Saturday, 
September 16th 1933. 

EXETER CITY 4 BOURNEMOUTH AND BOSCOMBE 0.

Rain was as far away as ever, but the weather this afternoon was considerably cooler. The conditions, while ideal for spectators, were not appreciated by the players, who were once more severely handicapped by a light and lively ball and a concrete like pitch.. Exeter, following a defeat at Charlton on Saturday, and a victory against Brighton in midweek, were unchanged. Bournemouth included their new outside right, Friar, from Portsmouth. 7,000 spectators was Davies win the toss and Bournemouth kick off towards the city end.

EXETER CITY
Davies
Gray Hughes
Clarke Angus Webb Welsby Walters Whitlow Houghton Barnes

Referee: Mr E.G.Walliker, of Salisbury.

Berry White Littlewood Surtees Friar Farrow Coxford Miller
Proctor Wilson
Gold
BOURNEMOUTH

Exeter City beat Bournemouth and Boscombe by four clear goals, all obtained in the second half. This came after a very even opening half of brisk but rather slipshod play. But there were plenty of thrills in that opening chapter, both teams taking it in turns to bombard each other's goal. Bournemouth's strong attack after the interval was a mere flash in the pan, for though Friar and Surtees badly rattled the City they could not keep up the pace, and Davies easily held up Littlewood when the Bournemouth leader broke through on his own. Exeter took charge of matters after that, Whitlow rounded Farrow and Proctor in a fast dribble and volleyed across the goalmouth for Walters to score with a "thunderbolt" from twelve yards. Whitlow in fact was a continual thorn in Boscombe's flesh, and Gold had to come out to take the ball off Whitlow's toes in one of his many assaults. Welsby increased Exeter's lead following a melee in the goalmouth, and Walters converted Clarke's pass with a well aimed drive to the corner of the net, out of Gold's reach. Whitlow scored the fourth goal from Houghton's pass after Clarke had struck the upright only a couple of minutes previously. 

• Exeter City have now got to the top of the League. They lead the Southern Section on goal average, and are closely followed, with ten points, by Crystal Palace.

TORQUAY RESERVES 2
EXETER CITY RESERVES 2.

In this match at Plainmoor, Torquay United Reserves secured the lead through Mills, who converted a centre from Knott, after five minutes' play. Wrightson and Gumm missed good chances for Exeter, and Chesters went for the ball at helter-skelter pace together with Flavell, of Torquay, and was knocked out, but resumed.

Half-time: Torquay 1 Exeter City 0.

 Poulter rattled the crossbar with a great shot from a position in line with the penalty spot but put the ball wide from the rebound. A poor clearance by the home defence led to Wrightson getting the Exeter equaliser, his shot easily beating Langford. Flavell then gave Torquay the lead only for Hurst to level the scores in an all out City attack.

Wednesday, September 20th 1933.
EXETER CITY 3 LEICESTER CITY 2
Reg Clarke's Benefit Match.

Exeter City were "giant-killers" again on Wednesday evening, when on the occasion of Reg. Clarke's benefit match at St James's Park, they defeated the classy Leicester City side by 3 goals to 2. A crowd of six thousand saw a splendid exhibition of football, and the closing moments were packed with thrills. Not unnaturally Leicester City were the cleverer team, for there is a gulf of difference between the standard of play in the Southern Section and in the First Division, but Exeter, twice a goal behind,
were always plucky and dangerous opponents. Sentiment demanded the temporary transfer of the captaincy of the Exeter team from Arthur Davies to "Nobby" Clarke, who is the seventh player to be rewarded with a benefit whilst in the service of Exeter City. The teams were:
EXETER CITY: Davies Gray Hughes Clarke Angus Webb Welsby Walters Whitlow Houghton Hurst

LEICESTER CITY: McLaren Black Dumbrell Gurry Heywood Smith Adcock Maw Paterson Lochhead Liddle. 

Leicester City paid Exeter the compliment of fielding their best side, which was a nice gesture. The visitors also treated the six thousand spectators to a display of fine football which could have hardly been better suited to the occasion. The Leicester City team have never been known to sacrifice good football on the altar of points, and are noted throughout the land for their academic style of play. That is why they are attractive opponents on any ground,
and it was why the discerning section of Wednesday's evening's on lookers were distinctly pleased. Each of Leicester City's moves was clever in its inception, and most of the intricate patterns were woven prettily and as though to a pre-conceived plan. Furthermore, Gurry and Smith, in providing their forwards with passes, always kept the ball on the ground. No finer team has been seen at the Park than this Leicester City eleven.

Exeter, too, are deserving of every congratulation. The team did not rely upon the expected countering influence with contained as ingredients only football of the dashing and vigorous brand. They endeavoured to meet the Leicester challenge with their own style of "Billy McDevitt" football, as has been adopted over the two or three past seasons in League competition games.
They may have been willing pupils in the finer arts for the greater part of the evening, but there was never any descent to the humdrum type of game which relies solely on speed and hard kicking.

LEICESTER'S OPENING GOAL.

Maw, who is one of the finest inside forwards in the country today, opened the scoring for Leicester after ten minutes, beating Davies with a subtle and swerving shot from the edge of the penalty area, after receiving from Paterson. Maw will be remembered as a player who scored two goals for Notts County at St James's Park in a most memorable League match on November 1st 1930. Exeter were soon on terms, Hurst crashing the ball into the goal from an astute pass across the penalty area by Whitlow. In the second half Maw scored for Leicester, Walters and Whitlow then obtaining the goals by which Exeter first equalised and then won the match. It was altogether a splendid exhibition of football which was thoroughly enjoyed by all present.