C O M M E N T S
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LL

7th out of 14

Premier Division

FAC

3q

Wimbledon

1-7

AC

2q

Redhill

1-3

WHC

F

Held over to next year v Mitcham W

SSC

1st

Tooting Town

2-4

SCS

1st

Mitcham W

1-2

President

Sir Arthur Glyn

Chairman

Charles (HC) Pettett

re-elected

v-c WI Bowe

Secretary

Billy (WE) Green

re-elected

Asst Sid Bristow

Treasurer

AP Baker

re-elected

Asst H Stevens

Press Sec

David (DWG) Jones

re-elected

Home Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Committee
elected at AGM: AE Chaney, TC Collins, A Cropley, FA Duplock, W Field, WJ
Gilbert, Bill Townsend

W Voller, H Walker, Ted Wheal, TM Young,
Easton, Parr, and Prentice.

Trainer Tom
Kirk, but resigned mid-late season and wasn't replaced until next season.

June 29 DWG
Jones still head of Ewell Boys School.

12/6/29 SCFA
AGM at Battersea Town Hall.

Epsom
Wednesday are playing at Alexandra Receration Ground this season.

Supporters
Club HQ is at Wellington Hotel, High Street Epsom. This was almost opposite
where the Clock Tower stands.

18/6/29 AGM at
Foresters Hall, Epsom on Tuesday evening. Presided over by Chairman, Charles
Pettett,

and supported
by William Green and AP Baker (treasurer).

Report showed
that although the playing season hadn't been as good as the previous three,
it had still been

successful so
far as the first team was concerned. Of 42 matches played, W23, D3, L16 F118,
A91.

Best
achievement was reaching the SSC Final, although it had to return the Dewar
Shield, as they had not retained

the London
League title (and never would again).

Reserves had a
bad season of 25 games W6, D1 L18. However, club had a balance of £30.1s.8d
with total income

being
£1,127.17s.3d. Mr DWG Jones said that he felt that the club should be
congratulated on such a

satisfactory
state of affairs, and it was good that "they had a good
"Baker" to look after their dough!"

Sutton &
District League AGM 8/7/29 with Sid Basford as Secretary and Sir Arthur Glyn
as vice-president.

Epsom Town
Juniors placed in 3rd Division for 1929/30, while Ewell F.C. joined from
Surrey Junior League.

Aug 29 Wilson
Hospital Cup Draw sees Epsom paired with Tooting Town at home in a 4 team KO
competition.

2 trial
matches held at Epsom in Aug sees all last years squad remain, and some
younger players joining. Season

looks
promising with a strong looking reserve side too.

17/8/29 First
trial saw only three of last years side on duty, GR Stokes, Fred Behn and A
Harrison. RED: AH Burfoot,

Hawkins,
George Keen, G Stokes, F Copsey, E Uden, G Atkinson, A Harrison, W Dempsey, W
Dayman, AJ Walker.

BLUE: Laker,
Gates, J Rich, T Pierce, Heslop, W Rose, F King, EG Matkin, Fred Behn, J King
(only 10 for blues).

Herald said
"as trials go, this one was quite good". Reds 1-0 Blues. Laker did
well in goal, while Gates, Pierce,

Heslop and
Copsey did well. Sharp showers fell during the game which ended with "an
exceptionally heavy downpour".

23/8/29
reported that Harry Westlake had been to a trial at Guildford on 17/8/29. Bob
Gates joins from Walthamstow

Grange, and
was formerly with Anerley. Wood is doubtful with more knee trouble. "One
of the best halves that ever

donned the
Epsom colours. Fred Copsey and Heslop have both signed. They are policemen.

Gates is
described in Epsom Advertiser as "a very experienced and consistent
defender".

T.Pierce
"quite young but shows great promise".

23/8/29
reported in Herald a mention of an 1910/11 FA Cup match, when Arsenal won 3-2
at Manchester United in

Gorton where
they played in those days Arsenal won 3-2 with the winner being scored by Tim
Coleman, the future

Epsom coach in 1937/38.

24/8/29 Second
trial at West Street. BLUES: Ernie Sperring, T Pierce, Bob Gates, George
Mackesy, F Copsey,

G Carmichael,
Cecil Weller, Sears, EG Matkin, H Barber, Fred Watts RED: George Keen (gk),
Nicholls, G Moss, Rich,

May, Heslop,
Fred Behn, Reg Stimson, A Harrison, Reg Marlow, Le Cren. W Dayman for Sears
at HT. Weller is Cecil

who is only 16
and an Ashtead schoolboy. H.Barber is an ex-schoolboy international. Blues
won trial match 4-1.

Finchley join
Athenian League. Appears to be a late withdrawal. Dagenham Town, Erith &
Belvedere, Romford and

Whyteleafe
Albion had already joined the league, while Custom House and Callenders had
left. No team relegated,

which was good
news for Carshalton Athletic.

31/8/29 First
game of season  is a 6-1 win over
Godalming. All last season's players except T Pierce, RJ Stimson

(Kingstonian +
Woking) who got HT on debut, and Bob Gates. T Pierce is the brother of the
QPR

defender, and
would play for Epsom in three brief spells over the next ten years. Very hot
day saw Godalming get

a late
consolation from distance, with the score already at 6-0.

Aug 29 During
summer, the football club has spent £150 on ground improvements, including
proper fencing all

around the
pitch, a bank at the lower end of the ground, the repainting and redecoration
of the stand, provision of a

new canteen
twice the size of the old one and fitted with electric lighting and other
minor works to improve comfort.

Both dressing
rooms were also repainted and fitted with electric lighting and enamelled
baths. The groundsman also

has the pitch
in "wonderful condition" so "Epsom Town is now as up to date
as any amateur football club could desire".

Banking has
now been built at the bottom end of the ground too.

2/9/29
Westlake plays for Brighton & Hove Albion (maybe 1st team) v Coventry. He
is getting married soon in Worthing.

Sept 29
reference to West Ewell Fc playing this season in Chessington Road, on the
land that is being acquired for

the purpose of
a Recreation ground in Ewell. This was not Ewell Rec as this was not on
Chessington Road.

4/9/29 A 1-1
draw with Tooting Town does not have extra time, so a replay is required
after this Wilson Hospital Cup

SF tie.
Eventually would be played in April. Too hot for football says Herald, even
though it was on a Wednesday evening!

"Epsom
looked in first half to be almost certain of victory" as Tooting were
pinned in their own half, but Epsom only

scored at the
start of the second half. However, a breakaway goal for Tooting after 60
minutes ensured the draw. Debut

for C Harvey
" a two footed player" who gave a promising debut. Herald say
Carmichael scored, not Earl, and because

this was the
most thorough report I have, I have amended the scorer to Carmichael,
"who is playing well this season

at left
half". "Earl didn't seem to fit into the centre forward
position" said Herald.

The Advertiser says "Earl scored a capital goal after
2 minutes". I will stick with Herald for now as it was the more detailed
newspaper at this time,

although both
were quite detailed and they really should have got the same scorer! Maybe
one reporter arrived late, but I'll never know!

Sept 29 Ewell
Boys School sports club AGM, DWG Jones as Treasurer and future player Don
Butcher elected

captain. Also
in team this year is the future press secretary Ken Knowlson.

Sept 29 FEJ
Behn acting captain for now.

7/9/29 sub
tropical weather this weekend. Dagenham started well, but Epsom scored after
ten minutes through Harvey

on his debut.
Epsom went on to lead 3-0 at HT and won 4-1. Harvey was described as
promising and youthful.

11/9/29 A
small crowd for the friendly at Redhill, sees Redhill get a goal in each half
and win 2-0. Both sides were

close to full
strength. Goals were 15 minutes, and in last 5 minutes.

11/9/29 Epsom
Weds 0-7 Croydon Albion in CWL

Sept 29 Epsom
receive a bye in the AC to 2q.

13/9/29 Ewell
Boys win 4-2 at Cheam in their first league game of the season. Ken Knowlson
the future Publicity

Secretary
plays in this match and scores, while G Burt (2), and R Southern also scored.

14/9/29 Epsom
play well v Romford but only win 4-2, after letting a 4-0 HT lead slip. Reg
Stimson was on holiday

so Jack Parr
returns to inside left. Romford scored two goals in two minutes at the start
of 2nd half but couldn't close

the gap any
further. The London League Chairman Mr Bowker was present at the game.

18/9/29 Sutton
Weds 5-2 Epsom Weds in Croydon Midweek League.

21/9/29
Herbert Etheridge re-appears for Epsom Town and is now captain. Fred Behn,
who has been representing Civil

Service,
Surrey and London League is now vice-captain. Epsom Town win easily. A
"gulf of difference between the sides".

Epsom won 8-3,
and Herald says Marlow got 4 and Etheridge 0. The 7th goal from Marlow, who
got the ball after an

Etheridge free
kick. Ad agrees. Behn got the 8th, and 2 from Stimson.. Etheridge also mispen
(SAVE) "Very tame".

Sutton &
Epsom Mail agrees with scorers too.

25/9/29 Epsom
Weds 1-2 Croydon B.T.A. in CWL.

27/9/29 Ewell
Schoolboys played their first home game of the season defeating Banstead 6-0
at West Street in a League match.

Future Press
Secretary Ken Knowlson scored twice as did future player Don Butcher.
F.Chenery (related) and R.Parker got the other goals.

Sept 29
Wallington are at Plough Lane this season.

Sept 29
Redhill Wednesday play at Redhill F.C. Probably the same arrangement with
Epsom and Epsom Weds.

Sept 29 G
Carmichael is to miss the next three weeks as "official duties compel
him to be at the exhibition in Newcastle".

28/9/29
Bostall Heath were due to play Epsom this day (venue unknown) but the match
was moved back for Epsom's Charity Shield tie.

28/9/29 Both
Mitcham and Epsom lose a player as they lose in the SCS 2-1. George Mackesy
cut his head just above

the eye after
being caught by the lace of the ball after 20 minutes! Stitches required. 10
men. Mitcham W had a

passenger
(Clark) after being injured and down to ten men for most of the first half.
However, in the 2nd half, he scored

the first
goal! Epsom went 2-0 down but nearly saved a draw when Challis scored, and
Stimson headed just over.

Dick Wilson
played for Mitcham W.

Oct 29 Dundas
joins club. He was a former player in Canada.

4/10/29 Ewell
Boys 4-1 West Street Sutton School. Ken Knowlson (future Press Secretary)
gets 2 + G Burt + J Cook.

5/10/29 1,700
present for FAC tie with Dorking, which was the biggest gate of the season so
far at West Street.

Interesting
game but Epsom are 3-0 up after 30 minutes, yet still not certain of winning
until the end as Dorking fought

back to 3-2
and hit the bar before Jack Parr completed his hat trick. First defeat of the
season for Dorking who go

on to win SSL
this season.

Oct 29 Harry
Westlake joins Sutton after being with Epsom Town "for several
seasons". Scored HT on debut

for Sutton,
despite regularly playing full back for Epsom.

11/10/29
Ewell Boys defeat Beddington 9-1 in First Round of Sutton & District
Schools Cup. Largest score yet recorded in this competition.

Venue unknown. HT 4-0 all scored by R.Sutton then 4-1
before Don Butcher scored three and Ken Knowlson and J.Cook completed the
scoring.

12/10/29 Epsom
are 2-0 up after 12 minutes at Bostall Heath, where they had lost their
previous two visits, one at their

old ground,
and one at their current ground. Won 4-2 with 2 goals from Stimson and Behn.

Oct 29
Reference to Epsom Weds having negotiated the first round of the Surrey
Midweek Cup, Sutton Hospital Cup,

and Croydon Charity Cup.

19/10/29 1-0
win over Mitcham W in FAC should have been larger. A large crowd "easily
the largest at the ground for a

very long
time". Behn injured so G.Carmichael played instead, while Dick Wilson
played for Mitcham v Epsom.

Oct 29 after
the FA Cup win over Mitcham W, Epsom are drawn at Wimbledon. Honours about
even between the clubs

say the
papers. South London Press advises the attendance was "fully 6,000"
which is the largest I have yet traced at West Street.

Oct 29 SSC
Exempt to 1st round.

23/10/29 Epsom
Weds 2-3 S.Croydon Weds in CWL.

26/10/29 First
home defeat of the season at home to Redhill in AC. Although Redhill just
deserved it, Epsom were

unlucky as
Earl had to drop out at the last minute injured, and was replaced by John
Coppin, who didn't play regularly

but who was at
the ground to watch, (the reserves had already left) and understandably was
weak. Then Redhill

took the lead
while RJ Stimson was getting treatment for a shoulder injury. Then after
Epsom had equalised, they

suffered three
injuries, which left them with 8 fit men, and two of the three injured
players had to leave the field,

Wood and
Challis. Not a rough game though. Future player Snowy Goddard played for
Redhill v Epsom.

It transpired
that Earl had hurt himself the day before in a football match for his postal
team. Herald says not the right

thing to do,
just before this big game. He also didn't let the club know in enough time,
so they could have got Stokes

before the
reserves left. He would play the following week, but doesn't play again this
season after that.

30/10/29
Surrey Midweek Cup Epsom Wednesday v Hackbridge OB (H)(at Alexandra Rec - Won
5-3 aet.

Game was 3-3
after 90 minutes and 20 minutes of ET was played, 10 each way it is presumed.

2nd round of
Sutton Hospital Cup is away to Clarence House.

1/11/29 Ewell
Boys 6-2 Cheam in QF of Sutton & District Schools Cup at West Street. K
Nelson (4), Chenery (brother of Ray Chenery,

who was only 5
at the time), and Fred Chitty were the scorers.

2/11/29 Epsom
are 3-0 down after 10 minutes in FAC tie at Wimbledon in front of almost
7,500 spectators! The 7-1

defeat was the
heaviest seen for many seasons. Epsom had only lost 3-2 there a couple of
years back. Epsom were

all below par,
while Wimbledon were at the top of their form, both individually and as a
team. Challis was unavailable,

and in the
early part of the second half, Earl had to leave the field injured. 10 men.
Jack Parr scored for Epsom at

4-0 down with
a shot so hard, that it damaged the keeper Sterry's finger so badly that he
had to leave the field too,

and they were
also down to 10 men. Dowden HT for Wimbledon. Herald says 7,000 present.

We would have
hosted Guildford City in the next round.

6/11/29
Croydon Albion v Epsom Weds in Croydon Weds League.

6/11/29 Ewell
Boys 7-0 New Town, Sutton. Ken Knowlson (3), Chenery (2) (NOT RAY CHENERY,
who was only 5 at

the time), J
Cook, and R Parker.

9/11/29
Sperring, Earl, Wood, and Parr all injured and replaced by Forster, Stokes,
Copsey and Harvey. 1-1 draw was

achieved with
Walthamstow Grange, after a late Walthamstow equaliser in 89th minute,
although it was deserved.

Herald says
this game was only 40 minutes each way, due to a late arrival, so equaliser
must have been 79 minutes.

13/11/29 Epsom
Weds 2-4 Caterham MH in CWL.

15/11/29
Belmont 2-2 Ewell Boys Ken Knowlson scores two, but first points dropped this
season.

16/11/29
Advertiser and Comet say no first team game - just as well as there were many
injuries. Herald agrees.

Epsom were due
to play Barclays Bank in the ESHC SF, but it looks like Epsom withdrew. It
may have been played

though, so
keep looking. It was due to have been played this day 16/11/29 but could have
been anytime before 19/4/30.

Epsom did
withdraw. Reported 24th January 1930 in Surrey Mirror.

Nov 29 Future
player Snowy Goddard selected for England Amateurs v Cambridge University
this month. Date and

venue unknown.

16/11/29
future player Reg (RRV) Madgwick is at Godalming - played in goal first half
v Camberley - let in 3 and gk replaced him!

Nov 29
Corinthians beat RMC Sandhurst 18-0 at the Crystal Palace!

20/11/29 Ewell
Boys draw 3-3 with Crown Road Sutton at West Street. Fred Chitty (2) and
Chenery.

23/11/29
unlucky to lose 2-1 at Erith, as Epsom were 1-0 up at HT and it should have
been more. A draw was fairer.

Debut for E
Clifford (Wealdstone Res) but he was weak and unreliable. Never played for
first team again. Carmichael

was away on
business, and was replaced by Terry Birch, while Bronk Challis was still
injured, and replaced by Harvey.

It was the
first league defeat of the season.

30/11/29 Epsom
lose 2-1 at Mitcham in a 40 minutes each way game. Although it was a deserved
win, both goals

had an element
of fortune about them as the game was played in heavy rain. Also, the referee
blew for HT at 1-0 to

Mitcham, then
when arriving in the dressing room, he realised he had only played 35
minutes, so had to take the

teams out
again for the last 5 minutes, during which, Mitcham scored direct from a
corner. Epsom fought right to the

end after Parr
scored, but couldn't get a draw. L Caiels debut (promoted from reserves).
Future long term player Dick

Wilson played
for Mitcham v Epsom.

30/11/29 Epsom
& District Boys 8-2 Wimbledon Boys @ West Street. Chennell (3), Sandall
(3), Blunden & Ratcliffe.

Nov 29 WH
Challis having knee trouble.

7/12/29 Epsom
rested Reg Marlow for a day, and lost 7-6 at home to Carshalton Athletic!
Papers criticised Epsom

strikers,
despite scoring 6, and they also said it was not a great match, and that the
best Epsom players were in

defence!! No
goals until Jack Parr scored for Epsom after 20 minutes, and with not long
left Epsom trailed 7-3, before

staging a
fight back through Matkin, Mackesy, and a retaken penalty by Mackesy after
Stimson's was saved, but

a keeper
infringement saved his blushes. Elkins HT for Carshalton Ath. Marlow was not
happy with his own form.

Herald agrees
"nothing particularly attractive about this match!" Herald also
says Parr (3), Mackesy (pen), not P2, M2

I have changed
to go with Herald report, as it is the better source at this time.

14/12/29
Challis, Parr and Mackesy all absent injured yet won 6-0 at improving but
clearly erratic Whyteleafe Albion. A

close game had
been expected, but it was 4-0 at HT, and was an easy win, with EG Matkin
getting four goals.

Herald says
Parr was dropped for this game, but unlikely, as he was still injured the
following week.

14/12/29 A
large number of home supporters are disappointed as Epsom Town win 6-0 at
Whyteleafe Albion.

21/12/29 Ernie
Sperring "Epsom's keeper since it's formation" gets married. After
the Whyteleafe game, the players

and officials
presented him with a silver fruit bowl and flower stand. He will live in West
Ewell after his wedding.

He marries
Daisy Lock and her brother got married half an hour later!. Both wedings were
at Christchurch and Ernie's was at 1.45

Daisy was the ffith daughter of Mr F.Lock who lived in
West Street, Epsom, while  Walter Lock,
her brother was the youngest son. Many Epsom

players at the reception. Best man was Harold Keeling and
Reg Sperring came over from Italy, where he is still working as a golf
professional.

21/12/29 Jack
Forster is in goal for the friendly with Wallington, after the game with
Beckenham was called off.

Wallington
were bottom of the SSL, but still won 4-3 as Epsom were a bit lazy. A
"handful" of supporters followed them.

Challis, Parr
and Mackesy all injured still.

Dec 29 SSC 1
Draw away v Tooting Town. It will be the first SSC match since the Final last
season.

Dec 29 Brief
mention of the Leatherhead Hospital Shield which looks like it is for
Intermediate clubs only. Shield is

in Leatherhead
Museum these days.

21/12/29 Game
v Beckenham postponed due to cup tie for Beckenham, so a friendly was played
against Wallington,

who won 4-3 in
a low key encounter. Epsom were 2-0 down at HT, but fought back to lead
before losing 4-3.

26/12/29 Harry
Westlake returned to Epsom and played in this xmas friendly against
semi-professional Southern

League side
Grays Thurrock. Both sides scored penalties in the first half (HT 1-2),
before Grays eased to a 5-3 win.

Their gk
Atkinson had a swollen wrist, so played outside right while Oakley went in
goal. Hick HT for Grays.

Epsom
Advertiser confirms that the Grays Thurrock friendly game was played on
Boxing Day 26th December!

Grays and Tilbury Gazette advise that they used to share
at Grays Athletic's Recreation Ground but had this season moved to The Lawn
and a new

team had moved in at the Rec, Grays Town, who would
eventually play in the London League for a season in 1931/32. Grays Thurrock
would drop

to the Kent
League but folded not long afterwards.

28/12/29 There
were no other games in xmas week for firsts or reserves.

We were due to
play Beckenham but it was postponed as they had a cup tie. Not the first time
it was postponed for this reason.

Jan 30 Herald
refers to the club having lost Trainer Tom Kirk and George Mackesy. Mackesy
returns later in the year.

Jan 30 Challis
and Parr back in training after injury.

Jan 30
Reference to Jackie Pullen, Dick Wilson, George Brown, and T Sealey all
playing for Mitcham Wanderers this

season. Sealey
and Brown would go on to play war time for Epsom Town, while Pullen and
Wilson would join Epsom

much sooner.
Dick Wilson was RJ Wilson. Jackie was HEJ Pullen.

4/1/30 Various
players absent for many reasons, which led to a poor performance in a 5-1
defeat at Chelmsford. K

Mayes HT for
Chelmsford, and debuts for E Parker, T Bradbury, and J Conley.

The Essex
Chronicle says that one of the players was Epsom's trainer, but they must
have been part time, as Kirk had

resigned by now.

11/1/30 Both
first team and reserve games abandoned at HT. Epsom were 4-0 down at
Walthamstow Grange, but the

end that
Walthamstow were defending was almost totally underwater. Weather got worse
so it was abandoned, which

must have
really pleased the home team! Epsom fortunate, especially as they had gone
there with 5 reserves in

the side, and
had to play Harry Westlake in goal! For some reason, Challis, Parr, Harvey
and Sperring were all playing

for the
reserves this day! In addition, Sutton friendly with Tooting also abandoned,
so conditions across the region

must have been
very poor. It was a very wet winter this year. Herald says snowstorm though.
Game at Walthamstow was

only 40 mins
each way it appears, as their local paper says it was abandoned after 40
minutes.

15/1/30
Redhill Wednesday 4-0 Epsom Wednesday (HT 3-0) in Croydon Wednesday League.
Line Up: W Snook,

C Bance, F
Elliott, L Knight, H Heslop, F Allen, H Smith, G Emerson, R Staplehurst, E
Saitch, W Newell

18/1/30 After
35 minutes, F Behn injured his leg. 10 men. Epsom lost at home 6-1 to the
erratic Whyteleafe Albion

4 weeks after
winning 6-0 over there!. The score was 1-1 at the time of the injury though,
and Epsom should have been

well ahead by
then. Unfortunately they fell apart in the second half. Epsom were a goal
down in the first minute.

18/1/30
Mitcham Wanderers defeat Carshalton Athletic 6-0 and will play Tooting Town
or Epsom Town in the Wilson Hospital Cup Final.

Jan 30 Herbert
Etheridge is selected for a Welsh Amateur trial at Tufnell Park on 23/1/30.
Had already played for

Wales previously.

Jan 30 reported that DWG Jones is to retire as Editor of
the Sutton & District Elementary Schools Sports Association Handbook
after several years.

22/1/30 Surrey
Midweek Cup Epsom Wednesday v Croydon Albion (A) in QF

25/1/30 Epsom
deservedly lose 4-2 at Tooting in SSC, with ex-player EJ Hill playing for
Tooting. Debut for W Dayman.

Herald says
not a good game!

He would go on
to play for Leatherhead Utd in 1931/32 and had played for Leatherhead Rose
in  LHS Final in 1924.

29/1/30 On or
before this date Sutton Hospital Cup 3rd round v Hersham Rangers (Wanderers?)
(H).

31/1/30 Ewell
Boys 9-0 Belmont Keeper Dines did not touch ball!

1/2/30 Epsom
win first game since 14/12/29 with a 2-1 win over Carshalton Athletic.
Terrible conditions - played in "a

sea of
mud". Ref was EC Norrington, who would go on to become Treasurer (late
forties to mid fifties) and Secretary

(late fifties)
of SCFA. Etheridge scored first after 4 minutes. HT 1-0.

Herald says T
Jones and Phillips were expected to make debuts, but both are playing for
Daimler in a cup tie.

As a result,
Stokes and Watts play, and Advertiser is wrong. Both players (Phillips and
Jones were at the Welsh trials

with
Etheridge, but none were selected for Wales.

8/2/30 Epsom
deserve to beat Bostall Heath, but 5-1 score is flattering, and a two goal
win would have been fairer. HT

for Fred Watts.

8/2/30 Reg
Marlow scores for Sutton United in their 2-0 Athenian League win over
Bromley.

15/2/30 No
game for first team. Maybe requested due to reserve SF?

15/2/30 Epsom
District Schools v Weybridge in SF of Hood Shield at West Street. In 2nd
round, they had beaten

Caterham (A)
3-2. This match was drawn 1-1 aet. Replay required at Weybridge on 22/2/30.

21/2/30 Sutton
& District Schools Cup SF @ West Street saw Ewell beat Camden Road
School, Carshalton 2-0, with

Ken Knowlson
and Don Butcher the scorers. Ewell were aiming to regain the cup that they
won 2 years ago.

22/2/30 Late
goal for Chelmsford, in a 1-0 win at West Street, but result was about fair.
Also this day, Reg Marlow

is noted
playing for Sutton United.

22/2/30 A 70
minute game sees Epsom Schools win 3-0 v Weybridge in Hood Shield SF replay.
Future Epsom player Jim Chennell was

in team.
Ratcliffe and Gear (2) were the scorers.

1/3/30 Epsom
are a shadow of the side that won the title at Grays two years ago, as they
lose 2-0 there this time,

although
regular changes to the side aren't helping. It's amazing that the reserves
did as well as they did, really.

Advertiser
says Carmichael, Comet says Watts, and Grays and Tilbury Gazette agrees.
Watts played. Herald didn't know!

Grays Gazette
says that attendance was down to meagre proportions as there was a West Ham
cup tie the same day.

Ref gave
penalty to Grays at the end, but on discussing with linesman, he gave a drop
ball instead.

"The
brilliant full back Westlake going up to the front rank in place of
Carmichael" HT 0-1. Goal was from 30 yards. L 0-2.

8/3/30 Much
improved performance against Tooting Town, but Epsom are still edged out 2-1.
E Hill played for Tooting.

Hardest fought
game for many weeks says Comet. "Pleasant to see Parr and Challis
together on the left wing again"

Parr returned
after many weeks injured.

14/3/30 Crown
Road School Sutton 1-2 Ewell Boys. Scorers were R.Sutton and Butcher (pen)

15/3/30 6-1
win v Cray flattered Epsom a bit, but they were due some luck this season say
papers. HT for W Challis.

No score for
35 minutes, and Fred Watts got two in the last three minutes. Cray scored
from a penalty at 4-0.

22/3/30 Very
close game just edged by Mitcham 1-0, although a Sperring penalty save near
the end was also required.

Dick Wilson
played for Mitcham W v Epsom. During the game, Mitcham got a free kick when
Sperring was penalised

for
"breaking the carrying rule". This was given one yard from goal,
but as it was taken, Sperring allowed the ball to

enter the net
without anyone else touching it, so it didn't count. Must have been indirect.
Herald confirms this.

22/3/30 Epsom
programme this day advises that Billy Green can usually be found around the
dressing rooms. "His

usual haunt".

29/3/30 Won at
Cray 3-1 in a very poor contest according to the Kentish Times. The game
started 45 minutes late as

Epsom were
slow in arriving. Parker scored the first after 22 minutes, although Harry
Westlake was injured soon after and

had to go on
right wing as a passenger. Barber made it 2-0 after 27 from a rebound after
Parker hit the bar. This was the

HT score. Cray
pulled a goal back with seven minutes remaining and pressed for an equaliser,
but after 85 minutes

Parker made it
3-1 with a long shot over 20 yards out.

2/4/30 Grand
Non-stop dance at Ebbisham Hall. Tickets on sale says programme 22/03/30.

5/4/30 4-0
down at HT at Romford, eventually losing 5-2. Epsom were 4-0 up at HT in
corresponding match this season.

Epsom conceded
after 1 minute, and another three went in during a seven minute spell just
before HT.

5/4/30 Reg
Marlow gets hat trick the same day playing for Sutton United in their 7-0
demolition of Southall.

11/4/30 @
Cheam. Ewell Boys 4-2 New Town in Sutton & Dist Schools League Cup Final.
They were unbeaten all year.

12/4/30 3-0 up
after 17 minutes v Beckenham, and won 6-3 due to HT's from Parr and Parker.
This game was meant to be

played at
Beckenham, but their ground is not currently fit for league matches, so it
was played at West Street.

Easter 30
Ewell Boys win League & Cup double. Players included R Chenery, Fred
Chitty, Ken Knowlson and Don

Butcher who
all got medals presented by Epsom Town Treasurer AP Baker. All home games
were at West St in 29/30.

R.Chenery was
one of Ray Chenery's elder brothers.

16/4/30
Croydon Wanderers 2-1 Epsom Weds. HT was 1-1. CWL match.

16/4/30 Epsom
& District Schools 4-2 Mitcham & District Schools at West Street -
Prog Y. This was the Surrey Schools Final

in front of a
large crowd and was 2-2 after 90 minutes so extra time was required. Scorers
Ratcliffe, Morrison, Blunden, Chennell.

Future first
teamer Geoff Collins also played.

19/4/30 The
largest league gate of the season saw a 0-0 draw with Dagenham, and George
Mackesy returned to the

side after
injury. Debut for D Phillips. Also referred to as T Phillips, but Herald
thinks it is D so I will stay with that.

21/4/30
"Wretched shooting from Epsom. A reserve player Molloy was tried out at
right half and was "fairly satisfactory"

in this 4-2
win over Beckenham. Bates and ex-Crystal Palace player played. He still had a
stiff right arm after an injury

in the war!
Game was watched by former trainer Tom Kirk, who appeared to have severed his
connection with the club

by now. The
Surrey Intermediate Cup was also on display, after the Reserves won it that
morning.

24/4/30 Won
3-0 at Tooting in WHC SF Replay. Mitcham W await in final held over to next
season.

Mainly
reserves played for both teams said Herald. Similar reserve side to that
which would beat Erith 5-0 on 26/4

apparently.
Mitcham News said that Epsom were at full strength, while Tooting had four
changes. 6.30 k.o.

26/4/30 Lost
3-0 at Tooting in league with all goals in the first half. Both teams had a
stronger side out for this match,

and EJ Hill
played for Tooting v Epsom in the latter match.

Picture of
Ewell Boys FC on P5 of 26/4/30 Comet, with Fred Chitty, Ray Chenery, Ken
Knowlson, Don Butcher and

DWG Jones.
REQUIRED. They had played home games at West Street, and record was Pld 18
W15 D3 L0 F87 A 18

Apr 30 Report of the season for Ewell Boys advises David
W.G. Jones as the Secretary of the Association. "It is over ten years
since a school in

the
Association won the two trophies obtained by Ewell this year." They won
the League and Cup double.

Players listed were: J.Cook (capt), S.Dines, R.Parker,
J.Page, C.Clark, T.Stainsby, D.Butcher, R.Chenery, K.Knowlson, R.Sutton,
F.Chitty.

Butcher, Chenery and Chitty would have much playing time
with our club in the future, while Knowlson would become Press Secretary
after the war.

1/5/30
Rearranged game with Walthamstow Grange saw a 1-1 draw on a Thursday night,
which was better than the 4-0

in the
original abandoned game.

3/5/30
Original date proposed for Epsom's Wilson Hospital Cup Final against Mitcham
Wanderers, but held over to Sept.

3/5/30 Last
game of season saw Epsom win 4-2 v Erith & B, although they were 2-1 down
at HT.

3/5/30 Trevor
Jones was a newcomer to Epsom says Comet. See 1/2/30 comments. He joins for
next season.

May 30
reported that Reg Marlow scored 12 times in 14 games for Sutton United this
season.

May 30 Jack Parr is elected captain of Epsom Rovers C.C.
for this summer. In 1929 he, together with Billy Green, Ernie Sperring,
G.Carmichael,

Harold Keeling,
F.Watson and C.Taylor had all been regular players.

Reserves:

London League Division 1

Position

6th out of 13

SIC

W

Farnham Town

4-2

Aug 29 16 year
old Cecil Weller from Ashtead plays for Reserves. Also an ex-schoolboy
international H.Barber.

31/8/29 Res
are unlucky to lose 3-2 to Park Royal in the first match of the season. A
penalty decided the match. Park

Royal had
taken over Holland Athletic and would go on to  much success under the new name in the next
few years.

Only 3
reserves remained from last season in this line up and one of our backs
suffered an injury too, so it was a creditable result.

7/9/29 Projected line up for Reserves: Foster, Peirce,
Watts, May, Copsey, Uden, Weller, Dayman, Gallacher, Barber, Harvey, Le Cren
(12 listed).

7/9/29 Epsom
defeat Tate Institute. Gallacher scored on his debut. Formerly with Clydebank
in Scottish Division 2, but

no relation to
famous Newcastle centre forward Hughie Gallacher. All goals scored in first
30 minutes.

Copsey the centre half scored the second goal before Tate
pulled a goal back after 30 minutes. Pierce did well at right back and Weller
produced

remarkably
accurate corners from the wing. Herald says we should have won by more.

14/9/29 Res
win 4-2 at Beckenham.

21/9/29 UGB (United Glass Bottle) are top following their
1-0 win over Epsom in Charlton. Former first teamers Watts and Stokes both
played well.

Sept 29
Reference to GR Stokes and Fred Watts being regular backs for the reserves
now.

28/9/29 "Splendid win" at Chelmsford. "A
further indication of the well balanced and capable side which comprises
Epsom Town Reserves this season."

5/10/29 Herald
says Epsom defeat Wallington in SICC, but Epsom didn't appear to enter this.
Herald is wrong, it is SIC.

Advertiser
brief report says the game was "close and well fought".

12/10/29 Epsom defeat Chelmsford 2-1 at West Street and
are described as well-balanced. Matkin put us ahead after 15 minutes and then
doubled

the lead from
a pass by Birch. HT was 2-0 and although Chelmsford got one back straight
after the restart, they couldn't get a second.

Forster the
keeper, Harvey, Hill and Mackin (Matkin) were the outstanding players.

19/10/29 No
league game for reserves.

26/10/29 Lost
2-1 to Standard Telephones and were unfortunate to have a penalty awarded
against them.

2/11/29
Brentwood MH win 3-1 at West Street. We were unfortunate with several shots
at goal as otherwise we would have made a draw

said the Herald.

9/11/29 No
league game for reserves.

16/11/29 Reserves get a good 3-3 draw at Hotel Cecil, but
did have the assistance of Mackesy and Bob Gates as the First team had a day
off.

16/11/29
Horrible weather and many games off anyway.

23/11/29 3 new
players for reserves, A Caswell, T Bradbury, and A Dick. Played well in 5-2
win over Watneys Sports.

Herald described it as an easy victory and "very
encouraging" although also says Matkin only got two with Dick (2) and
Bradbury getting the others.

They also advise that HT was 4-1 at Matkin got the final
goal in the second half. Another paper had said Matkin had got a HT and
provided a full

line up but I
will stick with the Herald on the scorers. Advertiser also agrees.

30/11/29
Originally due to host Leavesden MH in a League match but put back for a SIC
tie.

30/11/29
Mitcham Wanderers are defeated 4-2 in Surrey Intermediate Cup 2nd round. Easy
victory, but 2-1 down

early in 2nd half, before fighting back. H Barber played
for res. Epsom were "superior throughout". Harvey scored after 6
minutes with a terrific first

timer from a centre by Dayman but 1-1 after 36 and then
1-2 after 47 but Dayman equalised following a scramble then Matkin scored 15
minutes later

from a Uden
pass and a Birch penalty quickly followed.

7/12/29 Res also scored from a twice taken penalty this
day in a friendly at Sutton that was won 3-2. The pitch was waterlogged and
there was

a strong wind
but a "very interesting game resulted."

According to a report in the Advertiser, our goals came
from the inside left, a penalty, or maybe a rebound following a save, and the
centre forward.

14/12/29
Clesco are the City of London Electric Supply Company. Epsom defeat them in a
friendly by seven goals to one. W.Holden and

J.Conley do
well on debuts but can't be judged as the opponents were not strong enough.

Holden had
played for Barrow Reserves and Conley had been at Cray Wanderers.

21/12/29 11th
straight win in all competitions said papers (wrong) even though they started
with 10 men, and trailed at Watneys Sports

4-2 at HT
before winning 7-4. Harvey got 5. Watneys played in Mortlake.

From looking
at the report again it looks as though we may have had ten for the whole
game.

28/12/29 No
league game for firsts or reserves.

4/1/30 Epsom
progress to the SF of Surrey Int Cup with a 7-0 win over Colliers Wood.
Harvey and Matkin got HT's,

with a penalty
save by A Walker also helping. Herald said that we didn't deserve seven.

Harvey put us ahead after 30 minutes after Colliers Wood
had been the better side for the first twenty. Matkin made it 2-0 after 32
and Harvey got two

more before HT - 4-0. Dayman made it 5-0 straight from the
kick off before a Copsey handball enabled Walker to make the pensave. Matkin
then got

two more near the end.

10/1/30 reported that Challis and Earl are likely to
return from injury for the Reserves this day. Harvey is working and Uden is
with the first team.

11/1/30 Res
game at home to Standard Telephones also abandoned at HT with Epsom losing
2-1. W Dayman scored.

Challis, Parr,
Harvey and Sperring all played but Parr was injured early and Epsom played
most of the game with ten men.

18/1/30 No
league game for res

25/1/30
Reserves beat Beckenham 9-0 in League match, with Parker scoring 4, new
player Davies also scored, whilst

Birch got two. HT 4-0. McBirney, and Lloyd also made
debuts for reserves. 14th straight win said papers but I make it 7 now since
the draw with

Hotel Cecil.
"Davies was not a success but Lloyd and McBirney both showed
promise." Parker and Harvey were outstanding.

Only seven of the nine goal scorers are listed although
the Advertiser says that "each of Epsom's forwards managed to get the
ball past Dove,

the Beckenham
keeper.". Birch did well at centre forward. Not his usual position.

Also:
Postcard advising selection for Epsom Town reserve game v Beckenham (25/1/30)
postmarked 21/1/30.

25/1/30 I
have postcard advising selection of a player for this game. - Who? Edward
John McBirney

McBirney was a
Wimbledon player briefly in 1922.

1/2/30 Reserves suffer first defeat in 8 matches 3-5 at
champions elect Park Royal. They were excellent and were two goals ahead
after 20 minutes

but Dayman and Challis made it 2-2 before we conceded
again before HT. Park Royal got a fourth goal after 52 minutes with a fifth
following not long

after. Hill got one back quickly but we couldn't reduce
the deficit further. Two of the Park Royal goals were scored by J.Birch the
former Aston Villa

and QPR player referred to as their shining light when he
played for QPR. He is now 43. There are a couple of other ex-pros in their
side and

Herald says
they should be in the Premier Division. They will be.

8/2/30 Projected line up for game at Tate Institute
included GH Harvey and EH Uden but both are incorrect. Epsom win 2-1 in
Silvertown. (NR)

The ground was
listed as at The Tidal Basin according to the Chelmsford Chronicle.

15/2/30 Reserves beat Kingstonian Reserves 5-1 in semi
final of SIC. Easy win, with only Barber without first team experience which
he would get

within 14
days. We were 3-0 up within 10 minutes. Game played at Walton on Thames FC

It was the
first time we had ever reached the final, where they will play Farnham Town
or the holders Whyteleafe Albion.

Uden put us a goal up from a Harvey corner after 10
minutes. Then Harvey to Copsey to Parker who scored and a Carmichael corner
was knocked

on by Harvey to Matkin who made it 3-0. A penalty for a
foul by Coppin was converted just byefore half time but straight after the
restart Carmichael

made it 4-1 from a Matkin pass and 30 minutes later Matkin
scored the fifth from a Birch pass. Lorimer was sent off for K's with ten
minutes

remaining.

22/2/30
Romford win 3-1 at Brooklands in a League match. (NR).

1/3/30 Epsom defeat Woolwich Polytechnic 2-0 at West
Street with two second half goals. It was a very even game and Forster played
well in goal

especially first half before Lewins put us ahead after 55.
Then the game got a bit more open and Challis passed across goal for Matkin
to score the

second with
five minutes remaining to clinch the points.

8/3/30 No game
for Reserves this day.

15/3/30 A depleted Reserve side (says Epsom prog 22/3)
gained a good 3-3 draw at Erith & Belvedere. Advertiser says the Reserves
"did well to

make a draw" there.

22/3/30 Reserves play at Woolwich Poly, who play at Well
Hall (presume Eltham). Listed in the squad this day were H.Langton and
W.Lewins. I

think this was
M.Lewins the former first team player in 1924/25 and will await further
evidence before changing this. (NR).

29/3/30 Epsom draw 2-2 with UGB at West Street with a goal
each in both halves. With luck they could have won said Herald who also
advised that

Forster,
Molloy and Birch were outstanding. (NR).

5/4/30 EG
Matkin scores 4 in an easy win over Romford Reserves. Also outstanding this
day was Terry Birch, who

looked like developing into a regular first team player,
and still has time. Romford were well on top for 15 minutes and took the lead
but we got two

penalties in quick succession with both scored by Birch.
10 minutes later Matkin scored te third from a  Harvey pass and Matking got three more
in

the second half.

12/4/30 Lost
5-6 at Brentwood Mental Hospital in a League match (NR).

19/4/30 With the big Cup Final up on the Easter Monday,
the Saturday line up had four changes listed in the Herald. Perry, Keen,
Dooley and "Maloy"

(Molloy) were
in the Saturday line up while Uden, Carmichael, Dayman and Copsey were all in
for the Final.

18/4/30 Lost
3-0 at Leavesden M.H. in a League game, briefly referred to in Watford
Observer and Epsom Herald.

WINNERS of
Surrey Intermediate Cup

21/4/30
Reserves win SIC with a 4-2 win over Farnham, whose only goals came from
penalties. First time winners.

Played at Woking on 21/4/30 11am and we were all over them
scoring after 5 minutes when Harvey passed to Carmichael who found Matkin to
score.

Then Harvey scored direct from a corner and Matkin made it
3-0 before the first of Farnham's penalties led to a HT score of 3-1 and
despite Epsom

pressure we
conceded a second. However, 5 minutes from the end Carmichael scored from a
Harvey corner to clinch the cup.

26/4/30 Erith
& Belvedere are defeated 5-0 in a League match at West Street.

28/4/30
Reference to Beckenham Reserves playing at Burrell Row. The first team were
playing at Balmoral Avenue. This venue was near

Beckenham
Hospital and there is still an open space there which may have been the site
of the ground.

29/4/30
Probably a home game this day which was lost 3-0 at home to Leavesden M.H.

3/5/30 Rearranged game with Standard Telephones saw a 5-4
win, after trailing 3-0 after 20 minutes. This was their final match said the
Herald.

The Reserves
were 3-0 down after 20 minutes but a Watts (pen) for hands made it 1-3 at HT.
Other scorers and players are unknown.

This means
that a 3-0 loss at home to Leavesden must have been midweek after 26/4.

The game this
day followed the first team game. Both at West Street.

28/5/30 Sutton
& District League Presentation Evening. - Nothing for Juniors.

Juniors:

Sutton & District League Division 3

and Leatherhead & District Youth League

Position

8th out of 10

? Out of 5

League
Handbook from 1929/30 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Cheam Argyle

L.A.Walsby - St Rest, Gander Green Lane, Cheam

Red Jerseys, Blue knickers

Ground

Sutton Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Athletic III

A.W.Hoadley - 8 Pikes Hill, Epsom

Claret and Light Blue Quarters

Ground

Alexandra Road Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Town Juniors

W.A.Ponsford - 17 Chase Road, Epsom

Light and Dark Blue

Ground

Cheam Road, Ewell

Rectory House, Ewell

Fetcham

J.W.Stevens - Stoke Road, Fetcham

Red jerseys, white knickers

Ground

Fetcham Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Leatherhead Old Boys

E.H.Strudwick - 11 Clinton Road, Leatherhead

Red and Green

Ground

Fortyfoot Recreation Ground, Leatherhead

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Leatherhead United Res

A.H.Miles - 16 North Street, Leatherhead

Light and Dark Blue striped jerseys,

Blue knickers

Ground

Fetcham Grove, Bridge Street, Leatherhead

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Mitcham Green Res

R.W. Gore - 6 Whitford Gardens, Mitcham

Green and White

Ground

Three Kings Green, Mitcham

Dressing Room adjoining ground

Mitcham St Mark's

E.W.Harler - 5 Lavender Avenue, Mitcham

White shirts, Black Knickers

Ground

Number 1, The Three Kings pub, Mitcham

Dressing Room adjoining ground

Sutton Spartans

T.K.Lowles - 9 Oliver Road, Sutton

Red and white stripes, blue knickers

Ground

Sutton Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on ground

Victoria Athletic

J.Searle - 87 Washington Road, Worcester Park

Royal Blue jerseys, white knickers

had moved from 47 Brinkley Road, W. Park

Ground

Cheam Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on ground

14/9/29 Epsom
Town Juniors (second string) have a 3-3 draw at Ewell v Merton Juniors. Their
league season starts on

28/9/29 in
Leatherhead & District Youth League, while the first Juniors team is in
the Sutton & District League for the first

time. This was
the reserves first match of the season.

14/9/29 First
League match for Juniors (first string) beat Cheam Argyle 6-4. Scorers are
Ryan (2), Ball (2), J.Murphy (2).

This is the
Juniors first season in the Sutton & District League, and are no
connection to Epsom Juniors FC that was

in the League
for the last two years, but have now withdrawn.

21/9/29
Juniors expected line up for Leatherhead United league match this day was:
Wheal, John Murphy, Spring, Dillon,

Ryan, West,
Weston, Ball, Nash, James Murphy, Farrell. Lost 3-2. HT 0-2 but fought back
to 2-2 before losing.

Herald said
that West, Ryan and Farrell were our best players.

21/9/29
Another friendly for Juniors Reserves and another draw. 2-2 v Invicta. HT
0-2. Scorers were Parkes and Tons.

28/9/29
Juniors Res to play (A) v Leatherhead United III in Leatherhead &
District Youth League. There appear to

be only 5
teams in the league, and I think they may have played each opponent twice at
home and away.

28/9/29
Juniors beat Epsom Athletic III 3-1. Herald says it was a league match but it
looks wrong, as league

matches appear
on later dates and tie in with league table. But….

Nov 29 This is
why they tie up. Juniors deducted 2 points for an ineligible player in match
on 28/9/29 in 3-1 win over Epsom Ath (H).

Match was to
be replayed on 26/4/30 with ET Juniors winning 4-3 instead.

26/10/29 Juniors lose 2-1 at Epsom Athletic III in a
League match. We were a goal down at HT but Murphy equalised early in the
second half

although
Athletic then went back ahead soon after. It was their first victory of the
season.

16/11/29 very
wet - Leatherhead OB v ET Juniors p-p

30/11/29
Juniors defeat Leatherhead OB 5-1 away from home. Murphy scores twice.

7/12/29 ET
Juniors v Fetcham p-p

11/1/30 ET
Juniors v Leatherhead OB p-p

25/1/30 No
game for Juniors.

1/2/30 Juniors
defeat Fetcham 2-0 in a home League match.

22/2/30 Sutton
Spartans defeat the Juniors 3-0 in a League match at Sutton Recreation
Ground.

1/3/30 Juniors
win 5-0 at Mitcham St Mark's in a League match.

8/3/30 No game
for Juniors

15/3/30
Juniors are held to a 3-3 draw at home by Mitcham Green II in a League match.

5/4/30
Victoria Athletic defeat the Juniors 7-2 in a League match at Cheam Rec.

12/4/30
Disaster at Leatherhead United II who win 12-0 in a League match.

26/4/30 Epsom
defeat Epsom Athletic 4-3 to close the season in a rearranged match. See
28/9/29 comments.

Other
affiliated Local Teams:

Secretary

From SCFA Handbook

Affiliated

Epsom Ass Rover Scouts

J Walls

Polmont, Chessington Road, West Ewell

Aug 1926

Home Ground: Alexandra Rec, Epsom.

Epsom Invicta

E Smith

51 Miles Road, Epsom

Oct 1927

Epsom Athletic

T Howard

52 Miles Road, Epsom

July 1922

Epsom Wednesday

ES Jones

41 Middle Lane, Epsom

Sept 1923

Ewell Colony

R Horsman

Colony Mental Hospital

Nov 1927

Nov 29 Motspur
Park extension line approved. Intended to reach Leatherhead but stopped at
Chessington South.

6/12/1929 Big
gale in South of England

30/12/29
Capitol Cinema opens in Epsom.