Match Report
Newcastle Blue Star, 4th with 73 points, sat 21 points above Clitheroe (12th, 52). Clitheroe ranked just 19th in the league on five-round form despite their 12th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Newcastle Blue Star 2.33 scored and 1.35 conceded per game, Clitheroe 1.6 and 1.9, with the league averaging 1.71.


