Wednesday, 
April 15th 1931. EXETER CITY 6 CLAPTON ORIENT 1.

The City recaptured their best form with a vengeance at St James's Park on Wednesday evening, defeating Clapton Orient by six goals to one. There were 2,500 spectators. The ground was dry, but rain came on just at the start. Miller lost the toss and Exeter faced the St James's Road end in the opening half.

Exeter City: Davies; Gray, Miller; Clarke, Angus, Barber; Armfield, Purcell, Varco, Houghton, and Doncaster.
Clapton Orient: Wood; Jennings, Evans; Lawrence, McCrae, Dudley;
Jack, Garbutt, Edmonds, Fowler, and Fletcher.

After thirty-two minutes "Happy" Houghton was tripped in the Orient penalty area. Taking the spot kick himself he gave Wood no chance with a low drive into the net on the goalkeeper's left.
Half-time: City 1 Orient 0.

Hardly had the game been restarted when Clapton equalised. Edmonds shot from thirty yards' range. Davies failed to meet the ball, which hit the post, and Fletcher turned it into the net.. Exeter's lead was restored by Purcell from Doncaster's pass, and the pressure was maintained, Doncaster sending in a perfect centre which Armfield netted. After twenty minutes Doncaster beat Wood with a low shot, the goalkeeper being slow in getting down to the ball. Doncaster headed a splendid fifth goal for the City ten minutes from the end, and was knocked out in a collision with the burly Clapton goalkeeper, then in the last minute Clarke dribbled through beautifully to score the sixth goal with a flashing drive which gave Wood no chance.

Western League
TORQUAY UNITED RESERVES 1
EXETER CITY RESERVES 2.

Exeter City Reserves enhanced their chance of the championship of the Western League by defeating Torquay Reserves at Plainmoor on Wednesday evening. They rallied well at a period when they appeared to be a losing side, and Parsons, from a penalty, and Halliday scored the deciding goals.

Torquay:- Millsom; Hill, Tapp; High, Hewitt, Weightman; Mackie, Fisher, Freer, Burrows, and A.E.Trotter.
Exeter: Jones; Shanks, Bright; Hill, Ditchburn, Inglis; J.Gumm, McCosh, Parsons, Halliday, and Lister.

The United gained the lead twenty minutes after the start. Weightman sent in a shot which Jones missed, and before the goalkeeper could recover Fisher dashed in and helped the ball into the net. In the second half Mackie failed to score from a penalty kick, awarded for a foul on himself, but when the City got a penalty against Hewitt for "hands, " Parsons made no mistake. Halliday's winning goal was the result of a great individual effort, the inside left finishing off a clever dribble with a worthy shot which gave Millsom no chance.