CROSSLEY Cup Prelims take place on Saturday, May 25.

Entry forms to be in no later than Sunday, May 19, to Mr K Andrews, 64 Shrewsbury Road, Bolton. Tel 846716.

A & B Cup First Round: Brooklyn Hotel v Mortfield A; Bar Lane D v Hollywood Rd; Dobbies A v Turton A; Gorses v Kings Head A; Royal Hotel v Royal Mail; John Booths v Red Lion W/H. All other clubs have a bye.

C & D Cup First Round: Kings Head C v Plodder Lane X; Thompsons Tippers v Railway Bowlers; Bar Lane Mixed v St Joseph's; Nuffield v Bradshaw; Mytham Park v Cotton Tree Vets; Ellesmere Rd A v Eagley Park B. All other clubs have a bye.

All First Round ties to be completed by May 23.

RESULTS: Section A: Railway B (B Whalley 21-4) 205 (11) Bar Lane D 128 (1); Mortfield A 191 (8) Little Lever CC 159 (4); Bar Lane A 198 (10) Moss Bank (Wm Hill) 143 (2); Railway B 207 (10) Hollywood Rd 149 (2).

Section B: Back oth Bank A (L Thompson 214) 189 (9) Brooklyn Hotel 159 (3); John Booths 168 (5) Railway M 174 (8); Horwich CC 182 (7) Royal Hotel 180 (5).

Section C: Kings Head C (C Jones 21-3) 188 (8) Bradshaw 156 (4); Bl Cricket Club (G Hurst 21-4) 210 (12) Cotton Tree Vets 122 (0); St Stephen's 178 (5) Turton B 179 (8); Cotton Tree Vets 173 (4); Eagley Park A 187 (9); W/H S&SC 159 (4) Chew Moor 180 (9).

Section D: Ellesmere Rd B 178 (8) Mytham Park (R Chrisp 21-2) 167 (4); Ellesmere Rd B 181 (7) Back oth Bank B 180 (5); South College 173 (7) Nuffield 163 (5); Eagley Park B (J White 214) 165 (3) Moss Bank D (M Rishton 21-3) 182 (10); Railway Bowlers 153 (3) Ellesmere Rd A 186 (10); Moss Bank D 188 (9) Ellesmere Rd B 144 (3).

SECTION A

P W D L Pt

Bar Lane A... 4 3 0 1 33

Mortfield A... 4 3 0 1 29

Railway B... 3 2 0 1 26

Little Lever CC... 4 2 0 2 22

Turton A... 3 1 0 2 20

Hollywood Rd... 3 2 0 1 20

Dobbies A... 2 2 0 0 16

Gorses... 3 1 0 2 15

Bar Lane D... 2 0 0 2 6

Moss Bank (Wm Hill)... 3 0 0 3 6

Red Lion W/H... 1 0 0 1 2

SECTION B

Horwich CC... 4 3 0 1 32

Brooklyn Hotel... 4 3 0 1 30

Cross Guns... 3 3 0 0 27

Back oth Bank A... 4 2 0 2 26

Haslam Park... 4 2 0 2 25

Doe Hey A... 2 2 0 0 19

John Booths... 4 0 0 4 17

Royal Hotel Mixed... 3 1 0 2 16

Railway M... 3 1 0 2 13

Royal Mail... 2 1 0 1 10

Kings Head A... 3 0 0 3 7

SECTION C

Chew Moor... 4 4 0 0 34

Eagley Park A... 4 3 0 1 29

Westhoughton S&SC... 4 2 0 2 25

Bl Cricket Club... 3 2 0 1 24

Turton B... 3 2 0 1 22

Cotton Tree Vets... 3 1 0 2 13

St Joseph's... 2 1 0 1 12

St Stephen's... 3 0 0 3 12

Kings Head C... 2 1 0 1 11

Thompsons Tippers... 2 0 0 2 8

Bradshaw... 2 0 0 2 8

SECTION D

Moss Bank D... 4 3 0 1 33

Railway Bowlers... 4 3 0 1 29

Ellesmere Rd B... 5 2 0 3 24

Ellesmere Rd A... 3 2 0 1 23

Plodder Lane CC X... 3 2 0 1 22

South College... 3 2 0 1 20

Mytham Park... 3 1 0 2 17

Eagley Park B... 4 0 0 4 15

Nuffield... 2 1 0 1 14

Bar Lane Mixed... 3 1 0 2 13

Back oth Bank B... 2 1 0 1 12

Bolton Men's

Bowling

RESULTS: Section One: Seven Stars 160 (3) Bar Lane X (R Vickers 21-4) 189 (10); Bradshaw 161 (5) Seven Stars 171 (8); Hollywood Road 174 (8) Cross Guns A 173 (4).

Section Two: Kings Head A 178 (7) Grey Mare 175 (5); Grey Mare 188 (8) Bar Lane C 161 (4).

Section Three: Nuffield 199 (11) Egerton Park 130 (1); Westhoughton Vets 182 (8) John Booths 154 (4); Derby Ward LC 190 (9) Bl Telecom 172 (3); Egerton Park 150 (3) Bl Telecom. (A Haslam 21-4) 190 (10); Cross Guns B 95 (3) Lostock A (N Williams 21-3, H Lloyd 21-4) 179 (10).

SECTION ONE

P W D L Pt

Bar Lane X... 3 3 0 0 31

Cross Guns A... 3 2 0 1 19

Seven Stars... 3 2 0 1 18

Bradshaw... 3 1 0 2 17

Hollywood Rd... 2 1 0 1 10

IGW... 2 0 0 2 7

Railway A... 1 0 0 1 5

Dobbies... 1 0 0 1 4

A/Bridge Park... 0 0 0 0 0

SECTION TWO

Grey Mare... 4 2 0 2 26

Mortfield C... 4 2 0 2 23

Bar Lane C... 3 2 0 1 22

Back oth Bank 3 2 0 1 22

A/Bridge RBL... 3 2 0 1 18

Little Lever CC... 3 2 0 1 18

Kings Head A... 2 1 0 1 14

Peter Hunts... 3 0 0 3 12

Railway B... 1 0 0 1 3

SECTION THREE

Bl Telecom... 5 3 0 2 38

YMCA... 3 3 0 0 31

John Booths... 4 3 0 1 31

Westhoughton Vets... 4 3 0 1 28

Derby Ward LC... 4 2 0 2 25

Nuffield... 3 2 0 1 21

Lostock A... 3 1 0 2 19

Royal Mail... 3 1 0 2 17

Roundhouse Vets... 3 1 0 2 16

Egerton Park... 4 1 0 3 15

Cross Guns B... 4 0 0 4 5

Bolton Ladies Bowling

THE President's Cup will take place on Sunday, May 26, at Haslam Park, starting at 11am. Entries to be sent in to E. Brabin, 8 Boscobel Rd, Bolton May 18.

RESULTS: Howard Cup Section A: Longsight 209 Great Lever 184.

Howard Cup Section B: Horwich RMI 160 Halliwell Lodge 187; Moss Bank B 181 Back oth Bank 206.

Section A: Great Lever (S Forrest 21-2) 177 (8) Eagley Park 149 (4); Plodder Lane CC 100 (1) W/H S&SC A 194 (12); W/H S&SC B. 168 (9) Longsight (J Finch 21-3) 149 (3); Moss Bank A 178 (9) Plodder Lane CC 141 (3).

Section B: Horwich RMI (J Attwood 21-3) 162 (3) Queens Park 167 (10); Moss Bank B 185 (10) Back oth Bank B (V Allen 21-3) 145 (2); Little Lever CC 164 (3) Railway 176 (10).

SECTION A

P W D L Pt

West'ton S&SC A... 4 4 0 0 42

Mortfield... 4 4 0 0 38

Moss Bank A... 4 3 0 1 30

Eagley Park... 4 1 0 3 22

Great Lever... 4 2 0 2 22

Longsight... 3 2 0 1 21

Plodder Lane CC... 5 1 0 4 21

West'ton S&SC B 3 2 0 1 20

Lee Lane... 4 1 0 3 19

Leverhulme Park... 4 1 0 3 17

Haslam Park... 3 0 0 3 5

SECTION B

Railway... 5 5 0 0 50

Grey Mare... 4 4 0 0 40

Queen's Park... 4 3 0 1 34

Little Lever CC... 4 1 0 3 20

Back oth Bank... 4 1 0 3 19

Tonge Moor CC... 4 1 0 3 14

Bar Lane... 4 1 0 3 14

Moss Bank B... 1 1 0 0 10

Horwich RMI... 3 0 0 3 9

Mytham Park... 1 0 0 1 3