62 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, June 3rd, 2004
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Bolton’s men earn rare win at Meadow
SATURDAY sees Clitheroe entertain run away championship lead ers Read. And what better way to
prepare than to claim the derby honours? And it was Clitheroe
skipper Neil Bolton who led by example once again as his side produced their first win a t Ribblesdale Wanderers in six years. He hit nine fours and
PRESENTATION: Sabden FC award winners. T230504/8 , Sabden celebrate
SABDEN Football Club held an end of season pre sentation and combined it with a race night. Players and officials
turned out in force to the Pendle Witch pub, where awards were presented by first and second team man agers Scott and Dean Windsor. The two village teams
did not win any silverware this year, but awards were presented to the players
and sportsmen of the year. The first team manager’s
player of the year and play ers’ player of the year was Richard Wright. Second team manager’s
and players’ player of the year was Cengiz Avci. First team sportsman of
the year was Alan Cocks, and second team sportsman was Stephen Fox. Clubman of the year was
Alan Cocks. The Walter Davis trophy
for winning most man-of- the-match awards went to Matthew Whitwell. The presentations were
followed by a race night, which netted several hun dred pounds for club funds. The club annual meeting
is on Friday, June 18th, at the White Hart from 8 p.m., when new managers for both teams are wanted, along with a new secretary, committee and any helpers.
* Ultraframe win cup
ULTRAFRAME lifted the Orphanage Cup in style at Darwen’s Anchor Ground with a 4-0 victory over United Utilities. The Clitheroe firm’s team went into
the final of the competition - for sides within a 12-mile radius of Blackburn - having won their previous five rounds without conceding a goal, and scoring 34 at the other end. After a cat and mouse first half, Ultra frame took control just before the break, . and ran out comprehensive winners.
^ United Utilities should have taken the lead midway through the first half when they hit the bar with a header when it looked easier to score. And Ultraframe made them pay five minutes before the break when Lee
Williamson rifled home from outside the box. After the interval, an early strike from
former Clitheroe frontman Jon Penman doubled the advantage, and Penman added the third to put the issue beyond any doubt. Will Rimington rounded off the scor
ing on the night as Ultraframe cruised home. Ian Fleming impressed for the locals,
enjoying an excellent tussle with another former Shawbridge man Dave Sharpies. The side then met the winners of the
Hospital Cup, Burnley Miners, again at the Anchor Ground, with the powerful Burnley side running out 4-1 winners.
Chipping denied by late goal
B leasdale..........................2 Chipping ..........................2 A LAST-GASP goal denied Chipping the points in this eagerly- anticipated derby in the Catforth and Dis tr ic t Summer League Second Division. The game started badly
for Chipping as they lost keeper M a tt Ireland to injury in the first 10 min utes, forcing Matt Baines to take over. The first half saw few
j-f- chances as the sides can celled each other out, although Chipping had the ball in the net as Hornby lashed in a splen did long range volley, only , to be flagged harshly off-
( r side. ♦ The breakthrough came
midway through the sec ond half as good work through the middle by Fletcher and Austin released Scarborough down the right, who showed blistering pace to beat the full back. His low cross found
Proctor on the far post to net a goal that is richly deserved for his recent efforts. Chipping continued to
press and came close with efforts from Hornby and Austin. However, Bleasdale
equalised when a cross eluded the Chipping backline, Jackson rose to head towards goal, and Baines could onlv Darrv
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the ball back to him to crash home. Bleasdale forced good-
saves from Baines on a few occasions, but against the run of. play, Chipping broke away to score a sec ond. A hopeful ball from
Dean Austin found Horn by racing clear, and he lashed a right footed drive into the far corner of the net. It looked as though this
would settle the match, but Chipping were denied with virtually the last kick of the match. A hopeful ball was
allowed to bounce in the box and Jackson once again was on hand to eaualise for Bleasdale.
one six as an unbeaten knock of 82 set up the Chatburn Road outfit for their third straight seven- point haul. And despite Wanderers’
John Braithwaite finishing two runs short of his maid en half century in reply, Mark Hargreaves amassed 5-41 to skittle the top order. However, it could all have been so different, had
Bolton been held on one of the four occasions he was dropped! With home skipper
Terry Braithwaite win ning the toss and inserting their visitors, Bolton and paid man Craig Thyssen got to work. The latter looked good
value for his 21 before nicking one through to Martin Peel, quickly fol lowed by Mark Bolton - both claimed by Nawaz. The host skipper had Andrew Kenyon caught at slip by Nawaz, and Clitheroe were stuttering at 45-3. Simon Coulter helped
his skipper take the score to 103 before he was bowled by a beauty from John Braithwaite, before a series of late wickets restricted the visitors to .172-8.
That was ultimately a
score less than Clitheroe would have hoped for, but was still a competitive score, and Wanderers knew they needed a simi lar innings to tha t of Bolton’s. Openers Ryan Gladwin
and Martin Peel struggled against Mark Hargreaves who bowled a good line and length, but runs were scored freely off Thyssen who conceded 23 in his first four overs. That was before Harg
reaves had Gladwin caught at slip, trapped Peel leg before and had Marsh caught by Gaskill for 12. However, the turning
point arrived via the catch of the season from Whal- ley a t slip, diving full length to dismiss profes sional Nawaz for a duck.
By this stage the home
side were on 50-4, and after Dean Braithwaite and Stephen Kerr went, Wanderers were 51-6 and in all sorts of trouble. It seemed only a matter
of time before Clitheroe claimed the win, and father and son duo Terry and John Braithwaite dug in before the former was bowled by Thyssen for 10. The pro was suddenly
getting some reverse swing and this also accounted for Pratt - bowled for three - before Braithwaite fell two short of his half century to bring the innings to a close. A great way for
Clitheroe to warm up for the visit of Read on Satur day, while Wanderers will look for a change of for tune as they travel to Barnoldswick.
READ skipper Warren Eastham will captain a VEKA Ribblesdale League XI next week. But despite his sides lofty status, he is the only player from the reigning cham
pions to be included. The side will travel to.Middleton
Cricket Club on Sunday June 13th to take on the Central Lancashire League. And the side also sees Clitheroe skipper
Neil Bolton included, after his prolific start to the campaign.
Eastham leads league Vi Ja»
1 The full team is as follows: Ian Scoth-
ern (Barnoldswick), Paul Stafford (Set tle), Neil Bolton (Clitheroe), Matthew Plant (Barnoldswick), Alan Armer (Great Harwood), Michael Scothern (Bamoldswick), Stuart Hornby (Settle), Warren Eastham (Read, captain), Mark Burns (Edenfield, wkt), Farouk Butt (Blackburn Northern), Stuart Maher (Great Harwood). Manager: Stephen Hipgrave (Earby).
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Venomous Cobras strike to snare knockout semi-final slot
CLITHEROE Cobras Under 11s A beat a deplet ed Cherry Tree by 128 runs to reach the semi-final of the League Knockout Cup. Put into bat, the Chat-
burn Road side made steady progress. Nuttall (14) and Dent
(11) made the score respectable, and when Dewhurst came to the crease, Clitheroe were on 61.
He destroyed a weak
attack, scoring 61 off 23 balls, including 14 fours. In reply, the visitors
never looked in the same class, with Ramsden and Banks giving nothing away, while Ashworth, on his debut, did well behind the stumps. Le-Breton took the first
wicket, and then Dent capped a fine display, tak ing 3-1.
Nuttall chipped in with
two further wickets, and Dewhurst took the final wicket. Clitheroe now play Bax-
enden in the semi-final. The following night they
won comfortably against Bamoldswick. The visitors elected to
bat but never really attacked the Clitheroe bowlers, who all returned good figures without tak ing any wickets - Ash worth behind the sticks not allowing a single extra. Bamoldswick could only
manage 32 runs in the alloted overs. In reply, the home side
were never really troubled. Bowness scored 14, with
Le-Breton and Nuttall adding useful scores. Dewhurst, with 24, fin
ished off the innings, sup ported by Ramsden, and
the Cobras ran out winners by 32 runs. In the league they com
pleted another easy victory at Great Harwood. Put into bat, the Cobras
got off to a slow start on a dodgy wicket until Le-Bre- ton scored a typical aggre- sive 20. Dent followed this with
his usual competance, scor ing 11, and the innings was capped off with Dewhurst hitting 25 as the locals made a creditable 90. Bowness then took an
early wicket and was well supported by Dent and Glover. The rest of the Clitheroe
bowling was tight and Har wood fell 76 runs short. The Cobras’ Under 15s
went down by 34 runs to Bamoldswick. Fred Green got his desired option of bowling
first, but none of the Clitheroe bowlers really performed, taking one wicket between them, to add to two run-outs. Valuable contributions
came from opener Green (0-18) and James Sharpies (0-16). The only wicket of the
innings came to off-spinner Ben Kirton. None of the major bat
ters performed in reply, and they could only manage 77. Openers Sharpies and
Mileham put on 18 before the former was caught. Newcomer
Jack
Dewhurst, of Lancashire Under 11s, top-scored with a commanding 21. Green and Sean
McCann only managed to produce 12 runs off 53 balls, as Clitheroe, without being bowled all out, could not collect the runs.
Chatburn stroll to emphatic victory
CHATBURN seconds had an no answer to the Braithwaites as claimed 4-10. emphatic nine-wicket victory over they were bowled out for just 69 In reply, Geoff West led the way Sutton at the weekend.
runs. with 41 not out to see Chatbum to Sutton elected to bat first and had. Russell took 5-27 while Steven an easy victory.
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Unstoppable Read extend perfect start
READ made it eight wins from eight games over the weekend with crushing wins over derby rivals Padiham and Great Harwood. On Saturday, the Whalley
for four. Paul Newton proved to be
Roaders strolled to a seven wicket victory over Har
wood. Four wickets from Oliver
Newby and a reduced run rate due to rain led to Read needing 225 in the second innings, a total that Craig Walton, Peter Sleep and Danny Law took to task, as the threesome all hit the half century mark to see the side coast to victory. Walton hit a total of 52
runs before being bowled by Chris Ramsker, taking in 10 fours, while Peter Sleep hit 68, with his 50 coming in 68 minutes off 63 balls. Sleep produced six fours
and two sixes before he too was bowled by Ramsker for 67 runs. And paid man Law hit
four fours and three sixes of his own to put on 55 runs in an impressive 45 minutes at the crease. Read won the toss and put
Great Harwood in to bat, with Ramsker and profes sional Andrew Crook open
ing.
removed for just, eight, Crook proved unmoveable and notched up a healthy 80 runs before being bowled by Newby for his first wicket. Liam Deasey (6) and Paul
Although Ramsker was
Harwood's last man out, bowled out by Law for 9, as Chris Jackson and Gordon Simpson saw out the remain ing innings. In reply, apart from the
leading three big scorers, Michael Veevers made eight before being caught by Deasey, and Terry Little produced an undefeated 26 runs. And the locals backed that
up in their derby with Padi ham on Sunday. Padiham’s entire batting
line-up - aside from profes sional Kasif Siddique - was swept aside with consum mate ease. Siddique made 55 of his
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Whalley slip to foot of table after defeats
WHALLEY slumped to the foot of the VEKA Ribblesdale League after a double dose of defeat last weekend. However, despite two similar results,
the two encounters produced somewhat contrasting performances. The Station Road outfit can count
themselves unfortunate not to take any thing from Saturday’s clash at high-flying
Settle. A glorious knock of 77 from skipper
Mark Whelan almost spelt victory, but for an equally significant half-century from former Settle paid man Stuart
Hornby. Hornby, now occupying amateur status
after proing at Marshfield last season, held the reply together to compile a match-winning knock. Defending 121-9 from their innings,
Whalley threw everything they had at the visitors, only to fall just short with
Hornby. Batting first, the locals suffered a dis
sides’ 132, and with 26 in the extras column, it made for sorry reading. The entire remainder of
the Padiham line-up made just 51 runs between them, with only Ashfaq (12) and Kevin Hitchon (11) making double figures. And all that totalled up to
another maximum point haul for Read, to maintain their 11-point lead at the top of the Veka Ribblesdale League. Defeat for Barnoldswick
meant that there is now a 16- point gap to third place, with Settle now Read’s nearest challengers. But as for Sunday, Read’s
Houldsworth (5) both went for single figures as they were bowled by Newby and Andrew Rushton respective
ly-Allan Armer hdwever hit back with a storming 95 runs, to boost the score, which was just as well as the rest of the side could only manage sin gle figure scores as they sought out 244 runs. Newby eventually took a
third wicket to see off Armer with captain Warren East ham taking the catch. Eastham also caught and
bowled Geoff Allen for six before Newby took his fourth and last wicket by bowling Matthew Ilowarth
three unused batsmen of Terry Little, Danny Law and Peter Sleep told its own story! After the visitors to Whal
Four-wicket Oliver Newby in action
ley Road had won the toss and elected to bat first, Sid dique soon got to work piling on the runs. But as fast as he was adding to the total, he lost
partners. Fellow opener Gary Hall
fell clean-bowled by Law for four, while David Hall departed for a single. Home skipper Warren
Eastham came into the attack and immediately removed Hitchon as he looked to be getting into his
stride. And with Michael Hawke
(0) and Qadeer Ahmed (9) also falling cheaply, the signs looked ominous for Padi ham. When Siddique holed out
to Andrew Rushton off Oliv er Newby, Padiham’s chance of posting a decent total was gone, and they capitulated to 132 all out. And to all intents and pur
poses, it was to be only a matter of time before Read would overhaul the target. It took just two balls over
23 overs to seal victory, even with Sleep, Law and Little waiting in the wings. Eastham put on a spirited
40 before Siddique broke through to send the bails fly
ing. While 34 from Andrew
Turner and 25 in the extras column also helped seal Padiham’s fate. The inexperienced pair of
Liam Woodvine and Sam Marshall saw the innings out, as Read continued to maintain their strangehold on the title. It is beginning to look like
a case of when, not if, Read make it a hat-trick of league
titles. History is there for the
taking, and in this kind of form, who is to bet against Warren Eastham’s men adding the Ramsbottom Cup and LCB Knockout trophy to their cabinet?
Kershaw claims five wickets as form side Clitheroe have edge over Earby
AS a prelude to their derby game across town on Sunday, Clitheroe exuded confidence to beat Earby by 17 runs on Saturday. Earby had won the toss and effec
tively gifted Clitheroe victory by putting them in to bat first on what was a glorious Chatburn Road bat ting track. Clitheroe's healthy total of 194
all out was made possible by big knocks courtesy of professional Craig Thyssen, who hit 67, and wicketkeeper Simon Coulter, who made 58 off just 68 balls before being caught by Matthew Nutter off Andrew Jaggers. Other notable knocks came from
captain Neil Bolton (28) and eighth man in Paul Gaskell with 16.
Unfortunately, the rest of the
order fell cheaply, with the majori ty of the side failing to reach double
figures. In reply, Earby had made quick .
progress with opening pair Sam Munns and professional Mohammed Ayub at the crease as both batsmen made double figures. Ayub, in particular, earned his
money with 63 runs alongside Munns with 38, before being trapped leg before by Neil Bolton. Munns was also removed from
the crease, but this time by the hands of Danny Glover, claiming the first of two catches off Graham Kershaw's bowling. Earby captain Chris Walton was less successful though as he proved
to be Kershaw's second victim of the afternoon - a total that would soon amount to five by the end of the innings. The visitors’ fourth man in was
Nigel Hodge, and although he put on an impressive tally of 39, he too fell foul to Kershaw. From then on in, Earby's late
order took a nose dive as, apart from 11 runs for Jaggers, the West Craven team collapsed for just a further nine runs. Thyssen took 2-31 from the late
order, as both Ian Clarkson and Liam Pickup left the field for ducks and Earby were eventually all out for 177.
astrous opening, thanks to Settle opening bowlers Stuart Hornby and professional Robin Morris. And after their own paid man Josh
Marquet had holed out to Andrew Davidson off his opposite number, Whal ley were reeling at 15-5! But skipper Whelan took up the reins
to bring his side back into proceedings single-handedly, as only Sam Taylor (10) joined him in double figures. Aside from those two, the nine other
Whalley batsmen compiled just 38 runs between them, but David Crossley and David O’Neill refused to surrender their final wicket to deny the home side the two bonus points.
Marquet and O’Neill opened the bowl ing attack and each claimed a wicket in
the early stages. Marquet sent his opposite number Morris packing for one, with Settle strug
gling on 23-3. But Hornby got into his stride soon
after and added the necessary runs, and despite seemingly struggling at 75-6, the target was reached with six overs to spare. And just 24 hours later, it would seem that all their battling qualities had been
used up at Settle. Blackburn Northern professional
Gareth Flusk single-handedly ripped through the heart of the Whalley line-up, ending with figures of 8-29. Opener Martin Davies and third-wick
et partner Simon Gorton top scored - with just 12 and 11 respectively. And they ultimately fell 146 runs short,
after being skittled for 62. That was all in reply to an inspirational knock from Northern opener Abdul
Bisoodwall. He smashed eight fours and five sixes in
a 115-ball knock of 110, before he was finally out with the score on 171-2. By that time the game had gone, but
Whalley gave themselves hope with two more quick wickets - those of Ismail Daud and Neil Weaver. But having compiled 208-7, it was
always going to be an uphill battle. And with Flusk in inspirational form,
the innings was brought to a close much sooner than they would have liked. Whalley return to Station Road on
Saturday when they entertain a revi talised Oswaldtwistle Immanuel.
Seven-up Braithwaite inspires Wanderers
A MAGNIFICENT seven- wicket haul from John Braithwaite steered Rib blesdale Wanderers to a 33- run victory over Padiham at the Arbories on Saturday. The leading bowler
carved his way through the order, ably support by David Howard, who took three wickets of his own as Wanderers claimed a full seven points. Having won the toss and
elected to bat, Ribblesdale got off to a slow start as Padiham's Gary Ramshead and Ahmed found move ment both in the air and off the seam. Church Meadow profes
sional Shahid Nawaz was uncharacteristically first to go for 12, caught and bowled by Ramshead, and he was soon followed by Martin Peel, who edged one through to the keeper. Play was then interrupt
ed for rain and Wanderers lost Ryan Gladwin from the first ball after the re-start when he was clean bowled by Ahmed for 12 at 32-3. Another break for rain
saw 38 minutes in total lost, and this could have had an effect in the second innings. Alistair Marsh was in
commanding form and alongside Howard the score reached 59 before the latter
Alistair Marsh
was bowled by Ali for 8. This brought Robert
Lloyd to the crease, and with Marsh, the pair took the attack to Padiham with a stand of 62 in 14 overs before the latter was trapped leg before for 51, having struck three sixes and five fours. Ribblesdale were now 121-
5 off 37 overs, and they had to thank Lloyd and Stephen Kerr for getting a reasonable total with some excellent running between the wickets and some super shots as Lloyd's 61, including 13 fours, and Kerr's 14 were vital to the cause. In reply Padiham got off
to a flying start chasing Wanderers’ 174, with Padi ham professional Kasif Sid
dique in belligerent mood, but a double bowling change did the trick as Howard and John Braithwaite put the brakes on as the latter made ' a break through when Hal! nicked one to Peel and the home side were 92-1. Braithwaite then dis
missed Siddique in the same over as he looped a catch tc Rick Whalley, having put on 62 runs from 62 balls with seven fours and three sixes that looked likely to win the game for the home side. Howard had the danger
ous Umar Saddique caught behind and Padiham were 93-3, but still well in front on run rate, he then had Hitchon at slip by Nawaz for five and Naveed Ashral caught behind for 0. As Ribblesdale dragged
themselves back in to the game, Braithwaite turned the screw and consequently took wickets. Ahmed became Peel's
fourth victim as he was stumped, and Braithwaite clean bowled Robinson foi two in his next over before taking Ashraf (24) out ol the game with a leg before wicket decision. Ramshead was caught by
Stephen Kerr and Ali was well caught by young Mar cus Pratt to wrap up an unlikely win for Ribblesdale.
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