EXETER CITY 1: CRYSTAL PALACE 2

An experimental City team was beaten at St James's Park today by a Crystal Palace side which had also undergone several changes. Both sides were forced into the epidemic of changes on account of injury and illness. The teams were:

Exeter City:- Chesters; Gray and Miller; Angus, Webb, and Barber; Scott, Clarke, Whitlow, Hurst and Barnes.

Palace:- Dunn; Rossiter and Perry; Wilde, Haynes, and Finn; Harry, Turner, Rooke, Dawes, and Crompton.

Referee:- Mr A.Milsom, of Bristol.

Exeter should have won this match on their second half form alone, when the home side completely dominated the game and bombarded the Palace goal with shots from all angles, but were right out of luck. Even Gray went up with the attack and tried a shot at goal, the ball travelling just wide. Rooke and Dawes scored for the Palace in the first half, and Barber got Exeter's goal direct from a free kick in the closing minutes. There were 5,000 spectators.

Barry Town v Exeter City Reserves 

Exeter City Reserves, playing at Barry, won by three goals, scored by Flood, Purvis, and Jasper, to nil.