ECFC
1903/04
St Sidwell’s United

From the WESTERN TIMES 1 SEPTEMBER 1903
“Recently it will be remembered that the East Devon Football Association was formed. Now there are for the Senior League seven teams consisting of Torquay United, Dawlish, St Sidwells, Exeter Training College, 110th, 111th and 112th Batterys Field Artillery. The latter have a very strong team being the holders of the Second Army Corps cup.
For the Junior League, fifteen teams have entered namely.
Exeter Training College II, St Sidwells II, St Davids, St Matthews, Belmont, Friernhay, St Thomas, Emmanuel, Willey & Co, Culm Valley, Exmouth Albion, Exmouth Rovers, Dawlish Res, St Johns United and Heavitree to form teams at once.”

For the 1903/04 season St Sidwell’s United joined the newly formed East Devon Senior League. Their Reserves entered the Exeter and District Junior League. This was the first season that the Club played at St James Park. 


1903/04 

EAST DEVON SENIOR LEAGUE


12/09/1903
Newton Abbot GWR students Home 6-2
Scorers Eveleigh 2, Thomas 2, Winter 2.
At Magdalan Road
Team Robinson, Sergeant, Davies, Wallage, Mann, Morgan, Sellick, Winter, Thomas, Eveleigh, Coles

10/10/1903
Dawlish Home 8-0 
Scorers Thomas 3, Coles 2, Eveleigh, Sellick, Winte
At SJP
Team Robinson, Sergeant, Davies, Wallage, Bailey, Morgan, Sellick, Winter, Thomas, Eveleigh, Coles

17/10/1903
St Lukes College Away 1-6 At Magdlaen Road 
Scorer Winter
At Magdalan Road
Team Robinson, Ashford, Davies, Wallage, Bailey, Morgan, Sellick, Winter, Thomas, Eveleigh, Coles

24/10/1903
112th Battery RF.A. Home 2-4
Scorers Winter, Eveleigh
At SJP
Team

07/11/1903
111th Battery RF.A. Home 1-3
Scorer Sellick
At SJP
Team Robinson, Ashford, Campbell, Wallage, Bailey, Morgan, Sellick, Davies, Thomas, Eveleigh, Winter

14/11/1903
Newton Abbot GWR students Away 5-0
Scorers Eveleigh 2, Thomas 2, Winter.
Team Robinson, Ashford, Campbell, Wallage, Worner, Morgan, Winter, Eveleigh, Thomas, Davies, Avery

21/11/1903
Dawlish Away 0-2 
Team Robinson, Ashford, Campbell, Wallage, Worner, Morgan, Sellick, Winter, Thomas, Eveleigh, Davies

19/12/1903
110th Battery RF.A. Home 3-3
Scorers Keech 2, Wallage
Team Robinson, Hooper, Ashford, Wallage, Gilbert, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Keech, Eveleigh, Winter

16/01/1904
110th Battery RF.A. Away 2-1 
Scorers Eveleigh 2
At Camp Field
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Gilbert, Eveleigh, Winter

30/01/1904
St Lukes College Home 5-0
Scorers Eveleigh 2, Sellick 2, Keech
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Keech, Eveleigh, Winter

06/02/1904
112th Battery RF.A. Away 1-1
Scorer Russell
Team (the following played) Russell. Ashford, Peters, Morgan, Sellick, Winter, Russell 

20/02/1904
111th Battery RF.A. Away 4-1
Scorers Eveleigh, Thomas, Russell, Winter
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Russell, Thomas, Eveleigh, Winter

27/02/1904
Torquay United Away 2-1
Scorers ?
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Keech, Eveleigh, Winter

19/03/2004
Torquay United Home 5-1
Scorers ?,?  Bailey, Sellick, Eveleigh
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Andrews, Eveleigh, Winter

Results Summary

Exeter & District Senior League
12/09/1903 League Newton Abbot GWR students Home 6-2 Eveleigh 2 Thomas 2 Winter 2    
10/10/1903 League Dawlish  Home 8-0 Thomas 3 Coles 2 Eveleigh Sellick Winter
17/10/1903 League St Lukes College  Away 1-6 Winter        
24/10/1903 League 112th Battery RF.A. Home 2-4 Winter Eveleigh      
07/11/1903 League 111th Battery RF.A. Home 1-3 Sellick        
14/11/1903 League Newton Abbot GWR students Away 5-0 Eveleigh 2 Thomas 2 Winter     
21/11/1903 League Dawlish  Away 0-2 :        
19/12/1903 League 110th Battery RF.A. Home 3-3 Keech 2,  Wallage      
16/01/1904 League 110th Battery RF.A. Away 2-1 Eveleigh 2        
30/01/1904 League St Lukes College Home 5-0 Eveleigh 2 Sellick 2 Keech    
06/02/1904 League 112th Battery RF.A. Away 1-1 Russell        
20/02/1904 League 111th Battery RF.A. Away 4-1 Eveleigh  Thomas Russell Winter  
27/02/1904 League Torquay United Away 7-1          
19/03/2004 League Torquay United Home 5-1 Bailey Sellick 2 Eveleigh 2    


Leading Scorers (includes GWR games)
  • Eveleigh 12
  • Thomas   8
  • Winter     7



East Devon Senior League

Final Table

East Devon Senior League  P W D L F A PTS
St Lukes College 12 10 0 2 32 15 20
111th Battery RFA 12 8 0 4 16 14 16
St Sidwells United 12 6 2 4 39 23 14
112th Battery RFA 11 5 1 5 21 17 11
Dawlish 11 4 0 7 8 25 8
110th Battery RFA 11 3 1 7 15 23 7
Torquay United 11 2 0 9 7 21 4
Newton GWR withdrawn

  • The two games against GWR were not considerd in final table.


1903/04 (Friendlies)

29/09/1903
Paignton Home 3-1
Scorers Eveleigh, Thomas, Sellick
Team Robinson, Bailey, Sergeant, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Winter, Thomas, Eveleigh, Coles

31/10/1903
Crediton Grammar School Away P-P
Team Robinson, Ashford, Narrington, Wallage, Bailey, Morgan, Sellick, Davies, Thomas, Eveleigh, Winter

28/11/1903
North Devon School Barnstaple Home 1-1
Scorers Thomas
Team

26/12/1903
Plympton Away
Scorers
Team Robinson, Aplin, Ashford, Davidson, Gilbert, Morgan, Sellick, Russell, Thomas, Eveleigh, Fenwick

30/12/1903
Exmouth United Home 4-1
Scorers Sellick 2, Eveleigh, Fenwick
Team

02/01/1904
Dawlish Home 5-0
Scorers Thomas 3, Robinson 2.
Team Robinson, Gilbert, Ashford, Wallage, Bailey, Morgan, Sellick, Davidson, Thomas, Eveleigh, Winter

09/01/1904
Paignton Away 9-0
Scorers
Team

23/01/1904
HMS Britannia Away
Scorers
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Russell, Thomas, Eveleigh, Winter

02/03/1904
Exmouth United Away
Scorers
Team

12/03/1904
112th Battery RF.A. Home 4-2
Scorers Eveleigh 2, Davidson 2
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Keech, Eveleigh, Winter

23/03/1904
Exmouth United Away 5-4
Scorers Davidson 2, Sellick, Eveleigh, Camble, 
Team

01/04/1904
Bridgwater Albion Neutral 8-0
Scorers Wells 2, Thomas 2, Eveleigh 2, Sellick, Davidson
At Friernhay
Team

04/04/1904
Plympton Home 1-2 at 11:00 am
Scorers Sellick
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, Wallage, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Russell, Eveleigh, Winter

04/04/1904
Plymouth Wednesday Home 2-0 at 15:00
Scorers Davidson, Thomas 
Team Robinson, Bailey, Ashford, XXX, Davidson, Morgan, Sellick, Thomas, Russell, XXX, Winter

06/04/1904 Exmouth Albion Away P-P :
  • A wire arrived art noon in Exeter, saying it was impossible to raise a team, so the Reserves played the 1st's at St James Field
St Sidwell’s Reserves played in the Exeter and District Junior League.

“For the Junior League, fifteen teams have entered namely.(Western Times 1/9/1903)
Exeter Training College II, St Sidwells II, St Davids, St Matthews, Belmont, Friernhay, St Thomas, Emmanuel, Willey & Co, Culm Valley, Exmouth Albion, Exmouth Rovers, Dawlish Res, St Johns United and Heavitree to form teams at once.”

Results 

Final Table


EXETER & DISTRICT JUNIOR LEAGUE
Friernhay champions
Belmont finished 2nd
St Sidwells Res 3rd

ST SIDWELLS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING REPORT 

Western Times 1 June 1904
The Annual General meeting of the St Sidwells Football club was held at the Red Lion in Sidwell Street. Mr C Fay took the chair and the Hon Secretary Mr W. H. Thomas reported that the club had a balance in hand of £5.5s
Last season the first eleven played 29 matches, winning 20, losing 5 and drawing 4 scoring 108 goals against 43.
The position of the team was third which was a very creditable performance. In the East Devon cup the club reached the final when they were defeated by the 110th Battery 2-1.
This in no way disgraced the club considering the Battery were in the final for the Second Army Corps cup. The Reserves played 27 matches winning 20, losing 3 and drawing 4. They occupied third place in the Exeter & District Junior League. The Chairman voted the adoption of the report, seconded by Mr Morgan and carried.

“Name Change”

Mr H. Willey was elected President for the coming year. Other officers were elected and the decision was taken to change the name of the St Sidwell’s club to the Exeter City Association Football club.

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