C O M M E N T S
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LL

5th out of 8

FAC

Pr

Woking

1-8

AC

Pr

Banstead Hospital

0-1

LC

Not run

SSC

2nd

Corinthian Casuals

0-6

LSC

2nd

Walton & Hersham

1-9

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

Light and Dark
Blue Halves

President

Lord Southwood

became Viscount Southwood between 23/3/46 and
22/4/46

according to the programme fronts but
unfortunately died 12/4/46

Chairman

Albert E Tuck

Secretary

Harry Hawke

45 Montague Avenue, Sanderstead Tel:
Sanderstead 2319

Correspondence
to The Hollies Club, Church Street, Epsom

Manager

Selection Committee

Treasurer

Len Anderson The Summit, Downswood, Epsom Downs

London League
reformed after the war with two regional (East/West) divisions.

Harry Tiffany,
goalkeeper, was in the Camberley team that reached final of the Surrey Senior
Cup in 1936.

Gordon
Brogdale and S.Tingey both join Epsom FC from Epsom Town.

June 45 Sid (WS) Basford ex-Secretary, revives the Sutton
& District League after the war with N.Hibbert as Chairman.

Sid becomes
Secretary again, still living at 199 Hook Road. - Tel Epsom 1460.

Former tenants
Venners Sports announce they are joining the Sutton & District League.

4/6/45 Epsom
F.C. restart with a Committee meeting that Monday evening at Hollies Club in
Church Street Epsom.

Ground
reclaimed from Epsom Town. Appeals made to old players and officials to
rejoin and for funds.

The Advertiser
also report this, but not until 16/8/45!!

13/7/45 Epsom
announce that there will be 4 trial games in August.

Also reported
this day was a letter from Albert E Tuck new Chairman of Epsom F.C. He
advised that the ground was

purchased by Epsom and is held in trust by 4 trustees, of
which Mr Pettett is one. The trustees closed the club for the

war effort and
the ground was offered to Mr Pettett at a nominal rent. Mr Pettett was
Chairman of Epsom F.C. for

many years but now wants to continue with Epsom Town F.C.
and he can't understand why a trustee of the club would

want to hinder
its development by continuing to run a club in competition with the reformed
Epsom F.C.

Mid July AGM (sort of) at Hollies Club (reported 20th
July), declared Albert Tuck as Chairman with Bill Townsend as V-C

Tuck was a
well known London and Epsom solicitor say the papers. Applications are also
welcomed for new players.

3/8/45
reported a response from Albert Tuck advising that a meeting on 21/11/38
confirmed the four trustees of the

club as
himself, Charlie Pettett, Mr King and Mr Bowe, and as such purchased the
ground and in conveyance it was

declared that the ground is vested in the trustees of the
club and upon trust for the members and dealt with as seen fit.

He also advises that the majority of the Committee voted
for the closedown in September 1939. Following these letters he

advises that a meeting would be better to discuss rather
than all the letters. Unsure whether one ever took place though.

22/8/45 Walton
FC dissolved and Walton & Hersham FC created.

They keep two sides this season, one in new Corinthian
League, and one in the London League. Although they say there

will be no distinction between the strengths, it is the
Corinthian one that will be retained next year, as Walton leave London

League in
1946. Club proud of keeping two sides going throughout the war.

Aug 45
Jamiesons Sports become West Ewell

31/8/45
reported to be having trouble getting players as many from 38-39 were all
over the world still.

Also, David
Wesley and Geoff Collins gave their lives during the war. Trial game for
1/9/45 at West Street.

Aiming to get
players just from the Epsom area, and contact is Sid Bristow, ex player and
now trainer.

Also advised that Lord Southwood the well known newspaper
peer has accepted the Presidency of the club and made a

substantial
donation to funds. Will also be present at a number of the club's games this
year.

Sept 45 reference to George Holling playing for
Kingstonian after being a POW for many years. Future Sutton and Leatherhead

manager before
dying of a heart attack in 60's while Leatherhead manager.

1/9/45 30 players at trial match including some
"discoveries". Also a reserve side will be formed playing
friendlies only.

8/9/45 Epsom lose 8-1 in their first match back, an FA Cup
match at home to Woking. Jimmy Jones doesn't arrive until HT.

Woking were 1-0 up after 2 mins, 2-0 (10) and 5-0 by HT.
6-0 by 46, 7-0 (71), 7-1 (Francis)(80) and 8-1 after 84 minutes.

Debut for many players, but most importantly for Ernie
Watkins, who would play for the club for 15 seasons, and then 8 more

for Banstead. According to Wilf Smith ex-Committee member,
Ernie Watkins was "the best" centre half in amateur football.

He went to
school with him at Pound Lane, yet didn't know Ernie played football until he
saw him at West Street.

Ernest John
Watkins was married for 25 years to Mary's mother, before divorcing.

Ernie moved to the Liverpool area in 1969, with his second
wife, but she may have died, so he married again, and spent the rest

of his life in Warrington, making occasional visits,
before dying in 1996 of dementia. DOB 17/8/21 - DOD 23/1/96. Age 74. Is
in

Warrington Crematorium. His RAF Number during the war was
627068 and he was a Corporal in D-Flight, in Cardington (Beds?).

He serviced a lot of the planes and was an electrician,
but saw service overseas, probably in Belgium says his daughter Mary.

He lived at Bridle Path, before marrying and moving to
Gatley Avenue, Ewell. He was born in Epsom, in a road just heading out

from town on
East Street and on the left. (presume near Plough & Harrow area).

Ernie had a brother Bob, but he was killed in the war at
an early age at Montecasino in Italy. Always drove either a motorcycle or

bicycle. No car. Mary lives at 10 Chase Road, which is
also called Ivanhoe. Although her family have lived in it since the

mid-forties,
it was also the home of Epsom Juniors' first Secretary, EL Miller in the
twenties.

Sep 45 Woking
visit Met Police in FA Cup after beating Epsom

15/9/45 Friendly lost v Ford Sports 8-3 at West Street.
Jones 1-0 (5) says Dagenham Post then a penalty equaliser, then 1-2

then Jones for 2-2, but HT 2-4. Bates scored for Epsom to
make it 3-4 but Ford ran away with it. Scorers disagree with BOOK,

will stick
with it in the absence of a home report.

Also it
appears that 13 players played but the starting eleven is unknown yet.

22/9/45 Ken Elbrow - policeman - made his debut. Regular
player over future years. Living in Kent in 2006 but not well after a

recent
stroke. According to Barking Advertiser, Barking were 1-0 up early, then
Holliday equalised. HT was 1-2 down

before Holliday equalised again in 2nd half, then Bates
score and a Tingey goal made it 4-2. Goal scorers differ from the BOOK,

and Stratford
Express agrees with these goal scorers so THE BOOK is wrong.

Game described
in following week's programme as one of the best games ever witnessed at West
Street.

According to
Geoff Porter in 2011 Ken Elbrow died the previous year.

This match was Charlie Holliday's debut. He was only to
play two games for the club and was eclipsed for our club by his brother

Ken's appearances. However, Charlie was in fact a top class linesman He and
Ken were almost certainly related to Charlie Holliday

who played for
the Blues briefly back in 1921/22 and 1922/23 - father, uncle?

He started refereeing in 1946/47 and he kept his records
in a book that is now in the custody of Roger and Sheila Pink, who are

long serving members of the Sutton & District League
and also hold the Handbooks that originally were owned by former Chairman

Stanley Baker,
who followed not long after our own Hugh Bradley had held the position until
the end of 1925.

In 1951/52 he
became a Linesman on the Football Combination.

In 1954/55 he
was a Linesman for our Surrey Senior Shield win over Carshalton Athletic and
was given a medal.

In 1955/56 he started to referee in the Football
Combination but still refereed frequently in the Sutton & District
League.

He refereed a
friendly between Epsom and Leatherhead at West Street on 25/4/56 which Epsom
won 1-0.

In 1957/58 he
refereed a trial match for Epsom on 17/8/57 and was also a linesman in the
Football League.

Linesman in
3rd round of FA Cup match between Portsmouth and Aldershot on 4th Jan 1958.
5-1 to Portsmouth.

In 1958/59 he again refereed an Epsom trial on 15/8/59 yet
was a linesman for a European Cup tie between Barcelona

and CDNA Sofia
on 23/9/59. (Barcelona win 6-2). He was awarded a gold watch for this match.

On 14th May 1960 he refereed the Surrey Senior Cup Final
between Tooting & Mitcham and Walton & Hersham (3-0 to T & M).

and was paid
expenses of 2s.

In 1960/61 on
13th August he referees two Epsom trial matches for no fee.

He then is linesman as Real Madrid are beaten 2-1 by
Barcelona in a European Cup tie on 23/11/60 yet still wasn't actually a

football
league ref, and never would be. He received a paper knife and jewelled badge
for this and £240. 5s expenses..

Does the Epsom trial match again on 12/08/61 and on
25/10/61 receives a gold watch for being a linesman in a Fairs Cup

match between
Inter Milan and Cologne (5-3 to Inter).

His last big match was at Dean Court where he ran the line
in a League Division 3 match between Bournemouth and Bristol City

which ended 2-1 to Bournemouth but then at the age of
about 43 he retired from officiating on medical advice the very next day

after the
Bournemouth game.

Also went on
to become an assessor and in 1973 became Referees Secretary for

SCFA becoming a Life Vice President of the SCFA in 1989.
He is believed to have died around the turn of the millennium.

29/9/45 Holliday injured mid 2nd half. Passenger. Banstead
Hospital were already ahead with a first half goal and won 1-0.

6/10/45 Ex
player Fred Stenning plays for Vickers v Epsom. Vickers keeper had to leave
field twice through injury

but no goals
were conceded while he was off, once in each half.

13/10/45 Guildford fielded 5 full time pros including
James the Brentford and England centre half, also some of the Navy

Rep XI and
army players too. Lost 8-1 in front of a large attendance. HT 0-3..

13/10/45 Ernie Watkins unable to play as he was playing
for Millwall Res and G.Francis was playing for West Ham Res.

Also S.Tingey
had flu, and Nicholls had a burst blood vessel in his leg, while AW Fisher
absent (military duties).

R. Ward debut this day and played three games. However,
another Ward played on 26/12/45 to Clapton and I am guessing a bit

but believe it was probably the same Ward. I will proceed
on this basis. Surrey Advertiser advises a London League record of

1,535 attended
but also advised HT was 3-1 not 3-0. Check Herald!

24/10/45 Dorking FC meeting at White Horse Hotel discussed
reform, and a meeting on 19/11 agree friendlies can be played.

27/10/45
Uxbridge had 5 chances and took them all in 1st half. Epsom had more, but
just scored the one. In 2nd half

Epsom hit woodwork four times. Uxbridge appear to have
played at West Street twice this season but it is not clear which was
the

home fixture. Mike Bodman the Uxbridge historian advises
that he believes this match was the official Uxbridge home game.

Nov 45 Bourne Hall purchased by EEBC for £5,500 and stated
that it will be used for municipal purposes. The contract

provides for
the preservation of the exterior character. Built 1790.

3/11/45 Epsom went a goal up through Brogdale at Edgware
after 20 minutes but after half an hour the hosts had equalised, and

despite the 16
year old Elbrow doing well it was 3-1 by HT and Epsom lost 6-1. Hendon &
Finchley Times says that

Watkins played
instead of Buller but I'm not convinced. Check!

10/11/45 Stan Scott, makes debut and scores twice, one
from half way line. Previously with Fulham. Acton are defeated 12-0

with Brogdale getting four. Acton were advised at playing
at Gunnersbury Lane, near Acton Town station in this season, but they

folded before
the end of the season and Epsom never played the return fixture.

Also mention
of Gordon Brogdale playing for Crystal Palace during the war.

17/11/45 According to papers, Epsom score 7 and hit
woodwork seven times. 1-0 down early but 6-1 up by HT. Brogdale got

four again
against Carshalton Athletic.

There is reference in 1953 Epsom Herald to Ernie Taylor
playing for England v Hungary in the famous 3-6 home defeat. Taylor was

a regular for Carshalton Athletic during 1945/46 and
1946/47 despite only being 18 at this point. Presumably played in these

matches
against Epsom, although I have no Carshalton line ups in my reports so far.

Dymott appears
to have left Epsom Town to join Epsom FC who he played for on 1/12/45.

24/11/45 Epsom
game finishes in "a rising mist". Edged London Electricity out 2-1
in LSC.

24/11/45
Future player manager Pat Lynch plays for Golders Green v Tooting &
Mitcham this day.

Dec 45 Former
player Hugh Pratt is at Sutton.

8/12/45 Noble
scores 4 for Walton & H in LSC tie at Stompond Lane which ends 1-9.

22/12/45 LJ Boardman scores 4 for Cor Cas v Epsom in SSC
tie at their shared ground with Kingstonian at Richmond Road.

He is still at
school say papers. Papers also refer to Ken Elbrow being only 16.

26/12/45 Friendly at Clapton is lost 2-9. THE BOOK only
lists 9 players, but the local and Stratford reports make no reference

to the line
ups. Jennings scored 7 for Clapton, with Peebles and Batchelor getting the
others.

I am certain that Ernie Watkins was definitely missing
from this match, as he was at Guildford City either watching or playing in

a match
between Guildford City and the R.A.F. XI K.O. 2.30.

29/12/45 Epsom
score in the first 30 seconds and also in the last minute to win 7-0.

Syd Peddar
debut. Former Leatherhead player.

5/1/46 Epsom
are only 4-3 down, then Stan Scott hit the bar with a penalty and Epsom
subsided 7-3. Ken Minter (18)

"has a
great future" say papers. Average age of team is only 21.

12/1/46 Epsom have friendly with Crawley which is 1-1 at
HT but Epsom win 5-3. Another friendly arranged for later in the season.

19/1/46 Tommy Rochester returned after 3 years in the
services. Also Roy Marlow rejoining club after assisting Villa for

two years.
Roy Marlow was the son of Reg Marlow the striker from the 20's and early
30's. Roy died in 2003 aged 80.

26/1/46 6 pros
in Crystal Palace 'A' team but Epsom should have won 6-0 instead of 2-0. Hit
woodwork four times

26/1/46 A Nash of Sylvan Avenue Wood Green writes to
complement the Epsom Committee for having such a fine and

clean team. However, he was concerned that the attendances
were only a few hundred. Possibly unaware of Epsom Town.

he wished the
team luck for the season.

2/2/46 Epsom meet Uxbridge at West Street although they
had already played there on 27/10/45. Which was the home game?

8/2/46 Herald
in poor condition. A report exists but I can't read it. Check at Colindale

9/2/46 A good
crowd sees Epsom defeat Royal Marines despite Dick Chester being unavailable
with cartilage trouble

sustained the
week before, and Roy Marlow being carried off with a fractured collar bone
midway through the first half.

By agreement
with the Royal Marines, a substitute player DF Bayly was allowed at HT.
Easton makes his debut.

Feb 46 Epsom announce that Jim Harrold, famous Millwall
and Leicester player and Essex cricketer to become coach.

Feb 46 Paper carries various player profiles from now
until the end of the season. Covers 6 players. Notes at foot of page.

Feb 46 Acton
Town still in Middlesex Senior League, even though they had resigned from the
London League.

Feb 46 Future manager Bill Whittaker playing at Brentford
these days under management of Harry Curtis, who was manager

back in the
30's when he was also President of Ewell & Stoneleigh.

Also reference to "Drummer" F.Macey being a
referee but not allowed to ref Kingstonian games, as he was an ex-player!

23/2/46 Fred
Chitty playing his first game for Epsom in 7 years having spent the last 6 in
the army.

Ex-player Fred
Stenning scores HT for Vickers.

23/2/46 Heavy
wind at both Epsom games.

2/3/46 De
Haviland were kept in the game by "first class" goalkeeping. 1-1
draw.

EPSOM REPORTER CONTINUES TO REFER TO EPSOM F.C. as
"The Borough's Senior Side". Clearly there was

artistic licence and exaggeration in the reports this year
for both teams, as they tried to compete for support.

Mar 46 Hill
joins club. Formerly with Guildford and Aldershot.

Mar 46 Doug Whitehead, future manager is now on
Kingstonian's selection committee, but pulls on the red shirt for the
reserves

for the first time since 1939, and he scores too v
Surbiton Town on 23/3/46! "One of the best forwards ever to don the K's
colours".

Mar 46 GE Hill
may be J Hill the Guildford and Aldershot right half. Then again… maybe not!

Mar 46 Cobham merger between Cobham FC, Cobham Avorians,
and Olivers Garage. They will play at Avorians ground for two

more years (Fairmile) which will be built on in 1948.
Cobham's ground is still under War Dept. jurisdiction, but will
eventually

be able to be
used. Presume Anvil Lane.

Mar 46 Walton
& H are leaving London League, but will remain in Corinthian League.

9/3/46 Jim Barrett FA Cup winner x2 with West Ham played
for their A team at West Street. Great match according to

the report. DID HE PLAY IN 1923 FAC Final? No he didn't,
but Jim Ruffell did, uncle of Ron, who plays occasionally in the 50's

and brother of
Bill who played briefly for us in the thirties but more frequently during war
time for Epsom Town.

Reports may have said 'A' Team but the programme was clear
in stating that this was West Ham Reserves. We had a connection

there through Ben Ives who is Assistant Manager there and
was described as a very old friend. Pre war was with Tottenham, and

this was
probably at the time that their Secretary Arthur Turner was our President.

16/3/46 Exceptionally strong Guildford City Reserve side
with several full time pros, but Epsom still won 4-2. The London

League had to
give permission for so many pros to play. Monk of Guildford is cautioned
during this game.

23/3/46 Worst display in months at West Street as
Carshalton Athletic win there 3-2. Herald says Epsom should have

scored six or
seven. Gordon Brogdale had one disallowed. Also, Fred Chitty was unavailable
for domestic matters (he

was getting
married soon), Roy Marlow was not fully fit yet after his break, although he
had played the week before.

Also Ernie
Watkins had played despite suffering from a bad bilious attack!

30/3/46 Epsom
3-0 up after ten minutes. Won 3-0. Marlow comes on as a sub at HT for Appleby
who had a badly

dislocated elbow in the first half. He was taken to Horton
Hospital, not Epsom. Later in the game, Ken Holliday missed

an easy chance
which uprooted a wooden paling from the fence and almost hit a spectator!

6/4/46 Epsom
Supporters club have a dance at the Stoneleigh Hotel. About 200 attend.

6/4/46 Biggest crowd at West Street since pre-war days
sees Champions elect Edgware visit and win 2-1. Chester injured

mid 2nd half. Passenger. Frank Adey moved to left back to
cover, and has now played in every position except keeper!

12/4/46
President of the club Lord Southwood dies. A minutes silence held on 13/4/46
v Golders Green.

13/4/46 Golders Green missing two players who were
representing the Athenian League v Isthmian but still a good side.

Future players
Pat Lynch and Bob Avis both play for Golders Green, before they change their
name to Hendon F.C.

Avis scored
for Golders Green. although Roy Marlow scored from 40 yards, and Ernie
Watkins mispen (BAR).

13/4/46 Ted
Drake, Arsenal and ex-International is official coach at Golders Green and
was at Epsom.

Heavy run on
programmes by young autograph hunters!

19/4/46 Ken
Holliday tonsillitis. Unavailable for the three Easter games.

19/4/46 A large holiday crowd at Crawley on Good Friday
saw Epsom 1-0 up at HT and Baker pensave in first half too. FT 1-1.

Reference to a
D.Goldsmith as full back for Crawley. Presume Den Goldsmith, future Epsom
player.

BOOK has P
Gardner as keeper, but I think it was H Baker. Peacock, Marlow and Brogdale
all played.

Also 12
players listed and I have a note that says probably Buller played too.

20/4/46 Fred
Chitty gets married on 20/4/46 at Ewell Parish Church.

20/4/46
Redhill paper says Ken Minter (ex-Redhill played) and that Trotman didn't.
THE BOOK is wrong here.

Gordon Brogdale also listed as ex-Redhill. Paper says that
Ernie Watkins "was a joy to watch" and Epsom's winner was a

picture book
goal. Both goals were headers by Brogdale in the 3rd and 85th minutes, while
Redhill scored after 25..

22/4/46 just
after 2nd half started, Frank Adey was advised that his wife had just given
birth to a baby boy at 2 pm!

22/4/46 Gordon
Brogdale's second goal v Walton & H is his 40th of the season.

22/4/46
Collection taken for A Woolford by permission of FA, which raised £8 7s

Apr 46 Epsom selected as Guildford's opponents for the
Sportsman's Cup for the first time. Apparently Egham won it last

year, but
Epsom are chosen as the "senior amateur side in the County".
Originally set up by President of Guildford.

24/4/46 Corinthian Casuals play last ever match
groundsharing at Richmond Road, and will move to Chiswick Poly next year.

27/4/46 Epsom beat De Haviland in Hatfield 4-1. Epsom
toyed with their opponents in the last 25 minutes to such an extent

that the home
crowd cheered them on for the last 15 minutes. Match played at Hatfield
Aerodrome.

May 46 West
Molesey OB and Molesey United to merge into Molesey FC

early May 46
Surbiton & District League 3-1 Epsom & Ewell League @ West Street.

1/5/46 Gordon Brogdale bursts the net for Epsom's third
goal v Guildford. Cup presented by Alderman JA Larby (Chairman of

Epsom & Ewell Borough Sports Association). The
Sportsmans Cup was inaugarated by Guildford and this year marked their
70th

year of
existence it said.

4/5/46 Fr v
Cor Casuals was a benefit for A Woolford (Res Keeper) who had broken his leg
earlier in the season

4/5/46 Epsom
advise working parties throughout the season on Mondays at 7.30.

Former players Tommy Temlett and Cecil Weller play in
Leatherhead Rose's final ever game, a 1-0 loss to Hersham Claremont.

They are to be
amalgamated with Leatherhead United to make Leatherhead FC next year.

June 46 Epsom Supporters club meeting. Apparently formed
in Jan 46, and provided refreshments to players and officials

without charge. Also made a donation of £5 to A Woolford
and £20 to the parent club. The club gave thanks to Chairman

Mrs Rita
Olney.

5/6/46 Derby
Horse race returns to Epsom for first time since the war.

Reserves:

Played friendlies only this season

In the BOOK
R.Stanford and E.Maxwell are wrongly listed as G.Stanford and J.Maxwell in
the reserve lists.

15/9/45 reference in Surrey Advertiser to Leatherhead Rose
having a friendly at home to Epsom Reserves but doesn't appear to

have been
played.

27/10/45 Epsom
lose 8-1 to Pearl Assurance in their first post war friendly. Game played at
Berrylands.

27/10/45 The
BOOK lists only nine players.

3/11/45 Manor
Rovers played at the Manor Hospital, Epsom

10/11/45 Epsom draw 2-2 with Air Ministry in a game played
in Raynes Park. Sgt DF Bayly plays but is wrongly listed as

CF Bayly in
Reserve Section of BOOK. Also BOOK says Gay scored but Herald says Bates.

17/11/45 Epsom
get a 3-3 draw with Fetcham O.B. in Fetcham.

24/11/45 Epsom
travel to the Manor Hospital again and lose again, this time 2-1 instead of
4-1.

However, the
BOOK has two scorers listed and is wrong. Check for reports.

22/12/45 The
BOOK only lists ten players.

26/12/45 for some reason the first team friendly at
Clapton was also listed in the reserve section of the BOOK, although only 3

players were
listed as playing in that line.

5/1/46 The
BOOK only lists ten players.

19/1/46 The
BOOK only lists nine players.

16/2/46 The
BOOK lists twelve players this week inclding J.Lyon an outside right.

23/2/46 The
BOOK only lists eight players.

2/3/46 A
Woolford breaks leg v Carshalton Athletic and will be in the War Memorial
Hospital for some time.

2/3/46 The
BOOK only lists ten players.

9/3/46 Res lose 2-1 to Dorking's First XI in friendly
Future player Lionel Hanton scored winner for DFC. Epsom's c-f scored.

Not clear who
the keeper was in this game.

From this
point onwards the BOOK has no lineups for the last four games of the season.

20/4/46 Programme advises a friendly with Thornville but
they play Croydon Amateurs instead and lose 6-1 at West Street.

Epsom Profiles
Number 1 - Ernie Watkins. Epsom's captain and centre
half. Off  the field, almost slight
looking.

On the field,
a stocky and tenacious and ferocious footballer. Quick on the tackle, breaker
up in chief of opposing

sides attacks. Born August 1921 and all round sportsman as
schoolboy. Epsom, Leatherhead and District Boys team.

Played Cricket
for Epsom council after leaving school and joined RAF in 1938. Restarted
football in 1942 under the

guidance of Sammy Hayden ex Notts F. Played in Area
representative games and for RAF side that won Sussex Senior

Cup in 1943.
Also played for Millwall first eleven until going on foreign services. In
Germany, member of RAF rep

side and
joined Epsom on his return. Expects to be demobbed in next few weeks.
Gentleman and footballer.

According to Ray Chenery, in the late 40's, the team would
be picked up from Epsom station, but Ernie and Bill Cutter would get

picked up from the Plough and Harrow! Ernie worked for
Seeboard, and his mother was a local teacher who lived at Chase Road,

where Ernie's daughter now lives - Mary Beadle. He used to
live in a prefab at Gatley Avenue. He was a great header of the ball

and Chenery said he was the best uncapped centre half in
the game, but he also said he was not to be trusted on the field, as

he would occasionally duck under a high ball, or open his
legs and let the ball through to the keeper, which kept everyone else

on their toes! He didn't like training and was often doing
"overtime at Seeboard" instead. It was just a game to him, and he
was

talented enough to get away with it. Died in the 90's, and
is buried in Liverpool, where he moved after divorcing and meeting a

girl from that area. Suffered with "terrible head
trouble" and also suffered with Alzheimer's in later years. Chenery put
it down to

the amount of heading he did. Ernie certainly died after
Bill Cutter, as Ernie was at his funeral at Randalls Park, Leatherhead.

Mary Beadle
lives two houses down from a little shop in Chase Road. Ernie was "a
natural".

Number 2 -
Gordon Brogdale. Biff, swish, the ball hit the back
of the net with tremendous impact. That was Gordon

Brogdale.
Modest and unassuming, he is a real club man and popular with the rest of the
team. Born 1918 regular

schoolboy sports honours. Captain of Norbury Manor School
at both football and cricket. Rep Honours Croydon & District

on several
occasions. In 1931 and 32 respectively won the Victor Ludorum medal as the
best all round schoolboy

athlete.
Joined Epsom straight from school and at 15 1/2 was considered youngest
centre forward in senior amateur

football, although records state his debut wasn't until
1937. Has played for Wimbledon, Redhill, Wandsworth United and

Barnet. Also
Crystal Palace Combination side during the war scoring many goals. During 12
seasons as a player, he

has scored over 400 goals and paper says he got over 100
one year. Also has scored many first class centuries at cricket

but doesn't
say who for. Note: Victor Ludorum is not a person.
It is latin for "winner takes it all"

Number 3 - Dick Chester. To his
friends he is just "Dick". A great hearted footballer, never knows
when he is beaten.

So keen on the
game that he's turn out half crocked if his trainer and pal Sid Bristow
didn't keep a close eye on him.

Epsom & District schoolboy rep honours at the age of
13. Between 14 -18 played with Bookham FC in Sutton & District

League. Played once or twice for Redhill, then 4 years
with Leatherhead Rose, and back to Epsom "his natural home".

Improves with
every game and is a footballer and a half. One of nature's gentlemen.

Number 4 - Roy
Arthur Dymott.
Tall and a most deceptive looking player when going into action. Very
fast despite

looking angular and slow. A likeable fellow with a ready
turn of wit. Winner of DFM as a Warrant Officer during the war.

Played for Ewell Boys between ages of 11-14 and captained
the side for three seasons. Played for various amateur sides

during 1940. Went into RAF in 1941 and played at
Shawberry, Blackpool RAF, Waterbeach RAF, and Feltwell. Captained

sides on many occasions throughout the war. Joined Epsom
in 1945. A fine fearless footballer in every sense of the word.

Number 5 - Kenneth Holliday. His
antics, gyrations, and movements on the pitch have to be seen to be believed.
Here

there and everywhere. Once described by an opposing half
back as "a wriggling nuisance". Perpetual motion would be a

good nickname for him. As a schoolboy, captained Epsom
Central School. Represented Epsom in Epsom, Leatherhead,

and District
competition in 1937-38. Won the Surrey Hook Shield, and on leaving school
played for Epsom Spartans

in the Sutton
& District League. Runners up in Surrey Youth Cup in 1939-40. Served with
Desert Rats in Europe and

played for Army XI in France, Belgium and Holland. Joined
Epsom in Oct 1945. He still has three German bullets
in his

chest!!

Number 6 - Frank Adey. His club
mates and the committee have a genuine affection for him. One of the finest
club men to

ever step on a football field. As "utility"
player he has played everywhere except keeper this season. A tireless worker
who

never knows when he is beaten and a humorist both on and
off the field. Schoolboy with Cormont Road School in Brixton,

and was athletic champion of the school in 1935.
Represented England at Boxing and was runner up of Great Britain in

1935 at schoolboy boxing championship. Also runner up of
London. Past member of Watney's Boxing club and Belgrave

Harriers
(Athletics). Also always wears ties which suggest he is mourning for
somebody!!

15/9/45 famous author Len Deighton involved in a fracas
outside his home in Washington Road, Worcester Park where a gun was

allegedly drawn on the neighbours after a ball went in a
garden. He and his son were found guilty and were bound over for 12 months.

Jan 46
Brooklands racing circuit is sold to Vickers - Armstrong for £330,000. No
more racing there ever again.

9/3/46 Bolton
FAC tie disaster at Burnden Park. Many killed.