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READ had mixed for­


tunes at the weekend. . • Two deserved victories seemed destined to come. their way. But they only man­


aged one with the weath­ er intervening on Sunday to end their hopes of a double, seven runs shy of their target. However, the points


they earned over the weekend saw them leapfrog Earby and move into second place in the Jennings Ribblesdale League table. They now lead the pack chasing early


Blackburn Northern on Saturday and, after win­ ning the toss, the home side, perhaps rather fool­ ishly on a wet wicket, decided to bat. . They found scoring


Bamoldswick. Read had a trip to


difficult and had only reached 17 when, in the 14th over, Qadeer caught and bowled skipper Neil Fitzmaurice for 10. Akram Raza, the Read professional, then


pacesetters


score stood at 37-4, and soon after it was 47-6 until the seventh wicket partnership of Gambles and Dowd put on 57, before the latter hit a skier off Craig Walton to become the third caught and bowled victim of the innings. The innings subsided


quently move them into a tie for second place with Earby in the Jen­ nings Ribblesdale League. They could have also


to 107 all out with Raza taking six wickets and showing • an excellent return to form. Terry Little opened


weather hadn't inter­ vened in their Sunday game with Edenfield at Whalley Road. Edenfield won the toss


the Read reply, but after keeping wicket superbly' all day, was soon bowled' by a good delivery from ‘ Rehman. Walton and Michael


Whalley consolidated and scored quickly and Whalley took a four and a six off one Rehman over before being over- ambitious and getting caught at second slip for 25. . Raza, having a batting


average of 200, had it severely reduced as he was caught behind off a good ball by Rehman for just four with the score


proceeded to bowl th e . on 69. experienced Gilibrand, Joey Marshall came in


catch the former Pak­ istani test cricketer Ata- ur-Rehman off his own bowling and have the cricketer with a big repu­ tation, Butt, out lbw as he repeatedly tried to cut his big off-spinners. After 23 overs the


but allowed Walton to b at steadily until the Blackburn score was beaten after only 28


overs. . Walton hit eight fours


and a six in his knock of 47 not out to give Read seyen points and conse-


Read, sensing immi­


closed the gap on leaders ■ he pulled him carelessly Barnoldswick if the to be^easily caught at


nent rain, opened with Liam Woodvine and Michael Whalley, who played opening bowler Bulcock patiently until


and, strangely in view of the potential thunder­


storms, decided to bat. Their South African


professional and opening batsmen Ian Mitchell ignored the warning of being dropped in Raza's first and second overs, only to be caught four balls later at extra cover by Craig Walton for three. His fellow opener Oliv-•


er Senneck batted much more sedately and sensi­ bly until he played across a well-pitched up ball from Warren Eastham to be bowled for 20.- Young Jamie. Kelly


mid wicket. ■ With the score at 35, Bulcock struck again having Craig Walton out lbw. after Walton had struck him for 17 off one over, including a six that broke a tile on the pavil­ ion roofl Meanwhile Mitchell


Major milestone for Clitheroe FC P a r t y t im e f o r


By CRAIG SALMON


ONE of tKelproiidest days in Clith,ero.e.;EG’s H is to ry ta k e s p la c e tom o r row a t th e M o o rc o c k I n n , Waddington:. .


- The cluh is' celebrating its


125-year anniversary with a dinner and dance for past and present players, officials and supporters of the club., I t was in the year 1877 when a


ground. “In my opinion, the ground is


one of the best in the North West Counties’ League.


own quirks with the slope it has, but the club is still looking to go forward. “Obviously, the UniBond


“Obviously, the pitch has its


League is the' main aim, although th a t keeps getting


■ interrupted by the FA Carlsberg Vase.' But everyone at the club is striving to go higher.”


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had Woodvine very smartly stumped by Mark Burns for 15, before being driven for six by Andy Turner. However, Edenfield's pro had him out for 19. With 10 runs required


and six wickets in hand, Read's task seemed sim­ ple, but black clouds hovered around. Raza was caught


batted confidently for a time until he too played across the line to East- ham and paid the penal­ ty to be bowled for 16. None of the other


going for a big hit and miscueing, while East- ham was well caught at square after a rare poor Mitchell delivery. The covers came on


. ets fell steadily until Craig Walton took three quick wickets in his sec­ ond spell of two overs to bowl Edenfield out.


batsmen coped with the Read bowling and wick-


and despite frantic mea­ sures to keep the game alive it was'to no avail. Read finished with a


no result after being seven runs short of a vic­ tory. that- seemed assured.


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WHALLEY crashed to a 106-run defeat a t Baxenden as Simon Payne's side finally picked up-their f irs t win. The home side had


pair set about repairing the damage with an excellent century stand. The pair moved the


first knock at Back Lane and set Whalley an omi­ nous task in reply. Despite a failure, by


scoreboard along with good placement shots and fine running between the wickets. The total had moved


his standards - profes­ sional Jon Harvey out


for six, several Baxenden batsmen got' starts arid went on to record impor­ tant scores.' Andy Holroyd made


an impressive half-centu­ ry (56), while Mark


RIBBLESDALE Wan­ derers ended the week­ end pointless as they were beaten twice. On Saturday, Terry


for Wanderers!


went for 42 as John took a catch in the deep off his father. The skipper struck


Braithwaite’s men were unable to overhaul Eden- field’s total of 214 - even­ tually finishing 16 runs short of victory. A day later against


spectators. Briggs’ departure for a


again when" he had the pro caught behind by Philip Hall for an excel­ lent 74 off 65 balls. Settle now found runs


Settle, the weather con­ spired against the locals as they lost on run rate. The weather brought


an end to proceedings with Ribblesdale on 75-5 after 28 overs, replying to Settle’s 180-7. Howev­ er, professional Shahid Nawaz was still at the wicket a t the close, unbeaten on 38, and Ribblesdale will feel they would have won if the match had lasted its full duration. Settle’s innings was


hard to come by and Terry Braithwaite removed his opposite number for four while John Braithwaite bowled Worthington and had Jolleys caught by Nawaz for eight. Chasing 180 off 45


spirited 24 was to signal the end for Ribblesdale as the lightworsened. Settle won on run rate hut certainly made few friends with their unat­ tractive tactics. A day earlier at Eden­


field, the home side bat­ ted first and got off to a very slow start as Nawaz and Ian Britcliffe bowled a good line and length. - However, they were


overs, with an in-form Nawaz at the crease, vic­ tory seemed attainable as Settle were lacking depth in their bowling attack. The reliable Jol­ leys was not fit to bowl and much depended on Ridgeway and Hornby. The locals’ reply was


, Ridgeway and pro Stew­ art Hornby ensued and a big score looked on the cards until father and son Terry and John Braithwaite put the


interrupted by Ian Brit- cliffe, who made an early breakthrough when he bowled Kellett for 13 and then had Taylor caught by Martin Briggs for two. But an excellent stand of 99 between Paul


unable to grab a wicket and this gave the bats­ men the opportunity to play their shots after they had settled in,


he smashed 43 off just 17 balls, mostly to the short * boundary off the skipper. Terry Braithwaite


gained some small revenge when he had him caught by Howard off the last ball of the


- Simon Gorton (1-32) and professional Neil Cordingley (1-83) also;


Rishton (jl')V Peter Usher (27) arid Ian Wat­ son (20) also contributed to a final tally of 183-7. Dave "Onion" O'Neill claimed the bowling hon­ ours for Whalley, return­ ing figures of 5-61.


. chipped in with wickets. ; In reply, Whalley were


Williams, in particu- Peel kept the score going


lair, flourished as he with an excellent stand smashed six maximum hits and five fours in his superb knock of 96. He and Sennock put


delayed by rain and was further disrupted on three more occasions, giving the two bowlers a rest each time. Richard Gladwin and


on 124 for the first wick­ et before Terry Braith­ waite had the latter excellently caught in the deep by David Howard. John Braithwaite had


Martin Peel fell early but Nawaz and Briggs were going along nicely. The pressure was on


of 67 and looked to be coasting to victory. The pro had reached


innings..' ' . . ' .. If the visitors were able to get near this score then they required a solid start. Nawaz and Rain certainly gave them that as they put on' 68 in 11 overs before the amateur was bowled b y . Ian Mitchell for 26 in 20 balls. ,, Nawaz and Martin


bowled out for a meagre 77, of which Lee Kears- ley hit 21,..and Paul Grace 14:>r.„.)


a duck as Steve Malloy (3-17) arid former Haslingden man Liam Bones (3-22) ripped through the order. A finely-poised match


Cordingley was out for .


on to 109 in'the 29th over when Cordingley was trapped in front by his opposite number Ata- ur-Rehman for 42. ...In, ,the next over, Kearsiey was dismissed for a .hard-earned 50 which contained three boundaries ana one six. He became Ian Daud’s first, victim of the day as Rehman took the catch. At.110-4 with 15 overs


still left to be bowled, a score of around 200 was still possible for the locals. . However, a collapse


group of local business men met a t the Swan Hotel' in Castle Street and formed the/club which a t the time was called Clitheroe Central. Interestingly, the club pre­


cedes neighbours Burnley by five years while the Blues were one of the first teams to heat Blackburn Rovers, who came into existence in 1875. Acting chairman Dave Burgess said: “I t ’s a proud day


for the club. One hundred and 25 years is obviously a long time for any club, never mind an amateur club. “I t should be a great evening.


Dave Burgess perhaps in its’ best-ever shape.


There are people going to the dinner from the last 40-years - players who played for the club in the 1960s, right through' to the current squad.” Although Clitheroe FC has


been in existence for well over a century, Burgess feels the club is


. Burgess added: “I think financially the club is in i ts ’ best- ever shape, if you look at the ground and the set-up. “The club went through a


sticky time in the 1970s and 80s but towards the end of the 80s and into the 1990s, the club started spending money on the


•‘.a family club and Burgess is con­ vinced that element is the major reason behind the club’s success.


: 'Clitheroe prides itself on being


.,T He added: “We are a family- club.


the treasurer is Terry Nelson, and his daughter Christine is the social committee chairman. “Terry’s son Peter is on the


- “If you look on the committee, -


ground grading committee, and of course his son-in-law Steve Rush was the chairman. “Then you have the grounds­ man Keith Lord, who has been


at the club 50 years. And you had his dad before that. • “But th a t ’s what keeps the


club together, there is no big benefactor coming in and putting money in.” The night is scheduled to


start at around 7-30 p.m. with the dinner before the guests will be entertained by comedian Charlie Hale.


S IM O N L IG H T - BOWN won the Gold­ en jubilee competition a t Mytton Fold Golf Club on Monday. He carded 85-17-68 to


emerge as the overall winner. Prizes in Division One


. . Whalley eventually settled on 151-8. The home side's


ensued as Paul Edmond­ son (7), Richard Palmer (10), skipper Jason Smith (4) and Paul Grace (2) were all dis­ missed cheaply. .


was ruined by the weath­ er on Sunday as Whalley and Blackburn Northern had to settle for two points each at Station Road. . • • • •- Northern had reached


bowled well without any n u t a miaaie oraer both of Whalley’s open- father Mark, • luck and Nawaz collapse put paid to their ers _ Martin Davies and unavailable di


59 when he hit a long- hop off Bulcock straight to Smithson. Peel was nm out for 33 at 150-3 as the locals required 65 off 13 overs. But a middle order


brakes on. Ridgeway and very. dull for,,the.


Briggs, however, as Settle decided to put all nine fielders on the boundary when Nawaz was on strike, making the game difficult for the batsman


returned to the attack to remove Williams with the score on 160-2. If Ribblesdale hoped


lost the toss and were inserted into bat, and it looked to be a good deci­ sion by the visitors as


to keep Edenfield to around 180, they reck­ oned without Storey as


league


Bamoldswick to Church Meadow on Saturday. •


Ribblesdale. welcome . leaders


, first three overs.


chances'1 were given a shot' in the arm when Kiwi Smith removed Daud and Butt in suc­ cessive balls in the first over of the innings with­ out any .runs on the board. Kazi and Rehman


went to Paul Barrett (82-10-72) and Roger Altham (77-5-72); Mark Green (86-18-68) and Ian Slough (88-18t70) topped Division Two and Division Three hon­ ours were won by Chris Hughes (94-22-72) and David Clegg (97-22-75).


points) won the ladies’ prize ahead of Karen. capper Jake Chadwick Kenworthy (33) while .and Andrew Berryman Abby and Emma Clegg took the girls’ nine-hole prize. “ Luke Chadwick (84-


Yvonne Finch (40


low tees’ prize, t


15-69) won the junior prize for players compet-


ing from white teeslby; five shots from 20-handi-


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Sheila, Cornwell comr piled 36 points to win the singles stableford. ' -; c


moved the score along to 45-2 before the former, having hit one six, was removed by Smith for 16. Rehman had reached


56-3 in reply to Whal- ley’s 151-8 when rain forced the players off in the 19th over of the sec­ ond innings. Whalley had earlier


no result. • Alex Whelan, 15, .


chances as Wanderers ^ndy Pratt — were dis-.'i. chronic hamstring injury, eventually closed on 199- missed for one inside the Martin Davies is only 7.


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sional Neil Cordingley Edenfield, due to person- and Lee Kearsiey togeth­ er at the crease and the


This brought profes- home match, also with


al commitments on Sat­ urday evening.


D ep ressin g double defeat


CLITHEROE suffered a Riley, who made a patient 60, ;,_than the previous day. Mark depressing double defeat over and Paul Read (33) both had the ^ Bolton batted well to reach 29 but the weekend a t the hands of h°me side’s fielding to thank forT.'receiyedind support from his


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well short as they were dismissed for 104.


Tree’s 178!was a gbodjtotal throw


Chasing 179 for victory against Fittomwere the unlucky howlerejrj.j1gjr.wiskafs away.' Tree on Saturday, Clitheroe fell


Cherry Tree and Great Har- the lion’s share of their runs. Neil^^am-mates 'as one after another wood:


A total of 67 was never going to


Things went from bad. to worse .. <.nrofes- j6nal Naeem Ash'raf ; work of the total, as Neil Bolton a day later as the locals were rout-


it proved to be way too big for. . , w^^nn^maHe^hrirt - Clitheroe’s out-of-form batsmeri;':Pjtc^ ^ “ ^ ? i-Jw°o d™a.^®s


ed for just 67 as Harwood won cherry Tree did what Clitheroe , stars, Chris Brown arid Matt comfortably


Against Tree, Neil Bolton won.


were uriable to do -' hold their Eglin. • .: _


;; Eglin bowled well to take 1-22


tbenewball to theyoung- ‘


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the toss and elected to bowl first Once Fitton was disiriissed by from 5.3 overs but Brown has stiU on a soft wicket m the hope of opposite number, the rest of' to add control to his pace and he restricting Gherry Tree s big-hit- the batting crumbled in familiar was dispatched for 35 from his five ters to less than 140. T ' - ; fashion as Clitheroe just managed overs. Harwood passed the total Had they taken the chances tp ^ c h three figures:


that came their way this might However, a day later, they were . ^ g overs have been possible, but not for the unable to get near a score of over , , first time this year their fielding 100 as they were dismissed for a ' let them down badly.


Two regulation stampings were that have rallied after a sluggish morale-boosting ^victory against missed and four straightforward start to the season. • .


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catches were put down as Cherry Only one Clitheroe batsman huge cup game against current Tree made Clitheroe pay for their made double figures on what was league leaders Barnoldswick is individual errors.


paltry 67 against a Harwood side .. .


, . Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, as. a a far better track to play shots on around the comer, -v ■ . . . ; : ' for the loss of just one'wicket, in


■ ' Clitheroe must raise their game this weekend and. aim for a


makes his first team debut on Saturday at Edenfield, following his half-century last Satur­ day for the second team.' . Alex replaces his. who is


25 when the rain came forcing the match to be a


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