February 28th 1948.

CRYSTAL PALACE 1 (Kurz) 

EXETER CITY 2  (Evans, Mackay)

Half-time Palace 1 City 1.
League 3rd Division South, at Selhurst Park.
Attendance 17,500.

Palace: Graham; Harding, Dawes; J.Lewis, Millbank, Buckley; Clough, Mycock, Kurz, G. Lewis, Gaillard.
Referee:- Mr C.J.Wakeley, of Somerton.
City: Singleton; Johnstone, Rowe; Bartholomew, Gibson, Walker;Hutchings, Evans, Dymond, Mackay, Regan.

From appearing a beaten team in the first forty minutes Exeter City revived. They were in the ascendant after the interval and scored another goal to defeat Crystal Palace by 2 to 1. It was Exeter City's first victory since January 3rd (also obtained in London) and their first success at Selhurst since 1935. But the City's performance was not entirely free from blemish. There was little co-ordination between half backs and forwards before the interval, and the brunt of an uneven struggle fell on the shoulders of Rowe, Johnstone, and Singleton in that period. Kurz shot the Palace's goal after 17 minutes and Evans equalised with three minutes to go for half-time. Four minutes from the end, after constant City pressure, Mackay netted the winning goal.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
City Reserves 0 Worcester City 2.

At St James's Park, attendance 4,000.

City Reserves:- Hoyle; Coles, Blood; P.Fallon, Davey, Jeffrey; Granville, Grant, Smart, Wright, W.Fallon.
Worcester:- Billingsby; Godfrey, Shelton; Brunt, Woollacott, Howell; Clift, Medd, Jackman, Jackson, Summers.

• By their victory at St James's Park today Worcester City replace the City Reserves as leaders of the Southern League.