EXETER CITY 0 QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS 2.

Played at St James's Park, Exeter, on
Saturday, April 30th 1927. Brilliant sunshine greeted the teams at St James's Park this afternoon, when Exeter City played their last home Football League match of the season. The wind, however, was keen. There was a "gate" of 6,000.

City: Bailey Lowton, Charlton; Ditchburn, Pool, Miller; Purcell, McDevitt, Lievesley, Dent, Compton.

Referee: Mr E.E.Small, of Bristol.

Rangers:- Cunningham; Sweetman, Young; Collier, Hawley, Mc Allister; Paterson, Varco, Goddard, Swan, Lofthouse.

After McDevitt had shot wide the Rangers reversed the run of the play, and in the second of two quick raids opened the scoring, Lofthouse taking advantage of a mistake by the City defence to close in on the goal and shoot in his stride at twenty yards' range. The rising ball badly beat Bailey, the shot, entering the goal just under the bar. The game was less than two minutes old. Ten minutes after the change of ends Paterson from Swan's pass beat Bailey with an excellent shot. In a desperate attempt to save the game the City rearranged their forces, with Charlton at centre forward, McDevitt at left half, Miller at left back, and Lievesley at inside right. The nearest they came to scoring was three minutes from time, when Dent struck the upright. The Rangers went straight to the other end, and Goddard with only Bailey to beat shot directly at the goalkeeper. Exeter were beaten by a lively, robust team, who made splendid use of the long pass, and so pulled the City's defensive machinery all to pieces. Ditchburn and Miller appeared helpless in face of the Rangers' quick open play. The move which took Charlton to centre forward for the closing play would have been more promising if McDe vitt had remained in his place, or gone to centre half. As it was, the best schemer in the team was out in the cold at left half, and the Rangers simply packed their goal and held on to their lead.

Western League
YEOVIL 5 CITY RESERVES 2.

Five minutes after the start in this Western League match at Yeovil, Thompson opened the scoring for Exeter, netting a centre from Newman. The City Reserves held a slight advantage, but eventually Yeovil got away and Lowes levelled the score with a shot which gave Randall no chance. Scott scored Yeovil's second goal, and at half-time the "Glovers" led by two goals to one. Randall made many good saves in the second half, but was beaten by Scott, at the second attempt, from Connor's centre. Lowes then scored for the home team, and Good replied for the City. Pidgeon received the ball on the half way line and ran right through the City defence to give to Lowes, who had little difficulty in scoring Yeovil's fifth goal.

Ellis Crompton's Benefit Match
EXETER CITY 1 SOUTHAMPTON 1.
at St James's Park.
Wednesday, May 4th 1927.

Southampton's visit to Exeter City on Wednesday evening in a match for the benefit of Ellis Crompton, the veteran Lancastrian, who retired from the first class "soccer" arena at the end of last season after more than twenty years of prominence with Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur, Exeter City, and Bristol Rovers, provided a highly enjoyable entertainment, with some unusual features, and resulted in a draw of one goal each.

Unhappily, Mr O.F.Passmore, the veteran referee, and Chairman of the Exeter and District Wednesday League, who was officiating as one of the linesmen at this match, damaged his left knee soon after the start, and had to retire from the field, badly crippled. Furthermore, Crompton himself was unable to complete the first half. Special permission had been given by the Football Association for him to play in the match, but after thirty-two minutes, in which he did some excellent work, he had to depart with knee trouble.

Eddie Jones in the City Team. 
When Billy Compton was carried off just before half-time, also with a knee injury, it seemed that the match might peter out disappointingly, but Compton was able to resume after the interval, and Eddie Jones, the City trainer, came out and played at inside-left to complete the team. Dent had dropped back to left half when Crompton went off. In the end, the play remained as bright as ever. The only source of regret was the fact that the attendance totalled only 3,100, as compared with that of 7,800 on the occasion of Bolton Wanderers' visit for the benefit of Bob Pollard, whose match brought him £370 clear of expenses. Rawlings opened the score for Southampton within two minutes of the start, and fifteen minutes later Compton rounded off good play by Phoenix and Dent to score with a neat low shot to the left of Allen and so equalise.
McDevitt was the cleverest player on the field, with Purcell and Phoenix of the forwards, and Bailey, Lowton, and Charlton of the rearguard also taking the top honours, while Dent fitted in very well as an emergency half-back. Taylor, Rawlings, Harkus, Rowley, Allen, and Henderson played well for the Saints.

WESTERN LEAGUE
BRISTOL ROVERS RESERVES 5
EXETER CITY RESERVES 1.

While the City "chiefs" were engaging the Saints, the Reserves were at the Bristol Rovers ground, Eastville, in a Western League match, in which they were beaten by five goals to one. The City were inclined to overdo the short passing game, and their forwards were stalled off by the business-like Rovers backs. The goals were scored by Rumney (1), Lloyd (2), Barratt (1) and Holcroft (1) for Bristol, and by Good (1) for Exeter.



Thursday, May 5th 1927.
TORRINGTON V EXETER CITY.

One of the big attractions in connection with Torrington Fair on Thursday was a football match between Torrington and Exeter City, who were represented by a full side, and won by four goals to three. There were about two thousand spectators, and the gate proceeds amounted to £60. The City played purely exhibition football that well-pleased the spectators, but it was a disappointment to the home followers to first see Regan concede a penalty for hands, Lowton converting with a strong shot, and then Watts helping the ball into his own net in attempting to clear a centre from Compton. The City players did not exert themselves very much, being content to show the finer points of play, and this fact, coupled with some excellent work in the Torrington goal by England, limited the score to 2-0 in the first half. In the second half Lievesley scored Exeter's third goal, which just crossed the line, England failing to hold the shot, but the City leader's next goal was a good effort. Torrington then showed something like their true form, and obtained three goals, Parnell (2) and R.Green (1) netting, the two first culminating from good passes by Blake, and the other from a cross by Firth from the left wing. The teams were:

Torrington. J.England; W.Baker, J.Green; A.Balsdon, H.Watts, J.Regan;
F.Blake, R.Parnell, R.Green, C.Green, and H.Firth.

Exeter City. Bailey; Lowton, Charlton;
Ditchburn, Pool, Miller; Purcell, McDevitt, Lievesley, Dent, and Compton.

• EXETER CITY'S TEAM BUILDING. With the re-signing of Compton on Thursday, Exeter City have brought their list of re-engaged players for next season to eleven. McDevitt, Miller, and it is believed, Good, are others to whom terms have been offered. The players who have so far fixed up are: Lowton, Charlton and Pollard, full backs; Ditchburn and Pool, half backs; Purcell, Phoenix, Lievesley, Dent, Parkin and Compton, forwards.