The Kilmarnock Standard from Kilmarnock, Strathclyde, Scotland • 72

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Killie Reserves are in action on Monday night in a game against Motherwell Reserves The kick-off is at 730 pm Last week's winning number was 282 the £250 winner coming from Kilmarnock The holders of numbers 281 and 283 each receive £25 came when Young took advantage of a defensive slip to score a try midway through the half but Aspatria drove to the other end immediately and Graves bulldozed his way over the line to end the scoring idge middle of the First Division and take a little strain off the remaining fixtures between now and May Forfar however will be no pushovers already drawn 2-2 at Rugby Park this season and beaten Killie 2-0 at Station Park The Angus men have the third best defensive record in the division and are going well under former St Johnstone star Henry Hall Priority It was difficult for team manager Eddie Morrison to concentrate on match when I spoke to him on Tuesday but he did say that he was looking for both points from the Forfar match Continued Eddie: nice to get a Cup run but in our present position HURLFORD 3 LUGAR 0 HURLFORD carried on their good league form with a fine win over Lugar Most of the first half was end to end play with Hurlford looking the likelier side The highlight was a Laverty shot from 25 yards that struck the crossbar with Hamill just missing the rebound Towards the interval Lugar were noticeably tiring and it was mostly Hurlford attacks Early in the second half McNair put Hurlford ahead from a Phillips cross and Hamill got the second from a pass by Walker It was all one way now and Phillips and Robinson combined well for Walker to get the third goal Best for a Hurlford team that was never strethced were Strawhorn Cameron and Phillips Hurlford: McFarlane Bolton and Laverty McNair Strawhorn and Stewart Hamill Phillips Cameron Tierney and Robinson Subs: Walker and Flynn Results: Scottish Cup 3rd round replay Cumbernauld 2 Darvel 0 4th round Glenafton 5 Kilwinning 1 Western Scottish Leagues: Division 1 Irvine Meadow 2 Auchinleck 3 Kilbirnie 1 Beith 1 Whitletts 0 Ann-bank 0 Division 2 Dairy 0 Ardrossan 0 Hurlford 3 Lugar 0 Maybole 0 Largs 2 Muirkirk 1 Kello 1 Troon 1 Saltcoats 2 Fixtures: Ayrshire Cup 2nd round Ardrossan Beith Western Scottish Leagues: Division 1 Annbank Ardeer Craigmark Glenafton Kilwinning Whitletts Division 2 Irvine Vies Darvel Kello Troon Largs Muirkirk Saltcoats Maybole Kick-offs 230 pm points have to be our priority realise that Forfar will try and make things difficult for us but we have to overcome any problems they put in our Hugh Houston who was carried off at Motherwell last Saturday as badly injured as was first thought and could in fact have recovered for last Cup replay But Gordon Wylde will still be missing because of suspension I let the week go by without paying a tribute to the tremendous Killie travelling support that attended at Fir Park last week The computerised checking system at Motherwell revealed that 1946 people went through the terracing gate and you can add another several hundred who were in the stand and on the terrac-in fiddie Morrison too remarked on the support RUGBY to 12-3 and Killie were unable to respond as they shoula when Stewart missed a penalty in front of the posts immediately thereafter A glimmer of hope KILLIE return to the bread and butter of league football this Saturday for the first of two successive home matches that could determine which division they'll be playing in next season Maximum points from the matches against Forfar and Partick Thistle THE HIGHWAYMAN AGAIN by Scottish and Universal Newspapers Ltd Available from Readers' Dept Scottish and Universal Newspapers Ltd 34 Mackintosh Place South Newmoor Industrial Estate Irvine KA11 4JY Price £6 including post and packaging Cheques and PO's made out to Scottish Er Universal Newspapers Ltd COSTLY MISSES The Highwayman's second book is published THE long awaited second collection of "The Highwayman's" cycling journeys is NOW AVAILABLE The first book was published in 1971 and outdoor and cycling enthusiasts and friends and fans of tha lata Davia Bell will greet "The Highwayman Again" with enthusiasm Under the pen-name of Again" Edited by The Highwayman Peter Blane Published SCOTIA Double Glazing have supplied KFC Boys' Club FC with £1000 of sponsorship which has been used to purchase ski jackets for the under-15s 16s and 18s Representatives of the Kilmarnock-based company are pictured here with team members and club officials Said team coach Gus Hollas "We're very much indebted to Gordon Fisher the company's managing director for his support over the past two seasons" Davie Bell's cycling tour stories appeared in the Ayrshire Post for 33 years until his sad and untimely death in 1965 Such was the respect Davie had gained that a memorial was unveiled to his memory at Rowantree Toll in his favourite Galloway Hills stamping ground "The Highwayman ASPATRIA KILMARNOCK 16 7 visit to the Cumbrian club who had a narrow cup defeat the previous week from the mighty Wasps produced a game of many exciting incidents The visitors opened the scoring with a Stewart penalty in seven minutes but the lead was short-lived left winger Miller jinking over for a try which Pears goaled in 12 minutes Pears increased the margin with a penalty on the Half-hour while missed chances by Killie were to prove costly Excellent breaks from scrummage and maul situations by Parker Young Yates and McGuffie had Aspatria defending desperately but their line remained intact Stark was stopped on the line and thV referee adjudged the ball was not grounded properly and minutes later the same playerjdropped a crucial pas after McGuffie had prised a gap in the stuffy home defence A second Pears penalty 12 minutes into the second half took Aspatria Please send me copies of 'The Highwayman Again' at £6 per copy I enclose full payment of Name Address Postcode The Kilmarnock Standard is printed and published by Scottish and Universal Newspapers Limited Kilmarnock Telephone 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