EXETER CITY 4 (Anderson, Thorne, Banks, Curtis)
GRIMSBY TOWN 1 (Tees)

Saturday December 19th at St James's Park.

Exeter City:- Shearing; Smyth, MacDonald; Mitchell, Harvey, Anderson;
Welsh, Banks, Curtis, Ley, Thorne.

Grimsby Town:- Wright; Thompson, Taylor; Cockerill, Jobling, Lancaster;
Pennington, Haydock, Tees, Foster, Hill.

Referee:- Mr R.A.Paine of Middlesex. Linesmen:- Messrs H.V.Gisborne and C.H.Bond.

Exeter City gave their fans the best Christmas present they could wish for, a devastating 4-1 win over the League leaders, Grimsby Town. During a first half "purple patch" goals came from Anderson in 28 minutes, Thorne (31), Banks (42) and Curtis (43). It was not until the game was nearly over that Grimsby scored, Tees heading a centre from Hill past Shearing with eight minutes to go. It was a very good team performance on the part of Exeter City with Curtis having one of his best games of the season and the defence standing up well to the strong Grimsby side. But the improvement really hinged on the inspiration and non-stop endeavour provided by Alan Banks, and this game proved how badly he has been missed.

Western League 
Poole v Exeter 

POOLE TOWN 1
(Saker)

CITY RESERVES 9
(Hutchings 2, Carter 2, Riding 3, Redwood 2) 
At Poole.

Poole went into the lead after 25 minutes when Neale crossed from the right-wing for Saker to head home. Exeter equalised minutes later when Hutchings drove in a shot which completely deceived Nickle. The visitors were well on top and took the lead when Carter scored. Pressure from the Exeter forwards made the Poole defence give away three corners and a good cross from Stuckey was forced home by Riding.

Half-time:
Poole T. Res 1-3 Exeter C. Res.

Hutchings, Riding 2, Carter, Redwood 2 completed the scoring for Exeter Reserves in the second half. 

Result
Poole T. Res 1-9 Exeter C. Res.

Poole Town: - Nicklin; Decker, Wallworth; Beasley, Wood, Sanctuary; Neil, Swallow, Saker, Hunt, Bodger.

City Reserves:- Barnett; Pope, Patrick; Rutley, Higgins, Grace; Stuckey, Redwood, Riding, Carter, Hutchings.

Referee:- Mr V.N.Guy.

And it must be a long time since Exeter's first and second team have scored 13 goals between them on the same day!