Sport

Christmas Eve at the Front

An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

Nearly 400 Runs in Under Four Hours - September 1961

Nearly 400 runs were scored in under four hours at Bideford on Saturday when Bideford Casuals met Pilton.
The visitors set the pace when they rattled up 189 for 3 in the two hours before tea. Although the rate in the first hour was almost sedate, 55 runs only being scored, the advent of T Treloar (81, 15 fours) made up for this. Together with K Pedlar (58 n.o.) they put on 117 for the third wicket.
Set to score 190 in two hours, Casuals took up the challenge, the architect of their five-wicket victory undoubtedly being John Haywood (106 in 104 minutes, 15 fours, two sixes). He kept Casuals ahead of the clock right from the start.

Dunn's bowling does it

Austin Dunn, coming on to bowl after 90 minutes, struck his best form this season for Bidedford Casuals when they met Dartmouth on Sunday. He shattered the middle-order batting, taking five wickets in 15 balls, Dartmouth falling from 73 for 5 to 73 for 9. Dartmouth struggled from the start against some effective bowling by A Joynson (2-17) and J Walker (1-28), and were dismissed for only 82. Casuals knocked off the runs in 72 minutes for the loss of Mike Quick (37). John Heywood made 29 n.o. and D Williams took one for 35 in 11 overs for Dartmouth.

Victory came easy to Bideford and District C.C. on Sunday when they entertained Ilfracombe at Westward Ho! The visitors were shot out for 99 (Rod Beer 23, Roy Staddon 24; Tony Marsh 3-22, Whalley 4-30), but Bideford were responsible for several dropped catches. Roy Bird (25), Mervyn Bird (23), Peter Adams (23) and Pete Durant (15 n.o.) were the chief sources of Bideford's five-wicket victory. John Lovering took 4-19 for 'Combe.

Snooker Semi-Final - 1957

Snooker Semi-Final - 15th February 1957

It was a 'civic surprise' night at Bideford Conservative Club on Monday when the only second division team left in Bideford Snooker League's knock-out cup competition, Town Hall, beat the Newsboys by 3 games to 2, to go into the hat for the semi-final draw. Town Hall team comprises members of Bideford Corporation staff, while the Newsboys are now back again writing headlines instead of trying to make them!
Front row (left to right) - D Bidgway, D R F Arnold, R Cudmore, D Woolley, S Eastman; Back-row - B Hockin, P G Day, L S Petherbridge, C Mill, D Taylore, J Eastmond, W Wren.
And the hat? That was kindly loaned for the occasion by D Mounce (B.G.S Old Boys).

Bill Pascoe - Sport - 1968

Bill Pascoe - Sport - 8th March 1968

Mr Bill Pascoe, after being a member for over 50 years, is the new captain of the Bideford Amateur Athletic Club. He joined the Club as a boy and specialised in bar and trapeze work. At 70 years old, Mr Pascoe is working full time for a Bideford garage