Saturday, February 5th 1910.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE:
NORWICH CITY v EXETER CITY.

Playing at home in the League tournament for the first time since Boxing Day, Norwich City scored their first goal of the New Year, and this was sufficient to earn them their first vistory for a couple of months. Exeter City would doubtless preferred to have seen the "Nest" under more favourable conditions, the playing enclosure being almost ankle deep with mud and water.
To make matters worse the weather was cold and showery, and barely three thousand spectators were present. With both Beale and Cooch, their goalkeepers, injured, Norwich City obtained the help of a local amateur, A.Fielding, and Rayner's reappearance after his illness induced the officials to play him at centre forward.

NORWICH:
Fielding; Druce, and Newlands; Wolstenholme, Bushell, and Chick;
Barnfather, Hubbard, Rayner, Gooch, and Allsopp.

EXETER:
Crossthwaite; Crelley, and Jones; Atkinson, Tierney, and Hartley; Copestake, Watson, Green, Bell, and Garside.

Referee: Mr A.G. Neale, of London.

Exeter City were again without Chadwick, but Tierney has deputised so ably in recent matches that it was considered unwise to disturb the half-back formation. Although Norwich won by a goal to nothing their victory should be discounted because of the state of the ground. It was impossible for a player to pass with precision, and in their straightforward methods Norwich were more successful, chiefly because of a better and stronger finish. Mistakes were pardonable, and it was from a miskick by one of his own backs that Fielding received his most difficult shot, though Bell might have beaten him earlier had he not lost his footing in the act of shooting. The only goal was scored by Gooch, after 17 minutes' play, Rayner leading the assault, and Barnfather and Hubbard taking part in a scramble from which the ball went to Gooch, who was unmarked, and Crossthwaite was well beaten by the shot. It was a double disaster for Exeter, as Jones was hurt in the mix-up in front of goal, and he was off the field for twenty minutes afterwards. Still nothing of note the play, they nevertheless could not score.
Near the end Watson hit the crossbar with a surprise shot, with the
goalkeeper helpless. This was a narrow escape for Norwich, and they were also fortunate when Copestake's centre passed across the face of the goal with nobody in position to apply the finishing touch. Newlands and Druce covered Fielding so well that the new goalkeeper has comparatively little to do. Crossthwaite found more opportunities, the keenness and strength of the Norwich forwards enabling them to push home their attacks. Allsopp, Barnfather, and Hubbard were the best of the Norwich players, while Watson, Crossthwaite, and Jones were Exeter's most prominent.
Final score
Norwich City 1 goal, Exeter City 0.

PLYMOUTH LEAGUE:
CITY RESERVES v MARINES.
Played at St. James's Park, Exeter.

Stanley Welsh, a young amateur from Southampton, was given a trial at inside-left in this match, with a view to his being offered terms by Exeter City as a professional. After scoring the opening goal and exhibiting many clever touches in his general play he had the extreme misfortune to sustain a broken leg in a collision with an opponent, and will play no more football this season. Taylor scored twice in the second half to win a victory for the Marines by 2-1.
EXETER RESERVES:- W.Wells; Craig, Heppell; Pym, Oliver, Letheren; Martin, Ambler, McGuigan, Welsh, and Drew.
ROYAL MARINES 
Burton; Cleverly, Whitnell; Broad, Graham, Boffey; Colclough, Hill, Reeves, Taylor, and Preston.