Luton Town 1-1 ECFC 
Scorers: Compton
Attendance: 6000

Luton v City
Monday, September 8th,
at Kenilworth Road, Luton.

Attendance 6,000.

Exeter City's remarkably fine performances in League football since the opening of the season, and their unbeaten "certificate," plus the fact that Luton Town were expected to make a big effort to register their initial victory, gave an altogether exceptional importance to the match at Luton on Monday evening. It proved to be a really rousing encounter, and even if Luton were unlucky in not capturing both points on the run of the game, one could not but admire the dogged determination of the men from the West, the whole team playing with rare spirit.

LUTON TOWN
Brookes
Graham Till
Walker Jennings Mills
Hoar Cockle Keen Shankley Dennis

Referee:- Mr H.V.Stott, of Staffordshire.

Compton Davis Appleyard Pullan Matthews
Potter Jones Coleburne
Flynn Pollard
Bailey
EXETER CITY

Sixty seconds from the start Bailey had to handle from Cockle, and thirty seconds later Compton took a long pass and, using his speed to get past Graham, he scraped the ball into the net via the goalpost and gave his side the lead to the accompaniment of loud cheering. Luton lost no time in getting into their stride, and a corner taken by Hoar found Bailey all at home, but he was lucky the next. minute when Shankley headed wide from five yards range. Flynn was admonished by the referee for a foolish foul on Hoar, and Exeter cleared the resultant free-kick.

EXETER QUICKER ON THE BALL.

Play settled in midfield, but Exeter had rather the better of the exchanges for five or six minutes without troubling Brookes. Exeter were quicker on the ball than Luton, and though they raised
the ire of the crowd on two or three occasions they were playing very good football. Luton gradually improved, and Bailey was seen in action several times, but there was nothing serious for him to handle. Luton's best chance at this stage fell to Keen, but his shot went several yards wide. Play then settled in the Grecians' territory, and Bailey, who was of course playing on his old ground, was loudly applauded for a brilliant last-minute save from Jennings with the odds heavily on a goal. Again Bailey saved, this time from Mills, then he dived full length and pushed out a hard drive at point-blank range from Shankly. Interval score:
Luton Town 0 Exeter City 1.

SECOND HALF.
Luton started with rare zest, and Dennis swung the ball across in the first minute, but Jones cleared. Pollard saved an almost certain goal by jumping and heading out from Shankley on the line, Jennings just missed with a rasping shot, and Bailey again brought down the house by running out and diving on the ball, smothering the shot which was being made by Dennis. It went on like this practically throughout the second half, and with the aid of Bailey the Exeter goal bore a charmed life. With but three or four minutes eventually remaining it seemed impossible for Luton to score, but in the end they did. Hoar won a corner, and taking the kick himself, placed it so accurately that the ball went straight to Shankley, who headed the equaliser to a tumult of cheering.

NOTES ON THE GAME.
The unpleasantness of last year seemed possible early on, when Flynn indiscreetly charged into Hoar, but Mr Stott, an admirable referee, at once showed that he would have no nonsense. The result was a clean and sporting, if robust, game, and the spectators, who are as fair-minded as any crowd in the country, gave Exeter as much encouragement as they gave Luton, and Harry Bailey, who received a great ovation on entering the field, evoked rounds of applause by a series of brilliant saves. The Grecians were in luck to come away with a point, but it is not possible to give too much praise to Pollard and Flynn for the wonderful defence they put up, and of course Bailey. Compton and Pullan were the best of Exeter's forwards, and for Luton excellent play was contributed by Till, Jennings, Shankley, Mills, and Dennis.