Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 ECFC
27th February 1954 
Scorers: Ellaway
Attendance: 20217

Hugh Kelly earned Brighton ovation

Brighton 2, Exeter 1
By JAMES HASTINGS

THIS was Brighton's seventh successive victory, but they did not touch the form that has taken them to the top of the table. Exeter were certainly outplayed, yet the winners indulged in too much close passing, tip-tapping even in the penalty area. There were signs of over-anxiety in the Brighton ranks. Apart from left-back Jimmy Langley, strongest defender on the field, and hard-working Albert Mundy, at inside-right, few Brighton players did themselves justice. It was appropriate that Mundy should score the winning goal, in the 50th minute. It came from the best movement a scrappy game produced. Dennis Gordon hit across a hard centre to the far upright which Bert Addinall, Brighton's enterpris ing centre forward, neatly headed back to Mundy, whose rising shot gave gallant goalkeeper Hugh Kelly no chance. Kelly saved Exeter from a heavier defeat. He was in frequent action. Some of the Irish international's feats were acrobatic, many daring. He deserved the ovation the crowd gave him at the end. Des Tennant gave Brighton a first-half lead with a model penalty kick. Bill Ellaway, playing his first Football League match, equalised before the interval. John Owens, a young right-half. was also making his League debut for Exeter, and he worked hard and well in a defence that was under fire for most of the match.

Southern League
City Reserves v Barry Town

BARRY'S LATE RALLY NEARLY DID IT

Exeter Res. 4, Barry Tn. 2
Had live-wire centre forward Basil Cook been given more of the ball Exeter City Reserves would not have had to fifht so hard to beat a mediocre Barry Town. The other Exeter forwards should have taken a hint from Cook's un selfishness a few minutes from time. He took the ball up to goalkeeper Morris before passing across the goalmouth for Parker to score Exeter's fourth. Barry had looked as if they might save a point for in a storming late second-half rally they threw every thing into the attack. Had they done so it would have been unfair to an Exeter team superior in every department except finishing-finishing that could have been supplied by Cook. The goals were scored by Murphy (2), Samuels, and Parker for Exeter and by Allen and Richards for Barry.

East Devon Cup
Exeter "A" 3-2 Clyst Valley 



Weymouth v City.
Friendly.
Tuesday March 2nd 1954
at Weymouth.

WEYMOUTH (Gaillard) 1 EXETER CITY (McClelland 2) 2

Weymouth: Hayhurst; Stevenson, Yeuell; Presley, Brawley, Richards; Lyons, Lewis, Massart, Wheeler, Gaillard.

Exeter City: Singleton; Storey, Douglass; Owens, Davey, Dodgin; M.Setters, Ellaway, McClelland, Murphy, Parker.

Des Lowes, the Weymouth halfback whose benefit game this was had to miss the game altogether,he was at home suffering from chickenpox he was probably very wise, for in falls of sleet and rain, with snow in parts of the ground, conditions were very unpleasant, 13 lights went out at one stage of the game the pitch was like a quagmire in the second half,

It was a hard game, Exeter had the more dangerous forwards, McClelland who led the attack was left two good chances by an otherwise sound Weymouth defence. The first he accepted when unmarked, a ball sliped through by Parker after the winger had drawn the defence.

For his second goal McClelland emerged with the ball from a ruck of players on the left to run on and give Hayhurst no chance, Gallard the former Portsmouth winger, the only home forwad to impress scored Weymouth's goal from a free kick from just outside the penalty area.

THURSDAY 4th MARCH 1954.
WREXHAM TALK TO SAMUELS.

Les Samuels on the Exeter City open to transfer list at his own request left St James's Park today for talks with Wrexham about a possible move.