SATURDAY 8th MARCH 1969.

CITY'S TREK NORTH ENDS WITH NO POINTS.

CHESTERFIELD 2
McNulty; Hickton, Lumsden; Pugh, Moyse, Phelan; Kettleborough, Randall, Moore, Bell, Martin,

EXETER CITY 0.
Shearing; Smyth, Blain; Parker, Sharples (Crawford), Newman; Pleat, Binney, Wingate, Kirkham, Mitten,

Scorers:
Chesterfield: Randall 2,

Attendance: 5,124,

Another injury and no points. This really sums up Exeter City's latest Fourth Division trek as their League position remains grim. Brian Sharples returned to Exeter with his arm in a sling and a suspected broken collar bone. It was virtually all Chesterfield in the first half except for a glancing header from John Wingate and a 30 yard effort from Jimmy Blain, Little was seen of City as an attacking force. Chesterfield though only had one goal to show for their effortsThey missed some chances and goalkeeper Peter Shearing brought off two or three good saves, Amateur John Wingate the 20 year old Centre forward was not given auch opportunity to show much and had a quiet first half The absence of Sharples in the second half meant a reshuffle in the City side. Ironically it was in the second half that City came more into the game, but if Exeter had any hopes of saving a pointThey ended five minutes from time when leading scorer Randall scored Chesterfield's second goal, He also scored their first with a 33rd minute header.

Match Summary 

City displayed a lot of the same faults in this game as in the previous home match with Peterborough. Once more we had a good share of the play, especi ally in the second half, but we did not adopt the right tactics in trying to open up the Chesterfield defence. Peter Shearing brought off a couple of brilliant saves during the first half when Chesterfield did nearly all the attacking, and the home side could only manage one goal through Kevin Randall after 33 minutes. Because of an injury to Brian Sharples, who did not resume in the second half, we had to reshuffle our side, but as already mentioned we did far better afterwards, at least, as far as the edge of the Chesterfield goal area! Still, it was Randall who scored again for Chesterfield in this half.

TUESDAY 11th MARCH 1969.

AUSTRALIAN OFFER FOR CAVANAN.

Pat Cavanan, the former Exeter City and Weymouth, player has been offered semi professional terms with V.S.C. Lions, an Australian First Division club in Melbourne, Cavanan a 24 year old full back now playing for Heavitree United is giving serious thought. A South African club, Durban United, are also interested in Cavanan