September 25th 1948.

LEYTON ORIENT 5 (Neary 2, Naylor, Dryden 2) 

EXETER CITY 2  (Bartholomew, Mackay)

Half-time Orient 2 City 0.
Attendance 20,000.

The two-fold reasons for Exeter City's 5-2 crash at Leyton was the inability to take chances before the interval and a bad defensive collapse in the second half.

ORIENT: Newton Banner Davidson Bacon Sales Deverall Dryden Connelly Neary Naylor McGeachy

CITY:Hoyle Johnstone Rowe Bartholomew Coles Evans Dymond Harrower Smith Mackay Regan

Exeter's forwards, dainty in approach work, were shot-shy near goal and could not outwit the quick tackling Orient defenders. Less expected were the many errors which the City defence committed in the second half. Hoyle did not inspire confidence in goal, while Rowe was frequently floundering. Coles, pressed into service because of injuries to Gibson and Walker, did not fill the bill as a centre half. The only member of the side to keep going consistently was the industrious Evans at left half.


Southern League 
CITY RESERVES 2 (Hutchings, Johnston)
BATH CITY 1.
 Team:- Singleton; Warren, Clark; Powell, Davey, Cutting; Hutchings, Fallon, Johnston, Grant, Jeffery. Tuesday,

September 28th 1948.
EXETER AND EAST DEVON 1
EXETER CITY 7.
Played at Exmouth.

City team:- G.Lear (Clyst St George); Johnstone, Clark; Harrower, Davey, Fallon; Dymond, Bartholomew, Smith, Grant, Hutchings.