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

LL

3rd out of 14

Premier Division

FAC

1st

Clapton Orient

2-4

AC

3q

Sutton Utd

1-2

LC

2nd

Carshalton Ath

2-3

SSC

1st

Dulwich Hamlet

0-3

SCS

SF

Sutton Utd

1-3

President

Sir Arthur Glyn replacing Sir Samuel Hill-Wood
(Bart) although programmes say Hill-Wood.

Chairman

Charles (HC) Pettett

v-c Fred (FG) Talbot-Butler

Secretary

Sid (WS) Basford

Manager

Selection Committee

Treasurer

GW Cresswell

Assistant

C.Pritchard

Committee

Elected 11/8/33

William E Green, WI Bowe, AE Chaney, Bill
Townsend, E Uden, Ted Wheal,

H Walker, P Uden, E Easton, W Voller, WJ
Gilbert.

Home Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Club Colours

Light and Dark Blue Hoops

Additional
First and Second team records in THE BOOK.

Reached 1st
Round Proper of FA Cup for only time in history. Lost 4-2 to Clapton Orient
25/11/33.

London League
Handbook - Y

League Handbook
from 1933/34 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Bostall Heath

General Sec - R.Hand - 67
Ceres Road, Plumstead SE18

Match Sec - B.C.Card - 30
St Mary Axe, EC3 - Tel Avenue 7135

Green and White quarters

Gibson's Farm, Wickham Street, Welling

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Carshalton
Athletic

A.M. Elson
- 17 North Street, Carshalton - Tel: Suttton 4040

Maroon Shirts

Memorial Ground, Colston Avenue,
Carshalton

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Chelmsford

W.C. Grant
- 38 Tudor Avenue, Chelmsford - Tel: Chelmsford 366

Black and White Hoops

New Writtle Street, Chelmsford

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Cray
Wanderers

A.H.Line -
10 Meadow View, St Paul's, Cray, Kent - Tel: Orpington 100

Amber and Black Stripes

Fordcroft, St Mary Cray, Kent

Black Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Dagenham
Town

Harry
(H.W.) Hawke - 95 Langhorne Road, Dagenham - Tel: Rainham 454

Maroon and Amber

Glebe Road, Church Elm Lane,
Dagenham

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom
Town

Sid (W.S.)
Basford, - 199 Hook Road, Epsom - Tel: Epsom 9485

Light and Dark Blue Hoops

West Street, Ewell

Dressing Rooms on Ground

HQ Listed as
The Hollies Club, Church Street, Epsom

Finchley

S.E. George
- 10 Hilton Avenue, North Finchley N12 - Tel: Hillside 2486

White Shirts

Summers Lane, High Road, North
Finchley

Blue Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Grays
Athletic

C.J.Gill -
"Sunnyside" Lodge Lane, Grays, Essex - Tel: Tilbury 427 & 148

Blue Shirts

Grays
Recreation Ground, Clarence Road, Grays

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Leavesden

H.A. Smith
- Leavesden Mental Hospital, Abbotts Langley, Watford, Herts - Tel: Kings
Langley 7109

Red and White Striped shirts

Leavesden Mental Hospital

Blue Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Park
Royal

A.W.Hawley
- 28 Blythe Road W14 - Tel: Shepherds Bush 1863

Royal Blue and White Quarters

Coronation Road, (the old QPR
ground)

not advised

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Post
Office Engineers

A.W.
"Ned" Kelly - Post Office Engineeering Department, Denman Street
SE1 - Tel: Wallington 1717

Royal Blue and White Shirts

Plough Lane, Beddington, Surrey

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Streatham
Town

G.A.Priest
- 16 Long Thornton Road, SW16 - Tel: Streatham 4580

Green Shirts, White Bandolier

Hassocks Road, Streatham Vale

not advised

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Tilbury

E.T.Barnes
- 10 Kelvin Road, Tilbury, Essex - Tel: Tilbury 476

Black & White Striped Shirts

Orient Field, St Chad's Road,
Tilbury

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Tooting
& Mitcham FC

F.R.Bird -
9 Huddleston Road, Tufnell Park N7 - Tel: North 3159

White Shirts

Sandy Lane, Streatham Road,
Mitcham

Black Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

28/6/33 SCFA
AGM at Battersea Town Hall. 52nd meeting 7pm.

4/7/33 Mrs
Lilian Margaret Green, wife of former Secretary William E Green dies of
pneumonia. Born in

Suffolk, she
came to Epsom to work at Long Grove, and was a sister there before marrying
in 1922. Leaves a

daughter (10).
Aged 38 and had been ill for 6 weeks, and is at Epsom Cemetery.

Two years ago,
Green left the Secretary position and was succeeded by WS Basford. Other
duties had

prevented him
from carrying on, although he remains on the Committee and Selection
Committee. Would move

to Margate in a
year or two, and became their secretary until the early 50's.

Funeral at
Epsom Cemetery on 8/7/33 attended by W Basford and Mr W Bailey (Treasurer)
plus floral tribute

from the club.
Also officials from Epsom Urban District Council attended. Mr Green was on it
for 20 years.

Jul 33 Sutton
& District League Presentation sees Mr WS Basford elected as Chairman
with another Epsom

rep on the
Committee in Mr FJ Roome. Retiring Chairman W Hibbert remains on Committee.
Basford had been

involved with
Sutton & District League for some years previously.

15/7/33 Epsom
& District Scouts Sports Day at West Street. Various events from 100
yards to a dressing up race!

Aug 33 Future
player WJ Toleman joins PO Engineers from Barking Town.

Aug 33 W Dayman
is at Ashtead this year.

Aug 33 T Pearce
(future and former player) is with Sutton

Dorking FC at
Hampstead Lane this year. Or at least to start with. Why not at Pippbrook
anymore?

7/8/33 Epsom
Town Supporters Club Fete @ West Street. Ground was rather too small for the
purpose, as

many people
were present and stewards had difficulty in controlling the crowd. First fete
at the ground by

the Supporters
Club, and was also promoted by Epsom Harriers. Some proceeds went to Cottage
Hospital's

new x ray
section, and the rest went on the football club to place it on a sound
financial footing and provide

a supporters
club room on the ground. Presumably this was the old clubhouse built in 1935.
There was a

6 a side
football sack game, where Epsom beat Sutton 1-0, a greasy pole competition,
and a horse race with two

people in each
horse. Prizes presented by Kaye Don, the famous sporting motorist, who had
been at

Brooklands
racing earlier in the day. He was introduced by the Treasurer Mr WH Bailey.
Judges for the event

were Charlie
Pettett, WI Bowe, W Voller, E Uden, W Adams, S King, FG Talbot-Butler, T
Wray, J Rose

and R Wesson.
Handicappers were GC Gorringe, DWG Jones, and HE Crosby, and Harry Westlake
was the

recorder.
Stewards were WS Basford, H Davis, H Keeling, Bill Townsend, H Walker, Jack
Parr, C Bunce,

George Mackesy,
Bob Gates and S Tillyer. Competitors Stewards were J Gilbert, A Easton, Ted
(CE) Wheal,

and J
Macdonald. Referee AP Baker, Chief Steward AA Mann.

Organising
Committee was WH Bailey, A Cheney, G Cresswell, A Henry (secretary).
Marksmen, R Ayling,

A Connor, Sid
Bristow, P Uden, F Henry.

Dancing didn't
commence until 9pm.

Epsom were
third in a relay race, behind West Park and PO Engineers, but ahead of
Highways Athletic.

Aug 33
reference to the Epsom Wednesday club again entering the Kingston &
District League. Playing at the East Street ground (presume

this is the
Brickfield ground used previously by Epsom Brotherhood.)

AGM at
Foresters Hall on 11/8/33 saw a name change passed from Epsom Town to Epsom
FC However it couldn't be adopted

until next
season, as they had already registered under the Epsom Town name for this
season.

Mr E Uden
Presided in the absence of Charlie Pettett (holiday) and Treasurer WH  Bailey (absent). The balance sheet made a
rather sorry

picture as cup
tie gates were low due to being drawn away in many of them. League gates were
similar but

slightly down
due to increased taxation. Also special donations were down from supporters,
and they suffered a

big loss on the
dances. In 1932/33, the club spent £214.5s.6d more than their income,
although a loan repayment

of £55.18s.1d
was cleared this season, which explained about a quarter of the loss. Mr
White considered that

the cost of the
upkeep of the ground was out of proportion to the size of the club. Mr
Basford said it was the

recommendation
of the Committee to change the name of the club. He said that "The area
and population of

the Epsom
district had been considerably increased, and it was felt that it would be to
the interests of the club to

delete
"Town" " Bill Townsend proposed the chance which was seconded
by Mr Creswell and supported by

Mr Jones,
although Harry Westlake said that there were many larger clubs and towns that
retained the "Town".

Motion was
carried though, and the club will change names next year.

Sir Arthur Glyn
was appointed President, and it was agreed only to re-elect vice-presidents
who were willing to

take a
practical interest in the club. Charles Pettett was re-elected Chairman
whilst FG Talbot-Butler was re-elected

vice Chairman.
WS Basford was re-elected as Secretary but there was a change in the
Treasurer position, as it was

felt that there
was so much work to do that there should be an assistant position too. GW
Cresswell was elected

with an
assistant of C Pritchard. Mr DWG Jones was re-elected as Press Secretary, and
his work was acclaimed

during last
season. In response, Mr Jones said he believed he was now the club's oldest
officer. G.Guard auditor

retired after 5
years, and was replaced by E White and S Stevens. Former Treasurer WH Bailey
was on holiday.

Mr Henry was
thanked for all his work to do with the fete. It was a success although
whether the club would start

the season debt
free as a result, he could not yet say, but the debt they had would be
considerably reduced if not.

He hoped for
more assistants at the next fete (not sure if another took place). Retiring
Treasurer WH Bailey

and A Henry
were thanked for their help. He announced that the Cottage Hospital would
benefit by £31.3s after the

fete. Committee
was elected as above. Retiring members were A Henry, M Oates, and AE Parr.

Players were
also thanked for their fine seasons performance. Not sure why Mr Uden
presided over the meeting, but

he was thanked
none the less! Reported there was a big loss on dances of £13 3s.

Trials
announced for 16/8, 19/8 and 23/8.

Trial match
16/8 Weds. Mainly last years players and J.Levison who had joined from Durham
City Reserves.

Herald says
there was no great search for new talent, and many juniors were there. Teams
were: Lovegrove (local),

Bob Gates,
Trevor Jones (Wimbledon), Dick Wilson, J Sears (Epsom Weds), Bass
(Wimbledon), A Jones (brother of

Trevor)(Wimbledon),
Jim Chennell (local) and HAK Howe. Opposition was Jack Forster, George
Mackesy, Bobby Gill,

H Jerman, AH
Scarborough (C.Palace), Goodison (Wimbledon), Jackman (ex-Epsom a few years
back), E King, Leslie

Marlow, AJ
Davey (Islington), and T Rance, with a 2nd half Bygraves for Jackman. Sears
was carried off near the end

with knee
trouble. Mollart (Stoke) is expected at the next trial, along with Jobson
(Nunhead, Barking, Arsenal Res, and

Islington
Corinthians), Hunt (Carshalton Athletic) and Dalton (Beckenham)

23/8 and 30/8
saw Epsom Wednesday trials at Stones Brickfield, Kiln Lane. Sec W Wales.

19/8/33 2nd
trial at West Street. Graves and Sperring were still on the cricket field,
and there were no new stars, but

no duds either.
REDS: Forster, Mollart, Trevor Jones, J Levison, Smith (Tooting), W
Landymore, Gillespie, Tommy

Dunne, A Jones,
Jimmy Jones, AT Rance, (AT was listed as T, so this may be the name he was
called by).

WHITES:
Lovegrove, Gates, Westlake, Jerman, Mackesy, Wilson, Easto (Juniors), King,
Smith, Turner (Carshalton),

JG Minter. HT
saw Gubby (Juniors), Fearon (friend of Jimmy Jones, and Kreisler get a try.

Aug 33
reference to the clubs trainers again being Sid Bristow and George Keen.

23/8/33 Trial
number 3. BLUES: Strudwick, Scarboro, Hosking, Jerman, Jobson, Henton
(Juniors), JF Walters (Ebdon

Colliery),
Turner, Clark (Tadworth), AT Rance, JG Minter. REDS: Rhodes (Wallington
Trinity OB), Copsey, Collyer

(Dorking),
Bellwood (Stockton), Herbert (Belmont), Penfold (Tadworth), Elliott,
(Belmont), King, R Smith, Howe

and Kershaw.
After HT HH Ashley (Cheam) and Holt (Dorking) were tried out. Jobson is an
amateur for Clapton Orient,

who signed on
23/8, and Walters and Jobson both did well. Walters is reminiscent of Trevor
Jones, who was also at the

trial, and was
a former player. Both were signed on.

Mollart will be
unable to play for a week or two, as he is required for cricket at the
institution where he works.

PO Engineers
had been promoted to Premier Division and are Epsom's first opponents this
season.

Aug 33 WH
Challis now playing at Sutton, having left midway through last season. Reg
Marlow was there too, along

with future
players Tommy Delventhal, A.Eggleton and Basil Solly.

Aug 33 Banstead
Mental Hospital become senior and enter Surrey Senior League. No connection
to Banstead

Athletic forerunners.

26/8/33
Sweltering day and ground as hard as iron, with 80 degrees as Epsom played
the same regular team as

last year with
exception of Levison who made his debut in place of Tommy Winship
(appendicitis). He made a

creditable
debut. This was a fairly even game and Epsom scored uphill after 20 minutes.
The game slowed in the

2nd half and
Epsom won comfortably 4-1.

Sept 33 future
player EH Hannam, also former Hayes and Park Royal now at Uxbridge

2/9/33 Same
side as last week except Winship came back for Levison, and Harry Westlake
came in for the injured

Bob Gates.
Another warm day in front of one of the biggest gates at Dagenham for some
time. Epsom started

well and
"played brilliant football" in the first half. However, an early
2nd half goal meant that Dagenham won. A

draw would have
been fairer. The goal came immediately at the start of the second half. Jack
Forster pensave in 1st

half for
handball by Mackesy. The goal was scored while Westlake was off the pitch
having a damaged shoe repaired.

Gates had leg
trouble, but was fit to play the following week.

9/9/33 W
Williamson joins from Chelmsford and makes his debut in place of Gillespie
and Gates returned for

Westlake.
Leslie Marlow's second goal is an excellent first time strike just before HT.
In the 2nd half, Jimmy Jones

scored a 45
yard free kick, although the windy day may have played a part! The wind
didn't help the game. Won 6-2

16/9/33 Epsom
much better than Woking in last years SCS final, but this years game is much
tougher. Epsom

trailed 1-0 at
HT but forced a draw with a Dunne goal after 65 minutes, and replay in this
first FAC match.

20/9/33 Epsom
again trailed Woking at HT, and this became 2-0 soon after. Then Bob Gates
cleared off the line

with Forster
beaten after 60 minutes and Epsom started to fight back. Graves and Marlow
made it 2-2 after 70

minutes and
extra time was required. In extra time, it needed the second period goals by
Leslie Marlow to see

Epsom through
to a tie with Nunhead. Woking's Turner injured 2nd half. Passenger, but
nearly scored in ET!.

22/9/33 Future
player and manager Fred Chitty playing regularly for Ewell Boys School, and
West Ewell Athletic

Reserves in
Sutton & District Div 3 this season.
They win their first game in the newly formed Epsom, Leatherhead and
District League by 6-2

at Ewell over
Leatherhead Central. Scorers were A.Randall (3), C.Blake, F.Taylor, Fred
Chitty.

23/9/33
Entertaining football saw Epsom score first, and they retained the lead
throughout against Met Police to

gain revenge
for Amateur Cup and FA Cup losses last year. Fairly even game though.

30/9/33 Epsom
gain their second Isthmian scalp by beating Nunhead in the FAC for the second
straight season.

Papers weren't
surprised after Epsom's 5-0 win last year, and this was another comfortable
win.

4/10/33
Marshalls United v Epsom Weds in Surrey Midweek Cup.

7/10/33 Best
attendance of season (nearly 3,000) saw Epsom "comfortably trounce"
Redhill 4-1 in Amateur Cup.

"Epsom
appear invincible in cup ties" Epsom were at the top of their form,
despite F Copsey playing for the

injured Tommy
Dunne. Ideal weather saw Epsom take the lead after 5 minutes. Herald says
"over 2,500".

14/10/33 League
fixture at Cray Wanderers p-p for FAC tie.

14/10/33 Epsom
were fortunate to win at Tooting & Mitcham in FAC, and Bobby Gill had his
best performance since joining

the club.
Future player Jackie Pullen played for Tooting & Mitcham. Jones scored
the only goal after 22 minutes.

Attendance was
2,000 and support was about equally divided between the teams.

Oct 33 Leslie
Marlow selected for FA v Oxford University.

18/10/33 Surrey
Juniors 5-2 London Juniors @ West Street. First ever county match played at
West Street.

18/10/33 Future
player AE Barnes (West Park) played for Surrey this day.

21/10/33
"Epsom are undoubtedly one of the strongest amateur sides at the
moment" Rance plays in front of

over 2,000 in
place of Copsey who was dropped. Epsom should have been more than 2-0 up at
HT, but hung on

for a 2-1 win
in the end against Carshalton Ath in Amateur Cup.

21/10/33 The
Times reports "Epsom Town, of whom much is expected, beat Carshalton
Athletic though it was only by two goals to one."

Tommy Dunne
still out injured on the wing so Rance will stay for the next game.

Oct 33 Bronk
Challis returns from Sutton United.

28/10/33 Epsom
are drawn away (Corporation Farm) at Beddington Corner in FAC but switch game
to West Street.

Oct 33 Ernest
Henry Flight joins club as a player (Ashford Town, Erith & B). Future
Treasurer.

28/10/33 Fairly
even game to start with  and only 1-1
with Beddington Corner at HT, but a 46th minute Graves goal

set Epsom on
their way, and despite another quick equaliser by Beddington, two more goals
saw Epsom through.

Epsom were
drawn away in this tie, as the Comet refers to the match at West Street
requiring FA approval.

Comet agrees
with THE BOOK over the scorers being Rance, L.Marlow, Graves and Jones.

28/10/33 Herald
says Rance 2 Jones 0. Ad says Graves (2), Rance and Jones, but one of
Graves's goals was from a

Rance pass. I
will go with the BOOK here as it looks like Graves did score, so Rance
probably didn't get two.

The Times also
agrees with the scorers. It reports "Epsom Town took a little time to
get into their stride against Beddington Corner, but then they

proved too
strong and won comfortably by four goals to two."

Epsom will now
host Leytonstone who won 1-0 at Jurgens (Purfleet).

28/10/33 Egham
are also still in the cup and drew this day with Camberley & Y. Former
Epsom player George Prestoe had returned to Egham and scored this day.

4/11/33 Biggest
gate of the season so far (3,000) sees Sutton end Epsom's Amateur Cup run.
They went on to

reach 3rd round
and were exempted from the next season onwards. Epsom's first defeat in 9 cup
ties. Although

Sutton were
better, Epsom were unlucky not to be ahead at HT due to "miraculous
saves" by their keeper Bedford.

future players
Tommy Delventhal, HS Pratt, and Basil Solly all play for Sutton v Epsom.

Tommy Dunne
returned to the side so Jones could revert to his regular inside left
position.

Herald says
gate was over 3,500 for Sutton game.

The Times
advises the attendance as a "record gate" but does not elaborate
further.

Nov 33
Wellington Works play at Aldershot. Previously Aldershot Traction??

11/11/33
Programme notes on Tommy Dunne:

Tommy is a
Welshman and proud of it. Is in his third season with us, came to us from
Caerau - pronounced Ki-raw, a Welsh League club. Also played for
Rhayader

and had a
spell of Irish football with Waterford also signing forms as an amateur with
Coventry City. Had scored 60 goals in one season for Caerau before

joining us. Is
a whole haerted player, keen and eager; his enfoced absence of a month
relating to injuries was not to his liking. As a ball manipulator he can

dribble round
a threepenny bit. Not the tallest player but his lack of inches does not
handicap him. Does not carry a lot of weight but has put on a

stone since
joining Epsom and is still not a heavy weight!

11/11/33 Epsom
trail Leytonstone 1-0 at HT in FAC 4q but in second half "Epsom Town
were right at the top of their

form, and as
such would probably have beaten any amateur side in the country" Epsom
win 3-1. Papers say it was

the largest
gate of the season, but it was 2,500, and they had more for the Sutton game.
Two goals by Leslie Marlow

in a minute
turned the game around, and after the third goal, a Leytonstone player
fractured his ankle. 10 men.

Although the
forwards were brilliant, Bobby Gill deserved a special mention for his
performance.

11/11/33 The
Times reports that we are the only remaining London League team left in the
Cup.

It reports
"Epsom Town wonagainst Leytonstone. Leytonstone before the end were a
well beaten side, and so for the first time in the history of the club enter
the competition proper.

Epsom qualify to play at Clapton Orient at
Lea Bridge. They were a Football

League Division
3 South side at the time. The next clip is taken from
Peter Ahlen's "Homes of Orient"

Orient's new
ground was only half a mile away, at the large but rather bleak Lea Bridge
Speedway

Stadium.  They managed to take with
them a few fittings from Millsfield Road, but soon encountered

problems. After
beating Torquay United at Lea Bridge in one of their first games there in
1930~31,

complaints were
made that the perimeter fences were too close to the touchlines.  The
League

ordered Orient
to lay extra turf within a fortnight, since the lines could not be moved
inwards as the

pitch was
already at minimum width.  The speedway company refused to sanction this
alteration, so

Orient had to
make hurried arrangements to find another venue for their home games.
Neighbours

Leyton F.C. and
Walthamstow Avenue were approached unsuccessfully, then incredibly,
Wembley

Stadium agreed
to host Orient's next fixture vs.  Brentford.  Wembley's officials
had already been

considering
leasing the stadium to a League club in order to increase its usage, and were
therefore

pleasantly
surprised when a crowd of 10.300 watched orient's 3-0 win on 22. November
1930.

(Although
Wembley is a long way from Clapton, it is very near Brentford).  The
Daily Herald

correspondent
"Syrian" noted, "I question if Brentford will ever play at
Wembley again" and also

reported that
the sacred turf had been a quagmire and might need relaying.

At this point
the speedway company agreed to add the turf at Lea Bridge, but Orient,
flushed with

victory in nobler surroundings went to
Highbury for their next home fixture, a cup replay versus Luton

on 4.
December.  But after their second game at Wembley two days later against
Southend - the

attendance was
only 2500 and receipts of 100 pounds was insufficient to cover Wembley
Stadium's

guarantee, so
they returned to Lea Bridge, poorer but wiser.  Wembley also decided to
drop the idea

of staging
League Football.

The 1930's
continued to be difficult for Clapton.  There were talks of a merger
with Thames F.C.,

another East
London club in the Third Division, and moving to Hackney Wick Stadium where
the rent

would be
less.  Nevertheless, Lea Bridge gates averaged 7000, and in 1936/1937
Orient's match

versus Millwall
attracted the ground's highest attendance, 20.400. But the club was never
happy at

the speedway
stadium, and in  1937 rode their final
move to Brisbane Road, a mile away in Leyton.

The Speedway
Stadium has gone since, the site having been taken up for industrial use.

18/11/33
Finchley (H) is brought forward to this day from the League Handbook date of
14/04/34.

18/11/33 Paper
has Dunne injured with Copsey replacing him, but THE BOOK has Dunne in and
Gillespie out.

Paper says
Dunne was badly missed. Comet agrees with Advertiser. BOOK is wrong.

25/11/33
Finchley (A) is moved back a week because of the FA Cup match with Clapton
Orient.

25/11/33 FAC
1st Round at Clapton Orient. Game was a memorable one, and it was admitted by
experienced experts

that Epsom's
performance was equal to the best Amateur team in the country, both for the
quality of their play and

especially for
their stamina, as they seemed to outlast their professional opponents.
Epsom's two goals by Marlow

and Graves were
the best of the match. At half time Orient led 2-0. 8th minute penalty after
Mills (Welsh International)

was brought
down. Rigby scored. Then Taylor scored a second from Rigby's pass. After the
changeover Epsom

mounted a
rousing and spirited response which did not bear fruit until after Morris had
scored Orient's third. Morris got

his second goal
after 80 minutes when Epsom had been looking to equalise. Straight after
this, there was a scrimmage

in the home
goal area, and Leslie Marlow was sent off. "This was most regrettable,
because the game had been played

in a clean
although robust manner" "As a team, Epsom added to their laurels on
Saturday, and the individual players

who enhanced
their reputations were Forster, Gill and Winship in defence, and Marlow,
Jones and Graves in attack.

Graves was the
most brilliant and resourceful forward of the match and was throughout a
source of worry to Lucas the

Orient
captain" Captain George Mackesy also played well. Clapton Orient did
deserve to win. Team: Gill, Lucas,

Crompton, Fogg,
Fellowes, Henderson, Mayson, Taylor, Morris, Mills, Rigby.

Herald advises
official attendance at 9,485 with receipts of £522. Second biggest attendance
ever for an

Epsom game,
falling 15 short of the official Wembley attendance in 1975 v Hoddesdon Town.

Rumoured that
Marlow will be suspended for 6 weeks. The Herald are asked to state that
there is no truth in the rumour.

Leslie Marlow
suspended 14 days as a result of his sending off. Herald says" no more
gentlemanly player has ever

stood in
football boots, and the Epsom Town supporters not at the match rubbed their
eyes when they read that he had

been given his
marching orders."

Other sides
from the south in the first round were Kingstonian (exempt as AC winners),
Dulwich, Ilford, Oxford C,

Hayes and Barnet.

Dec 33 Epsom OB
in Sutton & District League are listed as Epsom Town OB. Any connection??
None yet (17/10/05).

2/12/33 Same
eleven on duty as the previous week, but Gates gave away a penalty which was
the difference between

the sides. A
below par performance put down to the strong wind and light ball. Light
failed badly during the end of the

game. Penalty
was after 40 minutes. Barnet Press says attendance was "considerably
fewer than 1,000 spectators".

2/12/33
Carshalton Ath (H) is not played as Epsom have a rearranged League match at
Finchley instead that was originally scheduled for 25/11/33.

8/12/33
reported that in the reserve game on 2/12 there was a minutes silence for
George Keen, the reserve team

trainer who had
been with the reserves for "some seasons". He had been at the game
the previous week, and the death

came as a  shock to them all.

9/12/33 Tilbury
(A) League game is brought forward from 17/03/34.

9/12/33
reference in the Herald to the Old Suttonians line up containing an R.Bloye.
This was Ray a future Chairman of Crystal Palace who

would bail
Epsom & Ewell Fc out of trouble in 1973.

9/12/33 Epsom
were the better side but could only draw. Debut for H.Mortimer, but he was
injured early and didn't figure.

Tilbury went
ahead direct from a corner after 5 minutes, but Epsom equalised after 10 mins
and that was it. M.Wiggins

intended to
debut but he was injured the previous Wednesday and couldn't play yet.

Tilbury's goal
was the first in the league that they had scored all season!

Dec 33 M
Wiggins joins club from Lensbury and Casuals. Also H Mortimer joins from Ryde
Sports. Had been capped

by
Gloucestershire. Leslie Graves signs amateur forms for Tottenham, while Bobby
Gill was selected for FA v Navy

and Marines @
Portsmouth on 13/12/33 and played well.

Dec 33 future
player coach Sid Faggetter joins Woking from Leyland Motors at the age of 18.
Debut 30/12/33 v Ilford. Would play for many clubs.

16/12/33
Reference to WH Challis being called "Bronk". Had the nickname for
many years but still don't know why this was.

16/12/33 also
reference to Bernard Marlow who is advised as brother of Leslie. Former
player.

16/12/33 Ernest
Henry Flight made his debut this day, and is buried in Epsom Cemetery. Born
24/3/05, died 27/12/90 Aged 85.

16/12/33
Streatham made their first visit to Epsom and led 1-0 at HT. Graves was
unavailable as his sister was ill

in Taunton, and
Marlow was suspended for a fortnight. Challis had returned from Sutton, and
he played along with EH Flight, who had

joined from
Sheppey United and made his debut. Gillespie came in for Mortimer. Epsom
recovered to win 4-1.

16/12/33
Interestingly The Times says Jerman scored, not Challis, yet he is not even
in my playing line up. However Advertiser produces a clear report referring
to Challis often.

23/12/33 Paper
says Gillespie played not M.Wiggins. Gillespie assisted the fourth goal. THE
BOOK says Wiggins

played. THE
BOOK is wrong. Challis was lucky to score the second goal against Carshalton,
which was meant to be a

cross! Jones
misses this game and the xmas fixture as he returns to Bristol for a break.

Early lead for
Epsom through Tommy Dunne and HT was 3-0. Carshalton got a penalty, then
Dunne got another, before

a late consolation. W4-2.

26/12/33 M
Wiggins was injured and missed 23/12 game, but makes debut this day against
West Norwood in a 3-3

friendly draw
at West Street. Bobby Gill and Harry Payton scored, but third scorer is
unlisted. Norwood played at

Raleigh
Gardens, Mitcham in those days.

Harry Payton
actually helped out, as he is now with Manor Hospital, and EF Lewis also
played against his old club.

Herald says
that the two made a poor left wing. Payton scored one of Epsom's two in the
first half, while Gill got the

equaliser for
3-3 in second half. HT is unknown though, as is the other scorer.

In the
friendly, THE BOOK has Ernie Sperring in goal but is wrong, as Jack Forster
plays. Also, Jimmy Jones doesn't

play but
Winship does. THE BOOK was very inaccurate over this xmas. Assume Sid Basford
filled it in later on, and

may even have
been away himself.

30/12/33 No
game for first team.

Dec 33 Bobby
Gill is selected for South v North in International Trial @ Wimbledon on
6/1/34.

Jan 34 Clapton
Orient went out in the 3rd Round at Grimsby 0-1, had beaten Walsall in a
replay 2-0 after 0-0.

6/1/34 Epsom
win easily. Jones was the outstanding player. Although Marlow and Dunne got
the 5 goals between them.

Unfortunately
Bobby Gill was unable to play in the trial due to water on his left knee. He
may not get another chance.

He was given a
complimentary ticket to watch the trial, but stayed in Epsom and watched the
reserves instead!

Herald says it
was PO Engineers heaviest ever defeat. The HT score was 2-0, but the second
half saw "a complete

eclipse of the
engineers". Jack Forster missed game with pulled muscle. Leslie Graves
also missing, as he was

playing for
Tottenham Reserves.

12/1/34
reported reference to Cecil Weller playing well for reserves. He is an
Ashtead Youth.

13/1/34 Park
Royal are the only amateur side in the South with a 100% record, and they
kept that record up easily at

Epsom this
week. "Probably the finest Amateur side that have ever visited the Epsom
enclosure". New player

Epsom were 2-0
down at HT but scored early 2nd half, and might have pinched a draw at that
point, but the opposition

were too good.
Future player J.Judge scored for Park Royal v Epsom. Gill injured, so
Westlake deputised in front

of the largest
league gate that season so far. Ferguson the old Chelsea pro got two goals
for Park Royal.

20/1/34 Bostall
Heath (A) is moved back for the SSC tie with Dulwich Hamlet.

20/1/34 Third
largest ever attendance for an Epsom game as 8,300 watched Epsom lose 3-0 at
Dulwich in SSC.

First two goals
were a bit lucky, but they were the better side. Bobby Gill still injured so
Harry Westlake played again.

Bobby Gill is
to see a specialist on 31st January, as he still isn't fit.

21/01/34 London
League played Paris League in Paris. Left for Paris on 19/01/34 but appears
though no Epsom players travelled.

Jan 34
Reference to G Wiggins, who is a brother of M Wiggins. B.Daler has also
joined from Tooting & Mitcham.

27/1/34 Largest
crowd of season at Sutton for SCS SF. Delventhal, Solly and Pratt all played
for Sutton. Epsom

equalised an
early Sutton goal (35), but Sutton went ahead soon after. Nearly 3,000 saw a
very muddy game.

Comet says
Wiggins scored, and THE BOOK agrees. Advertiser and Herald say Jones scored
(51). Check Ad again!

Advertiser says
Jimmy Jones scored with a swift drive from 25 yards out. I will go with AD
and HERALD.

The Times also
says Wiggins scored. I will stay with Ad and Herald as they were quite
possibly more accurate than the club at the time.

Herald says it
was "a grand game" and very sporting.

27/1/34 Also
this day Park Royal hammered Carshalton Athletic 12-2 in London League.

31/1/34 Epsom
Wednesday defeated Wimbledon Wednesday at Stones Ground in Epsom in QF of
Kingston Charity Cup. They are also in the SF of the Kingston Challenge Cup.

Feb 34 It
appears that Bobby Gill has "a heated joint" and torn muscle in his
knee, after specialist visit on 31/1.

Feb 34 former
wartime player George Brown is playing for PO Engineers this season and would
go on to do very well with Wimbledon.

Feb 34 Venners
playing at Idmiston Road, Worcester Park. No trace of this ground exists.

Feb 34 Les
Urpeth playing for K's

Feb 34 Met
Poluce reached QF of AC again. Did it in 1931 too.

3/2/34 Poor
attendance at Streatham for Epsom's first ever visit, mainly due to fog.
Referee only played 80 minutes

with no
interval. Papers say it was surprising that the referee didn't abandon the
game.

Dunne scored in
the first five minutes. However The Times says it was Marlow but is wrong.
Herald and Advertiser say Dunne.

Advertiser says
it was Dunne after good work by Winship, Jones and Graves so it looks like
identifying the players was not a problem for the reporter.

10/2/34 Epsom
bombarded the Grays goal for almost 90 minutes. Tommy Dunne and Leslie Graves
both received

injuries that
would keep them out of the return match at Grays, but it didn't stop them
scoring a 10-1 win this day.

Leslie Marlow
scores 6 goals this day, and equals Reg Marlow's scoring record.

Grays mispen
Page (WIDE) 2nd half at 10-1. Tommy Dunne was off the field for a while.
Marlow got 1st, 4th, and last

last 4, while
Graves got 5th and 6th. Dunne got the second, and Jones got the third, while
Grays scored at 7-0.

The Times says
Marlow only got five and Graves got three not two as does the Chelmsford
Chronicle but I am happy with the scorers here.

17/2/34 WH
Challis and B Daler (debut) for injured Dunne and Graves, but Epsom were
ragged throughout and lose 6-3

to the same
side they beat 10-1 last week! Comet again refers to Marlow's six goals the
week before.

21/2/34 Surrey
Midweek Cup SF @ West Street between Croydon Boot Trades, and Redhill Reigate
Weds. 3.15 ko.

Result was 5-0
to Reigate & Redhill Weds.

Also reference
to Epsom Weds doing well, and being in SF of Kingston Challenge Cup v London
United Tramways @

Hersham on
28/2/34. Coaches are being run from Epsom at 1s return. The winners play
Teddington or Long Grove in

the final.

24/2/34 Bobby
Gill returns from injury but Epsom are still well beaten by Leavesden. Graves
was still out injured, but

Tommy Dunne
played, only to leave just after HT with a recurrence of his injury. Although
the performance was slow

and slack,
Epsom didn't deserve a four goal deficit says Herald.

28/2/34 Epsom
Weds 3-2 London United Tramways @ Hersham. Scorers: Jim Chennell (pen), Dyer
and Wheeler.

Mar 34 future
player Frank Rawkins in goal for Park Royal Reserves. Would also play for PO
Engineers and Grays Athletic.

3/3/34
Originally due to play at Park Royal according to the League handbook.

3/3/34 Challis,
Birch and Daler all come in for injured players, but Epsom win 4-1, although
Cray mispen at 2-1

in early 2nd
half might have made a difference. THE BOOK does not have Birch in until next
week, and is wrong.

Comet refers to
a poor standard of football. Hosking was removed by me from this BOOK line
up, as 3 papers say it

is wrong. He
also scored twice for the Reserves this day! Cray played at Fordcroft, in St
Mary Cray, Kent. The score flattered Epsom

a bit,
especially as Cray started with 9 for 5 minutes. Epsom were originally due to
play at Park Royal but they had a Middlesex Cup tie.

7/3/34 London
United Tramways 2-3 Epsom Wednesday @ Hersham. Scorers: Jim Chennell (pen),
Dyer and Wheeler.

10/3/34 Epsom
back at full strength except for Dunne who was still injured. Reg Marlow also
reappeared after a spell

with Sutton,
although THE BOOK has him down as playing from the following week. The BOOK
is wrong.

Jimmy Jones now
appears to be captain. Reg Marlow has lost none of his skill and cunning say
papers.

17/3/34
Carshalton Ath knock Epsom out of League Cup. Epsom were 3-0 down at one
point. Lost 2-3 in the end.

Graves and
Marlow were out injured and replaced by Watts and Hosking.

Comet agrees
with BOOK that Watts scored not Jones. Advertiser and Herald say Jones. Check
Ad!.

Herald says he
scored after a half save from a Wiggins shot. Advertiser agrees. I will go
with AD and HERALD.

Times also goes
with Watts but I prefer the Herald and Advertiser reports.

24/3/34 Epsom
have nearly all the play and hammer Tilbury 6-1. EH Flight debut. Only 1-0 up
at HT.

Herald says
Epsom were worthy of such a substantial victory. Bobby Gill played, but if he
had been fit earlier, he might

have been
playing in Glasgow for England v Scotland. HE was superb today, as was Jimmy
Jones.

Ernest Henry
Flight got the 4th goal from a shot by Reg Marlow, which was crossing the
line. THE BOOK gives it to

Flight, so I will do too.

28/3/34 Hood
Shield final won by Epsom District 3-2 over Richmond at Epsom. Shield named
after Sir Joseph Hood,

and the shield
and medals were presented by Sir Arthur Glyn. Large attendance of boys at
game. 5pm ko.

"Not a pin
to choose between the sides" Game won after extra time.

30/3/34 Epsom
did everything but score in the first 20 minutes. Eventually took the lead
but drew 1-1 in the end at

Tooting &
Mitcham. Tommy Winship suffered a nasty ankle injury after a few minutes but
did not retire from game until

60 minutes, yet
it was serious enough to keep him out for the rest of the season!.

Future player
Jackie Pullen scored while Epsom had ten men. Tooting & M's biggest
league gate of season.

31/3/34 Cray
are defeated 6-1. Same side as the day before except Ashley for Winship.
Cray's only goal was an o.g.

by Bob Gates at
1-0 in 1st half. Ashley played well in his new role.

2/4/34 Epsom's
biggest league gate of season for the return game with Tooting & M saw
0-0 draw. Pullen played again.

Herald said it
was a poor game. Trevor Jones returned for Epsom after a spell in the
Athenian League, but was on

holiday in the
area, and Tot Winship was injured.

4/4/34 Epsom,
Leatherhead & District defeat Richmond and District League at West Street
3-2 aet. HT was 2-1 up but Epsom scored the winner in the

extra ten
minutes each way. Game was the Hood Shield Final.

7/4/34 Billy
Williams the ex-Schoolboy International, who had also played for West Ham and
Epsom, despite living in

Ilford, played
for Dagenham v Epsom but didn't score as Epsom won 5-2. In goal for Dagenham
was E James, who went

to Grays then
Epsom in mid 30's. Standard of play "was of the highest" says
Comet. 5-2 win flattered Epsom though.

Billy Williams
and George Mackesy are good friends. Williams was cheered by the home
supporters when he appeared.

11/4/34 Surrey
Midweek Cup Final Replay @ West Street. Hersham Weds 3-1 Reigate &
Redhill Weds. First game

had been
abandoned to weather at 1-1 at Sutton.

Apr 34 future
player Charlie Hall is playing for Frinton Rovers.

11/4/34
Kingston Charity Cup SF Epsom Weds drew with Oatlands Park "at Epsom
Wednesday's ground, Alexandra Rec"

According to
Herald, it was a 1-1 draw after extra time (90 mins 0-0) at Stones Ground,
not Alexandra Rec. "Several

hundred
spectators". Sears was injured after 35 minutes. 10 men. W Wales
equalised for Epsom Weds.

Line Up: F
Greenfield, J Butcher, Banks, L Knight, W Wales, S Oliver, P Sears, Williams,
L Dyer, Jim Chennell,

L Wheeler.

14/4/34 Only 4
first teamers in Met Police side for a friendly. Even F.Copsey, a constable,
was loaned to Met Police.

Unsurprisingly
Epsom won 3-0. Jack Forster pensave at 2-0 in 1st half, awarded for handball
against Mackesy

who prevented a
certain goal.

Met Police had
a Surrey Senior League match this day at home to Bedddington Corner, winning
10-1. They were having a very good season.

18/4/34 Epsom
Weds lose 6-2 to Teddington Rovers in Kingston Challenge Cup Final, played at
Hersham FC, Mole House,

"near the Barley
Mow".

21/4/34 George
Mackesy out with broken arm for the rest of the season, but it doesn't appear
to be a football injury.

G.Wiggins made
his debut in his place. Graves had hip trouble throughout game. If Epsom had
won, they'd have

probably been
2nd, but they lost to Leavesden fairly easily. G Wiggins is brother of M
Wiggins.

23/4/34 Evening
kick off saw Epsom unlucky to still be level at HT, and Carshalton made them
pay with two goals in

the last half
of the second half.

23/4/34 Epsom
Weds lose Kingston Charity Cup SF replay to Oatlands Park 3-0 @ Oatlands
Park. F Barker and D Stevenson were in for

Sears and Banks.

25/4/34 Future
manager Doug Whitehead gets second Amateur International Cap for Scotland v
Ireland @ Belfast.

He had got his
first, scoring twice at Hampden Park as Scotland beat England 3-2 on 24/3/34.

28/4/34 Epsom
fortunate to draw at Chelmsford, yet they led 3-1 with 15 minutes left. Two
penalties conceded by

Wilson and Gill
enabled them to save a point. There were 4 reserves in the side, although
Sperring, Challis, Ashley

and G.Wiggins
all had plenty of first team experience. First half marred by many offsides.

30/4/34 London
League Cup Final @ West Street as Dagenham deservedly beat Leavesden MH 3-1.
Late start and interesting game.

3/5/34
Definitely played this day on a Thursday evening, so THE BOOK is wrong, as it
said Wednesday. Epsom

travelled to
Park Royal's Coronation Road Ground and in the first game of three in three
days for Park Royal (Fri-Grays,

Sat-Dagenham)
former player Leslie Graves and future player J.Judge scored twice as Park
Royal lead 5-1 at HT and

win 7-2.
Epsom's first goal from Dunne was a gift as a shot spun out of the keeper's
hands.

4/5/34 Future
player Don Ralph elected captain of Ewell Boys cricket team at AGM

5/5/34 Friendly
v Brigade of Guards lost 2-3, although Epsom were just the better side.
Guards drawn from a

mixture of
Coldstream, Welsh, Irish and Scots Guards. Proceeds of game were a
"benefit" for captain George

Mackesy, who
had recently broken an arm falling from a van, presumably at work.

I now have the
programme for this. It had previously been in the possession of Sgt Law, who
played in this game,

although he was
only a Corporal at this time.

10/5/34 Epsom
Advertiser carries a seasonal summary but it wrongly advises that we were
beaten 3-1 at Clapton Orient so a bit concerning.

However, all
other stats were correct.

10/5/34 David
(DWG) Jones elected Treasurer of Ewell Boys Club. He would go on to be
connected

with Ewell
& Stoneleigh when they formed in 1936.

23/5/34 Charlie
Pettett re elected to SCFA Committee at SCFA AGM at Sutton Adult School. Sid
(WS) Basford also

there and asked
for next AGM to be at Epsom not Sutton. This didn't happen.

Reserves:

London League Division 1

Position

7th out of 16

SIC

3rd

Cane Hill M.H.

1-5

League Handbook
from 1933/34 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Beckenham

M.H.Connellan - 57 Upper
Elmers End Road, Beckenham - Tel: Beckenham 1204

Red Shirts

Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Chelmsford

W.C.Horsnell
- 81 Bishop Road, Chelmsford - Tel: Chelmsford 366

Black and White Hoops

New Writtle Street, Chelmsford

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Dagenham
Town

W.C. Grant
- 38 Tudor Avenue, Chelmsford - Tel: Chelmsford 366

Maroon and Amber

Glebe Road, Church Elm Lane,
Dagenham

not advised

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom
Town

Sid (W.S.)
Basford, - 199 Hook Road, Epsom - Tel: Epsom 9485

Light and Dark Blue Hoops

West Street, Ewell

Dressing Rooms on Ground

HQ Listed as
The Hollies Club, Church Street, Epsom

Eton Manor

W.Croome Jnr - 22 Percy
Terrace, Hackney Wick, London

Light and Dark Blue Hoops

The Wilderness, Ruckholt
Road, Leyton E10 - Tel: Leytonstone 1702

Blue Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Finchley

S.E. George - 10 Hilton
Avenue, North Finchley N12 - Tel: Hillside 2486

White Shirts

Summers Lane, High Road, North Finchley

Blue Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Grays
Athletic

C.J.Gill -
"Sunnyside" Lodge Lane, Grays, Essex - Tel: Tilbury 427 & 148

Royal Blue Shirts

Grays
Recreation Ground, Clarence Road, Grays

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Jurgens
(Purfleet)

J.T.Tollfree
- Jurgens Recreation Club, Purfleet, Essex

Royal Blue and White Quarters

Jurgens
Recreation Club, Stonehouse Lane, Purfleet

Blue Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Northmet

W.F.Lewsey
- "Hillside" 122 Bulwer Road, New Barnet, Herts - Tel: Barnet 0876

Light and Dark Blue Halves

Brimsdown Power Station

Blue Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Park
Royal

C.Perkins -
28 Blythe Road, NW14 - Tel: Shepherds Bush 1863

Royal Blue and White Quarters

Coronation Road, (the old QPR
ground)

not advised

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Post
Office Engineers

E.J.Rees -
87 Kelvin Road, Highbury N5 - Tel: Wallington 1717

Match Sec-
W.J.Trimmer, Post Office Enginering Dept, Denman Street SE1

Royal Blue and White Shirts

Plough Lane, Beddington, Surrey

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Shepherds
Bush

F.W.Inns -
56 Compton Road, Winchmore Hill N21

Blue and Gold Hoops

The Vale, Acton W3

Blue Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Streatham
Town

L.Dix - 6
Lyndhurst Avenue, Norbury SW16 - Tel: Streatham 4580

Green Shirts, White Bandolier

Hassocks Road, Streatham Vale

not advised

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Tooting
& Mitcham FC

G.D.McKrill
- 28 Salcott Road, Wandsworth Common - Tel: Battersea 5929

White Shirts

Sandy Lane, Streatham Road,
Mitcham

Black Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

U.G.B.
(Charlton) Sports

F.E. Drewry
- U.G.B. Sports Club, Anchor and Hope Lane, Charlton SE7 - Tel: Greenwich
1380

Amber Shirts

U.G.B. Sports Club Ground, Well
Hall SE9

White Shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Woolwich
Polytechnic

F.Barthelmas
- The Polytechnic, William Street, Woolwich SE18

Green and Old Gold

Woolwich
Polytechnic Spors Ground, Well Hall SE9

not advised

Dressing Rooms on Ground

26/8/33 first
match of season resulted in a 3-2 defeat to PO Engineers at Plough Lane,
Wallington. Ashley and Walters

made their
first appearances for the club.

2/9/33 Ernie
Sperring plays well as Epsom turn a 1-0 HT deficit into a 3-1 win over
Dagenham.

They were lucky
to win. Game started half an hour late, as no-one remembered to bring a
football!!

The first half
was "surprisingly wretched". It "almost looked as if Sperring
wasplaying the Dagenham team himself."

2/9/33 Herald
says Rance scored while King got 2, not King and Minter. I shall amend as the
report is very detailed. BOOK is wrong.

9/9/33 Reserves
trail 2-0 at HT but win 3-2 at Beckenham. Jobson played well said Herald bur
(NR).

16/9/33
Levison, Walters and King were all missing but Epsom still beat North Met
(short for North Metropolitan) by 3-1 at West Street. Not much

detail except
to say that their goal crossed the line by about 4 inches and credits the ref
for being up with play to see it.

23/9/33 Park
Royal (A) is brought forward from its original Handbook date of 13/01/34.

23/9/33 5 first
teamers played for Park Royal reserves, but Epsom still drew 1-1 and nearly
won.

14/10/33 Epsom
defeat Old Suttonians 8-0 in the Surrey Intermediate Cup but this is harsh on
the opposition who were only 1-0 down at HT and that was

a dubious
offside call. They also had a penalty (SAVE) from Ernie Sperring, and it
affected the player Laughlin so much that he put another penalty (WIDE)

towards the end
of the game. Report advises that R.Smith scored three this day but the BOOK
says two. I will stay with BOOK for now unless

Advertiser
confirms different. Ashley and Westlake were very good and Rance and Minter
were the pick of the line. Minter's initials wrongly advised as FG.

28/10/33 Due to
be at home to Shepherds Bush in League but because of the first team FA Cup
tie we visit Caterham MH in the Surrey Intermediate Cup who they defeat 7-0.

JG Minter HT v
Caterham while Ernest Flight scores twice on debut. Challis was ineligible to
play in this game.

4/11/33 Game v
Shepherds Bush (A) is brought forward from 24/03/34.

4/11/33 Res win
5-4 at Shepherds Bush. Later in the season they would have changed their name
to Acton! A.Canter debut (former AFA with

Old Quintinians
but did not impress and didn't play again.

BOOK says Rance
gets four and Flight gets one but Flight is not in the line up. (NR in
Herald) Check Advertiser!

11/11/33 Due to
be at home to Eton Manor but moved for the Leytonstone FA Cup tie. Rearranged
for 25/12/33.

11/11/33 CR
Bell (originally listed as TH Bell) (Romford & Hayes is due to make his
debut for the reserves this day but no game. He plays the

following week
against Northmet. Also expected this day was "another member of the
great Jones family" who would be SE Jones. Also GR Jones would

play later, all
related. Finally S.Clark (Nunhead Res) was also expected this day but had to
wait another week.

25/11/33
Finchley (H)(L) is put back for SIC tie. Rearranged for 23/12.

25/11/33 Ernie
Sperring missed reserve game due to his mother's illness, so Westlake went in
goal. L1-5 at Cane Hill

in Surrey Intermediate
Cup.

2/12/33 Game v
Tooting & Mitcham (H) brought forward from 30/3/34.

2/12/33
Westlake in goal again, as Sperring still absent. No reserve, reserve keeper.
Parr was absent and Rance was with the first team. A last minute

addition was JG
Minter's brother W.Minter who was not up to this level of football. Challis
did well despite being out of position and Ashley is promising.

Tooting &
Mitcham won the game 3-0 fairly convincingly. The BOOK has W.Minter listed as
H.A. Minter so I will stay with that for now.

Also the report
this day says that Jobson played and did good work in midfield. It's line up
advises no W.Anderson. BOOK is wrong.

9/12/33
expected to play this day were RR Smith (left half) and HE Watson (o-r).

9/12/33 a
minute's silence for former player George Keen who died suddenly in the last
few days. Had been at the previous game against Tooting &

Mitcham,
looking unwell, but it was still a shock as he was still of playing age. He
was the player/trainer of the reserves. Very popular.

Epsom won 3-2
but it was not a great game and the visitors, UGB played better football.

9/12/33 two new
players this day, EF Lewis (West Norwood) and RR Smtih (Woking and Cornwall).
Last game for AT Rance who is going to play for

Northmet first team.

16/12/33
Shepherds Bush are replaced in League by Acton who play their first game this
day. Chelmsford Chronicle advises "Acton (late Shepherds Bush)"
so

I think that
Bush folded and that Acton took on the remaining fixtures. Actually Chronicle
confirms in April that it was just a mid season change of name.

Odd but that's
the way it was!

16/12/33 12
players listed in the BOOK as Epsom lose a League game 1-0 at Streatham Town.
(NR in Herald)

Dec 33 new
players joining are local lad Hardwick from Cheam and a friend of Jimmy
Jones, A. Godfrey.

23/12/33 George
Watts, a former Junior, plays and scores for reserves, despite actually being
a Hersham player at the time. Later

on, rejoins
from Hersham. Also Hardwick (Cheam) and W Orbell  (Dorking Schools) make first appearances as
Finchley are defeated 2-0 at West Street.

30/12/33
Friendly with London Caledonians 'A' team ends in 3-3 draw. Nothing very
exciting though. Two new players

Fisher
(Woodbridge Club in St Pancras & District League), and Phillips, who was
living up North, but is now working in the area. Also 4 first teamers

played, as the
first team had no game, inc Leslie Marlow and Tommy Dunne. Fisher showed
promise. Westlake was poor but was up against a very fast

player. The
BOOK says Ernie Sperring was in goal but the report says Forster was in so I
will amend.

6/1/34 PO
Engineers are defeated 3-2 at West Street. It required a late winner against
a team that had four injuries in the first 15 minutes, one of whom

got concussion
heading their first goal! Strudwick (West Park) helped out in goal as
Sperring is required for the first team. and Cecil Weller was smart

and forceful for Epsom.

6/1/34 BOOK
says Flight scores twice yet he is not in the line up. He did play and it was
again W.Anderson who did not.

13/1/34 No game
for Reserves.

20/1/34 Epsom
lose 3-2 at home to Beckenham says Herald, yet the result was 1-2. The report
provides no scorers and includes Westlake in the line up

who was
actually with the first team, so I will stay with the BOOK. Report said they
played like a team of individuals.

3/2/34 AW Hardy
joins from Epsom Athletic, while B Daler joins from Tooting & Mitcham.
Both play for reserves

in a 5-2 win
over Streatham. Epsom were 4-0 by HT.

3/2/34 Epsom
Advertiser says Godfrey scored one of Daler's two goals. Herald reports but
doesn't clarify the scorers. Check!

10/2/34
G.Wiggins played very well at centre half as Epsom get a 1-1 draw at Grays
with Hardy the scorer.

17/2/34 Reg
Marlow, Jack Parr, Harry Westlake and Ernie Sperring all play for reserves
this day as the return match with Grays also ends 1-1 at West Street.

Birch scored
early from the penalty spot but it was a bit of a soft decision and Grays
equaliser was probably offside said Herald. BOOK says that Harvey
played,

not Godfrey. No
confusion with Hardy who also played. I don't have a Harvey in the records so
will stay with Godfrey for now.

24/2/34 No game
for Reserves.

3/3/34 A very
good game as reserves beat Park Royal 3-2. JT Hosking the regular full back,
plays as centre forward and gets two goals. The first went in off the

post. HT 2-1
then 3-1 although the third goal was disputed as to whether it had crossed
the line. Former Chelsea pro Ferguson reduced the arrears from the

penalty spot.

10/3/34 Ernie
Sperring was brilliant in a 3-0 win at Chelmsford. Hosking scored twice
again.

17/3/34 Poor
match as Epsom draw 2-2 with Jurgens at West Street. Challis scored but
wasn't listed in the BOOK line up which again listed Anderson who

didn't play.
Challis scored first after good play from G.Wiggins and Copsey bundled both
the ball and the keeper into the net. Ashley was outstanding.

24/3/34 No game
for Reserves.

30/3/34 We drew
1-1 this day with Acton.

30/3/34  BOOK says G.Wiggins played but he didn't,
Copsey did. BOOK is wrong. Future Treasurer F.Corby debut (West Park).

2/4/34 12
players listed in BOOK as Epsom draw 1-1 at Tooting & Mitcham United. (NR
in Herald).

7/4/34 Epsom
get a good 0-0 League draw at Dagenham.

14/4/34 Epsom
win 3-0 at Finchley.

21/4/34 Epsom
defeat Woolwich Polytechnic 5-2 at West Street. The BOOK has lisetd G.Wiggins
but he played for the first team and E.King played instead.

27/4/34
reported that WH Challis, G Wiggins, and Harry Westlake were selected for the
London League Division 1

team v Northern
& Suburban League @ Streatham on 5/5/34. Herbert Pattemore is now the
Reserve Team Trainer following the death of George Keen and is to

train the
London League side for this match.

28/4/34
reference to two youngsters FJ Leaver and J.Wray plauying this day but Wray
didn't show. Epsom defeated Chelmsford 4-1 at West Street and Flight

scored the
first, following up after his penalty was (SAVED) Then Corby went from
outside right to centre forward while Flight moved out to the wing at HT and
it

was a
revelation. Leaver scored with a great shot before Hosking then mispen. I
don't have the other two scorers listed in the Herald report. Strudwick came
in as keeper as

Forster was at
Wembley (cup final?) and Sperring played for the first team. Wray was meant
to play in goal and would start next season there.

April 34
Reserves apply but are rejected for the Surrey Senior League.

4/5/34 reported
that reserves have a friendly down at Ashford (Kent) for a Charity Match, but
no report of game exists,

and it is not
clear if the game was ever played. There was a connection through Ernest
Flight but I'll need a local paper for this as it is not listed in the BOOK.

Juniors: Sutton
& District League Div 1 - Position 7th out of 10

Juniors
Reserves Sutton & District League Div 3 - Position 2nd out of 12. These
were effectively an under 18 team.

League Handbook
from 1933/34 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Banstead Wood

C.T.Stubbings - 7 Diceland
Road, Banstead

Green and White vertical stripes

Park Downs, Chipstead Road

Blue shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Banstead Reserves

S.Williams - 17 Glenfield
Road, Banstead

White shirts, blue shorts

Garratts Lane, Banstead

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Belmont

D.E.Foster - Beulah Downs
Road, Belmont

White, blue shorts

Banstead Downs, Belmont

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Bryant Athletic

G.E.Birks - 384 Church
Road, Merton SW18

Red and white stripes

Figgs Marsh, London Mitcham

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Elands

T.A.Cracknell, 9 Providence
Place, Epsom

Tangerine, Black collar and

Stones Ground, East Street, Epsom

cuffs

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Town Juniors

W.G.Nash - 4 Mansard Road,
Epsom

Light and Dark Blue Hoops

Court Rec and Alexandra Rec

Bus 164 is nearest says
handbook

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Athletic Res

E. Thomas - 133 Bridgewood
Road,

Claret and Light Blue quarters,

Horton Mental Hospital

Worcester Park

white shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Fetcham

J.W.Stevens - Stoke Road,
Fetcham

Red

Fetcham Playing Fields

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Garfield Athletic

E.A.Hampton - 31 Hyde Walk,
Sutton

White, Black shorts

Rosehill Park

Dressing rooms opposite ground

Sutton J.E.A.

K.G.B.Bohling - 52 High
Street, Sutton

White shirts, black shorts

Rosehill

Dressing Rooms on Ground

West Ewell Athletic

H.L.Jones -
"Wentworth" Chessington Road,

Red, Blue shorts

Chessington Road

West Ewell

Dressing Rooms at Church Room

Son of David W.G.Jones
almost certainly as this was his address in 1920

Fulford Road

Reserves

League Handbook
from 1933/34 states the following:

Secretary and address

Colours

Ground

Banstead Wood Res

C.T.Stubbings - 7 Diceland
Road, Banstead

Green and White vertical stripes

Park Downs, Chipstead Road

Blue shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Beddington &

G.A.Prendergast - 19 Bute
Gardens, Wallington

Blue and white, black shorts

Beddington Park

Wallington S.C.

Dressing Rooms 3 minutes from Ground

Cheam Reserves

G.Goodall - 14 Malden Road,
Cheam

Blue and White

Cheam Recreation Ground, Malden Road

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Epsom Old Boys

R.H.J.Stredwick, 50 Lower
Court Road, Epsom

White shirts, blue shorts

Fairview Road, Epsom Road, Ewell

(opposite White's Garage)

probably the old Half Mile Bush

Epsom Town Juniors Res

K.J.Nash - 4 Mansard Road,
Epsom

Light and Dark Blue hoops

Court Rec and Alexandra Rec

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Leatherhead Old Scholars

L.Foxton - The Lodge,
Hawkshill, Leatherhead

Red and Green

Fortyfoot Rec, Fortyfoot Road

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Manor Rovers

E.Fry - "Staff"
The Manor, Epsom

Blue and White jerseys,

Adjoining The Manor Hospital

white shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Mitcham Green
"A"

R.W. Gore - 6 Whitford
Gardens, Mitcham

Green shirts, white shorts

not advised

not advised

Mitcham St Mark's

E.W.Harler - 10 Marsh
Avenue, Mitcham

White, Black shorts

Number 3 pitch, Figgs Marsh, London Rd

The Chalet in Recreation Ground

Nonsuch Albion

G.C.Beatrup -
"Lothian", 10 Greenford Road,

Scarlet shirts, white collar and

Sutton Rec, Collingwood Road

Sutton

cuffs, blue shorts

Dressing Rooms on Ground

Sutton St Barnabas

H.E.Croney - 21 Courtney
Crescent, Carshalton

Amber jerseys, black shorts

Sutton Rec, Collingwood Road

Beeches

Dressing Rooms on Ground

West Ewell Athletic Res

H.L.Jones -
"Wentworth" Chessington Road,

Red, Blue shorts

Chessington Road

West Ewell

Dressing Rooms at Church Room

Son of David W.G.Jones
almost certainly as this was his address in 1920

Fulford Road

Phone: Ewell 1942

Sept 33 Frinton
Rovers playing at Cranmer Green, Mitcham, but had moved to Galpins Road for
war time matches.

Sept 33 Surrey
Junior Cup Bye in First Round for Juniors.

9/9/33 apparent
friendly as Juniors drew 2-2 at Epsom with Cheam. HT was 1-1 after we had
scored after 30 but conceded after 35. Near the end Epsom

scored from a
penalty for handball but Cheam fought straight back and equalised with five
minutes remaining.

14/10/33 Geoff
Collins scores twice for Juniors in 6-1 over Effingham. 1-0 down after 10
minutes before fighting back. HT 3-1.

14/10/33
Juniors Reserves win 4-0 in SMC replay over West Ewell. Game played at
Stone's ground, East Street, the old Epsom Brotherhood ground.

11 of the
listed squad of 13 probably played this day: D.Baker, S.Dennett, T.Bines,
Arturn Newbury, E.Mann, N.Uden, R.Dries, A.Watts, V.Brewer,

W.Watts,
A.Wheeler, D.Harris, R.Walker

18/10/33 Surrey
Juniors 5-2 London Juniors @ West Street. First ever county match played at
West Street.

18/10/33 A
Barnes plays for Surrey Juniors.

21/10/33 Sutton
& District League v Epsom, Leatherhead and District League at West Street
won 3-1 by S&D. Future players FH Taylor (Ewell),

Goldsmith and
Ken Allen (Epsom Council) all played.

4/11/33 Juniors
Reserves are held 2-2 by Manor Rovers at the Manor Hospital who are two up
after 30 minutes. A.Watts reduced the deficit

before HT
before R.Walker was injured in the second half. 10 men. Epsom still equalised
with a penalty for handball converted by Dennett with ten

minutes remaining.

4/11/33 E
Turner HT in 6-0 win for Juniors over Banstead.

Nov 33 Future
first teamer Reg (EJ) Hunt playing for Juniors this season. Would previously
play for Ewell & Stoneleigh.

Also future
secretary Arthur Newbury also played for Juniors reserves. Team captain.

11/11/33 Epsom
Juniors are meant to play Ashtead in SJC 3 but (NR). Either way it looks as
though the game was lost as Ashtead appear

in the next round draw.

11/11/33
Juniors Reserves win 4-0 at Stanley Park against Carshalton Hill in Sutton
Hospital Cup. Dries scored after 25 with P.Farrington making it 2-0 a

few minutes
later. Dries scored our third after 60 and Brewer scored from thirty yards
with the aid of slight deflection two minutes from time.

18/11/33
Juniors lead 2-1 at half time against Sutton J.E.A. but lose 2-4 despite them
playing with ten men throughout. Our first goal came from the "outside
left"

and the second
from a "lucky shot" five minutes from HT after having conceded the
opening goal.

18/11/33
Juniors Reserves defeat Epsom Old Boys 5-2 in SMC. Drawn away but game played
at Ewell. Presume West Street. Brewer put us ahead early

and A.Watts
made it 2-0 but HT was 2-2 before Brewer, Watts, Brewer made it 5-2. Dries
also played.

25/11/33 Bryant
Athletic played in Mitcham and had ten men to start with before losing their
right back to injury after ten minutes as the Juniors turned a HT deficit
around to win 2-1.

25/11/33
Juniors Reserves won 12-0 @ Epsom over Lingfield Colony United in the Surrey
Youth Cup. HT was 4-0. Brewer had a HT in the first 15 minutes

and W.Watts
made it 4-0 before Brewer got three more with two more for W.Watts, two for
Leverington and one for Newbury to complete the scoring.

2/12/33 Game
with Sutton St Barnabas is switched to West Street. Juniors Reserves win
10-0.Brewer scored after 15 and goals came frequently from

this point. HT 6-0

9/12/33
expected Juniors line up for this day: D.Baker, S.Dennett, T.Bines,
A.Newbury, E.Mann, N.Uden, P.Farrington, A.Watts, W.Watts, V.Brewer,

R.Leverington, R.Dries

9/12/33
expected Juniors Reserves line up this day: J.Moger, G.Sycamore, R.Mortimer,
K.Nash, W.Herridge, E.Henton, J.Purvey, G.Collins, E.Turner,

E.Hunt,
S.Humphreys, A.Goldsmith

9/12/33 Juniors
Reserves won 3-1 but HT was 0-0. West Ewell scored a late consolation.

16/12/33
Juniors batter Epsom Athletic 5-0 at Court Rec.

16/12/33
Juniors Reserves win 4-0 at Manor Rovers with P.Farrington opening the
scoring in the first minute. He ended up with all four.

23/12/33
probably this day or 30/12/33 Juniors Reserves depart the Surrey Minor Cup to
Coulsdon & Purley Highways.

30/12/33
Juniors win 2-0 at Fetcham HT 1-0. Scorers were Geoff Collins and A Watts.

Juniors Res
record is correct at this date (inc 30/12) Pld 8 W7 D1 L0 F38 A7. However,
see 27/1 comments below.

Only 25 entries
in Surrey Youth Cup. Placed in Group A for early rounds.

6/1/34 Juniors
win 3-1 at Garfield Athletic. Played at Rosehill. G Collins, R Leverington,
and J Purvey scored. HT 1-0. Late consolation for Garfield at 3-0.

6/1/34 Juniors
Res win 4-1 and Beddington & Wallington S.C. at Beddington Park. Behind
early and HT 0-1. V Brewer (2), A Goldsmith,

and W Watts
scored in second half.

13/1/34 Juniors
Reserves beat Croydon OB 3-2 @ Court Rec. Croydon were the previous holders
of the Surrey Youth

Cup, but Epsom
won after extra time. They were 1-2 down at HT. Scorers were Watts,
Leverington, while H Parr got the

winner straight
from a corner kick. Brewer was missing from this game. We were behind early
but A.Watts equalised before Croydon regained the lead

just before HT.
Leverington's equaliser came with five minutes remaining and forced extra
time.

20/1/34 Juniors
Reserves won 7-1 against West Ewell Athletic with Brewer getting 5, and
Farrington and Goldsmith completing the scoring. Leverington set up

three goals for
Brewer near the end. Game was played in Epsom says reports but it was an away
game.

27/1/34 Juniors
beat Fetcham 4-1 with goals by J Purvey (2), R Walker, and B Broderick in the
second half. HT 3-1.  Epsom were 3-0
up.

27/1/34 Juniors
Res played with only ten men v Nonsuch Albion but led 2-1 at HT. Then an
eleventh player arrived, and

the game
finished 3-3, but only due to a Leverington equaliser in the final seconds.
Still unbeaten in league.

Inc 20/1
Juniors are Pld 11 W5 D1 L5 F29 A24 11pts - CORRECT
TO THIS DATE

Inc 27/1 Jun
Res are Pld 11 W9 D2 L0 F52 A12 20pts

If this record
is correct, then a 4-0 result is wrong, either v Manor Rovers (A), or Mitcham
Green (H). These were

both listed as
4-0, but one wasn't played, and is outstanding at this date.

I think Manor
Rovers were defeated 4-0, and Mitcham Green game wasn't played until at least
April. Probably very late.

3/2/34 ET
Juniors Res are away to Leatherhead O.S. at Fortyfoot Rec, in Leatherhead.

They win 2-1
with two goals from R.Dries who scored after 10 minutes and then midway
through the first half. HT 2-0.

10/2/34 In
return match, ET Juniors Res defeat Nonsuch Albion 4-2. HT 2-1. Albion were a
goal up but a Dennett penalty for handball came soon after and

Farrington put
us ahead before HT. Brewer got two in the second half and W.Watts had one
chalked off for offside before Albion scored a second five minutes

from time.

Feb 34 Manor
Rovers in S & D Lge playing at Manor Hospital this season.

17/2/34 Jun Res
win 7-2 @ Cheam Rec v Cheam Res. HT 4-0. Scorers Dries (3), Brewer (2),
Leverington and Watts. Herald says it was closer than the scoreline

suggested.
Leverington (5 mins), W.Watts (soon after), Dries and Brewer all scored in
the first half. The second half was more even and Cheam got one back

after Brewer
had got the fifth. Dries made it 6-1 and then 7-2.

24/2/34 Jun Res
win 11-1 v Imperial Club @ Mitcham. HT 5-0. I only have ten scorers, Brewer
(4), Watts (3), Maurice

Gill, Reuben
Leverington, and N. Salter. Herald also advises just ten scorers. HT was
probably 5-0.

inc 24/2
Juniors are Pld 14 W5 D1 L8 F32 A34 11pts - This is
almost correct, but tables have missed the Fetcham 4-1

win on 27/1/34.
They have played 15 by now.

inc 24/2 Jun
Res are Pld 14 W12 D2 L0 F65 A17 26pts. - These three
results are correct, but the above

juniors reserve
match against Mitcham Green or Manor Rovers is still missing. Was it played
and missed like the

Fetcham game?
No, I don't believe it had been played yet.

3/3/34 Jun Res
beat Epsom OB 3-2. HT 2-0. W Watts 1st minute goal, and Maurice Gill made it
two after 6 minutes.

Then 2-1 after
80 minutes, then another goal from Maurice Gill near the end.

10/3/34 Juniors
Res match v Sutton St Barnabas (H) is postponed for

the Sutton
Hospital Cup SF Jun Res 5-3 North Cheam. Epsom trailed 2-3 at HT. Scorers
Brewer (3), Leverington,

and Arthur
Newbury, future club Secretary. Brewer's HT was his 6th this season. He is a
Dr Banardo's Boy, and has

40 goals this
season, 20 in League and 20 in Cups. Herald says they are in Final of Sutton
Hospital Cup, and SF of

Surrey Youth
Cup. Brewer's HT was in the second half. We will meet Epsom Ramblers in the
Final of a tournament that Epsom first team won in 1924.

17/3/34 Jun Res
1-2 Mitcham Green 'A' @ Rosehill. Brewer equalised an early 30 yarder and
Juniors dominated, but HT 1-2 FT 1-2.

24/3/34 Jun Res
6-4 Epsom OB. Juniors Res were 2-0 down after 25 minutes then EOB had an
injury. 10 men. W Easto

scored from
Dries good work but 1-3 HT. Brewer then got 2, and Easto again, and
Farrington (from a corner) and E Mann all in 2nd half.

7/4/34 SF of
Surrey Youth Cup saw Juniors Reserves v Reigate County Services @ Redhill FC
5pm ko after their match

that day.
Juniors won "overwhelming". I have
calculated an 8-0 win, but have no further details yet.

inc 31/3
Juniors Pld 15 W5 D1 L9 F34 A39 11pts - Correct but
still missing Fetcham 4-1 win.

inc 31/3 Jun
Res Pld 17 W14 D2 L1 F75 A24 30 pts. - Correct I
think.

14/4/34 Jun Res
lose 2-1 to Mitcham St Mark's. 1-0 down after 15 minutes and 0-2 at HT. E
Mann scored from over 30

yards to reduce
the scoreline, and the woodwork was hit frequently. This game was played in
Mitcham so must have been the away game.

14/4/34 Juniors
lose 5-0 to West Ewell in their last game of the season.

inc 14/4
Juniors Pld 17 W5 D1 L11 F34 A46 11pts. Correct but league table misses
Fetcham 4-1 win. A win is added

at a later
stage, but not the GD.

inc 14/4 Jun
Res Pld 18 W14 D2 L2 F76 A26 30 pts. Correct see 31/3 comments.

21/4/34 Jun Res
beat St Barnabas 3-0 who had ten players throughout. V Brewer and J Moger
scored in 1st half, and

S Dennett from
distance in second half. This game was played at West Street presume after
Res home game with Woolwich Poly.

28/4/34 Jun Res
beat Banstead Wood Res 7-2. N Salter, V Brewer (5 mins) and J Moger all
scored in first half, before an 11th

player arrived
for Banstead Wood. HT 3-2. J Moger, A Watts, Leverington and J Moger
(completing his HT) made it 7.

S Dennett
mispen (SAVE) in 2nd half.

2/5/34 Sutton
Hospital Cup lost in final at Epsom to Epsom Ramblers after an 84th minute
handball penalty.

Prizes
presented by Sid Basford. Ramblers were the better side.

Team: P Cooper,
SE Dennett, T Bines, A Newbury, E Mann, R Mortimer, J Moger, W Easto, V
Brewer, R Dries,

and Reuben
Leverington (future first team player post war)

5/5/34 Final
matches in Sutton & District League were played this day, but Jun Res
must have finished by then, as they

were busy.  Two matches o/s. One
was won (4-0?) , and the other was lost to Mitcham St Mark's.

It appears that
the league missed the GD in the final table but were they played at all.
Probably not.

5/5/34 Juniors
Reserves won the Surrey Youth Cup, beating Stoughton 4-3+

I have a
picture of Reuben Leverington's Winners Medal provided by son Roy.

They were 1-0
down at HT, but S Dennett (pen) equalised after five minutes of second half.
Stoughton went 3-1 up, but Epsom

fought back,
and two goals from Collins took it into extra time, where an unknown scorer
won it for Epsom, ten minutes

into the first
period, and with the wind in the second half, defended comfortably. Captain
Arthur Newbury, a future

Club Secretary
received the cup from Mr Crump, Chairman of SCFA. Sir Frederick Wall, the FA
Secretary presented the

medals. Line
up: Moger, S Dennett, G Collins, Arthur Newbury, Maurice Gill, W Watts, H
Parr, N Salter, V Brewer,

A Watts, Reuben
Leverington. Paper says that Epsom's goal difference was F38 A6 in this
competition.

Stoughton  also reached the Surrey Minor Cup Final
this season. By the mid-fifties, these cups had changed name,

as the Surrey
Minor Cup was renamed the Surrey Lower Junior Cup in 1937/38, and Surrey
Youth Cup renamed Minor.

Juniors Reserves
also won a Sportsmanship Certificate at Presentation 18/5/34

Other affiliated Local
Teams:

Secretary

From SCFA Handbook

Affiliated

Epsom and
Leatherhead Postal

F Dickinson

3 Randolph Road, Epsom

Aug 1931

Epsom Athletic

S Martin

10 Pike Hill

July 1922

Epsom Wednesday

W Wales

9 Stamford Green Road, Epsom

Sept 1923

Club Colours
changed to yellow and pink hoops! Secretary had been Sec a few years back.
Any connection to Bernard?

Epsom Ramblers

J Barker

36 The Parade

Sept 1930

Ewell Mental Hospital

R Horsman

Colony Mental Hospital

Nov 1927

21/8/33 Big
explosion at Epsom Station. Lamp room destroyed. This was on South side of
station. No fatalities.

Aug 33 Grass
fire near Stoneleigh Park Station. The "Park" must have been
dropped soon afterwards.

9/9/33 friendly
match it appears with Juniors Reserves beating Cheam Reserves 3-1 at home.

2/10/33
Caroline Merriot celebrates her 108th birthday. Oldest woman in England and
possibly oldest ever in those days.

Don't know if
she made it to 109 though. She lived in Thornton Heath and reports of her
birthday even made it to the American newspapers!

Jan 34 Ruxley
Lane School Opened by Sir Arthur Glyn

Jan 34 Odeon
Cinema in Worcester Park opened. Oscar Deutsch the founder of Odeon was
present.

10/3/34 Epsom
Town Hall opened by Lord Ebbisham

Mar 34 Douglas
(D.R.) Jardine relinquishes the captaincy of Surrey. Was England captain for
Bodyline series of 32/33.

9/4/34
Stoneleigh Hotel given permission to be erected and licensed.

5/5/34 The
Galleon open air swimming pool is opened in Burgh Heath. Where was this?

22/6/34
Washington Road fire behind at sheds behind 71-73.