Match 02
22nd August 1956
Norwich City (h)
WEDNESDAY 22nd AUGUST 1956.
CITY CHANGES LOOKED GOOD AT LAST.
EXETER CITY 0
Hunter; Doyle, Mitchell; John, Parr, Porteous; Simpson, Burke, Currie, Divers, Buckle.
NORWICH CITY 0,
Oxford; McCrohan, Lockwood; McNeil, Billington, Eaglefield; Bacon, Gordon, Hunt, Gavin, Stenner,
Attendance 9,530,
Receipts £877,7s, 3d,
The changes certainly made the City forward line look more lke scoring than it did at Coventry on the season's opening day. It was no fault of Currie, Burke or Divers that the changes did not herald a fine First win for City, nor was it a fault of the strong Exeter defenceThe fault lay with the City wingers, here were two players without fight or punch and they failed to feed their inside men, They went through the match contributing nothing but isolated bursts to an otherwise good City performance, Burke worked tirelessly against the tall Norwich defence, a header had Oxford scrambling to save, as did an accurate lob from Simpson, Burke did however, miss the one good chance that City did have, taking a pass from Currie he shot a yard over the bar when well placed, Hunter behind a rarely beaten Exeter defence had little to do against the Norwich forwards who were held in check by the City halfback trioMitchell improved 100% on his Coventry form, Not at all a bad show by Exeter who had three quarters of the play.
THURSDAY 23rd AUGUST 1956.
KIDDERMINSTER 2
EXETER CITY RESERVES 2
Lobbett, Foley, Ferrier; Packer, Harvey, Houghton; GrinneyWillis, Sword, Phoenix, Rees,
Scorers Exeter City
Grinney, Phoenix,
CITY CHANGES LOOKED GOOD AT LAST.
EXETER CITY 0
Hunter; Doyle, Mitchell; John, Parr, Porteous; Simpson, Burke, Currie, Divers, Buckle.
NORWICH CITY 0,
Oxford; McCrohan, Lockwood; McNeil, Billington, Eaglefield; Bacon, Gordon, Hunt, Gavin, Stenner,
Attendance 9,530,
Receipts £877,7s, 3d,
The changes certainly made the City forward line look more lke scoring than it did at Coventry on the season's opening day. It was no fault of Currie, Burke or Divers that the changes did not herald a fine First win for City, nor was it a fault of the strong Exeter defenceThe fault lay with the City wingers, here were two players without fight or punch and they failed to feed their inside men, They went through the match contributing nothing but isolated bursts to an otherwise good City performance, Burke worked tirelessly against the tall Norwich defence, a header had Oxford scrambling to save, as did an accurate lob from Simpson, Burke did however, miss the one good chance that City did have, taking a pass from Currie he shot a yard over the bar when well placed, Hunter behind a rarely beaten Exeter defence had little to do against the Norwich forwards who were held in check by the City halfback trioMitchell improved 100% on his Coventry form, Not at all a bad show by Exeter who had three quarters of the play.
THURSDAY 23rd AUGUST 1956.
KIDDERMINSTER 2
EXETER CITY RESERVES 2
Lobbett, Foley, Ferrier; Packer, Harvey, Houghton; GrinneyWillis, Sword, Phoenix, Rees,
Scorers Exeter City
Grinney, Phoenix,
Creator
Paul F
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