Saturday, November 18th 1933.
SWINDON TOWN 1 EXETER CITY 1.

Visiting Swindon, the Grecians made a number of alterations to the side. Important experiments were the introduction of Jimmy Gumm at outside right and Webb centre half, while Hughes returned to the displacement of Miller.

On arrival at Swindon the Exeter party found the weather very cold, dull, but dry, and the Wiltshire County Ground looked in excellent condition. On the advice of the referee, Mr Wiltshire, Exeter City played in white shirts. There were 8,000 spectators.

Swindon Town. Briggs; Harris and Herod; Cousins, Lambie, and Merrick; Flanagan, Helsby, Armstrong, Fisher, and Timbrell.

Exeter City. Davies; Gray and Hughes; Clarke, Webb, and Hardie; Gumm, Poulter, Whitlow, Houghton, and Hurst.

Referee:- Mr J. M. Wiltshire, of Sherborne.

In the eighth minute Swindon lost the services of Merrick, who was injured in a tackle, and took no further part in the game. Exeter should have had a penalty in the twentieth minute when Harris kept the ball out of the goal with his hand, but for reasons known only to himself Mr Wiltshire gave Exeter a free kick outside the penalty area, and Hardie's shot was fisted over the bar by Briggs, giving a corner which resulted in the ball being cleared by Harris. Exeter were vastly superior to a very poor Swindon side throughout the first half, and it was only justice done when Houghton, meeting a pass from Hurst, netted the opening goal with a fast rising shot from close range.

The light failed badly in the second half and play was difficult to follow in the gloom. With their lead of one goal seemingly enough to capture the points Exeter fell back on the defensive, a failing which has been evident more than once this season, and when Swindon were awarded a free kick some yards outside Exeter's penalty area a great shot from Timbrell crashed against the crossbar with Davies beaten. Swindon Town's fighting spirit was aroused, and six minutes from the end Timbrell, meeting Flanagan's centre, breasted the ball through for the equaliser.

NOTES ON THE GAME.

Exeter should have won this match with a goal or two to spare. They were definitely superior as a football combination, and did nearly all the attacking until the closing fifteen minutes. The Railwaymen, however, deserve full credit for the way that they

fought back under the handicap of being a man short for the greater part of the contest. Briggs, Harris, and Herod played their finest games of the season, according to the Swindon experts, while Lambie's sound and skilful game impressed every one of the onlookers.
Merrick was removed to hospital for an X-ray examination.

Western/Southern League
EXETER CITY RESERVES 6
BATH CITY 2.

Played at St James's Park in cold dry weather. Bath City fielded the side which dismissed Yeovil from the F.A.Cup, and Howson, the old Exeter full-back, received his usual ovation from the crowd. The teams were:

City:- Chesters; M.Lock, Miller; Ditchburn, Childs, Welsby; Scott, Risdon, R. Boundy, Wrightson, Barnes.

Bath:- Prout; Howson, Sambridge; Hall, Hicks, Lloyd; Keating, McMillan, Coombs, Butt, Pick.

Boundy beat Howson in a race for the ball and cut in to beat Prout with a curling shot from the edge of the penalty area. Pick scored for Bath but Scott nodded in a capital centre from Barnes to give Exeter the lead for the second time. Wrightson and Boundy added to the Grecians' total, and Keating scored for Bath. Childs with a penalty kick given for a foul by Hall on Barnes put Exeter further ahead, and Boundy scored his third goal of the game to bring the total up to half a dozen.