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Low Moor’s dream day


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OW Moor clinched the Accrington Memorial


Sunday Football League Third Division title on the


last day of the season. In the end it was comfort­


able as the locals, needing only a point to deny Kings Arms, who had led all sea­ son, hammered mid-table Printers Arms 6-0. As the curtain came down


on the season, the only other local side in action were Lord Nelson, whose ended their campaign on a disappointing note with a 2-


0 defeat at Stanhill Lions. UKSULTS


First Division


Stanhill Lious 2, I.ord NeLson 0. Third Division


Printers Arms 0, I-ow Moor G. FINAI.TAIII.ES First Division P W


Plough.............. 20 Royal Hotel..... 20


Lord Nelson..... 20 Oaklea.............. 19 KH Football.... 20 Lower Darwen . 20


Stanhill Lions... 20 D eU cy ............ 20


Kishlon Arms... 20


Judge \Valmcsley20 Station Hotel... 20 Second Division


Cross Axes....... Brown Cow......


Wellington....... Ossv Refugees..


Little Crown .... Knuzden Brook


Ossy Rovers..... Crown Scatfs ....


Alma................. Calderstoncs....


Low Moor........ Kings Arms...... Knuzden..........


Griffins Head...


Red Lion........ l.S Roofing .... Accy Clarets. Miners..........


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F i n a l g a m e R o v e r s ’ s e a s o n


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LACKBURN Rovers' dis­ mal campaign was


___ summed up by the la s t game of the season a t home to


Manchester City. They failed to kill off City when


they had the chance, and gave up the ghost when they needed to dig


deep. Fans, and bookmakers, were con­


fident of an immediate return to


the Premiership. But a few home truths will have


been told in the dressing room. Rovers were not good enough.


However, in Graeme Souness they hope they have the man to


remedy that situation. Souness will not suffer fools glad­


ly, and the players that are happy to pick up big wages, but who too often failed to give value for money on the pitch, will not last long under his stewardship. On their day, Rovers were capa­


ble of beating the best in the divi­ sion, as the win at the Valley in November showed. But the tone was set from the


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EUROPEAN Cup winner Graeme Souness has a driving ambition to get Blackburn Rovers


back into the Premiership.


silver E430 Avant Garde Mercedes, thanks to Westwood Mercedes-Benz, Rishton. Souness is one of many managers, direc­ tors and players to have picked up a car


R o w l in s S e e n e


won through to the final round of the Whitbread Spring Doubles competi­ tion a t Ribblesdale Wan­


B!


derers Bowling Club. They will be joined by I.


Leeds.Harrison and Urmston defeated Barrow-in-Furness pairing M. Fioldhousoand B. Beard 21-20 and booked their


LACKPOOL part­ nership S. Harrison 'a n d J. Urmston


11‘burn Blues.... Rishton BC......


Rushton St C ... 3


•1 0 0 0 0


•1 1 0


Sabden B ......... 3 0 0 Third Di\ ision


Victoria............ 5 5 0 Whallev B........


Howard and S. Walder from Waddington B-. 0


final spol by defeating K. R o b e r t s and T. Shorrocks


Shorrocks had progressed to the final stage of qualification by winning 21-18 over Crewe couple 1. Howell and S. Beck­ ett.In the other half of the draw, Howard and Walder were victorious 21-17 over R. Goodhead and W. Farrell


(Preston) 21-10. Earlier Roberts and


from Wigan They were met in the final


elimination stage by Rawten- stall’s Andy Cairns and P. Craig who had earlier beaten M. Bastow and R. Lewis


Grange.............. Oakhill Ash...... Ribblesdale......


Willow.............. 0 2 0 Rishton Con..... 0 3 0 Gattv Pork...... 0 3 0 Grange BC....... 0 Immanuel A.....


Fourth Division


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0


•1 3 0 0


Salesbury......... 0 1 0 Milnshaw.........


1 0 0 11


U 12 9


31 30 27 252121 23 23 US 13


P Globe C ............ 5 3 0 2 23


Oakhill Beech... 1 2 0 2 Sabden C .........


Alma Inn......... B'lev Road B....


Sabden A ......... 5 0 0 0 10


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G R E A T H A R W O O D A N D D I S T R I C T


B O W L I N G L E A G U E RESULTS


Third Division


Salesbury B 4, Immanuel 6. Fourth Division


M iln shaw W a n d e re rs 3, T h e


Grange 7; Sabden Blue 4, Oakhill 6.


President's Cup The Grange BC Quarter-Finals


from Skipton 21-10. Howard and Walder


Mick Burns (Free Gardeners I


booked their passage into the finals by winning 21-12. There are five more rounds


21, Jack Holt (G t Harwood) 17; G raham Wood (B u rn ley Rd B)


of qualification for the finals day, which takes place on June 24th. Vacancies are still available should you wish to


enter.For further information contact Malcolm Wensley on 01254 824463.


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place of the Hyndburn and D is tr ic t Bowling League Division Four by thrashing Globe C 10-0. Elsewhere, in Division One


Oi


lAICHILL Ash moved into second


21, I>ce Ramell (Coppice) 13; Ken Wells (Rushton S t A) 21. Simon Car ter (Burnley Rd B) 17; Colin Massey (G t Harwood) 21, Colin Embley (Gt Harwood) 15. Semi-Finals


Massey 17.


Burns 21, Wood 17; Wells 21, Final


Burns 21, Wells 16. Leonard Whittaker Cup


B u rn le y R d A 194. C o p p ic e


Ribblesdale Wanderers were well beaten by Hollands 8-2 and now slip to third behind new leaders Globe E and Free Gardeners. Burnley Road C take over


the mantle of leaders in Divi­ sion Two despite losing to Sydney Street. Victoria extended their


169: Castle B 117, Rishton Con. A 173; C l i th e ro e C r ic k e t 165, Globe A 136; Come and Welcome 185, Sabden Black 149; Free Gar­ d e n e r s 160, G t H a rw o o d 145; Globe B 151, Roe Lee P a rk 171; H urst Green A 142, Ribblesdale A 156; Immanuel 208, H u rs t Green B 164; Leisure Hour B 158, Sales­ b u ry A 162; Ribblesdale B 153, Burnley Rd B 190; Rishton Con. B 147, Antley 166; Sab den Red 187, Mercer P ark 193; Spring Hill 195, Oakhill 152; The Grange 151, R u s h to n S t A 169; W h a l le y B 193, Rushton S t B 159; Wadding- ton A 167, Leisure Hour A ISO. Draw


Thu rsd ay , Ju n e 8 th : Burnley


lead in Division Three by defeating Grange 7-3 while Whalley B move into second place after an 8-2 win over


early high-flyers Gatty Park. RESULTS


Firsl Division Burnley Road D 6, Coppice 4;


Globe D 7, Waddington A 3; Free Gardeners 4, Glove A 6: Hollands 8, Ribblesdale WB 2; Globe E 7,


Rushton S tree t E 3. Second Division


Clitheroc CC 8, Rushton BC 2;


Oakhill P ark 8, Sabdcn B 2; Syd­ ney S tre e t 6, Burnley Road C 4; C o lleg e 8, H y n d b u rn B lu e 2: R u s h to n S t r e e t C 2, Come an d


Welcome 8. Third Division


V ic to r ia 7, G ra n g e BC 3;


Waddington B 7, Salesbury Road 3; Immanuel A 6, Willow M ount 4* M i ln sh aw P a r k 3, R u s h to n Con 7; Whalley B 8, G a tty P ark


2. Fourth Division Immanuel B 3, Oakhill Beech


7; Oakhill Ash 10, Globe C 0; Sab- den C 8, S abden A 2; G range 7, A lma In n 3; Rib b le sd a le WC G,


Burnley Road B 4. TABLES


First Division P W D


Globe E ............ 4 4 0 Free Gardeners. 5 2 1


R’dale Wands B 5


Globe A ............ 4 Hollands........... R'dale Wands A B'ley Road D ... Globe D ............ Coppice............. Waddington A.. Rushton St E...


Rd A v Mercer Park ; Immanuel v Free Gardeners; Leisure Hour A v Antlev: Roe Lee P ark v Rishton Con . A; R u s h to n S t A v Come a n d W e lcome ; S a le s b u ry A v Clithcroe Cricket; S pr ing Hill v Burnley Rd B; Whalley B v Rib­ blesdale A.


TABLES


First Division ; P


Antley.....................


Ribblesdale A ............... 4 Rushton St A................ 4 llaslingdcn.................... 1 Rishton Con A ............. 4 Whalley a ...................... 4 Gt Harwood................. 4 Clavton Gatty.............. 4 Globe A......................... 3 Clitheroe CC............:... _ 3


Second Division P


Burnley Rd B............... 4 Come & Welcome........ 4 Spring Hill.................. 4 Sabden Black........ ...... 4 Coppice......................... 4 Salesbury A................... 3 Rishton BC.................. 4 Hurst Green A.............. 3 Globe B......................... 4 Waddington A.............. 4 Third Division


P


Leisure Hour B Free Gardeners


Burnley Rd A.. Immanuel..


Ribblesdale B .... Leisure Hour A.. Rushton St B..... Castle B .


Second Division P


B'ley Road C.... 5


Sydney S t ........ 5 Whalley A........ 4 Oakhill P ark .... 5


Come Welcome 4 Clitheroe CC.... 4 College.............. 5


31 P


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Roe Lee Park.. Sydney St....... Oakhiil............ Mercer Park..


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WhalleyB.................... 4


Castle A., Salesbury B................... 5 3


4 3


4 4


3 Fourth Division


P 4 4 4


4


Rishton Con B ............. 3 Sabden Red................... 3 The Grange................... 2 Milnshaw Wndrs......... 4


Hurst Green B.......... i


Sabden Blue.................. 5 Waddington B.............. 3


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28 26 26 23 23 18 17 15 12 11 11


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p W D L P 1 1 0 0 31 •1 3 0 1 iG •1 •1 0 0 2G


Immanuel B..... 4 3 0 1 23 23


•1 2 0 2 20 15


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from Westwood over the years. Westwood will shortly be re-locating to


a brand now £3m, six-acre site, just off And he has just driven away a brand new when Souness will be priming his players


junction 6 of the M65. It is due to open in August 2000, just


for the new campaign. Souness is pictured with Paul "Tates,


dealer principal of Westwood.


Read win through


R


EAD seconds won through to the sec­


e , t h


ond round of the Lawrenson Cup after a hard-fought match against Clitheroe. Mark Coulter hit 80 as


the Chatburn Road side posted a sizeable total of 211-7. In reply, Read reached the victory target with two wickets to spare. Whalley also pro­


gressed after hammering Salesbury seconds by 99 runs. The Station Road- ers finished on 184-9 and bowled out the opposition


for 85.Ribblesdale Wanderers were dumped out of the cup by Great Harwood. An impressive 60 from D. Overy helped the Wan­ derers accumulate a large


total of 196. However, Harwood


were up for the challenge and passed Ribblcsdale’s total with four wickets in


hand. There will be no cup


run for Salesbury this year after they were beat­ en by 55 runs by Padi- ham. S. Rawson bowled well taking figures of 6-


36.In Division Three Salesbury thirds were resounding winners over Barnoldswick. G. Campbell struckan


CHRIS BODEN reports


Souness, and he had 10 games to look at what was the root of the


problem. Good players don’t become bad


overnight, but as Burnley boss Stan Ternent often says, certain players are good players for some clubs, but


not for others. Ewood Park is a fine stage to


play on, and maybe too big for some of the names that have been brought in by Roy Hodgson and


Brian Kidd. Souness feels that major surgery


is not yet required - although eight players are believed to have been


told to find new dubs. But the players he perseveres


with will be on trial to produce - or


else.His message on the front of the match programme against City


first day of the season when Port Vale were unlucky not to take all


three points at Ewood. Rovers failed to score in either


game against a side that were even­ tually relegated, while Swindon, who looked doomed from day one, took four points off the Blues. Even little Crewe warded off the


drop, aided by the four points they picked up off the Ewood Park side. The 1-0 home defeat against the Alex prompted the arrival of


said it all: "There is only one goal at Blackburn Rovers - a return to the


Premiership. "My job is to bring the good


times back to Ewood Park. "All you supporters out there -


who have stood behind the club so magnificently - can rest assured th a t we won't leave a stone unturned in the quest for glory. "In short, we are going all out for


promotion." Souness is a winner, and one look


around the squad at Ewood shows


a lack of medals or promotions. I t is a harsh truth, but Souness


will want to fill his side with play­ ers with a will to win, players who will wear the shirt with pride. The shining lights in a hugely disappointing season were Damien


Duff and David Dunn - both brought through the ranks at


Ewood. Duff, many fans’ player of the


year, was only kept out of the PFA divisional representative side by the more consistent Mark Kennedy, who he is also in competition with for a place in the Republic of Ire­


land side. More naturally gifted than


Kennedy, Duff left many a full back in a spin, and also gave Steven Gerrard a rough ride in the FA Cup


win at Anfield. Dunn, meanwhile, has edged big­


ger names out of a central midfield berth, and deservedly won a call-up for the England Under 21 squad to do battle in the European Champi­ onships in Slovakia. Mature beyond his 20 years, you


can see what pulling on the famous halved shirt means to the Great


Harwood lad. Elsewhere, the return of Garry


Elitcroft was a welcome one in 12 of the last 13 games, his guile and bite


sorely missed. Alan Kelly - still one of the best


keepers outside the Premiership - established himself as first choice, but elsewhere, it would appear


places are up for grabs. Souness is expected to strength-


on the squad at full back, while a solid centre back pairing has to be


found.Jason McAteer, Keith Gillespie and Damien Johnson will battle it out down the right, but can Souness find the magic formula up front? Egil Ostenstad, Ashley Ward,


Nathan Blake and Matt Jansen netted just 28 times between them - compared to Burnley's Andy Pay- ton, who struck 27 to win the Sec­ ond Division golden boot. Jansen is the biggest hope. Yet to play regularly for a full


season at Carlisle, Crystal Palace or Rovers, he was more out than in


the starting line-up. Another hugely gifted player,


when he begins to lift his head more often and involve his team-mates he could become a contender for the


England squad. However, although Ward


impressed a lot of onlookers at Barnsley, he has failed to convince at Ewood, along with Blake and


Ostenstad. A summer dip into the transfer


market would appear to be the like­


ly outcome. Neil Warnock said when he


brought his Sheffield United side to Ewood for a 5-0 hiding that he did­ n’t think Rovers would let the First Division off a second time. That remains to be seen. But if Souness can instill any


kind of consistency, and bring in tlie players he wants, they will cer­ tainly threaten the top six next


term. Sleep extends stunning run ” R


ous Ramsbottom Cup win over holders Ribblesdale Wanderers at Whalley


EAD professional Peter Sleep continued his stunning form with the bat in Saturday's glori­


Road.He hit 114, after last weeks double- header scores of 91 and 121, as the home


.side won by 25 runs. On a surprisingly green wicket after


a dry spell, Ribblesdale put Read in, and this was soon vindicated when Garry O’Connor was caught behind


from a brute of a lifting ball. This caused Sleep to bat with great


circumspection, with just three singles


off his first 28 balls. Left-handed skipper Nick Marsh,


having survived two edged chances,


had just swept a low six from left-arm spinner Graham Monk when he inju­ diciously tried it again and was not surprised to see the umpires finger


raised.Thirty-eight runs from the first 20 overs gave the Read supporters plenty of anxiety.However, the easing of the wicket and the arrival of Terry Little at the


crease soon changed the tempo. He just seemed to help the ball on its


the off side.


began to show the wisdom of his deter­ mined start.


Gradually the imperturbable bleep , „ .


, _. His ability to caress the ball to the


way for fours and sixes on the leg side and eased the ball through the covers on


boundary between the fielders was . . . .


amazing.On a rare occasion when he lifted the ball, it was to hit the wall of a house on


Whallev Road. The pair put on 168, but the partner­


ship was ended when Sleep tamely returned a catch to David "Onion"


O'Neill. The innings closed on 242-3, with .


Little unbeaten on 73. Wanderers paid man Shahid Nawaz


opened the reply, hitting the first ball for six down Hambeldon View, and the sixth into the middle of the football field, scoring 20 off the first over. Wanderers stood at 75 after nine,


TIMFinally Nawaz capitulated to a soft __II.. rw»r\i t llln t In


catch at mid-on off Sleep for a breath- taking 71.Young David Gardner-Chan made a


fine 19 before top-edging a pull. Martin Briggs was getting into his


stride, but foolishly went out of his ground to attempt to hit a Sleep leg break and was easily stumped for an


excellent 42. Martin Davies was run out at the


same end as his partner, before 15-year- old Oliver Newby got the wicket he deserved from an awful shot by Craig


Hall from a bad short bail. Finally, Barry Spencer, showing


before Sleep trapped Mike Ward with his googly.


splendid aggression, was last man out to a fine two-handed catch above his head by Michael Whalley at deep square leg.


Last-man Phillip seals great cup victory R


IBBLESDALE Wanderers secured a mag­ nificent win away to Famworth to progress through to the third round of the ECB National


Club Championship.


smashed two boundaries off the final two balls of the match to seal an unlikely victory for David Howard's men. Farnworth batted first and made an excellent


Number 11 batsman, Phillip Hall, heroically ,, , .


start as the amassed 59 for the first wicket. Wickets then fell at regular intervals and Rib-


blesdale must have been confident of skittling their opponents out for less than 150.


That they didn’t was down to a magnificent half-century from Ashworth, who struck an


unbeaten 51. He was well supported by Rawlin- so n w h o w a s ru n o u t for 20. Ashworth hit seven fours as Famworth closed


join Mike Ward and pair took the score on to a7 before Briggs who had hit 27 runs off just 33 balls was caught by Dawes off Dublin. Ward was eventually dismissed as Walsh took


This brought Martin Briggs to the crease to


the catch off the bowling of Mulligan for 32. Mehmood joined skipper Howard at the


final tie at Baxenden after a comprehensive victory at Edenfield on Saturday. In the absence of Phil Bish­


C


crease and the partnership added 43 runs to the total before Mehmood was run out for 16. ' David Overy fired a quick-fire 22 before he


was bowled by Rawlinson while Howard fell to a similar fate just three runs short of a deserved half-century, leaving Ribblesdale on 158-7. Spencer smashed one huge six to push Rib­


R: amsbottom Cup quarter­


op, Neil Bolton again led the side as they knocked off the runs with almost 14 overs and


seven wickets to spare. The Chatburn Roaders


blesdale nearer the target but he had to watch his partner Monk lose his wicket to Eckersley for


on a competitive 193. In reply, Ribblesdale didn’t get off to the best


of starts as Davies was caught by Walsh off Eck- ersley for three with the score on 16. One run later David Gardner-Chan was trapped lbw by Barrow for a duck.


entertaining 89 as Sales­ bury closed on 226-8. In reply the Barlickers were bowled out for 119. Clitheroe thirds also


had a comprehensive win over Cherry Tree. A score of 223-4 was posted thanks mainly to M. Powell’s terrific 90. In reply Cherry Tree were


all out for 166. Ribblesdale Wanderers


thirds claimed victory over Oswaldtwistle by 32


runs. After being bowled out


for 128. Read’s third team


for 160, Ribblesdale dis­ missed their opponents


made it wins all-around for Ribble Valley sides in Division Three when they claimed victory by seven wickets over Baxenden. Having bowled their


opponents out for 82, Read easily passed the


victory target. The draw for the next


round of the cup has already been made. Read face Oswaldtwistle away while Whalley travel to Blackburn Northern.


W on Saturday in the Jennings


HALLEY had no answer to a rampant Padiham


Ramsbottom Cup. Their modest total of 105


was surpassed inside 16 overs as Padiham’s two openers, Pankaj Tripathi and profes­ sional Ajay Sharma, gave Andy Pratt’s men the runaround. Whalley won the toss and


elected to bat. Dave Pearson lasted only


two balls before he was trapped lbw by Mohammed Nawaz without a run on the board. Six runs later fellow opener


Dublin leaving Wanderers requiring 17 runs for victory with just one wicket remaining. Six runs were needed off the final two balls


Spencer (15) was caught by Ashworth off


and Hall rose to the occasion superbly, smashing the final two deliveries to the rope to give his side


victory.


Whalley beaten by rampant Padiham Lee Kearsley took 41 balls to


reach 15 before he was snapped up by Saddique off professional


Sharma. Sharma then proceeded to


rip out the middle order. First­ ly, Jason Smith was caught by John Hartley for nought and John Kearsley was picked off by Phil Metcalfe for 19. Skipper Andy Pratt (17)


have contrasted more different­ ly to Whalley’s innings. Tripathi and Sharma opened


Padiham’s reply could not


the batting with a flurry of runs. Tripathi hit five fours and two sixes in his knock of 32 off just 24 balls before Smith com­ prehensively bowled him. Sharma and Metcalfe (14


became Mehmood’s first victim with Anthony Hall taking the catch while Simon Gorton was dismissed by Nawaz for a duck. Hugh Doyle was next out for


and professional Graham Knowles had a wild swing at Umar Saddique and steered the ball straight to Nasser Mehmood for four.


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seven as Mehmood picked up his second wicket while David


Westwood was run out for five. Paul Grace and Grunshaw


batted out the overs as Whalley toiled to 105-9.


CHATBURN made the long trip to Ingrow St John's on Saturday, but returned home empty-handed after


Ingrow batted first and made an unspectacular start and wickets fell steadily as they closed at 107.


getting the worst of a substandard pitch.


But Chatburn made a very poor start and eventually lost ^O n Sunday, Chatburn lost in a high-scoring game against


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First Division Cowling in the Wynn Cup. Cowling batted first and scored 230-3 in their 45 overs


against a weakened bowling attack.^


not out), Steve Proctor (34) and Stuart Draycott (23) the main contributors.


In reply, Chatburn made 178-7 with Richard Shovelton ( u _ /««


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ANGHO FC ’s m . Livesey is the Ribble


Valley L ad ie s ’ D a r ts League singles champion after defeating B. Parker


in the final. The two lady darters joined forces to claim the


doubles title as well. Parker and Livesey


' at the quarter-final stage were J. Cowperthwaite and L.


reached the singles final by beating their respective semi­ final opponents, A. Southwell and I. Seed of Catholic SC. The players who went out


Waring, both of Station, and L. Parkinson (Langho FC)


and E. Wilson from Bay


Horse. In the doubles final,


Livesey and Parker overcame L. Celestial and M. Bowman of Billington BC. The losing semi-finalists were Brown Cow’s I. Whalley and K. Stone and G. Cryne and S. Passmore, of Low Moor. The doubles partners to


fall in the last eight were E. Wilson and D. Cockett and S. Hartley and J. Wilson - all


from Bay Horse. Two doubles pairings from


Station also lost out in the quarters. They were J. Cowgill


and L. McDonald and D. Heap and L. Tomlinson.


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bowling attack was in fine form as they restricted the hosts to 148-9 in their 48 overs. But for resistance from Brett


Storey, who made 47 batting at number nine, the locals would have had a much simpler after-


noon.Edenfield did well to get 148 after a shocking start which


saw them reduced to 68-8. Mick Dewhurst struck twice


in his second over to send back Holt (1) and skipper John Ker­ shaw (0), both snapped up by keeper Simon Coulter with the


score on eight. And three runs later, in his next over,' Dewhurst trapped


Smithson. Former East Lancashire


bowler Phil Mooney and Gra­ ham Kershaw also enjoyed suc­ cess, the former taking four of the next five wickets. But Storey and Dickinson


not out), however, continued to attack with Sharma taking just 49 balls to hit 46 including eight


fours. In the 16th over of the


runs for victory, and Sharma proceeded to hit four consecu­ tive fours to seal a comprehen- sive victory.


WEEKEND


TEAMS C R I C K E T Saturday


Clitheroe (v Settle, home, meet


g ro u n d 1 p .m .) P. B ish o p , N. Holton, S. Bishop, N. Bibby, A. Burns, M. Bolton, S. Coulter. M. D ew h u r s t , CL K e rsh aw , P. Mooney, F i l to n , scorer- P. Cox. Same team Sunday, Lancs Cup, v S t Annes, away, except M. Coul­ te r , S. B o o th , D. G lo v e r for Mooney, A. B u rn s , N. B o lto n . Coach leaves 12 noon. C l i lh c ro e 2 n d s (v BGSOB.


away, meet ground 12-45 p.m.) J. Green. P. Atkinson, M. Coulter, M. Eglin, C. Musson, D. Glover, M. Hargreaves, S. Booth, S. T ro t­ ter, F. Hussain, C. Seed, F. Green. R ib b le s d a le W a n d e re r s (v


Blackburn N o rthern, away, wick­ ets pitched 2 p.m.) D. Howard, G. Monk, M. Briggs, M. Ward, D. O 'N e i ll, D. G -C h an , P. Hall, S. Mehmood, M. Davies, B. Spencer, N aw a z . S am e te am S u n d a y v D en to n West, away, s co rer - R.


Gladwin. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nds (v


(1-23) were in excellent form In reply, openers Andy


Burns and Stephen Bishop made 38 in 10 overs, but one run later the latter fell for 11. However, Bums and profes­ sional Dexter Fitton looked to


carry Clitheroe to victory. They steadily scored runs


and accelerated to reach 92 in 24 overs when Burns was snapped up for 52 - of which 40 came in boundaries. Fitton and Dewhurst looked


Read, home, m e e t 1-15 p.m.) I. Britcliffe, J. Rain. R. Palmer, A. Pearce, M. Peel, M. S taf fo rd , S. Bishop, I. Tomlinson, G. Maguire. A. Marsh, J. Braithwaite, scorer - T. Gladwin.


Sunday C li th e ro e 3 rd s (v B elv ed ere,


like finishing the job before the latter was bowled by Hawke for 35 off 27 balls. But the former Lancashire man (37 not out) and Neil Bolton (2 not out) completed a comfortable win.


meet ground 12-30 p.m.) A. Hack­ in g , G. S u tc l i f f e , R . R u d d , D. M u sso n , M. S c o t t , D. M usson, M. Scott, N. Cartledge, J. Ponson- by, K. F aw c e t t , S. D aw so n , D. Walker, C. Brown, res- J. McDon­ ald, R. Dinsdale, scorer - P. Dibbs. Ribblesdale Wanderers 3rds (v


S e t t le , home, w ick e ts p itch ed 2 p.m.) D. Binns, S. Duckworth, R. Gladwin, G. Maguire, R. Whalley, W. mahmood, B. O’Neill, A. Kirk, T. Jeffs, M. Peel, A. Pearce, scorer - R. Fielding.


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