Wednesday, September 16th.
READING 1 EXETER CITY 0.

For eighty out of the ninety minutes at Elm Park, Reading, Exeter City held Reading at bay on Wednesday evening, only to be beaten unluckily. One scoring attack after another was frustrated, Chesters, Boyle, and Stimpson holding the fort gallantly. Chesters was in fact the hero of the game. When it was over the crowd cheered him to the echo for a brilliant display, and he fully deserved it. When the Reading forwards did at last beat him it was in the nature of a lucky goal.

READING
Whittaker
Gregory Robson
Robertson Hayhurst Wright
Watkin McGough Tait Paterson Fielding
Referee:- Mr G.V.Searle.

Urmson McGill Williams Scott Thompson
Shadwell Hobbs Clarke
Stimpson Boyle
Chesters
EXETER CITY

Eight minutes from the end Paterson put Tait through, and for the first time in the match Tait evaded Hobbs and got in advance of the backs. Whilst he was preparing to shoot, however, Chesters was on him, and he secured the ball, only to have it kicked away from him as he lay on the ground. It went to Watkin, who had no difficulty in placing it into the unguarded net. The attendance was 7,231, with receipts of £414.

Southern League
EXETER CITY RESERVES 1
DARTFORD 3.

After a promising start Exeter City Reserves fell away badly, and were in the end well beaten by a smart Dartford side at St James's Park. The official attendance was 727.

City Reserves:- Tierney; Brown, R.Croft; Burke, Bamsey, S.Barnes; F.Smith, Pollard, Ebdon, S. Pope, C. Smith.

Nearly all the constructive football came from Dartford, for whom Gardiner was a brilliant inside-left. He scored Dartford's second and third goals to crown a display of outstanding merit. Meads opened the scoring for Dartford and F.Smith equalised.