Saturday, December 22nd 1934.

CITY SQUANDER VALUABLE POINT AT ALDERSHOT

DEFENCE SOUND: HALVES CONSTRUCTIVE 

Soldiers Outclassed But Grecians Overdo Smart Passing

Aldershot 0 Exeter City 0.

Exeter were a clever side at Aldershot today, but there was not sufficient punch in the way they attacked. Otherwise they would have won comfortably instead of having to be content with the division of the points. The combination of the City half backs and forwards was perfect, ground passes being delivered with beautiful accuracy, but the pretty passing and pattern-weaving was carried to excess, and Poulter was the only forward to show any forcefulness. Chesters made one or two first-rate clearances during the game, but he did not have a busy afternoon, being well protected by Gray and Smith, a sound pair of full-backs.

ALDERSHOT
Robb
Wade Bowron
G.Summerbee Middleton
G C.Summerbee
Izzard Bunch Oakes Black Williams

Referee: Mr E. W. Vokes, of Bath.

Hurst T.Scott Poulter Wrightson J.Scott Angus Webb Clarke
Smith Gray
Chesters
EXETER CITY

Aldershot, who have improved their ground considerably since Exeter's last visit, were without McDougall, who was injured last week at Newport. The weather was dry but very cold, and there were only just over 3,000 people present when the teams appeared. Tom Scott captained the City in Miller's absence but lost the toss. The game commenced at a fast pace, with Exeter finding their men with neat passes. Aldershot were nothing like as skilful but full of dash nevertheless, and a brilliant save by Chesters from Williams prevented the soldiers from taking the lead. Exeter had the cleverest forwards on view in Wrightson and Tommy Scott, but Willie Robb, the old Glasgow Rangers International, was not seriously troubled until just before the interval, when he saved magnificently from Hurst.

With defences continuing to hold the upper hand the second half provided very few thrilling incidents. Neither side seemed like scoring and in the closing stages were content to prevent each other from doing so. Izzard received the best scoring chance but shot wide, and shortly afterwards missed again when within easy distance of the City goal.

Western League
CITY RESERVES 1
BRISTOL ROVERS RESERVES 1.

Incessant rain this morning was a deterrent to football crowds, and ten minutes before the start of this Western League match at St James's Park there was barely a handful of people present.

City:- Davies; Lock, Miller; Risdon, Keefe, Lewis; Hoyle, Dudley, McArthur, Tierney, Dryden.

Rovers:- Adams; Durkin, Woolway; Rose, McArthur, Smith; Postin, McCambridge, Wilson, Hope, Prout.

The ground after several minutes' play resembled a mud-heap and good football was out of the question. After a quarter of an hour E.McArthur sold the dummy to Woolway and Durkin, and Dryden, whose dropping from the first team was the cause of much surprise, closed in to score with a powerful cross-shot.

Half-time: City 1 Rovers 0.

Bristol, who had had a gruelling time in the first half, pulled themselves together after the interval, but when they attacked on the right Miller's tackling was sure and deadly, and Postin had a very thin time. McCambridge netted only for the goal to be disallowed, but five minutes from the end he obtained a legitimate goal.