Squad photo from the 1930/31 season in which Exeter finish 13th in the Third Division South.

The Club enjoyed one of their most famous FA Cup run in this season, reaching the Sixth Round. City were eventually knocked out after a replay defeat to Sunderland, in front of a record crowd at St James Park of 20,984. 



FA Cup
First Round: Northfleet United (A), 0-3
Second Round: Coventry City (H), 1-1. Replay (A), 1-2
Third Round: Derby County (H), 3-2
Fourth Round: Bury (A), 1-2
Fifth Round: Leeds United (H), 3-1
Sixth Round: Sunderland (A), 1-1. Replay (H), 2-4.

First team results

30/08/1930	Norwich City	H	W	1-0	6000	Varco
03/09/1930	Luton Town	H	D	1-1	5000	Houghton
06/09/1930	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	L	2-3	5000	Varco 2
08/09/1930	Bristol Rovers	A	D	1-1	6000	Houghton
13/09/1930	Torquay United	H	D	2-2	8000	Halliday	Houghton
17/09/1930	Bristol Rovers	H	L	0-3	3000	:
20/09/1930	Northampton Town	A	L	0-1	7000	:
27/09/1930	Brentford	H	W	4-0	5000	Armfield	Baugh (p)	Doncaster	Houghton
29/09/1930	Luton Town	A	L	1-3	2000	Varco
04/10/1930	Crystal Palace	A	L	2-7	12000	Varco	Greener (og)
11/10/1930	Southend United	H	D	1-1	6000	Doncaster
18/10/1930	Thames	H	W	4-3	6000	Varco	Purcell	Armfield	Houghton
25/10/1930	Leyton Orient	A	W	3-2	4000	Doncaster	Armfield	Varco
01/11/1930	Notts County	H	D	3-3	5000	Varco	Purcell	Baugh (p)
08/11/1930	Watford	A	W	1-0	6000	Varco
15/11/1930	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	W	4-1	6000	Armfield	Houghton 2	Varco
22/11/1930	Swindon Town	A	L	1-2	5000	Armfield
06/12/1930	Coventry City	A	L	1-3	9000	Purcell
20/12/1930	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	2-7	5000	Varco	Houghton
25/12/1930	Newport County	A	L	0-4	6000	:
26/12/1930	Newport County	H	W	3-0	7000	Houghton	Varco	Doncaster
27/12/1930	Norwich City	A	W	2-1	5000	Houghton 2
03/01/1931	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	D	2-2	5000	Varco	Wilkinson (og)
14/01/1931	Fulham	H	W	3-2	3000	Varco 2	Lister
17/01/1931	Torquay United	A	D	0-0	6000	:
28/01/1931	Northampton Town	H	D	3-3	3000	Doncaster 2	Armfield
31/01/1931	Brentford	A	L	1-2	10000	Houghton
07/02/1931	Crystal Palace	H	W	4-3	4000	Varco 2	Houghton	Doncaster
18/02/1931	Walsall	H	L	2-5	3000	Varco 2
21/02/1931	Thames	A	L	0-1	4000	:
07/03/1931	Notts County	A	W	2-1	12000	Varco	Houghton
14/03/1931	Watford	H	W	2-1	6000	Houghton	Armfield
18/03/1931	Southend United	A	L	1-5	4000	Varco
21/03/1931	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	1-3	6000	Houghton
28/03/1931	Swindon Town	H	W	3-1	5000	Armfield	Baugh (p)	Houghton
03/04/1931	Gillingham	A	W	5-3	6000	Varco	Doncaster	Houghton 2	Purcell
04/04/1931	Fulham	A	L	2-4	14000	Purcell	Barber
06/04/1931	Gillingham	H	W	3-0	7000	Baugh (p)	Varco	Houghton
11/04/1931	Coventry City	H	L	2-3	5000	Houghton	Varco
15/04/1931	Leyton Orient	H	W	6-1	2500	Houghton (p), Purcell, Armfield, Doncaster 2, Clarke
18/04/1931	Walsall	A	L	1-2	4000	Houghton
25/04/1931	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	2-0	5000	Purcell	Varco

Final Table

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. Notts County             42  16  4  1  58  13   8  7  6  39  33   59
 2. Crystal Palace           42  17  2  2  71  20   5  5 11  36  51   51
 3. Brentford                42  14  3  4  62  30   8  3 10  28  34   50
 4. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  13  5  3  45  20   4 10  7  23  33   49
 5. Southend United          42  16  0  5  53  26   6  5 10  23  34   49
 6. Northampton              42  10  6  5  37  20   8  6  7  40  39   48
 7. Luton Town               42  15  3  3  61  17   4  5 12  15  34   46
 8. Queen's Park Rangers     42  15  0  6  57  23   5  3 13  25  52   43
 9. Fulham                   42  15  3  3  49  21   3  4 14  28  54   43
10. Bournemouth              42  11  7  3  39  22   4  6 11  33  51   43
11. Torquay United           42  13  5  3  56  26   4  4 13  24  58   43
12. Swindon Town             42  15  5  1  68  29   3  1 17  21  65   42
13. Exeter City              42  12  6  3  55  35   5  2 14  29  55   42
14. Coventry City            42  11  4  6  55  28   5  5 11  20  37   41
15. Bristol Rovers           42  12  3  6  49  36   4  5 12  26  56   40
16. Gillingham               42  10  6  5  40  29   4  4 13  21  47   38
17. Walsall                  42   9  5  7  44  38   5  4 12  34  57   37
18. Watford                  42   9  4  8  41  29   5  3 13  31  46   35
19. Leyton Orient            42  12  3  6  47  33   2  4 15  16  58   35
20. Thames                   42  12  5  4  34  20   1  3 17  20  73   34
21. NEWPORT COUNTY           42  10  5  6  45  31   1  1 19  24  80   28
22. Norwich City             42  10  7  4  37  20   0  1 20  10  56   28

FA Cup

1930/31
29 November 1930	Northfleet United	Away	3-0	5000	Maitand (og), Houghton, Purcell	R1
13 December 1930	Coventry City	Home	1-1	9600	Varco	R2
18 December 1930	Coventry City	Away	2-1	8690	Varco, Doncaster	R2 Replay
10 January 1931	Derby County	Home	3-2	16500	Varco, Armfield, Houghton	R3
24 January 1931	Bury	Away	2-1	15000	Varco, Houghton	R4
14 February 1931	Leeds United	Home	3-1	19130	Armfied 2, Purcell	R5
28 February 1931	Sunderland	Away	1-1	51642	Houghton	R6
04 March 1931	Sunderland	Home	2-4	20984	Varco, Purcell	R6 Replay

Exeter City Reserves

The reserves played in the Southern League and Western League and ended as Champions of both.

Southern League
Results

Southern League (West)
30/08/1930	League	Llanelly	Away	1-5	Parsons
06/09/1930	League	Llanelly	Home	1-0	Parsons
13/09/1930	League	Torquay	Away	3-2	McCosh	Allison	Baugh
25/09/1930	League	Bath City	Away	0-1	:
27/09/1930	League	Merthyr	Away	3-1	Allison 2	Lister
04/10/1930	League	Merthyr	Home	5-0	Gumm	Lister 2	Halliday 2
11/10/1930	League	Ebbw Vale	Away	2-0	Parsons	Gumm
25/10/1930	League	Ebbw Vale	Home	5-0	Halliday	Allison 3	Lister
29/11/1931	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	4-1	Allison 2	McCosh	Gumm
20/12/1930	League	Taunton	Home	7-1	Parsons 6	Lister
25/12/1930	League	Newport	Home	7-0	Allison 2	Halliday	Lister	Parsons 3
26/12/1930	League	Newport	Away	4-1	McCosh 2	Lister	Parsons
17/01/1931	League	Torquay	Home	3-2	Parsons 2	Halliday
07/03/1931	League	Swindon	Home	3-0	Parsons 2	Halliday
25/03/1931	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	2-4	Parsons 2
26/03/1931	League	Taunton	Away	1-1	Halliday
03/04/1931	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	1-0	McCosh
06/04/1931	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-4	Parsons 2
18/04/1931	League	Bath City	Home	2-0	Parsons	Halliday
25/04/1931	League	Barry	Away	1-4	McCosh
29/11/1931	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	4-1	Allison 2	McCosh	Gumm
02/05/1931	League	Barry	Home	1-0	Ditchburn

FINAL TABLE 
SOUTHERN LEAGUE 
(WESTERN DIVISION) 1930-31

 1. Exeter City II             22  15  2  5  59-28 32    
 2. Llanelly                   22  10  8  4  72-39 28       
 3. Merthyr Town               22  12  3  7  62-49 27      
 4. Plymouth Argyle II         22  12  2  8  55-34 26       
 5. Bath City                  22  10  6  6  47-39 26      
 6. Torquay United II          22   9  5  8  66-49 23     
 7. Swindon Town II            22   7  7  8  48-52 21       
 8. Bristol Rovers II          22   7  6  9  58-64 20       
 9. Barry                      22   7  5 10  29-39 19       
10. Taunton Town               22   5  7 10  36-62 17       
11. Newport County II          22   6  2 14  36-66 14 
12. Ebbw Vale                  22   5  1 16  32-79 11  

Exeter City Reserves were Champions of the Southern League, Western Division.

Western League
Results

Western League
08/10/1930	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	5-1	Parsons 3	Halliday 2
08/11/1930	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-0	McCosh 3
22/11/1930	League	Bristol City	Home	3-2	Gumm	Parsons	Allison
27/12/1930	Friendly	Friernhay	Home	8-3	Courtney 2	Kenshole 2	Halliday 3	Inglis
03/01/1930	League	Bristol City	Away	3-2	Halliday	Allison 2
24/01/1931	League	Yeovil	Away	0-12	:
31/01/1930	League	Yeovil	Home	6-0	Parsons 3	McCosh	Halliday
21/02/1930	League	Taunton	Home	5-0	Halliday 3	Parsons 2
28/02/1930	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-5	Parsons
07/04/1931	League	Torquay	Home	4-1	Halliday 2	Parsons	Lister
15/04/1930	League	Torquay	Away	2-1	Parsons	Halliday
22/04/1930	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	0-0	:
30/04/1932	League	Taunton	Away	2-0	Halliday	McCosh

FINAL TABLE 
WESTERN LEAGUE 
(DIVISION 1) 1930-31


 1. Exeter City II             12   9  1  2  34-24 19   
 2. Yeovil & Petters           12   7  2  3  43-27 16        
 3. Bristol Rovers II          12   6  3  3  28-19 15       
 4. Bristol City II            12   4  2  6  34-28 10       
 5. Taunton Town FC            12   5  0  7  20-34 10      
 6. Plymouth Argyle II         12   3  1  8  23-33  7      
 7. Torquay United II          12   1  5  6  18-35  7

Exeter City Reserves were Champions of the Western League Division 1.

1930/31, 1930s, Arthur Davies, Arthur Doncaster, Charles Miller, Fred Courtney, Frederick Jones, George Purcell, Harold Houghton, Jack Angus, Jacob Parsons, James Gray, James Gumm, Jock Ditchburn, John McCosh, Leslie Dennington, News Chronicle, Percy Varco, Richard Baugh, Robert Lister, Robert Shanks, Squad Photograph, Stanley Barber, Thomas Halliday, Timeline, William Armfield, William Inglis