NORWICH CITY 4 EXETER CITY 4.

Played at Norwich, Saturday, September 18th 1926.

With a considerably altered side Exeter City made a promising start at Norwich, being a goal up just after the commencement. Travelling yesterday, the Grecians were at their destination in good time for the match, which was favoured by the most glorious summerlike weather, and the attendance was a large one, well over eight thousand.

Norwich City.
Dennington; Hannah, Wingham; Dickinson, McCrae, Duffus; Jackson, Banks, Cropper, Price, J.G. Aitken.

Exeter City.
Bailey; Pollard, Charlton; Ditchburn, Good, Garratt; Purcell, Phoenix, Blackmore, Dent, Compton.

Referee:- Mr J.C.0 'Neill, of Barking.

In Exeter's first attack Dent headed towards goal, and Hannah put the ball into his own net. Exeter kept up the pressure, and after some clever work on the right wing Phoenix nipped in and scored easily. This was the prelude to some stern counter attacks by the Canaries, and Cropper reduced the lead with a fine goal. A brilliant forward movement by the Grecians saw the ball come across to the centre from Purcell, and Blackmore, making no mistake, netted a third goal. Just before the interval Aitken sped past Ditchburn and scored for Norwich. After twenty minutes' play in the second half, Blackmore got the City's fourth goal. Jackson, who had changed placed with Cropper, scored at the second attempt from a penalty, Bailey having saved the first shot. Tremendous excitement marked the closing stages, and after Blackmore had struck the post Cropper equalised. Purcell and Phoenix made a fine right wing, and Blackmore time and again was too smart for the home backs.

Western League
EXETER CITY RESERVES 3
BRISTOL CITY RESERVES 4.

at St James's Park.

Lievesley reappeared in an Exeter City jersey today for the first time since his motor-cycle accident. Randall being injured, the goalkeeping position was given to Letheren, the Topsham amateur, and Percy Newberry was at inside right.
City Reserves:- Letheren; Lowton, Miller; Pullan, Pool, Potter; Newman, Newberry, Thompson, Lievesley, Parkin.

Bristol City Reserves: Jones; Holbrook, Howson; Geddes, Davis, Vickery; Foster, Williams, Drummond, Gray, Blackmore.

Pullan lost the toss, and Exeter lined up at the far end, facing the sun. Shots by Newberry and Lievesley cannoned against Bristol defenders, and Thompson took over and found the net with a well placed cross-drive. Drummond equalised in the twenty-second minute. In the second half Gray and Drummond scored for Bristol, and Lievesley got two goals for Exeter. Drummond scored the winner five minutes from time.

Western League
EXETER CITY RESERVES 5
POOLE 2 

at St James's Park, Exeter.

Wednesday, September 22nd, 1926.

The following Exeter City players are injured:
Randall, knee, Lowton, groin, Good, ankle, Garratt, thigh muscle strained, Walker, fluid on the knee, McDevitt, strained tendon, Thompson, severe ankle bruising.

Exeter City Reserves fielded a strong team against Poole, the long injured list necessitating a call on four of the team which played at Norwich on Saturday.

City Reserves.
Bailey; Pollard and Miller; Pullan, Pool, and Potter; Newman, Dent, Phoenix,
Lievesley, and Parkin.

Poole.
Drew; Parry, and Richardson; Dawe, Campbell, and Lowson; C.Brown, Silvester, Trim, Williams, and T.H.Brown.

Referee:- Mr F.W.Reeve, of Devonport.

Five minutes after the start Parry handled the ball in the penalty area from a long forward pass by Pullan, and the referee awarded a spot kick. Lievesley took it, and scored.

Poole were a lively company, and combined quickly and well in attack. A centre from C.Brown was punched out by Bailey, and the ball was carried on by Pullan and transferred to Newman. The centre from Newman was headed towards goal by Lievesley, but sound anticipation enabled Drew to make a good save. For a long time Exeter were compelled to act on the defensive, but when they raised the siege they scored at once, Dent putting Phoenix in possession, and the centre forward forcing his way between the backs to score with a cool shot. Half an hour after the start Phoenix reaped the reward of his enterprise, by robbing Parry when the full-back delayed his clearance, and going on to score with another clever side-shot. Only a minute later a centre from Newman was headed in by Lievesley, and Drew, taken by surprise, fell over the the line with the ball in his hands for Exeter's fourth goal. Phoenix completed the "hat-trick" after the interval, and Poole rallied and scored two well deserved goals. 

WEAK EXETER CITY TEAM BEATEN AT BARNSTAPLE.

Those who gathered at Barnstaple on Wednesday evening in the hope of seeing Exeter City field a full professional side against Barnstaple Town as promised, were disappointed to find the visiting team largely composed of amateur players, with only Charlton, Purcell, and Compton of the regulars included. But they appreciated the fact that the Grecians have struck a bad patch in the matter of injuries to their players, and also that the club had a Western League fixture to fulfil in the afternoon. However, the team chosen gave quite a good exhibition, and Barnstaple made a
better showing than would otherwise have been the case.

Barnstaple Town 4 Exeter City 3.

Indeed, it was a feather in the cap of the Barumites, that they managed to win by the odd goal of seven, for the side they fielded would extend most of the clubs in Devon apart from the recognised professional organisations.
Humphrey, the old Taw Shipyard player, stepped in at the last moment to help the Grecians out of a difficulty, and Beer, of Lovells United, and formerly of Bideford, was also included in the Grecians' side. Mr C.R.Dunning refereed. The visit had a two-fold object, a compliment to Ellis Crompton, now player coach at Barnstaple, who served Exeter City so well for such a long time, and to give his new club a helping hand in their commendable endeavour to re-establish "soccer" firmly in the metropolis of North Devon. Exeter soon realised they had no sine cure on hand, for Barnstaple had quite a big share of the play. Newberry gave the City an early lead, and Marks levelled the score with a good shot. Again the City went ahead through Newberry after Purcell had made the opening from the right wing. Marks again found the net with his second equaliser, and at the interval the score was 2-2. The second half had hardly opened when Morgan put Barnstaple ahead, but the lead was short-lived, for Newberry neatly completed his "hat-trick." Exeter then redoubled their efforts to get more goals, but Barum defended in great style, Ellis Crompton figuring prominently. With only five minutes remaining Marks cleverly eluded Humphrey, and beat Le theren with what proved to be the winning goal.

• The Exeter City Directorate.
  The directorate of Exeter City F. C has been strengthened by the co-option of Mr A.G.Chamberlain, who was a valued member of the Board until a couple of years ago, when he resigned owing to indifferent health and pressure of work.
• Dick Pym.
  The First Division League match between Bolton Wanderers and Cardiff City at Burnden Park, Bolton, last Saturday, was the subject of a benefit for Dick Pym, the old Exeter City goalkeeper and captain, and now an English International, and the holder of two F. A. Cup-winners' medals.