Wednesday, October 29th.

City Reserves v St. Luke’s College.

These teams met at St. James's Park this afternoon. The turf was slippery as the result of recent rains, and the crowd, as usual on these occasions, included its complement of enthusiastic College supporters. St Luke's included Levers, their clever left-winger, who is on Portsmouth's amateur list. The City played Marshall in goal, Lock, the local amateur at right-half, and Cox, of the Devon Regiment, at centre-forward.

Levers was soon prominent, displaying good command over the leather. The Grecians, however, soon took up the running, and Kirby kept Holt well supplied on the right wing. The College goalkeeper, Williams, saved from Cox and Goddard, but at length Kirby beat him from a pass by Holt. A centre by Orr was headed over by Cox, and Williams tipped over a drive by Evans for a corner, which proved fruitless. Cox scored a second goal from Holt's centre, and Kirby a third from Lovett's pass.

Five-Nil at Half-Time.

The College stuck to their work pluckily, but were outclassed. Levers made a good attempt to stem the tide, and then Lovett ran clean through. Williams saved his shot, but Lovett got the ball again and scored. Some ten minutes passed, and then Williams was beaten for the fifth time, the ball striking Barraclough, the Students' centre-half, and being deflected into goal. At half-time the City Reserves were leading by five goals to nil.

Second Half.

Williams did well to tip over a rasper by Kirby just after the resumption. Matthews (St Luke's) cleared from a corner, but Kirby dribbled through again to be foiled once more by Williams. Later on, Evans, who was very prominent, hit the bar and at the Exeter end Marshall saved from Wood. Cox then scored the sixth goal for the Grecians, after which Blackburn, for St Luke's, forced a corner which Goddard cleared. Levers made another burst through, but was badly supported, and Kirby got the seventh goal with a fine screw shot. Further goals were quickly added by Holt and Orr, Williams having no chance with either shot. Holt got the tenth with an unstoppable drive, and Cox ran through for the eleventh.

The Reserves were represented by:-Marshall; Harding, Goddard; Lock, Pratt, Evans; Holt, Kirby, Cox, Lovett, and Orr.