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Squad photo from the 1947/48 season where

Exeter finished 11th in the league and in the FA Cup could only lose in the First Round.

First Team
League Results

23/08/1947	Walsall	A	L	0-4	15096	:
27/08/1947	Reading	H	W	1-0	10000	Evans
30/08/1947	Leyton Orient	H	D	1-1	10000	Granville
03/09/1947	Reading	A	L	1-2	10713	Ebdon
06/09/1947	Torquay United	A	W	2-1	11100	W. Fallon	Ebdon
10/09/1947	Ipswich Town	H	W	1-0	7000	Bell (og)
13/09/1947	Newport County	A	L	0-3	13161	:
17/09/1947	Ipswich Town	A	L	0-2	12500	:
20/09/1947	Southend United	H	D	0-0	10000	:
25/09/1947	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	1-3	12000	Ebdon
27/09/1947	Notts County	A	D	1-1	20756	Ebdon
04/10/1947	Swansea Town	H	W	3-1	12000	Hutchings	Thompson	Regan
11/10/1947	Crystal Palace	H	W	2-0	11000	Ebdon	Hutchings
18/10/1947	Aldershot	A	D	0-0	8000	:
25/10/1947	Northampton Town	H	D	1-1	11000	W. Fallon
01/11/1947	Bristol Rovers	A	D	2-2	14389	Thompson (p)	Regan
08/11/1947	Norwich City	H	W	2-0	9000	Guy (og)	Hutchings
15/11/1947	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	W	1-0	8600	Smart
22/11/1947	Watford	H	W	3-1	9623	Regan	Ebdon	Thompson (p)
26/12/1947	Bristol City	H	W	2-1	12627	Thompson (p)	Sutherland	MacKay
27/12/1947	Bristol City	A	D	1-1	11148	Dymond
03/01/1948	Leyton Orient	A	W	4-2	12000	Sutherland 2	MacKay	Regan
17/01/1948	Torquay United	H	L	0-2	12751	:
31/01/1948	Newport County	H	D	4-4	10154	MacKay	Hutchings	Evans	Regan
07/02/1948	Southend United	A	L	0-2	9500	:
14/02/1948	Notts County	H	L	0-1	16942	:
21/02/1948	Swansea Town	A	L	0-2	14000	:
28/02/1948	Crystal Palace	A	W	2-1	17500	Evans	MacKay
06/03/1948	Aldershot	H	W	4-0	7718	Dymond 2	Regan	Evans
13/03/1948	Northampton Town	A	L	1-3	7000	Regan
20/03/1948	Bristol Rovers	H	W	4-0	8000	Hutchings	Bamford (og)	Evans	Bartholomew (p)
26/03/1948	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	D	1-1	15833	Wilson (og)
27/03/1948	Norwich City	A	L	0-3	24755	:
29/03/1948	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	1-2	24000	Regan
03/04/1948	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	W	1-0	7853	Evans
07/04/1948	Port Vale	H	D	0-0	7643	:
10/04/1948	Watford	A	L	1-3	10000	Regan
14/04/1948	Swindon Town	A	L	2-3	8000	MacKay	Regan
17/04/1948	Queens Park Rangers	H	L	1-2	12000	Bartholomew (p)
21/04/1948	Walsall	H	L	0-6	6501	:
24/04/1948	Port Vale	A	D	1-1	5561	Regan
01/05/1948	Swindon Town	H	W	2-1	6924	Ebdon	Smart

Final Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1st	Queens Park Rangers	42	26	9	7	74	37	61
2nd	Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic	42	24	9	9	76	35	57
3rd	Walsall	42	21	9	12	70	40	51
4th	Ipswich Town	42	23	3	16	67	61	49
5th	Swansea Town	42	18	12	12	70	52	48
6th	Notts County	42	19	8	15	68	59	46
7th	Bristol City	42	18	7	17	77	65	43
8th	Port Vale	42	16	11	15	63	54	43
9th	Southend United	42	15	13	14	51	58	43
10th	Reading	42	15	11	16	56	58	41
11th	Exeter City	42	15	11	16	55	63	41
12th	Newport County	42	14	13	15	61	73	41
13th	Crystal Palace	42	13	13	16	49	49	39
14th	Northampton Town	42	14	11	17	58	72	39
15th	Watford	42	14	10	18	57	79	38
16th	Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	41	46	36
17th	Leyton Orient	42	13	10	19	51	73	36
18th	Torquay United	42	11	13	18	63	62	35
19th	Aldershot	42	10	15	17	45	67	35
20th	Bristol Rovers	42	13	8	21	71	75	34
21st	Norwich City	42	13	8	21	61	76	34
22nd	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	12	19	43	73	34

FA Cup

29 November 1947	Northampton	Home	1-1 AET	13143	Bartholomew	R1
06 December 1947	Northampton	Away	Replay 0-2	9500	:	R1 Replay

Reserve Results

Southern League 1947/48
				EXETER SCORE FIRST
23/08/1947	League	Lovells Athletic	Home	3-1	Smart 2	Fallon (W)
28/08/1947	Cup	Bath City	Away	1-1	Smart
30/08/1947	League	Gloucester City	Away	1-3	Ebdon
03/09/1947	Cup	Yeovil Town	Home	0-0	:
11/09/1947	Cup	Yeovil Town	Away	1-5	Bartholomew
13/09/1947	League	Bedford Town	Home	5-1	Smart 3	Hutchings 2
17/09/1947	League	Cheltenham	Home	1-3	Fallon (W)
20/09/1947	League	Yeovil Town	Away	0-4	:
25/09/1947	League	Lovells Athletic	Away	0-2	:
27/09/1947	League	Gravesend	Home	1-2	Fallon (W)
04/10/1947	League	Torquay United	Away	1-3	Fallon (W)
08/10/1947	League	Torquay United	Home	2-2	Sutherland	Pickard
11/10/1947	League	Worcester City	Away	4-3	Grant	Fallon (W)	Vaughan	Smart
18/10/1947	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	2-0	Grant	Goddard
25/10/1947	League	Guildford City	Away	3-2	Smart 3
01/11/1947	Friendley	Polish Navy X1	Home	4-0	Dymond	Ebdon 2	Vaughan
08/11/1947	League	Cheltenham	Away	1-1	Fallon (W)
15/11/1947	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	4-1	Coles 2	Dymond	Ebdon
22/11/1947	League	Chelmsford	Away	2-2	Sutherland 2
29/11/1947	League	Bath City	Away	4-0	Sutherland 3	Vaughan
06/12/1947	League	Gloucester City	Home	2-0	Sutherland 2
13/12/1947	League	Bedford Town	Away	3-0	Mackay	Sutherland	Fallon (W)
20/12/1947	League	Torquay United	Home	8-0	Dymond	Sutherland 3	Evans 3	Fallon (W)
26/12/1947	League	Torquay United	Away	3-0	Wright	Smart	Fallon (W)
03/01/1948	Friendley	Bristol League X1	Home	5-0	Ebdon	Hutchings 2	Smart 2
10/01/1948	Cup	Lovells Athletic	Home	1-0	Granville
17/01/1948	League	Barry Town	Away	4-1	Smart 2	Boylin	Fallon (W)
24/01/1948	League	Hereford United	Home	1-0	Grant
31/01/1948	League	Hereford United	Away	4-1	Dymond	Granville	Smart	Wright
07/02/1948	League	Yeovil Town	Home	5-0	Dymond 2	Smart	Wright	Fallon (W)
14/02/1948	League	Colchester United	Away	0-6	:
19/02/1948	Cup	Lovells Athletic	Away	1-0	Granville
21/02/1948	League	Bath City	Home	0-0	:
28/02/1948	League	Worcester City	Home	0-2	:
06/03/1948	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Away	1-4	Thompson
13/03/1948	League	Guildford City	Home	2-2	Smart	Fallon (W)
17/03/1948	League	Gillingham	Home	0-0	:
29/03/1948	League	Dartford	Home	1-0	Ebdon
10/04/1948	League	Chelmsford	Home	1-3	Sutherland
14/04/1948	League	Colchester United	Home	2-1	Smart 2
17/04/1948	League	Gillingham	Away	0-6	:
20/04/1948	League	Gravesend	Away	1-2	Walker
21/04/1948	League	Dartford	Away	0-0	:
24/04/1948	League	Barry Town	Home	2-2	Fallon (W)	Hutchings
Leading scorer's Smart 16, Sutherland and Fallon 12

Final Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1st	Merthyr Tydfil	34	23	7	4	84	38	53
2nd	Gillingham	34	21	5	8	81	43	47
3rd	Worcester City	34	21	3	10	74	45	45
4th	Colchester United	34	17	10	7	88	41	44
5th	Hereford United	34	16	10	8	77	53	42
6th	Lovells Athletic	34	17	6	11	74	50	40
7th	Exeter City Reserves	34	15	7	12	65	57	37
8th	Yeovil Town	34	12	11	11	56	50	35
9th	Chelmsford City	34	14	7	13	62	58	35
10th	Cheltenham Town	34	13	9	12	71	71	35
11th	Bath City	34	12	8	14	55	62	32
12th	Barry Town	34	10	9	15	60	70	29
13th	Gravesend & Northfleet	34	11	6	17	52	81	28
14th	Guildford City	34	11	4	19	69	74	26
15th	Dartford	34	10	6	18	35	62	26
16th	Gloucester City	34	8	6	20	45	78	22
17th	Torquay United Reserves	34	6	9	19	43	95	21
18th	Bedford Town	34	6	3	25	41	104	15

Exeter and District League

Exeter and District League
Results

Exeter and District League (22 league games)
06/09/1947	E & D L	Newton Abbot Spurs	Away	3-4	S.Rowe	W.Rowe	Stockton
20/09/1947	E & D L	Ilfracombe	Away	1-5	Strudwick
27/09/1947	E & D L	Newton Corinthians	Home	3-1	Perkins	A.N Other 2
11/10/1947	E & D L	Newton Abbot Spurs	Home	2-2	Clarke	Finch
18/10/1947	E & D L	Friernhay	Away	0-2	:
25/10/1947	Devon Senior Cup R1	Crediton	Away	2-3	Perkins	A.N Other
01/11/1947	E & D L	Heavitree United	Away	1-3	J. Angus
06/12/1947	E & D L	Bideford	Home	2-1	Rue 2
13/02/1947	E & D L	Newton Corinthians	Away	1-2	A.N Other
20/12/1947	E & D L	Barnstaple Town	Home	1-4	Rue
27/12/1947	E & D L	Barnstaple Town	Away	2-3	J. Angus	Perkins
03/01/1948	E & D L	St Mark's	Away	5-2	A.N Other 5
10/01/1948	E & D L	Friernhay	Home	2-6	Walker	J.Angus
24/01/1948	East Devon Cup R1	Heavitree United	Away
31/01/1948	E & D L	Ilfracombe	Home	6-4	Finch 3	Roberts 2	Vaughan
07/02/1948	E & D L	Bideford	Away	1-1	Clarke
28/02/1948	E & D L	St Mark's	Home	4-4	A.N Other 4
06/03/1948	East Devon Cup R2	St Mark's	Away	0-1	:
13/03/1948	E & D L	Wonford	Away	0-4	:
27/03/1948	E & D L	Heavitree United	Home	0-2	:
	E & D L	Wonford	Home
	E & D L	St Luke's College	Home
	E & D L	St Luke's College	Away
29/11/1947	E & D L	Tiverton Town	Home			Drew one and won one
24/04/1948	E & D L	Tiverton Town	Away			Aggregate over both games 3-1

1947-1948

Premier Division

1	Heavitree United	22	16	3	3	80	45	35
2	Barnstaple Town	22	17	0	5	101	31	34
3	Friernhay	22	15	3	4	88	29	33
4	Wonford	22	14	4	5	56	39	31
5	Ilfracombe Town	22	9	4	9	64	51	22
6	Tiverton Town	22	9	4	9	48	47	22
7	Newton Abbot Spurs	22	8	4	10	49	60	20
8	Bideford	22	8	2	12	39	54	18
9	Exeter City Colts	22	5	5	12	40	56	15
10	St Luke’s College	22	5	5	12	50	84	15
11	Newton Corries	22	3	4	15	25	88	10
12	St Mark’s	22	3	3	16	38	94	9

Devon Bowl

1947/48
05/04/1948	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-2 Exeter lost	Thompson	5406	SF	Rawlings and Edda scored for Plymouth

Friendlies

1947/48
09/08/1947	Stripes v Whites	Home	Stripes 4-3 Whites	4035	Wright, Granville, Regan, Ebdon v Hutchings, Walker, Evans
16/08/1947	Stripes v Whites	Home	4-2	4385	Fallon, Sutherland 2, Wright v Ebdon, Wright
01/11/1947	Polish Navy	Home	4-0		Ebdon 2, Dymond, Vaughan
15/11/1947	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	Home	4-1	2000	Coles 2, Dymond, Ebdon
03/01/1948	Bristol League	Home	5-0	1500	Ebdon, Hutchings 2, Smart 2
15/03/1948	Plymouth Argyle	Home	1-1	7527	Ebdon

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