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THREE-PEAT! Read clinch third successive title
WAS it ever in any doubt - well, maybe just a little bit. But Read Cricket Club
responded to the pressure the only way they knew how on Sunday. Because that’s what it
was — pressure - with Read entering the final game of the season knowing victory
was essential. With both Warren East-
ham’s men and Settle pick ing up seven points in their respective Saturday outings, the Marshfielders sat one point ahead going into Sun day. But they were put to the
before he was clean-bowled by Hughes, while Sleep was adjudged Ibw to Stuart Hornby for 10. And so it was left to
by Steve Brown. Brown also came up with
joyous scenes on Sunday would have been possible had Read not picked up vic tory at Blackburn Northern 24 hours earlier. Walton again did the
Terry Little - who cracked the winning runs in the Ramsbottom Cup final last season - and Marsh to guide the locals home. However, none of those
spadework - finishing an agonising run short of a half century when he was bowled
sword by the reigning cham pions — who have now rewritten the history books. After waiting 27 years for
a title from 1975, the Whal- ley Road outfit lifted their third consecutive champi onship on Sunday - a feat only matched on three other occasions in the league’s his tory. And it was club stalwart
the goods to remove Sleep for 35, but by then the dam age had been done. Read only required 142
ham both picked up two wickets, as Khan (44) and Adam Chester (29) were the only ones to register highly. But they got the result
for victory after skittling their opponents in 43 overs, with professional Danny Law picking up 4-38. Sleep and Warren East-
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they needed to set up their title decider with Settle - and the rest, as they say, is history.
Nick Marsh who was the hero of the hour, as he cracked the winning bound ary to seal victory. Not only did it seal the
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Clitheroe sign-off with win and loss
title, but it brought up his own half century for the match as he ended the day imbeaten on 52. But the match was never
in much doubt, as Read got to work on the Settle attack
from the off. Choosing to insert their
opponents into bat after winning the toss. Read knew they had to remove
the openers early. And that they were. Paul Stafford only man
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aged 10 before he returned a caught and bowled chance to Oliver Newby, before Newby also grabbed the wicket of Keith Hornby for 15.
sional Robin Morris was next to go—
—for six. So far so good, and with
Two down, and profes again to Newby
Stuart Hornby making just seven before finding the safe hands of Peter Sleep at cover. Read were in com
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dangerman on the hitlist, but he was to prove more of
mand. Mark Verden was the last
a handful. However, despite that,
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one man can’t make an innings, and the rest of the Settle line-up continued to crumble around him. Verden did reach his 50 in
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CLITHEROE ended a disappointing season with a seven-wicket victory over Edenfield on the Sun day. After a season, which
has brought only contro versy and a run of defeats, captain Neil Bolton's men finished on a high in a game that had a real end of season feel to it. Edenfield won the toss
and elected to bat on what was a good batting track th a t should have really reaped more then a first innings tally of 122 runs. But bowling figures of
4-31 and 2-53 respectively from Clitheroe spin bowlers Farouk Hussain and Neil Bibby, halted any further progress the visi tors may have had in store. Edenfield openers Liam
Bones and J. Flitcroft were removed for six and seven respectively by Simon Bishop and Mark Harg reaves before Bibby and Hussain took hold. Only Brett Storey
ther 27 from and name sake Neil, plus a further 16 from Steven Bishop saw the locals to an easy win. The previous day a t
Bamoldswick it was a dif ferent story though as the locals succumbed to a seven-wicket defeat. Bamoldswick elected to
field first seeing Neil Bolton and Steven Bishop open the batting for the locals with mixed effect. Bolton put on 17 before
he exited the scene in the 11th over whereas Bishop saw out the majority of the innings to post 41. But this was about as
good as i t got as ap a r t from Andrew Kenyon posting a further 20 before being trapped, Clitheroe's attempts with the b a t proved frugal as they fin ished all out for 115. Bamoldswick's Michael
scored an3 dhing of note for the locals as he struck a hah century as the majori ty of the side subsided. In reply Clitheroe
just 46 balls, but with just 14 runs coming from the final six batsmen. Settle were skittled for 115. • The two bonus points put
knocked the runs off quickly and the fact that Edenfield gave away 38 runs in extras largely tells the story. Opener Andrew Kenyon
Read one point ahead at the halfway stage, but that meant nothing in the grand
scheme of things. Read had little trouble
knocking off the runs required, doing so in just 28
° '^ ^ ig Walton smashed 35
was surprisingly removed for a duck but 42 from Mark Bolton and a fur
den. Chatburn batted first and lost two
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Scothern and sub profes sional Fernando proved to be the wicket takers with 4-42 and 4-22 respectively. In reply Barnoldswick
eased into their runs but quickly gathered pace to see Ian Scothern rack up the majority with 55 not out. A further 24 from J.
Hall and 15 from Fernan do sealed the required 116 with only three wickets lost. Mark Hargreaves
proved to be the best Clitheroe man with the ball as he took 2-32.
CHATBURN seconds continued their promotion push with an
emphatic 157-run victory over Riddles-
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Preston Grasshoppers B .25 Clitheroe RVFC .........20 AFTER the hard slog of summer training, the big kick-off arrived on Satur
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} season proudly representing the town at rugby. The broad acres of the Preston pitch were a delight
[ to play on, and Clitheroe made their brightest of
j starts for ages. The pack proved in good
I fettle, driving hard into the Hoppers defence as the
I twinkling feet of fly-half j Nathan Peel unlocked the door to see him under the
j posts to open the Little- noor team account. Successful with the con
NICK Marsh and Terry Little celebrate the winning runs (TOG0904/2a) and (inset, T060904/2b) Warren Eastham with the championship trophy
Wanderers Whalley end
book place in season with county cup fourth victory
DESPITE a poor final weekend of results, Rib- blesdale Wanderers fin ished fifth in the Veka Ribblesdale table to earn qualification for next sea son's LCB Knockout. The Church Meadow
side got underway against Settle and struggled to overcome the league chal lengers’ first innings tally of 170, despite Robert Lloyd removing 5-42 and acting captain Martin Briggs taking 3-25. Lloyd had both openers
Paul Stafford and Keith Hornby out for just 35 runs, but it took a little longer to remove profes sional Robin Morris, as he went on to hit 58 alongside Stuart Homby(60). However, this partner
ship came to an end in the 39th over when Hornby was caught by Ryan Glad win off the bowling of Briggs, leaving the rest of the order struggling to reach double figures. In reply, the locals did
n’t get off to the best of s ta r ts as professional Shahid Nawaz was bowled for a duck after just two balls, quickly followed by next man in Alastair Marsh (1). Martin Peel managed
23 before , he too was trapped leg before, and ap a r t from Simon Kerr making 47, and both Craig Hall and Briggs making 16, Ribblesdale were lack
early wickets, but an excellent 90-run partnership between Doug 'Wardle (62) and Andy Lambert (61) put the locals in the driving seat as they finished on 197- 8.
ing the 50 or so runs Nawaz would usually score as they limped to 93 all out- as Stuart Hornby dismantled the order with 7-48. However, the following
day, improvements were seen by Wanderers as they got off to a good start at Oswaldtwistle with Nawaz racing to 47 before being stumped. Wickets then fell regu
larly as the low bounce put paid to aggressive shots by most of the batsmen, who needed to try and push singles to keep the score ticking over - seven catch es and two stumpings an indication of how they batted. But nothing could be
taken away from profes sional Raja Ali and Met calf, as they bowled to their strengths. Lloyd took the early
wicket of Wilkin, caught bat-pad by Nawaz, but Ali steadied the ship and was in fine form as he crashed seven boundaries in his 69. Barry Spencer removed
Andy Dignan and Andrew Metcalf, and Nawaz turned to spin to have Burton at slip by Briggs. John Braithwaite clean
bowled Gerard Metcalfe, and Nawaz finally got Ali caught in the deep by his skipper, but Peter Dignan and Moorby saw the side home to victory.
WHALLEY salvaged some pride from their sea son with victory on the final day. Success over Earby on
Sunday gave them only their fourth win of the campaign. But they almost made it
a double in a frantic finish to proceedings at Baxen- den on Saturday. But as has been Whal-
ley’s luck all season, the gods failed to be on their side. Wanting six off the last
ball to tie, professional Josh Marquet powered Pete Usher towards the boundary. But he just failed to get
enough leverage on his drive, and subsequently found the safe hands of opposite number Jon Har vey. That meant the visitors
ended on 177-7 - six runs short of their target - after Martin Davies had cracked 65 in exactly 100 balls. Simon Gorton powered
a quickfire 30 before he was bowled by Harvey, while Lee Kearsley made 25 before he ventured too far forward and was stumped by Andrew Hol- royd off James Capstick. The locals had earlier
conceded a massive 28 extras in the Baxenden innings, as Harvey smashed 52 and Mark Rishton hit 40.
And there was a useful contribution of
20 from Stephen Braithwaite. In reply, Riddlesden could find no
answer to the Chatburn bowling and were dismissed for 40.
However, they did man
age to finish the season with a flourish on Sunday , with victory over Earby. ^ Gorton turned on the ^
style with figures of 6-13 and an unbeaten knock of 35 to seal a three-wicket romp. With the Applegarthers
b a ttin g first, former Earby professional Gorton grabbed the wickets of openers Sam Munns (21) and
professional
Mohammed Ayub (18). And aside from stand-in
skipper Stephen Hipgrave, who made an unbeaten 23, the rest of the order failed to register double figures. Gorton also claimed the
final two wickets to skittle the visitors for 86. But he was to hold the
Whalley innings together single-handedly, becoming the only home player to enter double figures! Openers Andy Pratt (8)
and Lee Burgess (7) were the next highest scorers, as Whalley lost seven wickets in reaching their goal. But they did achieve
their target, and salvaged some pride for what has been a somewhat disap pointing season. • Don’t miss next
week’s Clitheroe Advertis er and Times for all the end-of-season averages. • Scorecards and tables
on page 61. The wicket takers were Geoff Lambert
(3-7), Russell Braithwaite (4-24), Andy Lambert (2-0) and Geoff "West (1-1). Geoff "West also took a spectacular catch in his last match for Chatburn.
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version, Peel again struck' true with a penalty. This brought Hoppers to life, and the squeeze came
I from the vastly experienced I home forwards who
i I grabbed two tries in.quick
1 nloughed back in as Peel I agam impishly cut through I for another great try to 1 ! leave it nip and tuck at the
succession. Undaunted, Clitheroe
interval. The second half was a
1 curious affair as the initial I 20 minutes proved to be all Chtheroe. When big winger Ed
I Hacking fielded a loose I kick just inside his own half, there was only one direction
I he was going - forwards! After skittling defenders
I wash. Shortly afterwards, hook-
I er Will Jones suffered a I blow, resulting in him leav- j ing the field with a bent and I bloody nose. And with no spare front I rower available, imcontest-
Accrington next week. At Burnley, Derek Parrott and Phil Milcham had an
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absorbing, but eventually fruitless, three-set match against a seasoned top pair, going down 6-4,5-7,6-2. Steve Pym and Daniel Bush showed less cohesion and
struggled to make an impact, and their G-1,6-0 defeat gave tbem plenty of time to cheer on their team mates. The return rubbers were also competitive, but Parrott
and Milcham were unable to convert pressure into points and lost in two close sets. And when Pym and Bush lost the first set against the top
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pair, the outlook was gloomy. However, spurred on by the knowledge that their oppo
nents had a prior engagement elsewhere, they dug deep to take the second set and force a concession of the rubber. Having won the main junior league championship earlier
in the summer, Clitheroe’s younger members reinforced their position as the league’s front-runners by dominating the two divisions that have formed the basis of the end-of- season league. The B team squad of Richard Bell, Jack Dewhurst,
Dominic Parrott, Matthew Cornish, and notably Jennifer Holgate and Mark Higson — who have not dropped a set in recent weeks - have all but clinched their league title with convincing 7-2 wins over Bricrflcld and Towneley B.
j like ninepins, he was hauled down yards from the line, top notch support play from the pack followed, and it was flaiiker Ralph Rigby who emerged triumphantly with the ball over the white-
day.A sprinkling of newcomers combined with a good num ber of veterans for another
ed scrums were the order of the day.
However, it was Hoppers
league match on Saturday a t Littlemoor against Broughton. Defeated by Clitheroe in
who adapted better to the changes as another convert ed try and a penalty lev elled the scores, before the home side capped the game off by scoring in the comer with just five minutes remaining. The locals face their first
by Chris Boden
Clitheroe ....................3 Chorley..........................
do the stealing, but despite victory, honest Blues boss Lee Sculpher admitted Chorley were “robbed”. However, Clitheroe
an ugly encounter last term, the locals will have to at their disciplined best. • Sunday sees the start of the new rugby season for Clitheroe Buccaneers. All children up to the age
of 16 are welcome to join in the training sessions, which will take place each Sunday a t the club's Littlemoor Road ground. ■Registration is at 10-15
a.m., with an hour long ses sion starting at 10-30 a.m. Full changing room facili ties are available in the new clubhouse. Match fixtures start on
October 3rd at Rossendala Please remember you
need rugby boots and a mouth guard to play, and TU Sports in Clitheroe have offered a 10% discount to all club members on presen tation of this article against their full range of rugby equipment. A new batch of shirts
have been ordered by new team shirt sponsors Clay ton Park Bakery. These will be available to
buy at a subsidised price, along with drill tops. Parents of existing play
ers are asked to remember to bring their child's RFU registration forms to Sun day's session, but addition al forms will be available for new players on the day. For more information,
please contact Declan O'Duffy (428292) or 'Vince Murray (441142), or just turn up at Littlemoor.
TWO late goals saw Clitheroe earn a smash and grab win over Chorley on Tuesday night. Magpies are supposed to
deserved their fortune for the way they defended. Chorley, with on-loan
Accrington Stanley flier Paul Carvill and former Blue Richard Fogarty, were a constant threat down the flanks all night, and Danny Woodhead in goal, and his back four, stood up to the barrage superbly. So much so, that Wood-
superb start after only 150 seconds when Neil Spencer’s incisive pass
head barely made a save of note, despite the Magpies, as Sculpher said, teaching Clitheroe “a footballing lesson.” The Blues got off to a
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released strike partner Glyn Barker, and although Steve McDonald scuffed Barker’s pull back, Paul Stansfield made up the ground to ram the ball home at the far post. Chorley recovered well
and build up a head of steam. But, as a precursor of
Clitheroe’s late fortune, they almost doubled their lead when Woodhead’s huge clearance caught the wind and almost bounced past Michael Bingham into the top comer! It was a brief respite for
from Fogarty’s cross, but the introduction of Gary Jackson and Chris Whit- tingham proved cmcial. Carvill had a great head
ed opportunity from another Fogarty centre after the best football of the night, before Sculpher put his body on the line to deny Matty Woods what looked a certain goal eight minutes from time. Moments later, a need
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the Blues though, as Chor- ley’s pressure brought an inevitable equaliser. Barrie Hart’s crade chal
Glyn Barker sneaked through after Simon Kay’s slip, but shot straight at Bingham. Former Blue Jason
Jones, barracked through out, should have put Chor ley ahead after the interval
lenge on Fogarty earned a booking, and Carvill whipped in a stunning free kick beyond Woodhead into the far comer. Just before the break,
less challenge from Mag pies left back Chris Perkins on Whittingham handed Clitheroe a golden chance to win the game from the spot, which 18-year-old draham Price took with aplomb - confidently grab bing the ball and sending Bingham the wrong way. And Jackson’s superla
the line expertly and latched onto a perfectly- weighted pass from Spencer before impudently clipping the ball over a stranded Bingham for a breathtaking goal.
tive injury time strike rabbed salt into Chorley’s wounds. He timed his run across
MAGNIFICENT STRIKE: Gary Jackson Clitheroe end goal drought in style
Clitheroe ....................6 Tow Law Town.............1
CLITHEROE ended their recent goal drought in com- prehensive fashion at Shawbridge on Saturday as they cruised into the FA Cup first qualifying round. 'The Blues have been
visitors had looked a chal lenge on paper as Northern League sides have posed many problems for Clitheroe in recent cup competitions. But it took just 11 min-
DESPITE a 3-1 defeat at unbeaten leaders Burnley, Clitheroe Tennis Club’s open A team can secure third place if they take maximum points at home to
stmggling to find the back of the net in the league, but double strikes from Lee Cryer and Paul Stansfield, plus one apiece for Glyn Barker and Stuart Tod- hunter, saw the locals home in style. The Bishop Auckland
forward to catch the keep er imawares and score in an open net. However, Tow Law bat
tled back and pulled the game back to 2-1 at half time. From what was a rare
BRACE: Lee Cryer
utes for Stansfield to find the back of the net from an Adam Gardner cross, just beating an outstretched Cryer to the final touch. And Cryer quickly made
it 2-0 four minutes later when a lapse in the Tow Law defence allowed the
Law, the second half proved to be merely target practice for the Blues as the game transformed into little more than a pre-sea- son friendly. Goal number three soon
dispensed with any hopes of a Tow Law comeback when Cryer was taken to
Junior Football Round-Up
Brierfield Celtic B lu e .............1 Clitheroe Wolves UI2s ...........7 THE Wolves’ opening Warbur-
tons League game of the season saw the locals come away comfort able winners despite an second half sticky patch. The locals got off to the best of
starts by taking the lead in the second minute through Clarkson, but had to wait until the half hour mark before Meyler made it two. After the break Brierfield
pulled one back with a fine strike that gave McGrath no chance. But Wolves’ persistence eventu
ally broke the home team down and Clarkson completed his hat- trick. Further pressure resulted in a
goal for Bailey, followed by man- of-the match Meyler completing the scoreline and his hat-trick. Blackburn Shamrock..............6 Wolves Rangers Under 12s ... .7 NEWLY-formed Rangers were given a hard welcome to the
Accrington League as they quick ly found themselves 4-0 down by half-time. However, they showed great
improvement in the second half, and Crooks scored Rangers’ only goal. Sam Holden made several good
saves throughout the match to prevent the scoreline being far worse. Anybody wishing to play for Wolves Under 12s in the Saturday Accrington League should contact
Mick Wilson (444053). Whalley Juniors U12s..............4 Globe .....................................2 WHALLEY convincingly won their first match of the season and could have scored many more. From the kick-off 'WhaUey were
on the attack, peppering the visi tors goal, but found the Globe keeper in fine form. Joe Paplow eventually opened
the scoring midway through the half, but despite this pressure.
Whalley were unable to add more goals before half-time. Globe then shocked the home
team with an equaliser early in the second half, but Whalley were soon back in front as first Luke Wareing and then Dane Farrow scored. Further pressure and chances
followed before David Astley scored the fourth, and the visitors scored a late consolation with a fine free kick. Lewis Cassidy was named man-of-the-match. • THE new season kicked off for Readstone United Under 11s at the weekend with an excellent 2-1 victory over Accrington League rivals Real Juniors. Man-of-the-match was awarded
to double goal scorer Adam Haslam.
Elsewhere the Under 11 Blues
also tasted success with a 4-1 win over Foulridge Minors. Two goals apiece for Kenny Taylor and Drew Bramley
secured the honours. A Jack Dugdale brace contin
ued the club's good run of form for the Under 13s as they recorded a convincing 4-1 victory over JFC Dsmamoes. Further goals came from
Kamen Collinson and Simon Stuttard. Readstone Under 10s earned a
2-1 win against Brierfield Celtic as Alex Judge and Mark Turner both found the back of the net. Man-of-the-match was awarded
to Lewis Turner. Unfortunately both the Under
12s and Under 15s suffered heavy defeats. The former were beaten 9-0 by
Belvedere in their first game of the season, and the latter were beaten 5-1. Ben Allen scored the Under 15s’
only goal, and Tom Mustoe was named man-of-the-match.
appearance in the Blues half, the Lawyers won a free kick on the edge of the area, which was steered low and hard past Kris Richens by Ian Davison. Unfortunately for Tow
gs tripped over the ball when attempting a back pass, only for opportunist Stansfield to pounce on the loose ball and lob the keep er.
pressurise, and another calamity in the visitors' defence quickly brought fmliher success on goal. Tow Law's Daniel Crag-
Then to round off a
great 15-minute spell. Tod- hunter tucked away a penalty after Chris 'Whit tingham had been ha,uled down in the area. New signing Graham
Price also made a good impression on his home
ground on the edge of the area, allowing Barker free rein to glance home Tod- hunter's sweeping free kick. Clitheroe continued to
debut, but by the time he came on for Todhunter, Clitheroe had very little to prove. But the goals didn't end
had another when he was clean through on goal, only to blast the ball over the bar from close range, but this display more than con firms the Blues’ scoring abilities. Clitheroe now face Uni-
there, as a fine individual piece of skill from Barker saw the forward drag the ball back from' between two defenders to set up Cryer with an easy sbeth goal. Cryer should really have
Bond Premier side Wake- field-Emley in the first qualifying round, again at Shawbridge, a week on Sat urday.
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