inalch-winuing partnership, innings, while Watson went Dennett gave the professional about his work, reaching his as much of the strike as imssi- 50 with a boundary.


He was out for 05, caught


behind off Graham Monk and the home side were 05 for 2. The innings now began to


pos ed p I 'dhIems lo r t hr openers Stephen Rushlon and Malcolm Taylor and the sides hopes of a high total began to


i i _ . i'.. i. t K .i


Manoj Parekh immediately began Whalley s demise and ^ oro|| and John Rain put the *i


— r*— , . ............ ........


Mark Sorell off Monk for 21 . k(f „,;me ,lU*iek wickets, but lift. . .11. ■ il.tllllL'II * k t , ( 1


u,nt ■ .tflf K .mo o\*oi* fn i'n tflf'V istOOll


with one over to go they s ood at 120 for Ik


look in doubt. Sedman moved the ball con­


siderably through the air and after giving away one bound- arv in his first over to lavlor, followed wi th two maiden overs and two wicket maid­ ens: howling Stephen Rushlon for S and trapping Taylor llnv


for Ik Meanwhi le Scot t Duane


attempted to sweep Parekh’s leg spinner and paid the pen­ alty, being bowled for 2, leav­ ing the home side in real trou­ ble at IS for 2 after 10 overs.


David P a r s o n s and Mark Aspin. Parsons batted confi­ dently. but Aspin was never


A recovery was staged bv


comfo r tab le , p a r t ieu la i l\ against Parekh and was even-


with the total on 02. With 15 overs remaining, the home


s ide s t i l l had hopes respectable score


t


Dexter Fitton began the final over with two wickets in two balls, the first an excellent one handed slip catch from Monk. Two more runs and another wicket left one hall remaining at 122 for 0. The final batsmen. Russell


Rihblesdale professional ■ . V , ............. , itch beyond dcubt with a . l. wickets. .l..,il,f Whalley


Watson c Hall b Monk......... t>5 J. Kearslev run out............... -t ,1. Wharton h Braithwaite.... 10 U. Anderson c Sorrel b


Monk.................................... -1 A. Galderbank c Dennett li


Se con d to none


Kihhlcsdale Wanderers 2nd XI 182 for 7, Fdenfield 1st XI 11)7 all out


KIHHDKSDALK WamlmM’s Rml XI wi 'rv rampant form a t the- w-cmlumi! when tlu;y vasily ai-viunitvil lor Kdent leld ill t lm Whi t l i road Kilil.U-silalf Dvauiu- In.-a


division. Asked to bat, Kibblosdale


made a pour s t a r t , losing opener Richard Palmer witli the total on jus t S. Marlin


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


tiiallv caught by Sedman tor Davies and Stephen l roctor .* ;.t. «i...


............................. mt after


Paid Ashworth was howled by Parekh and Philip Hanson by I ’raig Wear, the hopes rested on the shoulders of Parsons. He had reached 70 out ot a total of 110 when he fell to an excellent catch by Stephen


Hipgrave. F r an k Newby was also


caught on the edge and only 7 more runs were added in the closing overs. IV t iT Wiirslcv anil 1- razin'


Simpt- livlil out tn linin’ Karliv Iniims points anil I ’arnkli fin-


isltml a film spall w ith six wivknts fur 7S. The visitors were never m


se r ious di f f icul ty, as the wicket played with increasing


ease. A sp in and Hanson b ow le d w e l l and w e re rewarded with two wickets


( ' l a rk so n well c aught hv ( ‘Icgg at slip and bowled Joint Kainger. Hanson caught and Bowled Andrew Pickles and accounted for Stephen Hip-


The professional had Ian


cruve leg before. Neither bowlers could make


any impression on Nigil l nk |. s. who played an excellent 1’niilr»diet! innings ot «>h not out to take his team to then


first win of the sea.-on. Bead have generally howled


and fielded well this season, but badlv needl'd their tront- Ime hatting to run into toim.


Read


:k Rushton b Sedman........... -s M. Taylor Ihw h Sedman..... •>


S. I inane b Parekh................ J M Aspin c Sedman b Parekh............................... —


P. Ashworth b Parekh......... 1 P. Hanson h Wear................ *- T. Clegg h Parekh................ •' p. Worslev not out............... 1 K Newh'v c S. Pickles b Parekh.*.............................


D. Parsons c Hipgrave h _ Parekh..................


“


F. Snape not out.................... 1 Fxtras..............


j Total (nine wicket.*.) 1-1 < \[


Si’ilmim S-l-17-2, ( . Wviir i-l 2-t-l. S. Hipgrave <-2-lb-b


bowling: Parekh Farhv I. Clarkson c Clegg b Aspin


N. Pickles not out................. J. Kainger b Aspin............... A. Pickles c and b Hanson..


S. Hipgrave Ibw b Hanson.. S. Piekies not out................. ^


* Totai (four wickets) 149


Clegg 5-1-20-0. P. Hanson (>-»- 22-0, F. Newby 2-0-12-0


Bowling: Aspin 14-2-52-2, 4.


.... *!•> With then took the score along to o f


HD. before Davies was out. David Cottam joined Proc­


tor and the score moved onto b() before tin* latter was out Ibw. Paul Spencer went in mid with Cottam, took the score to 101), before C’oltam was run out. Otdv lb more runs wen- added before Spencer was bowled for a fine -IS.


Briggs added 18 before the latter was howled and Slinger


Martin Wrigley and Martin


came to the crease, pushing the total to 17-1 before Wng- ley was bowled. Tlu* Ribbles- dale innings closed on 1S2 tor


7.


reply with the runs coming easifv. although lan Briteliffe


Fdenf ie ld s t a r t e d th e i r


r eg u la r lv beat the bat of Hawke. H e eventual ly had the opener caught by Davies.


Onlv four more runs had been added before the pairing of Briteliffe and Davies took


Extra medal


WINNER nl the Clu!. ext ra l.Gl IInllg J o " Shield Hmdle with a mci


■: W av/ ' s ' Vr'i iif \ A / Johnsons S( .MALI) Whallev 2,


WH AI-LE’) entered this B Ls East Lancashire League Pres­ ident s Cup final at furl Moor full ot confidence, alter com­ pleting the season in excellent


torm. Perhaps this was the prob­


lem and they started, with a tew exceptions, as it out lor an afternoon walk and paid the


penaltv. Alter 10 minutes a Whallev


jolt W hallev into life and time and time again thev put them­ selves m trouble by dwelling on the hall and giving pos­ s e s s i o n awa y wi th p oor


attack broke down and John­ sons countered down the mid­ dle, taking the lead al ter a shot had been deflected out lor a tonvard to score from a tight angle. Even this setback did not


[lasses. Only Bolton and Parkinson,


who worked tirelessly m mid- j0()ked all over for Whalley, as .. Fiv e min u t e s l a t e r , it


field and Poole and Rodia, Jo h n so n s hi t hack wi th a seemed to be in the r ight second goal. frame of mind and in the mood


for a fight. In the 50th minute Whalley


found themselves level. Par­ kinson received the ball mid­ way in the opponents half and carried it to the edge of the


play, with substitute Bentley adding some mobi l i ty and


At last. Whalley started to


box, before cracking home a superb shot.


minute to level the t-coies when 8iimtli received the ball ill the six yard box. turned and scored with ease. The village sale now domin­


ated the match, but could not find a winner before the 90


anv more goals and the out­ come of the match came down


^ d ' l o ^ h ’m u n l h ^ i u ; the penalty shoot-out.


piinutes were up. Extra-time failed to bring


Whallev when the first spot « as " ^ kick was missed by a .job,.son J" !»«!


r i a h S . but smith's hard s p i r i te d and in ,p re s s ,v e low effort was well saved by


•'"." j-"'1 -,1 ni


the ’keeper. As Rodia .'topped up, lie knew he had to score to take the shoot-out into sudden


death. However, his shot, hound


Things Itmkeil go........’or for tlu- to . ' J *« « ’’ ,i warded 1""


eir nmnoT-iim-match trophy (or a


performance. Wh a l l e v : l-ox, J o r d a n ,


P a r r . E n tw i s t l e , Poole , M-ieereth. Holton, Parkinson,


Rodia, liury, Smith. Subs: Hentlcy. Burrows.


( lit III Ti riled;


vas Mt> e of 102


e til'll- l and Dons 1 7


x y ...r~. ■t.r.A ,’H Vi* 'il |


-


nS,i| 1 o y 1


another wicket. Wi th th e s c o r e on 21»


. . ,


another good catch, this time from Spencer, gave Britclitle liis t h i r d su c c e s s of the


afternoon. Holt and Hanson then took


the scon- to l»-l before Martin Briggs, witli a good catch nt! St inger and only four more were added hetore Hanson was Slinger's second victim, tliis time caught by Proctor. Slinger then howled Burns


i I li :t


careful stand to see Ribbles- da lc to a v ic to ry by six


f i t . . a..., . .


fal ter as Rihblesdale gave nothing awav in the field and they restricted the batsmen to singles. The wicket of Ander son, caught in the deep


Dennett had done an excel­ lent job, adding o2, before he . was caught by Nick Keighley, \y|n )iev's oiilv chance was to


ground and smashing three sixes, before being superbly caught by Watson for *2.


all o v e r


hie an :md Fitton did not ui: disap­ point the spectators, b o u n d a r i e s


hitting th e


(.]ialu.L. with Rihblesdale was jn rampanl form and his through came on 17 when a Foster, embarked on a risk'


single and was duly sHooi^'1 by Phil Hall, giving Kibbles dale the bonus points. Fittoi finished wi0i_j bo' -17 .....


Monk with 2 for 25. Ribblesdale’s replv begat ;m ,.arjv ^-tback. lo:


L. Kearslev M. King c Lt T. Nutlall R. Foster: 1). Tavl-.r i F.xt


N. Keigllle Fitton......


M


•17-1, T. I! .Monk 9-1-25-2 Hihhlcsdak* Wanderers


I). O'Neil : R o g e r Wa t so n . . . r e s i s ta n c e r llowai


Min out.......... t Hall b Fitt«


Bowling: D. H.oward 0M2 7-1-10- •aithwa


lot out.......... Total (


Kitten c anti b Watson......... 82 1). Howard b Foster............. " A. Dickinson e N’uttall It Foster................................. •"*


M. Sorell not 'Hit.................. - j ,1. Rain not out......................


M. Dennett c Keighley b 1.. Kearslev............................. j |


Fxtras......................... Kearslev 5-M-2S-1


II li Foster -1 2-18-2. Watson D. Tavlor (»•«»-22". L.


Bowling: R. Aiulerson 5"-2«- Total (lour wickets) 12f»


1 \


Alonk 1. Yi ch 1> I'itto


rm Fixtures


Mlnultl. Whitlt


Fa.rbv Waiulo


llai v\


defer, 1 *u


ekend N t lit heade


l lu> -tlale Whalle


, Read v sion T\


Burnley Bi Sunday’


„[ v Kibble.-dale Wa Ti


•lith. el.


Win


elve.leiv 2. fixturt


1 .eai’.lle • !ale Wanderer:-. P:-


( ‘lit liel’oe Rlbble lilt!..'in


K,;id. Settle v Wliailey. Diviaion One Road v led1


K,1\. Kibble.-dale Wandel’et V l "ill l ie l ’o e.


Settle.


[iivi-.mii Two W bailey . . .


Three Burnley Belvedere Bead. Clitheloo Wanderers.


Hetherington paves the way


Clilhi’nii’ 1st XI 177 fur :l. Sol- tic 1st XI 1711 for I


•\ SUl ’KRR iinboati'ii kmiok of PR from openor I’kil


il i 'i lu'i ’inilliiii stocivcl Clillmi’i'i' to a fim; vmlm’.v witli „i,U' livers tn spnre ill tins Whi tbread Kibblesd.ik


The Yorkshire side woiMhe loss and decided to lake first


l.ea.uue match at Chatburn Road. ( ’hri


knock.Andrews and Hall opened the innings, but tin- pair had taken the total to only five, before lan Wr iggleswor th trapped Hall leg belore lor a duck.


Professional Martin Robin­ son jo in e d An d r ews and


.


moved the to ta l onto I I. before Mick Ilouldswnith had Andrews caught by Neil Ash­


worth for nine. Settle captain Mark Widen


was next in and lie and Robin­ son s teered the side out "1 (rouble with a s tand ol lx lu-fore Yerden was run out


with the total on b2. Robinson and Green then


to leave the score at *2 tor •• and witli Briteliffe still finding good line and length, the visi­


tors were struggling. Things worsened tor them


when Briteliffe claimed his


fourth wicket, with the score on Sf> and then dismis sed


Vines soon alter. Paul S p e n c e r th e n had


Bradshaw caught , with the score on BH and Briteliffe rounded the match oft by tak­ ing the final wicket of Wright


with the score on M7. Kihhlcsdale Wanderers: R.


Palmer -l. M. Davies 17. S. Proctor 2S. D. t ’otlam H»: P. Spencer -IS. M. W riglcy 2!'. M. Briggs in. \Y. Slinger 15 n.o., B. Spi'iuvr 1 n.n.. extras 15. iota! 182 for 7. Fdenfield: P'7 all out Bowline: 1. Britclillo ln.-’> •*


l-n.M-2, P. Spencer 1 1 IS L


shared in Settle's best par t ­ nership of P5 belore Houlds- worlh claimed bis second \ ic- tim bv bowling Green tor IS at


157. Robinson and new partner


o v e r s e a s am a t e u r Ba t e s added a further IP nm*< before


the overs ran out. The visitors were probably


disappointed with their total. as tlu-v looked, at one stage, as if they could set (Titheroe a far more daunting target than


the 177 thev needed. For Clitheroe. Garth Su l -


clit'fe had been a major factor, with tile bowler del ivering se \ etl overs tor tile loss ot just 1 it ru n s , inc luding t hre e


■ Booth b eg an C l i t h e r o e ’s


maidens. Hetherington and Andrew


| i-[>! . lie-' n e a r lv fo u r T lm \ hm


27-r>. R.' Blair 2 1 1 1 " . B. Spencer d-1-22. W. Slme- i


Seed joined Helll-


er ington and the pair, who have been Cli tlieroe’s most [. lodmt ive par tnership th e season, laid the foundations for victory with a stand of PP. ta k in g the home team to wi thin 5(* runs of victory, before Seed was caught by Hall off Brown for J'k Sieve Graham and lleth


erington added 21 belore Gra­ ham was adjudged leg belore


for seven. Wriggleswor th joined his


co u n t rvma n ami the only tiling tliat remained in doubt wa> whe ther Hether ington would re a ch hi> c e n tu ry before Clitheroe won. in tlie event lie just mmsed


Monday’s fixtures: Divisn Kibble


fifth


ing just : That ‘


join N’ i added Clither dunce. With


lory. I


lud Si d u c k linard.


worse. 1ml cult chain Booth. Tlu- A


Thing.'


il Bolt' ahiahlc ith


hiswiclv got off to a vhen Wrigglesworth


et f M2 fur vic-


caught behind for a ,, 11 i


iiilld Clu


. Kill put


advantagt of KM with before Wrigglesu


s t ral ian sharing Mat On


km snapped up b


fu n on ! lie In


toof \


diffi- n bv


•w B. il Bolton


stand d Kil


’"fim Scothern and Matthew Bolton pushed the score to 121 before Wrigglesworth held onto a fine catch from Bolton, oil the howling of Hetherington. who


full ught Asln


id (lie pair i put ulile


V - L i > sA Ramsbottom Cup


Fighting Clitheroe suffer cup defeat


(Titlierne 1M XI 102 for .». Bar- noULwick 1st XI Bit for a


BAKNOLDSWICK, making the i r secoml visit nl tbi month to Chat lmrn Roail, knocked Cl i theroe out ot tin


Ramsbot tom (Tip. However, tile home Side put


up a much more spirited di>plav than in the league encounter and tint for the away side having all the luck, could have gone into


round two themselves. Neil Ashworth won the toss


had added 15. Seed runout foi Phil Hethei


:t„d decided to hat. but after Chris Seed and Andrew Booth


.1


Booth and took before h man. off This I th


,.ld 2* P.ool!i


idable m i 1 a i


otal


it In ht la


Wnggle> e and lie • the third


had changed froii wicket-keeping mb


.........


his usual l<> ttint of


bowler. In fact. Glitheroe used three


I[.-tii.i-iii^toii. Wriipilosuoitli noil loiihmn nil enjoying spells witli the gloves. One run later the toiirth


.hiring the game, with


Wicket fell When Riley tb was c a u g h t by H u s s a i n n i f


tlied things although Becdi lived a little dangerously anti took the visitor.' within sight ot the win­ ning post . before Beech Was bowled by Graham for lb at lob. Da\ id Scothern and brother


lletlierington. Bcedi and lan Scothern stea-


lan then saw the Barnoldswirk team home in the t7tli over.


nt when


.•Id Wr


t ind • lost


t Clitheroe


( . See.t mil out..................... 11 A Booth run out.................. :;2 P. Hctlicrington c Water­ man b D. Scothern............ 12


Wrigglesworth c Harker b Waterman.......................... j -


N. Bolton not out................... T* S. Graham run out................ 2 N. Ashworth not out............ P’


Pickup X-l-22 0. D. Scothern M- 1-18-L Killcn lP-1-27-0. Green- halgh lli-l-12-O


Bowling: Waterman 1U-2-22-1 Barnoldsw ick


A. Smith c Hetherington h Wrigglesw orth.................. "


Killcn c Bolton h Wriggles- ..................................................... ;>r


!. Scolliern not nut................ 21 A. Riley c Hussain h Hetli- erington..............................


S. Oralumi 7.2-0-:!-'-1. 0- *»l ’ cliff,, '.i n :',i n, P. Hclheriiigtnn


in 1 2 Fitton paves way


K ib b le s d a le W a n d e r e r s 1st XI 22P for I. Settle 1st XI 152 all out


BAITING first on a good wicket. Kibblesdale opened witli pi’ot’i’ssiiinal Ih’Xt.’i’ I'iUiin ami overseas amatidii’ Mark Sorell. hoping for a quirk-fire sta r t m thm Kanis-


bottotn (Tip mutch.


out. but Clitheroe strolled t<* a five point haul.


Settle


s. Amhi-us e Ashworth h lioiildsworth.


1). 11.ill Ihw h Wriggles- u ( l i t h ..................................................


Roliinsiiu not nut.................. 4,>


M. Yerden run nut................ T. ( hvi’ii ti i louldsworlli..... 18 C. Bates not out.................... 1} Extras..............


7X-L P. ihiuldswmth 12-0-52-2, ti. Sutcliffe 7-2-10-0. F. Hussam


Bowling: Wrigglesworth 22 a- 2, 0-20-0 Clilherm* P. lletlierington not out....... P2


A. Booth h Morrell................ J C. Sefd e Hall h Brown........ t'j \ n Ihw h Ihiti-


Wn.-.i’.li-'W oi ’ 1’. M n! " Total (four wirkets) 17(> ]/’


before being beaten for |>:u-e by Set t le’s professioiml Martin


Sorell played his shot> almost immediately :md niovctl to t l


slowly and w;is oh\ imisly set ­ tling in to play ;i hie; innings. Malcolm Dennett joined him


Roliin<oii. Meanwhile Fitton had began


and helped to move til.- score to 05 when he was howled tor t-t. Dickinson got off the mark witli a four ami had hit a cou­ ple more when a short one kepi low and how led him lor B’». Fitton starte.l to play liis


ing with a mixture of pace and spin, with Howard and Braith- waile keeping the batsmen quiet. Howard bowled six overs for 17 runs , before being replaced by David O'Neill, who was just as tidy, with his S overs


costing just 22 runs. Brailliwaitc's 10 overs went


Rihblesdale opened the howl­


- 1 2 . P. ituuldsuorth lo 2 :>;* u. na rv round of the Ford Ama­ teur Coif Tournament


Tnliil (live wieketsi Idl | )wvc.r heal off all his ehal- liowliim; Wi’iggli’swnrth in 2- | l.n jjl.rs to win the prclimi-


......................... SIMONSTONE golfer Pnul


tions at Clitheroe Golf Club and sp o n so r e d by Ru fu s C a r r , t h e c o m p e t i t i o n at t racted over 11)0 ent rants


M. Bolton t Wrigglesworth 1) Hetherington.................... *,:i


P. Beech h Graham................. " D. Scethern not out out....... Fxtr


I


F.xt ras......................... 12 Total (live wickets) P'L


Season is underway ™ h a l U &


' in the Premier Division Dog and Par t ridge A and


Vic to r ia Ho te l to p th e ;ire tab le wi th seven points


each. Kings Arms A and Pot re Arms a re chasing h a r d in j o i n t s e c o n d


position. Five sides won their open­ ing matches in the first divi-


thu ,iuck Iml ' J S ' " o l i k


,ylu> pn qimjnary round of the Glithcroe Travel Cun will


teams in the chase,


be drawn next Wednesday, at the Horseshoe. I he meeting starts at 8 p.m.


Results: Premier League — Commercial Hotel A 2, Dog


sion. with four tied at the top an,l partridge A 5; De Lacy tm seven points. Horseshoe B. Arms 2, Kings Arms A -1;


RBL A,* Roval Oak A and Station Hotel A are battling to make a clean break at the


summit.


Horse both recorded (>-l vic­ tories and stand clear at the


l ,ord Nelson ami Whi te tir> . Craven Cricket Chatburn falter


Oakworlh 1st XI 152 all out. Chatburn 1st XI 125 all out


OAKWOKTH elected to liat oil a hard dry pitch in this ( ' ra v en and Dist r ict Cr icket League f irst division match and struggled against some accurate Chatham


howling. Richard .................... iml Rod


her nf c|iiick wickets, reducing


Hiinlli were in form with the hall , wi th the pai r taking seven wiekets between them. Knr Oakwnr th. hoekley halted aggressively for his :>S


runs, Iml their final total ol list seemed reasonable amt


well within Chatburn’s grasp. Bootli bowled right through


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


tigur Chathurn responded well


Chatham tu St) fur 7. Sluiveltini made a brave


attempt tn score tile reomred runs, but he was caught on the boundary going f»r "tic six


too munv. To make ma t te r s worse.


Nick Thomas pulled a ham- string going for a q u ic k run


the innings and finished with am| had to ret ire hurt . I he


figures of l‘> for 70 from 22 innings closed with ( hathum 27 runs adrift.


and at 57 for 2 after 21 overs. the side were in a strong posi­ tion and looked favourites to


take the [mints. However , the Oakwnr th


hmvli’i’s stuck In tlu’ir tusk and struck hack with a num-


Midweek matches


1MPRFSSIYF Chathurn take on Rimington in thei r next Clitheroe and District Mid­ week Cricket League match. The league is now well under way and beginning to


take shape. Waddington, who have also


started the season well, tace Rust1. Cavaliers. Fixture's : Wednesday —


Broekhall v \Vliite Lion. Chip­ ping B v Riverside, Rusty C a v a l i e r s v Wad d in g to n ,


Rimington v ( 'hatburn. Th u r sd a y — Cathol ic v


Chii»ping A. Foursomes


THE best gross winners in the Clitheroe Golf Club invitation mixed foursomes were Mr mid Mis J. Rhodes (SS). Tlie first nett prize went to


Mr and Mrs P. Shaw (8<'» Hj.5- till.51. with Mr and Mrs D. \ el vick (P7-22-71) in second position anti Mr and Mrs M. Fletcher in third (Pl-15-7fi).


Oakwortb: lo2 all out. Bowling: R. Shuvelton l8.-»- 1-12-1, R. Booth 22-o-ifi-h. N.


Thomas -t-t)-2^Ml. Chatburn: S. Tomlinson 0,


1). Harrison S, S. Mercer to, B Wright 21. K. Barkers. R. Booth 12. R. Shovelton 2(>, N.


'['hotnas ret hrt 2, B. Jones -t n.n.. J. Locklev 0. extras IP.


total 12t» all out. Poor display


Chathurn 2nd XI (id all out Oakwortb 201 for H


CHATBCRN went into tliis Craven and District ( rirket League Division Two match wi th a lack of recognised


howlers. 'This proved to be the i r


major problem, but the side battled well to hold Oakwortb


to a total of 21)1. in reply. Chatburn erum-


Mull, witli iiiilv IVui-ra ii’arli- inc ilmitili’ fiyur i’s ami In* kniii’k nl':t.'i was tlii’_mainstay


nf tin* pilin’ tiilal nt I’m. ( Jakwortli: 2"l for P. Bowling: Ingham 11-5-28-2.,


Lamln’l’t 7-2-R'.H), Miti-ln-n li- (l-H.I-ll, i ’l’iim* .s-l-:tri-:t. Harri-


smi il-ll- l 1 -1. UarkiT t-il-R-l-l - t ’lia tl ilirn : K. H a n ’isim 1.


I!, r.iu’ki’i' ii. I’. Cl'iiiyli R. M Spi’llsli'V 1 . SlliiVljliUl a, il.


I.ainlii’l’l II. M. l 'l’ar i’t’ n " I'. Wliiltaki’l- 11.


_- Iliyliam H


U. S h aw R. T. HiU’lii’ii u. I’Xlras 2. total fill all out.


.......................... ...... - * Bundle Hotel B 2, Victoria


Hotel 5; Petre Arms L Cra­ ven Heifer 2. Division One — Horseshoe


A 2, Horseshoe B f>: Waggon and Horses 2, RBL A o; Black


Horse 2. Station Hotel A f»; Hart I. Nelson ti. is now underway,


Royal Dak A o, I’unillu Hotel A 2; Kinp’S Anns B 2, Wtiite


Divis ion Two — Whi te , .


Horse 1>. t ’lmnnercial Hotel It 1; Dot; anil I’urtriilKe B 2.


;•


Bridge Inn *1; Castle 2, Buck , Inn -1; Black Bull 2, Royal Oak . li ii; Station Hotel B 1, I.oril


Tonight's fixtures; l’remier


I.eaeue — Craven Heifer v l’enille Hotel B. Victor ia Hotel v I)e Lacy Arms, Kin^s Arms A v Higher Buck, New Inn A v Commercial Hotel A,


v Koval Oak A, I'endle Hotel A v ’Black Horse, Stat ion Ho te l A v Wa g g o n anil Horses, RBL A v Horseshoe A, Horseshoe B v New Inn B. Division Two — i.oril Nel­


Division One — White Hart . . .


son v Black Bull. Koval Oak B v Castle, Buck Inn v Doe anil Par t r idge B, Bridge Inn v Whi te Horse, Commercial Hotel B V RBI, B.


THK Clitlmro,' Men's Invita­ tion Summer Darts League


Exciting season ahead


got off to a good start. This season, the league is


made up ot t wo divis. • s. with ID teams in the first am. nine sides in the secoml. The first week of competition produced six 180's and two checkouts of one hundred plus. In the first division, both CCWMC and tin* Kings Arms


A bit top form and lead the table with 12 points each. The seeoml division shows


the Cross Keys and Kings Arms B in pole position, with nine points each trom their opening games. Results: Division Dim —


i


- ,


Dot; anil I'artriiK'e A v Cross Keys.


,


Low Moor Club 2, Horseshoe A I; Kings Arms A ti, Dog ami P a r t r id g e 1; Cr av en Heifer I, CCMWC (I; Royal Oak D -l. Commercial 2; Vic­ toria ", Roval < >ak A 7. Division Two — New Inn o.


S ta t io n 2: Brown Cow 2, Kings Anns B 5; Horseshoe B 1. Cross Kevs t>; Blaek Horse


sion i )n** CCU M( 12, Kings Arms A 12. Roval Dak


B l. Royal Gak B 2. Points and positions: Divi­


A 11. Horseshoe A 10, Cmn- mereial 7, Royal Oak D 7,


Low .Moor Club 1. (-raven Heifer -I. Dog and Partridge


2. Victoria 1. Division Two — Cross Keys


P. Kings Arms B P. Black Horse A in Royal Oak B 0. Black Horse B 5. Horseshoe B 5. New Inn 5. Brown Cow 2,


Two M. Rurisun 18. Highest cheek..ut Divi­


IB'.. Hold in glor ious co n d i ­


Paul wins golf qualifier ^ l


X ....................4,’.’ ’’f


and was well contested. The competition is part of


a nat ionwide tou rn amen t , now in it ’s 27th year, which


gives club handicap golfers th e c h a n c e to r e p r e s e n t


England, Scot land, No r th ­ ern Ireland and Wales at the prest igious Home In te rn a ­ tional Final at the Belfry in


' lp a uL »>f Whal ley Road, plays off a handicap of just one and was in spa rk l in g form for the event. S h owin g g r e a t sk i l l he claimed fi rst place wi th a


five under par score of (id. This means he w ill now go


for 25 runs, in addition to tak­ before the latter was howled by


ing the scalp of Davidson. Robinson and Hall added 18


shots at the other end. control­ ling his aggressive instinct, moving 'monthly in his halt cen­ tury witli two boundaries. David Howard scored ll* before also getting one which stayed low and at 110 for I John Rain came in. He partnered Fitton m an excellent unbroken stand ol 8P. They both found runs easy to


Fitton for -Ilk He struck again in his next over when lie howled Yerden. At HU for 2. much depended on professional Robin­ son and he played excellently for his il l. hut the otlier batsmen


could not stav w ith him. H o w a id re t u r u e d a ml


come bv. with Rain playing the anchor Vole and Fitton smashing


responded to being hit for three sixes hv taking the wicket of Robinson, caught behind by Phil Hall. Gordon Leach came on to


help Fitton mop up the tail with 2 for -1 and Fitton finished his in a f c l i w in n in g p e r f o rm a n c e i in i


Mill:


M S M 1 >.-t iru-r:


1 i


Rihhli Mkth' Wanderers ••li I.


A. IVkm.- D. Huum-d 1' Bat.-s.............. fi'


: i. Mbit i i i Bm


.). R;tin not out...................... C x t r a : - ....................................


D. Broun I" l 25 n, G. Bradley l o IS o. I ). Morrell 9 l 55 l . A. Davit! ' . .11 9 " -PI C. Bate' »; II 25 2


I’.xwlmg: Robm.'oti l" ■ Settle


T. Green b Monk.................. C. Bates st Hall b Fitton..... D. Morrell b Leach............... P. Macdonald Ihw h Fitton.. M. Dodgsmi e Leaeh b kit ton....................................... G. Bradley b Leach...............


A. Davidson h Braithwaite.. P. Hall b Fitton..................... Robinson r Hall b Howard... M. Yerden b Fitton...............


Total i four wickets' 229 < 2-> 1.


' •li.. 12


into the regional final , at York, this coming August , where he will face fellow-


qualifiers from all over the


country. Success there will guaran­


tee him a place in the final e ig h t -ma n En g l i sh squad and a chance to battle it out in Ryder Cup style on one of


the country’s finest courses. Resul ts: Division One —


1st, P. Dwyer («7-l-«fi); 2nd,


1). Mursdcn (71*S-<iti); 3rd, S. Andrew ((>9-2-57); Ith, M.


W h a lley fa i l to hold P ad ih am


Padihani 1st XI 19(1 for 8. Whalley 1st XI 185 fora


BAITING first in this Ramsbot tom Cup match, Wlial- U*v made a solid star t and fine total, but could not contain the Padiham batsmen and eventually paid the penalty by being knocked out of the competition.


ihe high hundreds, the W bai­ lee attack could not make the in-roads Deeded t" win the match and Padiham sneaked home with two \\ ickets intact


ami i'lie hall to spare. The match was played m


glorious conditions and pro­ fessional Roger Watson and J o h n Ke ar s lev p e r formed wel l , wi th a p a r tn e r s h ip worth 71 runs, to start Whal­ ley off. before the latter was caught bv Woods oil Akhtar. Watson was joined by cap-


lain John WJiarton and tile score board was kept ticking over, with W'harton playing a solid and steady innings. Once Watson had gone tor a


fine 7". Whar ton took over tlie mantle and did a good job, keeping WTalley on target for


a big total.


D. Brown not out................. Extras......................... < Total (all out) 152


I, T. Braithwaite 10-2-25-1, D. O’Neill 8-1-22-0. G. Monk 7-0- 41-1. Fitton 10-0-9-5, U. Leacn 2-I-4-2


Bowling: D. Howard lO-J-lb- May medal


THK May medal competition at Slonvlmrst Park Got) 1 lull was wo n hv . l e a n C ow ar d


(l)ld-T.I-7:!). The llest gross prize went to


Kris Baldwin (PS). In tlie Presi­ dent’s day slablefnrd competi­ tion. Katti Hobbs took tho title, after a card pla.v-off with Wendy Talliot. who was placed second. Kditli Child and Kris Baldwin.


WJiallev stood on 1(>5 for 2 and still in with a chance of a match-winning total.


WTten lie was dismissed, . Anderson and Galderbank


made token g e s tu r e s and WJiailev’s innings ended on 185 for f>, which was a worthy and defendable score.


tookii for -12. Having amassed a total in


batsmen ju -1 plugged away, edging ever nearer to W ha!


H 11 w e \ el’, l he Padiham


ley's total. Padiham eventual ly won


I he match in the last y\e r . with just one hall remaining, hut Whallev knew tliat with ; little more lute, they have taken this fixture.


Whalley


J. Kearslev e Woods b Akh­ tar...................................... .


W a t s o n e H o lm e s h Hayworth..........................


J . W h a r t o n c Gee b Hayworth..........................


A. Calderbank b Foy............ N. Keighley not out............. L.


R. Aiulerson e Robinson b Hayworth......... ; ...............


(Joe 10-2-22-0. M. Hayworth 10- 0- 12-2, M. Akhtar 8-()-3(>-l. M. Lawrence io-o-52-o


Bowling: Foy 10-1-25-0. S. Padihani


For Padiham. Haywor th I-oy st Nuttall b Ma son Padiham also made a solid txearMcy........ .


Lawrence (till) and Darren A- Foy CM) took the score to 111 A. before the overseas amateur


was bowled by Watson. v prt


should have taken a strangle hold and really pressured the


middle and tail end At th i s p o in t , Whal ley j /K e a n S v 8.5-1-50-1, Watson Ntwna Vievv to face Foulridge


Whal ley . i ,q_3_25-2,


Bowling: L. Burgess 5-2-28-0, Chatburn 2nd XI travel to °


Total (eight wickets) 190 League first division, .


p Higginbotham 5-1-19-0, J. Kearsley 9-3-20-2 ft. Anderson 10-0-40-


2nd .>„,i v i XI fixture.


in a thi rd division


S. Gee c Nuttall b L. Kears- M. Lawrence b Watson........ C Sm, c B. Kcarslcy 1) .1.


s ta r t , w i th 't i le exc ep tio n of ^ ^ 0™'’™,^"“^ " ’, ; " ^ ’^ S te p h e n Gee, dism issed for Xndorson.............................. 2 ID


B. Holmes not out................. run out................


7 Craven matches 9 CHATBURN 1st XI entertain > Fold ridge oil Saturday in the s Craven and District Cricket


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


Extras......................... Total (five wickets) 185


Kearsley not out............... -oiild


Turnbull (S7-2IM>7); 2nd, P. Walmslev (8(>-15-71); 2rd, R. Ea to n <SS-1 (»-72>; I th, R. Hindle (85-13-72. Best gros s : D. Gre enup


(72).


Fernhead (77-9-5H). Division Two — 1st, N.


, . ..


Station Hotel 2. Least darts: Division One A. Gudgeon 11 • Division


sion One P. I ravers l"". Division Two — M. Lunson


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