Devon Bowl

Torquay United easily won the Devon Senior Cup in its first season as a professional club. In the following season a new triangular tournament was formed pitting United against Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City. With a few gaps, the tournament later known as the Devon Bowl ran until 1997. For the 1997/98 season, the Devon Bowl was merged with the St Luke's Trophy and now includes all Devon-based Western League teams. Torquay's record in all county tournaments is shown below. If you can fill any gaps, contact me.

Devon Senior Cup
Date Opposition Result Scorers  Att.
1921/22 03/12/21 A v Dartmouth R1 W 3 - 0 Frayn 2, Townsend.
1921/22 17/12/21 H v Chudleigh R2 W 5 - 0 Townsend, Evans, Pyne, Burch, og
1921/22 11/03/22 H v Torrington QF W 6 - 0 Burch 2, Stuckey, Lincoln, Harris, Pridham
1921/22 29/03/22 N v Teign Village SF W 7 - 0 Stuckey 2 (1 pen), Nettesonne, Martin, Evans, 2 ogs
1921/22 08/04/22 N v Oreston Rovers Final W 1 - 0 Frayn
Devon Professional Tournament / Devon Bowl
Date Opposition Result Scorers  Att.
1922/23 24/01/23 A v Exeter City SF W 1 - 0 Hill
1922/23 21/03/23 H v Plymouth Argyle Final L 1 - 2 Townsend
1923/24 26/09/23 H v Exeter City SF L 0 - 1
1924/25 11/02/25 A v Exeter City SF L 1 - 7 Kellock
1925/26 18/11/25 H v Plymouth Argyle SF L 1 - 2 Pither
1926/27 16/02/27 A v Plymouth Argyle SF L 1 - 5 Pattison
1927/28 28/03/28 H v Plymouth Argyle SF D 0 - 0
1927/28 17/04/28 A v Plymouth Argyle SF rep L 0 - 1
1928/29 17/11/28 A v Plymouth Argyle SF L 0 - 5
1929/30 16/04/30 A v Exeter City SF L 2 - 3
1930/31 23/04/31 H v Exeter City SF W 6 - 2 Fowler 2 (2 pens), Clayson, Hutchinson, Bell 2
1930/31 29/04/31 A v Plymouth Argyle Final L 1 - 5 Fowler (pen)
1931/32 13/04/32 A v Exeter City SF L 0 - 3   2,500
1932/33 05/04/33 A v Exeter City SF W 3 - 1 Stabb 2, Birkett
1932/33 24/04/33 A v Plymouth Argyle Final L 1 - 3 Gray
1933/34 13/09/33 H v Plymouth Argyle SF L 1 - 3 Stabb
1934/35 26/09/34 A v Exeter City SF W 4 - 2 Steel 2, Hutchinson, Stabb
1934/35 03/10/34 H v Plymouth Argyle Final W 3 - 0 Morgan, Steel 2.
1935/36 13/11/35 A v Plymouth Argyle Final W 1 - 0 S.Hunt
1936/37 28/04/37 A v Exeter City Final D 1 - 1 Philbin
1936/37 13/10/37 H v Exeter City Final rep W 1 - 0 Morton
1937/38 26/04/38 A v Plymouth Argyle Final L 0 - 3   1,500
1938/39 05/10/38 H v Plymouth Argyle Final D 2 - 2 Haycox, Dyer
1938/39 19/04/39 A v Plymouth Argyle Final rep L 0 - 2   1,500
1939/40 to 1944/45 No tournament.
1945/46 04/05/46 A v Exeter City Final W 4 - 0 Smith, Conley 2 (1 pen) , Kernick   7,500
1946/47 No tournament due to fixture congestion caused by extreme bad weather.
1947/48 12/04/48 A v Plymouth Argyle Final W 1 - 0 Kernick   9,861
1948/49 25/04/49 H v Exeter City SF W 3 - 1 Mills 2, Cameron.
1948/49 02/05/49 A v Plymouth Argyle Final W 1 - 0 Shaw
1949/50 17/04/50 A v Exeter City SF L 0 - 3   3,548
1950/51 02/05/51 H v Plymouth Argyle SF L 1 - 2 Pembery   5,222
1951/52 31/03/52 A v Plymouth Argyle SF D 1 - 1 Shaw                       (lost on toss of coin)   1,539
1952/53 21/04/53 A v Barnstaple SF D 1 - 1 Muir
1952/53 30/09/53 H v Barnstaple SF rep L 1 - 2 Bond
1953/54 12/04/54 H v Plymouth Argyle SF W 2 - 1 Collins (pen), Dobbie.   2,041
1953/54 26/10/54 A v Exeter City Final L 0 - 2   1,748
1954/55 03/05/55 H v Plymouth Argyle SF W 4 - 1 Mills, Collins, Thomas 2.   1,260
1954/55 08/11/55 A v Exeter City Final D 2 - 2 Mills, Shaw
1955/56 07/03/56 A v Plymouth Argyle SF L 0 - 4   5,579
1956/57 24/04/57 A v Plymouth Argyle SF L 2 - 3 Callland, Wyatt o.g.
1957/58 26/03/58 A v Plymouth Argyle SF W 3 - 1 Cox 2, T.Northcott
1957/58 30/04/58 H v Exeter City Final W 3 - 0 Mills, T.Northcott 2 (1 pen)   2,235
1958/59 13/04/59 H v Bideford SF W 3 - 2 Clarke 2, G.Knapman
1958/59 01/05/59 A v Exeter City Final L 1 2 G.Knapman
1959/60 05/05/60 A v Plymouth Argyle Final L 2 - 4 Northcott, Bond.   5,289
The above match was played by a combined Torquay United / Exeter City XI.
1960/61 19/04/61 H v Plymouth Argyle Final W 2 - 1 Fincham o.g., Northcott (pen).
The above match was played by a combined Torquay United / Exeter City XI.
1961/62 16/04/62 H v Exeter City Final L 0 - 2   1,729
1962/63 24/04/63 H v Plymouth Argyle SF L 1 - 2 Jenkins
1963/64 03/02/64 A v Plymouth Argyle SF L 1 - 3 Swindells   3,321
1964/65 24/03/65 A v Plymouth Argyle SF L 0 - 3 Swindells   5,456
1965/66 11/05/66 H v Plymouth Argyle Final L 2 - 3 AET Stubbs, Northcott.
1966/67 08/05/67 A v Plymouth Argyle Final L 1 - 2 AET Fryatt
1967/68 19/03/68 A v Exeter City SF L 0 - 3 AET   2,932
1968/69 26/03/69 H v Plymouth Argyle Final D 0 - 0 AET   3,900
1968/69 02/05/69 A v Plymouth Argyle Final rep L 0 - 2   2,667
1969/70 25/04/70 A v Plymouth Argyle SF W 2 - 0 E.Welsh, A.Welsh
1969/70 28/04/70 H v Exeter City Final W 1 - 0 Mitchinson
1970/71 04/05/71 H v Plymouth Argyle Final W 4 - 2 AET Rudge 3 (1 pen), A.Welsh.   2,339
1971/72 08/05/72 H v Exeter City Final W 1 - 0 Tearse   1,871
1972/73 09/04/73 A v Exeter City SF L 0 - 2   1,399
1973/74 09/05/74 A v Exeter City Final L 0 - 3      796
1974/75 to 1983/84 No tournament.
1984/85 29/04/85 A v Exeter City SF L 0 - 1      564
1985/86 05/05/86 A v Exeter City SF L 0 - 3      603
1986/87 12/05/87 A v Exeter City SF L 1 - 5 Dobson (pen)        30
The above match was played at Exeter's Cat and Fiddle training ground with no advance publicity, hence the low crowd.
1987/88 to 1992/93 No tournament.
1993/94 31/07/93 A v Exeter City Group W 2 - 1 Sale, Hathaway
1993/94 10/08/93 H v Plymouth Argyle Group L 0 - 1
1994/95 01/08/94 H v Exeter City Group L 1 - 2 Goodridge   2,387
1994/95 03/08/94 A v Plymouth Argyle Group D 2 - 2 Hancox 2   2,117
1995/96 No tournament.
1996/97 25/09/96 H v Exeter City Final 1L D 0 - 0      700
1996/97 06/05/97 A v Exeter City Final 2L L 1 - 2 AET Bedeau      831
Devon St Luke's Bowl
1997/98 27/01/98 H v Banstaple QF W 3 - 2 Bedeau 2, Jack
1997/98 24/03/98 A v Tiverton SF W 1 - 0 Gibbs (pen)
1997/98 05/05/98 H v Exeter City Final W 1 - 0 Bedeau
1998/99 08/12/98 A v Elmore R1 L 3 - 4 Patterson, Grinsill, Aggrey
1999/00 A v Clyst Rovers R1 W 2 - 1
1999/00 01/12/00 A v Bideford QF W 1 - 0 AET
1999/00 A v Elmore SF W 5 - 0
1999/00 11/05/00 A v Tiverton Final D 3 - 3 AET Williams, Healy, Barwell          (Lost 2-3 on penalties)      780
2000/01 22/02/01 A v Torrington R1 W 4 - 1 Law, Dawkins, Ashington, Neil
2000/01 QF v Clyst Rovers not played - awarded to Torquay
2000/01 02/05/01 H v Plymouth Argyle SF W 2 - 1 Mendy, O'Brien
2000/01 Final v Exeter, Bideford or Tiverton not played
2001/02 A v Barnstaple R1 W 4 - 1 Benefield 3, Hancox
2001/02 A v Ilfracombe QF W 3 - 0
2001/02 H v Clyst Rovers SF W 4 - 1
2001/02 22/04/02 A v Exeter City Final L 1 - 3 Goodridge
2002/03 R1
2002/03 QF
2002/03 SF
2002/03 30/07/03 H v Tiverton Final L 0 - 1      790
2003/04 28/10/03 A v Torrington R1 L 2 - 3 Bond, Benefield
2004/05 06/10/04 A v Barnstaple R1 W 4 - 0 Gritton, Hill, Bond, Kuffour.
2004/05 14/12/04 A v Clyst Rovers R2 W 5 - 0 Gosling 2, Akinfenwa, Kuffour, Gritton (pen)
2004/05 SF v Exeter City not played - awarded to Exeter
2005/06 25/10/05 H v Dawlish R1 L 0 - 1
2006/07   11/10/06 A v Elmore R1 W 3 - 0 McPhee 2, Motteram