Opening of the Season Gruelling Test at Notts 
NEW EXETER CITY TEAM FAILS TO BLEND

Saturday, August 29th:
Notts County 3 Exeter City 1.

Exeter City's nearly new team lost their opening match at Notts this afternoon by three goals to one. They played like a side without understanding or method, apart from the early stages, and once Notts had scored the first goal no doubt remained as to the eventual result. Some of the City's errors may have been due to the new players being unfamiliar with one another's style, but that does not explain the defeat away entirely. Notts were faster, cleverer, and more purposeful. They had the pull in every department except goal, where Chesters had six times more work to do than Blyth. Apart from Chesters, Stimpson and Urmson were the best players for Exeter. There were 10,000 spectators.

NOTTS COUNTY Blyth; Mills, Feebury; Corkhill, Wyness, Vasey; Ferguson, Chalmers, Smith, Shaw, Fallon.
EXETER CITY Chesters; Brown, Stimpson; Shadwell, Hobbs, Young; F.Smith, Scott, Johnson, McGill, Urmson.
Referee:- Mr A.A.Horwood, of Walton on Thames.

McGill scored for Exeter in the first minute, but the referee dis allowed the goal on account of the new rule concerning the charging of goalkeepers. Shaw and Ferguson scored for Notts (first half) and Ferguson obtained their third. Scott scored for the City.

CITY RESERVES 4
TORQUAY UNITED RESERVES 1.

Ebdon opened the scoring after five minutes and Johnson (Torquay) put through his own goal. Half time City 2 Torquay United nil.

City Reserves:- Tierney; Boyle, R.Croft; Clarke, Bamsey, Burke; O.Baker, Pollard, Williams, Ebdon, C. Smith.

Torquay Reserves:- Joslin; Scott, Tapp; Birks, G. Johnson, Schofield; C.Johnson, Dawson, Morton, Hutchinson, N. Dell.

Williams (two goals) and Hutchinson completed the scoring. 


Exeter and District League 
Monday, August 31st.
BARNSTAPLE v
EXETER CITY RESERVES

Barnstaple amazed the 2,000 spectators at Rock Park, Barnstaple, on Monday evening by defeating Exeter City Reserves in the Exeter and District League by five goals to two.

Barnstaple:- Newcombe; Green, Tithecott; Treleven, Tubbs, Mills; Gould, Passmore, Chapple, Barrow, Kidwell.

City Reserves:- Tierney; Mathis, Croft; Burke, Coles, Barnes; Miles, Alexander, Kerr, Pope, C.Smith.

Barnstaple kept up such a fast pace in the first half that it looked as if they might be played out by the second, but no signs of fatigue were shown and they beat the Grecians solely on their merits.
Barrow, Kidwell, and Gould scored for Barnstaple and Kerr for the City in the first half; Kidwell, Treleven and Miles in the second.
Result 
Barnstaple 5 Exeter City Reserves 2.