PROMISING START NOT MAINTAINED.

CITY ATTACK AGAIN TOO SLOW.

Easter Monday, April 7th 1947.

EXETER CITY 2  (Owen 2) 2
NOTTS COUNTY 2 (Sewell, Fallon)
Half-time City 1 Notts 2.

City: Hoyle; Thompson, Blood; Cutting, Hanford, Walker; Mustard, Wardle, Owen, Wright, Regan.
Referee:- Mr L. Brown, of Barnes.

Notts:- Brown; Southwell, Corkhill; Gannon, Baxter, Dickson; Houghton, Cumner, Sewell, Jayes, Fallon.

Attendance: 12,000.

Exeter City went all to pieces after a promising start and 12,000 spectators at St James's Park saw the visiting side take the lead after twelve minutes, Sewell scoring after Hoyle had beaten out a point-blank drive by Fallon. The City's attack was again too slow and lacked thrust against the keen-tackling Notts defence. Towards the interval Exeter improved and Owen scored after Wardle had "sold the dummy" to the Notts defence. Owen also scored Exeter's second goal midway through the second half when he headed through a corner kick taken by Regan. But Notts had taken the lead for the second time five minutes after the interval when Hanford's hurried clearance rebounded off another player to Fallon, who cut in to the penalty area and beat Hoyle with a good shot from a narrow angle.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

Yeovil Town 7 (Doyle 2, Mitcheson, Gore, Marshall, Collins, Hayward)
Exeter City Reserves 1  (Holman)

HALVES AT FAULT

Why Exeter Reserves Lost 7-1 to Yeovil

Although Yeovil Town made goal-getting appear easy in their Southern League match with Exeter City Reserves, it was not altogether Singleton's fault that he was beaten seven times. Indeed, he brought off some magnificent saves. Much of the blame for their seven-one defeat lay with the halves. Fellowes, Davey, and Angus, who provided plenty of skilful touches, but needed to tackle harder and more often to check an agile attack. Pearce and Coles, overworked and a shade too slow, bore the brunt of continuous onslaughts. Granville was the pick of the Exeter forwards
Scorers 
Doyle (2), Mitcheson, Gore, Marshall (penalty), Collins, and Hayward netted for Yeovil and Holman for Exeter

Yeovil:- Langford; Hickman, Davis; Marshall, Affleck, Collins; Gore, Mitcheson, Doyle, Stock, Hayward.

Exeter:- Singleton; Warren, Long; Fellowes, Davey, Angus; Hutchings, Granville, Holman, Vaughan, Challis.

Attendance 4,000.