THE F. A. CHALLENGE CUP, FIRST ROUND.

CITY VICTORIOUS AT TROWBRIDGE.

Saturday, November 17th 1945.

TROWBRIDGE TOWN 1 (Blake)
EXETER CITY 3 (Challis, Walker, Ebdon)
Half-time score:- 
Trowbridge 0 Exeter City 0.
Attendance 4,300, gate receipts £360.

Trowbridge Town:- Vince; Blott, Blake; Travis, Atack, Hansford; Durham, Powell, Stratton, Coleman, Scullard.
Exeter City:- Thomson; Murray, Roughton; Jordan, Blood, Lewis; Tickell, Bowden, Walker, Ebdon, Challis.

• Should Exeter City fail to reach the second round of the Association Cup (matches this season are played on the majority of goals in two matches, home and away) the sensation will be as great as the defeat of the Russian Dynamos by an English team! 

They start the return game with a two goals advantage, and ought to increase it against opposition which, though plucky, is not way above the best local amateur standard of pre-war years. a long Against the triers of Trowbridge the Grecians were able to bring to bear additional method, greater pace, and better understanding, but their performance was not wholly convincing.  Exeter took a long time to get the vital goals which crowned in the end their undoubted mastery in all phases of midfield play.