Squad photo from the 1948/49 season

Exeter finished in 12th position and made it to the Third Round of the FA Cup.



First Team Results

21/08/1948	Northampton Town	H	W	5-1	9586	Johnston	Regan 3	Smart
25/08/1948	Southend United	H	D	0-0	11229	:
28/08/1948	Norwich City	H	W	4-1	10000	Smart 2	Regan	Mackay
31/08/1948	Southend United	A	D	0-0	14000	:
04/09/1948	Torquay United	A	L	1-2	14000	Dymond
08/09/1948	Aldershot	H	D	3-3	11500	Dymond	Mackay	Bartholomew (p)
11/09/1948	Bristol City	A	L	0-1	16519	:
15/09/1948	Aldershot	A	W	2-1	6500	Regan	Harrower
18/09/1948	Swindon Town	H	W	3-1	11578	Regan	Smith 2
22/09/1948	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	0-1	15119	:
25/09/1948	Leyton Orient	A	L	2-5	20000	Bartholomew (p)	Mackay
02/10/1948	Port Vale	H	W	2-1	10672	Bartholomew 2 (1p)
09/10/1948	Walsall	H	W	2-1	10844	Smith	Dymond
16/10/1948	Notts County	A	L	0-9	37647	:
23/10/1948	Reading	H	L	1-2	10534	Regan
30/10/1948	Swansea Town	A	L	0-6	29000	:
06/11/1948	Watford	H	W	2-1	7739	Mackay	Dymond
13/11/1948	Crystal Palace	A	D	1-1	14000	Regan
20/11/1948	Ipswich Town	H	L	1-3	9167	Smith
18/12/1948	Northampton Town	A	L	0-4	7850	:
25/12/1948	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	D	1-1	7000	Mackay
27/12/1948	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	L	0-2	17000	:
01/01/1949	Norwich City	A	L	0-3	18915	:
15/01/1949	Torquay United	H	W	2-0	12988	Harrower	Smith
22/01/1949	Bristol City	H	D	1-1	9762	Regan
05/02/1949	Swindon Town	A	D	1-1	13444	Regan
12/02/1949	Bristol Rovers	A	L	1-3	16802	Regan
19/02/1949	Leyton Orient	H	W	3-1	9375	Durrant	Mackay	Harrower
26/02/1949	Port Vale	A	D	1-1	8300	Durrant
05/03/1949	Exeter City	A	L	3-4	6000	Harrower 2	Hutchings
12/03/1949	Notts County	H	W	3-1	14000	Regan 2	Fallon
19/03/1949	Reading	A	L	0-2	13877	:
26/03/1949	Swansea Town	H	D	1-1	13000	Regan
02/04/1949	Watford	A	W	1-0	7337	Johnston
09/04/1949	Crystal Palace	H	W	3-1	7656	Mackay	Durrant	Hutchings
15/04/1949	Millwall	A	L	1-2	27000	Hutchings
16/04/1949	Ipswich Town	A	D	2-2	15000	Smith	Powell
18/04/1949	Millwall	H	W	3-0	10920	Clark (p)	Smart	Rew
23/04/1949	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	L	2-3	9088	Smith	Clark (p)
30/04/1949	Newport County	A	W	2-0	8000	Smart	Regan
04/05/1949	Newport County	H	L	1-2	6593	Smart
07/05/1949	Bristol Rovers	H	W	2-1	7000	Durrant	Mackay

Final Table

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SWANSEA CITY             42  20  1  0  60  11   7  7  7  27  23   62
 2. Reading                  42  17  1  3  48  18   8  4  9  29  32   55
 3. Bournemouth              42  15  2  4  42  17   7  6  8  27  31   52
 4. Swindon Town             42  11  9  1  38  20   7  6  8  26  36   51
 5. Bristol Rovers           42  13  5  3  42  23   6  5 10  19  28   48
 6. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  11  5  5  32  26   4 13  4  23  29   48
 7. Ipswich Town             42  14  3  4  53  30   4  6 11  25  47   45
 8. Millwall                 42  12  7  2  42  23   5  4 12  21  41   45
 9. Torquay United           42  12  5  4  45  26   5  6 10  20  44   45
10. Norwich City             42  11  6  4  32  10   5  6 10  35  39   44
11. Notts County             42  15  3  3  68  19   4  2 15  34  49   43
12. Exeter City              42  12  5  4  45  26   3  5 13  18  50   40
13. Port Vale                42  11  3  7  32  21   3  8 10  19  33   39
14. Walsall                  42   9  5  7  34  28   6  3 12  22  36   38
15. Newport County           42   8  6  7  41  35   6  3 12  27  57   37
16. Bristol City             42   8  9  4  28  24   3  5 13  16  38   36
17. Watford                  42   6  9  6  24  21   4  6 11  17  33   35
18. Southend United          42   5 10  6  18  18   4  6 11  23  28   34
19. Leyton Orient            42   9  6  6  36  29   2  6 13  22  51   34
20. Northampton              42   9  6  6  33  20   3  3 15  18  42   33
21. Aldershot                42   6  5 10  26  29   5  6 10  22  30   33
22. Crystal Palace           42   7  8  6  27  27   1  3 17  11  49   27

Reserve team Results

Southern League 1948/49
				Exeter Score 1st					Comments
21/08/1948	League	Dartford	Away	1-2	Smith A	Jeffery
26/08/1948	League	Colchester	Away	1-3	Smith A
28/08/1948	League	Cheltenham	Away	0-3	:
04/09/1948	League	Bedford Town	Home	3-2	Harrower	Grant	Hutchings
11/09/1948	League	Barry Town	Home	2-0	Johnston 2
18/09/1948	League	Kidderminster	Away	0-1	:
25/09/1948	League	Bath City	Home	2-1	Hutchings	Johnston
02/10/1948	League	Chelmsford	Away	1-2	Johnston
09/10/1948	League	Chingford	Away	2-2	Johnston				Jim Cumming debut
23/10/1948	League	Gravesend	Away	0-2	:
30/10/1948	League	Guildford	Home	2-0	Rew	Harrower
13/11/1948	League	Tonbridge	Home	2-2	Hutchings	Smith			Attendance 3061
20/11/1948	League	Hastings United	Away	0-1	:
27/11/1948	League	Hastings United	Home	5-1	Rew	Cumming 2	Hutchings	O'Hagan
11/12/1948	League	Worcester City	Away	1-4	Johnston
18/12/1948	League	Chingford	Away	0-0	:
25/12/1948	League	Torquay United	Away	1-2	Cumming
27/12/1948	League	Torquay United	Home	5-0	Evans	Rew 3	Hutchings		Attendance 4400
01/01/1949	League	Gloucester City	Home	1-2	Hegarty
08/01/1949	League	Worcester City	Home	4-3	Cutting 3 (3 pens)	Hutchings
15/01/1949	League	Gillingham	Away	1-7	Hutchings
22/01/1949	League	Tonbridge	Away	1-2	Grant
29/01/1949	League	Cheltenham	Home	0-3	:
12/02/1949	League	Barry Town	Away	4-2	Rew	Johnston 2	Kelly (og)
19/02/1949	League	Hereford United	Away	6-0	Rew 4	Smart 2
24/02/1949	League	Merthyr	Away	1-3	Cumming
26/02/1949	League	Hereford United	Home	2-0	Smith A	Johnston
02/03/1949	League	Dartford	Home	3-2	Grant 2	Smith A			Attendance 2125
05/03/1949	League	Chelmsford	Away	2-2	Smith A	Smart
12/03/1949	League	Colchester	Away	2-4	Cumming 2
16/03/1949	League	Colchester	Home	1-1	Smith A				Attendance 2314
19/03/1949	League	Lovells	Home	3-3	Smart 3				Attendance 3618
23/03/1949	League	Gillingham	Home	2-2	Grant 2
26/03/1949	League	Guildford	Away	4-1	Rew 2	Rowe	Gibson
31/03/1949	League	Lovells	Away	2-1	Cumming	Harrower
02/04/1949	League	Gravesend	Home	4-1	Smart 2	Rew 2
09/04/1949	League	Bath City	Away	2-3	Johnston	Owen (og)
16/04/1949	League	Yeovil	Home	0-2	:				Attendance 4455
18/04/1949	League	Yeovil	Away	1-2	Cumming
27/04/1949	League	Merthyr	Home	3-1	Johnston	Smith A, 2			Attendance 2548
30/04/1949	League	Kidderminster	Home	1-2	Johnston
05/05/1949	League	Bedford Town	Away	4-0	Harrower 2	Dymond (pen)
07/05/1949	League	Gloucester City	Away	1-1	Grant

Final Table 
Southern League.

                                   P  W  L  D   F   A Pts
 1.Gillingham                     42 26  6 10 104  48  62
 2.Chelmsford City                42 27  8  7 115  64  61
 3.Merthyr Tydfil                 42 26  8  8 133  54  60
 4.Colchester United              42 21 11 10  94  61  52
 5.Worcester City                 42 22 13  7  87  56  51
 6.Dartford                       42 21 12  9  73  53  51
 7.Gravesend & Northfleet         42 20 13  9  60  46  49
 8.Yeovil Town                    42 19 14  9  90  53  47
 9.Cheltenham Town                42 19 14  9  71  64  47
10.Kidderminster Har.             42 19 17  6  77  94  44
11.Exeter City                    42 18 17  7  83  73  43
12.Hereford United                42 17 19  6  83  84  40
13.Bath City                      42 15 19  8  72  87  38
14.Hastings United                42 14 18 10  69  93  38
15.Torquay United                 42 15 20  7  73  93  37
16.Lovell's Athletic              42 14 20  8  73  74  36
17.Guildford City                 42 12 18 12  58  85  36
18.Gloucester City                42 12 20 10  78 100  34
19.Barry Town                     42 12 20 10  55  95  34
20.Tonbridge                      42  9 26  7  54 105  25
21.Chingford Town                 42  6 27  9  43  94  21
22.Bedford Town                   42  5 29  8  32 101  18

FA Cup

1948/49
04/12/1948	Barnet	Away	6-2	5224	Smith 4, Bartholomew, Dymond	R1
11/12/1948	Hereford United	Home	2-1	8000	Dymond 2,	R2
08/02/1949	Grimsby Town	Away	1-2	18000	Regan	R3

Devon Bowl

1948/49
25/04/1949	Torquay United	Away	1-3	Grant	6000	SF

Friendlies

			Exeter score 1st
11/08/1948	Reds v Blues	Home	3-2	3351	Smith 2, Jeffrey v Regan, Johnston	1st Practice Match
14/08/1948	Reds v Blues	Home	0-3	4305	Smart, Regan, Smith	2nd Practice Match
28/09/1948	Exeter & East Devon League X1 (Exmouth)	Away	7-1	1700	Dymond 3, Smith 2, Bartholomew 2	At Cranford
16/10/1948	Bristol & District League X1	Home	4-1	1198	Johnston 2, Regan, Long (og)
05/02/1949	Plymouth Command RN	Home	2-1	1000	Norris (og), Smart.
04/04/1949	Southampton	Home	1-1	11260	Mackay	Steve Walker Benefit, Tommy Lawton played for Exeter
23/04/1949	Axminster	Away	2-1	1000	Cumming 2.

1940s, 1948/49, Archie Smith, Arthur Coles, Barney Singleton, Bernard Grant, Bert Hoyle, Cyril Johnstone, Dennis Hutchings, Derek Warren, Fred Davey, Frederick Durrant, Harry Bartholomew, Henry Evans, James Clark, James Gallagher, Kenneth Powell, Peador Fallon, Reginald Gibson, Richard Smart, Roy Rew, Squad Photograph, Stanley Rowe, Stephen Walker, Timeline, William Dymond, William Harrower