Match 34
12th March 1921
Swansea Town (h)

Western League
Pontypridd (a)

ECFC v Swansea Town (L 1-2)
Scorer: Hinton
Attendance: 5,000

Exeter's New Inside-Left.
The game is making such phenomenal strides in South Wales that the go-ahead clubs in that district appear to be very much of an unknown quantity, likely to spring suprises on their English rivals.
Hence the nervousness often occassioned by the visits of teams like Swansea, Merthyr, and Newport.
Exeter had announced two interesting changes for today's match namely, the inclusion of their new player, J. Hinton, in the places of Vowles at inside left, and the alteration in the half-back line, Green and Taylor changing places. Hinton's intial apperance for the Grecians today was of special interest to North Devon "Soccerites," for his performances in the Taw Shipyard eleven in recent months have attracted great attention in the area.

Exeter City:
Pym. Coleburne. Feebery. Carrick. Green. Taylor. Appleton. Makin. Shields. Hinton. Dockray.

Referee:- Mr R.C. Wilding, of Southampton.

Swansea Town:
Denoon. Robson. Milne. Durnin. Collins. Gray. Hole. Jones. Edmonson. Brown. Spottiswoode.

Delightful weather favoured the match, and the ground was in splendid condition. Bright selections by the Exeter City Military Band enlivened the period of waiting, and there were 5000 spectators present when the teams appeared at 3:20, but the crowd was still streaming in fast.
Pym won the toss in competetion with Brown, and elected to play from the St James's Road end in the opening half. 
The game opened at a fast pace and Exeter were the first to became dangerous. The ball went into Swansea goal area from Dockray's boot, but Denoon pounced on it before the City forwards could follow up.
Swansea then worked their way down on the right wing, and Jones whipped the ball across for Coleburne to relieve the pressure with a headed clearance.
The first ended as it began, goalless, but Exeter's form was an improvement on that of recent weeks and much, and much pressure had been exerted on the Swansea defence. Shields, with a header, and the same player, with a shot that went over the bar, was Exeter's most promising marksman in the first half.

Second Half 
The second half, like the first, opened at great pace, both sides being eager to open their account.
Exeter's half back line had been completely rearranged, Carrick was now in the centre, with Green on the left and Taylor on the other flank. Hinton led the first advance, and though hampered by Collins carried on splendidly, bear Robson, and middled the ball strongly, head high, to Shields, whose header scraped the top of the bar.
Pym failed to clear from Jones in a Swansea raid, and the ball dropped to Edmondson, who from five yards out netted an easy goal. A second goal was scored by Swansea with the Second half fifteen minutes old, Edmondson forcing his way through and beating Pym with a fine rising shot from twenty yards' range. The lead was reduced almost immediately by Hinton, who scored with a neat header from Dockray's corner kick.

F-T City 1-2 Swansea Town.

Reserves 12.3.1921. 
Swansea Reserves 5-0 Exeter City Reserves.
At the Vetch Field. Exeter City Reserves were soundly beaten in this Western League match, losing five goals without reply. In the first half Duke gave Swansea the lead, whilst after the interval goals were scored by Duke (2), Ogley, and Hoyland.

Mid week football 
Pontypridd Reserves 3-0 Exeter City Reserves
14.03.1921.
The City Reserves who played on at Swansea on Saturday, remained in South Wales during the weekend and fulfilled their fixture at Pontypridd on Monday afternoon.
They were beaten by three goals to nil, and counting the five that were run up against them at Swansea, 8 goals have lost without one being obtained at the other end.

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