Saturday, August 30th 1947.

EXETER CITY 1(Granville)

LEYTON ORIENT 1 (Thompson own goal) 

League 3rd Division South, at St James's Park. Half-time City 1 Orient 0.

The intense heat did not excuse much of the leisurely play of which Exeter City were guilty against Leyton Orient. Neither could the conditions be held responsible for many ill-planned efforts from the Grecians in this disappointing match, which the City were fortunate to draw. While the light ball and hard playing pitch explained why so many passes went adrift these handicaps did not supply a very satisfactory reason for Exeter's poor conception of positional play. The value of finding an open space was neglected by nearly all the City forwards and half backs. The virtue of moving to the ball was only practised on rare occasions. Exeter's goal was obtained by Granville after 25 minutes, and midway through the second half a shot from Chapman was partially saved by Hoyle, but Thompson, running back, accidentally kicked the ball into his own net. There were 10,000 spectators.

City team:- Hoyle; Thompson, Johnstone; Cutting, Gibson, Walker; Granville, Evans, Sutherland, Wright, W. Fallon.
Referee:- Mr W.J.Edwards, of Yeovil.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Gloucester City 3, Stow, Jones, Giles
City Reserves 1, Ebdon  

Team:- Singleton; S.Rowe, Coles; W.Rowe, Angus, Davey; Hutchings, Smart, Ebdon, Vaughan, Regan.

Played at Gloucester, attendance 1,700.