SATURDAY MARCH 7th 1959

AT BOROUGH PARK.

WORKINGTON (ROBSON 2) 2
EXETER CITY (CALLAND 2) 2.

Exeter City looked as if they were set for both points when they led by two goals in the first quarter of an hour, but the Northern side rallied well to make the score 1-2 at the interval.

Workington:- Frame; Brown, Rollo; Aitken, Tennant, Alexander; Hodgson, Jones, Blakeman, Robson, Dixon.

Exeter City: Hunter; Foley, MacDonald; Mitchell, Oliver, Thompson; Stiffle, Birch, Calland, Nicholls, Dale.

Despite a few minor setbacks the City are keeping well up in the championship race and are now third in the chart 43 points from 31 matches played. Port Vale with 49 points and Coventry with 43 are the leaders, but both these teams have played 2 more games than Exeter.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE:
CITY RESERVES 3 KING'S LYNN 3.

With Lobbett ill in bed Exeter City called up an amateur goalkeeper from Bristol, Eddie Holehouse, to take the last line of defence at St James's Park today against the Linnets.

Exeter City: Holehouse; Rutter, Whitnall; Butterworth, Rapley, Packer; Atkins, Pulman, Hill, Carberry, Rackley.

King's Lynn:- Manning; Bannister, Docherty; Tennant, Foulkes, Neilson; Baxter, Luke, Dixon, Devlin, Hunter.

Six goals were shared between the above sides, Pulman and Hill (2) scoring for Exeter and Luke, Hunter, and Dixon for the visitors.


10th March 1959
South Western League
Wadebridge (h)

Equaliser brought Protests

Exeter City 1, Wadebridge 1

A last-minutes goal, saved this South Western League match for Exeter and brought protests from some of the Wadebridge team that the ball did not cross the line. But the referee allowed the goal, scored by centre-forward Newell. It was a drab affair, with precious little football of any quality. Exeter sadly lacked method, and until the last-minute goal it looked as though the stronger Wadebridge side would take both points. Wadebridge got their goal ten minutes after the restart a great left-foot shot by centre-forward Weston.