Southend United 0-0 ECFC
Attendance: 8000

CITY EARN A POINT AT SOUTHEND: NO SCORE.

MORTON'S GREAT GOALKEEPING KEEPS EXETER OUT.

Although the weather was fine the crowd was one of the smallest this season for a Saturday League match at Southend. Kicking off, Southend forced the pace, but the City defence held firm, and when they advanced Morton had to save first from one of his own de fenders, who sliced a clearance dangerously near the goal, and then from Regan. The goalkeeper further distinguished himself just before the interval, when he came out to dispossess McClelland in the act of shooting. Then, in the very last minute of the match, with the score board still blank Exeter's best combined move was stopped by Morton, who made a seemingly impossible save at point-blank range, again from McClelland.

SOUTHEND UNITED 0 EXETER CITY 0

Saturday, April 5th 1952,
at The Stadium, Southend.

Attendance 8,000.

Southend: Morton; Loughran, Anderson; French, Sheard, Lawler; Sibley, McAlinden, Grant, Thompson, Stubbs.

Exeter City:- Singleton; Walton, Kirkman; Booth, Goddard, Davey; McClelland, Mackay, Howells, Brown, Regan.

The City fought hard and were well worth a point. The defence battled stubbornly with Singleton, Walton, Kirkman, and Goddard each doing his share.

Regan and Mackay were prominent in the attack, and but for a series of brilliant saves by Morton, McClelland might have had a "hat-trick." The Reserves were without a Southern League fixture, but a young City eleven including several amateurs played a friendly against Kenn United at St James's Park, winning by four goals to nil.

EASTER HOLIDAY FOOTBALL.

The Brilliance of Crozier.

OUTSTANDING DISPLAY BY FORMER SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL.

But for the brilliance in goal of Joe Crozier, Kidderminster Harriers might well have found themselves facing arrears of two or three goals at the interval. He gave a superb display of goalkeeping, the crowd, which included Mr Arthur Drewry, the president of the Football League, must have gone away thinking that Crozier has lost none of the polish which gained him international honours for Scotland a few years ago.

EXETER CITY RESERVES 1 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 2.
Good Friday, April 11th 1952,
at St James's Park.
Attendance 3,000.

City Reserves:-
Salter; Reid, Clark; Fallon, Carter, Coley; Hancock, Wilkins, Mitchell, Harrower, Hutchings.

Kidderminster:-
Crozier; Paxton, Jennings; Keasey, Onslow, Croker; Lewis, Wyllie, Passmore, Blaikie, Tinkler.

It was mainly as the result of their goalkeeper's wonderful display at St James's Park on Friday that Kidderminster Harriers managed to be in the apparently invincible position of two goals up with only a matter of five minutes to play, but they came near to losing a point.

Mitchell succeeded in getting the ball past Crozier, and with three minutes on the clock Exeter were given a penalty, only for Harrower to shoot wide, which was perhaps justice for what appeared harsh a decision on the part of the referee.

In a game which did not ascend to any great heights the City were on top nearly all the time, although the visitors were handicapped to an extent by having Blaikie injured early on. The scoring was opened by Passmore, who beat Salter from close range after 30 minutes, and midway through the second half Wyllie's centre was volleyed into the Exeter net by Blaikie, despite his injury.