Squad photo from the 1946/47 season in which Exeter finished the league in 15th and lost in the First Round of the FA Cup.


2nd photo is the Reserve team that lost in the Southern League Cup at home to Yeovil in February 1947.
League Position: 15th
P: 42 W:15 D:9, L:18 Goals F-A: 60-69  Points: 39


League Results

31/08/1946	Torquay United	H	D	1-1	11468	Wright
02/09/1946	Northampton Town	A	W	2-1	11000	Regan	Wright
07/09/1946	Port Vale	A	W	2-1	10000	Regan	Ebdon
11/09/1946	Aldershot	H	W	4-1	9538	Ebdon	Regan	Wright	Wardle
14/09/1946	Bristol City	H	L	1-3	13100	Wardle
18/09/1946	Northampton Town	H	W	1-0	8000	Ebdon
21/09/1946	Swindon Town	A	L	0-2	20831	:
28/09/1946	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	W	4-1	12000	Ebdon 3	Wardle
05/10/1946	Cardiff City	A	L	0-5	32000	:
12/10/1946	Norwich City	H	W	3-0	9160	Ebdon	Wright	Regan
19/10/1946	Crystal Palace	H	W	2-1	12000	Regan	Ebdon
26/10/1946	Reading	A	L	0-4	10042	:
02/11/1946	Walsall	H	D	2-2	9102	Ebdon 2
09/11/1946	Watford	A	L	1-3	6900	Wright
16/11/1946	Ipswich Town	H	D	0-0	8849	:
07/12/1946	Southend United	A	D	2-2	10000	Watson (og)	Owen
14/12/1946	Bristol Rovers	H	W	3-2	7000	Holman 2	Wright
21/12/1946	Mansfield Town	A	L	0-1	4236	:
25/12/1946	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	W	6-1	7777	Owen 3	Wright 2	Wardle
26/12/1946	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	W	2-1	12000	Cutting	Blood
28/12/1946	Torquay United	A	L	1-2	11000	Head (og)
04/01/1947	Port Vale	H	D	1-1	8165	Jones
11/01/1947	Leyton Orient	A	L	1-3	8577	Regan
18/01/1947	Bristol City	A	D	2-2	20153	Ebdon	Regan
25/01/1947	Swindon Town	H	D	1-1	8000	Owen
15/02/1947	Norwich City	A	W	3-1	12696	Ebdon 2	Regan
22/02/1947	Crystal Palace	A	L	0-1	7100	:
01/03/1947	Reading	H	L	1-3	10000	Regan
05/03/1947	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	3-0	5000	Cutting	Wright	Walker
15/03/1947	Watford	H	W	1-0	5500	Wright
22/03/1947	Ipswich Town	A	L	1-2	12000	Wright
29/03/1947	Leyton Orient	H	W	3-1	7387	Wardle 2	Ebdon
04/04/1947	Notts County	A	D	0-0	10000	:
05/04/1947	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	0-2	18000	:
07/04/1947	Notts County	H	D	2-2	12000	Owen 2
12/04/1947	Southend United	H	L	1-5	10000	Ebdon
19/04/1947	Bristol Rovers	A	L	0-1	13775	:
26/04/1947	Mansfield Town	H	W	1-0	6000	Walker
03/05/1947	Aldershot	A	L	0-2	4500	:
10/05/1947	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	1-4	8000	Owen
17/05/1947	Cardiff City	H	L	0-2	12431	:
24/05/1947	Walsall	A	L	1-2	10000	Challis (p)

Final Table

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. CARDIFF CITY             42  18  3  0  60  11  12  3  6  33  19   66
 2. Queen's Park Rangers     42  15  2  4  42  15   8  9  4  32  25   57
 3. Bristol City             42  13  4  4  56  20   7  7  7  38  36   51
 4. Swindon Town             42  15  4  2  56  25   4  7 10  28  48   49
 5. Walsall                  42  11  6  4  42  25   6  6  9  32  34   46
 6. Ipswich Town             42  11  5  5  33  21   5  9  7  28  32   46
 7. Bournemouth              42  12  4  5  43  20   6  4 11  29  34   44
 8. Southend United          42   9  7  5  38  22   8  3 10  33  38   44
 9. Reading                  42  11  6  4  53  30   5  5 11  30  44   43
10. Port Vale                42  14  4  3  51  28   3  5 13  17  35   43
11. Torquay United           42  11  5  5  33  23   4  7 10  19  38   42
12. Notts County             42  11  4  6  35  19   4  6 11  28  44   40
13. Northampton              42  11  5  5  46  33   4  5 12  26  42   40
14. Bristol Rovers           42   9  6  6  34  26   7  2 12  25  43   40
15. Exeter City              42  11  6  4  37  27   4  3 14  23  42   39
16. Watford                  42  11  4  6  39  27   6  1 14  22  49   39
17. Brighton & Hove Albion   42   8  7  6  31  35   5  5 11  23  37   38
18. Crystal Palace           42   9  7  5  29  19   4  4 13  20  43   37
19. Leyton Orient            42  10  5  6  40  28   2  3 16  14  47   32
20. Aldershot                42   6  7  8  25  26   4  5 12  23  52   32
21. Norwich City             42   6  3 12  38  48   4  5 12  26  52   28
22. Mansfield Town           42   8  5  8  31  38   1  5 15  17  58   28

Reserve Results

The reserves played in the Southern League, however the season was not completed due to the Winter weather

Southern League 1946/47
05/09/1946	League	Hereford United	Away	Three-One	Mustard	Challis 2
07/09/1946	League	Colchester United	Home	3-1	Rue	Challis	Mustard
14/09/1946	League	Bath City	Away	5-3	Mustard	Lee	C. Jones 2	Challis
21/09/1946	League	Barry Town	Home	0-4	:
28/09/1946	League	Cheltenham Town	Away	3-8	Holman	Challis	Smart
05/10/1946	League	Cheltenham Town	Home	1-3	Holman
12/10/1946	Cup	Merthyr Tydfil	Away	1-3	Holman
14/10/1946	League	Millwall	Away	3-2	Thompson	Holman	Ebdon
19/10/1946	League	Colchester United	Away	1-6	Angus			9 men for 15 mins
26/10/1946	League	Bath City	Home	5-2	Smart 3	Mustard	Challis
02/11/1946	League	Chelmsford City	Away	2-8	Granville	Smart
06/11/1946	Cup	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	1-1	Murray
09/11/1946	League	Gravesend	Home	0-4	:
16/11/1946	League	Dartford	Away	2-6	Vaughan 2
23/11/1946	League	Guildford City	Home	2-4	Vaughan	Windle
04/12/1946	League	Millwall	Home	1-1	Jones
07/12/1946	League	Yeovil Town	Home	2-3	Cutting	Granville
14/12/1946	League	Guildford City	Away	0-5	:
21/12/1946	Friendly	Bristol League X1	Home	2-1	Coles (pen)	Granville
28/12/1946	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	1-7	Smart
02/01/1947	Cup	Barry Town	Away	3-3	Vaughan 2	Holman
04/01/1947	League	Gloucester City	Away	3-7	Fellowes 2	Smart
11/01/1947	League	Worcester City	Away	4-3	Ebdon	Holman	Tousdale 2
18/01/1947	League	Worcester City	Home	5-2	Fellowes	Holman 3	Hutchings
25/01/1947	League	Barry Town	Away	1-6	Hutchings
08/02/1947	League	Bedford Town	Away	1-8	Vaughan
12/02/1947	Cup	Barry Town	Home	0-0	:
15/02/1947	League	Dartford	Home	4-3	Fellowes 2	Coles	Lee
19/02/1947	Cup	Yeovil Town	Home	1-5	Angus
22/02/1947	League	Gillingham	Home	0-6	:
08/03/1947	Cup	Yeovil Town	Away	3-8	Challis 2	Holman
29/03/1947	League	Gillingham	Away	0-4	:
05/04/1937	League	Gloucester City	Home	5-1	Hutchings 2	Holman 2	Challis
07/04/1947	League	Yeovil Town	Away	1-7	Holman
19/04/1947	League	Hereford United	Home	1-1	Fellowes
03/05/1947	League	Bedford Town	Home	2-4	Vaughan	Smart
24/05/1947	League	Chelmsford City	Home	5-1	Ebdon 3	Vaughan	Jones (C)
26/05/1947	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Away	0-2	:
31/05/1947	League	Gravesend	Away	3-4	Ebdon	Vaughan	Jones (C)
The Season was not completed due to weather! Exeter had let in 126 goals in 32 league games

Final Table
Southern League

                                  P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Gillingham                     32 20  5  6 103  45  47
 2.Guildford City                 32 21  7  4  86  39  46
 3.Merthyr Tydfil                 32 21  8  2 104  37  45
 4.Yeovil Town                    32 19  7  6 100  49  45
 5.Chelmsford City                32 17 11  3  90  60  38
 6.Gravesend and Northfleet       32 17 11  4  82  58  38
 7.Barry Town                     32 14 10  6  89  61  36
 8.Colchester United              32 15 12  4  65  60  35
 9.Cheltenham Town                32 14 14  3  68  75  32
10.Millwall                       32  8 11  5  59  57  29
11.Dartford                       32 10 17  5  71 100  25
12.Bedford Town                   32  8 16  8  63  98  24
13.Hereford United                32  8 17  7  37  85  23
14.Worcester City                 32  8 18  5  55  90  22
15.Exeter City                    32 10 20  2  69 126  22
16.Bath City                      32  7 18  7  52  93  21
17.Gloucester City                32  8 23  1  57 120  17

FA Cup

30 November 1946

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

Away

Exeter Lost   2-4

16168

Regan, Hydes

R1

Devon Bowl

There is no record of the Devon Bowl being played 

Friendlies

1946/47
17/08/1946	Stripes v Whites	Home	Stripes score first 4-2	3340	Mustard, Rew 2, Challis (Stripes) v Wright, Hydes (Whites)
24/08/1946	Probables v Possibles	Home	4-6	4000	Wright, Ebdon, Walker, Rew, v Lee 3, Hammond, Challis, Mustard
14/09/1946	Bath City	Away	5-3	2000	Mustard 2, Lee, Jones, Challis

Other Information

PF

1940s, 1946/47, Albert Bowden, Albert Hammond, Arthur Coles, Arthur Hydes, Barney Singleton, Bert Hoyle, Dennis Hutchings, Douglas Regan, George Thompson, George Wardle, Glyn Vaughan, Harold Hanford, Harry Holman Snr, Harry Sutherland, Henry Haddock, James Murray, James Walker, John Blood, John Long, Raymond Wright, Richard Ebdon, Richard Smart, Squad Photograph, Stan Cutting, Timeline, Trevor Granville, William Fellowes, William Mustard, William Owen