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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 14th, 1997 35 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


ALL SET FOR THE RTG KICK


goals in a 2-1 win a t Great H a r ­ wood.


S By Justin Connolly Last season’s star player (pictured left)


had yet to find the net in the club’s pre- season programme, but has returned to


form bang on time with the first game of the new North-West Counties


League season on Saturday. Last season’s Second Division champi-


ager Denis Underwood who said: “Paul is a confidence player so it was good to see him hit the net for the first time in


Mullin’s timely goals delighted co-man­ . •m shines with the bat as pre-season. pr ■ * Clitheroe v


Clitheroe stay in the title hunt 3 A


'


run-a-ball unbeaten 8T f rom C l ith e ro e p a id man Jonathan Fielding


Blackburn Northern NORTHERN


M. Gillibrand c Winkley b Fielding............................ 5


D. Jefferson c Winkley b S. Bishop.............................. 0


P. Bromley c Winkley. b S. Bishop..................... 0


Sharma c Burns b Dewhurst......... ..


80


N. Fftzmaurice c Winkley b N. Bolton .............................35


N. Weaver not out .............13 R. Shovelton b Dewburst . . 0


A. Morris not o u t .................2


Extras.......................... 8 Total (for 6) 143


S. Bishop 7-4-14-2; M. Dewhurst 10-3-30-2; N. Bolton


Bowling: Fielding 23-9-60-1; 5-0-31-1. CLITHEROE


A. Burns c Weaver b Shovel- ton .................................11


A. Robinson c Sharma b Weaver.......................... 23


saw th e locals cruise to victory against Blackburn Northern a t Chatbum Road on Saturday. And he was helped by Neil


Bolton, who ended on 30 a f te r smashing th e winning four off Noble - Clitheroe passing the visi­ tors’ total with more than 14 overs and seven wickets to spare. Northern won the toss and chose to bat, but they got off to a poor.


s ta r t as the Clitheroe attack had


early success. Simon Bishop saw off Jefferson


and Bromley in his second and third overs, and when Fielding had opposing skipper Mel Gillibrand caught behind - Neil Winkley’s third victim - Northern were 20-3. Northern paid man Chetan Shar­


ma and Neil Fitzmaurice put their side back on an even keel with a stand of 67 in 17 overs, before Wink- ley again showed safe hands to see off the latter on 34 off Neil Bolton. Sharma and Weaver had eight overs


Read win run feast


"ETN an electric atmosphere, Read beat Set- I


-tie by three wickets at Whalley Road in a


JLgame that saw 461 runs. 4 Settle won the toss and chose to bat on a flat wicket which played true throughout. Their openers Morrell and Verden started at a


Fielding not out .................81 M. Dewhurst b Weaver . . . . 0 N. Bolton not o u t ............. 30 Extras.........................2 . Total (for 3) 147


Bowling: Sharma 10-1-29-0;


R. Shovelton 10-2-41-1; N. Weaver 8.1-1-50-2; M. Noble 2-0-15-0.


Read v Settle SETTLE


M. Verden c Parsons b Bards- ley ................................. 82 D. Morrell not o u t ............76


T. Green not o u t .................51 Extras........................21 Total (for 1) 230


Bowling: Nawaz 8-0-39-0; M. Greenhalgh 11-2-37-0; M.


Heyworth 5-0-31-0; G. Bards- ley 13-1-62-1; D. Parsons 8-0- 43-0.


READ R


fast pace putting on 75 off the first 14 overs.. Verden led the way, completing his 50 off-just


.72 balls.


to push the score on from 87, and they added 51 before the pro was caught by Andy Burns off Mick


• .« s„. On — ~ J


Dewhurst on 80 in the 44th over. Dewhurst bowled Shovelton with­


out scoring, but Weaver and Mor­ ris saw out the remaining deliver­ ies to take Northern to 143-6. In reply, Bums and Andy Robin­


son smashed 20 off the first three overs, before the latter fell to Shov­


elton for 11. Fielding partnered Robinson, and


they had reached 53 in only the 15th over when Robinson fell to


came up 11 overs later, by which time Morrell had reached his halT-century.'


They raced past 100 in 21 overs and the 150 ,


Verden was finally out In the 33rd over, holing ' out to David Parsons off Graham Bardslcy for,,


82. Green came in and carried on where Verden


had left off, making 50 in 43 balls. As the overs ran out, Morrell had made 76 and


Green 51 for an innings total o f230-1. . . Nick Marsh and young Sam Marshall opened


: Read’s reply, but the locals were soon behind the run rate.


In the 15th over Marshall was trapped by Mor­ rell for 10 with the score on 41. -


' . . . . . . Marsh followed three overs later, bowled by •


Singh century wins the day


ib b l e s d a l e wanderers earned another fine win on


Saturday, this time against lowly Oswaldtwistle Immanuel a t New


Lane. The win is Wanderers’ seventh of


the season and puts them in eighth


spot in the table. Gurinder Pal Singh was the match-


r-


N. Marsh b Morrell...........28 S. MarshalllbwMorrell ..10 Nawaz c Verden b Fergie. . 54 T. Little c Curran b Day. . . . 4 R. Heyworth b Fergie---- 27 P. Usher c Morrell b Curran. 38 M. Greenhalgh not out ...3 6 G. Bardsley c Morrell b Cur­


D. Parsons not o u t ...............4 Extras.....................••20


ran .................................


91-2; E. Day 12-2-45-1; A. Fer­ gie 6-0-46-2; Curran 5-0-33-2.


Total (for 7) 231 Bowling: D. Morrell 18.4-1-


:.M


Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v


R. Watson lbw b Howard .71 G.


Ribblesdale Wanderers OSWALDTWISTLE IMMANUEL


Lawrence c Wilson b Howard........................


J. Metcalfe not o ut......... • 53 M. Hayes c Briggs b Howard 10


A. Dignan c Wilson b Howard 4 N. Westwell c Singh b Ainsworth......................


D. Mayers not out ............• « • T o t a K W S


Britcliffe 7-0-33-0; A. Ainsworth 5-0-34-1; D. Howard 12-1-45-4,


T. Braithwaite 4-0-15-0. RIBBLESDALE WANDERERS


M. Davies c Watson b Lawrence........................


J.RainbKaylcy................. M. Briggs b Metcalfe . . . . 21 H. Braithwaite not out-----^


D.HowardbLawrence Lawrence...................... n


B EX‘raS “ Total (for 5) 209 owUng: Lawrence 19-1-84-3;


M. Westwell 11-2-42 • Metcalfe 8-1-46-1, J. KaJ1 >


4'Eden'fieldvWhalley WHALLEY


a il? D. Higginbotham c Shnger b


J. Kearsley ibw A s hW ^ R. Foster c Hawke b Storey^


N. Keighley b Storey • • • • A. Pratt c Franklin b Ashley ^ P. Taylor b Slinger........ ' ' g


pi Grace not o u t - - - - 'y Smith c Hawke b Ashley i D. Westwood bSLmg


D. O’Neill b Ashley


B. Lazel b Ashley • ‘ | ‘ . 8 Extra s..............Total 60


m


Bowling: Ashley ^ ® u r B. storey 10-7-8-3, "


7‘2' 6‘2'ed en f ie ld 24 j .Kershawnotoul •••••• 37 N Franklin not out ••


j


Exlr0S “ Total (for 0)62 Bowling: S tn i lh ^ -O -^ J ,,.


Foster 2-0-21-0. K > 0-6-0.t


m i 0 Bowling: Singh IJ-J :6^ ! ; 1- Ea‘rS X R


winner for the visitors, hitting an unbeaten 123. With the ball David Howard was the star, taking 4-45. On a hot, sunny day and a flat, true


which must have disappointed them


after the fine start. Wanderers’ skipper Terry Braith­


Chasing a score of 200-plus a side .


waite was pleased, though, especially with the way his side had stuck to their task.


either needs a good start or the pro­ fessional to produce an innings of


class. The start was awful as Davies and


wicket the home side had no hesita­ tion in batting first on winning the


toss. • Roger Watson got his side off to a flying start, hitting boundaries to all parts of the ground despite losing his opening partner early when Snape was bowled by Singh for three. Professional Lawrence joined Wat­


son to add 87 runs in quick time as the home side reached 100 in the


22nd over. Lawrence eventually fell to a spec­


tacular boundary-edge catch frpm' Richard Wilson off Howard for 25. The same bowler then trapped Wat­ son leg before for an excellent 71 as


Snapeb Sin g h ...........3


Wanderers fought back. Metcalfe batted steadily but lost partners Hayes and Dignan both to Howard, before Westwell added a bit of much-needed urgency to their bat­ ting with a quick-fire 21 before hit­ ting a skier to Singh off Ainsworth. The home side ended on 208 for six,


Howard were both back in the dress­ ing room by the time Ribblesdale


had reached 14. Singh was joined by Wilson and,


although they had to repair the dam­ age first, they added 92 vital runs with the youngster showing great tenacity in his 32. Losing John Rain in the next over


W ■ <


Weaver for 23. Dewhurst was bowled by Reaver


Pas. OQ


without scoring, but Fielding and Bolton shared 78, with Bolton hit­ ting four off the first ball of the 31st over to seal the win. Bolton h i t 30 off ju s t 27 balls,


with Fielding finishing on 81. However, Cherry Tree took maxi­


mum points against Earby and extended their lead a t the top of the table to 13 points. But with seven games to go, Phil


Bishop’s side are still in with a shout.


Morrell for 28, and Terry little ws back in the > pavilion in the next over.


- Ryan Heyworth and professional Shahid x> f


Nawaz put things back on an even keel, putting on 66 for the fourth wicket, when the former was bowled by Fergie for 27.


" ■ ' ,


and Peter Usher added 32 in four overs, before Usher was out for 38 - a welcome return to


Nawaz then fell on 54, but Mark Greenbalgh •<


■ Greenhalgh finished on 36 not out, with Par- sons four not o u t


^Graham Bardsley put on 28 with Greenbalgh before holing out on 10, but Parsons showed his usual calm, staying with Greenhalgh until the target was reached.


, “ ' • Whalley shot out


HALLEY suffered a com­ prehensive d e fea t a t th e


hands of fourth-placed Edenfield on Saturday after being bowled o ut for just 60 runs. The loss — Whalley’s ninth of the


season — sees them slip to ninth in the table with 52 points. But just 14 points separates ninth


from third .spot in the table, and a good run in the final seven games of


the season could see them well up the table.


But Saturday’s display was a mis­ erable game for the Station Road


.


brought Martin Briggs to the crease at 106-4 off 30 overs and most people had written off Wanderers’ hopes, but the batsmen had other ideas as they put on 67 in eight overs before Briggs was bowled by Metcalf for 21 at 173-5 off 38 overs. Howard Braithwaite joined the pro­ fessional and four overs later it was


all over as he launched the spinner for a straight six and two fours to fin­ ish on 123 not out. This was an excellent win for Wan­


side. Just one player, Russell Foster with 20, made it into double figures after Nick Keighley had won the toss and decided to b a t in the sweltering


Wickets fell at regular intervals with


the first — that of John Kearsley (nought) — going when the score


was just one. The next three wickets fell for just


33 runs as Higginbotham (four), Fos ter and Keighley came and


went. Edenfield professional John Ker­


derers and keeps their hopes aUve for a top-six finish with five of their final


seven games at home. The only worry for the skipper at the moment is the lack of form being shown by his top amateur batsmen.


n Dy m


shaw was the man who did the dam­ age. He finished the innings with fig­ ures of 6-38. There were also two wickets for Storey and Slinger.


He stuck around for six runs while wickets tumbled at the other end. • Whalley had faced 34.4 overs by the


Only Grace provided any resistance. -------- '


time the final wicket fell and almost half of those had been maidens. In reply Edenfield wasted no time


a t all in knocking off the runs and didn’t lose a single wicket on the


way. Openers Kershaw (24 not out)


and F ran k l in (37 n o t o u t) se t


; about the Whalley a tta ck , and took just over seven overs to reg­


ister the win. Foster bore the brunt of the Eden­


field assault, going for 21 in just two overs, while professional Jason Smith


went for 34 off four. Whalley will be looking to put this


embarrassing display behind them when they play host to local rivals


Read on Saturday. FIXTURES Saturday


Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v Earby Ribblesdale Wanderers v


Blackburn Northern v Edenfield Cherry Tree v Padiham


Baxenden v Great Harwood


Bamoldswick v Great Harwood ? Blackburn Northern v Settle Cherry Tree v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel


Settle v Clitheroe Whalley v Read Sunday


Bamoldswick Padiham v Baxenden


Clitheroe v Read Edenfield v Earby


Ribblesdale Wanderers v Whalley (All games start at 1-30 p.m.)


•


Read close in on the title and Wanderers thirds take over at the top


EAD seconds top th e Sec­ ond Division of th e Vaux


R ib b le sd a le L e ag u e b y n in e p oints with ju s t six games left


to play.' This week they disposed of Set­ t le se conds to claim a seven-


point win. S e t tle made 108 w ith Ahmed


taking 5-18, and Read knocked them off with five wickets down.


W


halley seconds lost ground on th e leading pack with


defeat against Edenfield. Cricket


Whalley made 140-9, bu t Eden­ f ield lo s t ju s t two wickets on


their way to passing th a t score. In th e F i r s t D iv is io n b o th


Clitheroe and Ribblesdale Wan­ derers slumped to defeat.


C


litheroe fell five runs short of th e 175-9 s e t by S ta ck -


steads, while Wanderers lost a close game to Burnley Grammar School Old Boys.


W claim five points.


a n d e re r s m ade 163-8, including 50 from Spencer,


b u t , despite 5-51 from Leach, the Old Boys passed th a t target with just one wicket remaining.


shot to the top of the Third Ribblesdale Wanderers thirds


D iv is io n w i th a win over Oswaldtwistle Immanuel. Oswaldtwistle made 171-9, but Wanderers m anaged 176-2 to


move c le a r of S e t t le an d c la im second sp o t by e ig h t


Glitheroe too were winners to


points. Blackburn Northern made 174-


7 b u t Musson (82) and Pickles (58) helped Clitheroe to 176-2


and five points. R out.


ead took seven points from their clash with Settle. Hey­


worth made 72 to help Read 176- 4, after settle had made 174 all


A


Read lift cup with last ball victory


clinched the Brian Morris Cup. I t was hot and almost unbearably humid as Clitheroe opened the batting with Stephen Bishop and Simon Coulter both scoring half- centuries after batting superbly. A brilliant catch in the outfield by Qadir Ahmed,' who took four wickets, and some


R


patient slow left-arm bowling from Andrew Whittaker, who also took four wickets, meant


Clitheroe rashly ran out of batsmen before completing their overs. They scored 220.' Andrew Bennett at just 13-years-old showed


tremendous assurance with his left-arm bowling. His seven overs went for 35 runs and he took a single wicket, despite being hit four


a couple of sixes.


the top junior sides in the country. After earning the right to be named Cham­


R


pions of Lancashire in their age group the team narrowly missed out on making it into the national finals to represent the North of


England. After winning the Ribblesdale League s Bir-


chall Cup the team, captained by Richard Clark, won the right to represent the league in the county-wide competition.


' There they beat teams from Stretford, Ast- ley Bridge, Millham and Milnrow in the final


oupie oi sixes.


IBBLESDALE Wanderers Under 15s can count themselves among


EAD Under 18s silenced a large C lithe roe crowd a t C h a tb u rn


Road on Sunday as they


Sam Marshall was bowled leg stump by an in-swinger from opening bowler Mark Harg­


Few people gave the Read boys a chance as reaves in the third over.


Fourteen-year-old David Gardener-Chan hit several sweetly timed cover drives in a short


. '


innings of 20. Sixteen-year-old Duncan Bennett scored a ,


pleasing and fluent 30, but the man-of-the-


match was the Read caption Peter Haworth, . who held the innings together magnificently, showing immense maturity and determina-,


tion as he made 91 runs. As the tension mounted wickets fell steadily ■


and Read were left needing one run off the f in a l ball of the day with two wickets left. In a flurry of excitement they made it, even


—- — . , ; Wanderers among national elite


to be named county champions. On Monday at York the ride took part in the ,


North of England finals where they beat , Tynemouth from Northumberland in the semis, but were beaten by Ilkley in the final. Had they won that game they would have


Wanderers skipper Terry Braithwaite said: '


represented the North of England in the - national finals with three other sides from ’ around the country.


"They were really down to the last eight in j the country so they have done really well.


“They play brilliantly as a team and their ; success bodes well for the future of the club.


Century stand setsup


crushing win


FABULOUS century stand from openers Pete Rowson and Ted Topham set Chatbum up for a


crushing 132-nrn win over Ingrow St John’s on Satur­ day.


The locals won the toss and chose to bat fust m scorching ■ conditions.


. . And Rowson (71) and Topham (68) shared 126 for the first ., .. .


wicket* Stuart Draycott (35) and Stephen Booth (25 not out) kept


the scoreboard moving along in brisk fashion, and Chatbum reached225-4off their 45 overs. ■ In reply, the first four Ingrow wickets fell for just three runs,


three to Stephen Booth and one to Musson. ■ _ ' „


All chances were held, and finally Ingrow were all out for 93. Stephen Booth ended with 5-40 off 12 overs, while Musson, Rod Booth and Draycott also bowled well.


Chatbum: 225-4 - P. Rowson 71; T. Topham 68; S. Draycott 35; S. Booth not out 25; T. Allan 7; R. Booth not out 1. Ingrow St John’s: 93 - S. Booth 12-2-40-5; D. Musson 8-2-33- 1; S. Draycott 6.3-3-15-2; R. Booth 3-1-3-2.


A Ingrow St John’s.


put up a commendable effort in restricting them to 167-8. Jonathan Lockley with 1-22 off 15 overs bowled exceUently


In very warm conditions Ingrow batted first and Chatbum * j n


1 In reply only Nick Hutchinson (12) and Geoff Lambert (15 not out) reached double figures as Chatbum managed to get themselves all out for 66.


without any luck. _


14-2-52-1; G. Lambert 9-1-36-1; G. Heanan 4-028-1; R. Devine 4-1-21-2.


Chatbum: 66 - N. Hutchinson 12; J. Lockley 1; J. Moore 0, U Clarke 2; P. Clough 7; G. Clarkson 15; G. Lambert 15 not out; R. Hartley 5; G. Heanan 0; R. Devine 9.


Ingrow St John’s: 167-8 - J. Lockley 15-6-22-1; G. Clarkson . '


' „ _ , STATION darter Helen Parker carried off the Captain’s


Cup at the Craven Heifer last week. Helen won the Matthew Brown Clitheroe Ladies’Summer Darts League event by beating Dog and Partridge Clitheroe player Linda Waring in the finaL Linda will be hoping for better luck when her team travel


■ ' The latest league results are as fallows: Spring Mill 9, Dog and Partridge Barrow 3; Brown Cow 2, Station 10; Man-, grove 8, Catholic SC 4; Craven A 5, Dog and Partridge CUtheroc 7; Low Moor 3, Craven B 9; Royal Oak 7, Swan


to face Craven A in the semi-final of the Team Knockout on Theother serai-Cnal sees Spring Mill entertain Ixiw Moor.


HighScoi«: 180 - A. Southwell; 140 - L. Astin, D. Faulker, B. Parker: 134 - J. Hall; 133 - L Seed; 129 - J. Hodgson; 121? - J. Johnson; 117 - L. Bancroft, H. Parker; 114 - J. Boyd; 103 - D. Baker, C. Connolly; 100 - J. Seedle; 10-dart finish -


JPointsan’d Positions: 1, Spring Mill 130; 2, Craven B 96;, 3, Craven A 90; 4, Low Moor 90; 5, Station 90; 6, Catholic


SC 89; 7, Royal Oak 87; 8; Dog and Partridge Clithcroe 78; ? 9, Mangrove 71; 10, Swan and Royal 69; 11, Dog and Par­


tridge B 65; 12, Brown Cow 51. - PICTURE: Competitors are pictured before the finals night:


of the Captain’s Cup at the Craven Heifer (CAT11396).


disastrous batting display by Chatburn seconds saw them convincingly beaten by Craven League rivals ’


Weekend Teams Saturday


Chatbnrn (v Haworth West End, home, meet ground 1-30 p»m*) Prom; R. Booth, G* West, T. Topham, S. Draycott, D. Masson, D. Glover, S. Booth, M. Gibson, P. Rowson, D. Pickles, M. Hall, A. Booth, J.Hffl. Chatham 2nda (v Foulridge, away,


meet Bridge 1 p.ra.) G. Lambert, M. Pearce, N. Hodgson, J. Lockley,


J. Moore, G. Heannan, W. Adams, D. tnkin, r . Devine, B. Jones, R. Hartley. 12th man - T. Saunders.


Clitheroe (v Settle, away, meet noon) P.C. Bishop, N. Bolton, M. ; Bolton, A. Burns, Simon Bishop, M.


Hargreaves, A. Robinson, E Seedle, . N. Winkley, S. Wballey, Fielding. Scorer • M. Preston. Same team Snnday v Read, home. Clitheroe 2nds (v Rolls-Royce, home) J. Green, D. Booth, S. Bish- ■ op, P. Atkinson, & Coulter, K. Faw­ cett, G Hall, D. Pickles, M. Coul­ ter, N. Bibby, G. Sutcliffe. Scorer -


D. Walker. Ribblesdale Wanderers (v Barnoldswick, home) T. Braith- : waite, M. Davies, M. Briggs, R. Wilson, D. Howard, H. Braithwaite,


I. Britcliffe, G. Monk, J. Rain, D. Overy, Singh. Same team ezeept R. ; Clark for J. Rain Sunday v Whalley, home. Scorer - J. Braithwaite. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nds (v Stacksteads, away, meet 12-15 pjn.) B. Spencer, R. Palmer, S. Duckworth, G. Leach, J. Dewhurst, A. Pearce, J. Blair, R. Clark, M. Hall, A. Marsh. Sunday


Clitheioe 3rds (v Read, away, meet 12-30 p.m.) A. Hacking, R. Black- bum, G. Bamber, N. Cartledge, A. King, F. Hussain, D. Musson, C. Musson, P. Gaskell, M. Preston, R. Higson, M. Powell. Scorer - J. McDonald. Ribblesdale Wanderers 3rds (v Belvedere, away) J. Burke, I. Tom­ linson, J. Dewhurst, W. Adams, M. Hall, R. WeUock, I. Kirk, I. Mal­ one, A. Lancaster, B. Spencer, A. Marsh. Scorer: G. McQuire.


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though the ball only travelled as far as the wicket-keeper.'


! f ! l -V.";


f t - - - ' ■f?


ons Ramsbottom United come to ' Shawbridge for the opening encounter, with Prescot Cables visiting on Mon­ day night.


T R IK E R P a u l M u llin go t back on the goal trail on Sat­ urday as he h it both Clitheroe


could have done without a local derby for the first game, but I suppose we


have to play them sometime. “Prescot too will be a tough game, but


"Ramsbottom is a tough opener — we


it is vital that we get off to a good start. “We haven’t won our first game for a few years, but we seem to have a habit


of drawing them. “But if we can stay in the hunt until Christmas we can have a look at what we


have got and where we need to strength­ en. I t’s a lot more difficult to get people


to come if we are off the pace.” Saturday’s game at Great Harwood was


a bruising encounter on a poor pitch, but that’s just what Denis wanted. "People asked me why we didn’t play them at home because our pitch is bet­


ter than theirs. "Our players need to get used to going


to places where the pitches are bad and they need to battle for results.


United kicks-off at 3 p.m. with a 7-45 p.m. kick-off for Monday’s visit of Prescot.


Saturday’s game against Ramsbottom .


“I t was a difficult game but we played


well and we were able to have a good look at the players. “We haven’t settled on our line-up for


Saturday yet, but the players will come from the squad which played at Great


Harwood. “We have a squad of about 20 so some


of them are going to miss ouit. We have no injuries in that squad and everybody is keen to get started.” One player who won’t feature is star-


striker Jon Penman who was due to undergo surgery this week on the dam­ aged knee which kept him out of action for the second half of last season.^ benis is also looking at the possibility


of bringing in one new player before the big kick-off.


RFAD Under 18s are pictured above. They are (left to right) back row: Duncan Bennett, Chris Rennet! Andrew Whittaker, Qadir Ahmed, Duncan Scarborough, Sam Marshall, P. Hanson (man­


ager). Front row: Rick Del Strother (12th man), Andrew Bennett, Peter Howarth (captain), David Gardener-Chan, Brian Scarborough, Simon Jarvis. (CAT11565)


, ■ ■ .


Clitheroe Under 18s are pictured below. They ore (left to right) bock row: Phil Bishop (mwager), Daniel Walker Mark Preston, Neil Cartlodge, Mark Hargreaves, Simon Coulter, Tom Hihberl, £H!w Sover Front row: Mat! Lazenby, Stephen Bishop, Paul Gaskell (captain), Matt Coulter, P.


Co% (scorer). (CAT 11566) - ______ I t


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