December 6th 1947. 

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 2  (Jennings, Briscoe)  
EXETER CITY 0

Half-time Northampton 1 City 0.
F.A.Cup replay, at the County Ground.
Attendance 9,500.

Northampton:- Jones; Smalley, Barron;
Lowery, Dennison, Coley; Roberts, Jennings, Briscoe, Heaselgrave, Fowler.
Exeter City: Singleton; Thompson, Johnstone; Bartholomew, Gibson, Walker; Hutchings, Dymond, Smart, Wright, Regan.

Defeat by two goals to nil at Northampton ended the Cup-tie. Exeter City were victims of their own finishing errors, and because of this they deserved to be beaten. Outplayed in the first half but territorially superior afterwards Exeter lost because of the failure of their forwards every time they
got within reach of the Northampton goal. The turning point came after 15 minutes of the second half when a shot by Hutchings hit the crossbar. The City were then a goal down, Briscoe having scored for Northampton before the interval. A tussle in the home penalty area following Hutchings's shot resulted in the City being awarded a spot kick. Thompson, usually so reliable, shot weakly and straight at Jones, who saved the attempt. Immediately afterwards Jennings raced through and forced the ball over the Exeter line from close range. The replay was thus won and lost in a matter of seconds.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

City Reserves 2 (Sutherland 2) Gloucester City 0.

Two late goals gave Exeter City Reserves a 2-0 victory at home to Gloucester City, whose goalkeeper, Silcocks, made several mastery saves, and on the two occasions when he was beaten he had no chance.


Team:- Hoyle; Coles, Rowe; Evans, Davey, Jeffrey; Granville, Grant, Sutherland, Vaughan, W. Fallon.

Played at St James's Park, attendance 3,500.