CITY MADE SURE OF VICTORY IN ROUSING FIRST HALF.

MANY THRILLS AND INCIDENTS IN WELL BALANCED CONTEST.

Saturday, October 19th 1946.

EXETER CITY 2 (Regan, Ebdon)
CRYSTAL PALACE 1 (Girling)
Half-time City 2 Palace 0.

Exeter City:- Singleton; Thompson, Blood; Cutting, Coles, Fellowes; Mustard, Wardle, Ebdon, Wright, Regan.
Crystal Palace:- Graham; Hudgell, Dawes; J.Lewis, Bassett, Reece; Mycock, Robson, Kurz, Waldron, Girling.

Attendance 12,000.

Exeter City beat Crystal Palace by 2 goals to 1 in the best game seen at St James's Park this season. There were many thrills and incidents in a well-balanced contest with Exeter at their best early on, and the Palace giving a polished performance after the interval, although two goals behind. The City just about deserved their narrow victory, the foundations of which were laid during a first half display which surpassed anything previously seen this season. The Palace were reduced to a moderate level by an Exeter team which was strong fore and aft. In the second half the Londoners were slightly the better of the two teams, although with a bit of luck Ebdon could have had another two goals for the City during this period.

Southern League 
Colchester United 
RESERVES BEATEN AT COLCHESTER.

Hydes and Windle made their first appearances of the season for the City Reserves, who were beaten by 6 goals to 1 at Colchester in a Southern League match.

Colchester Top of League

BY their 6-1 thrashing of Exeter City Reserves at Layer Road on Saturday, Colchester United jump to the head of the Southern League table. They have one more point than Guildford and Chelmsford City. It was Colchester's most decisive win of the season. They outclassed the Exeter men. For the first ten minutes Colchester were without their centre-forward, Arthur Turner, but as soon as he came on the field they took control of the game. Goals came steadily through Tur- ner (3), Cater, Curry (2). Fifteen minutes from the end Exeter had only nine men, Angus and Windle going off injured.

Nearly 6,500 people saw this match.

City Reserves:- Hoyle; Lang, Long; Holcroft, Angus, Windle; Holman, Hydes, Lancaster, Vaughan, Challis.