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Sutton & District League Division One

7th out of 11

SJC

1st

Westcott

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President

Chairman

Secretary

RW Calcutt, Clifford Villa, Hook Road, Epsom

FROM SCFA HANDBOOK

Treasurer

and S&DL HANDBOOK

Committee:

Home Ground:

Epsom Recreation Ground.

AGM details unknown

First year
for Sutton & District League - Two Divisions only this year with 12 in
Div 1 and 8 in Division 2

Hugh Bradley
- Inaugural Secretary

They would
have presentations at the Crystal Rooms, Crystal Palace. Handbook produced
between 28/8/20 and 4/9/20.

Sheila and
Roger Pink in Ashtead have all handbooks from 1920 to present, except 1940/46
which wasn't produced.

There was one
for 1939/40 too. They are on 01372 276565.

The League
currently runs as just a Veterans League but still has the League Shield, and
also the Sutton Hospital Cup

which was
passed to the League when the Hospital Cup ceased and is now the League's
Charity Cup.

League
Handbook from 1920/21 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Ashtead

C.Bayer - Church Road, Ashtead

Red and White Stripes

Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead

Banstead

Stanley Baker - High Street, Banstead

Green jerseys White knickers

The
Cricket Field, Banstead Village

Beddington

H.R.Smith-White - 9 Bridle Path, Beddington

Blue and White

Stafford Road Rec, Wallington

New Sec from 18/9/1920

S.Jenkins 37 Richmond Road, Beddington

also known as Wallington Rec

Belmont

S.W.Gibbons - The Cottage, Belmont

White Shirts, Navy Blue knickers

Banstead
Downs (2 mins Belmont Station)

Brock's Pyros

J.Kelly - 3 Nora Cottages, Gander Green Lane

Red with White 'V' Facings

Brocks
Sports Ground, Gander Green Lane

New Sec from Dec 1920

A.Palmer - 2 Nelson Villas, Beauchamp Road, Sutton

Carshalton Athletic Res

S.J.Cole - 60 Mill Lane,
Carshalton

Maroon jerseys and White knickers

Culvers
Park, Green Wrythe Lane

Epsom Brotherhood

Harry (H.W.) Boxall - 70 Miles Road, Epsom

Navy Blue, Gold E.B. Badge

Epsom
Recreation Ground (now Alexandra)

Epsom Juniors

R.W.Calcutt - Clifford Villa, Hook Road, Epsom

Light and Dark Blue Vertical stripes

Epsom
Recreation Ground (now Alexandra)

Old Suttonians

H.D.Sanders - 92 Lind Road,
Sutton

Dark Green singlets, Dark Blue knickers

London
Road, Sutton (4th field from The Angel)

Queen Mary's C.C.

G.Blomfield Johnson - QMCC,
Woodcote Park

Dark Blue jerseys, White knickers

Near
Woodcote Park Camp, Epsom

Sutton United Res

John J. Goossens - 6 Lea Place, Sutton

Chocolate and Amber

Adult
School Sports Ground and Sutton Rec

(these
are now known as the current Sutton ground and Collingwood Rec)

Wallington Athletic

E.Wilson - 12 Highland Cottages, Bute Road

White jerseys and Blue knickers

Stafford Road Rec, Wallington

Wallington

Fixture List
for Epsom Juniors:

04/09/1920

Beddington (A)

never played - they didn't finish league

11/09/1920

Carshalton Athletic Res (H)

played on this date

18/09/1920

Ashtead (H)

played on this date

25/09/1920

QMCC (A)

played on this date

02/10/1920

Sutton United 'B' (H)

played on this date

09/10/1920

Banstead (H)

played on this date

16/10/1920

Surrey Junior Cup 1st Round

played on this date

23/10/1920

Wallington Athletic (H)

played on this date

30/10/1920

Belmont (A)

played on this date

06/11/1920

Surrey Junior Cup 2nd Round (if qualified)

free week

13/11/1920

Brocks Pyros (A)

played on this date

20/11/1920

Epsom Brotherhood (H)

played on this date

27/11/1920

Old Suttonians (A)

played on this date

04/12/1920

free week

11/12/1920

Banstead (A)

played on this date

18/12/1920

free week

25/12/1920

free week

01/01/1921

Ashtead (A)

played 30/4/21

08/01/1921

Wallington Athletic (A)

played 26/3/21

15/01/1921

Sutton United 'B' (A)

played 25/3/21

22/01/1921

free week

29/01/1921

Carshalton Athletic Res (A)

played 19/2/21

05/02/1921

Old Suttonians (H)

played 16/4/21

12/02/1921

free week

19/02/1921

free week

26/02/1921

Epsom Brotherhood (A)

played on this date

05/03/1921

Belmont (H)

never played - awarded

12/03/1921

free week

19/03/1921

free week

25/03/1921

Beddington (H) - Good Friday

never played - they didn't finish league

02/04/1921

Brocks Pyros (H)

never played - awarded

09/04/1921

free week

16/04/1921

free week

23/04/1921

QMCC (H)

played on this date

June 20
Southern League teams are elected en bloc into new Football League Division 3
South including Crystal Palace, playing at

the Nest, Selhurst.

June 20
Sutton & District League appeals for teams in its first season. Write to
Hugh Bradley, Secretary.

On the
referees list is David W.G.Jones, Wentworth, West Ewell. Future Epsom Town
Press Secretary and Headmaster at Ewell Boys School.

Epsom
Recreation Ground is in St Luke's Ward along with Epsom College and Cottage
Hospital

June 20 Ernie Sperring plays cricket for Epsom Second
team. Presume that the cricket part of our club has gone into abeyance and
many will appear for Epsom

Rovers in the
not too distant future.

Burberrys
played at Woodside Road, New Malden, whilst Pearl Assurance were at Kingston
Road, Norbiton (site of Kingsmeadow?)

Kingstonian v
Leyland Motors played at Richmond Road.

23/7/20
Further meeting of Sutton & District League sees 18 clubs elected,
although this increases to 20 by the start of the season.

League
President Sir Rowland Blades MP for Epsom & Ewell. Meeting at Station
Hotel, Sutton.

There will be
two shields, the Blades Shield, donated by the President, and the Herald
Shield for Division 2 Champions donated by

the Herald
paper. Medals will also be presented to winning teams players in each
division.

July 20
reference to a new club Leatherhead Juniors playing at the new recreation
ground in Fortyfoot Road, Leatherhead.

Provisional
fixtures see Epsom due to play Ashtead on 18/9/20 at home and 1/1/21 away,
but New Year's Day game is postponed.

Aug 20 Epsom
Brotherhood FC have formed and will enter the Sutton & District League
and SJC. Their President is George Simpson,

and Secretary
HW Boxall. First trial is at Epsom Recreation Ground on 28/8/20.

28/8/20
Opening fixture of the Sutton & District League sees Queen Mary's
Convalescent Camp v Carshalton Athletic played in

Woodcote in
Epsom. QMCC and Epsom Brotherhood had been added to the league division 1.
Drew 2-2.

Epsom
Brotherhood were a newly formed football club. The organisation was created
for "all males in trade" and it was affiliated to

the
Congregational Church. Their Secretary was Harry (HW) Boxall 70 Miles Road
and they played this season at Epsom Rec.

Their colours
were Navy Blue with Navy and gold embroidered EB badges. Two teams, Senior
and Junior.

4/9/20
Beddington v Epsom Juniors was an early scheduled fixture, but it was not
played. Beddington did not last the season.

7/9/20 39th
SCFA AGM at Holborn Restaurant, London.

11/9/20 Epsom
Juniors first match in Sutton & District League saw a 1-5 loss to
Carshalton Athletic Reserves. The pitch was poor

and the game
was stopped on occasions as players suffered nasty cuts. "All praise to
the Juniors for they have the making of a

good
team" said the Carshalton report.

18/9/20
Future player E Olley playing for Brighton Railway as they defeat Ewell 8-0
at West Street.

18/9/20
former Epsom player Arthur (Orby) Holt scores own goal for West Norwood v
Dulwich Hamlet in their 10-1 loss.

18/9/20
Ashtead 2-0 Epsom Juniors (NR).

24/9/20
Surrey Herald is missing at Colindale.

25/9/20 QMCC
3-2 Epsom Juniors. Played at Woodcote.

Sept 20 D
Day, B Green, and WE Green are all at Epsom Brotherhood.

2/10/20
Sutton United 'B' play at Sutton Rec. Epsom Juniors beat them 4-2 at (H) this
day (calculated, but almost certainly correct).

9/10/20 Epsom
Juniors 2-1 Banstead @ Epsom (NR).

16/10/20 SJC1
Group P Westcott win 1-0 with an 88th minute goal. "Both teams were well
matched". "Westcott were the heavier

but this was
balanced by the Juniors good combination and the speed of their wingmen"

16/10/20
Epsom Brotherhood playing at Epsom Recreation Ground in this season. Their
first season.

Oct 20 Future
players T Edwards and F Mellish are with Ashtead, while D Day and WE Green
are with Epsom Brotherhood.

23/10/20
Epsom Juniors beat Wallington Athletic 6-2 in Sutton & District League.
(NR)

30/10/20
Epsom Juniors draw 3-3 with Belmont (A). A feature of the game was the fine
display by the visitors custodian (Ernie

Sperring? -
Almost certainly). He had no chance with any of the 3 scored. Juniors were
2-0 up at HT then 2-1 then 3-1, but it was

3-3 with 5
minutes left and finished a draw.

6/11/20
Appears no game for Epsom Juniors, or for their reserves either. It was
Surrey Junior Cup 2nd Round day.

Had we beaten
Westcott we would have met Epsom Brotherhood who beat Westcott 3-0 in SJC 2
this day.

13/11/20
Epsom Juniors win 4-1 at Brocks Pyros (NR). Played at Gander Green Lane. They
were the fireworks manufacturers, and.

played near
the junction with what is now Brocks Avenue, at the Cheam end of GGL, which
is close to where the factory was.

17/11/20
Friendly for Epsom Wednesday Juniors (any connection?) v Leatherhead Athletic
Weds (A) lost 5-3

20/11/20 A
good deal of interest and "was witnessed by many spectators"
"and the supporters of the Juniors were greatly pleased

with the
success of their team". Juniors deserved to beat Epsom Brotherhood 2-1
this day in Sutton & District League. Sperring was

in brilliant
form, as was his brother at left half, who was outstanding. HT was 1-0 to
Juniors then 2-0 before future Secretary Billy

Green reduced
the arrears. According to the papers Day was the pick for the winners, but I
think Day played for the Brotherhood back then.

27/11/20 Old Suttonians 8-2 Epsom Juniors. HT was 4-0.
Game opened evenly but it was 3-0 after 10 minutes and although Epsom got two
back in the second half,

they conceded
another four, one of which was a penalty.

Nov 20
reference to Wimbledon, Summerstown, and Earlsfield Town all in 1st round
proper of Surrey Senior Cup. Area is about two

miles across.
Where did all the fans come from!

4/12/20 No
League game scheduled

08/12/20
Friendly for Epsom Wednesday Juniors (any connection?) v Leatherhead Athletic
Weds (A) L 8-1

11/12/20
Banstead 4-0 Epsom Juniors. HT 2-0. "Juniors played good football in
midfield, and showed themselves to be a nippy side,

but they did
not appear to be very dangerous near goal." "Mention must be made
of their goalkeeper" who gave a fine display and

kept the
score down. Butler HT for Banstead.

18/12/20 No
League game scheduled

22/12/20
Sutton & District League smoking Concert at Station Hotel, Sutton. Hugh
Bradley (Secretary) was present. It was his idea

to create a
league handbook.

Dec 20 Future
President Col JR Lord writes a book on Horton Hospital covering the war years
mainly.

There were no
League games scheduled for Epsom Juniors over the Christmas period although
some teams did have fixtures.

1/1/21
Ashtead v Epsom Juniors in SDL is p-p. Played on 30/4/21.

1/1/21
Carshalton Athletic play first match at their new ground. They are still
there now.

8/1/21
reference to Epsom defeating Ashtead 2-0 but it was actually Epsom
Brotherhood.

8/1/21
Wallington Athletic (A) p-p. Played on 26/3/21.

12/1/21
Friendly for Epsom Wednesday Juniors (any connection?) v Leatherhead Athletic
Weds (H) L 1-4

Jan 21 E
Olley is picked for Surrey Juniors v Essex.

15/1/21
Sutton United 'B' (A) n-p. Played on 25/3/21.

21/1/21
League table produced with Beddington removed. They have withdrawn. Herald
calls them Beddington Corner.

Jan 21
Reference to the Sutton & District League having filled a need in this
area.

22/1/21 No
League game scheduled

29/1/21
Carshalton Ath Res (A) n-p Played 19/2/21

Jan 21 Micky
Smith a future player plays for Sutton United v Metrogas in front of 2,108.

Feb 21
reference in Herald to the parishes of Epsom & Ewell being able to
produce good defenders but no smart forwards!

Feb 21 Sutton
United friendly with Coldstream Guards at Hyde Park ends prematurely after
the football was "put out of action"!!

5/2/21 Old
Suttonians (H) n-p. Played on 16/4/21.

12/2/21 No
League game scheduled.

19/2/21 Lost
3-2 at Carshalton Athletic Res in Sutton & District League. Appears to be
first game since 11/12/20.

26/2/21 Epsom
Brotherhood are the better side as they defeat Epsom Juniors 2-0 in the
Sutton & District League. HT 0-0.

The Juniors
have a fine team and will improve says Herald. Gibson and Gardner scored for
EB. A rather slow game but "most interesting to watch".

26/2/21
Banstead played Carshalton Res in the Sutton & District League and a
Banstead player broke their leg after two minutes,

so Carshalton
allowed them to use a sub, although oddly he played throughout in trousers!!

2/3/21 Epsom
Juniors (Wednesday) 1-7 Westmead Wanderers. Not sure if there is a connection
here.

5/3/21
Belmont (H) n-p. Game awarded to Epsom Juniors with a 0-0 scoreline.

9/3/21 Epsom
Wednesday 1-2 Broadway Athletic. Played at Epsom. HT 0-2 Short reduced the
arrears in 2nd half.

12/3/21 No
League game scheduled.

16/3/21 a return Wednesday match v Westmead is a 3-1
defeat this time. HT 1-0. Dartmouth scored for Epsom so clearly no connection
with Epsom Juniors.

March 21
reference to Tillings Athletic playing at Mottingham Lane, Eltham.

19/3/21 No
League game scheduled.

25/3/21 Good
Friday 0-0 draw with Sutton United 'B' (res? - Y)

26/3/21 First
mention of a charity competition for Redhill and Reigate Hospital. Eventually
becomes ESHC in next year or two.

26/3/21
Wallington Athletic 3-2 Epsom Juniors in Sutton & District League at
Stafford Road Rec. Game played just after

Wallington
had lost to Thornville in an earlier match!! HT 3-0. Barthropp scores one for
Wallington.

29/3/21
future player E Olley plays v Horley in SJC SF. "A capital centre
half" say papers.

Apr 21 As of
the April 1921 edition of the Epsom Brotherhood Magazine, the EB club's
recent results were as follows:

5/3 W2-1 v
Banstead, 12/3 W3-0 v Brocks Pyros, 19/3 L1-6 v Carshalton Athletic. Their
second team: 26/2 W3-1 v Wallington Rovers,

5/3 W4-2 v
Burgh Heath, 12/3 v Epsom Juniors Second team L2-3.

Also EB
Reserve team (thirds?) 26/2 v Ash Juniors W7-1, 5/3 W45-2 v Bushes Athletic,
12/3 L0-3 v Hackbridge.

2/4/21 Epsom
Juniors v Brocks Pyros. Game not played and awarded to Epsom Juniors with a
0-0 scoreline.

9/4/21 No
League game scheduled.

16/4/21
Latest league table now has Epsom Juniors credited with the two awarded
games. Also beat Old Suttonians (H) 1-0 (NR).

23/4/21 Epsom
Juniors lose 0-2 at home to QMCC in Sutton & District League (NR).

27/4/21
reference to Epsom Brotherhood meeting at Lecture Hall with reference to
getting a private ground and they will enter an

Epsom
Hospital Cup if one is set up, as is being suggested.

30/4/21
Ashtead 2-0 Epsom Juniors in final Sutton & District League game. (NR).

April 21
Epsom Rovers C.C. will play at Horton this year. May have been there for a
while already. Future Epsom Town players

will play for
this cricket club.

April 21 Talk
of a merger between Leatherhead Rose and Leatherhead Athletic, as Athletic
are losing their ground at Hilleyfields in

Fetcham,
while Rose played "on a good pitch". Whether they merged this year
is uncertain, but Athletic did not start next season.

Also
reference to a Sutton Athletic who formed in 1916/17 but folded for the war
and now restarting. Did this happen to Juniors? No

May 21 As of
the May 1921 edition of the Epsom Brotherhood Magazine, the EB Club's recent
results were as follows:

26/3 L0-3 v
Old Suttonians, 2/4 L0-1 v Banstead, 9/4 L0-2 v Old Suttonians, 16/4 D2-2 v
QMCC

Second team:
won two out of three and Reserve team won 3 out of 4 but scores weren't
individually reported. Later editions of this

magazine at
Surrey History Centre were of no use.

7/5/21 A
provisional friendly is arraanged against Sutton United Reserves for this day
at Epsom but not sure if it was ever played. (NR)

7/5/21
Carshalton Athletic are Champions of Sutton & District League, and play
Rest of League at Carshalton that night. No Epsom

Juniors
players are selected. Home side won 2-0.

27/5/21 Epsom
Brotherhood secure a private ground which was part of the Brickfield Works in
what is now known as Kiln Lane. Entry

may have been
off Middle Lane or nearby in those days possibly. Hugh Bradley was present at
the dinner where this is announced in

his capacity
as Sutton & District League Secretary. He was also currently Secretary of
Old Suttonians FC and referred to no football

club in Epsom
lasting "more than four or five years" in the past.

Sutton &
District League Final Table did not balance. Even the table shown in the
following year's handbook was a goal out.

I have now
seen the results grid and this confirms that Wallington Athletic conceded 65
not 64 so table is now corrected.

Reserves:

Sutton & District League Division 2

Position

5th out of 8

SMC

Group O 1st Round 2-5 v Walton on the Hill (H)
on 13/11/20

Epsom
Brotherhood Res replaced Epsom Rovers at the start of the season

Sutton &
District League Handbook from 1920/21 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Banstead Reserves

Stanley Baker - High Street, Banstead

Green jerseys White knickers

The
Cricket Field, Banstead Village

Belmont Reserves

H.Steele - 15 Downs Road, Belmont

White Shirts, Navy Blue knickers

Banstead
Downs (2 mins Belmont Station)

Benhilton Guild

B.H.Ward - 25 George Street, Sutton

Black and White shirts, white knickers

Sutton Recreation Ground

Epsom Brotherhood Res

Harry (H.W.) Boxall - 70 Miles Road, Epsom

Navy Blue, Gold E.B. Badge

Epsom
Recreation Ground (now Alexandra)

Epsom Juniors Res

F.J.R.Jaycocks - 18 Providence Place, Epsom

Light and Dark Blue Vertical stripes

Epsom
Recreation Ground (now Alexandra)

Ewell Reserves

W.Ellis - 6 Meadow Walk, Ewell

Blue and White

West Street, Ewell Village

Old Suttonians Res

P.L.Cooper - 1 High Street, Sutton

Dark Green singlets, Dark Blue knickers

London
Road, Sutton (4th field from The Angel)

Wallington Rovers

F.G.Burr - "Esperance" - Rosendale Road, Epsom

Royal Blue jerseys, white knickers

Stafford Road, Rec, Wallington

Fixture List
for Epsom Juniors Reserves:

04/09/1920

Benhilton Guild

H

played on this date

11/09/1920

18/09/1920

Epsom Brotherhood Res

A

played on this date

25/09/1920

Ewell

H

played on this date

02/10/1920

09/10/1920

Banstead Res

A

played on this date

16/10/1920

free league week

23/10/1920

30/10/1920

Wallington Rovers

H

played on this date

06/11/1920

13/11/1920

20/11/1920

27/11/1920

Old Suttonians Res

H

played on this date

04/12/1920

Belmont Res

H

played on 9/4/21

11/12/1920

18/12/1920

Ewell

A

brought forward to 23/10/20

but
Sutton Advertiser doesn't report score

25/12/1920

until
18th December week - Check with Herald.

01/01/1921

08/01/1921

Benhilton Guild

A

played on this date

15/01/1921

22/01/1921

Banstead Res

H

played on 26/2/21

29/01/1921

Wallington Rovers

A

played on this date

05/02/1921

12/02/1921

Old Suttonians Res

A

played on 26/3/21

19/02/1921

Belmont Res

A

played on this date

26/02/1921

05/03/1921

12/03/1921

Epsom Brotherhood Res

H

played on this date

19/03/1921

League was
scheduled to conclude in early April but Epsom's last fixture was 9/4/1921.

4/9/20
Reserves open season with a 5-2 home win over Benhilton Guild in the Sutton
& District League.

11/9/20 Wallington Rovers 1-2 Epsom Juniors. The report
refers to the home side entering the Sutton & Disrict League, but doesn't
say whether this is a League match,

despite the
Juniors playing one the week before. It is not listed as a fixture in the
Sutton & District Handbook and I conclude this was a friendly.

Epsom Juniors
do play Wallington twice later in the season and those results are the ones
the League include in their final tables.

Wallington
led but we equalised before HT and won with a second half penalty for
handball. Jaycocks played for Epsom Juniors Reserves.

18/9/20 Epsom
Brotherhood 3-2 Juniors Res in S & D League.

25/9/20 Epsom
Juniors Res 12-0 Ewell Res

9/10/20
Banstead Res 4-0 Juniors Res in S & D League. They were 1-0 down after 5
minutes and at HT. Clean game.

23/10/20
Ewell Res 4-1 Epsom Juniors Res. Scorers Auger (2), Carter (2). HT 2-0
Centre-forward scored for Epsom Juniors Res

23/10/20 Ewell scored after a keeper error dropping the
ball at the feet of Auger and HT was 0-2 before Epsom's c-f scored with a
good individual goal. But all Ewell

after this.
Game almost certainly played at West Street. First time an Epsom team ever
played there.

30/10/20 Res
win 4-0 v Wallington Rovers in Sutton & District League.

27/11/20
Juniors lose 0-5 at home to Old Suttonians Reserves in S & D League. A
clean sporting game.

Reserves had
two provisional friendly dates v Ashtead Res, but 1/1/21 was postponed, and
no record of the other due for 7/5/21.

4/12/20
Belmont Res (H) is n-p. Played on 9/4/21.

18/12/20 Due
to play Ewell Res away in SDL say papers but we already had and this game
wasn't played today.

1/1/21
Reserves had a friendly arranged at home to Leatherhead Ath Res instead.
(NR).

8/1/21
Benhilton Guild 5-1 Epsom Juniors 5-1 in S & D League.

15/1/21 No
game for Reserves this day.

22/1/21Banstead
Res (H) n-p.

29/1/21
Wallington Rovers (A) - drew 0-0 in S & D League.

12/2/21 Old
Suttonians Res (A) but n/p. Played on 26/3/21.

19/2/21
Belmont Res defeat Reserves in S & D League.

26/2/21 Res
lose 7-1 at home to Banstead Res in S & D League.

12/3/21
Juniors Res 3-2 EB Res because of the rivalry "a number of exciting
incidents".

19/3/21
Belmont Res (A) n-p. May have been a rearranged date for the home game but
this was not played either.

26/3/21 Lost
0-5 at Old Suttonians (NR)

9/4/21 Belmont
Res win 3-1 at Epsom Juniors Res in S & D League. Last league game of the
season for reserves. (NR).

July 20
Plenty of dispute about the positioning of a war memorial in Epsom. Council
are against it being in the town centre for some

reason, and
it would eventually be placed outside Epsom Cemetery. Ewell has an odd
memorial in the shape of a German gun, which

was given to
the town, but no-one really wants it!

Oct 20 Ewell
Village Social Club opens in West Ewell. Eventually named West Ewell Social
Club. Future Committee member

HW Cushine involved.

Mar 21
Croydon Sports Ground, Waddon is opened and created by Mr HB Wills. Wills
Sports in future years?

3/4/21
Leatherhead War Memorial opened in North Street. Still there today.