Monday, September 15th.
The Southern Charity Cup.

Grecians At Merthyr

Beaten in the First Round

Merthyr Town beat Exeter City by two goals to one at Penydarren Park in the opening match for the Charity Cup. The match kicked-off in the evening, and a crowd of six thousand was present.

Merthyr Town
Burrows
Russell McCormick
Craig Gates Metcalfe
Savage Coates Draper Hiftle Taylor

Exeter City
Orr Kirby Brooksbank Lovett Whittaker
Marshall Lagan Smith
Strettle Fort
Pym

The Grecians were scarcely representative, and an experimental half-back line was used. Rigby has failed to find his form of last season, while Evans has not yet done justice to the reputation he gained at Blackpool. Pratt was unfit.
Merthyr Town are top of the Southern League, having won their first two matches, against Bristol Rovers (home) and Queen's Park Rangers (away). Nevertheless they made two changes in their forward line, Savage (outside-right) and Draper (centre-forward) playing instead of Stewart and McKie.

Exeter Score First.
The City pressed at the outset, and Lovett, from a position in front of goal and a range of ten yards, scored after 20 minutes. From that point to the close Merthyr Town had slightly more of the exchanges, with Taylor always prominent. In the second half Pym was beaten by shots from Savage and Draper

Result
Merthyr Town 2-1 Exeter City