October 14th 1933.

CRYSTAL PALACE 0 EXETER CITY 0

Rain was falling all the way from Exeter to Paddington, the weather conditions on arrival at Selhurst being depressing. The afternoon was mild, but the sky overcast with rain falling heavily. Stan Barber had journeyed from his Newcastle home to see the City in action against the Palace, and declared himself to be a great deal better, "champion" in fact. Another player who formerly wore the City's colours and attended this afternoon's match was E.Wade, who latterly has been playing for Margate. Wade met with an injury last season and is now out of the game. Leslie Roberts, who played several matches for the City in 1931-32, was at inside left for the Palace. The attendance when the players came out was ten thousand. Davies lost the toss, and Exeter kicked off facing the wind and rain.
Crystal Palace. Dunn; Hayward and Parry; Brown, Barrie, and Finn; Harry, Norris, Simpson, Roberts, and Parker.
Exeter City. Davies; Gray and Miller;
Clarke, Childs, and Hardie; Scott, Wrightson, Whitlow, Houghton, and Hurst.
Referee:- Mr A.Milsom, of Bristol.

For over half an hour at Selhurst Park both teams played carefully and methodically in order to search out each others' weak points, and Scott will never forget how Dunn proved his greatness in the Palace goal. Three stinging shots from the City outside right were brilliantly saved. Nothing quite so captivating was seen in front of the Exeter goal, although good efforts were sent in by Simpson, Norris, and Roberts. Simpson made the blunder of returning to the field of play, after being taken off injured, and the referee stopped the game to remind the Palace leader that a player must notify the referee upon his return to the field during the course of a game. The referee signalled half-time, and ten thousand people made it clear that he was wrong. There were still five minutes to go, and the game was re-started. Houghton netted in this period, but the goal was disallowed for offside.

SECOND HALF.

Exeter's team work was better than that of the Palace, but Hayward and Parry usually baulked them at the last fence. Houghton schemed for scoring positions but Barrie's stronghold on Whitlow upset the City's calculations. From an ideal centre by Scott, who was Exeter's star forward, a good header by Wrightson struck the crossbar. Norris was weak in the Palace attack, lying too far back in a "W" formation. He rarely passed accurately and Harry lacked support. Roberts worked very hard in the Palace attack but met with little success. Simpson, who was not fully fit, was easily held by Childs, and the Palace defence was under fire for more than threequarters of the second period. Dunn played brilliantly in the Palace goal, and unquestionably stood between Exeter City and a clear victory. In the last few minutes Hurst centred to Whitlow, who tipped the ball back for Houghton to try a shot. Houghton steadied himself and put eveything into his kick, but the ball passed inches outside the post with Dunn helplessly placed. In the dying seconds of the game Dunn pulled down a powerful drive from Hardie.

NOTES ON THE GAME.

Exeter's midfield play was the best seen from them away from home this season. Had the driving force been at all comparable with the approach work a handsome victory would have resulted. Exeter were a smarter and better balanced combination than the Glaziers, who were only saved by the brilliance of their goalkeeper, and whose defence was generally on the run. Childs was a dominating force as pivot, and Hardie was very good in constructive wing half play. Miller was in his old form, and was the best full-back on view.

Friendly
EXETER CITY RESERVES
v  ST AUSTELL.

Stanley Risdon, who came from local junior football and who has now signed professional forms, two amateur wing halves and an amateur centre-forward, commanded much of the spectators' attention in the friendly match at St James's Park between Exeter City Reserves and St Austell. 

The two wing halves, D.Hake and J.Caveney, are from Chard, and the new centre is Reginald Boundy of Wallasey, who is 5ft 10ins tall and weighs nearly twelve stone. He formerly played for Thorndale.

City Reserves:- Chesters; Webb, Hughes; D. Hake, Gumm, Risdon, R. Boundy, Poulter, and Barnes. Angus, J.Caveney;
St Austell:- W. Pearson; F. Titmuss, A. Job; H. Thomas, C. Jones, F.Burley; J. Hodge, R. Pine, F. Hamlet, J. Ford, and N. Maddock.

Boundy and Barnes netted for Exeter in the first half and Hamlet, from a penalty given against Webb for hands, scored for St Austell. Angus and Caveney were prominent for Exeter in the second half, the distribution of the ball by them being particularly good. Boundy, from Gumm's centre, increased Exeter's lead, and Risdon from another of Gumm's excellent centres increased it further, then Maddock from Hamlet's pass headed a nice goal.
City Reserves 4 St Austell 2.