C O M M E N T S
/  H I G H L I G H T S

WINNERS of
London League Premier Division in first season since transferring from Surrey
Senior League.

LL

1st out of 13

Premier Division

CHAMPIONS!

FAC

3q

Wimbledon

2-3

AC

3q

Met Police

0-3

SSC

2nd

Summerstown

1-5

ESHC

reached final - held over to next season v
Lloyds Bank. Eventually lost 2-4 in Sept 1928

President

Robert Bradshaw

Chairman

Hugh C Bradley

Secretary

Billy (WE) Green

Press Secretary

DWG Jones

Treasurer

SR Prett

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Trainer

Tom Kirk

Club Colours

Light and dark blue

AGM late May?

No record yet

26/5 Dinner
Dance at Foresters Hall on Thursday evening. Robert Bradshaw presiding. Mr T
Collins a (v-p) proposed "The Club"

First XI
scored 178 against 69, while seconds scored 92 against 62. David WG Jones
paid tribute to the ground calling it "largely

unique in the
annals of amateur football" Not entirely clear
why the ground was so special though. Check!

SR Prett
(Treasurer) and SJ Ayris (President of SCFA) were present, and arrangements
were made by Billy Green and HE (AE?)

Chaney
(Supporters Club Secretary)

July 27 Robert
Bradshaw unable to be at the annual match between Police and Tradesmen, after
a recent serious car accident.

This would lead
to his eventual death in May 1928.

Callender
Athletic and Edmonton are promoted up from the First Division, while Epsom
replace the Leyton (Athenian League).

8/6/27 SCFA AGM
at Battersea Town Hall

22/6/27 Epsom
Town's letter of resignation is read out at the Surrey Senior League meeting.
They decided to withhold the £2

subscription
and deposit and fined them an additional £3. As of 25/10/27 it had not been
paid, so the SSL threatened to report

them to SCFA if
not paid within 7 days. It was paid shortly after, it was reported at the
meeting on 5/12/27.

27/6/27 Sutton
& District League AGM at Sutton Adult School. WS Basford - League
Secretary - re-elected

Reference to
many teams withdrawing in 26/27 - very poor. Juniors placed in 3rd Division
in their first season.

No Premier
Division this year, just Divisions One to Three.

Aug 27 Future
player J "Snowy" Goddard has trial for Swansea. Currently with
Sutton Utd.

Aug 27 C Davis
and J Coppen leave for Dorking.

26/8/27
reported "A new Adventure". All players remain from last year and a
new player H Andrews who is a friend of George

Mackesy.
Custom House are the first opponents tomorrow, and their ground is between
Plaistow (underground) and Custom

House (LNER).
T Edwards will still play when required. Another new player is G Dale
(Colchester) but he doesn't play many

games.
Reg  Marlow is missing this first game
as his brother is away and he has to look after the business. In later
years,

Reg's son
helps out at a grocer's in Ruxley Lane, so it's possible that this is what
the business is. Plays for reserves this day.

26/8/27
reported by Herald that the stand has been increased, and there is now room
for 500, 200 more than last year.

The work was
done by the Supporters Club.

Tom Kirk
remains as trainer, while Sid Bristow will work with the reserves.

27/8/27 Won
4-2 at Custom House. 2 new players H Andrews and Dale. T Edwards will play
occasionally this season, so was

replaced. Will
still play when required. Paper refers to several new players this day. Team
is still capable of being strengthened .

This was Custom
House's last season at this ground before moving to the Vernons Sports Ground
which was nearby.

This old ground was in Bingley Road, also known as Prince
Regent Lane which ran at right angles to it and was known as the Custom House
Sports

Ground.
Attendance was 500. Dale was ex-Colchester in Spartan League. Challis played
well and

was "very
good". The Custom House ground was a good one but its environment and
surroundings are entirely different from

what Epsom have
been accustomed to in the past. 1-0 up 5 minutes. Herald says pleasant game,
easy victory.

Jack Parr
scored after 5 minutes, but it was 1-1 after 10. HT was 2-1 up, but after
Custom House equalised, two more goals for

Epsom in two
minutes did the damage. Custom House were the only side to beat last year's
Champions, Grays last year.

Aug 27
reference to Dorking FC's opening friendly of season (v Guards Depot) at
Pippbrook being filmed and shown at Playhouse.

Aug 27
Reference to W Dunwoody leaving Sutton. Ex-Schoolboy international. Was he connected to Danny (regular

supporter) and
Steve (brother of Danny, and first team future player in early 60's). Check!

3/9/27 Reg
Marlow returns for friendly at Summerstown. Comet says he got 80 goals last
season, but is wrong, as it was between

65 and 69. W Parker was in goal, as Ernie
Sperring and Freddie Behn were ill. A 1-1 draw would have been fairer, but a
late

winner after
85 minutes gave the hosts the win. Attendance was 1,000. Ernie Sperring
played for the reserves this day.

Epsom kicked
off towards the Columbia Gramophone works end! 2 goals just before HT which
was 1-1. Reg Sperring was injured

and may miss
the next game says Herald.

Reference to
former player T Edwards being named "Poughy" as he was in need of
more exercise.

Sept 27
Reference to Wallington having a new ground. Was this Plough Lane? Yes!

10/9/27 2,000
present at Chelmsford who got a late equaliser. However, Epsom were
fortunate, and were outclassed at times.

Ernie Sperring
"wonderful goalkeeping", while Westlake, was also good. Reg Marlow
and Reg Sperring were absent injured.

They were
replaced by Dale and J Robertson. According to Chelmsford it was "the
best game of football that had been witnessed

there for
years". Fred Watts scored against his old club (four years ago), and
Behn had a goal disallowed at 1-0 up.

17/9/27 Game
full of excitement and fortune ebbed and flowed from start to finish. Ground
was sticky after heavy rains. Jack

Parr scored
after 5 mins, and then again for a 2-0 lead after 25 minutes, but Mitcham
fought back to equalise, before a late Marlow

winner saw
Epsom through in the FA Cup in front of 1,600. Herald says Epsom were lucky
to win, and that they should also have

neutral
linesmen in cup matches.

21/9/27 Epsom
Weds 4-2 Croydon Police in Croydon & District Weds League. HT 3-2. This
was Epsom Wednesdays first

match of the
season in their first season in this league.

24/9/27 Very
interesting and well fought encounter between the two new teams to the London
League, Epsom and Callender

Athletic, who
scored in the first minute. HT was 3-3 before Epsom won 6-4, despite losing
Ernie Sperring to an 80th minute

injury. Fred
Watts went in goal until the end of the game. 10 men. T Edwards first game
this season. Reg Sperring missing,

golfing in
France, which may keep him out for a while. Ashen HT for Callender, who were
promoted from Div 1 last season.

Reg Sperring's
golfing commitments start in Lille on 1st Nov (presume assistant pro or
similar) Reg and Ernie are identical twins.

Reg missed
this game and was replaced by reserve Cecil Taylor. Debut. Reg's dad was a
former steward at Epsom Golf Club.

Picture of Reg
Sperring - P5 5/10/1927 Surrey Comet

Callender
Athletic were a works side dealing in cable construction, and played in
Belvedere.

They were at the Callender's Sports Ground, Church
Manorway, Belvedere and had been promoted up from the Erith Junior League
which they had

joined in 1922.
Their last two seasons were spent in Division One of the London League which
they won in 1926/27.

28/9/27 Epsom
Weds 13-1 Epsom Postal. Budd (5), Staplehurst (4)

30/9/27
reported that Herald queried whether T Edwards would be leaving the club, as
he wasn't selected for firsts or reserves

this week. He
stays. Was probably just unavailable that week.

Sept 27
Reference to regular rivals West Norwood being without a ground of their own
after building operations. They shared

with Tooting
at their old ground, and then last season at their new ground, but since
leaving the Athenian League this season,

they have been
groundless. Played Epsom in FAC at Epsom, even though drawn at home. On
1/10/27, Epsom won easily

4-1 without
playing well. Papers said it was a tame game, and Ernie Sperring and Jack
Parr were both ill. Parker deputised in goal.

Epsom went
uphill in the first half "as is usual for Epsom".

Oct 27 SSC draw
Leyland Motors (A) in 2q, then Aquarius or Guildford (H) in 3q on 12/11/27.

Oct 27 AC 1q
BYE to 2q.

5/10/27 Epsom
Weds v South Suburban Co-operators (Penge) in Croydon Midweek League. No
result yet.

8/10/27 League
match at Callender drawn 0-0.

Callender play
in Belvedere. Both sides disappointed in this match. Parr was ill so S
Jackman played. A "scratchy" game.

12/10/27
Surrey Midweek Cup 1st round Epsom Wednesday v North Park Wanderers (H) - Won
4-2 at Epsom Rec (Alexandra).

15/10/27 Epsom
at full strength knock Sutton out of FAC 2-0 at West St in front of over
2,500 spectators in fine weather. Not

too much good
football in first half, before Reg Marlow opened the scoring on 53 minutes.
After 58 minutes a Sutton player was

injured . 10
men. "Epsom were the better team, being quicker on the ball, sound in
defence and quick in attack" + "were

tireless and
concerted in their movements". About half of the crowd came from Sutton,
and about 400 by ordinary train.

The crush was
so great that the carriage springs were forced down so the train made a
grating sound and went slowly. Train

company not
good enough say papers. Inadequate provision made. Comet says attendance was
3,000., best gate of season.

Football was
of a "robust" nature  in
first half, but in the second "Epsom have never played such attractive
football as they did in

part two of
the game". Herald gives official attendance as 2,981. During the game
Ernie Sperring kicked wildly and missed his kick

completely, and
saw the ball just go wide of his own posts!

22/10/27 Epsom
expected to beat Reigate Priory in AC 10-0, but won 7-1 after a tight first
half that was only 1-1. The stands

were full but
the attendance was small, after having it switched from Reigate. Bad weather
didn't help either. Reigate scored

first after 10
minutes, but Epsom equalised through Behn, and ran away with it in 2nd half,
scoring 6 more, although

the keeper was
not at fault for any of them. Less than 400 present due to wet weather. Parr
got the third says Herald.

Oct 27
Reference to Frederick Evelyn James Behn was born in Rhodesia and moved to
Ewell in the early part of the century.

Lived in Ewell
since 1923.

29/10/27 A
good game and good gate are certainties say papers, as Epsom travelled to
Wimbledon in the FA Cup. They are

right about
both, as "about 8,000" watched this entertaining game. Epsom just
weren't quite good enough, and an early goal

for Wimbledon
was added to before HT. Lost 3-2. Epsom had been unchanged for the third
straight week.

The attendance
was in fact the record gate that season for Plough Lane, but this was
exceeded later in the season. We'd have been at

home to London
Caledonians in the next round.

Herald says
that the official attendance was 7,631.

2/11/27 Epsom
Wednesday v Croydon Boot Traders (A) in Surrey Mid week Cup 2nd Round. Lost.

4/11/27 Ewell
Boys 6-1 New Town School in Sutton & Dist Schools League. Res win 5-2 in
reverse fixture the same day.

5/11/27 Not a
good crowd or game for the visit of Leyland Motors in another switched game.
Epsom didn't deserve a 2-0 lead.

Jack Parr was
injured, so Reg Sperring took his place with S Perry coming into the side,
and he scored the third goal from 40

yards out.
"Somewhat scrappy" game says Comet. SCFA Secretary WJ Wilson was at
the game, and Herald says it was

unfortunate
that he chose this game to attend. Originally drawn to be played at Leyland
but presume Kingstonian had a game that day

as they shared
Richmond Road at the time.

Nov 27 Epsom
Wednesday are not in Kingston & District League this season.

Nov 27 Club
captain Reg Sperring has to sever his connections with the club at the end of
the month, due to a golfing

appointment in
France - pro?. Papers say he has played, like his brother since 1917, and in
ten years since, has done his

part towards
raising the status of the premier team in the district and his departure will
mean losing a very old friend of local

football
enthusiasts. A presentation will be made and a collection was taken on 5/11
at the Leyland game which raised £6 and

the total in
hand in now around £10.

12/11/27 Met
Police too big and strong for Epsom in AC and win 3-0. Harry Westlake was
unavailable through injury, which was

unfortunate,
as he was tall and would have been ideal for the opponents. Fred Watts took
his place, with T Evans coming in

Watts'
position. Epsom were also very unlucky this day. As an example Fred Behn was
clean through but the referee blew for offside

before realising his mistake. Despite acknowledging his
error he had no choice but to restart with a drop ball. We were 1-0 down
after 5

minutes to a
shot that went in off the post and we had no joy going down the hill in the
second half.

12/11/27 Jack
Weaver, an old pro joins Epsom from Carshalton Athletic, and can play in all
games as he is a reinstated

amateur.
"He started his career at Epsom and wants to finish it here" says
Herald. Must have been an earlier Epsom side.

He doesn't get
back to the first team, only playing for the reserves.

19/11/27 Home
SSC game with Aquarius postponed until next week, which will be Reg
Sperring's last game for the club. As a

result of
this, a league match was arranged at Bostall Heath, which was lost 3-0.
George Mackesy was injured in the first half.

In fact the injury was reported by the Advertiser as
occurring "as soon as he got on the field". With a strained
ligament he went to outside-right as a

passenger. Watts went to right half.Herbert Etheridge
(Dulwich) made his debut in Reg Sperring's place this week. Had played for
Wales v England

Amateur in
1925. Played ok on debut, but opposition were much the better side and are
more direct. Game finished in

creeping fog
and fading light.

The game was
postponed for "unusual circumstances" which was that Epsom Reserves
had not had a home game in 10 weeks!

19/11/27 Debut for Herbert Etheridge. Had been with
Cardiff Corinthians in 1925/26 during which time he had played for Wales as
an Amateur International.

My earlier
records show he had joined Dulwich in 1924/25, but he didn't move to London
until 1926/27, so this now seems unlikely.

He then went
to Dulwich Hamlet before joining Epsom Town where he would remain for four
seasons.

Alison Peake is Herbert's grand daughter and got in touch
following her mother's recent death. He was born in Cardiff on 22/08/1898 and
married Agnes

in Cardiff on 27/02/1926 and moved to London later that
year. He is listed as living at 43 Silver Crescent, Chiswick in 1933 before
moving six houses down the

road to 55
Silver Crescent after this. He would make at least 110 appearances for us,
scoring 11 goals.

He left Epsom Town in the summer of 1931 and is not
listed, even in our Reserves for 1931/32. He passed away on 19/04/71 at the
age of 72.

26/11/27 Reg
Sperring's last game. Played one of his best games in a 7-3 win over Aquarius
in SSC which was a "crowning

conclusion to
his career". Presented with gifts after the game. George Mackesy still
injured, so "useful reserve" Perry played

again. Reg had
been captain for the last three years, and the Presentation was made by AC
Williams (a v-p) in Robert Bradshaw's

absence
through illness. The club gave him a golf bag, and a gold watch with
inscription, while the players gave him a cigarette

case with all
the players names (and trainer) written on it. "Rounds of cheering"
He said he would not say goodbye, but "au revoir".

There was a
dinner in his honour at the Spread Eagle that evening.

Both George and
Liz Sperring, Reg's son and daughter (but not the only offspring) say Reg
went to Italy not France.

3/12/27 No game
for first XI, as Mitcham Wanderers were in the SCS v Wimbledon. Were due to
be away to MW.

3/12/27
Reference to former player DB Pentycross being with Epsom Athletic this
season, and scoring many goals.

Dec 27
Reference to DWG Jones being Hon Sec of Sutton & District Elementary
Schools Sports Association.

3/12/27 500
watch Epsom & District Schools 7-3 Lewisham in English Schools Shield 1st
round.

7/12/27 Epsom
Wednesday 3-4 Dorking Wednesday

10/12/27
Reference to an 8-3 loss at home to Woking in SSC last season partly avenged
in Epsom's first visit to Woking for

a friendly
which was won 6-2 with Marlow's second straight HT. GE Wood (from Botwell
Mission, nowadays Hayes) debut.

Mackesy still
injured but E Olley blocked out Woking's famous international W Price. Woking
keeper Montgomery not well

at HT, so
captain Turner went in goal. 10 men. Ernie Sperring pen save at 3-2 up in 2nd
half. Great performance.

Marlow had a
goal disallowed after just 2 minutes but scored after 6 minutes instead!

17/12/27 Same
eleven as the week before but the frozen surface was a leveller as Epsom
edged past Aquarius 1-0 in the East

East Surrey Hospital Cup 1st round. Will play Redhill (H)
in SF. Behn winner 80 minutes. He trapped a pass from Challis before scoring.

After game the
teams and officials had a dinner at the Green Man Hotel. ESH President RE
Neale thanked the clubs for

entering.
£1600 contributed over 6 years since inception in 1921. Redhill won it every
year until this one, when Epsom would

beat them in
the SF in March 1928. Both Chairmen were present as was DWJG Jones and
William Green, plus FJ Lewis

the London
League Secretary who congratulated Epsom on their fine start to the season.

Dec 27 Epsom
Town Supporters Club draw is held. Winning number D263. Other results advised
in Epsom Herald.

23/12/27
reported that Freddie Behn plays for Civil Service @ Chiswick in a 5-1 win
and scored twice. Opponents unknown.

Dec 27 George
Mackesy still out with a sprained groin. Also reference to
"Poughey" Edwards, who is referred to later in season

as
"Puffy" Edwards. Maybe a heavy smoker? Just a guess!

23/12/27
reported that Etheridge will be unavailable and replaced by W Record from
res, but Mackesy is fit and plays instead

against
Carshalton on 24/12/27. W Record never plays for the first team.

24/12/27 3-3
draw with Carshalton Athletic. Ernie Sperring has saved Epsom before, but
never more so than on this day, as

Epsom were
leading 3-1 but lost H Andrews after 65 minutes. 10 men. George Mackesy
returned after injury. Earlier in the 2nd

half, Andrews
had been in goal for Sperring while he had treatment, but as soon as he
returned to the outfield, he was injured!

N Jones had
been moved up to the first team after getting two goals for the reserves the
week before, but ended up running the line!

Dec 27
T.Meakings joins club from Farnham United Breweries. Not sure if that club
were actually playing that year having quit the

Surrey Senior
League in May 1927 when the brewery was taken over.

26/12/27 Return
match with Carshalton rendered impossible by the heavy snow which stayed for
a few days.

28/12/27
Reference to a Croydon Wednesday League game between Redhill Wednesday and
Epsom Wednesday. Postponed.

31/12/27 No
first team game today - heavy snow all week. Snow drifts 10ft high on Reigate
Road. Postponed for frost though!

Again this
match was away to Mitcham Wanderers!

As New Year
started, Epsom were 10th out of 14.

4/1/28 English
Schools Shield 2nd round saw Epsom & District beat Canterbury 3-0. Game
originally scheduled for 27/12.

Future players
Don Goldsmith and Jim Chennell played in this game at West Street. Lost at
Dartford in next round 5-3 on 21/1/28.

Players were
entertained to tea at Rectory House by Sir Arthur Glyn afterwards.

7/1/28 First
visit to Tooting's Sandy Lane ground and won 2-0 in a London League match.
Game brought forward from 06/04/28. Ernie

Sperring and H
Andrews were present but still unable to play. Replaced by W Parker (res
keeper) and T Meakings, who had

joined from
Farnham United. Both played well, and Meakings hadn't actually played since
November. Future player G

Carmichael
played for Tooting and missed chances against Epsom. Meakings had also played
for Woking.

Jan 28 Epsom
reached the SSC 1 after their win v Aquarius, then in first round received a
bye, as there were only 15 teams in

competition.
Odd! QF sees them paired away at Summerstown who are bottom of the Athenian
League right now and would

lose their
ground and fold at the end of the season. Ground was in Earlsfield, South
West London.

Herald calls EJ
Olley a short burly figure!

14/1/28 record
league attendance for the game with Bostall Heath which was won 10-3. Reg
Marlow scored 6 and Fred Watts

also got HT
and 4 of Marlow's goals were from Watts' assists. Parker and Meakings played
again, while E Olley was dropped

to include
Etheridge, and he did not play for the first team again. Mackesy made his
debut in a new position of

centre half.
Despite all the goals, there were none for 20 minutes, and it was only 2-1 at
HT, which was ended prematurely by

the referee
after 40 minutes. Once back at the dressing room he realised his error, and
brought the players out again for the

last five
minutes!. 10 goals were scored in 2nd half. Epsom's ground was "in a
fearful state" says Herald.

Herald says
that George Mackesy may have scored one of Watts' goals with a long shot
although it "may just have touched

someone's head
during its flight" as "the bobbing down of an Epsom forward to let
the ball go over him deceived the visitors

defenders.
While the Herald is not sure, Advertiser confirms that the credit goes to
Mackesy, the ball just skimming Watts' head

on the way in.
Definitely Watts' goal.

14/1/28 Former
tenants of West St, Old Citizens, defeat Reigate Priory in a friendly played
at their current ground in New Eltham.

20/1/28
reported in Herald that "Epsom look like occupying a good position in
the table at the finish"

Jan 28 mention
of Wallington FC having been resuscitated in 1919. Played at Plough Lane
Wallington before PO Engineers.

21/1/28 The
ground at West Street is getting muddier at Epsom's prettily situated ground.
Mitcham were 2-0 down but fought

back and
pushed Epsom for a draw as they tired in front of over 1,000 spectators.
Epsom hung on to win 2-1. H Andrews was

still injured,
and T Edwards comes in to play right back, as he had played there the
previous season.

We were lucky
with our first goal as a defender slipped while in the act of clearing the
ball and our second goal came after

about ten
minutes of the second half.

21/1/28 Epsom and Leatherhead and Dristrict Schools Depart
the Endlish Shield at the Third Round, Divisional Final stage 5-3 at
Dartford.

27/1/28
reported that the Epsom Committee are annoyed that several match balls have
been stolen on match days this season,

and will
involve the police court if they find anyone else doing it.

28/1/28 SSC 2
Bye this day as for some reason 15 clubs reached this stage! We are in the
QF's as a result.

28/1/28 Herald says that Epsom go top of the League after
a 5-1 win at home to Finchley. They didn't and were just second on GA.

H Andrews
returned but didn't play well nor did Westlake. However "Epsom's half
back line is surely the best in the League"

It was Wood,
Mackesy and Etheridge at the time. Epsom were 2-1 up at HT against the slope,
and got three more down the

hill, although
Ernie Sperring pensave at 4-1 in 2nd half. "A sea of mud!"

3/2/28 Herald
questions why RW Earl isn't being moved into the first team, especially with
a friendly on 4th Feb. After scoring 5

for Res on
4/2/28 he would make his debut the following week.

4/2/28
Chelmsford lose and Epsom go top of the table without playing a match!

4/2/28
Friendly against Sutton expected by papers to be the best game of the season,
although this was always unlikely due

to the
important fixtures that both teams had to come. Neither team went "all
out", and high wind and a driving rain didn't help,

although 1,500
were present to see the game which was full of incident. Sutton went 1-0 up
in the 2nd half, at which point

little fouls
kept happening, then after a scramble in the Epsom box, a Sutton player,
Russ, was knocked out. After treatment

the referee
gave a penalty which was hotly disputed by players from both sides! As a
result, the Sutton captain, George Long,

told Ernie
Sperring to get ready to catch it, and he chipped it into his arms. Very
sporting. Reg Marlow then equalised and the

game finished
1-1. Sutton just edged the tie on possession, and "that" penalty.

10/2/28 G
Stokes joins (Finchley).

11/2/28 Awful
conditions at Walthamstow Grange led to a farcical state of play and Epsom
just edged the game 2-1. T Edwards

replaced H
Andrews and G Wood and Jack Parr were both ill so replaced by debutants L
Goossens (Sutton) and RW Earl.

Both were
promoted from the reserves. Late consolation for Walthamstow in 85th minute.
Future player Bob Gates played for

Walthamstow v
Epsom this day. Herald says that the ground was almost fit for water polo! GE
Wood is suffering with SYNOVITIS

and also has a
bad knee. Marlow opened the scoring after 15 minutes from a Challis cross and
Behn made it 2-0 after 55 minutes

after good work
by Earl.

Mitcham News
advises that Walthamstow Grange were producing programmes back in this
season. I've never seen one.

Feb 28
G.Carmichael joins club from Tooting Town.

Feb 28 although not an Epsom player AG Shoesmith joins
Mitcham Wanderers from Custom House. Would play against us many times.

Future player
Jackie Pullen is also at Mitcham Wanderers although another, Dick Wilson
doesn't appear to be yet.

18/2/28
Summerstown had a poor record, not having won a home game in the Athenian
League this season, and Epsom took

early
advantage after 2 minutes with a Fred Watts goal. Then Reg Marlow hit the
post, as Epsom dominated to start with.

However, they
were 3-1 down at HT and ended up losing this SSC QF 5-1 in front of just over
2,000. It was just one of those

days, although
the pitch was hard "It was truly a pity that such an interesting and
important game should have been played on

such a bad
ground" Summerstown also had 5 reserves in the side due to qualification
restrictions. Future player J Holland

played for
Summerstown as did T Freeman, who almost came to Epsom at the start of
1928/29.

Comet said
"Nothing is more detrimental to Epsom's style of play than a heavy and
muddy ground". Herald says "Epsom

thought their
ground was bad enough". Players "never had to wade through so much
mud as in this match".

Summerstown
will now play Dulwich Hamlet or Redhill in the Semi Final.

Feb 28 Former
player DB Pentycross has now scored 55 for Epsom Athletic this season.

18/2/28 Epsom
& District Schools beat Woking & District @ West Street 2-1 in Hood
Shield QF. SF v Mitcham scheduled

for West
Street, then Mitcham, and eventually to be played on the pitch of Epsom
Brotherhood on March 17.

22/2/28 Epsom
Weds 2-0 Croydon Albion in a Croydon Wednesday League match.

24/2/28 Ewell
Boys win 6-2 v West Street Sutton in Sutton & District Schools Cup SF @
West Street. The final is v Hackbridge

Boys School.
Future Press Secretary Ken Knowlson scored once, while DWG Jones and Sir
Arthur Glyn are officers.

25/2/28 Epsom
edge a 2-1 win over Tooting at West Street after a goalless first half.
Stokes (Finchley) given debut, but is not

good enough
say papers. Westlake penalty  after 60
minutes required to break the deadlock and Marlow increased the lead after
66

but Mitcham
pulled one back almost immediately and we hung on nervously.. Parr is fit
again but misses this game, and is missed.

29/2/28 Redhill
Weds v Epsom Weds in Croydon League. Probably the original Dec 27 tie.

3/3/28 E Hill
joins from Millwall United and has also played for Cray Wanderers. Debut for
res today, but will play for firsts soon.

Mar 28 former
player F.Ryding is at Hounslow

3/3/28 The
biggest league gate of the season (over 1,500) see the reappearance of Jack
Parr, who scores twice, along with a

Reg Marlow HT
in a 5-2 win over Custom House. WH "Bronk" Challis is said to be
playing his last game for the club, as

"reasons
of employment" mean that he has to go to Woking where he signs for them.
Challis and Parr were said to have

played on the
left wing "for some years". 15 minutes saw an injury to the Custom
House left back Patterson. 10 men. Prog Y.

Comet says
there is no better half back line in the League than Goossens, Mackesy and
Etheridge.

Parr opened
the scoring after 10 minutes when he converted a Watts cross and he made it
2-0 from a Marlow pass after he had been

set up by Mackesy. Then Marlow got two more before HT, one
from a rebound of a Parr shot and the second from a Behn pass. HT 4-0 but
4-1

straight after
interval and 4-2 soon after but Watts hit the post and Goossesns passed the
ball back to him and he set up Behn who

crossed for
Marlow to complete his HT and conclude the scoring at 5-2.

10/3/28
"Splendid attendance" at Ewell to see Redhill, current leaders of
the Athenian League defeated 7-2 in East Surrey

Hospital Cup
SF. First defeat in this competition for Redhill. Papers remarked on the
wonderful "classic display". "The local

team has never
played a finer game since it's inception in 1917" Challis is replaced by
Fred Watts while newcomer Ted (EJ) Hill

(Millwall
United) takes Watts' place on the right wing. Reg Marlow scored 3 minutes. 5
minutes 2-0 and 3-0 after 15 with

the HT score
of 5-0. At HT an H Edwards injury meant that Redhill took the field in 2nd
half with 10 men. However, the damage

was done
already, and the 2nd half finished 2-2! Comet report is the same as the
Advertiser's.

10/3/28 Epsom
destroy Redhill in East Surrey Hospital Cup. First time Redhill had lost in
this competition Epsom qualify for final.

Big meal
afterwards at Green Man Hotel. Harry Westlake was captain at this point,
presumably since Reg had left.

Herald says
that "the light and dark blues played really great". They were 6-0
up before Redhill scored.

ESHC was the Le
Bas Cup, donated by Sir Hedley Le Bas. "There was a splendid
attendance".

Mar 28 Mention
of WH Challis moving from Woking to Watford, and playing in London
Combination matches v Fulham and

Crystal Palace
on 8/3 and 10/3 respectively and scoring in the latter match.

Mar 28 Former
player Reg Coleman playing for Dorking.

March 28
R.Wilcox joins from Tufnell Park. A former Wimbledon player.

17/3/28 Hood
Shield SF played at Epsom Brotherhood, after a date could not be reached to
play it at Epsom or Mitcham W.

Epsom &
District Schools beat Mitcham & District 2-0 and will play Guildford in
the final.

17/3/28 Epsom
"snatched" victory in the last ten minutes as Chelmsford led 1-0 at
HT. It needed a 30 yard equaliser from Behn

and a late
winner from Hill to take the points. Hill should have had another goal right
at the end, but just missed.

21/3/28 Edmund
Marie Marcel Van Neste (18) who had played for the reserves on several
occasions, was charged in court of

"being an
unregistered alien" and "entering the UK without permission. Gave
address as Upper Court Road Epsom, and

admitted being
a Belgian who came from Le Havre to London with the assistance of the crew
and knowledge of the captain of

the ship. The
bench ordered him to be deported, and landlord Arthur Henry Crook was also
summoned, but this was dismissed.

24/3/28 A
dropped point as Epsom were easily the better side but drew 2-2 at Finchley,
due largely to Behn and Parr missing

absolute
sitters, and Harry Westlake missed a penalty after 43 minutes when 1-0 up,
which may well have sealed the game.

In the second
half after 48 minutes Westlake was kicked in the ear and had to leave. 10
men. Finchley then turned the game

around and led
2-1, but Epsom fought back for the draw. G Stokes was the best player on the
field against his old team.

Game was NOT
played at Summers Lane as they didn't move there until 1929. It was played at
the Gun Station.

as the
Christmas 1928 one was played there. However the Gun Station wasn't far away
and appears to have been in Summers Lane!

24/3/28
Challis makes debut for Woking and plays a few matches. Was outside Johnny
Price the England Amateur International who

would join
Fulham soon after this. Challis did not play in Woking's SSC triumph this
season as he was cup tied.

30/3/28 Future
Press Secretary Ken Knowlson plays in the final of the Sutton & District
Schools Cup @ Carshalton Ath, where

Ewell Boys
beat Hackbridge 2-1. Also playing - relatives of future players Don Ralph (G
Ralph) and Roy Dymott (F Dymott) HT 1-1.

30/3/28 Team
photo appears in the Herald. I do NOT yet have a good copy of this, just a
blurred photo. However, it has Challis in it

so must have
been taken a few weeks previously.

I believe that
the picture was taken at a home game, and with Jack Parr in the picture it
must have been 3/3/28.

I may be able
to find a picture of Goossens in the Sutton history books.

31/3/28 Such
heavy rain at Millwall United that the start is delayed until 3.50. Even then
there are large pools of water all over

the pitch.
Epsom led 1-0 at HT but were much better in the second half and won 2-0. No
grass either!

S.Moore the English Amateur International played well for
Millwall United on the left wing but Parr scored the opening goal from a Hill
cross

after 20
minutes and Marlow finished off another Hill cross after 80 minutes. We
missed many chances with the score at 1-0 but it

fortunately
wasn't costly.

Future opponents Millwall United listed as playing at
Lockes Sports Ground in 1922/23. Are they still there in 1927/28? Advertiser
doesn't help.

Mitcham News
advises that Millwall United played in East Ferry Lane, which is on the Isle
of Dogs and is quite a long road!

It now transpires that this was Locke's Sports ground
which was actually in Millwall, not South London. It was in Westferry Road
and existed until

the 30s at
least. Locke's Lancaster Lead Works was across the road from the ground. They
had their own team in the 34/35 season.

4/4/28
Hackbridge get revenge over Ewell Boys in League Shield in identical 2-1
circumstances. This time, Epsom were 1-0 up

at HT. HT 1-1
and a late winner for Hackbridge. Game played at Sutton Utd.

4/4/28 @ West
Street Guildford defeat Epsom, Leatherhead & District Schools 2-0 in Hood
Shield. HT 1-0. Sir Arthur Glyn was

there to
present medals and cup to Guildford players and entertained afterwards.

6/4 and 7/4
Epsom put 9 past Cray over two days (3-1)+(6-0) but should have had twice as
many. For a team near the top

Cray were
easier to beat than expected. They also put a weakened team out on the
Saturday as they had a big cup tie at

Dover on the
Monday. Epsom went 1-0 down to a penalty on the Friday, but a
"remarkable" goal from distance from Behn

levelled it up,
and Epsom went on to win easily. Marlow HT in the Easter Saturday game (7/4).

Apr 28 future
player Les (LW) Urpeth still playing occasionally for Woking.

9/4/28 Behn
injured a leg (strained muscle) after 50 minutes, but Epsom were already
comfortably ahead against Walthamstow

Grange and won
4-0. 3-0 HT. A large crowd watched the game.

Apr 28 Future
player EJ McBirney is at Walton.

14/4/28 Epsom
go top again after a 2-0 win at Mitcham Wanderers in front of 2,000, while
Grays lost at Millwall Utd.

Behn still
absent with leg injury, so Fred Watts moved into his place and was replaced
by R Wilcox

who had joined
from Tufnell Park. He played well and scored one of the goals, described by
the papers as "a thing of beauty" as

he first timed
a Parr pass straight into the net. Mitcham had most of the play in the first
30 minutes, but chances were missed,

and after a
scoreless first half, Epsom improved with Marlow getting the other goal.
Future player Jackie Pullen plays v Epsom.

14/4/28 Alfred Keeling gets married to Ethel Lock this
day. Harold Keeling, Micky Smith, Ernie Sperring and Jack Parr are all in
attendance

18/4/28 Final
dance of the season helf by the Epsom Town Supporters Club at St Barnabas
Hall, Hook Road. Dancing from 8pm to

1am under the
regular Glenister's Dance Band. Admission 3 shillings.

21/4/28 Just
as Epsom were looking good for the title, they stumbled to a 2-1 deserved
defeat at Carshalton Athletic. "Serious

doubts"
about the title now. Epsom need a win over Millwall plus at least two points
from the two Grays matches. "Epsom have

never played
this badly in league football" including their other defeat at Bostall
Heath. Wilcox was weak, as were

Watts and
Westlake. Even taking all this into account, Marlow reduced the arrears to
2-1 and should have equalised.

During this
game, Ernie Sperring complained that someone had thrown a missile at him! Not
clear if it hit him or not.

28/4/28 Epsom
lose again to an 80th minute goal at home to title rivals Grays Athletic. A
large crowd were present to

witness
Epsom's first home London League defeat. It was also the finest league game
seen on Epsom's ground this season.

2/5/28 Epsom
defeat Millwall United 7-3 at West Street. Both Advertiser and Herald say
8-3, but there are only seven scorers

in the Herald
report, and this ties in with the league tables. Watts scored from a Parr
cross after 6 minutes, but 1-1 after 8 minutes

although Hill
made it 2-1 before HT, but again Millwall equalised. HT 2-2. Marlow 3-2,
Etheridge 4-2, then 4-3, before Etheridge,

Marlow and
Etheridge again (HT) made it 7-3.

5/5/28 Epsom
win London League after an exciting 2-1 victory at Grays Athletic in front of
over 5,000 spectators.

I have one of
the winners medals, awarded to G.E.Wood.

Grays Athletic
played at the Recreation Ground, Bridge Road, where they remained until 2010.

It was their
most exciting and most eventful game of the season say papers. Epsom are
apparently the first team since the

inaugural
season of the London League to win it in their first season of entry. W
Challis reappeared for this match, while club

captain Harry
Westlake was very prominent despite missing a penalty. Fred Watts got two
goals to recover from a 1-0 deficit

and he was
carried off shoulder high. Weather was "glorious".

Even start to
the game, before Grays took the lead, but only three minutes later, Epsom had
a penalty. After this was missed,

(POST) it
apparently came back to Hill in an offside position, but this is not actually
possible! Fortunately, Epsom did not have

to wait too
long, as two minutes later, Fred Watts scored from a Jack Parr pass. 2nd half
saw Epsom on top and pushing for

the goal that
would take the title, and it came along after 52 minutes, when Parr missed a
Challis cross, but Watts got there

instead and
scored. Grays fought back but without success, and Epsom finished the
stronger, with Marlow missing a good

chance at the
end, which fortunately didn't matter.

9/5/28 Death
of the Club President and main benefactor, Mr Robert Bradshaw in the early
hours of Wednesday.

He lived at
"Downs View" in Alexandra Road, Epsom, where he died. His health
had suffered following a car accident in which two

ribs were
broken last summer. Aged only 54. Had been for a holiday to California last
December, and when he returned in

March, he
appeared in quite a robust state. He caught a cold which revived old lung
trouble. For some days his life was

despaired of,
before dying on 9/5. He was one of 4 sons of Admiral Bradshaw and his wife,
who came from Steeple Aston,

and came to
Epsom about 24 years ago. 20 years ago he married Miss O'Beirne, daughter of
Major O'Beirne, who survives

him, although
there were no children. He was a principal of the brewing firm Taylor Walker
& Co, and when driving back

from Hastings
after an employees annual outing that he had his accident. As a thanks for
his recovery, he donated oak choir

stalls to the
Parish Church, and they were used for the first time on the second Sunday
after Easter.

Tall and with
a commanding appearance, combined with a genial disposition, Mr Bradshaw
loved sport, particularly football and

racing, and
later golf. He was generous to a degree, and the football club have much to
thank him for, as they were playing all

their home
matches on the ground of the Horton Mental Hospital through the kindness of
Colonel Lord but no entrance fee

could be
charged and lack of gate money was a serious drawback to cover expenses.
About 3 years ago "the Ewell football

ground"
came on to the market and was bought by Mr Bradshaw for £1,250. He lent the
club £800 and the club gave him

a deposit of
£500 and was given the use of the ground for payment of interest which would
be reduced on payment of

instalments
over 21 years. At last year's annual dinner, Mr Bradshaw said he would forgo
the next two years interest. This

led to the
acceptance into the Surrey Senior League. Was also the secretary of Epsom
Golf Club after the death of J Smith in

1925. He had
also been a contributor to the Epsom Brotherhood building fund. He was a keen
and active conservative, and was

Chairman of the
Conservative Club and the Epsom Men's Constitutional Association.

12/5/28
Funeral of Robert Bradshaw. He was buried at Epsom Cemetery, where the grave
had been lined by flowers by

his gardener.
Although no flowers had been requested, there were several floral tributes,
including one from William Bradford

and Sons,
members of the Epsom Town F.C. Also Mr SR Prett represented the club, and HS
Stevens represented the

Supporters
Club. His grave is very close to the church in the centre of the cemetery,
and is a big high cross.

23/5/28 Sutton
& District League Presentation evening at Sutton Adult School. Juniors
were runners up in Div 3.

Reserves:

London League Division 1

Position

8th out of 13

27/8/27 Reg
Marlow couldn't travel this day, so played for the reserves. Several men got
trials for the reserves, including 3 new

halves as they
lost 4-2 v Hay's Wharf. Several hundred watched says Herald and Evans scored
one of our goals from the penalty spot.

New players
for the reserves including J Robertson (Merton Town), J Shaw (Farnham UB),
and D Luxford, are all half backs. At

outside right
S Jackman (West Norwood Res) and H Kitch at inside left (London Business
Houses League). Also F Ottway joined

from Epsom
Brotherhood. Is a friend of Jack Pearman, and lives near to him. Tommy Evans
and Terry Birch are still here.

Shaw doesn't
last long, as he wants first team football, and won't get it. Jackman played
well against Hay's Wharf.

3/9/27 Res
lose to Tate Institute. Line Up: Ernie Sperring, F Otway, J Robertson, R
Coleman, George Keen, S Jackman,

A Mackesy, C
Taylor, Terry Birch, Tommy Evans. Well below usual form. Ernie wasn't due to
play, and hadn't travelled with the

first, as he
had a stiff neck, but there was no other keeper available. Tate come from
Silvertown, East London. Only ten listed.

Reserves are
likely to have 7 changes for next game says Herald, as Bristow is missed
currently. Tate were all employees at

the sugar works, and the Institute was donated by the Tate
family. They played at Tidal Basin, also known as South West Ham Cricket
Club.

We were a goal down at half time in front of a large
attendance according to the Stratford Express. We went 2-0 down before
scoring but lost 4-1.

10/9/27 Lost
3-2 at home to Chelmsford. There are many changes this day. Joe Burrage and
Reg Coleman were the scorers.

In fact, only
four remain from the previous week says Herald, although this was a better
performance. Burrage put us ahead with a

free kick that
went over everyone while Coleman got the other with a fast first time shot.
Bristow is now fit and there was a reference

to a new player
A.Perry. SH Perry seemed to have disappeared but returns next week.

17/9/27
Definitely no match for reserves, and they will watch the first team.

24/9/27 Away
to Erith in league this day. Bristow is now healthy and there will be a trial
for A Perry (no connection to S Perry).

Res draw 2-2
with debutant RW Earl scoring both. He is a brother of the West Ham back.
Late penalty for Erith to get the draw.

1/10/27 Two new
names appear in the line up for the match with Siemens: Trisler and Harman.

1/10/27 Res
lost 4-2 at Siemens. Res have not yet won this season.

8/10/27 A
former player Billie Kent is to rejoin the club and will play at Colliers
Wood in the SIC (Group C) this day. W5-3.

15/10/27
Possible no game for reserves.

22/10/27 Res
lose to Fulham 'A' by only one goal. Score unknown.

It transpires
that the res have to replay SIC v Colliers Wood as they protested about
Reynolds not having been with the club for at

least a month.
Game to be replayed on 29/10/27.

29/10/27 Game
replayed at Colliers Wood and 5-3 scoreline is repeated! Sid Bristow plays
this week, and Earl again plays well.

5/11/27
Originally duue to host Beckenham in London League but p-p for SIC.

R.J. Coleman
debut for Dorking 5/11/27 - Reg

Nov 27 J.Coppin
at Dorking

5/11/27 Sutton the better side says Advertiser as Sutton
are defeated 4-3 in SIC at Sutton. "They had two thirds of the game but
frittered away

chance after chance". We were behind after 8 minutes
but 2-1 up at HT and we went 4-1 up but with 15 remaining it was narrowed to
4-3. Epsom

also hit the
post twice. "Quite a good crowd."

12/11/27 Jack
Weaver, an old pro joins Epsom from Carshalton Athletic, and can play in all
games as he is a reinstated

amateur.
"He started his career at Epsom and wants to finish it here" says
Herald. Must have been an earlier Epsom side.

It was. He
played for Epsom Juniors (eventually Epsom Athletic), then Epsom St Barnabas.
Also Epsom White Rose before they

became Epsom
Wednesday. Also played once for Epsom on 6/4/12, although may have played
others.

He doesn't get
back to the first team, only playing for the reserves. He was "for a
time, a very prominent player in the district".

12/11/27
Reserves lose 4-2 at Hounslow. A friend of Earl's is C.Watson and he will
play next week v Hendon.

19/11/27 Res
play well in a 2-2 draw with Hendon Town. First home match in ten weeks. Bob
Earl scores both goals HT 1-1.

26/11/27
Herbert Etheridge is listed in the Reserves line up for the match with
Walthamstow Borough. This was to accommodate

Reg Sperring in
his last game.

26/11/27 Res
get " a good performance" in a league draw with Walthamstow
Borough. They withdraw in about February 1928.

Chelmsford
Chronicle indicates that this game was played at Epsom. Was it after the
First team game or was it away? Check!

3/12/27 Res
lose 2-0 at Beddington Corner in SIC. They would become a senior club next
year. Epsom hit the post at 0-0.

10/12/27 L
Goossens (Sutton) to play for res v Fulham 'A' where they lose 2-3. Scoreline
was about fair. HT 0-0. They led 3 times

and had two
penalties. Goossens plays well and will be in the first team soon.

17/12/27 Line
up for match with Woolwich Poly includes H.Clifford, Record & Paulizky.
Not sure if they played - see 24/12 comments.

17/12/27 First
London League win for Reserves 4-0 v Woolwich Poly. Jones scores twice and is
promoted to the first team the

following week,
although he only gets to run the line and never plays for the first team..

24/12/27 Earl and Watson are postmen and can't play this
day so two new trialists were expected H Clifford and Paulizky. Game played
on

a poor surface and the referee was undecided, eventually
allowing the game to go ahead over 30 minutes each way, contrary to league
rules, although

the result was
allowed to stand. Game finished in fog and with Hendon down to ten men as
Epsom recovered from 2-0 down at HT.

26/12/27 Res
game v Beckenham is p-p for snow.

31/12/27 SICC
game v Wallington is p-p due to the snow and frost.

7/1/28
Reserves win 8-2 v Brentwood M.H. This match saw the first serious injury at
West Street since the club's move there, as

H Whitley the
centre-half for the visitors
"suffered a fracture of the left leg just a little above the
ankle". "A pure accident" after a

collision with
H Clifford "There was an ominous crack and Whitley fell and made
agonising cries". He was taken by ambulance to

the Epsom and
Ewell Hospital. There was no stretcher available, and the Herald refers to
this fact in its weekly notes. Epsom had

been 2-1 down
after 5 minutes, and Epsom also mispen (SAVE) before the accident on 30
minutes. Scorers included Watson,

Earl and Weaver. Chelmsford Chronicle says the name was
H.Whitney and that he broke both bones in his left leg and finished with only
"8 sound men".

Epsom Herald refers to the "rigging up" of a
stretcher and that every ground should have one. West Street's first serious
incident since moving in.

14/1/28 No
fixture for the reserves.

21/1/28 Beckenham away game is not played this day
according to Epsom local papers but Beckenham Journal advises that a friendly
against the

Beckenham Kent
Amateur League team and Epsom lost 5-2.

28/1/28 Res
lose 3-1 at Wallington in SICC. This match was played at Wallington but was
not a replay it appears. Epsom pensave

in 1st half at
0-2. Game played at Plough Lane. Meakings is ineligible for this match and
Earl was with West Ham Reserves.

28/1/28 Our
centre forward scored our goal according to the Wallington report. Also
Wallington mispen (SAVE) at 0-0.

@3/2 Res have
played 12, W2 D3 L7 7pts. This means they drew with Siemens on 1/10/27. No GD
available.

4/2/28 Res beat
Woolwich 6-1. RW Earl got 5 despite Epsom playing the first 30 minutes with
ten men,

and L Goossens
was injured mid 2nd half. 10 men. Also W Parker pensave in this match. Herald
says crowds should be bigger.

Two of Earl's
goals were great individual efforts and while Parker was a bit out of goal
and at fault for their goal, the penalty save

redeemed him.
The other scorer was Watson.

T Edwards and
T Meakings were unable to play for res this day. Meakings sent a telegram,
but Edwards couldn't get to the game

in time.
Edwards is moved to the first team for the game on 11th Feb as reserve.

11/2/28 Res
start well but can't keep up as Epsom lose 8-2 to Hounslow. Herald uses the
word "overwhelmed".

18/2/28 Res
lose 1-0 at Tate Institute at Silvertown. Their goal came from the penalty
spot.

25/2/28 Res
lose 6-1 at Chelmsford. Herald says that "Epsom's backs played well but
the halves otherwise".

3/3/28
Friendly defeat 7-1 (HT 4-1) at Redhill Res. RW Earl scores for Reserves.
"Fairly good crowd". E Roblett got 4 for hosts.

Line Up: W Van
Neste, H Adams, T Edwards, G Carmichael, W Record, S Terry, C Watson, N
Jones, RW Earl, J Weaver, E Hill

10/3/28 and
17/3/28 probably no games for reserves.

24/3/28 Res
beat Erith & B 8-0. New player Wilcox (Tufnell Park) has also played for
Wimbledon.

31/3/28 No game
for reserves.

6/4/28 Res lose
7-2 at Beckenham.

7/4/28 Res lose
at Woolwich (NOT WOOLWICH POLY) 2-1.

9/4/28 Res draw
2-2 with Brentwood MH.

21/4/28 Hay's
Wharf is in Leyton.

1/5/28 Epsom
draw 2-2 with Beckenham. There is a brief Beckenham match report as they are
chasing the title.

Epsom went ahead after they had a penalty saved but
knocked in a rebound but it was 1-1 by HT. Then we went ahead again but
Beckenham

equalised with
a penalty themselves.

5/5/28 Res draw
3-3 with Woolwich Poly at West Street. Wrongly reported in Herald as 2-2.

Originally there was confusion as the game on 4th Feb
looked like the Poly game but Times online confirms that game was Woolwich
and this game

was Poly. It
also confirms the score of this match as 3-3 which enables my tables to
tally.

Other
affiliated Local Teams:

Secretary

From SCFA Handbook

Affiliated

Epsom Ass Rover
Scouts

J Walls

Polmont, Chessington Road, West Ewell

Aug 1926

Epsom
Brotherhood

H Boxall

70 Miles Road, Epsom

Aug 1920

Epsom Athletic

FG Robinson

50 Miles Road, Epsom

July 1922

Epsom Downs St
Stephens

SJ Pointing

Mousehole, Grosvenor Road, Epsom Downs

Feb 1927

Ewell OB

E Thomas

Meadow Walk, Ewell

Aug 1927

Epsom Wednesday

Q Snipe

c/o Railway Hotel, High Street, Epsom

Sept 1923

Colours

Chocolate & Light Blue

West Ewell

W Gibbs

Kia-Oro Chessington Road, West Ewell

July 1924

11/7/1927 Large
storm in the area with very large hailstones.

Aug 27
Kingston By Pass to open in Oct from Robin Hood Gate of Richmond Park, to
Portsmouth Road, Esher (Scilly Isles?)

Feb 28
Wimbledon station rebuilt. Massive alterations.