SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14TH: RANGERS v CITY

Exeter Seize All Chances
MORE GOALS FOR GREEN

City 2 Rangers 0.

The failure of the Queen's Park Rangers forwards to score goals this season has been causing much perturbation amongst the directorate of the Park Royal club lately, and with a view to improving the quality of the attack Simons was secured from Fulham during the week and tried at centre-forward today.

The new-comer, although obviously strange to his surroundings, gave quite a good account of himself, but his introduction had no effect on the result of the match, which the City won by two goals to nil before a crowd of less than 4,000 people. On the run of the play the Rangers ought to have won with ease.

RANGERS

Macleod

Millington Pullen

Ovens Mitchell Wake

Thompson Birch Simons Gregory Donald

Referee:- Mr G.M.Pardoe, of Kidderminster.

CITY

Goodwin(F) Lovett Goodwin(W) Green Holt
Smith Lagan Rigby

Strettle Marshall

Pym

Queen's Park Rangers played a fast and vigorous game, being the aggressors for about three parts of the time. However, the shooting of their forwards was marked by an utter lack of direction, and chance after chance was thrown away.

Exeter City, on the other hand, made no mistake whenever an opening presented itself. They had just two during the course of the afternoon, and scored two goals, Green being the man to oblige on each occasion.

In the first minute of the game Thompson made a fine effort to score with a cross-shot, but Pym threw himself at the ball and brought off a wonderful save. It was practically the only thing the Exeter goalkeeper had to do for over an hour, though the Rangers were invariably the attacking force.

The shooting of the Rangers forwards was as poor as anything seen at Park Royal this season, but the climax was reached when Gregory missed an open goal from the distance of one yard. How he managed to steer the ball wide of the net is a mystery, and a howl of derision greeted his effort.

There were other occasions when the Rangers should have scored. Birch and Simons sent the ball over the bar when well placed, and the other members of the team were also at fault when it came to shooting.

A Fine Pace and a Spent Force.

In the second half the Rangers set a tremendous pace. They tried to run the Exeter defence off its legs, but both Marshall and Strettle played a very solid game, and the defence was a bit better than the attack. At the end of half an hour the Rangers were a spent force, and then the Exeter forwards got away, two goals coming along like clockwork. The first one was a splendid single-handed effort by Green, and the second came from a well judged centre from F.Goodwin, which was hooked into the top of the net by the City inside right.

City Reliable Under Pressure.

Queen's Park Rangers gave a capital display in every part of the team until it came to shooting. The new leader, Simons, is a man who should be persevered with. he has excellent judgment and invariably parts with the ball with advantage to his side, but his shooting was, like that of the others, poor. Birch sent in a couple of shots towards the finish that went near the mark, and Pym had to field a cross-drive from Thompson early in the game; otherwise he had nothing to do.

The City were for the most part on the defensive, and they acquitted themselves well. Under pressure the backs and halves were very reliable, and the forwards, when they got a chance, were exceptionally fast and accurate. The wing men, F.Goodwin and Holt, had few opportunities owing to the clever covering and spoiling tactics of Ovens and Wake, the former Grecian.