Squad photo from the 1949/50 season.

In the league Exeter finished in 16th place and in the FA Cup made it to the Fourth Round.


First Team Results

20/08/1949	Crystal Palace	H	W	2-1	12180	Durrant	McClelland
24/08/1949	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	0-2	19041	:
27/08/1949	Watford	A	W	2-1	11000	Mackay	Regan
31/08/1949	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	L	1-2	12055	Regan
03/09/1949	Reading	H	L	3-4	10853	Hutchings 2	Regan
08/09/1949	Notts County	A	D	3-3	32167	Regan 2	McClelland
10/09/1949	Leyton Orient	A	L	1-4	16000	McClelland
17/09/1949	Aldershot	H	W	1-0	10108	Hutchings
24/09/1949	Ipswich Town	H	D	1-1	9107	Mackay
01/10/1949	Port Vale	A	L	0-1	12000	:
08/10/1949	Nottingham Forest	A	L	0-5	25908	:
15/10/1949	Northampton Town	H	L	1-3	8323	Regan
22/10/1949	Norwich City	A	W	2-1	22697	Smart	Smith
29/10/1949	Newport County	H	D	3-3	8000	McClelland	Smart	Regan
05/11/1949	Bristol City	A	L	0-1	18880	:
12/11/1949	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	L	2-3	7615	Clark	Harrower
19/11/1949	Walsall	A	L	0-3	8700	:
03/12/1949	Swindon Town	A	L	1-7	10785	Smart
17/12/1949	Crystal Palace	A	L	3-5	15000	Smith	Greenwood	Regan
24/12/1949	Watford	H	W	3-1	7565	Greenwood	Smart	Fallon
26/12/1949	Southend United	H	D	1-1	14105	Smart
27/12/1949	Southend United	A	L	0-1	20000	:
31/12/1949	Reading	A	L	2-3	12999	Smart	Regan
14/01/1950	Leyton Orient	H	D	1-1	8917	Smart
21/01/1950	Aldershot	A	W	2-1	4677	Walker	Smart
04/02/1950	Ipswich Town	A	L	0-1	11431	:
11/02/1950	Torquay United	H	D	1-1	14833	Smart
18/02/1950	Port Vale	H	W	3-1	9472	Smart 2	Smith
25/02/1950	Nottingham Forest	H	D	0-0	11680	:
04/03/1950	Northampton Town	A	D	3-3	11571	Smith	Regan	Mackay
11/03/1950	Norwich City	H	W	3-1	9875	Smart	Regan	Mackay
18/03/1950	Newport County	A	W	2-1	6414	Clark (p)	Smith
25/03/1950	Bristol City	H	D	0-0	10937	:
01/04/1950	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	D	0-0	9610	:
07/04/1950	Bristol Rovers	H	W	2-0	12121	Mackay	Smart
08/04/1950	Walsall	H	W	2-1	9291	Harrower 2
10/04/1950	Bristol Rovers	A	L	0-1	9698	:
15/04/1950	Millwall	A	L	1-3	15924	McClelland
22/04/1950	Swindon Town	H	W	3-0	8664	Smith	Harrower	Mackay
26/04/1950	Millwall	H	W	2-1	6128	Smith	Clark (p)
29/04/1950	Torquay United	A	W	4-1	9500	Smith	McClelland 3
06/05/1950	Notts County	H	D	2-2	10241	Hutchings	Smith

Final Table

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTS COUNTY             42  17  3  1  60  12   8  5  8  35  38   58
 2. Northampton              42  12  6  3  43  21   8  5  8  29  29   51
 3. Southend United          42  15  4  2  43  15   4  9  8  23  33   51
 4. Nottingham Forest        42  13  0  8  37  15   7  9  5  30  24   49
 5. Torquay United           42  13  6  2  40  23   6  4 11  26  40   48
 6. Watford                  42  10  6  5  26  13   6  7  8  19  22   45
 7. Crystal Palace           42  12  5  4  35  21   3  9  9  20  33   44
 8. Brighton & Hove Albion   42   9  8  4  32  24   7  4 10  25  45   44
 9. Bristol Rovers           42  12  5  4  34  18   7  0 14  17  33   43
10. Reading                  42  15  2  4  48  21   2  6 13  22  43   42
11. Norwich City             42  11  5  5  44  21   5  5 11  21  42   42
12. Bournemouth              42  11  6  4  38  19   5  4 12  19  37   42
13. Port Vale                42  12  6  3  33  13   3  5 13  14  29   41
14. Swindon Town             42   9  7  5  41  30   6  4 11  18  32   41
15. Bristol City             42  12  4  5  38  19   3  6 12  22  42   40
16. Exeter City              42   9  8  4  37  27   5  3 13  26  48   39
17. Ipswich Town             42   9  6  6  36  36   3  5 13  21  50   35
18. Leyton Orient            42  10  6  5  33  30   2  5 14  20  55   35
19. Walsall                  42   8  8  5  37  25   1  8 12  24  37   34
20. Aldershot                42  10  5  6  30  16   3  3 15  18  44   34
21. Newport County           42  11  5  5  50  34   2  3 16  17  64   34
22. Millwall                 42  11  1  9  39  29   3  3 15  16  34   32

Reserve Team
Southern League
Results

The Reserves finished 11th in the Southern League and Roy Rew was the leading scorer with 11 goals. 

Southern League
				Exeter Score 1st
20/08/1949	SL	Hereford United	Away	2-2	Roy	Mitchell
27/08/1949	SL	Dartford	Home	0-0	:
01/09/1949	SL	Bedford Town	Away	1-1	Roy
03/09/1949	SL	Dartford	Away	2-2	Roy	Durrant
07/09/1949	SL	Merthyr Tydfil	Away	1-2	Smart
14/09/1949	SL	Gloucester City	Home	5-4	Durrant 3	Smart	Bartlett (og)
17/09/1949	SL	Guildford City	Away	1-3	Smart
21/09/1949	SL	Weymouth	Away	0-1	:
28/09/1949	SL	Bedford Town	Home	5-1	Squires	Smith 2	Roy 2
01/10/1949	SL	Guildford City	Home	3-1	Mitchell 2	Rew
05/10/1949	SL	Weymouth	Home	1-1	Smith
08/10/1949	SL	Chelmsford City	Home	1-8	Rew
19/10/1949	Cup	Chelmsford City	Away	2-3	Mitchell	Durrant
22/10/1949	SL	Torquay United	Home	1-0	Rew
26/10/1949	SL	Tonbridge	Home	1-1	Smith
29/10/1949	SL	Cheltenham Town	Away	1-0	Harrower
05/11/1949	SL	Hastings United	Home	5-1	Greenaway 2	Rew	Walker	Harrower
12/11/1949	SL	Headington United	Away	1-3	Walker
19/11/1949	SL	Lovells Athletic	Home	3-3	Rew	Walker 2
26/11/1949	SL	Colchester United	Home	2-3	Clark	Rew
03/12/1949	SL	Gravesend	Home	0-0	:
10/12/1949	SL	Bath City	Away	0-4	:
24/12/1949	SL	Torquay United	Away	3-1	Mitchell	McClelland	Murphy
31/12/1949	SL	Bath City	Home	4-1	McClelland	Hutchings 3
07/01/1950	SL	Barry Town	Away	0-0	:
14/01/1950	SL	Chelmsford City	Away	1-2	McClelland
21/01/1950	SL	Cheltenham Town	Home	3-2	Doyle	Mitchell	McClelland
28/01/1950	SL	Worcester City	Home	1-0	Mackay
04/02/1950	SL	Barry Town	Home	4-2	McClelland 3	Smith
11/02/1950	SL	Gillingham	Away	1-1	Durrant
25/02/1950	SL	Kidderminster	Away	0-0	:
02/03/1950	SL	Lovells Athletic	Away	0-5	:
04/03/1950	SL	Headington United	Home	1-0	Durrant
08/03/1950	SL	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	0-3	:
11/03/1950	SL	Worcester City	Away	2-0	Rickard	Greenwood
15/03/1950	SL	Gravesend	Away	2-0	Rickard	Hutchings
18/03/1950	SL	Kidderminster	Home	1-1	Rew
25/03/1950	SL	Chingford	Away	1-1	Rew
29/03/1950	SL	Hastings United	Away	1-5	Murphy
01/04/1950	SL	Hereford United	Home	2-0	Rew	Harrower
07/04/1950	SL	Yeovil Town	Away	0-2	:
10/04/1950	SL	Yeovil Town	Home	1-2	Rew
15/04/1950	SL	Gillingham	Home	5-1	Hutchings 4	Rew
19/04/1950	SL	Chingford	Home	2-2	Rickard	Walker
22/04/1950	SL	Colchester United	Away	0-3	:
27/04/1950	SL	Gloucester City	Away	1-1	Mitchell
06/05/1950	SL	Tonbridge	Away	1-4	Rew

Final Table
Southern League

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Merthyr Tydfil                 46 34  3  9 143  62  71
 2.Colchester United              46 31  9  6 109  51  71
 3.Yeovil Town                    46 29  7 10 104  45  65
 4.Chelmsford City                46 26  9 11 121  64  61
 5.Gillingham                     46 23  9 14  92  61  55
 6.Dartford                       46 20  9 17  70  65  49
 7.Worcester City                 46 21  7 18  85  80  49
 8.Guildford City                 46 18 11 17  79  73  47
 9.Weymouth                       46 19  9 18  80  81  47
10.Barry Town                     46 18 10 18  78  72  46
11.Exeter City                    46 16 14 16  73  83  46
12.Lovell's Athletic              46 17 10 19  86  78  44
13.Tonbridge                      46 16 12 18  65  76  44
14.Hastings United                46 17  8 21  92 140  42
15.Gravesend & Northfleet         46 16  9 21  88  81  41
16.Torquay United                 46 14 12 20  80  89  40
17.Bath City                      46 16  7 23  61  78  39
18.Gloucester City                46 14 11 21  72 101  39
19.Hereford United                46 15  8 23  74  76  38
20.Cheltenham Town                46 13 11 22  75  96  37
21.Headington U                   46 15  7 24  72  97  37
22.Bedford Town                   46 12 11 23  63  79  35
23.Kidderminster Har.             46 12 11 23  64 108  35
24.Chingford Town                 46 10  6 30  63 151  26

FA Cup

26/11/1949	Millwall	Away	5-3	19487	Smart 3, Regan, Smith	R1
10/12/1949	Chester	Home	2-0	11025	Regan 2 (1 pen)	R2
07/01/1950	Nuneaton Borough	Home	3-0	14365	Greenwood, Regan, Fallon	R3
28/01/1950	Liverpool	Away	1-3	45000	Smart	R4

Devon Bowl

1949/50
17/04/1950	Torquay United	Home	3-0	McClelland, Hutchings, Smith	3548	SF
03/05/1950	Plymouth Argyle	Home	1-2	Smith	8963	F

Friendlies

1949/50
			Exeter score 1st
10/08/1949	Reds v Whites	Home	0-1	4100	McClelland	1st Practice Match
13/08/1949	Reds v Whites	Home	5-0	4699	Roy, Rew 3, Smith	2nd Practice Match
10/09/1949	Devon County	Home	6-3	1200	Mitchell 4, Smith 2	Reserve Friendly
19/09/1949	Exmouth District	Away	4-2	1500	McClelland 2, Roy, Greenwood (pen)	At Maer Sports Ground
17/12/1949	Bristol  & District League X1	Home	6-0	1000	McClelland 4, Rew, Murphy	Reserve Friendly
27/12/1949	Plymouth Command	Home	4-3	3378	Murphy 2, Hutchings, Rew	Reserve Friendly
15/02/1950	FA Amateur X1 v Universities Athletic Union	At SJP	4-0	1008	(Harold Rickard St Lukes scored)	Representative Match
01/05/1950	Leicester City	Home	1-0	8000	McClelland	Benefit for Jimmy Gallagher and Stan Cutting

1940s, 1949/50, Andrew Roy, Angus Mackay, Archie Smith, Barney Singleton, Bert Hoyle, Charles McClelland, Cyril Johnstone, Dennis Hutchings, Douglas Regan, Fred Davey, Frederick Durrant, James Clark, James Walker, John Greenwood, Kenneth Powell, Leslie Doyle, Peador Fallon, Raymond Goddard, Richard Smart, Robert Squires, Ronald Mitchell, Roy Rew, Squad Photograph, Stanley Rowe, Timeline, William Harrower, William Murphy