CITY SNATCH A POINT AT SWINDON
ALL ROUND IMPROVEMENT ON RECENT GAMES

With Luck They Would Have Had Two

Saturday, September 7th 1935. SWINDON TOWN 1 EXETER CITY 1.

Cricket weather prevailed in the railway town today, the sun shining brilliantly from an almost cloudless sky. Accompanied by Mr M.J.McGahey, the chairman, and Mr W. McDevitt, manager, the City players reached Swindon in plenty of time, and were pleased to see the ground in such splendid condition. Twelve thousand spectators had assembled by the time the teams came out, and Lowton won the toss.

SWINDON TOWN
Rutherford
Duckworth Smith
Cousins Armstrong Wilcockson
Peters Cochrane Fowler Bowl Wells

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

McArdle McLean McArthur Dunn J.Scott Fantham Robinson Clarke
Lowton Gray
Chesters
EXETER CITY

Exeter City gained a point at Swindon today, and with any luck would have taken two. They were by far the better football side, combining with more accuracy and more purpose than their opponents. Exeter's backs were very sound and covered one another grandly. Lowton in fact played as well as he ever did in the older days for the City, while Gray never put a foot wrong. A big improvement in the play of the City half back line was a gratifying feature. The forwards were better together as a line than in the Watford match, and Dunn stood out in a class by himself. The ex-Everton man was easily the most accomplished player on the field, and was well supported by Scott. Two members of the side selected originally could not play. They were Poulter, whose stomach trouble had not got properly right, and Angus, who injured an ankle in the Watford match. Added to this, Miller could not take his place owing to knee trouble, and Hurst, suffering from a kidney injury, was quite out of the question as far as football was concerned. To fill the centre-forward position the selectors brought in McArthur, who, although not very tall, has shown himself to be an adaptable player with some pretensions to the leadership. Miller's place, and the captaincy, was taken by Lowton, who was making his return to the team in which he played before going to the Wolves in 1929. Nothing was scored in the first half, but sixteen minutes after the restart Swindon took the lead with a penalty kick awarded for a foul on Peters. Peters took the kick himself and scored with a fast rising shot off the goalpost. The City equalised fifteen minutes later when the ball was put through the centre by Fantham, and Armstrong, hustled by two of Exeter's "Macs," failed to clear. Scenting the danger, the Town goalkeeper came out but Armstrong got in his way, and McArdle cleverly steered the bouncing ball into the net.

CITY RESERVES v CHELTENHAM.

Southern League match at St James's Park. The Gloucester team are newcomers to the Southern League, and there has been a lot of speculation about what sort of opposition they would muster.

City Reserves:- Kirk; Angus, Dixon; Risdon, Bamsey, Richards, T.Scott, Ebdon, Sutherley, Cannon. Barnes;

Cheltenham:- Davis; Whitehouse, Turner; Lang, Devonport Partridge; Weale, Hackett, Coombes, Jones, Griffiths.

The visitors soon revealed themselves as a lively combination, and a raid on the right in which Weale and Hackett combined to good effect was only checked when Kirk saved from Hackett. Davis, the old Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City goalkeeper, saved from Scott, but was beaten by shot from Richards which hit the foot of the post and rebounded clear. Cheltenham fully extended the City Reserves and in the second half kept up a constant attack, but could not score because of their poor shooting and the vigilance of Kirk.