outside of the league and the fa cup, southampton played three additional first-team matches during the 1933–34 season. the first was the semi-final of the third annual hampshire combination cup against local rivals portsmouth on 22 november at fratton park. the first division hosts eliminated the visiting saints for a second season, with john wallbanks scoring the only goal after 20 minutes. the club's only friendly match of the season took place on 27 january 1934, with southampton beating divisional rivals fulham 2–1 thanks to goals from ted drake and arthur holt. at the end of the season, southampton and portsmouth met again for the combined hampshire benevolent cup and rowland hospital cup. pompey, having just finished as runners-up in the fa cup, beat the second division hosts 4–1 thanks to goals from septimus rutherford, jack weddle, jack smith and fred worrall. fred tully scored the only goal for southampton, "scarcely a minute" after rutherford's opener.