Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1918

A RATHU WCIY VICTORY.

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Fine weather
Satlll'4.,. dre.. orowd
of betw_ throe and fOllr thoasaad people
to ElJIl\ P.rk to .. lt~ t~1I pill' between
Baadia« and Clapron. The local club did
not field luch a rep!'
t.ti ... team .. in
tIM! pn.ioua week.
Ueu.tenant " Joe"
BaileYl D.S.O.! _~.~., .,110 hu sU8t.i..aecl.
A BRQWNE J a~d LILLY MOTOR
1ilth t' miV7. oeiD.- • notable abBeD.... lie
HOUSE will b4use~your car in sc1\'&8 .n aatereeted epeetator of the m.tek .
Cmpton, bo.re the Isthmian r-t'and comf rt. Manufactured of
curity
team, an .tl1'. preeeDt kolcien of tlte Amaleur Cup_ The,. Dla,ed. stronl' eleven,
carefully ac1ectq.s materials by highly
a,d oonllicieriPI tne
play wen 80m&I "killed workmen, it is boih dUr.lble and
what UD1ucky to Ia.. A drew-.or even a
win for the .. itrito...........ould han been a
artietic.
much fairer n ult, bllt it is not always the
heet play that det:e,rmine. who ahaU qe
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Built in sections it can be easily takcn
"top dog.~' Readln« certainly w6l'e lucky THE RE' ""ING v R C
down and lc-erected . and will always
, to Pl'O'Vl! yict01'8; for 'althoulh they had an
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a ..81. . .tf aJIl.~lJDt · of the gl\Jlle,,_they were
But m,. intention here i to treat only
be Iwind proof, damp proof and alMower to, utilile chancee. . un ·th. other with thlt Reading Miniature Rifte Club
hand • the Olallton te&ln ' were much more wh.oll8 fortunes I followed iI! ..eral years be-!
together efficient.
3p ri l'htly,. '8Dd erratie shootiut .ccounted fore tJie outbreak o{ war, and I II&W the
a great neal for the laek of foals.
club grow from nry small beginnings into
Browne and Lilly also manufacture
Wilso~ eaptained the home team. Clap- quitl> a lure concern. Amon" thoM who
Poultry Ho ses, Greenhouses. Bunton ead,. -soowed that there wa • •plenty of contributed nry la~ely te their UOM as
,,' .. . t....
d
- . I In th
fi t'"
workinlr me.mbers were Heesrs.
Belcher,
gato I, Fa~ Sheds and every desiO
w ....m, an 800=<1
e 1'8 '<Len Kibblewhite. Palmer, Fred Godwin &110
mth1n~~~-11TheYdcabmet f8tratjllhtt' tfown) ff'!JIfl poor "Teddy" Hobo.
And there were
cription of ~ble Building.
e LlCA
an. u or' he 1me)y &!ISIS... ma~ oth.-. BllIIioe it to _~ of one and
anee of icars undoubtedl]' 1'ould 1la..e
~.~
Write /lJr llIustralrcl Booklet t itling
got through. Thie initial effort a,emed to all t at each contributed to t e club's noenoouraie the neitora tonsiderabJt, for they CH8. Then outside the active ml\Dlbenlhip
particular5 ofourt:arious Ma'Ulfadurrs.
t ' de
h
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th
excellent support wa accorded by Lieuten. ttL. '
8<>tt m 0 ....,U ~ n e muo qUlc er
an ant-Colonel Leali('l Wilson, Sir Percy St.n~
Reading, and ",ere ahraye dangerous. The
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wa,. in which they settled down and derso
. n, Mr. A. H. Bull and oth~r gentleick ~...
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h b II
' • .>' men. and about • ,.ear before wa '11'1\8 det e sp""". Wit \ which t e 1\ was cam"" elared, th~ dub had become one of the
from toe to toe by the fo rwards seemed t.o
v
upset the local club's Ft lan a little. Clap. for~08t in ~he south of England. Their
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ranges had been extended. a ground. in adt on e gbe WftS 111 1'88U or a ep en 1 J?18C8 diti~n to tbe on8 In the rear of Th AJbion.
,
of combination. It 8ta~ted with Lord, who beinl acquired in the Oxford Road: where
«ot in the way of a pass from Carr to Loft- a long range wa built. Rnd on whlcD mnn,.
..bouse, and put forwllrd to Sherwood. The man trRI' ned thftm"61~ft .• fo· til" ~rht bllttlp
little lorward soon sent Smith running
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down the wing. RDd hie paes waB accurowly belore them . The club threw t e • rang..
r ......... 117.
timed. The ball " 'a8 wunfl;' aerOM the goill. open to IInyone carmI' to use th41m, Rndf
mouth. and Y-ellop, I"etting hi hel\d to it, .monll .others who availed them8@lve
9
' st thlfID 'Dftftdinthe opportunity
the Itmembe,a
the i~;;;;;;~~~~~~;;;;~~~~
ea81'1 y f onn d th e uet. one up a$'am
Citizpn~' n1'8,
Armv.
wa ht"'
.of that
in 80 elLort a while c rtainly dId look dis-'''''''
~
eouraging for Readinr. and from the'
deaJI old "Ted ie" Batten IpI\l1I t much.
tinued rushes of Clapton, matters did JÂ¥>t tbou,gh u an old memller of the Reading
improo;e. The speed howeur wore down Company of Berks Vohinteers lIe was no
a little towards h;!f-time, when Rending stl'lulger to tlte rill.~. He W&8 always a keen
came into 8 little bit mOre of their own. hot-no one was more fond of the" sport."
EDGCOCK'S mall. a apeclaJlty in BL..o.CIi
COSTUJlES.
DREsSES,
SKIRTS,
Lofthou.... and Carr were puttitlg in some
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BLOUSES, 01.0.. In nery aIM ready for
Itard work on the left, and lIeYeral times WHEN THE BREAK CAME.
.immediate ...... r. la addlUOII to tbio .ourn·
became extremely dal\&"erous. From on of
Althoufl;'ll th elub never actually ceased
iDl orden take ,recedonc. of an otbe...
theee determined on lan~ht8, the home side to exist, a break came in their actint,.
and a ~nt flUer will at on"" be oen&
equalised. Wing to willf pAlISing. which SODle two ye&l's after the war broke ollt,
on .-Ipt of order. Th. Illlilnery Depart·
almcet al",a18 rewarded, "'.8 brough t and I for tIu. very excellent reason that the
",IUd baa .1...." Ia
u.. 18. .' !aoblOD'
into play, the ball. comi'nlL from Sea
to great mlljority of the memba reopondt'd
~~ :~~ inBO::i:a. T~~UES: : ..,:~
Ralphs. lind a,ain from Ralphe to Loft- to" the call," eyen luch yeterans as MellSl'l!.
house. The winK man took it in bis hille. Yerry,,·eather. Kibblewhite and Belcher
put in a mllgnifictlnt centre whleh. with pttlDA' into khaki. But with man,. of the
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f
E. HEDGCOMl'
on!! the goalkeeper to beat. Ralph bad no members now bein, demobilised, and with
"'At - _- 11te
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dimllul y in oonyertiJl(.. A tap with his llew blood anxious to come .in. the e«ecutive
in
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83,
64,IIIOAD
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READING.
aead Uid the tri~k. The team dividl!d a are b~D1lnr ve~ bp.s,.
, and in the
couple of g08le at the linter....l. .
..ety ne.r future tb~ wil be
n on the
When Reading took (he field again it was "'irllr path" .. s clive as eTer th~ w~re
fOUlld that WilltOn, was mi siull'. and Wil- in t~e past. '
mott had taken his p11lC8. Iu a imilar
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manner to which Clapton commenced in the LU KY IN THEm OFFICEIfS'
first half, 80 Reading ;wont strai3ht at . it · L ck of the
from tile restart. Everyone felt sure "that Yari8bly .ttended
tlte coutinued pressure must IIOOn bring • ollieers.
8eoretarie •
result, nd the,. were not far wrong. After and n.t not han been
.
a fine centre from the boot of LofthouSe iha8 been too JDufh trouble for
had ~D headed
by Carr. they came with rank alI~ IH. workin, 80
down again in
line, The ball
!ocet.hey 110 w~nder BUCC868 was aCllle"ea.
put ao/'06S
lof the goal.
In the p~t oIicen the club Jio~i&e!lil!!8
Lofthouse.
what to
klll'D eBt of them, none
-whether
.tick to
retary,
~rank
cha~e and .
backs to
,,"crb8li. He
that aec:ond
GOOD BEGINNINO .
qong which
and then
already mede re.f,.mDce
for the
for in
friends of th
mE'D n tit~e
and had n(\ 1
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tab a peep at
troublo In
'With
infel'1lUl me that
Wil ,-I
result
D.S.O., :M.P .• hM
aocept'1ICI
''1C,l~cI~:-m,~h DtOtiMY the pre.w.ney of the club, Q.Dd th&t the
vie&-precici-nts iDclode . Aldll~ A. H.
dt_~:~~&:~~~~~D
Bull,
JoP., lIr. B . DylOn, CaptNn· H. N.
F .... IIr. H. Goldi!~~ Mr. T. Onndr,-,
Agricultural
CoIoMI J. JI. Hodpon, JI!1r. W. O. t.a.m.
JIr.s. B. 1oe1. Captain D. 1I. Villet, Jlr. A.:
~ lIr. P. PalMr, Sir Pere,. SuwM
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lIr. B. ll. Bia-w....Kr. F. A. SiIDQHa, MAII80LD WURTZEL SUD of the be, t
Yr. X-urd 1lffiID, ar. R. G, S. witlliJI..
Stock at ~~ lb .
. .k Mr. H. Vi_to lIr. J. W.r~
A.DIY PASTUIIE SEEDS and
Jlr. H. Wate....l1li. Mr. 1. H. Watt.. W \II
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red.
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It il only an act of jutioe to y of lli.
~t doillli of thiB club: ." Well ~on.!"
'l:hro~Ja Ita apIIc,. ItOme hlifid,red. of yaun,
men were taucht how to haDd1!o • J'iflel anti
if the facte _re .vailable I h ..... no oou~t
what..er that • bil tribute WOU~be paid
th<*l wbo. of tbie club. went to t
frollt,
and to whoee _riDf aim the
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beu witD-. UDtil the fonnatio of tbpl,
..d limilar cl .... y.ry f.w h.d mutereo
the.rt of .bootiDa. i.e., outBide thOM .~ho
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Thill club, aDd the othera,
howenr, aforded the opportunity to the
"yollllC blood, " of the country to leam to
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trai,ht," and it is not acoordina
these lIOCietl4l6 prajse too hilb to I write 01
them that in th" particular the,. did en
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