Squad Photograph from the 1929/30 season that saw Exeter finish 16th in Division Three South and exit the FA Cup at the first stage.


FA Cup
First Round: Walsall (A), 1-0


Squad Photo
Back row (left to right): Sheffield, Gray, Alderson, Shanks, Dennington.
Front row: Purcell, Houghton, Guyan, Hemingway, Doncaster, Ditchburn.

First Team Results

31/08/1929	Luton Town	H	D	2-2	9000	Hemmingway	Guyan
04/09/1929	Gillingham	H	W	3-0	7000	Purcell	Death	Guyan
07/09/1929	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	0-3	5000	:
11/09/1929	Gillingham	A	L	0-2	6000	:
14/09/1929	Walsall	H	L	0-2	7000	:
18/09/1929	Torquay United	H	D	0-0	7000	:
21/09/1929	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	0-2	10000	:
28/09/1929	Fulham	H	W	2-1	7000	Purcell	Guyan
05/10/1929	Norwich City	A	L	1-3	6000	Hannah (og)
12/10/1929	Crystal Palace	H	W	6-1	6000	Houghton	Guyan 2	Hemmingway	Purcell 2
19/10/1929	Merthyr Town	H	D	1-1	6000	Houghton
26/10/1929	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	1-4	17000	Hemmingway
02/11/1929	Swindon Town	H	W	5-1	6000	Hemmingway 3	Doncaster	Guyan
09/11/1929	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	D	1-1	7000	Doncaster
16/11/1929	Bristol Rovers	H	W	5-2	5000	Guyan 2	Hemmingway 2	Houghton
23/11/1929	Brentford	A	L	0-2	5000	:
07/12/1929	Coventry City	A	D	3-3	6000	Purcell	Houghton (p)	Doncaster
21/12/1929	Newport County	A	L	1-4	5000	Houghton (p)
25/12/1929	Southend United	A	L	0-1	7000	:
26/12/1929	Southend United	H	W	3-1	11000	Guyan	Doncaster	Purcell
28/12/1929	Luton Town	A	W	4-0	5000	Houghton 2	Purcell	Guyan
04/01/1930	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	L	1-2	4000	Houghton (p)
18/01/1930	Walsall	A	L	2-5	7000	Purcell	Guyan
25/01/1930	Queens Park Rangers	H	L	0-2	5000	:
01/02/1930	Fulham	A	D	2-2	18000	Houghton	Guyan
05/02/1930	Leyton Orient	H	W	4-0	4000	Purcell	Doncaster	Hemmingway 2
08/02/1930	Norwich City	H	W	3-0	7000	Purcell	Houghton	Guyan
15/02/1930	Crystal Palace	A	D	1-1	12000	Purcell
19/02/1930	Watford	H	W	1-0	4000	Doncaster
22/02/1930	Merthyr Town	A	W	2-0	3000	Guyan	Hemmingway
01/03/1930	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	1-1	16000	Shanks
08/03/1930	Swindon Town	A	L	0-1	5000	:
15/03/1930	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	L	1-4	5000	Purcell (p)
22/03/1930	Bristol Rovers	A	L	0-1	8000
29/03/1930	Brentford	H	D	0-0	7000	:
05/04/1930	Leyton Orient	A	L	0-3	8000	:
12/04/1930	Coventry City	H	D	1-1	6000	Hemmingway
19/04/1930	Watford	A	L	1-2	8000	Hemmingway
21/04/1930	Northampton Town	H	W	6-4	8000	Hemmingway 4	Armfield	Mason
22/04/1930	Northampton Town	A	D	2-2	6000	Hemmingway 2
26/04/1930	Newport County	H	L	0-4	6000	:
03/05/1930	Torquay United	A	L	1-2	5000	Houghton

Final Table

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PLYMOUTH ARGYLE          42  18  3  0  63  12  12  5  4  35  26   68
 2. Brentford                42  21  0  0  66  12   7  5  9  28  32   61
 3. Queen's Park Rangers     42  13  5  3  46  26   8  4  9  34  42   51
 4. Northampton              42  14  6  1  53  20   7  2 12  29  38   50
 5. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  16  2  3  54  20   5  6 10  33  43   50
 6. Coventry City            42  14  3  4  54  25   5  6 10  34  48   47
 7. Fulham                   42  12  6  3  54  33   6  5 10  33  50   47
 8. Norwich City             42  14  4  3  55  28   4  6 11  33  49   46
 9. Crystal Palace           42  14  5  2  56  26   3  7 11  25  48   46
10. Bournemouth              42  11  6  4  47  24   4  7 10  25  37   43
11. Southend United          42  11  6  4  41  19   4  7 10  28  40   43
12. Leyton Orient            42  10  8  3  38  21   4  5 12  17  41   41
13. Luton Town               42  13  4  4  42  25   1  8 12  22  53   40
14. Swindon Town             42  10  7  4  42  25   3  5 13  31  58   38
15. Watford                  42  10  4  7  37  30   5  4 12  23  43   38
16. Exeter City              42  10  6  5  45  29   2  5 14  22  44   35
17. Walsall                  42  10  4  7  45  24   3  4 14  26  54   34
18. Newport County           42   9  9  3  48  29   3  1 17  26  56   34
19. Torquay United           42   9  6  6  50  38   1  5 15  14  56   31
20. Bristol Rovers           42  11  3  7  45  31   0  5 16  22  62   30
21. Gillingham               42   9  5  7  38  28   2  3 16  13  52   30
22. MERTHYR TOWN             42   5  6 10  39  49   1  3 17  21  86   21

FA Cup

1929/30
30 November 1929	Walsall	Away	0-1	7898	:	R1

Reserves

SOUTHERN LEAGUE WESTERN SECTION Results 

Southern League (West)
14/09/1929	League	Torquay United	Away	0-4	:
21/09/1929	League	Torquay United	Home	4-1	Houghton 3	Corrigan
28/09/1929	League	Taunton Town	Away	3-3	Houghton 2	Corrigan
12/10/1929	League	Barry	Away	1-4	Goldsworthy
19/10/1929	League	Merthyr Town	Away	2-1	Corrigan 2
26/10/1929	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-0	Gumm 2	Armfield
02/11/1929	League	Swindon	Away	1-1	Corrigan
09/11/1929	League	Newport County	Home	4-1	Henderson	Corrigan 2	McMullan
16/11/1929	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	0-0	:
23/11/1929	League	Llanelly	Home	4-1	Corrigan	Henderson 2	Gumm
30/11/1929	League	Ebbw Vale	Away	1-1	Armfield
21/12/1929	League	Barry	Home	2-1	Gumm 2
25/12/1929	League	Bath City	Home	1-2	Gumm
26/12/1929	League	Bath City	Away	0-6	:
28/12/1929	League	Ebbw Vale	Home	6-1	Armfield 3	Henderson 3
18/01/1930	League	Lovell's	Home	2-2	Armfield	Henderson
25/01/1930	League	Bristol City	Away	1-1	McMullan
01/02/1930	League	Taunton Town	Home	4-2	McMullan 2	Purcell 2
08/02/1930	League	Lovell's	Away	1-2	Henderson
15/02/1930	League	Bristol City	Home	0-2	:
22/02/1930	League	Merthyr Town	Home	1-0	Gumm
01/03/1930	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-3	Thomas
08/03/1930	League	Swindon	Home	4-1	Doncaster 2	Gumm	Ditchburn
22/03/1930	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	2-2	McMullan	Gumm
29/03/1930	League	Newport County	Away	0-2	:
18/04/1930	League	Yeovil	Home	0-4	:
21/04/1930	League	Yeovil	Away	1-5	Guyan
26/04/1930	League	Llanelly	Away	0-3

SOUTHERN LEAGUE WESTERN SECTION
Final Table

1	Bath City	28	16	6	6	85	52	1.63	38
2	Bristol Rovers Reserves	28	16	4	8	66	50	1.32	36
3	Taunton Town	28	14	7	7	50	40	1.25	35
4	Barry	28	15	3	10	65	55	1.18	33
5	Yeovil & Petters United	28	12	7	9	63	47	1.34	31
6	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	28	14	3	11	68	52	1.31	31
7	Newport County Reserves	28	13	4	11	68	76	0.89	30
8	Lovells Athletic	28	13	2	13	59	57	1.04	28
9	Exeter City Reserves	28	11	6	11	49	54	0.91	28
10	Bristol City Reserves	28	11	5	12	59	63	0.94	27
11	Swindon Town Reserves	28	10	6	12	69	67	1.03	26
12	Torquay United Reserves	28	10	6	12	76	77	0.99	26
13	Llanelly	28	10	4	14	55	52	1.06	24
14	Ebbw Vale	28	5	6	17	52	97	0.54	16
15	Merthyr Town Reserves	28	5	1	22	48	93	0.52	11

Western League
Results

Western League
31/08/1929	League	Bristol City	Away	2-2	Houghton 2
05/09/1929	League	Yeovil	Away	1-3	Doncaster
07/09/1929	League	Bristol City	Home	5-0	Thomas	Henderson 2	Houghton 2
11/09/1929	League	Bath City	Home	1-1	Death
25/09/1929	League	Yeovil	Home	1-2	Henderson
02/10/1929	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-2	:
05/10/1929	League	Taunton Town	Home	5-0	Corrigan 2	Ditchburn	Armfield 2
07/12/1929	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-0	Baldwin	Henderson
14/12/1929	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	0-0	:
11/01/1930	League	Bath City	Away	P-P
27/02/1930	League	Taunton Town	Away	1-2	Henderson
06/03/1930	League	Bath City	Away	3-3	Gumm	Thomas 2
15/03/1930	League	Torquay United	Away	2-2	Varco	McMullan
02/04/1930	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	2-0	Purcell	Ware
03/05/1930	League	Torquay United	Home	1-0	Mason

FINAL TABLE WESTERN LEAGUE 
(DIVISION 1) '29-'30


 1. Yeovil & Petters           14  10  2  2  32-13 22   
 2. Exeter City II             14   5  5  4  26-17 15     
 3. Bristol City II            14   5  5  4  28-27 15      
 4. Plymouth Argyle II         14   6  2  6  23-20 14        
 5. Taunton Town FC            14   6  2  6  17-30 14       
 6. Bath City                  14   4  5  5  35-33 13  
 7. Torquay United II          14   4  3  7  27-32 11        
 8. Bristol Rovers II          14   3  2  9  18-34  8   

(table from rssf)

1920s, 1929/30, Alexander Sheffield, Alwyn Thomas, Arthur Doncaster, Charles Miller, Cyril Hemingway, David McMullan, George Guyan, George Howson, George Purcell, Harold Houghton, James Gray, Jock Ditchburn, John Alderson, John Gurkin, Leslie Dennington, Percy Varco, Reg Clarke, Richard Baugh, Robert Shanks, Samuel Mason, Squad Photograph, Thomas Holland, Timeline, William Armfield, William Death, William Henderson, William McDevitt