Match 40
14th April 1948
Third Division
Swindon Town v ECFC

Southern League
Exeter City Reserves v Colchester United

20th April 1948
Southern League
Gravesend v Exeter City Reserves

Wednesday, April 14th 1948. 

SWINDON TOWN 3 (Jones 2, Maguire) 

EXETER CITY 2  (Mackay, Regan)

Half-time Swindon 3 City 1.
League 3rd Division South, at Wiltshire County Ground.
Attendance 8,000.

Swindon:- Boulton; Lloyd, Emery; Painter, Ithell, Williams; Maguire, Paterson, Owen, Jones, Bain.
Referee:- Mr J.M.Wiltshire, Sherborne.
City: Singleton; Johnstone, Rowe; Bartholomew, Davey, Jeffrey;Hutchings, Evans, Dymond, Mackay, Regan.

Exeter City deserved a better fate than a 3-2 defeat at Swindon, and with better finishing they could have won. Especially was this so in the closing stages when Swindon's defence became panicky in face of intense pressure. In the last minute, with the home defence in a tangle, Jeffrey put the ball tamely over the bar, and so vanished the last hope of the City securing a point.

Southern League.
EXETER CITY RESERVES 2  (Smart 2)
COLCHESTER UNITED 1  (Turner)

Played at St James's Park,
attendance 4,000.

City Reserves:- Hoyle; Warren, Blood;
Walker, Angus, P.Fallon; Granville, Smart, Ebdon, Vaughan, W. Fallon.

Colchester:- Wright; Kettle, Allen;
Fenton, Darmody, Brown; Hillman, Curry, Turner, Cutting, Cater.

Smart gave the Reserves the lead in the first half and increased it in the second, running the ball into an empty net after Ebdon had drawn the defence.

Tuesday, April 20th 1948.

Southern League 
GRAVESEND UNITED 2  (Wakeman, Hawkins).
EXETER CITY RESERVES 1  (Walker) 

Half-time Gravesend 0 City Reserves 0.
Southern League, at Stonebridge-road, Northfleet. Attendance 4,500.

Gravesend:- Gould; T.Bailey, Horrigan;
R.Prescott, S.F.Aldous, Roy; Wakeman, Deevey, Hawkins, Wipfler, E.J.Webster.
City Reserves:- Hoyle; Warren, Coles; W.Rowe, Walker, P.Fallon; Dymond, Grant, Smart, Wright, Granville.

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