ECFC 1-0 Norwich City
Scorers: Dailey
Attendance: 15720

EXETER CITY AND TWO OTHERS CHALLENGE THE LEADERS.GATE RECORDS GO AS GRECIANS SNATCH THE POINTS.

Wednesday, September 10th 1952.

EXETER CITY (Dailey) 1 NORWICH CITY 0.

Half-time: no score.

Exeter City:
Kelly; Anderson Rowe; Booth, Goddard, Davey; Mitchell, Knight, Dailey, Murphy, Regan.

Norwich City:-
Nethercott; Duffy, Lewis; Pickwick, Foulkes, Ashman; Gavin, Kinsey, Johnston, Rattray, Summers.

Referee: Mr A.Bond of Fulham, London. Linesmen: Messrs D.L.Scobie and G.W.Stevenson.

Fine weather, coupled with Exeter City's brilliant start to the season, helped to ensure a near-capacity crowd of well over 15,000 for Norwich City's visit to St James's Park on Wednesday evening.

Jim Dailey, a lone raider in the City attack, must have been on the verge of despair, however, for with the end of the match in sight, the long-awaited through pass to him had never been made. The most Exeter supporters expected by this time was a goalless division, when from midfield Booth began the movement that sounded the victory note.

OFF BALANCE.

A neat interception by Booth was followed by a shrewd pass all along the carpet to Knight. The Norwich defence was temporarily off balance. Knight shuffled, feinted, and released a precision pass to the alert and waiting Jim Dailey.

Taking the ball in full stride Dailey was between the backs in a flash. His beautifully placed low shot from ten yards was out of the reach of the diving Norwich goalkeeper. As the ball nestled in the near corner of the net the biggest mid-week crowd ever to assemble at St. James's Park for a League match, let loose its mightiest roar. Exeter City were "home and dry." Dailey's goal gave them a belated ascendancy and the Canaries lost their song.

But the victory was a snatch-and-grab one, and to give credit where it is due Norwich were the cleverer team by far and unlucky to lose.

The attendance was 15,720 with gate receipts of £1,431. 10s. Od.

Leaders in the Southern Section race are now Brighton with ten points, Millwall, Reading, and Exeter City with nine each, all having played six matches.

RESERVES EXIT SOUTHERN LEAGUE CUP BY TEN NIL AGGREGATE.
HEREFORD UNITED FORWARDS IRRESISTIBLE.

Thursday, September 11th 1952.

HEREFORD UNITED (Crowe, Best 4, Williams 2) 6
EXETER CITY RESERVES 0

Half-time 6 - 0.

The Hereford forwards, led by Best, the former Chester, Cardiff City and Queen's Park Rangers centre-forward, in his most aggressive mood, were irresistible in their Southern League Cup-tie versus the City Reserves on Thursday evening on the Edgar Street ground, but it was surprising that the final score was not much bigger than 7 to nil.

Hereford:-
Davies; Layton, Hughes; Farquhar, Woods, McCall; Bowen, Williams, Best, Crowe, Ormston.

City Reserves:-
Singleton; F.Gidley, G.Gidley; Harvey, Doyle, Armes; Digby, Fallon, Howells, McClelland, Armstrong.

The Exeter halves could not hold the outer defences, and the Gidley brothers, both young amateurs without experience, who filled both full-back positions, were swampted.

Hereford thus completed a Southern League Cup "double" over the City
Reserves to the tune of ten goals to none.

Crowe scored the first goal in ten minutes, and almost at regular five minute intervals came three goals from Best and two from Williams, to make the half-time figure six to nil.

Best scored again in the second half, and although Singleton performed
valiantly he could not hold back the flood. Exeter had more of the play than the score suggests, however, and good attempts to break down the home defence were made by McClelland and Fallon.

Hereford were, however, in excellent form, and on this showing would have beaten any team in the Southern League. Armstrong, the outside-left who has been signed by Exeter City on a month's trial from County Durham, was not impressive.