• Boxing Day, December 26th 1938.
  Exeter City's League match with Southend United at the Grainger Road Stadium, Southend, was postponed on account of frost. The match at St James's Park between the City and Plymouth Argyle Reserves was won by Plymouth by four goals to nil.
  
  

December 27th December 1938.
Exeter City v Southend


At St James's Park on a partly frozen ground Exeter City and Southend United played an entertaining match in which half-a dozen goals were equally shared. The "Shrimpers" led at the interval by 2 goals to 1, Bell and Trainor having scored for them and Bussey for Exeter.

City: Church; Brown, Clarke; Shadwell, Angus, Fellowes; Rich, Bussey, Bowl, Ebdon, and Liddle.
Southend: Mackenzie; Milne, Robinson; Harris, Hague, Bushby; Bell, Trainor, Smirke, Bolan, and Muncie.
Referee: Mr W.J.Lewington, of Croydon.

In attempting to clear a shot from Bowl the Southend goalkeeper only managed to help the ball into his own net. Ebdon and Bolan were the other scorers.

Southern League
WORCESTER CITY 6
EXETER CITY RESERVES 1.

Exeter City Reserves, who defeated Torquay Reserves 2-1 in the preliminary round of the Southern League Cup, on October 26th, were themselves beaten by Worcester City in the first round, at Worcester, this afternoon. At one stage Exeter looked like making a fight of it, but they were unable to match the fast pace that was set by Worcester.

Worcester City:- Jones; Reece and Cottrill; Dodds, Gibbons, and Lowry; Miles, Bennett, Melaniphy, Kirk, and Burns.

City Reserves:- Blore; Little and Thompson; Barnes, Gater, and Coles; Kemp, Turnbull, Mellish, Pollard, and Millar.

There was little about the game to suggest that it was Cup tie, an unusually high standard of football being set by both sides. Melaniphy and Kirk scored for Worcester before the interval. In the second half Burns, Bennett (2), and Gibbons (penalty) added the other goals.