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www.clitheroetoday.co.uk HURST Green gained
three nut of u possible four trophies, which will go down in the club’s history,
and at the sportsman’s din ner held at the Shireburn Arms, the club raised
jC2,r>(IO. Special thanks went to president Mark
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Chenery and Neale Brown for organising the evening, that saw entertainment from e.v-Liverpool and
Republic of Ireland player Ronnie Whelan and come dian Mike Kelly. '
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HURST Green completed a fantastic double on Sat urday when they added the East Lancashire Premier League title to their Presi dent’s Cup triumph two days earlier. ■The locals crushed Bum-
ley Boys’ Club 8-1 to win the league, following a hard fought 2-1 derby victory over Rimington at Shaw- bridge last Thursday. Add the Re^rves’ lea^e
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title success, and the Green have enjoyed a magnificent campaign.
.. In the Cup Final, the rr>,v
Green were rocked by the loss of regular keeper Steven Young with a frac tured cheekbone, and drafted in his nephew, lead ing scorer Mark Young. Hurst Green controlled the first half and went
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ahead when Danny Walker nodded home a right-wing cross after Rimington’s Graham Kershaw failed to punch the ball clear. Hurst Green’s forward
line, especially man-of-the- match Alan Coar, contin ued to bombard the Rim ington goal, testing Ker shaw with several saves. And but for a goalline
clearance by Rimington’s Paul Keighley to deny Walker, it could have been 2-0 going into the break. Rimington were not
without their chances in the first-half though, with Matt Coulter only denied by the outstretched foot of Young. ' After the break Riming
ton came into their own, and dominated proceedings with some fluid play.
Unfortunately, this con
fidence on the ball didn’t come until after the Green had netted their second from a free kick. • Kershaw parried Andy
Waites’ effort, fired his shot at Kershaw, but only as far as defender Colin Bolton, who gobbled up the rebound. . Terry Braithwaite’s
Rimington came alive with the player-manager on as a substitute, and the Tanger ines pulled a goal back on 58 minutes from a free kick on the edge of the area. Tom O’Neill delivered
the ball into the box, and defender Mark Lawson nodded the ball home. As Rimington pressed
for an equaliser, Lawson struck the post before Dar ryl Mankowski and Paul
Keighley had shots saved by the nimble Young. But time ran out for
Rimington, as Hurst Green’s early dominance ensured them their first sil- venvare of the season. Saturday’s must-win
game against Burnley Boys’ Club, on the other hand, was as one-sided as the scoreline suggests. First halt goals from
Craig Shaw, Alan Goar, Craig Dewhurst and Dan Walker allowed keeper Mark Young to come out of goal and notch another four goals in the second half, to take his season’s tally to a remarkable 48. A special mention must
go to 'manager Neale Brown and his assistant Peter Hayhurst who have guided the side to success.
Wolves stay in hunt for the title Ighten Leigh . Wohes Under 12s Red
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THE Wolves kept their title hopes alive by coming down from two goals down in the last 10 minutes. Trailing 2-0 with 10 minutes left,
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the Wolves seemed to have lost their chance of securing the league title. . However, Eastwood scored, and with prompting from man-of-the- match Bailey, Clarkson and Charl ton both scored from outside the- area to turn the match on its head. The side also strolled through
their game with Barnoldswick Barons, winning 7-0. Clarion scored the only goal of
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B CLITHEROE Dolphins juniors moved inlo second - and a promotion play-offr place - in thc;North West Micro League Second Division with a nail-biting win;V { The Dolphins beat hosts Rosegrovc, Leyland B and
Colne, winning the nine-year-old girls’ freestyle relay, boys’ Under H freestyle, girls’.Under 11 medley and an individual freestyle; courtesy of Bethany Jones. 5 fy s
■;'Luke Tasker enjoyed.a fine win in the Under 11 but-,, terfly, and two wins by Isaac Banki Williamson in the,' Under 10 freestyle and butterfly, coupled with victories , for Felicity Brown and LukFTasker in the Under 11-
freestyle and Emily Pietr/ak in the butterfly.
S5’'Anha'Carey and Jacob
Abrahams.took care of thC: Under ri breaststroke, and a comfortable win for-the!
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'hihe-year-old girls’ medley team, and then four consec utive relay wins in'the Under 10 boys’ freestyle. Under TTgirls’medley. Under 11 boys’ medley and Under,12 girls’, freestyle; pushed the team into first place
the first half, and the Wolves totally controlled the second half.
Meyler scored two and forced an
own goal, while Haworth, Eastwood and Thompson all netted. Harrison was deservedly named man-of-the-match.
Wolves Under 12 Girls ...............8 Haslingden . . ...................... '. . .2
WOLVES showed no signs of end-of- season fatigue as they dominated this match.
Hickling opened the scoring,
before star player McCarthy got her second successive hat-trick. Hasling den pulled two goals back, but the goals kept coming for the locals, with Conlon and Bateman adding their names to the score sheet. • UNDER 13s Accrington League, champions Readstone were denied the double by Belvedere in the cup final.
The locals lost the game bn penal
ties after 'Thomas,Halliwell had given Readstone a half-time lead, only for Belvedere to equalise. Simon Stuttard won the man-of-the-' match accolade.
The Under 14s played three games in 10 days to complete their season.
They beat Rossendale United 4-2
with a brace apiece from Ryan Bramley and man-ot-the-match Oliver Preugsehat.
However, they were beaten 5-3 by
Accrington Stanley, despite goals from Ellis Neary, Jason Young and Michael Graham. Nick Galea was named man-of-the-match.
And the final match of the season
saw a 2-0 defeat by Rossendale Val ley. Preugsehat was named man-of- the-match.
:/ Taking on theTunaway leaders
Lytham YMCA of the Under 14 Girls’ League, Readstone earned a well-deserved 1-1 draw with a late equaliser from player-of-the-match Jade Bolton.
, The previous week the team drew
2-2 with Barnoldswick Barons, cour tesy of goals from Louise Meloy and Chelsea Rinaldi. Bolton was once again named player-of-the-match.
Dog honour players after fine campaign
DOG Inn are due to face Clayton-le-Moors at the Queen Elizabeth II playing fields tonight. Manager Simon Kerins is hoping to be able to field a strong line-up as they look for a top-six finish.
. Meanwhile, ever-present goalkeeper Yasir Patel was last week voted player-of-the-year, while Jamie Enefer and Chris West shared the goal of the season award. Kerins paid tribute to the winners, but thanked all his
players for the contribution they have made to the club's best season to date: "I am delighted for Yasir, Jamie and Chris, they are all worthy winners. , “ However, I think that the team as a whole can pat itself on the back for the progress made this year.".
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'THE mid-vveek Clitheroe and District Cricket League has been reduced to six teams following the withdrawal of two clubs. To make up the short
fall, all the teams will play one another three times.
This week’s results saw
wins for Chipping A and Rimington, while the game between Chipping Ramblers and Low Moor was abandoned. Rimington knocked up
104-2 thanks mainly to an unbeaten half century by Steve Whalley, to overhaul Riversiders 103-8. '
J. Ali scored 50 for Chip
ping A, who rattled up 115-5 before dismissing Calderstones for 70.
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Chipping double
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CHIPPING completed the double over Walmer Bridge in their penulti mate game of the season.
The locals went in front
when Mick Garth’s wicked corner squeezed in at the near post;.
■ The goal lifted Chip ping, and they dominated the rest of the half, dou bling their lead shortly before the break when a seemingly harmless back- pass was completely missed by the goalkeeper, and man of the match Hayhurst scored one of his easiest goals of the season'.
After the break. Chip
ping added a third when some wonderful one touch passing down the left between Malley, Slator,
. Garth and Hayhurst set Hilton clear, a n i although his effort was well saved, Baines followed up to thump home,
To their credit, 'Walmer
Bridge battled to the end and were rewarded with two goals of their own.
The first was a well
struck shot through a sea of legs which flew past keeper Ireland before he could react.
Ireland was unlucky
with the second as the ball trickled into the net despite his best efforts. .
Chipping had an
almighty scare in injury time as the big 'Walmer Bridge striker found him self one-on-one with the keeper.
However, he lifted his
shot over the crossbar and Chipping managed to hold out.
Chipping lie seventh in
the Preston and District Second Division, an excel lent achievement following promotion.
Their last gaihe of the
season is on Saturday, 2-30 p.m. kick-off,-at home to Top Spinners.
Terry’s gold medal win
By Edward Lee
WHALLEY Golf Club members competed in the English Golf Union Gold Medal on Satur day, and once again the weather proved to be a determining factor. Breezy for the morn
ing players, the after noon competitors had to face very windy con ditions. r Terry Pike was the
overall winner with 36 points, with John Hyde taking second place with 34 points. Terry Fildes (33)
took the Division One prize from John Kears- ley(32). It is, perhaps, a meas
ure of the difficulty of the conditions tha t there were only two twos recorded all day - from Jake Chadwick and Roy Ellis. B George Stoddard and Kenny Ward proved to be a winning combina tion at Clitheroe Golf Club - returning 42 to win the Saab Trophy. Four pairings finished-
two shots behind, and after cards Douglas Woodburn and Chris Woiod took second place from Alan Houghton and Dieno George. Peter Harrison and Archie More fin-, ished fourth ahead of Peter Pedder and Paul McGuire. Stoddard had a prof
itable weekend by post ing a nett 69 in Sunday’s VW Trophy and Castle Cup qualifier to earn him third spot in Divi- isonOne. .John Hartley shot 68
to teke the honours by a shot from Antony McGibbon. Hartley wll now go on to represent Clitheroe at the region al finals of the Volkswa gen Masters at Hillside GC in July. Woodburn was
another to better the difficult conditions over the weekend to post a creditable n ett 70 to take Division Two. John Beggs had the
better back nine of the trio disputing second prize mth David Wood- worth and John Green settling the minor places. B Mark Chenery carded a n ett 67 to win the Chairman’s Chalice at Stonyhurst Park after
card play-offs with Keith Wiggins and Mike Tipton. Mark Young’s 74 was
the best gross of the day and he also; won the longest-drive, while A. Townsend picked-up the prize for being near- est-the-pin. B Sheila Cornwell won the silver division of the LGU Medal and ELLGA qualifier at Clitheroe. She carded 87-12-75
to win on a card play-off from Sheila Willis (95- 20-75) with Kath Bolton (96-19-75) in third place. Pat Murray emerged
as a clear ivinner of the bronze division after returning 98-28-70. Pat BRennan (96-21-75) was. runner-up ahead of Gill Farthing (104-28- 76). B Whalley-Ladies also contested the ELLGA qualifier with Anne Pol lard (91-18-73) coming out on top ahead of Jane Boxall (99-25-74), Lorna Slinger (95-20- 75) and Marilyn Bul- cock (108-33-75). B Junior golfers at Clitheroe are finding their true handicaps after a flurry of early- season low returns. Jack Rothwell contin
ues to improve and returned 88-18-70 to take the junior medal by two shots from Jake Foley. Brothers Tyrell, in the shape of Richard and William, also returned nett 72s, but examination of the
' cards gave big brother Richard third place. Sunday’s junior
medal saw William Kenyon triumph with a nett 71, leaving second- placed JameS’Fittpn four shots behind, fl Marsden Park scored an eight-point win when the second round of the Leader-Times Pendle Junior Summer League was played at Whalley. They scored 173
points to finish ahead of the home side (165), Nelson (157), Clitheroe (145), Colne (143) and Ghyll (140). After two rounds Nel
son lead the way with 338 points. Marsden Park and Whalley both have 333, one more than Ghyll. Colne have amassed 317 to date, with Clitheroe on 306.
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WHALLEY Whallcy
M. Davies cArshadb Beech ...11 S. Gorton IbwbKulatunga.— 13 . Thornton c Piekup b Sheraz........ 8 A.
R. Palmer c Scothem b Sheraz. .22 B. Dowling cSeothembArshad .8 N. Fieldenrunout........................ 3
D. O’Neill b Arshad . . . .•.............. 3 S. Taylor not o u t .......................... 0 Extras .................................... 10
Total .................................... I l l Bowling: P. Beech 8-0-19-1;
Kulatunga 10-2-21-1; R. Arshad 8- 2-15-2; S. Sheraz 9.2-1-1G-4; J. Stead
5-0-20-0; J. Pickup 4-1-12-1. Barnoldswick
Kulatunga c O'Neill b Burgess. .20 I .
R. Arshad c Thornton b.Burgess .0 M. Nutter not out .......................41 P. Beech not o u t ...........................38 Extras .............. ........... — , .6
P rattbSheraz........5,
D.Overyb Pickup........................ 9 L. Burgess St Scothemb Sheraz .19
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 12th,2005 63 Agonising defeat
-READ’S ("hopes -of retaining the Ramsbot-;~>
tom.Cup success were.-
•blown away on Saturday.'. •; The shock of the first -
ScothemcO’Neillb'Burgess ..1
round saw' them' crash;*: out at the first hurdle, at: ; home," to Earby. ’ ' .
;v;:j Against a side who had' failed’to pick up a single':;
T b taK fo rS ) . . . . ; .................112 Bowling: B. Dowling 0-2-23-0; L. .
Burgess 10-1-25-3; D. O’Neill 4-1- 10-0; S. Gorton 3-0-13-0; S. Taylor 4.2-1-15-0; N. Kelden 2-0-15-0.
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RIBBLESDALE Cherr>* Tree
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N. ^bbinscibwbLloyd............ . .23 E !^ run out'................................ 100 . G. Riley c Lloyd b ^\^lalley..................1 M. Burrow'S c Lloj’d b Braithwaite.. . .11 A. Robinson run out............................7 L. Kennedy cWhallQ'bLloi*d...........20
A.SudnickbDeBruin.......................16 D. Preston run o u t.............................2 S. Hasan not out................................ 8 Extras .......... ...........................0 Total (for 8 ) .......................... 189 Bowling: DeBruin 10-3-21-2; K.
Lloyd 10-0-43-2; D. Howard 10-3- 33-0; R. Whalley 7-0-41-1; J. Braithwaite 10-0-37-1; M. Briggs 1-
0-10-0.Ribble.sdalc Wanderers
R.GIadtt’inc Robbins b in c e ............ 48 M. Peek and b Robbins.....................4
A. Mai^ b Robbins..........................16 D. Howard b Robbins .......................17 DeBruin llnvbElahi........................38 M. Briggs bSudnick .......................20 R. S.
. Total .................................... 175 Bowling: D. Preston 8-1-17-1; N.
Robbins 10-1-34-2; R. Ince 10-1-2-4- 2; S. Hasan 2-0-17-0; A. Sudnick 8.4-0-37-2; Elahi 9-1-37-2.
READVEARBY Earby
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AyubcEasthambTurner . . . . .7 4 S. Pickles s t O’Connor b Driver .37 R Tilbury c Turner b Rushton . . .2 P. B^tow c Eastham b Driver ,13 S. Hipgrave c Turner b Eastham .8 J. Martin not o u t ...........................8 M. Haines not o u t ........................0 Extras ......................................4 Total (for 6 ) .......................... 22^1 Bowling: Odoyo 10-2-28-0; A.
Rushton 10-2-42-2; W. Eastham 7- 044-1; C. Holt 3-0-26-0; A. Turner 8-148-1; W. Driver 10-1-33-2. Read
N. Marsh c Ayub b H ip ^ v e . . . .0
W.DrivercMunnsbBaistow . . .0
T. Little bR. Cockell...................48 Odoyo c R, Cockell b Hipgrave . .3 M. IVhalley c Baistow b D. Cockell 26
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M. Doughty run o u t .....................5 W. Easthara b R. Cockell.............0 A. Turner c Hipgrave b R. Cockel!4 A. Rushton not out ....................10 K. O’Connor c Tilbury b R. Cockell .......................................... . . .8
C. Holt cMunnsb Pickles...........2 Extras .....................................19 Total.......... : ......................... 125 Bowling: S. Hipgrave 7-2-16-2; P.
Baistow 6-5-6-1; Ayub 104-34-0; R. Cockell 6-1-224; S. Pickles 1.3-14- 1.
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CLITHEROE : ScItlC
K. Hornby Ibwb Bishop................... 14 T. Green c Nawaz b Asnraf......... . .12 Morrisrunout......................... ;....39 S. Hornby run out ............................30 M.
....... 17 Extras . .................................. 14 , HadfieldcllwbDeBruin.........1
: point from their opening i ; leagueJixtures,; th e i r ' decision: to field proved ; fatal as the,Earby bate- ' men put them to the sword. ; In.^cold and blustery-
conditions, that were far-: from suitable for bowlingt and fielding, the visitors’ opening partnership;;: proved the deciding fac-,-: tor of the afternoon. Both Sam Munns and ,;
' 260 iookingrlikely,; the : ■home side managed ;tO ' . restrict Earby. to ju s t 224-6, as the visitors tried to hard to force the. pace of the game. „ In reply,! 'Read’s' innings began, disas- .tro'usly as both openers; fell without troubling the.: scorers. . Finding it difficult to score against the accura cy of Stephen Hipgrave
-and .Baistow, .March; holed out to Ayub off the; former, while Driver
. found Munns off the lat-; ter. ■
Baistow conceded ■ just;
LoydbEl^i .............1 Ke^cIncebSudnick .4
J. Braithwaite b Preston .....................8 M. Pratt run out.................................2 R.
WTi^eynotout..........3
professional Mohammed Ayub took advantage of, some poor Read bowling, .' which included many full ■ tosses and short-pitched. balls. '' ‘ : And that enabled the pair, to smash eight sixes; andd4 fours in their i opening stand of :144, : before both fell in quick;;
succession. 1
. Munns made 78 before j
he was caught by East-i ham 6ff: Andrew Rushf;
MunnscEasthambRushton .78
'ton; while'Ayub founds the same pair, of hands' off (Andrew Turner for; 74.
Baul Tilbury made;
just two before ^ he became Rushton’s sec-;; ond victim, holing.out to | Turner. . - v But it was 16-yearrold:;
William Driver who was the; pick of
the.bowlers, bowling his off-spin with , great accuracy despite) being troubled with a; shoulder injurj"-. . ' , •(' He; removed: -both; Simon' Pickles, .who,
^smashed:37;in just 50,: balls' before he" was stumped by Kyle O’,Con-; nor; andPeteBaistow,: who made 13.' ' : ‘ And despite a score ,oL
J CHATBURN Cricket
Club enjoyed a five-wick et win over Sandy Lane on Saturday. The top order batsmen
Verdenc Nawaz b Hussain.......11
ERidgeis'zvcAshrafbHuss^ . . . . . . .4 A. Davidson st Coulter b Hussain ....13 • R. Preston run o u t
T. Davidson not out...........................2 Extras .....................................33 Total .....................................251 Bowling: S. Bishop 8-0-35-1; F.
Hussain 10-146-3; N. Ashraf 10-0- 71-1; Nawaz 10-1-39-0; M. Bolton 10-146-0.
Clilhcroc - .
S. Coulter c Worthington b A. Bowler .24 N. Bolton b Hornby. . . ; .................... .7 M. Bolton c Ridgeway b A. Davidson . .3 Nawaz Ibw b A. Davidson....................2 C. Musson c Hughes b Hornby.............0 N. Ashraf c Green b Hughes..............14 P.Dibbc^ Hornby b Morris. . . . . . . . . .1 P. Bishop not out..............................20 M. Coulter run out.........0 S. Bishop c Preston b Hughes.............. 6 ■ F. Hussain c Preston b T. Davidson . . .29 Extras ................
Total ........ ..............................87 . Bowling: P. Ridgeway 2-1-6-0; S.
I lomby 10-0-22-3; A. Davidson 7-1- 10-2; J. Hughes 6-1-23-2; Morris 3- 0-11-1; T. Davidson 1.2-0-^l.
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again carried the victory, backed up by a fine bowl ing display from Stephen Booth, who took 5-50. Russell Braithwaite
and Rod Booth also took two wickets apiece. Sandy Lane won the
toss and were removed for 125, before Chatburn cruised home thanks to an undefeated 38 from Jamie Hoperoft and 35 for opener Steve Procter. Further knocks of 17
from Doug 'Wardle and 20 from Steven Booth, not out, completed the effort.:
six runs in his six overs,; and after Read paid man; Thomas Odoyo had gone for three, -Read were floundering on 25-3 after. 15 overs. - . This put pressure on the later batsmen, who
. contrived to be run out taking ill-judged singles, as Matthew Doughty
. found out to his cost, or to , be caught out attempting even more ill-judged big hits. But the exception to
; this":was ;Terry Little,; ; who' although found i t
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hard.to drive on a rain-; ■; affected wicket; played :' some: trademark sweeps 'behind square scoring 48 in 69 balls. -■ However, he was sur-
V prisingly clean-bowled by a well-pitched up ball ■ from Rob Cockell, as the
- innings continued to fal ter.
; Only Rushton. (10) made double figures of the latter order, as the
V home side crashed to 125 all out and a 99-run
a defeat in just over 36 overs. And they will hope for
■ better this week; when th e y '
;;;Barnoldswick on:Satur- i ;■ day, before entertaining Greenmount in the LCB Cup on Sunday.
travel to ' - Chatburn Seconds
earned their first 'detory of the season with a 15- run success over Sandy Lane Seconds. The locals batted first
on a difficult wicket and scored 80, with Paul Shorrock the major run scorer with 17 not out.
There were also useful
contributions from Mark Brathwaite (15), John Reynolds (10) and Geoff Lambert (10). In reply, Sandy Lane
had no answer ' to Shorrock who finished with 7-27. The other wicket taker was Lam bert with 3-31. The bowlers were
backed up by a fine field ing performance.
RIBBLESDALE 'Wander ers crashed out of the Castlemaine XXXX Ramsbottom Cup on Sat urday with an agonising 14-run defeat at Cherry Tree. The locals took to the
field after mnning the toss, and had the perfect start after an hour was lost to rain.
Professional Gerard De
Bruin bowled with good pace, and earned an early breakthrough when he trapped opener Hadfield leg before at eight.
Robert Lloyd struggled
to find any rhythm, bowl ing into a heavy wind, and was quickly replaced by David Howard, who set tled into his usual accurate line and length.
Nigel Robbins was the
next man to go, wonderful ly deceived by a slower bowl from Lloyd, who had swapped ends. The score after 13 overs had reached 37-2. Cherry Tree paid man Zahoor Elahi was looking
in commanding form and was particularly brutal on any ball slightly off line, finding the boundary with regularity to keep the scoreboard moving nicely.
But Rick Whalley,
despite also struggling with the stiff breeze, manage to pick up the wicket of keep er Chris Riley. ■Various bowling changes
from Wanderers skipper Martin Briggs paid divi dends as wickets fell steadi ly, although Elahi was qui etly going about his busi ness, rotating the strike and punishing bad balls. The score had reached
■ being well caught by'Whal ley running in from long on, the pair adding 43 in nine overs. Elahi was involved in an
89-5 when Craig Kennedy came to the crease, and he gave good support to Elahi, making 20 before
early run out for his team, but completed his century in the closing overs before finally being run out him self after good fielding from
De Bruin. Cherry Tree finally
closed on 188-8 after 48 overs, with both De Bruin and Howard pleased with their bowling returns.
In reply, Ribblesdale lost
opener Martin Peel after he had made just tour, and with the score on 10, Alis tair Marsh joined other Ryan Gladwin and the pair looked comfortable as the opening bowlers were seen oft.
The score had reached 55
in the 18th over when Marsh was dismissed tor 16. Howard then entered the arena, giving good sup port to Gladwin. The pair had added 37
when Gladwin fell just two short of a much-deserved half century. De Bruin then strode to
the crease with intent and looked in good touch as he set about increasing the scoring rate, but soon lost Howard (17), who was bowled by Robbins, which brought the home team back into the contest with
the score poised on 112 in the 34th over. Skipper Briggs then
joined the paid man, who was finding the boundary with ease. The game was edging ?*'
towards an away win before De Bruin was adjudged leg before after he had made a brisk 38 from just 33 balls. Lloyd didn’t last long,
and at this stage the score had reached 146-6 in the 41st over. Stephen Kerr backed up his skipper by occupying the crease and scampering some good sin gles, but Briggs was bowled after he had made a run-a- ball 20, and it was left to the Ribblesdale tail to try and pull their team closer to the target. Unfortunately it proved
all in vain as Ribblesdale were eventually all out for 175, just 14 short of -ricto-
ry. Ribblesdale play Baxen-
den at home this Saturday and will be looking to get back to winning ways.
Whalley dumped out
■WHALLEY tell at the first hurdle in the Castlemaine XXXX Ramsbot tom Cup on Saturday. But they could feel hard done to,
after making a sensational start to Bamoldswick’s reply.
, Matthew Nutter and Paul Beech
were the heroes for the home side, as they steered the 'Victory Park outfit to a win from the brink of collapse. After skittling the -visitors for 111,
opening pair Jeevantha Kulatunga and Ian Scothern were restricted in their run-making. Ben Dowling and Liam Burgess
began well in the Whalley attack, restricting the pair to just 19 from the opening eight overs. When David O’Neill was brought
on to replace Dowling, he secured a maiden before Scothern holed out to O’Neill off Burgess’s next over for a
single. And two overs later, it got better
for Whalley, as first Kulatunga (26) and then Raja Arshad (0) fell in suc cessive deliveries. . Burgess was denied a hat-trick
when Nutter defended his guard, but at this point the home side were on the rack at 27-3. But Nutter, alongside Beech, soon steadied the ship as they laid the
foundations for victory. Bowling changes came and went
as they brushed aside the Whalley attack with ease. • Nutter smashed five fours and a
six on his way to a 48-ball knock of 41, while Beech hit 38 off 59 deliver ies including four fours and one max imum hit. And it was the latter who ulti
mately hit the winning boundary, caressing Sam Taylor for four on the second ball of the 30th over. The pair had put on 85 for the
fourth wicket, and rescued their side from a possible collapse to book a quarter-final slot against Baxenden. But earlier in the afternoon, it was
Sid Sheraz who did the damage as he picked up a four-wicket haul. With Whalley skipper Martin
Davies electing to bat after winning the toss, he and Simon Gorton set about posting a decent total. But the pair put on just 24 before
they were separated, as Gorton was trapped leg before to Kulatunga for 13.
That.first wicket came with the
final ball of the 12th over, and just two balls into the next. Beech had Davies caught by Arshad for 11. Whalley paid man Phil Thornton
made just eight before he found the safe hands of Barnoldswick captain Jon Pickup, before Andy Pratt was clean-bowled for five, both off Sher az.
Arshad grabbed his first .victim of
the afternoon when he forced Dowl ing to edge through to wicket keeper Scothem, before Nutter produced a superb piece of fielding to run out Nick Fielden for three. Wickets continued to tumble, but
Richard Palmer was keeping hopes of a decent total alive ivith a patient knock. However, those hopes soon evapo
rated when Palmer returned to the pavilion for 22, snicking Sheraz through to Scothem. Burgess made a brief attempt to
add runs, but after Arshad had bowled O’Neill in the penultimate over, Burgess followed in the next to wrap up the innings after he was stumped by Scothern. And their total of 111 proved to be
not enough, as Barnoldswick can tered to a seven-wicket success. - ' The locals will hope for better
when they entertain Cherry Tree in the league tomorrow, wickets pitched 2 p.m.
Glitheroe ‘annihilated’ by Settle
.CLITHEROE were “annihilated” by Settle on Sunday in the first round of the Ramsbottom Cup as their Yorkshire oppo nents recorded a 164-run ■victory. The Marshfield had
lived up to its name on Saturday, and the wet weather also prevented the game from starting on time the next day. Clitheroe captain Neil
■ Bolton won the toss and put Settle in to bat first on what was thought to be an
excellent bowler’s track. But how wrong he was. Clitheroe .started rea
sonable well with the removal of Keith Hornby (14) and Tim Green (12) for 30-2, before a brief shower interrupted their stroke. ■Settle then came out a
totally different side and blasted the locals all over the field. ■ r
. Settle paid man Robin Morris recorded a solid 39 before he was eventually run out, and an undefeat
ed Stuart Hornby struck a fantastic 115 to leave Clitheroe with the impos sible task of playing catch up.
The pair ran extremely
well before further cameos plus 33 extras effectively gave Settle entry to the second round before Clitheroe’s innings had got underway. However, Farooq Hus
sain, one of four second team players dratted in due to work commitments, was outstanding as he
took 3-46 ,cementing his place in the first team for Saturday’s game against Earby. ' In reply, Clitheroe quickly perished, going all out for the big shots in the vain attempt of turning over Settle’s 251 total, and 3k' they faltered for just 87. This Saturday, Clitheroe
face Earby at home, wick ets pitched at 2 p.m., before Bolton eagerly anticipates taking on Set- ^ , tie in the league the follow ing Saturday.
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