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2nd out of 14

Premier Division

FAC

3q

Met Police

1-3

AC

4q

Met Police

2-5

LC

Reached semi-final, but held over to next year,
where it appears that it wasn't played.

SSC

1st

Tooting & Mitcham

1-2

SCS

W

Woking

5-0

President

Sir Samuel Hill-Wood (Bart)

re-elected

Chairman

Charles (HC) Pettett

re-elected

New v-c

FG Talbot-Butler

replaced

Secretary

Sid (WS) Basford

re-elected

AP Baker

Manager

Selection Committee

Trainer

Sid Bristow

Treasurer

WH Bailey and AP Henry as Joint Treasurers

Committee as elected at
AGM

WI Bowe, FA Duplock, E Easton, WJ Gilbert, WE
Green, Bill Townsend,

E Uden, W Voller, H Walker, CE (Ted) Wheal, TN
Young, AE Chaney, PH Uden, P Thomas

Home Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Club Colours

Light and Dark Blue Hoops

Additional
first and second team records listed in THE BOOK.

WINNERS of
Surrey Charity Shield

First season
of the League Cup

June 32 Press
Secretary David WG Jones also a Vice-President of West Ewell Athletic

June 32
reference to Ernie Sperring, and B Swindall, and Jack Parr amongst other
footballers playing for Epsom Rovers

Cricket Club
during the summer.

29/6/32 SCFA
AGM at Battersea Town Hall.

30/6/32 AGM at
Foresters Hall, Epsom on Thursday evening. Chaired by Charles Pettett and
supported by

WS Basford and AE
Chaney.

Balance sheet
showed that AP Baker, AE Chaney, and J Hayes hade made special donations to
the club totalling

£52.10s. V-P
Donations totalled £48.2s and members subscriptions at £7.11s.6d. Season
tickets £19.11s and

adverts on
programmes & programmes themselves was £78.18s.4d. Profit on catering of
£43.0s.4d and adverts

on the fixture
sheets was £28.15s. Gate receipts were Trials £5.3s.8d, league matches
£399.7s.8d, and cup

competitions
£505.4s.10d. Friendlies £20.6s.8d charity comps £53.7s.10d. Total
£1,286.0s.9d.

Expenditure:
£275.15s for travelling expenses of both teams £31.17s6d for referees and
linesmen. £39 Secretary's

honorarium for
two seasons, £134.11s.8d for groundsman and two trainers, £97.10s for upkeep
and maintenance

of ground and
stands. £61.10s
wages, £96.4s.11d for advertising, printing and postages, £67.

4s.1d for
stock and outfit, £86.1s.3d for rent £24.18s.5d for medical fees and first
aid for two seasons, £5.3s.9d

to hospital
for charity from trial matches, £131.5s.3d for share of proceeds of cup
matches and £49.2s.10d for

proceeds of charity
gates.

On the year
there was a debit of £5.7s.11d plus an overdraft of £50.2s.6d to which was
added 7s.8d (interest?)

making a total
of £55.18s.1d, which was loaned to the club by Mr Chaney. This was paid back
to him next season.

President
re-elected as were v-p's and Chairman. It was mentioned that Charles Pettett
had become the first

Epsom Town
official to be elected to the Surrey FA, and that it was an honour richly
deserved. AP Baker

resigned as
Vice-Chairman and was replaced by FG Talbot-Butler. Secretary Basford
re-elected and he paid

tribute to
previous secretary William E Green and everyone for making his job as easy as
it could be. AE Chaney

resigned as
Treasurer due to pressure of business, and was replaced by W Bailey and A
Henry as joint treasurers.

Thanks given
to AE Chaney for past services. H Guard and H Stevens appointed auditors and
DWG Jones who

has reported
400 matches for the club was asked to continue as Press Secretary.

Chairman
thanked the playing staff on their performance in reaching 2nd round of
Amateur Cup and runners-up in

London League
and SF of SCS.

It was hoped
that the AC run would have gained them an exemption from the qualifying
rounds. It didn't. 1000 yards of

hardcore has
been laid on the far "popular" side. Season tickets, programmes and
catering show a steady decline on

previous
years. DWG Jones said the club had 89 vice-presidents. Charles Pettett also
congratulated on his election

to the SCFA
Committee. DWG has reported on 400 matches for the club it was stated. This
takes him back about ten

years, or nine at least.

Mr Jones
referred to the proposed alteration to the lower entrance to the ground at
Ewell, and said that he hoped

that the Ewell
Parish Council would do all it could to support the club in regard to any new
arrangement, as they

determined
planning permission in the area.

It must be
noted that neither Kingstonian nor Wimbledon entered the SCS in 1931/32 or
this year when Epsom Town would win it.

1/7/32 Sutton
& District League AGM. Juniors placed in Division 2.

9/7/32 Epsom
& District Scouts Association Sports Day at West Street. Glorious weather
and large turn out.

Aug 32 PO
Engineers have taken over the ground at Plough Lane, Wallington, as
Wallington FC were unable to

continue the
tenancy and virtually went out of existence after 30/31. A new pavilion is to
be erected there.

Aug 32 Sutton
Hospital Cup 1st round before 2/11 Cheam Weds v Epsom Weds.

Aug 32 First
season of London League Challenge Cup

Training
started on Thursday 4/8/32 with Sid Bristow 1st team trainer and George Keen,
reserve team trainer. Practically

all of last
years side are returning except B.Swindall who has gone to Redhill.

Aug 32 Juniors
are to play on the Stones Brickfield site in East Street which used to be
used by the now defunct

Epsom
Brotherhood. Mr W Nash is still in charge of the Juniors.

Epsom Weds
will be running two sides this year, and are also playing at the East Street
ground.

12/8/32
reported that Reg Sperring top scored for Epsom Rovers C.C. on his return.

12/8/32
reported Sid Basford writes on 3/8/32 appealing for new club members.
Currently only 70 excluding v-p's and

players, and
the club should have at least 250. Fee is 2s.6d.

13/8/32 First
trial Reds v Hoops with gate on behalf of Cottage Hospital. WH Challis
returns from Sutton, and A Scarborough (17)

6 feet and 12
stone played. Only A Dobson (returning North) and Harry Payton (Manor
Hospital staff) will be unavailable.

Expected line
up for this day was REDS: T Stevens (Epsom Ramblers), TB Pipe, C Mitchell, R
Stewart, R Ruddle,

D Mulward,
Bernard Marlow, Eric King (Epsom Ramblers), A Scarborough, WF Shearer (permit
player), T Hattam.

HOOPS: AC
Smith, Bob Gates, N Widdowson, W Smith, C Campbell, Tommy Winship, W Easto
(Juniors), W Earing,

WE Collier, SD
Frost, WH Challis.

17/8/32 Trial
match on a day much too hot for football with 15 new players, the best of
which was WF Shearer who

played for the
Reds v the Blues

Previous old
players present are George Mackesy, Billy Williams, WH Challis, Bobby Gill,
Reg Marlow, Bob Gates,

and Tommy
"Tot" Winship who all played up to their usual form. Challis had
been out for a whole season with a knee

injury, but
has been back playing cricket recently and was now fit. Also Reg Sperring has
returned from his golfing

appointment in
France, where he has been since late 1927. "He was one of the cleverest
and brainiest players who ever

wore the Epsom
colours". Should be fit, if a little slower says Herald. Never gets back
to the first team though.

New player
joining from Mitcham Wanderers was Dick "Tug" Wilson. He would play
in every game for the next 5

seasons, and
create a possible club record of 214 straight games. Brother in law of future
committee member

Wilf Smith.
Died in Swindon, where he lived with Wilf's sister in the 80's.

20/8/32 Third
trial. Many new players as regulars did other things on a very hot day. 7 new
players had accepted a

trial but
didn't show! New faces included Whittle (Wimbledon & Acton), W Kelly, and
A Anderson (cousins from East

London), AT Rance (reserves) brought his
brother along (Herald says G Rance, but BOOK has AE Rance), and both

brothers
Marlow played. George Watts did well. REDS: Jack Forster, Easto, Dean, Howe,
Whittle, Stredwick, Bernard

Marlow, W
Kelly, Leslie Marlow, A Anderson, George Watts. STRIPES: P Miles, Bob Gates,
H Pattemore, Smith,

George
Mackesy, WF Shearer, Rance (brother of AT) Eric King, A Scarborough, AT
Rance, C Frost.

23/8/32 Epsom
hold a fourth trial on Wednesday evening with L.Jackman (West Norwood) and
E.A.Marlow and more local lads H.C.Martin and C.Ryan

Dean and
Jerman played well and Harry Payton made his first appearance.

Aug 32 Trevor
Jones has left the club, while Billy Williams was elected captain, with
George Mackesy as vice-captain.

26/8/32
reported that Epsom were one of the few clubs that allowed the unemployed in
for free, even though some

insisted on
paying. However, the club won't be doing this any more.

27/8/32 Debut
for W Shearer (Derry City and Motherwell). Challis, Stimson, Ernie Sperring,
and Reg Marlow were all

away for
holidays or cricket. A lady with a parasol was reclining on the bank and
enjoying the sun and the play!

Engineers
unlucky not to be level at HT, after hitting the inside of the post with one
shot, then suffering an injury to

Maris the
centre half. Passenger. After Half time he was replaced by Gooday (17). Very
hot. All did well in this friendly

except Wilson
who showed signs of a lack of training. Played at left half (6) though often
plays at right half (4).

PO Engineers
were a new side, and were in Division 1 of the London League with Epsom's
reserves this year.

Debut for
Wilson. Graves's second goal was a great strike, while Mackesy played well.
Bernard Marlow mispen (SAVE)

at 5-1, while
PO Engineers scored their goal at 3-0.

Sept 32 Future
player J.Barrs is now at Wimbledon. Is a former London Caledonians player.

Sep 32 future
player Reg Madgwick is at Godalming still

7/9/32 Epsom
gain revenge for their early league defeat by beating Bostall Heath in 1st
round of League Cup at West Street.

According to
the Chelmsford Chronicle which contained the League Cup draw, we were drawn
away from home.

10/9/32 Billy
Williams is unable to play in Amateur Cup matches again this season. He was a
permit player, and.

wasn't able to
play in Surrey Charity Shield or Surrey Senior Cup matches.

Carshalton
Athletic Smith was also ineligible this day having assisted the Arsenal
recently.

Billy Williams
was club captain at this time say papers, and he was replaced by Leslie
Marlow, who made his

debut. Brother
of Bernard Marlow but no relation to Reg Marlow. All three played but none
scored in a 2-0 win.

Future England
and Sutton keeper Ralph Carr played for Carshalton in those days and was
"magnificent".

Herald says
Epsom lobbed more than they shot this day. Reg Marlow played with a bruised
ankle.

Leslie Marlow
wasn't great this day, and the crowd got at him "in an almost offensive
way" says Herald. Harsh!

14/9/32
Another friendly with Sutton but not with full teams. Epsom allowed Sutton to
substitute Cornish with

Skinner when
injured. A rare substitution, but the second for Epsom's opponents this year
after P.O. friendly.

Gates and Reg
Marlow were slightly injured so were rested for this game. Sutton went down
to 9 players in the second

half, so the
sub was allowed. Epsom just edged the game, while Hosking ex-Sutton made his
debut, and Terry Birch

ex-Epsom,
played for Sutton! AT Rance also did well on his debut.

Epsom exempt to SSC 1

Sept 32 Former
player RS Williams joins Uxbridge from Sutton, and a Sutton supporter writes
in saying it was because

they found him
"a better job", and says that it was down to Sutton to find him a
better one!

17/9/32 Epsom
win FAC tie comfortably, gaining revenge for last years 1-0 defeat to West
Norwood. Bobby Gill

mispen (SAVE)
at 2-0 1st half, and in final minute Jack Forster (gk) scores a penalty to
make final score 5-1.

21/9/32 Epsom
Weds lose by ten goals to Wimbledon Weds, and their reserves also lost.

24/9/32 Epsom
reach SF 's of League Cup after an easy 5-1 win over PO Engineers, aided by a
Williams HT.

P.O. Engineers
get late consolation at 5-0. Williams' third goal was "superb"
veering in from the left, he went around two

or three
players and the keeper before scoring.

We made the
semi finals with this result but there were six teams remaining after this
round so others had to play a third round tie.

Chelmsford
Chronicle also says we were due to be away in this match but it was played at
West Street.

Oct 32 JSS
Smith joins from Scottish club Burnbank Athletic. Had played for Partick
Thistle, but never made it

into Epsom's
first team, just the reserves. Also listed as J.R.R. Smith and J.F.Smith!

1/10/32
Largest gate this season for easy win over Redhill. Bernard Marlow was
working (bank clerk), so H Pattemore

came in and
Reg Marlow replaced AT Rance. Redhill and ex-Epsom player B.Swindall was
unavailable to play this day

as he was ill.
Bobby Gill was outstanding in heavy rain. Redhill scored from a retaken
penalty.

Oct 32 Herald
says Epsom have signed JF Smith from Burnbank in Scotland, where he was a
junior international.

Oct 32 Wills
Sports play at Hill Farm - presume between Carshalton & Mitcham.

5/10/32 Surrey
Midweek Cup sees Epsom Wednesday 6-3 Leatherhead Weds. HT 0-3 and Extra time
required.

Leatherhead
finished dispirited with 9 players. Epsom's third goal had gone through the
side of the net, but allowed!

8/10/32
Williams is ineligible so Reg Marlow plays and gets four instead. 3-0 up at
HT at Carshalton, but they fought

back to 3-2,
although the result was never in doubt.

Herald says
"Epsom have built up a side of exceptional strength".

8/10/32
Juniors playing at Stone's Field, East Street, near where Sainsbury's in Kiln
Lane is situated now.

8/10/32 Bobby
Gill signs amateur forms with Arsenal, through the Sir Samuel Hill-Wood
connection.

8/10/32 Epsom
Athletic 3-2 Old Suttonians aet at West Street.

12/10/32 Epsom
Weds lose 9-2 away to Caterham MH.

15/10/32
Nearly 2,500 see Epsom as the better side but can't break through at Nunhead.
Epsom's goal never in real

danger, but in
replay on 19/10/32 the Nunhead deputy keeper is beaten 5 times as Epsom are
just too good. W 5-0

H Pattemore,
Billy Williams, and Reg Marlow all selected for London League in Paris v
Paris League on 1/11/32.

Oct 32
Reference in Epsom Herald to attempts being made to resuscitate the old
Supporters Club.

19/10/32 Dance
at Ebbisham Hall for Epsom Wednesday 8pm start.

19/10/32 FAC
Replay K.O. 2.45. Epsom were comfortable winners over Nunhead in front of
approx 2,000. Epsom were

2-0 up at HT
and goals came at regular intervals.

20/10/32 Bobby
Gill playing in the North of England for his territorial team. This makes 4
games in 8 days.

Oct 32 Herald
says Epsom's star is in the ascendant after beating Nunhead, Redhill, and
Sutton.

22/10/32 Epsom
beat Sutton in Amateur Cup and deserved their victory. Sutton keeper was not
great. H Pratt, and

Tommy
Delventhal played for Sutton, who took an early lead, but Epsom were 3-1 up
at HT. Former and future

Epsom player
Terry Birch scored in the first minute for Sutton, but Rance equalised
quickly. HT 3-1 up.

26/10/32 Epsom
Weds v Great Bookham Weds in Surrey Midweek Cup.

28/10/32
reported that WH Challis and RJ Stimson have left for Hounslow. Stimson
doesn't stay long - see below.

Challis
eventually spends time at Sutton this year along with future team mates Tommy
Delventhal and Basil Solly.

Oct 32 RJ
Stimson, ex-Epsom and Hounslow, joins Sutton. E James is in goal for Sutton
Reserves this

year, and
would go on to Dagenham, Grays and Epsom in the next few years.

1/11/32 London
League draw in Paris. Billy Williams and Reg Marlow play for London League.
Menu Card / programme Y.

Game played at
Stade Buffalo Paris. K.o. 2.30. For Dewar Cup presented by Lord Dewar in
1912.

Herbert
Pattemore also listed in the team party. Full itinerary also  included right down to breakfast times!

5/11/32
Epsom's 11th straight cup tie (excl friendlies) and for a large part it was
their poorest of the lot. 40 minutes

of scrappy
uninteresting football before Tommy Dunne opened the scoring against Wills
Sports in AC. Epsom

required extra
time to win this match, as it was 1-1 after 90 minutes. Two goals in first
period of extra time.

"Epsom
supporters were almost moved to tears by the ineptness of their own
forwards"

Nov 32 Epsom
are no longer admitting the unemployed on a discount, as abuse was being made
of the passes. Some

were getting
in, and then passing the passes to people outside!

9/11/32 Cheam
Weds 1-1 Epsom Weds Sutton Hospital Cup 1st round. Replay at Epsom on
23/11/32. Winners to play

Coulsdon Weds
on or before 14/12/32.

12/11/32 am.
k.o. Epsom Leatherhead and District Schools beat Caterham & District in
English Schools shield. Future

players Eric
Jenner and Fred Stenning played for the home side.

12/11/32
Shepherds Bush make their first visit to Epsom and the keeper was injured
after 32 minutes, leaving them

with ten men.
However, they led Epsom 1-0 at the time after a Gill mispen (2 minutes), and
Epsom only equalised

when Bushmen
were down to ten. Future Epsom player AC Austin went in goal. HT 1-1 but
Epsom ran away with it 2nd

half, winning
6-2. E Uden ex-Epsom also played for Shepherds Bush. Epsom's performance was
below standard.

17/11/32
London League v Isthmian League @ Finchley. Did Jones and Gill play?

19/11/32 Cheap
fares are offered to Thames Ditton via Raynes Park between 12.30 and 2.30 for
1s 3d. To AC game.

19/11/32 Billy
Williams ineligible (permit player) for Amateur Cup tie with Met Police which
is lost 5-2 at Imber Court

in front of
just over 400. However, Epsom played better in this match than the 3-1 FAC
defeat, and although they

were 3-0 down
after 50 minutes, they fought back to 3-2 before two long shots in fading
light saw Epsom off. Epsom

also had two
injuries in "wretched conditions". No half time was played because
light was poor.

If we had won
we would have been at home to the Casuals who defeated Met Police 3-2 in the
First Round Proper.

Nov 32 Doug Vernon, former Wycombe Wanderers Amateur Cup
winner scores twice for Met Police. We'd have been at home to Casuals in the
next round.

19/11/32
Epsom, Leatherhead & District Schools lose 2-1 at Farnham in Surrey
Schools Cup which was a home game

played at
Stone's Field, East Street. Future player Don Ralph played for Epsom Schools.

23/11/32
Kingston Wednesday League Cup 1st round Wimbledon Weds v Epsom Weds.

24/11/32
Surrey v Hertfordshire @ Hoddesdon W 4-2. Bobby Gill played for Surrey.

26/11/32 5-5
draw at home to Hendon, yet only 1-0 to Hendon at HT. 9 goals and a third
Gill mispen of the season (BAR) all in 2nd half!

John Caldwell
made his debut and could develop well. He came in for Bernard Marlow who was
injured. Gill mispen was

at 0-1 in 2nd
half, and it was still only 1-1 after 70 minutes, then Epsom went 5-2 up with
under 15 left, yet Hendon

fought back
for a draw. Bramley HT for Hendon.

Dec 32 PO
Engineers stand is now complete. Would last 14 years before being destroyed
in their fire just after the war.

3/12/32
Carshalton Athletic beat Epsom for the first time in three attempts this
season.

Jack Forster
played below his usual standard and this might have been due to his
participation in an amateur

boxing match
at Drill Hall the night before when he lost on points after ten rounds to Tom
Hasket in "a gruelling affair"!!

According to
Wilf Smith ex-Committee member, he and Johnny Goble, an Epsom boxer went up
to the Downs fair

and both won
money by going five rounds with "a big darkie fellow" in one of
those boxing booths! I imagine the

club were not
too haappy about this as Ernie Sperring then returned in goal and stayed
there until April.

9/12/32 Epsom,
Leatherhead & District Schools lose 3-1 to Beckenham in English Schools
shield.

10/12/32 Epsom
defeat Park Royal 5-3. This is Park Royal's first defeat since being in the
Premier Division of the

London League.
They won the title unbeaten last season. Park Royal injury to Evans 2nd half.
10 men. Future players

E.Hannam and J
Judge both played for Park Royal v Epsom, while WH Challis returned for
Epsom.

Park Royal
lose three games all season, two of them to Epsom. Epsom ended their unbeaten
record that

stretched back
and included all of last season.

16/12/32 It is
reported that Epsom may be invited to join an enlarged Southern League, but
this never happens. Would

probably have
involved becoming professional.

16/12/32
"Give it to Marlow" was the cry at Belmont as Ewell Boys beat the
home side 4-1. Roy Marlow, son of Reg

and future
England Schoolboy and Epsom player was only 8 in this match for under 16's!

17/12/32 A
disappointing 0-0 draw with Beckenham, who started with ten men for thirty
minutes, during which

Bob Gates
mispen (SAVE). WH Challis also injured after 80 minutes. 10 men.

Dec 32 Future
player Roy Marlow, son of Reg played for Ewell Boys in a 4-1 win over
Belmont, and he scored one of

the goals,
despite being only 8!!!

23/12/32 Ewell
Boys lose 4-3 in SF of St Clare Hill Charity Cup in Banstead by Banstead and
Chelsea LCC School.

HT was 4-0 and
they nearly got a draw, after a slow start.

24/12/32 Reg
Stimson returned to Epsom and played while H Pattemore and Tommy Dunne
returned to the side.

Tilbury player
Leighton was sent off for "dangerous play" early in 2nd half. Late
consolation for Tilbury 85th minute in

a 3-1 Epsom win.

26/12/32
"One of Epsom's best exhibitions of football" winning 4-0 at
Ipswich in a friendly.

"Epsom
repeated their win in a friendly at Portman Road without being duly extended,
before a holiday crowd of rather

meagre
proportions" said East Anglian Daily Times. Dense fog didn't help.
Shearer 1-0 (10), then Williams. HT 2-0 and

Williams
completed his HT in second half. The gate was £50.

A "Ruffell is mentioned but Ron Ruffell has confirmed
that it was future war time player Bill, who also played for West Ham
occasionally. Bill's brother Jim

held the
appearance record for West Ham until the seventies and played in the 1923 FA
Cup Final at Wembley.

27/12/32 Big
gate saw a 3-3 draw with Chelmsford who had led 3-1 midway through the second
half. Osborne HT for

Chelmsford.

31/12/32 Epsom
failed to adapt to the small sized pitch at Shepherds Bush. Players were
often too crowded together

and resembled
the rugby on the adjoining pitch. Two new players TJ Williams (Hendon two
seasons ago) and W Landymore (Hayes).

Williams
played well on left wing. W Shearer also played for the injured Reg Marlow.
Epsom were 1-0 down at HT

but an o.g.
and a Mackesy penalty put them 2-1 up, then Mackesy scored an o.g. when a
shot cannoned off the

post and hit
him before he could move, flying into the goal. Billy Williams scored to
retake the lead, but a long shot in

fading light
in the 90th minute earned Shepherds Bush a draw.

Shepherds Bush
ground was part of the Napier Sports Ground, "in Ealing, adjacent to
Gunnersbury Park and within

earshot of
Brentford F.C." Hawkins (SB) had played for Southall in the Amateur Cup
Final previously.

7/1/33 Epsom's
biggest ever win say papers. Carshalton's future international amateur keeper
Ralph Carr badly injured

his index
finger in 1st half and didn't play in 2nd half after it was hit again. By
this time it was 4-1, and Epsom went

on to win
10-1. Billy Williams was rested, as he was ineligible for their next two
matches as a permit player, as was

WF Shearer. It
didn't matter as his replacement Leslie Marlow scored 5 anyway!

Comet and
Advertiser says that Les Marlow got 6 and Reg Marlow just 1, not 5 and 2 as
THE BOOK says. However,

Herald agrees
with BOOK, and as it is not totally clear, I will go with the BOOK. Ad and
Comet were often same reports.

The Times also
advises just five goals for Marlow although it credits Rance with a second
goal at the expense of a Mackesy penalty, but

I think this
is wrong as Mackesy usually took the penalties. Hersld gossip also refers to
Marlow getting five goals.

11/1/33 Epsom
Wednesday Res 6-2 Hersham Rangers Res in Kingston Wednesday League Division
2.

11/1/33 WH
Challis gets married.

14/1/33 Best
gate of the season for Sutton as a slightly superior Epsom side beat them 3-2
in SCS in "a game full

of dash and
incident". Basil Solly, Tommy Delventhal and Hugh Pratt all played for
Sutton.

The BOOK and
Comet and Herald agree with the scorers being L.Marlow (2) and Rance, not
Caldwell as Advertiser said.

Jan 33 WH
Challis joins Sutton.

21/1/33
Tooting & Mitcham beat Epsom 2-1 in SSC and get a home tie with Dulwich
in the next round. Future player

B Daler scores
first goal for Tooting & M. Comet says the "game was contested in
real cup-tie fashion"

Epsom were 2-0
down, but scored and almost got a draw out of it.

25/1/33 Epsom
Weds miss a penalty but still draw 1-1 with New Malden O.B. @ Raynes Park in
Kingston League.

Jan 33 ex
player George Watts now playing for Sutton Reserves.

Jan 33
President Sir Samuel Hill-Wood is also President of Tufnell Park this year.

Jan 33
ex-Epsom B.Swindall joins Sutton from Redhill.

Jan 33
J.Gillespie (22) joins the club. Has played for Bromley , Swanley and Cray
Wanderers, playing for them against Epsom last season.

28/1/33 No
game for first team.

1/2/33 Epsom
Weds 3-4 Wimbledon Weds @ Stone's Brickworks Ground, East Street.

4/2/33 Epsom
hosted Athenian League Uxbridge visited for a friendly. They

included
Trevor Jones and R Williams both ex-Epsom players. Billy Williams played the
first half, but was suffering with

flu and was
allowed to be substituted by HAK Howe at HT. J Gillespie and JM Thomas both
made decent debuts and

Epsom went
3-0 up before conceding. R Williams scored for Uxbridge. Gillespie is
ex-Cray, and Thomas joined from Brecon in the Welsh League.

4/2/33 Former
player George Watts scores 4 for Sutton Res v Romford Res in a 5-4 win.

8/2/33 Epsom
Weds v Kingston Weds (A) while Reserves (H) to Molesey, both in the Kingston
League. Teams:

FIRSTS: J
Needham, W Wales, C Bance, J Budd, F Elliott, L Knight (or C Lovegrove), J
Sears, J Chennell, S Allen,

R Staplehurst,
L Wheeler. RES: F Greenford, C Butcher, C Gregory, W Pye (father of regular
supporter Jeff), F Allen,

D Stephenson,
D Stewart, E Smith, L Bell, C Cassell, L Pelling.

11/2/33
Finchley were due to visit, but they had a cup tie, so Epsom visited
Chelmsford instead.

11/2/33 Billy
Williams played at Chelmsford, but still not well. Billy Williams never
played again for the first team.

Graves was
absent with flu instead. Future player W.Williamson played for Chelmsford.
Epsom were much the better

side, yet
trailed 1-0 at HT, before fighting back for a 2-2 draw. Epsom were due to
play Finchley again, but they were

involved in another cup
tie.

15/2/33 Epsom
Weds 1-0 Kingston Albany. Jim Chennell 2nd half winner. Is this the Epsom
post war player? Yes!

Game marred by
injury to Epsom inside right who broke his leg in collision with the keeper.
Reserves also won this day,

3-2 v Ditton Weds at
Ditton.

18/2/33 Epsom
miss easy chances to win at Tilbury but are held 0-0. Winship, Graves and
Williams were all ill, and

replaced by
Keen (rare game), Rance, and Dunne.

22/2/33 Surrey
Midweek Cup SF @ West Street. Manor Rovers (Epsom) 2-1 London G.C.S.
(Reigate).

Tom Ogle, H
Payton, and T Pierce all play. Ogle is a future player, while the other two
were former and future players.

25/2/33 In
spite of the abnormal climatic conditions, the standard of play was good in
Epsom's first league home game

for 7 weeks.
Bobby Gill scored the fifth goal after dribbling the full length of the
field. Won 7-2 v Beckenham. Gill

also scored an
own goal this day!

25/2/33 J
Sancaster, J Judge and EH Hannam all playing for Park Royal this day.
Sancaster will play for Ewell &

Stoneleigh in
1936, while Judge is a war time Epsom Town player, and Hannam is a former
player.

25/2/33
Kingstonian knock holders Dulwich Hamlet out of the Amateur Cup 4-2 at the QF
stage. Future Manager Doug Whitehead

played and
scored the fourth, while future player L.W.Urpeth "played splendidly at
full back".

3/3/33 Billy
Williams is admitted to the Royal Free Hospital and "may be there at
least a fortnight"."For some time, he

has not been at all
well".

4/3/33 Epsom
dominate 2nd half after Bostall Heath had led at HT. They had scored in the
first minute and Epsom

trailed 3-2
after having a goal allowed, then disallowed after the referee had consulted
with both linesmen! A late

Winship
equaliser from distance after 85 minutes saved a point. Also Bostall Heath
mispen (HIGH) from Kirby at 3-2 in

2nd half.
"A most exciting and interesting game to watch".

11/3/33 Epsom
move up to 3rd place after a 2-1 win at Dagenham, who suffered an injury to
Brown after 5 minutes and

were down to
10 men, yet they deservedly led at HT 1-0 but tired and J Gillespie scored
the winner. Debut for Jimmy

Jones in this
game. Recommended by a friend, and a former Army Cup winner with 2nd
Worcesters. Had been

playing for
Bristol Rovers Reserves.

11/3/33 Woking
defeat Redhill 4-3 aet and will play Epsom in SCS Final at Woking.

11/3/33 Doug
Whitehead scores twice as Kingstonian reach Amateur Cup SF with a 3-0 win
over Whitehall Printeries!

15/3/33 Surrey
Midweek Cup Final @ West Street sees Manor Rovers beat Hersham Rangers 3-0.

Charles
Pettett presented the cup and medals to both teams.

17/3/33 SF of
London League Cup is advised as Epsom Town v Leavesden or Park Royal on a
date to be arranged. Other semi

will be UGB v
Jurgens or Dagenham Town.

18/3/33
Superior craftsmanship saw Epsom easily triumph over Cray, who had not lost a
game for 7 weeks previously.

Bobby Gill was
away in Liverpool playing for his battalion, and Harry Westlake took his
place and played solidly as

usual.
Visiting keeper Pink made lots of good saves especially second half, when
down the hill Epsom did not score.

Cray got
revenge in exactly the same manner in 2004, winning 4-0 all in first half of
FAC tie in August.

1,000 present
for this game. J Gillespie is the son of the Irish International.

24/3/33
reported that Billy Williams "underwent a very serious operation at the
Royal Free Hospital during the weekend"

but is getting on very
well now.

25/3/33 Cray
avenged last week's defeat with a 4-1 win, although after conceding two
early  goals (3 & 13) Epsom

fought back to
2-1 then Gillespie an ex-Cray player missed an open goal. Epsom fell away and
lost 4-1.

There was only
one change to each team from the week before!

Who scored
Graves or Marlow. THE BOOK says Graves, but Comet and Advertiser both say Reg
Marlow. Check Ad

again and Herald to make sure, as Comet
report says "when he (Marlow) received from a good punch out by Pink.

who had just
stopped a good effort from L.Marlow". Advertiser says much the same, and
it may have been the same

report. Herald
also says Marlow, so I will go with this. BOOK is wrong.

1/4/33 Just
before HT in Dagenham match, William Moss (61) had an illness and was taken
to hospital directly from

the football
game, where he died on Sunday afternoon. No inquest was required as he had
been ill for a while.

Dagenham made
6 changes to their side and got hammered, but it could have been different if
they had taken their

chances in the
first half. Epsom stay third after this 5-0 win which had a dull 25 minutes
at the end of the game with

the score
already at 5-0. George Mackesy mispen (WIDE) 1st half at 1-0.

Tommy Dunne
played well, despite having been to hospital two or three times in the last
"week or so". Jimmy Jones got

a great HT
"in a manner that will long be remembered by those who were privileged
to witness what he did". First goal

was a 30 yard
direct free kick, his second was another great first time shot, and the third
was so hard it hit the post,

then the net,
and came out again! Reg Marlow was rested for this game, and didn't play
again all season.

1/4/33 future
players Goodall (unsure which one), Millard and Blunden all play for Epsom
Leatherhead & District in the sf of the Wood Cup at

Wills Sports
but lose 1-0 to St Helier. Wood Cup was for boys under 12 and a half.

5/4/33 Epsom
Wednesday lost 2-3 to Redhill Wednesday at Epsom.

8/4/33 Epsom
travel to Hendon (Welsh Harp Ground) and win more easily that the 7-0
scoreline suggests. Ground is

very hard and
dry as Tommy Dunne scored at 1st half HT, and Leslie Marlow also got HT. HT
was 6-0 and Epsom

could and
should have had 10 if they hadn't resorted to long shooting in the 2nd half.
Ernie Sperring pensave at 0-0.

Comet says
"Epsom have never shown such superiority over opponents as they did at
Hendon on Saturday." "Epsom

were masters
throughout". First goal by Jones after 20 minutes.

9/4/33 Annual
sportsmans service at Ebbisham Hall arranged on the Sunday afternoon by Epsom
Brotherhood. Guest

speaker was C
Wreford-Brown the former Amateur International. DWG Jones spoke, and Charles
Pettett read the

scripture
amongst other persons. Sir Arthur Glyn was also present.

10/04/33 Fred
Stenning plays for Epsom Schools 2-1 Guildford Schools at Guildford City

April 33
Future post war Chairman Albert Tuck elected to the new Epsom & Ewell
Urban District Council.

14/4/33 Good
Friday saw Epsom's best display of the season at Tooting & Mitcham, where
they win 4-0.

There was a
large gate present, which saw Epsom 1-0 up at HT, and the second half was
very good. Minter played for

Leslie Graves, but was
weak.

15/4/33 WH
Challis and Reg Marlow both scored HTs for Sutton in their 7-1 win at
Bromley. Other players with an epsom

connection:
E.James, H.Delventhal, B.Solly, H.Pratt, B.Swindall

15/4/33 Epsom
trailed Finchley 1-0 at HT but won 4-1. Referee had to warn one or two of the
players in this game.

Leslie Marlow
equalised after 51 minutes, and Epsom remained on top from then on. Jones
scored two penalties, the

2nd and 4th,
but they weren't worthy of a three goal victory says Herald. "A keen
game".

17/4/33
Biggest league gate of the season for Tooting & M game. Tooting & M
injury after 15 minutes. 10 men. W 3-0.

Herald says
the biggest crowd seen on this ground "for some time" saw one of
the poorest matches. There was a

collision
between Jack Forster and Miller (T & M). Miller was taken to hospital
while Forster went "a bit lame!" Tommy

Dunne had
scored in the first half, while Leslie Marlow's goal was a penalty and he
almost scored with an overhead

kick. Rance
played for Minter. Jack Forster was only playing because Ernie Sperring was
hurt after colliding with a

post while
making a save on Saturday. Future player Jackie Pullen played for Tooting
& Mitcham.

17/4/33 Times
online says the scorers were Jones, Marlow and Dunne but both Herald and
Advertiser disagree and I will go with Dunne (2) and Marlow.

Apr 33
Reference to Reg Marlow playing for Sutton whenever Epsom give him "a
rest". Not quite as fast as he was!

20/4/33 Epsom
were due to be at Park Royal this day for a League match but the game is put
back to 27th April.

22/4/33 Epsom
win SCS for the first time at Woking 5-0. They would not win it again until
1955.

Epsom were
easy winners of the 33rd SCS, and led 2-0 at HT. Unfortunately, Bobby Gill
was injured (septic foot), so Harry Westlake

played
instead. Jones and Dunne put Epsom 2-0 up at HT. Jones goal was 30 minutes,
and Dunne on 44ish. In 2nd

half, Epsom
did not score again until after 70 minutes, from Gillespie, Graves, and the
best of the lot from Jimmy

Jones, who crashed the ball in first time.
Attendance was 2,045, and £70 went to charity as a result.

Mr SH
Northcote SCFA President, handed the Shield to George Mackesy, Epsom's
captain, and also medals

to both teams
and referee Mr Lockton an old Surrey cricketer.

After the
Final, Epsom Town players and officials were entertained at the Albion Hotel,
Woking, by ex-Treasurer AP

Baker with
musical items supplied by George Mackesy. Reference to AP Baker, who has
journeyed 75,000 miles in

last 13
months, partly business, partly pleasure, to South Africa, Rhodesia, USA and
Canada. Commander C Williams,

Charles
Pettett and AE Chaney were all present.. It was only Woking's second home
defeat of the season.

22/4/33 Reg
Marlow gets four more for Sutton and Challis and Solly score in their 6-1
friendly win over the Sutton Police.

22/4/33 Doug
Whitehead scores twice as Kingstonian lift the Amateur Cup with a 4-1 replay
win over Stockton at Darlington's Feethams ground.

Les Urpeth
also scores a penalty in this match. Urpeth is a future player while
Whitehead is a future Manager.

26/4/33 2nd
annual sports meeting in connection with Epsom Council Boys School held at
West Street with a large

attendance and
over 1,000 entries. RV Gould was sports secretary, and the medals were
presented by HW Cushine

who was vice
Chairman of E & E Urban Council.

26/4/33 About
2,000 attend for a friendly with an Arsenal XI, organised by President Sir
Samuel Hill-Wood who was

also Chairman
of Arsenal. A draw would have been a fair result, but Arsenal win 3-2.
"A good game" said Lambert,

Arsenal's
regular centre forward, who was watching the game. Unfortunately, the
President wasn't there. Herald says

one of the
best games this season.

27/4/33 Park
Royal' s first ever home London League defeat as Epsom win 2-1 with all goals
in the first half. They played

at Coronation
Road, North Acton. Marlow scored first from a low centre from Graves but
Walker equalised for Park

Royal soon
after with a deft header. Marlow got a second before the interval as he
followed up a clever pass between the

backs. Park
Royal failed to pierce a resolute defence in the second half. "A
justifiable result on the run of play." said

Acton Gazette.
Future player E.H.Hannam is a Park Royal player but is out injured for the
rest of the season and

doesn't play in this
game.

28/4/33
reported that Epsom Town still have two unclaimed FA Cup Final tickets that
appear to have been sold in a raffle. Numbers 6665 & 2604.

29/4/33 Leslie
Marlow refereed to as "the most prolific goal-getter in the London
League" Dick Wilson referred to as

"Tug".
Marlow only came in when Billy Williams was "compelled, owing to
illness, to drop out"

29/4/33
Somewhat stale and lacking in sparkle, as Epsom trailed 2-1 to Grays at HT.
Understandable says Herald in

view of the
number of games they have played. Forster did well in goal, but Tommy Winship
was unable to play so

Bobby Gill
played centre half. AT HT Gates was slightly injured and changed places with
Gill. Epsom won 5-2.

April 33 Epsom
Town apply for membership of the Athenian League. They are fairly confident
of success.

April 33
former Epsom player pre 1900 Tom Ware retires after 40 years service as a
surveyor for the Epsom Rural Council.

4/5/33 A good
game, with "almost cup tie intensity". HT 1-0 up. "The losers
accepted their defeat in not too good a

spirit".
Forster made "some brilliant saves" in front of "a great
crowd".

Finchley
Times says Jones and an o.g. (where a shot hit a defender and went in) were
scorers.

I will stick
with the Epsom paper reports and BOOK that advise Graves scored both..

The Barnet
Press goes further and also says Jones scored the first goal with the second
goal, four minutes from time being scored by

Gillespie,
"the son of the old Irish International". Advertiser says Graves
(2) so check Herald report once again before confirming finally.

4/5/33
F.A.Duplock a player with connections to the earlier Epsom sides underwent a
serious operation. Condition not known.

6/5/33 Jones
scores at Grays after 15 minutes, but a penalty levelled it up after 23. At
HT Epsom were 2-1 up through

Gillespie, but
it was 2-2 then Grays hit the post, but Jimmy Jones got the winner after a
good pass from Mackesy.

Times online
says the other scorer was Graves not Gillespie but is wrong. Gillespie scores
from Graves' cross.

6/5/33 Epsom
have scored 92 this season, and are the highest scorers in the league.

6/5/33 Former
player W.Williamson is now at Chelmsford and played this day in their 9-0
home league win over Beckenham.

6/5/33 Surrey
Interleague Final between Addlestone (West Champs) and West Park (East
Champs) at West Street.

HT 5-3, FT 8-4
to Addlestone. J.Kershaw played for West Park along with J.Smith and AE
Barnes.

10/5/33 First
in a series of Epsom Harriers Club Handicaps to be held at West Street on
first Wednesday in May and July.

24/5/33 SCFA
AGM at Adult School Hall, Park Lane, Croydon. They refer to the Juniors
winning the Surrey Minor Cup.

but see
22/4/33 Juniors Comments, as they appear to disagree. Maybe the second loss
was in Surrey Youth Cup.

Also Charles
Pettett (re)elected to SCFA Committee.

May 33
reported that all players are to sign on again. Also stated that the League
Cup did not get past the semi-final

stage. The
four teams left were Epsom Town, Park Royal, Leavesden M.H. and U.G.B.
(Charlton). Herald says that

these are to
be played next season, but they never appear to be. We were due to play Park
Royal according to their match programme.

Dick Wilson
quoted as having played 48 games this year (ever present). However, only 47
games

appear to have
been played. THE BOOK also says 48 but includes a "1" from SE1 in
one of the addresses

THE BOOK must
therefore have been the official record book for the club at that time. He
only played 47.

Won last ten
competitive matches to end the season. One more in 33/34 extended this run to
11. This club record would stand until 2013.

Reserves:

London League Div 1

Position

7th out of 14

SIC

1st

Redhill

0-5

3/9/32 Reg
Sperring due to play but had a cold. He would play the following week.
Herbert Pattemore was out with a septic knee.

17/9/32 Res
play Colliers Wood in a friendly at Epsom Recreation Ground (Alexandra Rec).
Was due to be a match

between
Colliers Wood and Epsom Athletic, but Athletic couldn't make it, so Res
stepped in and drew 1-1. Herald

says they were
"cribbed, cabined, and confined" on the small pitch there.

Mitcham News
advises that Colliers Wood played a friendly v Alma @ Colliers Wood Rec on
this day so may actually have been CWD Reserves.

24/9/32 Res
lose 2-0 at Tooting & Mitcham. Epsom Herald says 2-1 but it is wrong.

24/9/32 Only
10 players listed in the BOOK as WL Baker has two lines and is included
twice!

1/10/32
Redhill defeat Epsom Reserves in SIC. Reg Sperring was expected to be playing
for the reserves with his

brother Ernie,
but didn't. Gamble got 4 for Redhill.

15/10/32 First
home league game  of season W2-0 v
U.G.B. Charlton. Challis and a Stimson penalty were the scorers.

15/10/32 A
Newman plays for reserves, but not listed in THE BOOK. This is because he was
almost certainly "a new man". Probably A.McGill

29/10/32 Heavy 9-3 defeat to South West Ham who were
playing in Custom House. Stevens came in for Sperring who replaced the
injured Forster in the first team.

12/11/32 G
Caraghan played for res, but can't find him in THE BOOK. Had played for
Scotswood in North Eastern League.

12/11/32 This
is probably because his name was G.Ramaghan, although BOOK does only list ten
players for this match.

19/11/32 Due
to a late start for fog, the match was 40 minutes each way.

26/11/32 Res
finish with 9 men after injuries to King and Hosking, but still win 3-2.

3/12/32 Cecil
Weller scores for Reserves in a 2-0 win at home to London Caledonians 'A'.
The BOOK lists the scorer as G.Weller but is wrong.

17/12/32 J
Barry makes debut for reserves on recommendation of former trainer Tom Kirk.
He was not very good. TJ

Williams
(Hendon), and Kershaw (West Park) debut too as Grays are harshly beaten 4-1.

23/12/32
reported that Harry Westlake may play for reserves.

31/12/32 Res
were 2-0 up at HT but were caught napping, as Tooting & Mitcham fought
back to win 4-2. Rance mispen

at 2-0 up in first half.

7/1/33 The
BOOK lists 13 names for this friendly. Possibly two subs?

14/1/33 Epsom
draw 2-2 with South West Ham at Epsom. Stratford Express report is
substantial and advises that John Caldwell played at 7 not H.Howe.

The BOOK disagrees with this but the report then advises
that Caldwell missed a penalty in the first half at 2-1. Epsom trailed 2-0
but fought back to draw.

The report also disputes the scorers saying Challis not
Parr, although it says the shot took a deflection and it may have been off
Parr. It agree with Williams.

28/1/33 EM
Rees (Epsom Herald says EN Rees)(Woking, Hayes) who once had a trial with
Birmingham will play for res v Tillings Athletic.

28/1/33 No
first team game so Leslie Marlow scores 5 for the reserves v Tillings
Athletic

H Collins
(new) and Tommy Dunne score the others. Tillings were known as "the
busmen". EN Rees res debut.

28/1/33 The
BOOK lists 11 players in this game but does not include Leslie Marlow! No
line up in Herald report.

11/2/33 Res
are lucky to beat Chelmsford 1-0, but were unlucky the week before v Jurgens.

18/2/33
Finchley Res were due to visit, but it was their turn for a cup tie, after
the first team the week before, so a

friendly was
arranged v Midland Bank Res which was lost 1-3.

4/3/33 New
forward for Epsom is Jimmy Jones, who plays well for the reserves while
Minter gets HT v Jurgens. W 5-2

He was a
regular member of the Army cup winning team
with 2nd Worcesters..

There was
also a reference in the Epsom Herald to a Welsh Amateur International
G.Williams playing in this match, but he never did play for Epsom.

11/3/33 TJ
Owens (Park Royal , Kingstonian) to play for res this day.

18/3/33 Epsom
3-2 win at Chelmsford takes them top of the table. Jack Parr, J Minter and JM
Thomas scored.

It was a last
minute winner. Terry Birch and George Keen played as Westlake (first team
call up) and Landymore

couldn't get
to ground in time) were unavailable. Keen was described as "who showed
how well he can do in case of

emergency".

18/3/33 The
BOOK only lists four players this day but from report notes I have got this
up to 6 as Keen and Parr were not listed.

25/3/33 A poor
friendly saw Epsom Reserves win 1-0 over Woolwich Borough Council, who were
trained by Tom Kirk,

the former
Epsom player, and an employee of the Council. Poorest match all season saw a
late goal from JG Minter.

FL Hake also
played in this match. He had been playing in France and was recommended by a
friend.

8/4/33 Res win 7-2 over Woolwich Polytechnic in hot
weather at West Street. Marlow and Westlake were playing for the reserves,
and Jack Forster saved a

penalty in the
second half. Herald credits one of the goals as an own goal, the ball going
in off a defender but the

BOOK has
credited it to King so I shall stay with this.

Apr 33 players
with a future or past connection are playing for Epsom Ramblers: TA Stevens
(gk), WH Stredwick, H. Jerman, P.Budd.

14/4/33
reported that Epsom will play AH Scarborough (ex-C.Palace). He trialled at
the start of the season for Epsom.

14/4/33 Jack
Parr scored for reserves in a 3-4 loss at Finchley. The team was a weakened
one but it was 3-3 with 15 left.

19/4/33 Harry
Westlake mispen at Leavesden as res lose 5-4. Cotton HT for Leavesden. Epsom
had pulled it back to 4-4 with two minutes remaining.

22/4/33 12 players listed in the BOOK for this match a 3-1
home defeat to Finchley. JT Hosking mispen (SAVE) as Epsom missed four
regulars according to the

Herald. Forster was injured so Stevens went in goal.
Hosking injured first half. Passenger. BOOK is wrong as Birch also played but
Copsey and Minter did not.

6/5/33 BOOK says Jack Forster and Ernie Sperring play in
the final game of the season at Leavesden MH but they lose 1-0. However, the
same day, Forster

plays for the
first team so BOOK must be wrong, but only lists 11 players.

Juniors

Sutton & District League Division 2
Champions (out of 10)

Also Surrey
Minor Cup winners say SCFA at AGM 24/5. Yet we went out in the Semi Finals.

League
Handbook from 1932/33 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Banstead Wood

C.T.Stubbings - 7 Diceland
Road, Banstead

Green and White shirts,

Park Downs, Chipstead Road

Blue knickers

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Cheam Reserves

L.V.Galpin - Hill Crest,
Alberta Avenue, Cheam

Blue and White

Cheam Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Cosy Athletic

W.Summers, 8 Colston
Avenue, Carshalton

Black and Red quarters

Sutton Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Elands

T.A.Cracknell, 9
Providence Place, Epsom

Tangerine, Black collar and

Court Recreation Ground, Epsom

cuffs

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Ramblers

J.C.Barker - 36 The
Parade, Epsom

Royal Blue, white stripes,

Alexandra Recreation Ground

blue knickers

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Town Juniors

H.W.T.Mays - 28 Victoria
Place, Epsom

Light and Dark Blue

Stones Ground, East Street, Epsom

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Highways Athletic

R.Fuller - Surrey County
Council Depot, Ewell

Black shirts, white collars

Ewell Recreation Ground, London Road

Dressing Rooms at SCC Depot

North Cheam Athletic

E.Martin - 4 Garth Road,
Lower Morden

Light and Dark Blue

Sutton Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Rosehill Athletic

A.G.Fidler, 22 Milner
Road, Morden

White, Blue knickers

Rosehill, near "The Angel"

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Sutton Gas Reserves

P.Hill - 2 Alberta Close,
Cheam

Black and white stripes

Sutton Common Road

Dressing Rooms on Ground

17/9/32
Juniors went 1-0 down from a long shot, due to sun in keepers eyes!, HT 0-1
but after HT they "swarmed"

around Cosy
Athletic goal, and Easto equalised after 50 minutes, and Smith got a last
minute winner. W2-1.

8/10/32 Game
v Manor Rovers is played at the old Epsom Brotherhood Ground in Stones Field,
East Street and the Juniors play here all season.

22/10/32 Game
v Brighton Road Corinthians is played in Mitcham.

29/10/32 HT
for Spring as Juniors win 5-2 over Cheam in S & D League.

5/11/32 Juniors defeat Epsom Ramblers 3-0 in an away
League match with Mann scoring twice and Smith getting the other, although
another report, submitted

by the
Ramblers advises it was Smith that got two goals, not Mann. I will stay with
the Epsom Juniors version of the report for now.

12/11/32 5-2
win over Rosehill is juniors 7th straight win in League. Spring HT.

However, this
result is removed by February with no penalty, and the match was replayed on
25/2/33. No penalty was

applied
though. No clues from any of the papers, the result just disappeared. Maybe a
friendly but odd.

Must have been
some sort of protest.

19/11/32
postponed v Banstead Wood (A) fog

19/11/32 Game
v Selcon is switched to Epsom.

Nov 32 Elands
is short for E.Longhurst and Sons.

17/12/32 Smith
HT v Rosehill W5-0.

3/12/32 Won
7-3 v Sutton Gas Res (A) not 11-3 as reported previously.

31/12/32
Juniors won 2-1 at Collingwood @ Mitcham in Surrey Minor Cup. Humphries had a
goal disallowed after 5

mins before
Smith scored after 20, but HT was 1-1. Smith got the winner five minutes from
time.

6/1/33
reported that Juniors were top of division with 16W and 1D in 17 played. I
have only 14 results at this stage.

7/1/33 Juniors
6-3 North Cheam @ Sutton. HT 1-1. Smith scored, then Spring put them 2-0 up,
before Cheam levelled

it at 2-2.
Then three more quick goals from Spring, and the 6th from Skinner.

14/1/33
expected line up was : P Couper, W Gubby, A Deane, R Walker, S Skinner, R
Henton, W Easto, E Mann,

R Smith, B
Spring, S Newell. Others listed in future weeks: R Ball.

14/1/33
Juniors 9-0 Cheam Res. HT 4-0. Scorers: Smith (6), Newell, Walker, Deane.

21/1/33
Juniors were 0-1 down after 20 minutes, and 0-1 at HT, but a Smith HT in 2nd
half makes a 3-1 win v Highways.

Highways used
to play across the railway line from Epsom Town, right by Ewell West Station.
Now housing.

28/1/33
Juniors win 4-3 at Elands in Surrey Minor Cup. 3-0 up at HT through Easto,
Smith and Spring, but Elands made

it 3-3 before a Smith
winner.

4/2/33 Juniors
lose first game of the season 2-5 to Elands who led 2-1 at HT after Smith had
scored. Then 3-1 before

Spring scored,
but Elands got two more.

25/2/33
Juniors win 3-0 v Rosehill. HT 1-0 Spring (2), Mann. See 12/11/32 comments
above.

11/3/33
Juniors win 5-1 at Cosy Athletic (Sutton). Smith got 2 in each half. HT 2-0,
with Spring getting the other one.

Cosy got a
late consolation in the last minute.

18/3/33
Juniors lose 6-1 in SF of Surrey Minor Cup at Lowfield Heath (Horley) Surrey
Mirror records HT as 3-0 after

going behind
after ten minutes. Epsom scored early in second half, but couldn't hold on.
Heath play either Pirbright or

Argyle Res
(Southfields) in the final. Epsom were the winners of the Croydon group in
this competition.

The Juniors
had been receiving extra training from Sid Bristow.

22/4/33
Juniors become Champions after a 2-2 draw at Banstead Wood in their final
game. Herald states that

they reached
the semi final of the Surrey Minor Cup, and have only lost twice all
season.

Juniors Res

Sutton & District
League Division 3 Position 5th Out of 10

League
Handbook from 1932/33 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Belmont Reserves

H.J.Washford, 3 Banstead
Road, Belmont

White, Blue knickers

Banstead Downs, Belmont

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Town Juniors Res

not listed in handbook -
must have been a late entry

Fetcham Athletic

T.G.Oliver - 4 Smoke Road,
Fetcham

Blue and white quarters

Fetcham Recreation Ground

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Manor Rovers Reserves

E.Fry - "Staff"
The Manor, Epsom

Blue and White

The Manor Hospital

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Mill Green Rovers
Reserves

G.C.Bartlett - Willow
Lodge, near Mitcham Junction

Green, white knickers

Mitcham Common

Dressing Rooms at Supply Stores,

near Mitcham Junction

Mitcham Green Reserves

R.W. Gore - 6 Whitford
Gardens, Mitcham

Green with white quarters,

Rosehill

white knickers

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Mitcham St Mark's

E.W.Harler - 10 Marsh
Avenue, Mitcham

White, black knickers

Number 3
pitch Figgs Marsh, London Road

Dressing Rooms at The Clubs Recreation

Park (opposite ground)

Palmers Sports Club Res

E.B.Hogfress - 31 Courtney
Road, Merton SW19

Royal blue with white

Church Road, Mitcham

collars and cuffs

Dressing Rooms on Ground

St Michael's

H.L.Coombes - 16 Bandon
Rise, Wallington

Red shirts, white knickers

Mellows Park, Wallington

Dressing Rooms on Ground

West Ewell Athletic Res

H.W.May - 7 Oakdale Road,
West Ewell

Red shirts, white knickers

Chessington Road, Ewell

Dressing
Rooms at Church Room, Fulford Rd

Record score
19-1 for Res in Div 3 v Mill Green Rovers Res 8/10/32

12/11/32
Juniors Reserves lose 3-1 at home to Mitcham St Mark's in a League match,
scoring our goal from a breakaway near the end. HT 0-1.

24/12/32
Juniors Res win 5-0 v Mill Green Res, but this game is removed by February
with no penalty, and the

match was
replayed on 25/3/33. No penalty was applied though. No clues from any of the
papers, the result just

dropped off!

Surrey Youth
Cup disappointing number of entries. Bye to the second round.

28/1/33
Juniors Res lose 3-0 in Surrey Youth Cup v Carshalton Hill in second round.
Carshalton were poor, and Juniors

Res only had 9
players. Eligibility perhaps?

25/2/33
Mitcham Green Res (H) postponed

25/3/33 Res win
3-1 v Mill Green Res. See above comments on 24/12/32.

Other
affiliated Local Teams:

Secretary

From SCFA Handbook

Affiliated

Epsom and Leatherhead
Postal

HC Brown

34 Northcroft Road, West Ewell

Aug 1931

Epsom Boys Brigade

P Williams

110 Miles Road, Epsom

Sept 1932

Epsom Athletic

H Ellis

79 Hook Road

July 1922

Epsom Wednesday

D Stephenson

74 Parkhurst, Epsom

Sept 1923

Club
Colours changed to primrose and rose.

Epsom Ramblers

J Barker

36 The Parade

Sept 1930

Epsom United

ECS Allen

Tower House, Ashley Road

Oct 1929

Ewell Mental Hospital

R Horsman

Colony Mental Hospital

Nov 1927

(was Ewell Colony)

12/6/32 Jesse
Owens breaks 100m World Record at Cleveland in 10.3 seconds, but this is then
broken by R Metcalfe.

Paper refers
to them as "both negroes".

July 32 Epsom
reverts to a manual telephone system 10 years after becoming the first in the
country with an

automatic system.

26/7/32
William Callender (26) popular C.Palace keeper found hanged in dressing room.
Had been depressed

since his
fiancée died 7 weeks ago at a very young age.

May 33
Reference to an AGM of Banstead FC. Secretary B Williams 17 Glenfield Road,
Banstead.