EXETER CITY LACK A GOOD MARKSMAN.
VICTORY FOR ALDERSHOT AFTER A LEAN SPELL.

Saturday February 25th 1961.

ALDERSHOT 3 (Lawlor, Richards, Taylor) EXETER CITY 1 (Carter)

Played at the Recreation Ground, attendance 5,000.

Aldershot:- Marshall; Bannister and Devereux; Kirkup, Shipwright, and Tyrer; Taylor, Richards, Deakin, Woan, and Lawlor.

Exeter City: Jones; Foley and MacDonald; Mitchell, Williams, and Thompson; Donaldson, Rees, Jenkins, Carter, and Dale.

Referee:- Mr J.G.Williams, of Nottingham.

With a much changed forward line Aldershot ended a recent barren spell when they won a decisive victory over the City. Exeter City, who were losing by a goal to nil at half-time, can blame the lack of a good marksman for their defeat. The defence, in which Mitchell was back to all his old form after a long absence through injury, had a much better game than the score indicates. A heavy downpour of rain an hour before the kick-off swamped the ground.

Aldershot, so out of form that they had not scored a single goal in any of their previous eight matches, fielded their new player from Northampton, Mike Deakin, and Alan Woan, who was transferred from Crystal Palace a fortnight ago. They made a difference.

• The City yesterday transferred Jack Wilkinson to Wellington Town, a club in the Midland League. Wilkinson had lost his first - team place following an injury on New Year's Eve.