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start for Waggon
WAGGON and Horses got off to a flying start in their first game of their new Harry Dewhurst Memorial League campaign with a 2- 0 victory over Walmsley Arms. The signs were less than
favourable when star strik er Matt Garner was forced to play in goal due to an injury sustained the previ ous day. However, Waggon start
ed brightly and never looked out of place in theis First Division tie. Both sides settled quick
ly, playing some neat foot ball through midfield, but neither looked like scoring in an even first half. The second half saw
Sculpher’s delight By CHRIS BODEN
BLUES boss Lee Sculpher praised his side’s character after coming from behind to win their opening two games of the cam paign. And he hopes his men can
away, and want to come and make sure you don’t beat them as well. “Our lads are experienced
quality. “I t Was his only real chance of
enough in this situation though, and I ’m sure we can overcome that.” And he looked back a t the
now capitalise on their 100% start with two home games com ing up over the week. Clitheroe kicked off the new
the game, but he made it look easy.” The Blues then went to Fleet-
season with a dramatic win at home to Skelmersdale on Satur day, before a convincing victory a t potential title rivals Fleet- wood on Tuesday. . Sculpher admitted in pre-sea
son he would be delighted with four points from the two games, so six were a real fillip: “To get six points from what were two very tough fixtures was a fantas tic bonus for us. “And hopefully now we can
more open play from both teams, with the deadlock finally broken with 20 min utes remaining. Bartlett recieved the ball
being Heslop’s lob was instead smashed into the net from Coulter. To their credit, Walms
ley never gave up, but the Waggon defence stayed strong to kick-off their sea son with a bang. © In the Third Division,
Dog Inn surrendered a two-goal lead as they drew 2-2 with Foresterers a t Foxhill Bank. Debutant Elliot Wood
game over, after a near car bon copy of the first goal. The only difference
in midfield, before picking out Heslop with a delight ful ball, before the latter lobbed the keeper to give his side the lead. Soon after it was 2-0 and
capitalise on this great start this week at home to Atherton LR and Bacup Borough. “But once you get six points
in the first two games, teams s ta r t looking a t you straight
side’
s.performances: “On Satur day we got off to a great start, but didn’t capitalise on the pos session we had and had to come back from a goal down. “But we showed great resolve,
and dug ourselves out of a hole, which is encouraging. ■ “Everyone got on with their own jobs and it eventually paid off.
' “We had two or three good chances to equalise after half time, which normally we would have taken, but Adam Gardner got us level, before we got a penalty, and everyone thought ‘That’s it’. “But no-one. told Neil
wood without the suspended Jason Jones and Barrie Hart, and again recovered from a goal down to win. Sculpher said: “We dominat
ed most of the game, although we got off to a bad start, conced ing in the first minute. “But again the lads showed
great character. “I was delighted for Gary
Jackson, who got off the mark. “He didn’t have a good game
on Saturday by his standards, but he showed what a quality player he is on Tuesday, and now both he and Lee .Cryer are up and running. “I t is always good when your
forwards are scoring, so th a t bodes well.” And the boss looked forward
Spencer! But Ruud van Nistel- rooy showed that the best in the world can miss a penalty, and we kept going deep into injury time when Lee Cryer showed his
switched from Crilly Park, while the Blues then face promoted derby rivals Bacup: “Without
to two home games. The Atherton match has been
"beating about the bush, I would expect us to beat Atherton. “They have had a few run-ins
with relegation, and on paper we are. the better side, but, obvious ly football isn’t played on paper. “And we are looking forward
to the Bacup game. “They had a fantastic season
last year, and Brent Peters has done a good job. “We miss our local derbies,
and i t’s good to have Bacup in the First Division. I t adds a bit of spice.” The Blues will be without the
suspended Jones and Hart again on Saturday, although Jones will be back on Tuesday, to face Bacup Borough. Hart, however, also misses
Tuesday’s game through work commitments. Neil Spencer sits out Satur
day’s match through other com mitments, while Bolton. League amateur player of the year Mark Stewart is in cricketing action with Greenmount. Andy Cowking is expected to
shake off a slight knee knock to play against Atherton.
Blues pick up second win
Fleetwood. Town .............1 Clitheroe..........................3 CLITHEROE overcame the shock of conceding an early goal to end up comfortable winners following an excellent perfor mance on Tuesday night. With the game barely two
minutes old, a long goal kick seemed to pose little danger. But a lack of communication
between Kris Richens and his defenders resulted in Bennett nipping in to round the Clitheroe keeper and open the scoring. Clitheroe gained the upper
fired the locals ahead with a spectacular shot after only 10 seconds, and the Whalley side built on that ideal start with some solid play. They were further
rewarded on 25 minutes when another debutant, Dave Dewhurst, finished smartly from close range. Despite losing Mike
hand, however, for the rest of the game and came close to equalis ing on 17 minutes. A free kick 25 yards from goal
was well struck by Mark Stew a r t , but Andy Banks in the Fleetwood goal did well to tip the ball over the bar. Clitheroe began to dominate
Cullis to injury, Dog fin ished the half comfortably, and contained the lively Foresterers well into the second half. With 20 minutes remain
ing, some comical defend ing resulted in an own goal, and the Blackburn side equalised 10 minutes later. Manager Simon Kerins
in midfield, and it was no sur prise when they equalised after half an hour. A great left wing cross from
Simon Gamer was headed down at the back post by Lee Cryer. Chris Whittingham fired the
ball goalwards, but his shot was saved by Banks, and Gary Jack- son was quickest to the rebound and tapped home from close range. Cryer went close to putting
Clitheroe in front moments later, but his shot was well saved low down by Banks. The lead came shortly before
the interval. The hand of a Fleetwood
defender met a lovely flicked pass into the area from Paul Stansfield. With Neil Spencer having
missed a penalty on Saturday, Stewart stepped up and scored,
sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. There was still time for a late
scare in the half, and moments la te r Jimmy Brown saw his header cannon back off the crossbar with Richens well beat en.
The second half followed a
similar pattern with the Blues dominating and looking the team most likely to add to the scoreline. Jackson showed great pace
pass back to his goalkeeper but only gave the ball to Jackson. The Clitheroe striker kept his
cool and gently squared a pass to Cryer to give his forward partner a simple tap in. Cryer and Jackson were a con
s tan t threat, and both could have added to the lead before the final whistle. Jackson charged down a back
and strength in attacking the Fleetwood backline, and,would have had an early contender for goal of the season had his effort not hit the bar. But Clitheroe secured the win
on the hour. A long ball forward seemed to
cause little danger for Fleet wood’s Matt Kirkham, however, under no pressure he tried to
pass to the goalkeeper but the ball span away from his feet. He managed to recover and pass the ball back to Cryer, but Banks was able to recover and block the second shot. As Clitheroe controlled the
latter stages, Fleetwood’s play became rougher and they collect ed a few bookings late on from several crude tackles, but the Blues kept their cool and ran out winners to make i t two wins from two.
Last-gasp Cryer on the mark
Clitheroe............................2 Skelmersdale United........1 A GOAL from Lee Cryer deep into injury time ensured Clitheroe began the season with a thrilling victory over Skelmersdale United. The game had entered the
said: “We have to apply total concentration for the full 90 minutes. “Our mistakes tend to be
very costly, but we did a lot of good things which we obviously want to carry forward.” Dog have a home cup tie
with Roebuck on Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth II
playing fields. Results
First Division Commercial 4, Cross Axes 1;
Low Moor 2, S tan h ill Lions 4; Miners 5, Wilpshire Bulls Head 1; Walmsley Arms 0, Waggon and Horses 2. Second Division
Park 2, Ossy Refugees 1; Stan
ley S tre e t C la re ts 3, Warners Arms 2; Woolpack 3, Lomax 7. Third Division
Church Town 6, Great H ar
wood Rovers 0; F o resterers 2, Dog Inn 2; Griffins Head 4, Roe buck 1.
Sunday’s Fixtures
Terry Cattcrmolc Trophy First Round
Cald ers to n es v Clayton-le-
M o o rs (M em o r ia l) ; Ch u rch Town v Stan ley S tree t Clarets (F o x h ill) ; Commercial v Low Moor (Haslingden); Dog Inn v Roebuck (Q EI I ) ; Foresterers v Griffins Head (Foxhill); Ossy Refugees v Stanhill Lions (Heron Way); P a rk v Wilpshire Bulls Head (Wilson’s); Waggon and Horses v Warners Arms (Roe- field); Walmsley Arms v. Miners Arms (Wilson’s). Second Division
Crown Ro v e rs v S ta t io n (TBC).
Anthony’s runaway victory
WHALLEY Juniors took part in the Captain’s Com petition, donated by cap tain Martin Foulds. The winner in one of his
first events was Anthony Bailey off his new handi cap of 36, with'a remark able nett 581 Runner-up and continu
ing his recent good form was ELGA team player and Junior Captain Andrew Thompson, with 75-6-69.
' Third prize went to
Robert Plumbridge with 96-26-70, narrowly pipping unlucky Bradley Fallon in a card play-off. James Wilbourne took the best gross with 84.
96th minute when full-back Adam Gardner sent over a long ball into the penalty area. Jason Jones was on hand to
head the ball downwards, and Cryer made no mistake with a swift and clinical finish, giving the keeper no chance. In a game of high drama and
excitement, both teams will feel that they deserved the victory. The Blues started brightly,
and Robbie Holcroft in the Skelmersdale goal looked vul nerable early on to high balls in the area. Neil Spencer came close to benefiting from a mistake when
Holcroft failed to collect from a comer, but his defenders blocked the shot. Cryer almost gave Clitheroe
change that seemed to help the Blues. Just minutes into the half, a
the lead, early on in the game but saw his looping header can non back off the crossbar. Skelmersdale looked a danger
going forward and Kris Richens had to be alert to keep out a long range shot from David Barton. But slightly against the run of
play, i t was the visitors who struck first on 33 minutes.
Clitheroe failed to deal with a
left wing free-kick, and Jordan Burke was on hand to head home. This saw Skelmersdale domi
nate for the rest of the half, while Stuart Rudd wasted two good opportunities. A tactical switch at half-time
from Clitheroe boss Lee Sculpher saw Jones reverting to a central midfield position, a
great run and pull back from Gary Jackson found Spencer unmarked just 10 yards from goal. But his powerful shot was well
saved by Holcroft, as he atoned for his earlier goalkeeping errors. Spencer and Cryer then both
had shots saved as Clitheroe searched for the equaliser. And it eventually came on 70
minute from a most unlikely source. A free-kick was knocked into
the penalty area and the visitors failed to clear the danger. The ball fell to Gardner, hard
ly renowned for his goal scoring ability, and his shot from 10 yards out somehow squirmed underneath the goalkeeper’s body to level the scores. Skelmersdale should have
Captain’s weekend is a tight affair at Mytton
By EDWARD LEE
RICHARD GREAVES staged his captain’s week end a t Mytton Fold GC with John Frayne amass ing 40 points on Saturday and adding 42 on Sunday to win by one point. Kevin Shanley (40 and
41) was runner-up with Peter Tomlinson (36 and 44) in third place. Jake Chadwick topped
Division One with 79 points, two b e tte r than Davod Botur... Tony Wil son (80) edged Paul Green (79) into second place in Division Two ... Eddie Bootle (78) and Jeff Hol land (76) were the pick of Division Three, and Sarah Hammond won the ladies’ prize. Separate prizes were
awarded for Saturday and Sunday. And Jay Waddington
was in stunning form on Saturday to amass 46 points and emerge as the clear winner. David Botur and John
Frayne (both 40) topped Division One... Baz Harg reaves (43) and Paul Green (41) led them home in Division Two ... Jeff Hol land (41) and Martin Holden (39) topped Divi sion Three. And Peter Tomlinson
was Sunday’s star with 44 points. Division One honours
Tim Swarbrick, with a
were claimed by Henry Saunders and Jake Chad wick (both 42) ... Tony Wilson (42) b eat Kevin Shanley (41) to the top prize in Division Two ... Keith Gill (40) and Andy Wills (40) were the pick of Division Three.
nis Greenup finished one point short of victory in the fourball a t Clitheroe GC on Sunday with 46 points. But Chris’ brother
Chris Heesom and Den
nett 64, finished second in the junior event while James Taylor (66) edged Jordan Cook into fourth place on a card play-off. Andrew Bennie carded 72 to take the gross prize. Barry Prior and Agnes
Seery scored 79 points to win the Herbie Sloan Tro phy at Whalley GC on Sat urday. The duo won the mixed
Andrew went one better by taking the Pres ident’s Junior Prize with a stagger ing nett 61 off his 10 handi cap. Simon Raine and A.
Taylor took the fourball prize with 47 points, just one better than four other pairs who had to settle for the minor places after a scrutiny of cards. Eric Hartley and
Richard Wood pipped Brian Edmundson and Phillip Walmsley for sec ond place and they in turn edged out the Heeson- Greenup pairing. And it was another hard
luck story for Dave Hillary and John Peel, who also amassed 46 points but did not even finish in the- prizes.
pairs stableford aggregate by two points from run ners-up Peter Seavers and Marilyn Bulcock, while Roy Broomhead and Joan Whittaker were third with 73 points. The event was sponsored
by J. Rostron Engineering Ltd.
Doreen Bolton and
Marry Barr (101-39-62) won the ladies’ greensomes at Clitheroe GC. The run ners-up prize went to lady captain Marilyn Fletcher and Marie Finney (79- 14.8-64.2). Marilyn Bulcock took
the medal prize in the 36- Hole Hi-Task Competition at Whalley Golf Club, with a score of 101-34-67. Iris Sherry was second
with 97-27-70, level with Risemary Grime (92-22- 70). The gross was won by Daphne Dawson, with Fran Gierat scooping the nett prize.
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moved back in front jus t moments later when Mark Ash ton was clean through on goal, but managed to place his shot wide of the post when it seemed easier to score. Clitheroe pushed forward for
a winning goal and a strong Chris Whittingham run saw him pulled down inside the penalty 'area. Spencer stepped up to to take
the penalty but blasted the ball not just over the bar but also out of the ground, as the Blues once again failed from the spot. Later on, Peter Holcroft twice
went close for Skelmersdale with a couple of superb long-range efforts, but with everyone wait ing for the final whistle and a point each, up stepped Cryer to the relief of the crowd and his captain Spencer.
Elizabeth is in the swim in Sheffield
VERSATILE local sportswoman Eliza beth Highton gave a good account of her self at the recent Cheese Strings National Age Group Swimming Championships held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. The 12-year-old Whalley swimmer qual-
ifed for both the 100m and 200m back- stroke at the competition held in the last
week of July. In the 200m she finished 22nd out of the
top 36 swimmers for her age group nation ally, after knocking three seconds.off her personal best to qualify. - And the following day the Burnley Bob
cats member improved on this to finish 8th in the final of the; 100m backstroke in a time of 1 minute,11.34 seconds, after fin ishing fifth in her heat with a time of 1 minute 10.95 seconds.
Read CC, who won the Ramsbottom Cup on Sunday in a dramatic finale, are pictured at the start of heir own floodlit festibval last week, in which they finished as runners-up to Burnley. K120803/8b
Ton-up Terry is cup final hero
By PHIL SIMPSON
STAGE One completel After over sue hours of heart-in-mouth action, and amid jubilant scenes; Read finally placed their name on the Ramsbottom Cup on Sunday. A fabulous century from
opener Terry Little - widely regarded as the best amateur batsman in the league - paved the way for the first piece of their league and cup double to be slot ted neatly into place. And it quite rightly earned
him the man of the match award at a windswept Arbories. In one of the most entertain
ing cricket matches I have wit nessed in a long while, almost 550 runs were registered, with Oliver Newby smashing the win ning boundary7 with jus t 10 deliveries remaining. But things could have been so
different, after a disastrous deci sion from the umpire towards the close could have cost Read dear. With the Whalley Road out
fit needing two runs for victory, paid man Peter Sleep cracked what he thought was the win ning boundary towards deep point, with the umpire signalling a four. But with Sleep and Andy
Turner celebrating in the mid dle, Russell Whalley had stopped the ball on the bound ary ropes, and returned it to wicket keeper Alan Armer, who gratefully knocked off the bails. Decision? Sleep was run outl The Arbories soon descended
GREAT HARWOOD
Crook c Turner b Walton .............. 70 A. Armor c Bennett b Walton........ 61 R. Whalley c Marshall b Eastham .53 P. Houldsworth b Eastham...............7 A. McNicholas c Walton b Newby .10 I. Haworth c Payne b Sleep. . . . . . .1 8 M. Howarth run o u t .........................0 L. Deaseynotout ...........................13 P. Newton st Payne b Sleep............ 17 E x t ra s ........................................23 Total (for 8 ) ................
.272 Bowling: 0. Newby 10-1-48-1; Sleep
10-2-38-2; A. Bennett 8-0-53-0; W. East ham 10-0-60-2; C. Walton 10-1-53-2.
READ
T. Little c Armer b Maher............ 100 N. Mareh b Whalley...................... 78 Sleep run out ...................................30 C. Walton c Crook b Simpson........ 13 W. Eastham Ibw Crook...................11 M. Whalley b Simpson...................10 A. Turner not out .............................0 O. Newby not o u t ..............................4 E x t ra s ........................................29 Total (for 6 ) ...............................275
‘ Bowling: S. Maher 10-3-33-1; G. Simpson 8-0-68-0; R. Whalley 10-1-36-1; Crook 9241-51-1; I. Haworth 3-0-254); P. Newton 541-27-0; M. Howarth 1-0-144).
opener fell first ball for 61 after he holed out to Andrew Bennett at gully. Crook took up the mantle
with some sublime cover drives, and was joined by Whalley who immediately picked up the baton. Harwood were strolling at
202-1, but the turning point came with the removal of the pair within one run. Crook was out first for 70
after Turner snapped up a fan tastic running catch on the long on boundary, before a diving one-handed catch to his left from Joey Marshall next over removed Whalley for 53. That seem to stem the flow of
into panic, but the Read faithful quickly realised they still needed just two runs from the final 12 deliveries, which duly arrived two balls later. After Great Harwood had
won the toss and elected to bat, professional Andrew Crook and Armer really went after the Read attack, with the latter smashing a huge six off skipper Warren Eastham. Armer reached his half-centu
ry in no time at all, but after Craig Walton was introduced into the attack, the Harwood
runs from the Cliffe Park side, with Eastham clean-bowling Paul Houldsworth for seven soon after. Andy McNicholas (10), Ian
Haworth (18) and Matt Howarth (0) all fell within one run of each other, with Liam Deasey and Paul Newton spark ing a mini-revival before the lat ter was stumped by Nick Payne off Sleep on the final ball of the innings for 17. That left Read chasing a
mammoth target of 272-8, and it would require something truly
special from the openers in order to mount any sort of challenge. And something truly special is
exactly what was delivered as the reply unfolded. Little signalled his intent with
a cut maximum over deep square leg, before partner Nick Marsh got in on the act with a drilled four through long off. I t was obvious th a t Great
Harwood were becoming increasingly frustrated with the pair, as both soon sailed past their 50s. At the halfway stage, proceed-
ings couldn’t be closer^ as both were on 61 with the score on 136- 0 - exactly halfway to their tar get. It seemed as though the pair
were to go it alone, as the part nership increased with every ball. But it had to end sometime,
and with the score o n -187, Marsh had his bails clipped by Whalley going for another sweet on side drive. Little was determined to
reach his century, but for what seemed an age, he was stuck on 99.
But right on cue, he ran a
quick single to reach his mile stone, before edging Stuart
’ Maher behind to Armer three balls later. Walton square cut a four
through backward point to get off the mark, before he found Crook on the deep point bound ary to fall for 13. Crook was then slightly fortu
itous to claim Eastham leg before for 11, with Michael Whalley amassing 10 before his defences were breached by Gor don Simpson. But with Sleep still in the middle, Read were always going to be the favourites, and despite his wicket falling in bizarre cir cumstances, they were always going to take home the title. And with just 10 balls to go,
Newby gratefully accepted the job' of match winner with a drilled four straight down the ground.
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