Saturday 21st September 1901 

St Sidwell's United v Dawlish 

St Sidwell's opened their season in fine style on Saturday by defeating Dawlish by four goals to two. Dawlish played four new men, who gave promising displays. St Sidwell's combined splendidly. The halves fed the forwards well, and the backs were in great form. The forwards, however, should learn more to keep the ball under control. Next Saturday the team go to Crediton to meet the Y.M.C.A. Though they will be somewhat weaker than last week they will doubtless make a good show

Score

St Sidwell's United 4-2 Dawlish

Scorers:Marshall, Sellick, Eveleigh Coles  

St Sidwell's Team:-Robinson; Flood, Campbell; Avery, Mann, Hawkey; Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Eveleigh, Coles

Dawlish Team W. Morrish; F Knapman, S. Holman; B Cornelius, C. Leaman B Knight; J. Richards, F. Hawking, H. Knight, P. Hockaday and H. Simmonds. 

Published: Monday 23 September 1901
Newspaper: Western Times

For a fuller account of the run up to the game and the match itself see Martin Weilers blog on the origins here:- 

St Sidwell’s United’s first match

Images: from the top of Monks Road (see map) looking east down to the likely location of St Sidwell's United's ground. In match reports, the sloping field was referred to as Pinhoe Road, Blackboy Road, or Mount Pleasant. On the map, note how close it was to St James' Park.