Match 36
25th March 1939
Bristol City (h)

Southern League
Worcester City (a)

29th March 1939
Southern League
Ipswich Res. (a)

Saturday, March 25th 1939. 

EXETER CITY 1 BRISTOL CITY 1.

Exeter City, playing ten men for two spells after the interval, were unfortunate only to draw with Bristol City in the Western Derby at St James's Park this afternoon. Walker had to leave the field with an injury to his forehead and no sooner had the young half-back returned than Rich had to go off with blood streaming from his face. It was when the home ranks were depleted that Booth equalised an earlier goal by Bowl to give his side an undeserved point.

Exeter City:- Church; Halliday and Little; Walker, Angus, and Fellowes; Rich, Riley, Bowl, Ebdon, and Liddle.
Bristol City:- Pearson; Brook and Bridge; Morgan, Roberts, and Armstrong; Peters, Bourton, Rowles, Booth, and Spiring.
Referee:- Mr B.Ames, of Redditch.

It was not a very good match to watch. The light ball on a hard ground was too much for both teams, and many passes went astray. Exeter, however, did far and away the greater share of attacking, and little was seen of the Bristol attack in spite of the fact that Clarence Bourton, once upon a time the most feared centre forward in the Third Division, was a member of it.

Southern League
WORCESTER CITY 0
EXETER CITY RESERVES 1.


Play began in a snowstorm, Exeter opening strongly with wing to wing moves. Jones (Worcester) saved a fierce drive from Pollard at the foot of the post.
Worcester City:- Jones; Shaw, Reece; Trevis, Gibbons, Cottrill; Miles, Bennett, Melaniphy, Kirk, Burns.
Exeter City: Jones; Brown, Clarke; Shadwell, Bamsey, Pollard; Kemp, Turnbull, Mellish, Bussey, Sutherley.

Sutherley was a handful for Shaw, the ex-West Bromwich Albion full-back, and he twice had the home goalkeeper in difficulties with headers from Kemp's centres. Bussey scored for the City after forty-four minutes, and that goal was sufficient to win the game.

29th March 1939
Southern League
IPSWICH RESERVES 2
CITY RESERVES 1.


Southern League match, at Portman Road, Ipswich. March 29th. Exeter City Reserves were defeated by two goals to one, after taking the lead through W. Morrish, and being still in front at half-time.
Ipswich Reserves:- Daly; Harris and Gorman; Perrett, Rodger, and Cope; Reid, Rasmussen, Jones, Curran, and O'Leary.
Exeter Reserves:- N.Jones; Brown and Clarke; Coles, Bamsey, and Pollard; G.Kemp, Turnbull, Mellish, Shadwell, and W. Morrish.

Jones and Reid scored for Ipswich in the second half.

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