SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER 1965.

EARLY MISS UNSETTLES EXETER.

SHREWSBURY TOWN 4;
Boswell; Gregory, Fellows; Hemsley, Brodie, Harris; Meredith, Broadbent, Clarke, Boardman, Thom,

EXETER CITY 0 
Shearing; Smyth, Ley; Mitchell, Harvey, Fulton; Blain, Banks, Curtis (Peapell), Buckingham, Rees.

Scorers Shrewsbury Heasley, Boardman, Meredith, Clarke,

Attendance 4559

This was a disastrous match, axeter never looked like gaining their first away win of the season, They failed despite chances that came their way early on. Things might have worked out differently had Dermot Curtis not missed a gilt edged chance after just 45 seconds. He injured his knee and was replaced at half-time by Dennis Peapell, City had many narrow escapes after this and Peter Shearing made a number of good saves, Shrewsbury tried too often to walk the ball through a 10 man defence. But they took the lead after 23 minutes when a Thom corner found Meredith who drove the ball past Shearing, Exeter had difficulty in breaking away. When they did, the Shrewsbury defence had little trouble in dealing with them, Jimmy Blain, in his second game for City, was always a danger when in possession, In the second half Shrewsbury took command, Clarke scored after 51 minutes. Hemsley drove through a ruck of players to make it 3-0 after 54 minutes, and ten minutes later Boardman added a fourth goal, to send the City home a very dejected side.

Western League,

EXETER CITY RESERVES 0
Barnett; Warren, Arbury; Baison, McDonald, Anderson; Stuckey, Rice, Black, Carter, Tolchard,

BRIDPORT 2:
Nicklen; Holder, Darby; Ames, Walbridge, Greig; Graham, Pulman, Thresher, Donovan, Greening,

Scorers:
Bridport : Thresher 2,

This proved a black day for the City reserves, Alan Barnett and Les McDonald collided in the first minute and Bridport scored, Barnett left the field with a broken nose, and McDonald went to hospital with a badly cut head, Mike Balson took over in goal for the rest of the game, Then Des Anderson took a knock and played throughout the remainder of the match with concussion, City were back at full strength for the second half with Barnett and McDonald playing in the forward line, Norman Black was a 17 year old trialist from the Bristol area where he has scored 20 goals so far this season,

MONDAY 8th NOVEMBER 1965.

BEDFORD TOWN PLAN PRIVATE TELPHONE LINE.

Bedford Town expect to bring about 1,200 supporters to Saturday's First Round F.A, Cup-tie against Exeter City at St James' Park, Hundreds more who cannot make the trip will still follow the game at the Southern Leaguers Eyrie ground headquarters, Bedford will have an open telephone line from the Park on which a commentary will be relayed through the loudspeakers at thier ground,