PETERBOROUGH BEAT EXETER WITH LAST MINUTE GOAL. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AND SEVEN GOALS AT THE PARK.

Saturday September 24th 1960.

EXETER CITY 3 (Wilson, Wilkinson 2) PETERBOROUGH UNITED 4 (Bly 3, Hails)

Played at St James's Park, attendance 7,000.

Exeter City:- Lobbett; Whitnall and MacDonald; Wilson, Harvey, and Thompson; Rees, Donaldson, Wilkinson, Gordon, and Harrison.

Peterborough United:- Walls; Stafford and Walker; Raynor, Rigby, and Ripley; Hails, Emery, Bly, Smith, and Sheavills.

Referee:- Mr R.E. Smith of Newport.

Exeter City were unlucky today in what was easily the best match seen at the Park this season for entertainment, excitement, and goals.

After taking the lead, losing it, and equalising again they went down by the odd goal of seven in almost the last minute when Bly scrambled the ball through in the goalmouth to complete his "hat trick."

After Rees had shot wide Wilson gave Exeter the lead in the fifth minute with a glorious 30 yards' drive that rocketed past Walls into the top corner of the net at the St James's Road end. After Bly had scored twice for Peterborough Wilkinson got a goal for the City, and at half-time the sides were on level pegging at 2 goals each. Peterborough, who came into the Football League this season in the place of Gateshead, are going great guns, and now lie second to Northampton, their neighbours.

• At Welton, the City Reserves were swamped by the Rovers, 9 goals to nil.