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4th out of 14

Premier Division

FAC

2q

Mitcham Wanderers

1-3

AC

1st

Ilford

2-5

SSC

QF

Mitcham Wanderers

1-2

SCS

Withdrew after winning one match. Fixture
congestion.

WHC

F

probably shared with Mitcham Wanderers

President

Sir Arthur Glyn J.P. (Bart)

re-elected

Chairman

Charles (HC) Pettett

re-elected

v-c AP Baker

Secretary

Billy (W.E.) Green

re-elected

65 Lower Court Road, Epsom

Manager

Selection Committee

Treasurer

HE Stevens

replacing AP Baker

Press Secretary

DWG Jones

re-elected

Committee as
elected at AGM 11/6/30:

Messrs
Behn, Butler, Hawkins, WI Bowe, E Easton, HA Walker,

Collins, TN Young, AE Chaney, W Voller, Ted
(CE) Wheal, FA Duplock, WJ Gilbert, Bill Townsend.

Trainer

Sid Bristow

Reserves:

George Keen

Home Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Club Colours

Light and Dark Blue Hoops

Epsom Town
Supporters Club H.Q. is at the Wellington Hotel, High Street, Epsom

After lots of
research, on the Wilson Hospital Cup. I am now prepared to state that no
replay ever

occurred and
the Cup was shared, after the original tie on 3rd Sept was drawn. I am also
comfortable with

the fact that
the new season's match between the two clubs did not take place. It couldn't
have

happened until
after 18th April, and both MW and ET were too busy at the end of the season
to play it.

11/6/30 AGM at
Foresters Hall Epsom on Wednesday evening.

Chaired by
Charlie Pettett with outgoing Treasurer AP Baker and Secretary Billy Green

Report stated
that last season was moderately successful. Midtable in London League. In
Cups, the club

reached the
divisional final of FA Cup and the final of the Wilson Hospital Cup which was
to be held this

season against
Mitcham Wanderers.

Reserves were
"wonderfully successful, winning the Surrey Intermediate Cup. Finances
finished with a balance

"on the right
side".

President,
Chairman, and Secretary all re-elected. New Treasurer H.Stevens, Trainers Sid
Bristow and G Keen.

June 30 Trevor
Jones joins club. Had played once at the end of the season. A Welsh triallist
last year.

Epsom do not
enter the East Surrey Hospital Cup again.

Walthamstow
Grange played at Chingford Road, Walthamstow. Last season though before
selling the ground to

Walthamstow
Greyhound Company, and folding. The greyhound company is still there.

SCFA AGM
18/6/30 saw the Surrey FA spilt into 4 geographical divisions. Epsom are in
Division 2.

Meeting was at
Battersea Town Hall, Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction.

W Burgess
Referees Secretary resigned after 27 years.

As mentioned at
AGM Wilson Hospital Cup Final between Epsom Town and Mitcham Wanderers is
held over to

this season.

Sutton &
District AGM 4/7/30 with Sid Basford as Secretary. Epsom Town Juniors remain
in Division 3.

12/7/30 Epsom
& District Scouts Association Sports Day at West Street. 11 troops
entered and 1st Bookham

retained the
Rover Trophy, while they also won the Scouts event, and 1st West Ewell won
the Cubs event.

District
Commissioner SA Bailey thanked the club and presented trophies.

9/8/30 WH
Challis top scores with 46 for Epsom C.C. v East Molesey batting at number 5.

11/8/30 Amateur
Cup Draw - District 15 West Norwood (A)

Former player
J.Meldrum is at Whyteleafe Albion this season.

Aug 30
"The banking at the ground has been extended and there is now room on
the ground for a crowd of 10,000

spectators"
says Herald. Also over 50 applications for trials. Sid Bristow is the new
trainer, replacing Tom Kirk who

resigned
mid-season. First trials are on 16/8 + 20/8 + 23/8 followed by a practice
game on 27/8 says Herald.

Mitcham
Wanderers cup final is to be held on 3/9/30.

16/8/30 First
trial had nearly 200 spectators! None of the new men did badly, but none
shone brilliantly either.

Pattemore
caught the eye, while Houston also did well and Behn and Jones linked well on
the right.. Fred Behn

dropped out of
the side towards the end of last season, and it looked like he may be ceasing
to play serious football,

but he is back
this year. Marlow now prefers playing inside-left, while George Mackesy was
also at the trial.

23/8/30 Second
trial. So many wanted to play that at half time, many changes were made. L
Birch did well, but is no

relation to
Terry Birch. Herald says there is a good balance of youth and experience this
year.

30/8/30 Lost
2-1 to West Norwood in Friendly. Advertiser says that all 22 players are back
from last year, and also

Reg Marlow, who
spent some time at Sutton during most of last season. New players are
Brockett and Gold

(Halves),
Elkins (Carshalton Athletic), Baird, Terry Birch, H Pattemore, and Trevor
Jones (forwards).

Pattemore and
"Tich" Jones are well known Welsh players. However, the only new
player in the side for the West

Norwood game
was L Birch from Tooting. He played briefly, then reappeared again in a few
years time.

Challis and
Harvey were unavailable for this match. L Birch played well as did Trevor
Jones, despite his height.

Not a great
performance, but then not an important match either. "Just a
tryout".

3/9/30 Final of
Wilson Hospital Cup held over from last year is played, and Epsom played much
better in holding

Mitcham
Wanderers to a draw in an even game. "A fine crowd" said Mitcham
News, but no goals. Unlikely to have

been extra
time, due to the September evening k.o., and it looks like the Cup was
intended to be replayed, but

was probably
shared. See comments at top in blue.

Balham &
Tooting Gazette advises a disappointing game, but Forster did well in goal
and he twice stopped a penalty,

while Westlake
and Gates were the stumbling blocks for Mitcham Wanderers, who continued to
press to the

final whistle.
Mitcham played in blue and this game was at Streatham Road. "A large
crowd."

Sept 30
Reference to the Evening News (London) being worth a look.

Sept 30 A young Welshman Trevor Jones joins the club says
Herald, but he already played in our final match at Erith & Belvedere on
3/5/30.

6/9/30 All the
players did duty with Epsom last year, and the familiarity showed as Epsom
went up 3-0 at HT, but

Chelmsford
fought back for a 3-3 draw. Referee blew his whistle for full time ten
minutes early, but was informed, and

recommenced the
game! Chelmsford missed a penalty at 3-3 says Chelmsford Chronicle!

10/9/30 Epsom
win 5-0 at Whyteleafe Albion in SCS 1st round. (NR)

E Matkin scored
4 goals with Terry Birch getting the other (3rd) goal.

Sept 30 Epsom
drawn to meet Mitcham W in SF of this year's Wilson Hospital Cup.

Only 4 entries.
See comments at top in blue.

Sept 30 Epsom
Weds v West Park M.H. in Sutton Midweek Hospital Cup 1st round on or before
22/10.

13/9/30 Epsom
have an easy victory at Erith & Belvedere, who were missing two regular
players, but the rest put up

a poor show.
Same team as Chelmsford game except Jack Parr for Reg Marlow (holiday).
Matkin often offside.

1st half
T.Jones and Cross (Erith & B) started kicking each other instead of the
ball, and both were sent off.

Jones had
scored the first goal after 5 minutes, while Fred (FEJ) Behn was club captain
this day. Game spoiled by

heavy rain and strong
wind.

17/9/30 Croydon
Boot Trades Association 1-2 Epsom Weds. First game of season and a real
surprise.

20/9/30 George
Mackesy now elected club captain. Emphatic 4-1 win over Tooting Town who were
"overwhelmed".

Tooting did get
an equaliser with Beavan scoring from an awkward angle, and he actually
dislocated his hip in the

process, as he
collided with the goalpost. Taken to Cottage Hospital. 10 men after 20
minutes. Papers say that

Epsom would
have won anyway. A Jack Parr goal was disallowed by the referee for offside
(not the linesman), just

after the
injury, but he did score before HT which was 2-1. "One of the finest cup
ties yet played on Epsom's ground.

Ex-Epsom player
E Hill played for Tooting.

27/9/30 Epsom
win 3-0 v Whyteleafe, but the score flatters Epsom, who are no better that
their opponents except in

experience
which made the difference. Herbert Etheridge played for Fred Behn who was
away on business. Also

Ernie Sperring
was injured so Jack Forster took his place and played well. Game was meant to
be against Bostall

Heath at home,
but they were involved in a cup tie.

Sept 30 Trevor
Jones is suspended for three weeks after his sending off. Erith player only
gets a one week suspension.

Also reference
to RW Earl returning to the side after suffering an injury in the early part
of the previous season.

SSC 2q BYE -
drawn at Camberley & Yorktown (A) in 3q. Despite reaching the final in
1929, Epsom had to qualify

while 12 other
sides are exempted, including Aquarius and Tooting Town. Why?

Herald says
that Epsom Town are "indignant" at not being exempted from the
Surrey Senior Cup qualifying rounds

and they
withdraw from the Surrey Charity Shield quoting a congested fixture
list.

Oct 30 Future
player EH Hannam at Kingstonian this year.

1/10/30 or
possibly 8/10/30 Epsom Wednesday lose 5-1 at Mitcham Common v Greenbroom Ath.

On the other
date Epsom Weds appear to have won a match in CWL by 5-4 but don't know who
yet.

4/10/30 Paper
says that Sutton have never done well at Epsom's ground, and a record gate is
expected for the FAC

match. In the
event, Epsom were the better side and won fairly easily. Sutton injury 2nd
half. Passenger.

Also, early 2nd
half at 1-0, George Mackesy and Lever (Sutton) are sent off for "rough
play". Presume fighting.

The game then
became very scrappy from this point. Paper refers to Sutton finishing with
two players sent off, but

no mention in
two reports and is wrong. Jones is ineligible (suspended). "An
unpleasant game". Comet described

the sendings off: "Mackesy and Lever
had a "difference of opinion" which led the referee to require them
to leave!"

Sports notes in
the paper wonder why there is ill feeling between these clubs every time they
meet, but it has

always been the
case since they started meeting as Senior teams. Both clubs are equally at
fault. 2 or 3 years ago

Sutton had a
player injured so badly, that he never played top flight football again.
Often these problems are caused

by the
supporters of both sides!

Both George
Mackesy and Lever are suspended for 14 days from Tuesday 14/10/30. Regular
reference in the papers

to a strong
home advantage caused by the slope at West Street. Nothing changes!

Surrey Midweek
Cup 1st round on 8/10 sees Greenbroom Ath v Epsom Weds but Epsom were out by
third round.

11/10/30 West
Norwood were superior to Epsom as a whole, and Epsom were lucky to win, due
to a last minute

Mackesy
penalty, his 11th in succession apparently. Harry Westlake, and FEJ Behn were
the best players on the

pitch. Game was
switched to West Street, and two minutes silence was held in respect of the
R101 airship disaster.

18/10/30 About
3,000 spectators see Mitcham knock Epsom out of the FAC. Future player Jackie
Pullen scores 2.

Epsom were 1-1
for a while, but not for long, losing 3-1. Mackesy and Jones suspended which
didn't help. New

player H
Pattemore had previously been a pro for Llanelli and Swansea, but had been
given permission by the Welsh

FA to play as
an amateur. However, his debut was disappointing. Future player Jackie Pullen
scored twice for Mitcham.

Herald says
Marlow scored from 30 yards out on the left wing, but this is more likely to
have been Challis's position.

However,
Advertiser agrees and says Marlow sent in a high shot from the left. MARLOW.

Pattemore
actually played twice in the Football League for Swansea City on 6th and 13th
October 1928.

We would have
met Kingstonian (H) in the next round.

18/10/30 @ West
Street Epsom, Leatherhead & District Schools 1-6 Surbiton & District
Schools in English Schools

Shield 1st
Round. "A big shock".

22/10/30 C
Harvey is chosen for Surrey Juniors v London Juniors @ Kingstonian this day.
He was introduced

to the club by
a club member Mr JD Dougherty.

Oct 30
reference to former player Jack Pearman's son now playing for Sutton United.

25/10/30 Strong
wind at Carshalton Athletic, who suffered an injury to their left wing, as
Watson and Weston were

both injured
and limp through the remainder of the game. Trevor Jones scored after 15
minutes and Epsom never look

back, winning 6-1 in
AC.

Carshalton
keeper injured in collision at 5-1, and carried off. 10 men.

Comet said
Pattemore was ineligible for AC, yet had played in FAC the week before.
Played for Res instead.

London League
lost to Paris League 6-3 on 1/11/30 in Paris. No Epsom Town players selected.

1/11/30 Epsom
at the top of their form in a 3-0 win at Dagenham Town. RW Earl returned from
injury, and Mackesy

returned from
suspension. Half way through 1st half saw an injury to Dagenham player Brown.
10 men. Epsom

would have won
anyway say papers. Last 15 minutes were in poor light. Dagenham finished with
9 near the end.

5/11/30 Epsom
Police 3-8 Epsom Wednesday - Police first match - played at Epsom Recreation
Ground.

7/11/30 Ewell
Boys beat Benhilton 3-0 in Sutton & District Schools Cup 2nd round.
R.Chenery (related), R Sutton, and

T.Sainsby scored.

8/11/30
"One of the hardest, closest and most exciting games in ages".
After 90 minutes, it was too dark to play ET.

Crowd of 2,500
were quite pleased with the football with plenty of thrills. Both sides were
at full strength except

when Uden
replaced the injured Etheridge. Jackie Pullen played for Mitcham and collided
with keeper Jack Forster

on three
occasions, leaving him with cuts around the eye and cheek. Forster was a very
tough player though, as

he regularly
boxed, and he continued. FEJ Behn scored from 25 yards after 43 minutes, but
in the second half, there

was another
collision between Forster and Pullen, which ended with both players down, and
the ball in the net. The

referee
consulted with both linesmen, and disallowed the goal, but straight after (2
seconds say papers) he awarded

Mitcham a
penalty, "for alleged obstruction by Westlake" which the injured
Pullen then scored past the injured Forster!

Herald says "over
2,500".

12/11/30 Ewell Boys defeat Crown Road, Sutton 5-0 at West
Street. Both teams had won all their matches previously. Don Butcher scored
four

and R.Sutton
got the other. Record so far: Pld 9 W9 F50 A5.

15/11/30 Epsom
play well in AC replay against Mitcham, winning 5-1. Pullen scored yet again
for Mitcham.

After Epsom had
gone 5-1 up, Shoesmith the experienced keeper lost his temper with a
spectator, and left the pitch

and assaulted
him. The ref had no alternative but to send him off on 75 minutes. As in the
first match, there had been

an oddly
awarded penalty for no apparent reason, which Mackesy converted for his 12th
straight success. No one

seemed to know
why it was given though. Epsom had a goal disallowed as the Mitcham linesman
said that the

ball had gone
out of play. Papers refer to the need for neutral linesmen in these sort of
matches! Large crowd in

spite of wet
weather. After the keeper's sending off, the game was very tame, and a
Forster pensave from Pullen

summed it up,
as he gained revenge for the week before.

Mitcham News advises that the penalty was given when a
Mitcham player "intercepted" an Epsom forward while Shoesmith was
clearing the ball.

Herald says that referee advised he had not sent Shoesmith
off, but had stopped him from re-entering the field of play! Nightingale went
in goal.

Referee also
reported the Mitcham linesman F Farrer, and the FA decided he was not to run
the line or referee again!

Shoesmith was
suspended for one month.

Nov 30 Terry
Birch and Corby were selected for Surrey Juniors v Kent Juniors @ Margate on
22/11/30. EG Matkin also

selected but
couldn't get there, so had to withdraw.

Nov 30 Reg Stimson selected for London League v Isthmian
League on 27/11/30. Also selected are three from Leavesden and two from Park
Royal

despite them
being in the lower division. Played at Leytonstone.

22/11/30
"As was generally expected" Epsom won at Whyteleafe Albion in AC
4q, but Whyteleafe were very

unlucky not to
draw. G Carmichael replaced Behn (injured knee). Whyteleafe were a goal down,
but "scored" right

as the referee
blew the whistle for Half time. The goal was not allowed. Lucky break!. Epsom
went further ahead in

2nd half and won 2-1.

22/11/30
Amazing SSC 3q game sees Dorking 7-8 Godalming!!!

27/11/30
Biannual match between London League and Isthmian League takes place at
Leytonstone. No further details.

28/11/30 Ewell
Boys defeated New Town (Sutton) 5-1 at Ewell on a Friday afternoon in a
League match. The scorers

were D.Butcher
(2), R.Sutton (2) and Fred Chitty.

29/11/30 Reference to the tie this day against Camberley
& Yorktown being "oft postponed". This must have been due to
the Amateur Cup run and this was

I believe the
third consecutive Saturday that it was scheduled for.

29/11/30 RJ
Stimson missing. He had played for London League v Isthmian League on 27/11,
and had a strained groin

muscle. He
"played a great game" on the Thursday according to the Herald.

Behn played
again, but for 75 minutes, his knee gave him trouble again. Camberley had
most of the play, but Epsom

took an early
lead. However, Camberley led 2-1 by HT partly because George Mackesy missed
his first penalty in

thirteen
attempts. 2nd half was more for Epsom, who went 3-2 up, but an 86th minute
equaliser forced extra time,

which only
lasted 2 minutes before it was abandoned for bad light. Why did ref start it?
C & Y had scored 11 last week.

29/11/30 Epsom,
Leatherhead & District Schools 4-1 Wimbledon. Reuben Leverington (Junior)
played. This was in

the Surrey
Schools County Championships which Epsom won last year.

Ilford crowd
trouble v Brentford on 29/11/30

Ground closed
for 14 days so any Epsom AC replay

would have not
been played at Ilford

Nov 30 Mr JH
Robb of St James' Avenue, Ewell, writes in to complain about some of the
Epsom supporters referring

to
"incidents of an unpleasant character".

Dec 30 Shearer
was playing for Woking - is he the Epsom one? WH Shearer joined Epsom in
August 1932.

4/12/30 Harry
Westlake played for Surrey v Essex.

6/12/30 In the
replay we had another exhibition of "poor and uninteresting
football". T Jones scored after one minute,

and Epsom
pressed for the next 40 minutes without scoring, as Earl missed "three
or four glorious chances". 2-0 at

HT, but
Camberley scored after 46 minutes to make it interesting. After 65 minutes,
Harry Westlake disagreed with

the referee on
a decision and was sent off "to the surprise of all". Finally two
goals from Earl made it safe. Won 4-1.

Herald was very
critical of the referee for this game, and Westlake doesn't serve any
suspension in the end.

10/12/30 PC
Fred Copsey scored HT for Epsom Police v Epsom Traders to turn the game
around. Police had trailed

0-3 at HT and
2-4 with ten minutes remaining, before the HT @ Court Rec.

13/12/30 Epsom
draw the holders Ilford in Amateur Cup 1st round proper. "Epsom have an
outside chance of a draw"

says Comet. Not
sure where that draw would have been though, as Ilford had their ground
closed for 14 days on

9/12/30
following an incident in the Cup tie with Brentford.

13/12/30 Big
gate of over 3,000 for Ilford's visit in the Amateur Cup. It was the first
time Epsom had reached

this stage, and
they had drawn the holders in the last 64. However, Epsom led after 5 minutes
through

Marlow, and
were the better team for over an hour. Epsom went 2-0 up with a Jones goal
after 49 minutes,

but a quick
reply, and then two in a minute (including a penalty) took Ilford ahead,
eventually winning 5-2.

Would have
played Casuals (A) in 2nd round. Herald says Behn and Earl were below form,
and Behn wasn't

fully fit.
Should not have played. Also says only 2,500 attended.

Epsom should
have been 2-0 up by HT as Jones scored from a backwards pass from Marlow, but
he was

given offside!
An honest mistake said Herald. Would have been away to Casuals in Second
Round.

20/12/30
Tooting (H) is not played as the county cup tie v Egham takes priority.

20/12/30 Egham
SSC tie abandoned in second period of extra time after bad light. 1-1 at 90
minutes, but both teams

scored again in
extra time before the game was abandoned with 6 minutes remaining. Egham were
ahead twice, but

goals from
Etheridge and Birch earned the replay. Pleasant but not brilliant
football.

26/12/30
Friendly with Luton Amateurs, who were "very amateur". Epsom led
5-0 at HT and cruised to an 8-1 win.

Luton had got a
1-1 draw with Wimbledon the day before though. The Luton side contained
former and future player

C Harvey.
Pattemore and Dayman played well this day, while Sperring couldn't play as he
has "face trouble", and

Jack Forster
was in Newcastle for the holidays, and Etheridge and Stimson were also away.
It was also a poor

attendance for
a Boxing Day, even allowing for the poor weather. John Coppin went in goal.
It would normally have been

Westlake, but
he crushed a finger the day before. Game refereed by Sid Basford, future Club
Secretary.

27/12/30 Replay
v Egham. Forster and Sperring unavailable, so last years reserve keeper A
Walker played instead.

78 minutes
Egham injury. 10 men. After 80 minutes it was 1-1 then Jones had a shot which
crossed the line

(admitted by
Egham defender Shelcott) but the referee wasn't sure and played on. In extra
time, Epsom went 3-1 up

but Egham
scored again near the end. Won 3-2. George Prestoe was Egham's best player.

Dec 30 Harry Westlake wasn't suspended after his sending
off in December v Camberley & Y. Surrey FA decide there is no case to
answer.

Dec 30
Including 27th Dec, Comet says Epsom have played 18 games with only two
losses, which implied that Epsom

hadn't played
Mitcham in WHC F yet. However, Comet missed this game as it was minor, and
played on 3/9/30.

Jan 31 George
Prestoe signed from Egham after impressing in Surrey Senior Cup matches v
Epsom. Debut to be

on 10th Jan as
he is playing in one last big game for Egham. He is young and dashing
according to the Epsom Herald.

Jan 31 At this
stage, Epsom have only played 4 matches in
the League, and it will be no easy task to finish the

heavy league programme.

3/1/31 Epsom
lose unbeaten league record with an 8-1 defeat at Chelmsford! Papers say that
8-1 is a little harsh,

but Epsom were
clearly outclassed. Jack Forster had a good game. Large & sporting crowd
at Chelmsford, saw

the game played
for only 80 minutes, which was probably just as well! They would not be so
fortunate in Feb 1948!

Epsom ran the
show for ten minutes, but were 5-0 down at HT!

7/1/31 Epsom
Weds draw 1-1 at South Croydon Weds. Epsom mispen in first half at 0-0 but
then led after 80, only

to concede a
last minute penalty equaliser. Foggy day and hard ground.

10/1/31 Poor
game v Mitcham, even allowing for the weather. Pullen scored twice v Epsom,
while George Prestoe

made his debut
in relief of W Dayman. Lost at home 3-0. Papers refer to having played 4 cup
ties already this

season, one was
in FAC, and two were in AC, so the other must have been Wilson Hospital Cup,
which was

drawn 0-0 on
3/9/30.  Clearly the new season's cup
had not been played at this date.

Pitch was
jagged and frozen, and day was quite foggy. Game only lasted for 80 minutes
with no HT interval. Herald

blames the
London League for arranging these games with a 3pm k.o. in winter!! This must
be wrong!

Jan 31 Fred
Watts transfers from Epsom Town to Caarshalton Athletic.

14/1/31 Croydon
BTA defeat Epsom Weds 9-0. Edmondson got 7. HT 4-0.

17/1/31
Improvement in form as Epsom win at last year's champions Grays. Epsom were
4-1 up at HT, before

winning 4-3.
Grays had led 4 minutes, but after 6 minutes, Epsom were 2-1 up. At 4-3
Mackesy hit the bar in fading

light. Grays
fans constantly barracked Westlake, who "played one of the best games of
his life". He is "a personality".

24/1/31
"The ease with which Epsom won should have been indicated by a much
greater margin" as Epsom beat

Dulwich Hamlet
at Champion Hill 3-2 in front of 5,000 spectators. "Never have Epsom
triumphed over a team of

such repute so
conclusively". "Even Dulwich fans seemed to glory in Epsom's
success". Challis was unavailable

through injury,
while Pattemore (ex-pro) and Prestoe (cup tied) were ineligible, so Behn,
Parr and Matkin all played.

Herbert
Etheridge was playing against his old club. Dulwich were 3-1 down and got a
late goal to make the score

closer than it
really was. Comet said "Never have Dulwich been so surprisingly
beaten" First ever meeting with them.

28/1/31 Reg
Stimson plays for F.A. v Navy this day.

30/1/31
reported that Challis has discovered that two small pieces of bone have been
chipped from his right knee. He

will require an
operation, and will be out for the rest of the season.

31/1/31 Epsom
win 7-3 at Carshalton Athletic, after being 2-2 at HT. Carshalton had 3
ex-Epsom players Fred Watts,

G Wood and A
Mackesy, George's brother. "The brother of Epsom's captain".

Etheridge was
away at a Welsh International trial so Terry Birch came in to the side.

6/2/31 reported
that Epsom have been struck out of the SCS, despite advising that they would
withdraw back in

September. They
were asked to play Sutton Utd in 2nd round, but couldn't agree a date because
of their fixture list.

The Epsom
Cottage Hospital will receive no donation from the competition as a result.
Club are not worried about

being removed,
but are angry that the hospital will get no money, especially as they
participated last year, and the

Cottage got no
money then either.

7/2/31 In
return match, Epsom made it three big wins over Carshalton Athletic with a
7-1 win. Prestoe and Pattemore

both got hat
tricks in both matches. A Mackesy played for Carshalton Athletic again, while
Fred Watts scored a

penalty for
Carshalton. Trevor Jones is injured and cannot play this day. G Wood played
for Carshalton Athletic. "One

of the best
halves Epsom ever had". In second half Harry Westlake went on the left
wing, as passengers often do, but

"didn't
play like an injured player"!

Feb 31 future
player L.Caiels is playing in the Isthmian League for Clapton.

13/2/31
reported in Herald that there was no report of the game on 31/1, and this
week, he received one from each

team, just to make sure!

14/2/31 Mitcham
W pay another visit to Epsom in SSC. They are fortunate to win 2-1 say
papers. Jack Forster is

charged into
the net for the first goal, and both Forster and Mason (Mitcham W) were
knocked out for a while. Pullen

scored the
second goal. Both Prestoe and Pattemore ineligible for game. Herald rightly
says this is their 6th meeting.

Mitcham won
mainly through "their aggressiveness and thrustfulness".
"Tactics were more than vigorous". Future

players Dick
Wilson and Jackie Pullen played for Mitcham W.

Feb 31 Ewell
Boys still unbeaten this season and won 3-0 against Belmont School @ Belmont.
Scorers were R.

Chenery, R
Sutton, and Don Butcher.

18/2/31 No CWL
game for Epsom Weds.

19/2/31 Sutton Advertiser reports that Mitcham Wanderers
and Epsom Town will have to replay their Wilson Hospital Cup tie, so it
clearly hadn't

been played by
now, nor was it agreed to be shared at the time of the first draw.

21/2/31 Well
contested sporting draw with Romford. Bronk Challis injured, so replaced by
Jack Parr. Epsom scored

first through a
good own goal from Russell, when the Romford player miskicked under pressure
and it went in off the post!

25/2/31
R.Chenery scores HT for Ewell Boys. Was this an older brother, as Ray says he
was born in 1924? Yes!

25/2/31 Croydon
Albion defeat Epsom Weds 6-2 at Plough Lane Wallington. They led early but
trailed 2-1 at HT.

28/2/31 Bostall
Heath game played in Welling, Kent. If Epsom had won, they would have had a
chance at the title

say papers, but
they lose 2-1 despite dominating the first 30 minutes. Most of the 2nd half
was played in a

snowstorm!.
Epsom scored an Etheridge consolation with the last kick of the game.

28/2/31 Surrey
Schools Shield (Hook Shield) SF 2nd replay between Croydon and Surbiton. Drew
0-0, and would

need a 4th
replay at Epsom on 14/3/31 before Surbiton were victorious 3-0.

7/3/31 A few
spectators for the Dagenham match in freezing conditions. Epsom went 2-0 up
in first 25 minutes,

which was just
as well, as Mackesy and Jones suffered injuries, and were both passengers.
Epsom hung on to win

2-1. My records and the Advertiser report show Marlow and
Pattemore as the scorers even though Times online says it was Prestoe not
Pattemore.

14/3/31
Disaster at Romford where the score was 0-0 after 60 minutes yet lost 7-0!!
Debut for R Williams (Sutton)

T Jones was
unavailable through injury, and Pattemore was ill, so Behn and Williams
played instead.

after a very
even first half at Brooklands. Attendance 3,000. HT for Webb (Romford)

14/3/31
Carshalton Athletic beat Mitcham Wanderers 2-0. Carsh had Fred Watts, J.Jones
(Jimmy?) A.Mackesy,

while Mitcham
had Jackie Pullen and Dick Wilson playing for them this day.

Mar 31 Future
keeper E James playing for Barking Town.

18/3/31 No CWL
game for Epsom Weds.

21/3/31 R
Coleman was promoted from reserves but didn't play well. Newcomer R Andrews
debut, and Ernie Sperring

replaced Jack
Forster as Epsom tried to get out of a bad patch. Erith scored 7 minutes and
led at HT, but Epsom

fought back in
2nd half and should have won the game, but had to settle for a 1-1 draw. Poor
game that "didn't deserve

much
description"! G Bennett (Sutton & Redhill) was expected to play, but
didn't show, and never did play for Epsom in the end.

Mar 31 George
Prestoe has returned to Egham following the Romford defeat.

25/3/31 @ West
Street the Sutton and District League Schools Final between Ewell and
Hackbridge. Drew 1-1 so

they are joint
holders. HT 1-0, scorer: Nash.

25/3/31 A
goalless first half but Croydon Wanderers beat Epsom Weds 3-1, It was
Croydon's last game of the season.

28/3/31 We
pinched a 1-1 draw with Bostall Heath, as a result of a 90th minute equaliser
from Harry Westlake. Debut for H Styles

and J Richards
both promoted from the reserves, and played well enough. Reserves at home
afterwards v UGBM k.o. 4.45.

31/3/31 League
Shield Final sees Hackbridge end Ewell Boys unbeaten run with a 90th minute
winner 1-0. First loss

in 2 years. @
Carshalton Athletic.

3/4/31 Lost 3-5
on Good Friday v bottom club Walthamstow Grange at Chingford Road.
H.Pattemore played but

Epsom went 1-0
down after 15 minutes. Bob Gates played against his old team. 2-0 down after
30 but Trevor Jones

scored before HT, then Walthamstow scored a
third. HT 3-1. Marlow then scored from Richards pass, but two more

goals for the
hosts rendered R.Williams' goal a consolation.

Apr 31 future
Club Saviour and Crystal Palace Chairman Ray Bloye playes for Carshalton at
Romford - beaten 9-1.

4/4/31 Biggest
number of goals conceded by an Epsom team at West St, as Grays visit and win
8-1. Harvey played

for Grays
wearing his usual black skull cap! And scored twice. Tomlinson got 5 more.
Sperring had a bad day. HT unk.

J
"Snowy" Goddard made his debut from Redhill. Did he play against
Epsom in SSC F 1929? Yes he did.

Epsom were a
goal down in the first minute, then fairly even for twenty minutes, before HT
1-3. Lost 8-1

6/4/31 J Barrs
(Kingstonian) and Richards (West Park) make debuts v Walthamstow Grange and
win 7-3. Forster took

Sperring's
place, as he was injured, but may have been about to be dropped anyway. 6-3
up at HT. Walthamstow's

keeper was
injured in second half, and Epsom sportingly didn't push or charge him.

South London
Press advises that Barrs had in fact gone to Nunhead from Kingstonian so must
have joined us from Nunhead.

6/4/31 Barnes
Albion 6-1 Warlingham Surrey Minor Cup Final at West Street. Ko 11.15

Cup had been
presented by the late Sir Conan Doyle, and was awarded by FR Gulland.

8/4/31 No
League game for Epsom Weds.

8/4/31 Friendly
at West Street saw Surrey Schoolboys v Middlesex Schoolboys draw 1-1.

10/4/31 Herald
reports that they have many midweek games to play now.

11/4/31 Dull
game with Finchley saw Epsom scrape through 2-1. All the goals were scored in
the second half, while

The winning
goal against Finchley "was the result of a movement which for prettiness
and smartness is not likely

to be surpassed
on Epsom Town's ground". Great goal by Pattemore, after three previous
passes from Parr, Jones

and Mackesy,
which led to an excellent first time strike. J Barrs was unavailable as he
was playing for his works team

this day.
Etheridge and Mackesy were up front for this game.

18/4/31 Return
game with Finchley saw Mackesy and Jones out injured, and replaced by
Carmichael and Behn. Ref

missed Bob
Gates punching the ball out from on the goal line, but Finchley still led
after 44 minutes and won 2-0.

20/4/31 Monday
evening game saw many reserves playing for both sides as Tooting beat Epsom
2-0.

This broke
their 7 game losing run. Tooting had recently been censured by the Surrey
F.A. over irregular payments,

and their
treasurer was suspended "sine die". Ted Pullen played for Tooting,
who was apparently no relation to

Jackie, the
Mitcham and future Epsom player. The goals were in the 10th and 13th minutes.

It is clear
that by 18th April the Wilson Hospital Cup semi between Epsom & Mitcham
has not yet been played.

and the
original final was probably never replayed either. Certainly hadn't been
played by 14/2/31. Carshalton

Athletic await
the victors in the final. Not sure that this game was ever played. See
comments in blue at top.

Lots of midweek
games were played as Epsom's first and reserve teams had games to catch up.

Apr 31 SCFA
advise a possible Surrey Midweek league, depending on interest.

22/4/31 A good
2-1 win at Mitcham on a Wednesday evening for the league match. Marlow gets
both in 2nd half.

Mitcham News
calls it "a strenuous and vigorous game ended in a win for Epsom".
Ht was 0-0, but Reg Marlow

scored after 55
minutes, and again after Mitcham pressure. The game then got rough, and
Jackie Pullen was kicked

after scoring a
penalty for Mitcham. T.Sealey (future wartime Epsom Town player) was then
kicked and carried off.

The crowd were
very angry with Harry Westlake about this, and held a demonstration after the
game. "The Mitcham

Wanderers
officials and the police are to be commended on the tactful way in which they
dealt with the situation".

25/4/31 Cray
are dispatched 6-2. Game kicked off after 4pm, as Cray got lost on their way.
6-2 was harsh on Cray.

Bob Gates
missed this game injured, and watched while Etheridge took his place, but he
was a bit slow. George

Mackesy is
troubled by a leg injury and may not play again this season says Herald. He
does though. Very wet and muddy day.

27/4/31 3rd win at Whyteleafe Albion this season. 2-1.
Herald says there are three reserves in the line up this day but does not
name them.

28/4/31 Rural
Council 5-3 Urban Council at West Street. Scorers for Rural Council were Keen
(3), Stimson and o.g (Parker)

30/4/31 2 late
goals ensure that Epsom beat Tooting 2-1 on a Thursday evening.

May 31 Tooting
Town FC to change name to Tooting FC it is advised in Balham and Tooting
Gazette.

2/5/31 1-0 win
over Cray means that Epsom finished with 5 straight wins to end the season.
Epsom were lucky to win,

as Cray had 90%
of the possession but were too cautious. 82nd minute winner for Behn.

20/5/31 SCFA
AGM at Adult School Hall, Park Lane, Croydon.

Reserves:

London League Division 1

Position

8th out of 14

SIC

3rd

Wills Sports

0-3

Surrey
Intermediate Cup 1st round bye.

Wills sports
reached final. They played at Hill Farm on the St Helier Estate.

30/8/30 Res lose 6-0 at Leavesden in opening league game
of the season. The "wing halves were the great weakness" said the
Herald.

6/9/30 Reserves
unlucky to concede an equaliser in the last minutes. D 4-4 at Chelmsford.
Epsom were 1-0 down after

2 minutes but
went 2-1 up, then 2-2 then Epsom mispen. HT 2-2. Res went ahead twice more in
the game, but were

pegged back each time.

13/9/30 Fred Watts mispen for reserves at 0-0, but won
anyway 6-1 v Erith & Belvedere. Two goals each for Parker & Thomas
with an own goal and one unknown.

20/9/30 Appears
no game for Reserves.

27/9/30 Quite a
large gate for the friendly at Sutton, which Epsom lost 3-2 after leading 2-1
at HT.

4/10/30 reference to a new keeper A.Carter who played and
did well as we beat Erith & Belvedere 2-1 this day. He is a London
Policeman.

11/10/30 CF
Harvey and EG Matkin both played and scored for Surrey Juniors in a 3-3 draw
with London Juniors

at Kingstonian.

25/10/30 H Pattemore played for Res in 4-1 London League
win over Mitcham Wanderers. Carter was unavailable so A.Fripp went in goal.
Facing us was H.Barber

who had been
with us recently but this was his debut for Mitcham Wanderers!

Mitcham News provides the teams and includes C Williams
ahead of Sayers but they also included Carter who was not playing so it looks
like they were unaware

of Fripp coming in so would likewise be unaware of
Williams being replaced by Sayers. Pattemore mispen (POST) at 0-0 in first
half. HT 0-0.

1/11/30
Reference in Advertiser to "A.Player?" who scored HT v Romford in
5-2 home win. They were playing at inside left.

Comet doesn't
know either. Quite possibly Edwards (Walton Heath) who made his debut this
day.

Originally due
to play Carshalton Ath in SIC on 1st Nov, but postponed to 29th.

8/11/30 Another
new player is expected to play this day, Stowers (Tufnell Park). They lose
3-0 at Hendon, but this is

harsh says
Herald and should have been nearer 1-0. "A clean,  well contested match".

15/11/30 Epsom
win 1-0 at Mitcham Wanderers.

22/11/30
Reserves lost 2-0 at new up and coming team Park Royal. Cowey and Birch were
missing, as they were

playing for
Surrey Juniors v Kent Juniors @ Margate. Described as two of our best
players.

I don't have a
Cowey in my records but do have a J.Corby was that him?

22/11/30
original date of SIC tie at Wills, but Carshalton tie had not been played
yet.

6/12/30 Due to
visit UGBM in a League match but not played. Rearranged for 14/2/31.

13/12/30
Appears no game for res.

20/12/30 Due to
have a friendly at home to Epsom Athletic. Was this played?

27/12/30
Scheduled to play at Mitcham Wanderers in the League but the match had
already been brought forward to 15th November.

3/1/31 A Carter
(a policeman) was injured, so A Fripp went in goal for res. A "general
utility man".

17/1/31 Reserves become the first team to take a point
from Beckenham in 1-1 draw. Parr and Behn both played well against a teeam
with a 100% record but

Bates for
Beckenham did break his leg during the match..

31/1/31 Epsom
lose 3-8 to Brentwood MH, yet were 2-0 up at HT! H Styles injured in this
game.

21/2/31 No game
for reserves. Beckenham hand Park Royal their only loss of the season 2-1.

28/2/31 Ernie Sperring pensave 5 minutes from time v
Standard Telephones in 1-1 draw. New player J Williamson. Terry Birch (pen)
scored our goal.

7/3/31 No game for
Reserves

21/3/31
Probable no game for Reserves

28/3/31 KO 4.45
at West Street v UGBM Sports (Charlton). Drew 2-2 after the first team match.

24/4/31 Game v
Leavesden definitely takes place on the Friday evening.

24/4/31 Res lose 7-1 to Leavesden MH says Herald not 1-8
according to BOOK. Checked Herald which advises a score of "seven goals
to one".

The Epsom line
up represented "a fairly scratch lot". However, Epsom Advertiser
says the score was 8-1!

After doing
table tracking using many leageu tables I can confirm that the score was
definitely 7-1.

30/4/31 Epsom Reserves lose to Beckenham on a Thursday
evening. Score unknown but table tracking confirms score as 3-1. BOOK is
wrong.

2/5/31 C Harvey
and E Mathieu scored for Reserves v Woolwich Poly in a 2-0 win.

Juniors

Sutton & District League Division 3

Position

3rd out of 11

League
Handbook from 1930/31 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Bryant Athletic

G.E.Birks - 4 Bryant Cottages, Merton SW19

Red and white, striped jerseys

Number
1, Three Kings Green, Mitcham

white knickers

Common

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

Carshalton Hill Reserves

S.H.Allison - 40 Cranfield Road, Carshalton

Black jerseys, Amber V,

Stanley
Park Recreation Ground, Carshalton

white knickers

on the Hill

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

Epsom Athletic III

S.C.Martin - 10 Pikes Hill, Epsom

Claret and Light Blue Quarters

Alexandra
Road Recreation Ground

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

Epsom Town Juniors

J.Murphy - 5 Mill Road, Epsom Common

Light and Dark Blue

Court
Recreation Ground, Epsom

Phone: Epsom 773

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

Fetcham

J.W.Stevens - Stoke Road, Fetcham

Red jerseys, white knickers

Fetcham
Recreation Ground

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

Manor Rovers Res

K.Hook (staff), The Manor Institution, Epsom

Blue and White

Manor Institution

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

Mitcham Green Res

R.W. Gore - 6 Whitford Gardens, Mitcham

Green with White V jerseys,

Rosehill, Sutton

white knickers

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

Mitcham St Mark's

E.W.Harler - 5 Lavender Avenue, Mitcham

White shirts, Black Knickers

Number
1, The Three Kings pub, Mitcham

Dressing
Room adjoining ground

Rosehill Reserves

S.H.Gray - 12 Horseshoe Green, Sutton

Light and Dark Blue Jerseys,

Rosehill, Sutton

White Knickers

Dressing
Rooms on ground

Sutton Town

H.C.Richardson - 13 Benhilton Gardens,

Red and Black striped jerseys,

Sutton
& Cheam Recreation Grounds

Benhilton

Blue Knickers

Dressing
Rooms ?

Wallington Holy Trinity
OB

E.Wilson - 12 Highland Cottages, Bute Road,

Blue with Amber V jerseys

Wallington
Recreation Ground, Stafford Road

Wallington

Dressing
Rooms on Ground

6/9/30 Large
crowd stay behind after Chelmsford LL game to watch Juniors beat Sutton Town
10-2 in S & D match.

Juniors went
behind early but were ahead soon after the setback. Sutton made it 2-2. HT
6-2.

27/9/30 Juniors
defeat Carshalton Hill Res 6-2 at Court Rec H). 2-0 up after 5 minutes, and
HT was 4-1. A keen and

cleanly fought
game. Scorers B Spring (2), Clement (2), Nash, and G Watts. Herald said Watts
and Spring excelled on the left wing.

11/10/30
Juniors 5-0 Mitcham Green Res (H) @ Court Rec. Third straight win in league.
Scorers were E Clement (3),

B Spring, and G
Watts. This was harsh on Mitcham Green who played better than the score
indicates.

18/10/30
projected line up for game at Wallington Holy Trinity OB: C Pearch, J Spring,
W Gubby, John Murphy,

K Nash, R Webb,
J Wheal, James Murphy, E Clement, G Watts, B Spring. Lost 2-3.

25/10/30 Juniors beat Rose Hill Reserves 5-3. Mackley got
HT for Rose Hill. We were 2-1 down at HT and 3-1 down before fighting back.

8/11/30 Mitcham
St Mark's 4-3 Epsom Juniors in SDL.

15/11/30 Juniors bounce back with a 5-3 win at Mitcham
Green Reserves in a League match. Mitcham report says that the game was more
in Epsom's

favour than the
5-0 earlier in the season when they had been the better side! HT 3-2 up.

29/11/30 Bryant
Ath v ET Jun p-p

13/12/30 ET Jun
v Epsom Athletic III p-p

20/12/30 Juniors won 4-2 at Fetcham. HT 1-0 but 2-1 down
soon after. J Spring in 1st half, then B Spring and E Clement (2) in second
half.

Bernard
Spring's free kick aws excellent and "turned the match around".

Expected line
up for 27/12/30 is C Pearch, E Stredwick, R Webb, J Wheal, K Nash, John
Murphy, J Spring,

George Watts, E
Clement, James Murphy, B Spring, P Staplehurst

26/12/30
Juniors 0-4 Epsom Athletic III @ Alexandra Rec. Epsom Athletic were
"good value" for their win.

27/12/30 Manor Rovers Reserves 6-3 Epsom Juniors @ Manor
Hospital. Scorers were Watts (2), and B Spring. "Rovers too heavy for
Juniors".

J Wheal was in
goal and saved a penalty, and many other good saves.

17/1/31 Juniors
6-2 Fetcham. Clement (2), Watts (2), B Spring (2).

7/2/31 Juniors
get a 3-3 draw at Bryant Athletic in the Sutton & District League.

14/2/31 One
week later the two teams meet again, this time Epsom win 5-0.

21/2/31 Juniors
defeat Rosehill Reserves 13-0 in a League game.

14/3/31 Juniors
lose 6-0 at home to Wallington Holy Trinity Old Boys in a League match.

21/3/31 Juniors
v Mitcham St Mark's p-p

28/3/31 Juniors win 4-1 at Sutton Town in a League match.
HT 0-0 but scored five minutes into the second half. Town equalised but Epsom
then ran away with it.

4/4/31 Juniors
lose 3-1 at Epsom Athletic III in a
League match.

11/4/31 Juniors
defeat Manor Rovers Reserves 5-2 in the League.

18/4/31 Juniors
win 10-2 at Carshalton Hill Reserves in a League match.

2/5/31 Juniors
win 18-1 v Mitcham St Mark's in final game of season.

Other
affiliated Local Teams:

Secretary

From SCFA Handbook

Affiliated

Epsom Ass Rover Scouts

AJ Treadway (junior)

52 Long Grove Road, Epsom

Aug 1926

Epsom Athletic

L Miller

43 Spelman Street, London E9

July 1922

Epsom Wednesday

W Wales

3 Adelphi Road

Sept 1923

Epsom Ramblers

AT Blackman

47 Albert Road, Epsom

??

Ewell Colony

R Horsman

Colony Mental Hospital

Nov 1927

29/7/30 Ewell
By Pass given approval by Surrey County Council and granted 75% of the costs.
£43,000 total cost.

Aug 30
CRAGANOUR dies. This horse won the 1913 Epsom Derby, but was later
disqualified for bumping and the

race was
awarded to ABOYEUR at odds of 100-1. That Derby was also famous for the
actions of Emily Davison, who

threw herself
in front of the King's Horse AMNER, and died a few days later.

Aug 30
Reference to the Epsom County School For Boys being at 1 Church Street,
Epsom.

30/9/30
Proposal submitted for widening of Epsom High Street, which is brought about
by an application from

Woolworths to
rebuild their store at 48 High Street. Both sides were considered, but it was
felt that the North side

should be the
one demolished, although a grant would be required. Reference to an earlier
consideration and earlier

plan submitted
in 1913, but not followed through (maybe WW1?).

26/2/31
Streatham Ice Rink opened.