C O M M E N T S
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L

Sutton & District League Premier Division

8th out of 10

EHC

F

Epsom Brotherhood

1-2

SHC

1st

Ashtead

1-2

SJC

Not entered

President

Chairman

Secretary

Len (EL) Miller

Ivanhoe, Chase Road, Epsom

however, Sutton & District League advised
in 1921/22 handbook that RW Calcutt, Clifford Villa, Hook Road.

was Secretary. He had been previously it
appears.

Treasurer

Committee:

Home Ground:

Epsom Recreation Ground, but moved to Horton
Hospital Grounds towards the end of the season.

AGM details
unknown. Last season with the name Epsom Juniors.

Former
Secretary Ronald W Calcutt moves onto the Sutton & District League
Council along with Ernie Sperring.

Ernie's
address at the time was given as Epsom Golf Club House.

However
Calcutt is advised as being with Epsom St Barnabas this season instead which
explains the change of Secretary.

27/5/21
Wallington FC drop the "Athletic" from their name at their AGM.

Queen Mary's
Convalescent Camp played at Woodcote, which is where it was.

Old Suttonians
play near Angel Hotel, Sutton.

June 21 Sutton
& District League reported on the conclusion of their first season, as it
had been formed in 1920. Apparently,

Division 2
finished level between Old Suttonians Reserves and Banstead Reserves, and
neither of them had lost, so a play off was

required on
30/4/21, for which the ground at Ewell FC, in West Street was loaned. Old
Sutts had the best goal average, but this

counted for
nothing as Banstead won the play off 2-1.

Amongst other
clubs, Epsom Juniors had made a donation to league funds (Ashtead, Banstead,
Carshalton Athletic, and Epsom

Brotherhood).
All were founding members in 1920.

10/6/21 AGM of
Sutton & District League, presided over by Sir Rowland Blades - President
at Station Hotel, Sutton. Hugh Bradley

was the
inaugural Secretary and was re-elected.

League
Handbook from 1921/22 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Ashtead

T. Birchall - "Kingswood", Skinner's Lane

Red and White Stripes

Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead

Banstead

Stanley Baker - High Street, Banstead

Green jerseys White knickers

The
Cricket Field, Banstead Village

Belmont

W.Upton - 27 Kings Road, Belmont

Navy Blue jerseys with white cuffs and

Banstead
Downs (2 mins Belmont Station)

collars, white knickers

Brighton Railway
"A"

J.Green - Engineers Dept, LB & SC Railway

Olive Green and Gold, white knickers

Mitcham Road, Croydon

Fairfield Yard, East Croydon

Carshalton Athletic Res

S.J.Cole - 60 Mill Lane, Carshalton

Maroon jerseys and White knickers

Rear of
Wrythe Recreation Ground, Carshalton

Epsom Brotherhood

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

Navy Blue, Gold E.B. Badge, white knickers

Sports
Ground, East Street, Epsom

Epsom Juniors

Len (EL) Miller - "Ivanhoe" Chase Road, Epsom

Light and Dark Blue Vertical stripes

Epsom
Recreation Ground (now Alexandra)

Old Suttonians

F.G.Wright - "Arncliffe" Lenham Road, Sutton

Dark Green singlets, Dark Blue knickers

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

Sutton United Res

K.Worker - "Silsoe" Montpelier Road, Sutton

Chocolate and Amber

Adult
School Sports Ground and Sutton Rec

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

West Ewell

A.W.Cornish - "Penson" Heatherside
Road,

Red jerseys, white knickers

Chesterfield Road, West Ewell

West Ewell

Fixture List
for Epsom Juniors:

03/09/1921

10/09/1921

17/09/1921

24/09/1921

West Ewell

H

played on this date

01/10/1921

08/10/1921

Brighton Railway

H

played on this date

15/10/1921

Surrey Junior Cup First Round

did not enter

22/10/1921

29/10/1921

05/11/1921

Belmont

A

played on 25/2/22

12/11/1921

Old Suttonians

H

played on this date

19/11/1921

26/11/1921

Carshalton Athletic Res

H

played on 29/10/21

03/12/1921

Epsom Brotherhood

A

played on this date

10/12/1921

17/12/1921

24/12/1921

Old Suttonians

A

played on this date

26/12/1921

Ashtead

A

played on this date

31/12/1921

07/01/1922

Epsom Brotherhood

H

played on 18/2/22

14/01/1922

Banstead

A

played on this date

21/01/1922

28/01/1922

Sutton United Res

A

played on this date

04/02/1922

Ashtead

H

played on this date

11/02/1922

18/02/1922

25/02/1922

Belmont

H

played on 17/12/21

04/03/1922

11/03/1922

Brighton Railway

A

never played - but never awarded and remained
unplayed in final table

18/03/1922

West Ewell

A

played on this date

25/03/1922

Banstead

H

played on this date

01/04/1922

Carshalton Athletic Res

A

never played - awarded to Epsom Juniors

08/04/1922

Sutton United Res

H

never played - awarded to Epsom Juniors

15/04/1922

22/04/1922

24/6/21 AGM at
Station Hotel Sutton of Sutton Hospital Cup. Competition had been running for
ten years now says Herald.

29/6/21 SCFA
AGM at Holborn Restaurant, London.

Aug 21
Carshalton Athletic AGM advises that they are now at a new ground in Colston
Avenue. First full season, having moved from.

Culvers Park.
Played there for the first time on 1st Jan 1921 I believe.

Aug 21 Sutton
United first season in Athenian League.

Aug 21
Wimbledon's first season in Isthmian League.

Aug 21 Redhill
first season in London League. Both clubs had left the Southern Suburban
League.

Aug 21
Confirmation of the start of the ESHC. Just two sides in the first one,
Redhill and Reigate Priory.

Epsom Hospital
Cup also starts this season. Epsom Juniors enter. The cup used to be used by
the now defunct Epsom YMCA and

was used in
tug of war competitions!

Aug 21
Leatherhead Ath have folded, and now only two Leatherhead Clubs, Rose
(Kingston Road Rec) and Juniors (Fortyfoot Road).

Aug 21 Herald
refers to Epsom Brotherhood now having a ground of their own at East Street.
Brotherhood are where "hopes are

centred"
to improve Epsom's standing in football circles. Clearly they are the senior
Epsom side this year.

27/8/21
Collision between players at a Tooting v Belvedere FC game at Streatham Road
leads to Mr N.S.G Ward dying in hospital

later on the
Monday evening (29th). Inquest said accidental death.

27/8/21 trial
match for Epsom Town with Whites beating Blues 2-1. Good form was shown all
round. This year the club are entering

the Sutton
& District League, Surrey Junior Cup, Sutton Hospital Cup and the new
Epsom Hospital Cup. "An even better season than

last is
anticipated." The Committee hopes "that those who gave their
support last season will again rally round the blue standard and

turn up in
full force at all matches - home and away."

Aug 21
reference to FA Duplock being "Frank". An all round sportsman, and
played billiards with many players and their fathers.

Sept 21 Sutton
& District League hope to be playing three representative games this year
against Southern Suburban League, the

Thornton Heath
League and the Wimbledon League.

Sept 1921 WA
"Micky" Smith due to play for Woking at left back but couldn't
play. Future Epsom player

10/9/21
referee stops match between Farnham Utd Breweries and Sutton in FA Cup to
complain about the home team's language, and

threatened to
call the game off.

Bostall Heath
at new ground in AbbeyWood in Sept 21

10/9/21 Epsom
Brotherhood FC ground opening v West Ewell in friendly, but lost before
"a goodly attendance". Mrs Beaumont the

Club
President's wife kicked off the match. Herald says "first time for years
that any Epsom football club has had a private ground."

It was part of
the old Brickfield site and will take time to be really good. Only minimum
size pitch for now, but two are planned.

The crossbars
were in two pieces which isn't good enough as they sag in the middle!!

10/9/21 Epsom
Juniors open season at Sutton Wanderers in a friendly but lose 3-0.

16/9/21
reported in Herald that Epsom has "never yet attained any
prominence" because the best players are split between quite a

number of
junior clubs. "Whether Epsom will occupy a more prominent place in
county football in the near future depends upon

whether the
venture of the Brotherhood F.C. proves the success it is to be hoped it will
do." They have a new ground of its own.

Also reported
that Epsom Comrades FC have secured the use of the sports ground at Horton,
where Epsom Rovers C.C. have played

during the
past season. No admission charge is possible there. No reference to Epsom
Juniors - just another side in those days.

17/9/21 Future
player Micky Smith playing for Sutton this year, and was carried off in a
game v Guildford, but struggled out of the

arms of the
Red Cross to get back on the pitch! In the end he had to go off but returned
after ten minutes treatment.

17/9/21 Epsom
Juniors defeat Epsom St Barnabas 6-0 in a friendly. Jack Parr HT, and VE
Matthews, Reg Sperring and Charlie Aldridge

all scored.
Probably a home friendly, but venue and HT unknown and both teams may have
shared Epsom Recreation Ground anyway.

23/9/21 Sutton
Hospital Cup Draw  24 clubs enter. 1st
round home v Ashtead

2nd round
would have been home to Brighton Railway, who were the eventual winners, so
they never got past this stage.

Sept 21
Mitcham Wanderers were playing at Park Place in those days, before moving to
Streatham Road in the mid twenties.

24/9/21 Epsom
Juniors beat West Ewell 4-0 in a league match at Epsom Recreation Ground (now
Alexandra). Jack Parr (2) Charlie

Aldridge and
G.Puddock scored. HT unk but probably 0-0 as Herald says that until HT it was
fairly even but Epsom forwards dominated

in the second
half. West Ewell had a slightly weaker side out as they are represented by
some players who work at Long Grove

Hospital which
restricts their availability. Reg Sperring had a fine game as did Osborne and
Holliday.

24/9/21 Len
Miller also injured during this match and out for a while. Injury unknown.

On a nearby
pitch the same day, Reg Pearman (Epsom Athletic) broke his collar bone. So
there were at least two pitches at ERG this season.

24/9/21 Sutton
United v Metrogas Athenian League game sees a stoat get on to the pitch
during the second half, but a terrier chased

and killed it
"before 2,000 eyes at Gander Green Lane. Metrogas played at Old Kent
Road in those days.

1/10/21 Epsom
Hospital Cup 1st round saw Epsom Juniors win by 4 clear goals over Epsom St
Barnabas "on the recreation ground"

This
presumably refers to Epsom Recreation Ground. - Yes. Ronald Calcutt plays for
St Barnabas.

This was the
first match in a new competition, the Epsom Hospital Cup, with proceeds going
to the Cottage Hospital. A good attendance

who paid for
admission, as Epsom Urban Council agreed so money could be collected. Not a
thrilling match, though now and then there

was interesting play. Epsom Juniors scored
through their inside right (probably Matthews, judging from the line up that
was given), who

headed in
after the ball hit the bar. After the second goal, St Barnabas fell away a
bit, and "never looked like escaping defeat". Miller

was out
injured and may be out for some time. He was replaced by Mitchell. Parr got
two more goals, with CE Holliday scoring the

other one.
W4-0. The game was well refereed by David WG Jones, the Ewell FC Chairman,
and future Epsom Town official.

8/10/21 Epsom
are held by 10 man Brighton Railway Eng 1-1. Epsom Juniors were a goal up at
HT through Aldridge, who scored after

45 minutes but
Epsom conceded a penalty towards the end of the second half for handball in a
goalmouth scrimmage. Technically,

FG Olley's
injury meant that Brighton Railway were playing with 9 at the end. Juniors
played much better than the previous week,

despite the result.

Oct 21
Reference to an L F Marlow playing briefly for Sutton, then leaving for
Kingstonian. Epsom's Leslie Marlow was LC Marlow, so

probably a
different player, but may have been related. - No relation to thirties Leslie
(LC) Marlow.

15/10/21 Date
of SJC1. Over 100 of the 148 clubs had byes, but Epsom Juniors, did not
appear to enter, despite saying they would.

No mention of
Reserves in SMC either.

15/10/21 Epsom
St Barnabas defeat Epsom Brotherhood 2-1 in Surrey Junior Cup. Herald says
"Which is the best Epsom team?"

22/10/21
Future player E Olley plays for Surrey Juniors v Essex @ Sutton and scored
the 2nd half winner. 2-1 in front of a large crowd.

22/10/21
Sutton Hospital Cup 1 Epsom Juniors 1-2 Ashtead at ERG. Surprising result and
a poor display. Epsom's left wing was

fed too often
and Aldridge did not have a good game. Future Epsom player DB Pentycross
scored the two goals for Ashtead, and

T Edwards,
another future player played v Epsom. Stones litter the ground and steps
should be taken to remove them. Also Herald

says there was
a lot of deliberate handling which was missed by the officials. HT and Epsom
scorer unknown.

Report refers
to W.Mitchell not D.Mitchell, although next season we would see an A.Mitchell
to confuse matters further.

Oct 21 Centre
forward for Epsom Juniors CE Holliday of 2 Sydney Villas, Pelham Road,
Wimbledon writes to criticise the standard of

the referees
and says that league officials should do more to help, as this would cut down
on the dissent which is being seen more

these days,
even though he doesn't condone it.

The Herald is
not very supportive of the comments, and Hugh Bradley writes in explaining
that the league is new and that referees only

get 5s per
game and 3s 6d outside the top division. It is hard to get referees but the
main root of the problem is "the large number of

ignorant,
biased and loquacious spectators who witness matches. Only one in a hundred
of these people has any real knowledge of the

laws and they
bully the referees with no effort at fairness and reasonableness, and many
players also are sadly lacking in a proper

understanding
of the laws."

It transpires that Charlie Holliday was the father or
uncle of another Charlie Holliday who would go on to have large connections
with the Sutton and District League

and would also
go on to referee internationally according to Roger and Sheila in Ashtead who
are the custodians of the Sutton and District League archive.

Their contact
details are 01372 276565.

Charlie
Holliday the younger also played twice for Epsom and was a brother of Ken who
played for Epsom in the forties.

Charlie died
in the nineties while Ken died in the early 2000's maybe 2002.

26/10/21 Epsom
Weds 4-1 Epsom St Martin's. St Martin's appear to be only a Wednesday side
these days.

26/10/21
Future player EJ Olley (Brighton Railway) scores the winner for Surrey
Juniors in their 2-1 win over Essex Juniors at Gander Green Lane.

29/10/21 Epsom
Juniors win 3-0 over Carshalton Athletic Res (NR). Game brought forward from
26th November.

1/11/21 Future
Chairman Charles Pettett is the MC at a Whist Drive at the Hollies Club. The
first of 6 with a total prize fund at the end.

3/11/21 Epsom
Weds 0-4 Sutton Wanderers

5/11/21 Meant
to play at Belmont this day in Sutton & District League but n-p. Belmont
were still in SJC. No game probably.

Nov 21 Future
players CF Watts (Fred) and WE (Billy) Green are at Epsom Brotherhood this
season, while EC Phyall is with Epsom

Comrades
currently, although they fold later in the season.

Nov 21 Croydon
FC played at Plough Lane in Southern Suburban League v Horsham on 5/11/21.
Currently without a regular ground.

Nov 21
Kingstonian removed from Amateur Cup after an appeal from Tooting regarding
LF Marlow, having already signed cup forms

for Sutton.
K's had reached the semis the year before. Marlow remained with Kingstonian
for the season. With Wimbledon in 20/21.

Nov 21
Reference to the whereabouts of the Half Mile Bush at junction with Windmill
Lane, Epsom. Presume this is half a mile from

Epsom, and/or
Ewell. In 1871 it was not far from the Epsom Windmill. Epsom played here in
1910 ish.

12/11/21
Future player FE Kent playing for Dorking. Also T Edwards and F Mellish
playing for Ashtead this season.

12/11/21 Lost
0-1 to Old Suttonians. 1st half was very even, while the Juniors were the
better side in the second, while Old Suttonians

scored from a
breakaway that was "probably offside". Harold Keeling played
"the game of his life" at centre half, and his brother did well at
back.

19/11/21
Juniors draw 1-1 at Epsom Brotherhood Res in a friendly. EB Res still
unbeaten in second division of Sutton & District League.

This game
could quite easily have been a home fixture for Epsom as the papers had it
both ways. The fixture said at EB but the result said EJ so I

will amend to
a home game for now.

26/11/21 Epsom Juniors were due to play Carshalton
Athletic Reserves but n/p. It was the original fixture date, but we had
played them on 29th October already.

26/11/21
Juniors defeat Epsom Comrades 6-0 in a friendly. Future player E.C.Phyall
plays for the Comrades.

3/12/21 Epsom
Brotherhood 2-0 Epsom Juniors. The Juniors keeper "gave a splendid
exhibition". Presume Ernie Sperring. Future player

D Day is also at Brotherhood with Watts and Green. Moir
scored in the first half before Broadhead hit the bar. HT 1-0 and wind in EB
favour for second half when Gibson

scored a
second. Ernie Sperring had no chance with either goal.

Future
Chairman Hugh Bradley's brother is Edgar.

Dec 21 Hugh
Bradley resigns as Sutton Hospital Cup Secretary.

10/12/21
Future player WH Challis plays and scores for Epsom Athletic in a 6-0 win
over Epsom Old Boys. R Challis his brother, played

for the
opposition! Epsom Athletic's first season. No connection to the current Epsom
Athletic club who were founded in 1997.

10/12/21
Probably no game for Epsom Juniors. No League game scheduled for this day.

17/12/21 Epsom
Juniors 1-2 Belmont in Sutton & District League (NR). Almost certainly
still at Epsom Rec at this point.

24/12/21 Old
Suttonians 1-1 Epsom Juniors (NR)

26/12/21
Ashtead 5-2 Epsom Juniors (NR)

Jan 22 Herald
says "one of the most prominent notabilities in the local football
world, who for the present wishes to remain unknown, is

anxious that
Epsom shall have a senior football club." He has approached the senior
clubs and suggested an amalgamation of Epsom

Brotherhood
with Epsom Juniors and suggests an Epsom United team. Although not disclosed
at the time, this was Hugh Bradley, and

it is clear
that while Epsom Brotherhood rebuffed any suggestion, possibly because of
their Brotherhood connections, Epsom Juniors

were clearly
interested. Bradley would become the Chairman in 1923, but was clearly behind
the original move to get Epsom Juniors

up to senior
status, and the name change of Epsom Town was probably his idea, I would
suggest. This means that Hugh Bradley was

the main
driving force behind the rise of the club from a tiny junior one to a senior
status one in just three years from this point.

The Herald
awaited developments "with interest".

31/12/21 No
League game scheduled. Looks like a spare week.

7/1/22 Both
Epsom games are cancelled this day. Weather? Epsom were at home to Epsom
Brotherhood.

7/1/22 Many
games were played so it looks as though both teams just had a day off.

11/1/22 Epsom
Wednesday Res 5-0 Carshalton Wednesday Res @ Epsom Recreation Ground.

14/1/22
Eventual Champions Banstead scrape a 2-2 draw with a late equaliser against
Epsom Juniors at Banstead. Epsom Juniors took

the lead after
a few minutes and the ball appeared to go in off of an Epsom players face. He
left the field shortly after and did not return.

10 men.
Banstead levelled it up but Epsom scored again, only for Banstead to score
their second "on the call of time".

Banstead were
unbeaten at home this season at this point, and only lost one league game all
season.

The report
also said that Epsom "showed superior combination and attack".

Jan 22
reported that Epsom Comrades have fully withdrawn from the league. Horton
Sports Ground becomes vacant for football.

21/1/22 FE
Kent scores for Dorking v Camberley & Yorktown in Southern Suburban
League.

21/1/22 former
player Syd Skinner from an earlier Epsom incarnation plays for West Norwood v
Wimbledon in Isthmian League.

28/1/22 Epsom
lose 2-1 at Sutton United Reserves in a League match.

Feb 22
Carshalton FC using Plough Lane Wallington at present.

4/2/22 First
home game of the new year sees a 2-1 defeat to Ashtead. Were they at Horton yet? Probably not, but can't be sure.

You would have
thought that some mention would have been made in the papers if this was the
first game.

11/2/22 No
League game scheduled.

18/2/22 Epsom
Juniors 0-2 Epsom Brotherhood (NR) "The rivalry between these teams is
very keen." "An interesting and rather

exciting affair."

Feb 22
Reference to Alf Green a former captain of Epsom Rovers Cricket Club dying in
late summer 1921. Uncle of

Bert and Billy
Green (future player and Secretary), and was described as a veteran. He
wasn't very old though and was only in his forties.

25/2/22
Belmont 1-0 Epsom Juniors. A very even game. HT 1-0. Otway scored for
Belmont. Epsom's inside left and inside right were most

prominent and
Epsom's keeper did well.

25/2/22
reported that Crystal Palace are likely to purchase the Collis's Brickfield
site for a new football ground instead of the Nest. It

was purchased
on 14/3 and the 12 1/2 acre site became known as Selhurst Park.

1/3/22 Epsom
Wednesday 0-3 Sutton Wanderers. HT 0-1.

March 22
Reference to Brighton Railway having such a successful season that they were
fielding their "D" team in some league

fixtures. They
would go on to win four or five cups this year, including the Surrey Junior
Cup. The Sutton & District League does not

approve of
four point matches, and they had only played seven games so far, with eleven
left! They play at The Red House, in Croydon.

4/3/22
Leatherhead Juniors v Leatherhead Rose friendly at Fortyfoot Road. Referee Mr
S Bashford - Epsom. Was this Sid Basford,

future Epsom
and Sutton & District League Secretary? Yes. he has been misspelt before,
and was a referee originally.

4/3/22 No
League game scheduled

11/3/22 League
game scheduled at Brighton Railway but no mention. Brighton Railway won the
Surrey Junior Cup this season

and didn't
play their remaining four fixtures. They could have  won the league if they had played and won
them.

Interestingly
the League never awarded the games to their opponents, maybe out of deference
to their achievement.

18/3/22 West
Ewell 3-0 Epsom Juniors in S & D League. West Ewell started with ten but
future Ewell player Doel arrived "after a while"

HT was only
1-0 and this was an own goal as a shot had deflected off of the Epsom right
back and in. A penalty for handball was

scored in the
second half and a third followed soon after. Future players Burrage and Peach
played for West Ewell.

24/3/22
William Ewart Green (Billy Green) gets married to Lilian Margaret Blyth at
the Blyth local church - Brantham Parish Church in Suffolk.

25/3/22 Epsom
Juniors 0-0 Banstead in S & D League. (NR). Were
the Juniors at Horton yet? Probably but no evidence or report yet.

29/3/22 SCFA
meeting at the Oval confirms the start of a Surrey Senior League for next
season.

Apr 22 Future
player Fred Watts with Epsom Brotherhood this season.

Apr 22
Leatherhead Juniors to change name to Leatherhead and join Sutton &
District League next season. Still at Fortyfoot Road.

1/4/22 Epsom
Hospital Cup semi final saw the third meeting this season between Epsom
Juniors and Banstead, and the third draw.

It was the
same as the last match at Banstead where the hosts equalised with almost the
last kick of the game. Elliott had scored for

the Juniors
after ten minutes from a good centre from the right. J Coppin was then
injured when struck hard by a shot from one of his own team mates!

The Banstead
report says Epsom were the better side.

1/4/22
Previously cancelled on this date was the original fixture away to Carshalton
Athletic Reserves who conceded their final five

matches with a
0-0 scoreline, so effectively resigned.

5/4/22 Epsom
Wednesday 1-3 Sutton Wanderers

8/4/22 Sutton
& District League representative match v Southern Suburban League @
Carshalton Athletic 4pm ko, which was won

by the SSL
3-2. Ernie Sperring was selected, as was future player T Edwards (Ashtead).
"A fairly good crowd saw the game."

Fred (CF)
Watts the Epsom Brotherhood player was also selected.

8/4/22 League
scheduled a game at home to Sutton United Reserves but this game wasn't
played and was awarded to Epsom Juniors.

Apr 22 Hugh
Bradley (future Epsom Chairman) living at Kenmure, St James's Avenue, Sutton.
Secretary of S & D League.

Along with the
Sutton & District League there is reference to the Charlie Holliday
Charity Cup (1920). Any connection to EJ player? Yes.

14/4/22 future
player Wilfred Challis plays for Epsom Athletic, scoring twice in a 3-3 draw
with Ewell Juniors in Ewell on Good Friday.

15/4/22 Future
player Micky Smith plays for Sutton in the Surrey Charity Shield Final, which
they lose 2-0 to Summerstown, at

Wimbledon FC,
in front of a crowd of 8,000.

17/4/22
Another representative match saw the Sutton & District League lose 2-1 to
the Wimbledon League. 11am at Epsom Brotherhood

and the same
players as listed above were selected.

26/4/22 on a
Wednesday evening at the Horton Sports Ground, Epsom Juniors defeated
Banstead 2-0 in the replay of the Epsom

Hospital Cup
semi-final. The scorers were Matthews and Holliday. Both Sperrings and Fred
Keeling played very well, but the club

missed Jack
Parr who was injured during the game but returned as a passenger. Epsom also
had another injury and were down to nine

players for
some of the game. HT unknown.

Was this the
very first match at Horton? It is certainly the earliest game that I have a
report for.

29/4/22 Surrey
Junior Cup Final @ Sutton sees future player E Olley playing for Brighton
Railway, as they defeat Farncombe 2-1.

May 22
Westcott playing on Milton Farm ground.

May 22
reference at a Sutton United meeting to Micky Smith's long service to the
club.

May 22
reference to Epsom Athletic having completed their first season, and WH
Challis a future Epsom player scored 20 goals for them

and was the
third highest scorer.

May 22 Future
Committee member and native Canadian Sergeant CH Blackadar stays in Epsom and
marries an Epsom girl. He was

the main
organiser of the baseball matches at Stamford Bridge and Epsom towards the
end of the war.

May 22
Carshalton Athletic appeared to resign from Sutton & District League but
had played over 75 % of fixtures so the rest were

awarded to
opponents with a 0-0 scoreline as apposed to being expunged.

6/5/22 Epsom
Hospital Cup Final. First final for Epsom Juniors, but they are edged out 2-1
at an unknown venue. A good sparkling

interesting
game "witnessed by a large number" Ideal weather but a little too
warm for the players. Each side took it in turns to press

but "no
prolonged monopoly". Both sides missed penalties, Brotherhood in the
first half and the Juniors in the second. Brotherhood hit

the post in
the first half, and were ahead in the first half after a Watts strike from
long distance was well saved by Ernie Sperring but

Moir scored
from the rebound. Hulett missed the penalty in this period. Epsom Juniors
equalised in the second half from the outside

left (presume
Aldridge), with a high bouncing shot that the keeper missed. Two minutes
later the Juniors got a penalty for hands, but

for some
obscure reason Ernie Sperring took it "on the theory that a goalkeeper
will always beat a goalkeeper". He put it wide!

Both penalties
were harsh. The Epsom Brotherhood winner was similar to their first goal. As
Gibson shot from wide and despite another

good save,
Moir took the rebound again. The Juniors pressed but couldn't earn a draw.
Parr was still missing as he was injured.

Watts, Day and
Hulett (past and future Ewell) played for Epsom Brotherhood. Because the
Hospital Secretary George Simpson was

away the cup
was presented by Mrs JG Beaumont, and the hospital will receive about £40.
Also during the game, the ball went out of

shape and had
to be replaced!

May 22 Sutton
& District League accounts show a donation of 10s from J.Edgar Bradley,
Hugh's older brother. He donates again in future.

Reserves:

Reserves may have only played friendlies this
season.

They are not listed in Sutton & District
League, and are not mentioned in the Surrey Minor Cup either.

24/12/21
Friendly for Reserves v Ashtead Res (H)

14/1/22
Friendly for Reserves at Ashtead Res.

4/3/22 Epsom
Brotherhood III 4-2 Epsom Juniors Res in a friendly.

Other
affiliated Local Teams:

Secretary

From SCFA Handbook

Affiliated

Epsom Brotherhood

H Boxall

70 Miles Road, Epsom

Epsom Comrades

HJ Hale

Rhallt Lodge, Burgh Heath Road, Epsom

July 1921

St Barnabas

RW Calcutt

Clifford Villa, Hook Road, Epsom

Dec 1909

West Ewell

A Cornish

"Pewson", Heatherside Road, West
Ewell

June 1921

Nov 21 Ewell
Watch House to be preserved say Ewell Parish Council - it is early 18th
century.

Wallington FC
playing at Sandy Lane, Wallington this year.

Braby's played
in Grove Park, near Catford. - Southern Suburban League side.

11/12/21 Epsom
War Memorial unveiled at Epsom Cemetery.

20/4/22 Amato
Inn completely destroyed by fire. Blamed on a careless cigarette smoker, it
had stood for 300 years, and was only

partially
covered by insurance. £500-£600 worth of damage.