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1972-73

1972-73 Lancashire Combination

Back Row: Keith Windle, Andrew Breckell, Jim Howley, Benny Newell.
Front Row: Mel Widdup, Tony Farrell, Stuart Illingworth, Alan Davies, Graham Bisby, Tommy Beard, Don Bramley, Davis Baron, Davis Hinksman.

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 12 A Darwen D 1-1 ---- Smith.
  15 A Great Harwood Reserves       (Combination Cup Qual) W 3-0 ---- Davies, Bisby, (Own Goal).
  19 A Great Harwood Reserves W 4-3 ---- Smith (2), Illingworth (2).
  23 H Dukinfield Town W 3-1 289 Davies, Smith (2).
  26 A Ashton Town                                (Combination Cup R1) W 2-1 ---- Baron, Smith.
  29 A Blackpool Mechanics D 1-1 ---- Smith.
Sept 2 H Maghull W 3-1 222 Baron, Illingworth, McDowell.
  4 N Lomond                                     D 1-1 ----- Illingworth.      (Played at New Brighton)
  10 A St Helens Town           (George Watson Trophy 1st Leg) L 0-2 -----  
  16 H Darwen                                          (FA Cup 1st Qualifying) D 1-1 287 Davies.
  19 A Darwen                             (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Replay) W 4-2 ----- Davies (2), Smith, Illingworth.
  23 H Lomond W 4-0 188 Baron, Davies, Smith, Illingworth.
  24 H St Helens Town          (George Watson Trophy 2nd Leg) L 1-3 ----- Davies.
  30 H Boldon Colliery                       (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying) D 2-2 358 Howley, Smith.
Oct 4 A Boldon Colliery         (FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Replay) W 4-1 400 Smith (2), Widdup (2).
  7 H Runcorn                                       (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying) D 1-1 667 Bisby.
  9 A Runcorn                          (FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Replay) L 1-2 1407 Davies.
  14 H Bacup Borough                            (Combination Cup R 2) W 3-2 357 Davies, Illingworth, Widdup.
  28 A Bacup Borough                      (FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying) W 4-2 ----- Smith, McDowell, Illingworth, (Own Goal).
Nov 11 H Blaenau Ffestiniog                (FA Trophy 3rd Qualifying) W 1-0 401 McDowell.
  22 A Nelson W 2-1 ----- Ashworth, (Own Goal).
  4 A St Helens Town W 3-2 ----- Davies, Widdup, McDowell.
  18 H Wigan Rovers L 2-3 191 Howley, Baron.
Dec 2 A Grantham                                                    (FA Trophy R1) L 0-2 -----  
  25 H Darwen                                   (Lancashire Junior Cup R1) L 2-6 ----- Illingworth, Howley.
  9 H Leyland Motors W 5-1 108 Davies (2), Widdup, McDowell.
  23 H Ford Motors W 1-0 151 Illingworth (pen).
  26 H St Helens Town D 0-0 228  
Jan 30 A Bacup Borough L 0-2 -----  
Feb 13 H Bacup Borough D 0-0 222  
  27 H Clitheroe W 5-2 241 Howley, Davies, Smith, McDowell (2).
  3 H Darwen W 3-2 300 Davies, Smith, McDowell.
  10 A Maghull L 0-1 -----  
  17 A Dukinfield Town W 2-0 ----- Wilcox, Smith.
Mar 18 A Leyland Motors W 4-2 ----- McCrae, Smith (2), Wilcox.
  4 N Nelson                                               D 2-2 708 Smith, McDowell.                                                    (Played at Peel Park)
  10 A Skelmersdale United Reserves W 4-0 ----- Wilcox, McCrae, Smith, Illingworth.
  17 A Kirkby Town W 2-0 ----- McCrae, Bisby.
  18 A Clitheroe W 4-0 ----- Davies, Illingworth (3).
  24 H Blackpool Mechanics W 2-0 178 Smith, McDowell.
  25 H Atherton Collieries W 3-1 258 Howley, Baron, Davies.
  29 A St Helens Town                          (Combination Cup S/F) D 0-0 -----  
Apr 31 A Wigan Rovers W 1-0 ----- Davies.
  1 H Skelmersdale United Reserves L 1-2 278 Baron.
  3 H Kirkby Town W 4-1 230 Baron, Davies (2), Widdup.
  7 H Great Harwood Reserves W 5-3 173 Davies, Smith, Bisby (3).
  8 H Ashton Town W 6-1 273 Wilcox, Newell, Davies, Hinksman (David), Illingworth, McCrae.
  10 H Prescot Town W 5-0 195 Baron, Davies (2), Illingworth (2).
  12 A Ashton Town L 1-2 ----- Illingworth.
  15 A Atherton Collieries W 1-0 ----- Illingworth.
  18 H St Helens Town              (Combination Cup S/F Replay) W 4-2 305 Smith, Illingworth, (Own Goal).
  21 A Ford Motors W 7-0 ----- Wilcox, Newell, Millar, Hinksman (David) (2), Illingworth (2).
  23 H Blackpool Wren Rovers D 0-0 150  
May 30 A Blackpool Wren Rovers W 2-0 ----- Widdup, Illingworth.
  3 A Prescot Town L 1-2 ----- Hinksman (David).
  7 A Skelmersdale United Res       (Comb Cup Final 1st Leg) W 2-1 ----- Millar, Smith.
  10 H Skelmersdale United Res      (Comb Cup Final 2nd Leg) D 1-1 204 Smith.

Appearances & Goals (Manager Jimmy Hinksman)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Ian Ashworth 2 2(1) 4(1) 1 1 1
Graham Bisby 14(1) 7 21(1) 4 2 6
David Baron 36(2) 19 55(2) 7 1 8
Tom Beard 22(1) 13 35(1) 1 0 1
Alan Davies 30 15(1) 45(1) 16 7 23
Richard Ellis                         (GK) 31 16 47 0 0 0
Tony Farrell 34 19 53 0 0 0
Jim Howley 32 16 48 3 2 5
Richard Hodgson 1 3 4 0 0 0
David Hinksman 26 11 37(1) 4 0 4
John Hubberstey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stuart Illingworth 34 19(1) 51(1) 18 5 23
David McDowell 27(1) 13(1) 40(2) 9 2 11
Ken Millar 6 3 9 1 1 2
Ian McCrae 11(2) 1 12(2) 4 0 4
Benny Newell 26(3) 12(2) 38(5) 2 0 2
John Nuttall 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Roberts                        (GK) 6 3 9 0 0 0
Colin Smith 28 14(2) 42(2) 16 9 25
Mel Widdup 22(2) 13(3) 35(5) 4 3 7
Ian Wilcox 29(6) 14 43(6) 5 0 5
John Williams                      (GK) 1 0 1 0 0 0
Own Goals --------- ---------- ----------- 1 3 4

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Darwen 38 30 4 4 105 39 64
2 Bacup Borough 38 27 5 6 101 36 59
3 Accrington Stanley 38 26 7 5 96 36 59
4 St Helens Town 38 22 9 7 55 29 53
5 Skelmersdale United Reserves 38 24 5 9 76 46 53
6 Blackpool Wren Rovers 38 18 10 10 62 46 46
7 Blackpool Mechanics 38 15 14 9 62 45 44
8 Dukinfield Town 38 19 3 16 63 65 41
9 Ashton Town 38 16 5 17 60 60 37
10 Clitheroe 38 14 8 16 73 79 36
11 Leyland Motors 38 13 8 17 41 55 34
12 Nelson 38 12 7 19 60 76 31
13 Prescot Town 38 10 9 19 46 72 29
14 Kirkby Town 38 11 7 20 43 68 29
15 Maghull 38 9 9 20 49 64 27
16 Ford Motors 38 11 5 22 49 83 27
17 Atherton Collieries 38 10 7 21 46 84 27
18 Lomond 38 6 12 20 28 73 24
19 Great Harwood Reserves 38 7 7 24 55 77 21
20 Wigan Rovers 38 5 9 24 41 78 19

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