GRIMSBY TOWN 2
(Anderson og, Jobling)
EXETER  CITY 1 (Carter)

Saturday August 29th at Grimsby.

The faces were familiar, the names were the same, but Exeter City's side were just shadows of the side in the two previous games, it was such a scrappy, rough, unsettled sort of game that it was not worth two points to anyone. The fact that Grimsby play a similar sort of system as City might have something to do with it, the styles cancelled each other out and it produced negative football,

There was no lack of effort from Exeter, they ran just as far and tackled just as hard as anyone could want, it was just that the whole thing seemed aimless, City were right out of luck on two Occasions. Three minutes before half time Anderson was hit by a Hill shot andit flew into the net with Barnett stranded, Then in the last 15 minutes MacDonald's shot dropped into the Grimsby net but was disallowed because Carter and Curtis were offside.

Carter who had a good game scored Exeter's equaliser three minutes into the second half, but Jobling restored Grimsby's advantage in the 69th minute. Even if City had not had this sudden loss of form, Grimsby would have been a hard side to beat. They were big, they were dast and they were strong and when the luck was running they had it their way.

Grimsby Town:- Wright; Thompson, Keeble; Cockerill, Clifton, Jobling; Pennington, Tees, McLean, Foster, Hill.

Exeter City:- Barnett; Fulton, MacDonald; Mitchell, Harvey, Anderson; Curtis, Banks, Carter, Hancock, Rees.

Attendance :- 7737


WESTERN LEAGUE 
EXETER CITY RES (Redwood) 1
FROME (Simmons, Bartlett) 2.

City Reserves:- Shearing; Patrick, Arbury; Edmunds, Higgins, Rutley; Stuckey, Redwood, Riding, Grace, Thorne.

Frome Town:- Sunderland; McCormack, Linton; Macarg, Doughty, Bartlett; Love, Chedgy, Coombs, Henderson, Simmons.