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Archibald Worthington

DATE FORMED

Approx 1856

ADDRESS

Castle Hill, Whitchurch, SY13 1BQ

TELEPHONE NUMBER

01948 662095

MAJOR HONOURS

Whitchurch League Champions 1985 & 1986

Shropshire Star Cup winners 1986 & 1987

(A very successful side in the 80’s and now rebuilding)

Consolation Cup winners 1971

PRESIDENT

Mr Ray Ridgeway

CHAIRMAN

Mr Michael Glover

SECRETARY

Mr John Taylor

TREASURER

Mr John Bosstock

PREMIER LEAGUE CAPTAIN

Mr Steve Heath

2009 Player Records

Team Averages

		Matches			Aggregate
Pos.	Player	Pl	W	L	For	Opp	Aggr
01.	Paul Smith	26	16	10	502	450	+52
02.	Adrian Smout	26	14	12	469	433	+36
03.	Greg Fordham	26	12	14	454	454	0
04.	Dave Ridgway	19	11	8	334	315	+19
05.	Andrew Foster	25	11	14	430	419	+11
06.	John Paddington	24	11	13	408	432	-24
07.	Dale Booth	23	11	12	377	413	-36
08.	Alan Ball	20	9	11	336	347	-11
09.	Dave Gourlay	25	9	16	411	462	-51
10.	Callum Beddows	22	9	13	363	425	-62
11.	John Tew	22	7	15	349	412	-63
12.	Les Markham	9	5	4	144	151	-7
13.	Tom Cooper	14	5	9	222	255	-33
14.	Nigel Ashley	14	5	9	214	255	-41
15.	Richard Willdigg	4	1	3	70	76	-6
16.	Steve Heath	6	1	5	80	125	-45
17.	Craig Ashley	7	1	6	88	146	-58

Team Results / Fixtures

			Aggregate		Points
Date	H/A	Opponents	For	Opp	For	Opp
Fri 3rd Apr	H	Newport	214	188	10	4
Fri 10th Apr	A	Ford	202	246	3	11
Fri 17th Apr	H	Wrock Wood	234	182	10	4
Fri 24th Apr	A	Bylet	190	230	3	11
Fri 1st May	H	Meole Brace	216	220	6	8
Fri 8th May	A	Sir J Bayley	174	244	2	12
Fri 15th May	H	Chester Road	206	238	4	10
Fri 22nd May	A	St Georges	147	250	1	13
Fri 29th May	H	Castlefields	216	223	6	8
Fri 5th Jun	A	Childs Ercall	200	233	3	11
Fri 12th Jun	H	Bowring	236	160	12	2
Fri 19th Jun	A	Ifton	220	185	10	4
Fri 26th Jun	H	Wem USC	236	183	12	2
Wed 1st Jul	A	Wem USC	161	239	2	12
Fri 3rd Jul	A	Newport	207	228	3	11
Fri 10th Jul	H	Ford	221	203	9	5
Fri 17th Jul	A	Wrock Wood	173	225	4	10
Fri 24th Jul	H	Bylet	215	221	6	8
Fri 31st Jul	A	Meole Brace	174	218	4	10
Fri 7th Aug	H	Sir J Bayley	237	179	11	3
Fri 14th Aug	A	Chester Road	154	241	2	12
Fri 21st Aug	H	St Georges	229	209	10	4
Fri 28th Aug	A	Castlefields	147	241	1	13
Fri 4th Sep	H	Childs Ercall	220	179	9	5
Fri 11th Sep	A	Bowring	185	215	4	10
Fri 18th Sep	H	Ifton	237	190	11	3
Played: 26. Won: 10. Lost: 16. Drawn: 0. Points (For: 158, Opp: 206).

2008 Player Records

Team Averages

		Matches			Aggregate
Pos.	Player	Pl	W	L	For	Opp	Aggr
01.	Andrew Foster	26	17	9	460	417	+43
02.	Paul Smith	23	13	10	409	352	+57
03.	Les Markham	22	13	9	394	367	+27
04.	John Tew	24	12	12	439	413	+26
05.	Adrian Smout	26	12	14	445	460	-15
06.	Greg Fordham	24	10	14	420	420	0
07.	Dave Ridgway	20	9	11	358	341	+17
08.	Dave Gourlay	17	8	9	280	297	-17
09.	Alan Ball	19	8	11	316	336	-20
10.	Malcolm Jones	23	8	15	356	453	-97
11.	Dale Booth	22	7	15	348	388	-40
12.	Steve Heath	18	6	12	280	353	-73
13.	Paul Fowles	21	4	17	274	420	-146
14.	John Paddington	3	2	1	62	38	+24
15.	Nigel Ashley	6	2	4	101	106	-5
16.	Richard Willdigg	2	1	1	27	40	-13
17.	Craig Ashley	4	1	3	55	75	-20
18.	Callum Beddows	1	0	1	7	21	-14
19.	Kevin Saywell	1	0	1	1	21	-20
20.	Anthony Beddows	10	0	10	108	210	-102

Team Results / Fixtures

			Aggregate		Points
Date	H/A	Opponents	For	Opp	For	Opp
Fri 4th Apr	H	Donnington Wood	246	181	13	1
Fri 11th Apr	A	Childs Ercall	230	213	6	8
Fri 18th Apr	H	Wrock Wood	244	181	12	2
Fri 25th Apr	A	Wem USC	187	243	2	12
Fri 2nd May	H	Sir J Bayley	224	185	10	4
Fri 9th May	A	Ford	134	243	1	13
Fri 16th May	H	Meole Brace	208	233	5	9
Fri 23rd May	A	Castlefields	144	242	1	13
Fri 30th May	H	Chester Road	203	241	3	11
Fri 6th Jun	A	Bylet	183	230	4	10
Fri 13th Jun	H	Newport	198	204	5	9
Fri 20th Jun	A	St Georges	125	252	0	14
Fri 27th Jun	H	Ifton	210	204	7	7
Fri 4th Jul	A	Donnington Wood	196	217	6	8
Fri 11th Jul	H	Childs Ercall	251	171	13	1
Fri 18th Jul	A	Wrock Wood	141	247	1	13
Fri 25th Jul	H	Wem USC	214	205	9	5
Fri 1st Aug	A	Sir J Bayley	164	217	4	10
Fri 8th Aug	H	Ford	204	194	8	6
Fri 15th Aug	A	Meole Brace	168	213	4	10
Fri 22nd Aug	H	Castlefields	201	221	5	9
Fri 29th Aug	A	Chester Road	218	196	9	5
Fri 5th Sep	H	Bylet	227	192	10	4
Fri 12th Sep	A	Newport	183	209	4	10
Fri 19th Sep	H	St Georges	235	195	8	6
Fri 26th Sep	A	Ifton	202	199	7	7
Played: 26. Won: 9. Lost: 15. Drawn: 2. Points (For: 157, Opp: 207).

2007 Records

Team Averages

		Matches			Aggregate
Pos.	Player	Pl	W	L	For	Opp	Aggr
01.	Andrew Foster	26	14	12	444	464	-20
02.	John Tew	23	13	10	412	395	+17
03.	Paul Smith	24	12	12	433	415	+18
04.	Adrian Smout	25	12	13	407	440	-33
05.	Gregg Fordham	26	11	15	429	475	-46
06.	Steve Heath	20	10	10	336	341	-5
07.	Nigel Ashley	22	9	13	355	391	-36
08.	Dave Ridgway	21	9	12	339	388	-49
09.	Dale Booth	25	9	16	374	473	-99
10.	Les Markham	19	8	11	329	349	-20
11.	Richard Willdigg	21	8	13	293	389	-96
12.	Alan Ball	13	7	6	242	204	+38
13.	Adge Beddows	21	6	15	309	399	-90
14.	Callum Beddows	7	4	3	129	122	+7
15.	Mal Jones	8	3	5	118	158	-40
16.	Paul Edgerton	6	1	5	77	119	-42
17.	Mark Cooper	1	0	1	19	21	-2
18.	Scott Beddows	1	0	1	7	21	-14
19.	Craig Ashley	1	0	1	5	21	-16
20.	Chris Ball	2	0	2	24	42	-18

Team Results / Fixtures

			Aggregate		Points
Date	H/A	Opponents	For	Opp	For	Opp
Fri 6th Apr	A	St Georges	139	252	0	14
Fri 13th Apr	A	Childs Ercall	206	223	3	11
Fri 20th Apr	H	Ford	220	190	9	5
Fri 27th Apr	A	Meole Brace	160	248	1	13
Fri 4th May	H	Chester Road	203	199	8	6
Fri 11th May	A	Castlefields	176	227	4	10
Fri 18th May	A	Bylet	194	243	4	10
Fri 25th May	H	Donnington Wood	216	203	9	5
Fri 1st Jun	A	Wrock Wood	165	248	3	11
Fri 8th Jun	H	Newport	230	218	10	4
Fri 15th Jun	A	Wem USC	118	248	1	13
Wed 20th Jun	H	Ifton	206	186	8	6
Fri 22nd Jun	A	Sir J Bayley	181	238	2	12
Fri 29th Jun	H	St Georges	214	202	8	6
Fri 6th Jul	H	Childs Ercall	249	166	12	2
Fri 13th Jul	A	Ford	143	236	4	10
Fri 20th Jul	H	Meole Brace	207	216	5	9
Fri 27th Jul	A	Chester Road	153	237	2	12
Fri 3rd Aug	H	Castlefields	221	217	9	5
Fri 10th Aug	H	Bylet	243	166	12	2
Fri 17th Aug	A	Donnington Wood	215	205	10	4
Fri 24th Aug	H	Wrock Wood	232	193	12	2
Fri 31st Aug	A	Newport	177	205	5	9
Fri 7th Sep	H	Wem USC	225	212	8	6
Fri 14th Sep	A	Ifton	160	237	3	11
Fri 21st Sep	H	Sir J Bayley	228	212	10	4
Played: 26. Won: 13. Lost: 13. Drawn: 0. Points (For: 162, Opp: 202).

2006 Records

Team Averages

		Matches			Aggregate
Pos.	Player	Pl	W	L	For	Opp	Aggr
01.	Les Markham	24	14	10	435	413	+22
02.	Richard Willdigg	25	14	11	432	439	-7
03.	Alan Ball	16	11	5	304	244	+60
04.	Andrew Foster	25	11	14	406	456	-50
05=	Dave Ridgway	20	10	10	352	343	+9
05=	John Tew	24	10	14	418	409	+9
07.	Nigel Ashley	21	10	11	375	369	+6
08.	Chris Ball	19	9	10	317	315	+2
09.	Alan Bailey	21	9	12	338	392	-54
10.	Mark Cooper	12	8	4	230	196	+34
11.	Craig Nicholls	11	7	4	188	185	+3
12.	Dale Booth	22	7	15	347	412	-65
13.	Callum Beddows	16	6	10	239	279	-40
14.	Steve Heath	16	5	11	242	307	-65
15.	David Gourlay	7	3	4	95	134	-39
16.	Adrian Smout	23	3	20	363	468	-105
17.	Paul Edgerton	6	1	5	95	113	-18
18.	Mal Jones	4	0	4	41	84	-43

Team Results / Fixtures

			Aggregate		Points
Date	H/A	Opponents	For	Opp	For	Opp
Fri 7th Apr	H	Ford	224	188	10	4
Fri 14th Apr	H	Ifton	229	203	8	6
Fri 21st Apr	A	Childs Ercall	196	229	5	9
Fri 28th Apr	A	Castlefields	172	237	2	12
Fri 5th May	H	Donnington Wood	241	187	11	3
Fri 12th May	A	Chester Road	173	235	4	10
Fri 19th May	H	St Georges	224	231	7	7
Wed 24th May	H	White Horse	239	166	12	2
Fri 26th May	A	Meole Brace	182	239	3	11
Fri 2nd Jun	H	Wem USC	237	184	10	4
Fri 9th Jun	A	Newport	173	216	4	10
Fri 16th Jun	H	Sir J Bayley	227	208	10	4
Wed 21st Jun	A	Wrock Wood	176	232	3	11
Fri 23rd Jun	A	Ifton	173	236	3	11
Fri 30th Jun	H	Childs Ercall	225	183	10	4
Fri 7th Jul	A	Ford	190	245	2	12
Fri 14th Jul	H	Castlefields	198	207	4	10
Fri 21st Jul	A	Donnington Wood	193	207	4	10
Fri 28th Jul	H	Chester Road	219	202	9	5
Fri 4th Aug	A	St Georges	137	252	0	14
Fri 11th Aug	A	White Horse	196	230	4	10
Fri 18th Aug	H	Meole Brace	195	200	6	8
Fri 25th Aug	A	Wem USC	211	196	10	4
Fri 1st Sep	H	Newport	207	193	9	5
Fri 8th Sep	A	Sir J Bayley	172	233	3	11
Fri 15th Sep	H	Wrock Wood	208	219	5	9
Played: 26. Won: 10. Lost: 15. Drawn: 1. Points (For: 158, Opp: 206).

2005 Player Records

Pos.	Player	Pl	W	L	For	Opp	Aggr
1	John Tew	22	13	9	382	384	-2
2	Adrian Smout	23	12	11	386	408	-22
3	Steve Heath	22	10	12	355	402	-47
4	Richard Willdigg	23	10	13	368	418	-50
5	Les Markham	17	9	8	297	290	7
6	Andrew Foster	17	9	8	295	295	0
7	Chris Ball	20	9	11	337	368	-31
8	Callum Beddows	22	9	13	347	407	-60
9	Paul Edgerton	21	7	14	319	399	-80
10	David Gourlay	23	6	17	345	441	-96
11	Mark Cooper	8	5	3	135	129	6
12	Ged Ashley	17	5	12	230	314	-84
13	Mal Jones	21	5	16	280	397	-117
14	Dave Ridgway	13	4	9	200	249	-49
15	Alan Ball	6	3	3	111	107	4
16	Nigel Ashley	1	1	0	21	17	4
17	Ian Price	2	0	2	20	42	-22
18	Marc Haller	3	0	3	26	63	-37
19	A Beddows	7	0	7	73	147	-74

2004 Player Records

Player

Pl

W

L

For

Opp

Aggr

Chris Pearce

24

17

7

459

386

73

Chris Ball

21

11

10

368

358

10

Adrian Smout

24

10

14

398

441

-43

John Tew

23

10

13

366

417

-51

David Gourlay

21

9

12

333

379

-46

Mal Jones

25

8

17

398

451

-53

Ged Ashley

23

8

15

368

456

-88

Callum Beddows

24

8

16

350

445

-95

Paul Edgerton

19

6

13

287

359

-72

Ian Price

21

6

15

325

409

-84

Mark Cooper

13

5

8

220

237

-17

Rob Wilkinson

17

5

12

278

317

-39

Alan Ball

9

4

5

158

161

-3

Steve Heath

13

4

9

185

251

-66

Richard Willdigg

14

4

10

197

268

-71

Scott Beddows

6

2

4

91

122

-31

A Beddows

2

1

1

25

41

-16

Paul Wellburn

3

1

2

35

57

-22

Paul Gollins

1

0

1

7

21

-14

Andrew Foster

1

0

1

5

21

-16

Cedric Bancroft

2

0

2

22

42

-20

Giles Evans

6

0

6

78

126

-48

2003 Player records

Player Name	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Agg
John Tew	25	15	10	467	367	100
Alan Ball	17	10	7	311	246	65
Chris Pearce	25	10	15	440	442	-2
Mal Jones	25	10	15	384	459	-75
Ged Ashley	26	9	17	393	486	-93
Steve Heath	18	8	10	309	345	-36
David Gourlay	25	8	17	403	450	-47
Callum Beddows	25	8	17	410	480	-70
Pete Jones	20	7	13	318	380	-62
Ian Price	21	7	14	306	398	-92
Rob Wilkinson	21	6	15	325	401	-76
Chris Ball	14	5	9	238	255	-17
Mark Cooper	6	3	3	111	116	-5
Paul Edgerton	7	2	5	94	129	-35
Paul Wellburn	14	2	12	147	285	-138
Phil Evans	4	1	3	58	79	-21
Colin Price	6	1	5	79	125	-46
Andy Pearce	2	0	2	16	42	-26
Scott Beddows	11	0	11	163	231	-68

LEADING PLAYERS 1994 -

	PLAYED	WINS	AGG	PLAYER
1994	-	12	26	CARL HINTON
1995	-	14	85	ALAN MOLYNEUX
1996	-	12	29	PAUL SMITH
1997	22	15	70	LEE JOHNSON
1998	22	19	201	ANDREW MOSS
1999	24	18	141	ANDREW MOSS
2000	26	19	120	PAUL SMITH
2001	25	18	132	CHRIS PEARCE
2002	25	20	112	ANDREW MOSS
2003	25	15	100	JOHN TEW
2004	24	17	73	CHRIS PEARCE
2005	23	13	-2	JOHN TEW
2006	24	14	22	LES MARKHAM

Archibald Worthington Home record 1994 - 2005

Battlefield

Bylet

Castlefields

Chester Road

Childs Ercall

Craven Arms

Donnington Wood

Ford

Hadley USC

Hanwood

Ifton

Meole Brace

Newport

S J Bayley

St Georges

Wem USC

Wrock Wood

1994

Archibald Worthington

11/3

4/10

11/3

12/2

10/4

12/2

9/5

10/4

6/8

9/5

12/2

1995

Archibald Worthington

12/2

2/12

9/5

11/3

4/10

11/3

10/4

7/7

11/3

8/6

9/5

11/3

1996

Archibald Worthington

4/10

5/9

8/6

5/9

9/5

12/2

10/4

4/10

10/4

1997

Archibald Worthington

7/7

12/2

4/10

6/8

5/9

10/4

11/3

12/2

10/4

7/7

5/9

12/2

1998

Archibald Worthington

11/3

12/2

7/7

6/8

12/2

10/4

11/3

10/4

11/3

9/5

5/9

11/3

1999

Archibald Worthington

10/4

13/1

9/5

8/6

11/3

10/4

12/2

10/4

13/1

3/11

6/8

10/4

2000

Archibald Worthington

10/4

11/3

3/11

11/3

12/2

9/5

8/6

12/2

6/8

12/2

11/3

9/5

12/2

2001

Archibald Worthington

10/4

13/1

8/6

5/9

10/4

12/2

10/4

6/8

10/4

12/2

2002

Archibald Worthington

10/4

5/9

8/6

11/3

12/2

11/3

10/4

11/3

9/5

10/4

11/3

12/2

2003

Archibald Worthington

9/5

2/12

4/10

11/3

9/5

6/8

8/6

6/8

9/5

2/12

8/6

12/2

2004

Archibald Worthington

6/8

4/10

10/4

8/6

7/7

11/3

5/9

6/8

10/4

8/6

5/9

10/4

6/8

2005

Archibald Worthington

10/4

5/9

11/3

9/5

11/3

7/7

10/4

8/6

11/3

5/9

11/3

9/5

Archibald Worthington Away record 1994 - 2005

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Archibald W'ton

Archibald Worthington

Battlefield

12/2

10/4

9/5

12/2

10/4

11/3

Bylet

13/1

9/5

11/3

6/8

7/7

Castlefields

11/3

9/5

11/3

12/2

13/1

10/4

13/1

14/0

13/1

Chester Road

10/4

12/2

11/3

12/2

10/4

13/1

11/3

5/9

9/5

14/0

12/2

13/1

Childs Ercall

9/5

10/4

5/9

11/3

10/4

9/5

Craven Arms

12/2

10/4

12/2

9/5

13/1

11/3

7/7

11/3

8/6

11/3

Donnington Wood

13/1

10/4

5/9

10/4

11/3

10/4

12/2

9/5

10/4

11/3

13/1

Ford

7/7

12/2

13/1

10/4

Hadley USC

12/2

9/5

13/1

Hanwood

12/2

10/4

9/5

Ifton

9/5

11/3

10/4

7/7

8/6

11/3

9/5

13/1

Meole Brace

10/4

11/3

10/4

11/3

10/4

9/5

13/1

12/2

6/8

14/0

12/2

11/3

Newport

9/5

14/0

S J Bayley

12/2

11/3

10/4

7/7

5/9

9/5

12/2

10/4

St Georges

12/2

13/1

11/3

10/4

9/5

8/6

11/3

12/2

14/0

13/1

Wem USC

10/4

6/8

10/4

12/2

10/4

12/2

10/4

8/6

10/4

11/3

10/4

Wrockwardine Wood

12/2

13/1

11/3

4/10

9/5

8/6

7/7

11/3

10/4

12/2

11/3