Saturday, November 27th 1948.

F. A. CUP FIRST ROUND,

BARNET v EXETER CITY.

MATCH POSTPONED DUE TO FOG.

Exeter City's first round F. A. Cup-tie at Barnet was among the many sporting encounters affected by widespread fog. Visibility less than an hour before the scheduled start was not more than three yards. Selected teams:
BARNET:- F.Stevens; G.Wheeler, E.Hawkins; J.Gerrans, D.Hawkins, L.Hammond; D.Haskow, D.Kelleher, R.W.Phipps, G.Hurst, F.Westley.
CITY: Hoyle; Warren, Rowe; Bartholomew, Walker, Fallon; Dymond, Smart, Smith, Mackay, Regan.

Fifteen minutes before the cup-tie between Barnet and Exeter was due to kick-off the referee decided that play would be impossible. He had no other choice because in the thickening fog the whole of the playing field could not be seen from the touch or goal lines.A crowd of two thousand already at the ground were informed about the postponement. The match will be played next Saturday. This is the third cup-tie which Exeter have been engaged in that has been postponed through fog. The other occasions were at Walthamstow just before the war and at Southampton 24 years ago. It was a disappointing day for the two coach loads of Exeter City's supporters who had left Exeter at midnight and for over 300 others who travelled on the railway excursion.

Southern League 
EXETER CITY RESERVES 5
HASTINGS UNITED 1.

Ronald Rew, the 24 years old amateur centre-forward from Sea Mills, Bristol, signed professional forms for the City immediately after this Southern League match with Hastings at St James's Park.
He had scored Exeter's first goal, one of the finest ever seen at the Park. Exeter's other scorers were Cumming 2, Hutchings 1, O'Hagan 1.

Exeter City Reserves were too good for Hastings their were scored goals in a quick-fire succession of attacks. Exeter conceded the solitary goal against them just before the interval, when Singleton was baffled after making a grand save from a penalty by Moore The Hastings centre forward regained possession from the rebound and beat the goalkeeper with a second effort. Moore and Skinner played well for Hastings. O'Hagan was Exeter's outstanding plaver

Team:- Singleton; Johnstone, Powell; Harrower, Davey, Jeffery; Hutchings, Cumming, Rew, Grant, O'Hagan.