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Rugby teams ready!


PREPARATIONS are in full swing at Little- moor, where Clitheroe Rugby Club’s senior teams are almost ready to kick off the new campaign. It's all change at the


helm, where skipper Dave Watson steps down after three sea­ sons, and is replaced by young powerhouse prop Ben Graves. Although still a


greenhorn a t leading the side, he has proved a popular choice during the pre-season build-up. He is comforted by


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the fact that Clitheroe have retained the majority of last season’s squad, which showed a useful blend of youth and experience. As a bonus, a number


of new faces have been training with the squad and hope to be signed up imminently. In the second team,


CHAMPIONS-elect Clitheroe came very close to slipping up at Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Sat­ urday, on what captain Neil Bolton described as a track unfit for senior league cricket. The game eventually reaped


Champs-elect avoid slip up in title chase


hindered the unaccustomed Clitheroe bowling attack and reduced the locals' reply to a whimpering performance. Farouk Butt, who joint top-


maximum points, maintaining the Chatburn Road side's 14- point lead over Veka Ribblesdale League challengers Padiham. But the uneven track and the


or the Cavaliers as they are known, hooker Dan Jefferson continues at the tUler. With so many new


Immanuel bowlers forced the locals to hold on for a two-wicket victory. The uncertainty of not know­


ing where the ball would fly up aided Ossie professional Ahmer Saeed and Kurt Smithson, but


faces at the club, selec­ tion will be interesting for both teams. The first team bepn


scored with 27 not out, and Mark Proctor (six not out) limped over the line to finish on 123-8, just overhauling Oswaldtwistle's 121 all out. Peter Dibb was the other


Clitheroe player to make 27, and Danny (jlover (17), Naeem Ashraf (16) and professional Shahid Nawaz (13) were the few others to attain double figures as Bolton's men ground out victory. The Clitheroe skipper, mean­ while, went for a duck as one of


with a tough home fix­ ture in the Lancashire Plate against St Helens-based West Park Warriors, on August 19th (3 p.m.) It's no let up the fol­


lowing week, when an exacting trip to Chor- ley awaits, in their opening North Lancs ISvo league match. This season, thanks


to some bizarre organi­ sation from the RFU, all clubs in this league play each other three tinaes, providing a fuller than usual fixture list. The Cavaliers s ta r t


their campaign in the Miller Homes League Five North against old rivals Garstang on Sep­ tember 2nd. This is only the Cav­


Double collapse sees Whalley lose narrowly


WHALLEY threw away what would have been a superb win at high-flying Padiham on Sat­ urday. The locals suffered two col­


lapses at key points in the innings to lose out by 15 runs. And it was a five-wicket haul


from home bowler Naveed Ashraf that did the damage. He picked up figures of 5-39,


as Whalley were skittled for 167 in reply to Padiham’s 182- 9.


Ashraf and paid man Kashif


aliers’ second season of league rugby, and after finding their feet in the more competitive world of week in, week out league fixtures, they should be aiming at a top five finish. With clubhouse and


every Tuesday at Lit- tlemoor a t 7-15 p.m. where new amd old faces alike, are most wel come.


changing facilities as good as any in the area, and the pitch looking in top nick, it's all systems go for the maroon and golds. Training continues


Siddique helped destroy Whal- ley’s tail-end to keep the points at the Arbories. Defending their first innings


total, it seemed like Whalley were coasting to victory. At 145-5, and with Richard


Palmer and Alex Whelan in the middle, the momentum was very much with the Sta­ tion Road outfit. But when Siddique trapped


Whelan leg before for 11, the pendulum began to swing in Padiham’s favour. Stephen Booth did come in


to help take the score to 158, and even when he was run out for nine, Whalley still only needed 25 with three wickets intact, and Palmer unbeaten at one end. However, Palmer could do


nothing as he was left strand­ ed, watching all his remaining partners skittled as his side were bowled out for 167. Simon Gorton found Umar


Saddique off Ashraf, who also trapped Nicky Byrne Ibw, ■ while in between times, David O’Neill handed a return catch to Siddique for one. And all that after Martin


Davies and Bradman Ediri- weera had put on 87 for the first wicket, before both were out without another run being added. The visitors crumbled from


87 without loss to 89-4, and from then on, Padiham never looked back. Earlier in the day, Liam


Anderson (34), Michael Hawke (31) and Anthony Hall (39) were the mainstays of the Padiham innings. The home side looked in


trouble at 31-3, with profes­ sional Siddique only making six, but the middle order stead­ ied the ship to steer Padiham to a respectable total. But it turned out to be more


than respectable, and Whalley will hope for better on Satur­ day when they host Ribbles­ dale Wanderers (wickets pitched 1-30 p.m.).


Saeed's 5-33. Oswaldtwistle's innings had


offered up a few more big hits, one at least, in Saeed making 48 before succumbing to a Mark Hargreaves catch off Ashraf. But apart from Gerard Met­


calf (12), Anthony Dignan (12) and Gareth Thom (10) the home side struggled for runs, too, as both Josh Marquet (3-44) and Mark Hargreaves (3-9) took


- three wickets apiece, and Farouk Butt (2-39) and Naeem Ashraf (2-25) reaped two each to take the bonus points. Now all attention turns to this


Saturday's pivotal home game against second placed Padiham,


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on the verge MATHEMATICALLY, only Waggon and Horses can prevent Rimington retaining their Clitheroe j and Dis tr ic t Midweek Cricket League title, with two games to go. Waggon beat Low Moor


by eight wickets, and lie six points adrift, after Rimington swamped bot- < tom club Chipping Ram­ blers by 54 runs. Elsewhere, Sabden beat


Farouk Butt


which could see Bolton's men strengthen their lead even further. Six games would be left to play


after that and the Clitheroe skipper is looking to that historic treble. Bolton said: "If we can beat


Padiham, that would conceiv­ ably put us 21 points clear, and at this stage of the season that would take some catching. "Plus the second team are cur­


rently marching up the table, and what with the cup victories, it would be fantastic if we could win both league titles too." Saturday's game at Chatburn


Road sees wickets pitched at 1- 30 p.m., while the second team are at Salesbury.


Strong line up turns in poor batting display


RIBBLESDALE Wanderers had one of their strongest bat­ ting line ups in action at Settle on Saturday, but a distinct lack of application made for one of the club's worst batting perform­ ances this season. Disappointment is an under­


statement. The fact th a t the Church


Meadow outfit were bowled out inside 27.4 overs left captain Martin Briggs deeply perturbed, and if they are to be a top six side he insists a vast improvement is needed over the next seven games. Contracted professional Joe


Scuderi was again missing from the line up, calling for a sub pro­ fessional named Pervez being called into the side. His efforts were the best with


the ball as he returned 3-76 in the f irs t innings th a t saw Settle attain a grand total of 230-5, thanks in the main to Stuart Hornby's 105 knock. Settle professional Sajith Fer­


nando didn't help matters for the visitors either as he struck 71 runs before both were eventually felled by Wanderers' stand-in paid man, by which point most of the damage had been done. In reply, Ribblesdale failed


Calderstones by just two runs, but the hospital side still have a chance of fin­ ishing runners-up. Sabden made 101-4,


after Paul Barry took two early wickets, with John Hargreaves (33 retired) linking up with Bill Thatcher (29) in a fruitful partnership that rescued the innings. A late flourish from


WILL Driver (above) and Stonyhurst cricketers at the West Vancouver Crick­ et Club (below, s)


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Graham Bettess took the score to 101-4. In reply, Ian Davies


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THIS season has been all about Will Driver as the Read teenag­ er has taken the Veka Ribbles­ dale League by storm. And on Saturday, he achieved


the milestone his all-round play has merited. Driver’s knock of 89 against


Blackburn Northern cemented his place as the new amateur bat­ ting record holder at Whalley Road. And it is a feat th a t he has


fully deserved. Before play started. Driver


needed 52 to equal Terry Little’s previous landmark of exactly 800 runs, set back in 2003. And his relief at clocking up


his 52nd run of the day was clear for all to see, as he was given a


Driver rewrites record books


standing ovation by the home faithful. Driver has rattled up three cen­


turies so far this campaign, but all three have come in games where his side have been defeated. However, his party was not to


be spoiled this time, as Read can­ tered to a 146-run victory. The early losses of Michael


Whalley (8) and Kyle O’Connor (16) hampered Read’s progress. Professional Dodda Ganesh


steadied proceedings alongside Driver, making 28 before he was caught by Roy Townsend off Abdul Bisoodwall. And Matt Doughty also got


in, cracking 30 before he was cas­ tled by Ahmed Patel for 30. But the day belonged to Dri­


ver, who brought up his half-cen­ tury off 68 balls with 11 fours, and didn’t make the crowd wait too long before they were on their feet again. Chris Holt (14) and Sam Mar­


shall (34) did help take the score past 200 for the eighth wicket, with Marshall smashing five fours and one six in his quickfire knock off just 23 deliveries. I t was always going to be


tough for the visitors, and once opener Danny Lord fell for three, the wickets kept tumbling. Bisoodwal was caught by


Whalley off Frank Barden for three, the first of a five-wicket haul for Barden. He also removed Arshad, caught by Doughty for seven.


before Patel was sensationally run out by Kyle O’Connor for a duck. Barden then added the wickets


of professional Nasir Iqbal (1), Chris Chambers (2) and Nasser Malik (9), to leave Northern reeling at 49-7. Isaak Bhojani (17) did help


add some respectability along­ side opener Hussain, until the latter’s resistance finally came to an end when he had made 23. Malik came in and made 13,


before Warren Eastham took the final wicket of Bhojani to wrap up a dominant win. Read will hope for more of the


same on Saturday when they enter­ tain Oswaldtwistle Immanuel (wickets pitched 1-30 p.m.).


claimed 3-11 to put Sab­ den in the driving seat, and it all came down to the last over, with seven required, and Bettess to bowl. When the second ball of


Isil'SiESn


the over was dispatched for four, it looked all over, but Bettess held his nerve and didn't concede anoth­ er run as Sabden ran out winners. The game between


Chipping A and St James’ Church was abandoned. On Sunday, Sabden


travelled to Stonyhurst College to face Hurst Green, only to suffer defeat. Hargreaves won the toss


and elected to bat, and Sabden s ta r ted in fine style, with next-door neighbours Bettess and Bill Thatcher caressing the ball around the field. When the score had


reached 27, disaster struck as a drive from Thatcher was deflected by the bowler on to the stumps and Bettess was left high and dry. From this point the


Martin Briggs


top score of 18 from Craig Hall summed up the afternoon for the visitors. Pervez proved that he was no


batting professional as he went the way of the pavilion for just three, with Barry Spencer (18) Stephen Kerr (17) and Martin Peel (12) the only'players to score anything of note. Stuart Hornby was the main


wicket taker with 5-29 while Fer­ nando returned 3-22 to see Settle tie up an easy 127 run victory. However, Ribblesdale will look


miserably in getting anywhere near Settle's opening effort as a


to bounce back in this Saturday's all-Ribble Valley tie when Whal­ ley travel to Church Meadow, wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.


innings nosedived, despite 24 from Ian Davies, as the innings closed at 92 all out. In reply, Hurst Green


Canadian adventure


CRICKETERS from Stonyhurst have enjoyed an action-packed tour of Canada’s Vancouver and Victoria, with plenty of sightseeing inbetween hard-fought games. Their game against a


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adjudged Ibw for 25, and David Kumar came to the crease. Matt got stuck in the


British Columbia Under 18 XI, less than 24 hours after landing, was always going to be a serious test. With all tour members


early forties for some time before finally reaching his 50, and then mistiming a pull and top edging to square leg for 51. David batted extremely


still feeling the effects of the previous day’s extend­ ed travelling, coupled with the punishing heat, it was a real challenge. Having lost the toss, the


Chatburn suffer a rare defeat


CHATBURN suffered their third home defeat of the season to a strong Glus- burn, and are now joint leaders of the Craven League Third Division. After winning the toss,


the locals elected to bat and moved to 32 off 10 overs. However, four quick


wickets fell for only 17 runs, with only David Price showing much resistance with 30 as the home side struggled to 132-9.


were soon in trouble as Hargreaves and Ian Davies took three wickets in the f irst two overs. Addicott (45) then dug in for Hurst Green and, along with Edmondson, steadied the ship. Karl Shipston’s accura­


cy soon paid dividends as he picked up the wicket of Addicot and give Hurst Green the jitters at 88-7. But the Stonyhurst side


held the ir nerve and clinched a three-wicket victory. Shipston finished with 3-10 and Hargreaves 3-26.


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in reply, in 20 overs, when their first wicket fell, and wickets started to tumble. But the visitors scraped


Glusburn had reached 45


home in the 45th over with two wickets in hand. Andrew Booth was the


pick of the bowlers with Wr wickets in seven overs. Chatburn seconds! pro­


motion hopes were virtual­ ly extinguished with two weekend defeats. On Saturday, against


leaders Long Lee, Chatbum batted first on a fiery wick­ et, with only Geoff Lam­ bert (34), John Moore (16) and Henry Kay (12) reach­ ing double figures as the locals were bowled out for 106. Long Lee had no difficul­


ty reaching the target, for the loss of just one wicket. Chris Mulhearn took the


only scalp to return 1-33. On Sunday, Chatburn took on Eldwick and


Gilstead, who batted first and scored 161. Lambert (4-40) and Mul­


hearn (3-37) were the pick of the bowlers. In reply, Chatburn fin­


ished short on 152, with Ben Threlfall top-scoring with 29. Tom Eglin (23), Paul


Woodworth (20), Moore (18), Ben Frankland (18) and Lambert (18) also chipped in, but to no avail.


accurate in line and length, asking questions of both batsmen. The scoreboard ticked


opposition put Stonyhurst in to bat, and Matt Wild and William Marsden, of Pendleton, confidently opened the batting in front of a spectacular backdrop. The bowling was tight,


over as both Matt and William got to grips with the artificial wicket. The outfield was slower


well, proving just what a quality batsman he is as he rattled up a quick 45. With Matt’s dismissal


coming with only eight overs left, the remaining batsmen had no time to settle and were unsurpris­ ingly dismissed for low scores, pushing hard to set a defendable total. Stonyhurst ended up on


Narrow win for


Whalley


WHALLEY B won at Feniscowles B on Satur­ day by the narrowest of margins in the East Lancashire .Open Ten­ nis League Second Division. A warm and humid


afternoon saw some close sets; and some good tennis played. , Whalley’s. first pair,


Andrew Gtiyes and Peter Heyes, very near­ ly took the first set, but lost out in the tie break after failing to convert set points. They continued to


play well, but lost both matches in s traight sets. The second pair,


father and son Gordon and Adam Pimperton, fared much better, and won both their matches in straight sets, though each one was closely contested. This left the match


tied at two rubbers all, but the extra point went to Whalley by virtue of having won more games. The previous week,


Whalley’s Mixed A team enjoyed a compre­ hensive victory over Blackburn Northern A. Cathy Holmes and


to be the key if Stonyhurst were to secure an opening win, and Nick Bury held on to a catch at mid-wick­ et off Brendan Knight to dismiss the opposition’s dangerous left-handed opener. Matt Wild also took a


190-6 off 50 overs. Tight fielding was going


than they were used to at Stonyhurst, so they had to run hard for every run. The score got to 75 before William- was


Trio of wins for Wanderers juniors


THERE were wins for Rib­ blesdale Wanderers’ Under 18s, 15s and 13s last week. But the Under 18s and


15s also suffered defeat. The Under 18s beat Whalley thanks to a score of 104-4, with Clarkson (20) and Andrew Hartley (33) top-scoring. N. Byrne took 3-27 for


Whalley. In reply, the Station


Road outfit scored 103-7. D. Fitzhenry scored 20, as Jamie Dickinson took 4-19 for the winners.


The Under 18s lost to Baxenden though, having scored 94-9 thanks to Mar­ cus Pratt (18), John Reynolds (25) and Andrew Hartley (18). S. Lynch claimed 3-7 for


Baxenden before the Back Lane outfit replied with 98- 5.


Baxenden with 30, as Hart­ ley took 2-13. Meanwhile, the Under


T. Bulcock top-scored for


15s enjoyed success against Barnoldswick having lost earlier in the week to


locals made 142-8 in reply to Bamoldswick's 139-5. Hemy Kay took 2-18 for as


Clitheroe. The Church Meadow


Ribblesdale


Barnoldswick's J. Nunn, bagged 30 runs, with fur­ ther contributions by M. Blackwell (25) and J. Wig- gans (25). However, Ribblesdale


fired back through Jo Hop­ kins (31), Kay (29), Char­ lie Collinge (2l) and Andrew Hutchins (20). J. Butler took 3-8 for


Clitheroe came after Wan­ derers had posted 113-7, only to be surpassed by the Chatburn Road side's 116- 3 reply. W. Khan (28), A. Khan


Barnoldswick. The Under 15s' defeat to


(17) and J. Hopkins all got on the scoresheet as Clitheroe's Jack Dewhurst reaped 3-22. But Le Breton scored 26,


Dewhurst 31 and A. Robin­ son 25 as Clitheroe ran out winners. Ribblesdale’s Under 13s


Richard Lambert bat­ tled to a 7-5, 6-4 result against a tricky Black­ burn first pair, before whitewashing the sec­ ond pair 6-0,6-0. Karen Farnhill and


catch off David Kumar for the second wicket to leave the opposition on 56-2 off 20 overs. A combination of tired­


Gordon Pimperton also comfortably beat the second pair, but dropped a set against the first pairing, leaving Whalley comfortable 8- 1 winners. Whalley B beat a


scored 127-4 to beat Baxen- den's 101-4, thanks to Michael Clarkson (35), S. Khan (21) and J. Hopkins (18). But the Under 11s went


down to Clitheroe. The Chatburn Road


youngsters posted 137-2 through M. Ashworth (29), G. Drake (27) and H. Gra­ ham (19), before Ribbles­ dale fell short on 66-7. Dominic Ashton top-scored for the side with 12 runs.


ness and the merciless con­ ditions then rendered the Stonyhurst fielding lethar­ gic, and catches that they would normally expect to take were dropped. The game was very deli­


strong Crow Wood B side 4-1. A combination of


cately balanced, and in a. water break, a short sharp pep talk from Mr Kaaber exhorted the team to refo­ cus, concentrate fully and dig deep for the" final 17 overs. To their credit, the team


took this on to a man, and, despite the occasional loose over, they managed to hang on and restrict the BC team to 185-9 to secure a tight but worthy five-run victory.


serving and fine volley­ ing enabled Gordon Pimperton and John Leitherd to win both their rubbers in straight sets, while Cathy, Holmes and Paul Jenk­ ins fought out a marathon three-set match only to lose nar­ rowly in the third after both sides had played some fine tennis. The latter pair also


had a lengthy three-set­ ter against the Crow Wood number one pair, but this time they man­ aged to win.


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