f t ' 78 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, September 8th, 2005
Blues promise exciting times
Clilheroe ..................... 4 Bishop A u c k la n d .........1 CLITHEROE showed on Saturday that they start ing to grow into a team with exciting prospects ahead of them this season. Tommy Lawson had
promised th a t there was more to come and the fans a t Shawbridge were not left disappointed as the Blues comfortably beat a challenging Bishop Auck land outfit. Two strikes from Craig
Sargeson, his first competi tive goals for the club since joining last January, a div ing header from Tony Evans and a long-range screamer from captain Neil Reynolds saw Clitheroe to victory and fourth place in the embry onic UniBond First Divi sion table. But yet again they had
to come from behind to do it after conc^ing a Mark Sheeran goal in the 12th minute. The Bishop Auckland
forward prodded the ball home after the visitors packed the box full of bod ies and crowded out the Clitheroe defence and for the first 20 minutes or so the County Durham side had the upper hand.
By Adrian Capstick However Clitheroe keep
er Peter Collinge made sure th a t no more goals crossed his path over the course of the afternoon as he orchestrated his back line well, and as the Blues developed Bishop Auck land didn’t get a look in as Ryan Parr cleared every thing in his path. An equaliser wasn’t long
in coming although it came from the most unlikely of sources. Sargeson has threatened
to score for a couple of games, mainly from close range, so i t came as a pleasant surprise on 34 minutes when his long range 20-yard lobbed effort was reached by Dar ren Hurrigan in the Auck land goal only to see it
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escape from his grasp and roll over the line. From then on Clitheroe
dominated and the second half saw the side go all out to make every opportunity on goal count. Evans’ goal proved to be
the move of the game as a forward ball form the influ ential Paul Stansfield found Gary Jackson on the right of the box who in turn fed the ball across the face of goal for the 18-year-old to nod home at full stretch. F u r th e r efforts were
seen from Evans before Reynolds drilled home his 25-yard effort, low through the Auckland defence and into the bot tom right hand corner. Then to cap off a
tremendous afternoon Sargeson grabbed his sec ond on the break 12 min-
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utes from time. He picked the ball up off a Collinge goal kick, made the most of the Auckland defence having pushed up to the half-way line and ran from his own half with the ball at his feet to net with ease past Hurrigan. There was also still time
for Lawson to make suc cessive substitutions with Chris Nestor coming on for Russell Clark and Tom Harwick making way for Sean White, while Collinge proved again what an asset he is to the side with an instinctive save to deny Sheeran a second. Lawson has got
Clitheroe buzzing, and although it is still early, chances are that there will be plenty more entertain ing stuff like this to follow at Shawbridge this season.
Waddington complete double
Carlcton.............................................2 scored his second goal of the game. WADDINGTON completed the double over Carleton mth a sound win. Waddington conceded a goal in the
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opening 15 minutes but within five min utes they drew level when Tierney headed the ball to Dean who made no mistake. On the half-hour the home side should
have taken the lead but Tierney’s fierce 25- yard shot cannoned off the upright, but
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Folhergill’s comer kick to score with his head. NewLonglon ..................................................2 Chipping......................................................... 1 DESPITE taking the lead, Chipping suffered their first defeat of the season.
before veteran striker Procter was fouled in the box. 'The Chipping forward showed his years of experi
the opening half hour. Hayhurst and Melling failed to convert chances
Chipping looked well-organised and dominated
ence by first drawing the defender into making the rash challenge and then coolly slotting home. Poor decision-making by the Chipping defence
resulted in possession being lost to the New Long- ton striker who calmly slotted past Ireland. After the break Chipping tried to reassert their
dominance and a series of chances w'ere created by captain Stuart Malley only to be spumed through out the half.
brace of goals but Chipping were finding it difficult to get their usual cultured passing game to flow. From a hopeful long ball the clincher was pro
Melling and Hayhurst would each have had a
duced. Indecision and poor concentration from Austin and Hilton resulted in another chance being
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^ted to New Longton - a chance that w'as gleefully accepted. Chipping’s ne.xt is at home to Walmer Bridge on
20 minutes, w'hen Terry Fothergill raced on to a knock-on from Tierney to drive a fierce shot past Paul Craig in the visitors goal. Five minutes later Tierney met Darren
when Fletcher scored with a good headed goal. Waddington did not ensure their win till the last
unlucky when they hit the Waddington crossbar from a free kick. The home side quickly gained pos;'ession and
trol of the game, and a good piece of interpassing football by the Fothergill brothers and Fletcher was finished off by Harrison. During the last 10 minute.s the visitors were
control until a sloppy challenge by Kindle allowed a Carleton player to deliver an excellent cross which the visiting centre fonvard headed home. From hereon, the home midfield players took con
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ANDREW Bennie was the unlucky golfer in Clitheroe’s weekend medal. His nett 69 from a gross 72 left him
one of the pace in both nett and gross categories. John Whowell’s 69 gave him fourth
spot in Division One, edging out Ben nie on a card play-off. Geoff Sutcliffe failed to take the
smile of Andrew Heesom’s face even though he pipped him for second spot as both returned nett 67s. Pride of place went to the steady
Simon Swindells who produced his season’s best nett with a return of 65. Geoff Cartledge had one of his bet
ter days taking Division Two with a nett 69. just edging Peter Woods after cards. Tom Brown had a creditable 71 to
take third spot by a shot from Mike Ainsworth. Alan Gillespie continues to enjoy his first season at Clitheroe as he picked-up the gross prize. Nigel Schofield and John Willis had
a ding-dong battle in the Midw’eek Medal as both returned nett 68s. But Schofield got the nod after cards as Geoff Sutcliffe again showed his prowess wdth a nett 69 to take third place after a play-off with Don Part ington. Good weather and the excellent con
dition of the course contributed to some fine .scoring at Mytton Fold. The International Pairs competi
tion, with the prize being a place in the regional finals held in Scotland, was played over a better-ball medal for mat, with the ultra-consistent Duncan Rogers and Paul Earnshaw destroying the field with a sparkling nett 58. They were followed at a respectful
distance by the in-form pairing of Phil Clegg and Steve Brooks who carded a nett 62 and pipped Gordon Lucas and Jim Hindle in a card play-off. There was a good turn-out for the
Mi.xed Open with many compliments received for the quality of the course. The winner emerged as Lady Cap
tain Judith Kay who “carried” part ner Peter Tomlinson round to a score of 88-19-69. Husband and wife team Alick and
Rawlenslall Reserres . .2 Riminglon Reserves .. .3
RIMINGTON continued their impressive start to the season with a hard-fought battle at Rawtenstall. Rimington kept the ball
on the ground and played some good football to start and as a result took the lead on eight minutes when a deflected through ball led to
■a defensive error to allow Dan Green to slide the ball under the keeper. Rawtenstall didn’t per
form in the first half and the locals were unfortunate not to go into the break with more than a single goal but
Barbara Bryan followed the winners home with a 91-21-70 scorecard, just ahead of Neil Osliffe and Abbie Clegg 88-18-70 on a card play off. Spot prizes were won by Emma
Clegg, longest drive, and Mick Bryan, nearest the pin, and nine-hole prizes were awarded to Jean and Gary Davies (best front nine) and Emma and David Clegg for their back nine performance. The Kevin Shanley Seniors Trophy,
played over three rounds with the best two counting, saw Mick Walsh emerge as the winner. His score of 68+72=140 was just
enough to hold on from tournament “sponsor” Kevin Shanley who carded 70+70=140. Third place went to Gor don Watts with 68+73=141. Iris Sherry won the IGU Medal and
September Brooch a t Whalley GC when she returned 99-27-72. Karen Graham (95-23-72) was beat
en into second place on a card play-off and Jean Tasker (92-19-73) finished third. Chris Stokes returned 78-7-71 to
win the Silver Division of the LGU Medal at Clitheroe GC ahead of Jane Smith (77-4-73) and Sue Cartledge (90-17-73). Prizes in the Bronze Division were
claimed by Karen Stan worth (93-23- 70), Eileen Lambert (97-23-74) and Marian Niven (98-24-74). Ladies’ Invitation Day was won by
Edith Child and .Jean Coward (Stony- hurst) with a score of 93-22.2-70.8. Gael Smith partnered Preston’s
Linda Wharton (91-19.4-71.6) to sec ond place with Marie Finney and Wilpshire’s Alison Armfield (84-12.2- 71.8) in third place. James Jackson won the junior club
championship with a gross 81 while James Kenyon returned 88-19-69 to take the nett prize. William.Tyrell’s progress was high
lighted with second spot ahead of Jacob Foley while William Kenj'on’s nett 77 took the under 12s prize. A junior stableford saw Harry Lam
bert amass 39 points to win by four from WilliamTyrell.
after the break Rimington let it slip.
After dominating the first
half the tables turned on Rimington and the home side equalised on 60 minutes with a bullet header. Rawtenstall then took the lead 10 minutes later from another header which really should have been dealt with. But for the third game in
four this season Rimington dug deep and proved their determination with two goals in the final 15 minutes. Thanks to a couple of inspired substitutions, Rim ington bombarded the Rawtenstall goal before
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McClean drilled hard and low under the keeper.
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for Carter, Dearden and Hall before Walmsley con- 0,, trolled the ball 25 j'ards out and claimed his second of ^ the season by neatly slotting ^ the ball home. This, added to their
impressive 5-0 victory at home to Settle with goals from Threlfall, Lawson, McClean, Walmsley and an own goal, sees the locals in fine form. Man-of-the-match in ■
mid-week was Dan Green while Walmsley took the honour for the weekend
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AS the season reaches its climax Whalley Tennis Club A secured another easy win in the East Lancs Open League. Burnley B were the
team to suffer, with first pairing of Andrew Moore and Danny Roff winning both their matches in s tra ig h t sets, and Gordon Pim- perton and Tom Omerod doing likewise. Indeed, Whalley
dropped only nine games in the afternoons tennis, to secure anoth er five points in the quest to'retain the run ners-up spot in the top division.
Snooker meet
THE annual general meeting of
the
Clitheroe and District Snooker League takes place on Thursday, September 22nd. The meeting takes
place at the Clitheroe Catholic Social Centre and starts at 8 p.m.
Bowls entries
THERE are still a few vacancies for the annu al Floodlight Pairs bowls competition being held at Wadding ton Club on the follow ing nights: Tuesdays September 13th and 20th, Wednesdays 14th and 21st and Thursday September 15th. The entry tee is £8
per pair and all evenings start at 6-45 p.m. with finals night on Thursday, Septem ber 22nd. For further details contact J. Humphries (01200 428207) or the village club (01200 422262).
Teams needed
FOOTBALL teams are wanted for the Lon- gridge Six-a-side Sun day League. 'I’here are a couple of
spaces left in the com petition th a t sees all games played between 5 and 7 p.m. on Sunday evenings at Longridge Sports Centre. - Leagues give teams
one 40-minute game each week on a high quality all-weather sur face. There are two eight-team divisions, catering for all s tan dards. The league is FA-
affiliated, which ensures top local refer ees for all matches. At the end of each
league cycle there is a cup competition, fol lowed by a presentation to the winners and run ners-up in all league and cup competitions, plus golden boots for leading goal sco'rers. If you are interested
in entering, please call Steve or Andy (0161 764 6768, 0161 762 9746 or 07939 213575).
Whalley’s double
honours B cont. from back page
onds they clinched runners- up spot. Captain Da\dd Westwood
received the trophy from league president Arthur Shaw and reflected on the major contributions seen from the whole side over the season. He said: “Everyone who
has represented the seconds this season has played a part in the team gaining promo tion. It is particularly satis fying for everyone at the club that several of our younger players have played a full role in gaining this honour” Jim Blair bowled magnifi
cently throughout the sea son and was the club’s lead ing wicket taker with 70 vic tims. Adam Brown at 15 was the team’s regular wick et keeper, taking 19 catches and two stumpings while Ted Topham’s 127 away at Padiham will always be remembered while 'West- wood also scored some cru cial runs throughout the sea son. However, most encourag
ingly, the contributions from a number of Under 16 play ers with both bat and ball played a part in some very narrow victories, particular ly towards the end of the season. Then on Sunday morning
the Under 16s, captained by Sam Taylor, won their own bit of silverware by defeat ing Baxenden in the final of the Birchall Cup. Having already disposed
of local rivals Clitheroe in the semi-final, Whalley, bat ting first, reached 92-4 after being 3-3 at the end of the third over thanks largely to a man-of-the-match perform ance from George Thomas with an undefeated 33. A good all-round bowling
performance then dismissed Baxenden for 49 with Gareth Pickup being the pick of the bowlers with 3- 11 off his four overs.
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CRICKET LEAGUE TABLES
Senior Division I> W L
Bamoldswick.25 17 5 Settle...........25 17 7 ■Clitheroe.... 25 17 6 GtIIanvooti..25 16 7 ■Padiham....25 12 8 Edenficld___25 12 9 Read............ 25 12 10 Cherrj'Tree..25 12 10 Ba.\enden. . . . 25 9 13 Whalley........25 8 13 Earby...........25 8 14 B'bum N.. . . . 25 5 16 R'dale W.___25 6 17 Ossy Imm.. . . 25 3 19 First Division P W L
N B P 3 18 109 1 22 109 1 IS 108 2 20 104 4 16 87 4 18 86 3 20 86 3 10 76 3 18 69 4 14 62 3 8 54 4 16 49 2 8 42 3 10 31
H’daleW.2...22 17 4 Salesbuiy’ . . . . 22 15 4 BlyBelv.........22 14 6 Read2......... 22 13 8 Stacksteads ..21 13 6 B’burnN.2 ..22 11 10 Clitheroe 2 . . . 21 11 8 ChenyTrce2 22 S 12 Gt Harwood 2 22 8 13 Baxenden2 ..22 5 13 Ossvlmm.2..22 5 14 Earby 2..........22 0 20 Secjuid Division I’ w i
Settle 2.........22 17 4 Whalley2....22 16 3 Padiham2 ...22 17 5 Rolls-Rovce..22 14 7 Edenfield2...22 14 7 BlyGS0B...22 10 10 B’wick2........22 10 11 Stacksteads 2.22 7 13 Salesburj- 2..22 6 13 BlyBelv. 2 . . . 22 6 12 RolIs-Rovce2.22 3 18 BlyGS0B2..22 2 18 Third Division 1‘ \y
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C he rr\'Tre e3 21 16 2 Clitheroe 3 . . . 20 16 2 B 'b u rnN .3 ..2 1 14 4 R'dale W .3 . . .20 8 7 Edenfield 3 . . . 17 9 S e t tle s ......... 18 Read 3 ......... 19 Baxenden 8 . . 21 Earby 3......... 21 PaBiham 3 . . . 20
5
7 7 7 9 8 9 7 11 5 11
B lvB e lv .3 ...2 0 4 13 SalesbuTj’ 3 . . . 20 4 12 B’w ic k 3 ........19
3 12 Ossy Imm. 3 . . 17 4 10
N 1! P 1 22 109 3 20 101 2 18 92 1 IS 85 2 20 84 1 14 71 2 12 71 2 14 58 1 16 58 4 10 43 3 6 37 2 2 6
N II P 1 28 115 3 24 110 0 24 109 1 26 98 1 16 88 2 22 76 1 16 68 2 16 55 3 16 52 3 12 48 1 4 21 2 6 20
N B P 3 28 114 2 20 104 3 26 102 5 14 64 3 10 61 4 16 59 3 16 57 4 8 56 3 14 55 3 12 43 3 16 42 4 14 42 4 12 35 3 8 34
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CLITHEROE had a huge dent put in their Ribbles- dale League title aspira tions on Saturday at home to Read but they bounced back on Sunday against Blackburn Northern to go into the final weekend with a slim chance of still taking the honours. The Read game saw the
Title dream is still alive
Holt also added a late
flurry of 18, as they struck a winning tally th a t Clitheroe couldn’t over come. However the following
Chatburn Road side defeated by 61 runs large ly due to Whalley Road youngster Chris Holt who grabbed figures of 6-46 as Clitheroe crumbled. Chasing 202 for victory,
Clitheroe professional Shahid Nawaz top-scored with just 17 as captain Neil Bolton’s side imploded against last year’s champions Mr Extras was the high
est scorer of the day with 24 for the home side, with Neil Bolton (14), Naeem Ashraf (11), Matthew Coulter (10) and Phil Bishop (12) the only oth ers to enter double figures. That came after Read
had posted 201-8, with Terry Little starring as he cracked an unbeaten 60. He reached his half cen
tury in just 66 deliveries, with six fours and one six, while Nick Marsh fell three short of what would have been another well- deserved 50.
day Clitheroe returned to form and, thanks to what captain Neil Bolton called a miracle. Settle lost at Padiham to leave the title hanging on the final day of the season. Sunday’s game at home
to Blackburn Northern saw Clitheroe claim all seven points and beat their opponents by 45 runs. Having won the toss and
elected to bat, Nawaz top scored with 52 with fur ther great contributions from Matt Coulter (39) Chris Musson (36) and Farouk Butt (21) allowing the locals the luxury of declaring at 204-8. The locals got off to
great s ta r t but the first wicket fell for 66 when Neil Bolton (20) was trapped leg before. However Nawaz kept on going as notable dismissals saw Ashraf spec tacularly caught at deep square leg before Nawaz went to another great catch at 98-4. And when Simon Coul
ter was bowled at 100-5 Clitheroe looked to be in trouble.
Whalley’s double defeat
Thankfully Matt Coul
ter and Musson came to the rescue and put together a stand of 76. Butt and Coul ter then took Clitheroe over the 200 mark and to a point of declaration. The decision paid off as
thanks to the bowling of Butt (3-55), Ashraf (2- 37), Nawaz (2-16) and Farouk Hussain (3-22), Clitheroe restricted their Blackburn visitors to 159 all out in just 39 overs. Blackburn Northern pro
fessional Bhavin Thakkar hit 63 hot out but wickets fell regularly around him as there was hardly anything else of note from the Black burn side. In the field the most
notable instances were Mark Hargreaves’ catch at extra cover to remove Nass er Malik for seven off Hus- sain and Matt Coulter stand-in performance as wicket keeper for his injured brother Simon. He caught Neil Fitzmaurice behind for seven and stumped Danny Fish for four. After that the tail col
lapsed and Clitheroe mopped up seven valuable points to keep them in the chase going into their final game away a t Oswald- twistle Immanuel on Sat urday (1-30 p.m.).
Ryan’s runs in vain for Ribblesdale
RIBBLESDALE 'Wanderers endured double defeat over the penultimate weekend of the Veka Ribblesdale League season. While Sunday saw the Church Meadow side swept
aside by near rivals Read, it was Saturday’s game away at Cherry Tree that had first put them on the wrong foot.
Chatburn in charge
AS the cricket season enters its final throes both of Chatburn’s teams have, ironically, found form. The first team beat
Denholme by 65 runs thanks largely to fine bat ting performances from Mark Braithvvaite (45)', Steve Proctor (49) Stephen Booth (43 not out) and Richard Shovel- ton (32) as the locals post ed an impressive 211-6. In reply Chatburn were
equally as impressive with the ball as Russell Braith- waite (5-42) and Rod Booth (5-45) ripped through Denholme to dis miss the hosts for 146. This fine form continued
in Chatburn seconds’ game as they enjoyed an emphatic 125-run victory over league champions Cononley.
take firs t use of a good batting wicket, and were given an excellent start by openers John Moore and Tom Saunders. The pair pu t on 106
before Saunders was out for 48, while Moore went on to top-score with 73. The runs continued to
flow through John Ashe (29), Andy Lambert (30), and Dave Larkin (16 not out) as Chatburn finished on 237-5. Cononley were never in
with a chance and were bowled out for 112, with Geoff Lambert (5-29) and Paul Shorrock (3-32) the pick of the bowlers. This win kept the team
in third position, but with only one match remaining there is only an outside chance of promotion.
Despite an impressive 87 runs from Ryan Gladwin that included six bound aries and three sixes, plus a further half-century from David Howard (54) which took in five fours and a six, Ribblesdale were still rat tled by a five-wicket defeat. The locals, having won
The locals elected to
the toss and elected to bat, achieved a defendable score of'215-5 in their innings with fur ther decent knocks coming from Gary Hunt (23) and Gerard De Bruin (19 not out). However, they hadn’t
banked on Cherry Tree professional Zahoor Elahi having a stormer of a day and racking up a hefty century of 119 off 111 balls. The Preston Old Road
pro smashed 13 bound aries and four sixes to give the locals problems for most of the afternoon before Terry Braithwaite (1-70) finally had him
removed via the stumping action of wicket keeper Gladwin. A further 47 from Chris
Riley and 22 from Michael Veevers saw the Blackburn side edge ever closer to their required tally and despite De Bruin (2-81) taking the fifth wicket of Marc Burrows (6) Avith the score at 214-5, the Ribbles dale pro could not hold Veevers off for the remain ing two overs as the Cher ry Tree man struck one last four to win the game. Read meanwhile, ha\ring
dispatched Clitheroe the day before, completed the double over Clitheroe oppo sition by adding to Ribbles- dale’s woe on Sunday Even wthout the servic
es of Terry Little and Nick Marsh, the 'Whalley Road side collated 242-5 from their opening 45 overs. Sub-pro Ganesha also weighed in with 63 before he was trapped in front by David Howard, and Michael Whalley top- scored with 82 before he was bowled by Terry Braithwaite. Opener Will Driver was
unlucky to fall just one short of his half-century
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before holing out to Glad win off Liam Gidlovv, while Matt Doughty (17) and Kyle O’Connor (13) also batted well. And th a t huge total
proved more than ample, as they eventually t r i umphed by 25 runs. Gladwin (42) gave the
visitors a solid base from which to build, and after Alistair Marsh (18) was caught Ibw to Ganesha, Martin Briggs picked up the baton. He and Gladwin carried
their side forward, but after both fell, with the skipper being bowled by Ganesha for 60, their hopes virtually went with him. David Howard staged a
brief fight back with 29 before he was dismissed by Will Driver, which was one of five wickets for the Read youngster. Ganesha weighed in
with four as Wanderers were all out for 217, allow ing the full seven points to go to the Whalley Road side. Ribblesdale’s final game
is a t home to Blackburn Northern this Saturday, wickets pitched at 1-30 p
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WHALLEY were caught up in the title race on Sun day as victory for oppo nents Barnoldswick gave them top spot. Saturday’s game against
Padiham ran far from smooth as, despite 60 from professional Phil Thorn ton, Whalley's score of 159-8 seemed too low. And so it proved as both
as Padiham won by five wickets. Whalley saw further
knocks from Lee Kearsley (38) and Ben Dowling (24 not out) but four wickets from Padiham professional Kashif Siddique and two apiece from Umar Sad- dique and Qadeer Ahmed restricted Whalley. In reply Whalley strug
gled for wickets with the first one not coming until 60-1 when Siddique (38) was caught by captain Martin Davies off the bowling of Simon Gorton. David O’Neill and Lee
Burgess both took two wickets but they couldn’t prevent Saddique (51 not out) from'reacKihg'liis "half ■ century, Michael Hawke from hitting 23 and Naveed Ashraf from reach ing 37 to settle the game. The following day
Barnoldswick moved to joint top in the league thanks to a four-wicket win at Station Road. Batting first, Whalley
lost Rain early doors when he was caught and bowled by Kulatunga for nine. Professional Thornton
came in alongside Davies to steady the ship, and were going well until Thornton suffered a simi lar fate to Rain for 18. Alex Whelan (8) fol
lowed soon after, before dis aster struck as Kulatunga ran out Davies for 70. As a result the locals col
lapsed from 129-3 to 141-8, which ultimately restrict ed them to 154-8. Richard Palmer (18) and Simon Gorton (10 not out) were the next highest scorers. In reply Whalley got off
to a good start when Luke Hodgson fell for a duck and Raja Arshad (15) soon followed But Matthew N u tte r
made 34 off just 31 balls and Paul Nutter propelled the Ausitors to victory with an unbeaten 63. At 119-6 the game could
have gone either way, but a missed catch and then a missed stumping handed the initiative to Barlick. And the fact Jon Pickup
(2) and Michael Scothern (2) fell cheaply failed to matter, as Barnoldswick won with almost 10 overs to spare. 'Whalley’s final game of
the 2005 season is away to Edenfield, wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.
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