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Ewell &
Stoneleigh F.C.

FOUNDED 1936

SSL

8th out of 14

FAC

Not Entered

AC

Pr

Disqualified after draw v Carshalton Athletic
for refusing to play extra time.

LC

1st

Beddington Corner

2-3

SSC

1st

Banstead M.H.

1-2

The below were
all elected at Formation meeting on 8/6/36

President

Harry Curtis

v-p DWG Jones

Chairman

WH Bailey

v-c WD Clarke

Secretary

PH Alcock

9 Rutherwyke Close, Stoneleigh

Manager

Selection Committee

Treasurer

RH Alcock

(son of PH Alcock)

Committee - AJ
Blundell, Rowe, WG Reeve, HF Lane, J Shesgreen, SA Lacey, HE Border, W Line

ST Darch, Tate
and P Hall all elected with power to elect an additional member. Dr Nyham
also honorary medical officer

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

GROUNDSHARE

Club Colours

Red and Black Quarters

Shorts: black and red stripes, socks, black
with red top.

These are the colours of Ewell when they had AM
and PM Walters playing on the ground.

Reserves:

No Reserve side

19/5/36 Ewell
& Stoneleigh are unanimously recommended for election to SSL. WH Bailey
is a former local player from preWW1.

8/6/36 Ewell
& Stoneleigh F.C. Formed at Stoneleigh Hotel. Club colours Red &
Black quarters.

These were in
line with Ewell Boys School and the earlier Ewell club which had ceased to
exist some years previously.

Vice President
David WG Jones is headmaster at Ewell Boys School, and former Press Secretary
at Epsom..

Chairman WH
Bailey advised that preliminary steps had been taken and the club had been
accepted into the Surrey

Senior League
provisionally. Arrangements had been made for tenancy at West Street on
favourable terms he advised.

Agreement
arranged for a maximum rental of £100, but was dependant on its profits. The
parent club would have

priority for
all cup matches. Discussion ensued as it was advised that Epsom's rental last
year was only £94, but the

£100 was only
a maximum rental. People advised that a ground with a stand wasn't necessary
for the Surrey Senior

League, as
long as their was changing accom for the referee (?!) this was all that was
required.

A motion was
put forward by Mr WG Reeve and Mr V Russell that the club be formed with
Bailey as first Chairman.

In connection
with this a letter was read out by Mr FG Talbot-Butler who was acting as
liaison officer on behalf of the

parent club
warmly recommending him to the position. He was elected and the club was
formed.

V.Russell
pleased to help as masseur. Season tickets to be issued at 10s with double
season tickets at 15s.

Mr Blundell
proposed that the £100 maximum rental be reduced to £50. Seconded by WG
Reeve. Motion carried

Mr DWG Jones
was appointed as Vice-President and advised that he used to play for the old
Ewell club.

June 36 David
WG Jones states that he used to play for the old Ewell club. He is Ewell
& Stoneleigh's first vice-president.

6/7/36 Further
Ewell & Stoneleigh meeting where rents were clarified. "A
satisfactory agreement had been reached"

Attendance at
the Stoneleigh Hotel was about 30 - Chaired by v-c D Clarke. Membership is to
be 2s 6d.

The rent is to
be only £50 and the new club would have the option of renewing the lease for
the next two seasons,

although a
clause was inserted just in case the London League suddenly required a
Reserve team to be a condition of

entry for
Epsom. Ewell & Stoneleigh felt that they had gained the use of the best
ground in the County. HE Border

and AF Smith
were appointed as auditors and Leslie T Roe was elected as Press Secretary.

23/7/36
Reported that Ewell & Stoneleigh will be in AC, SSC and LSC this year.
Presumably missed the deadline for

FA Cup entry.
Their colours of red & black is perpetuating the memory of the old Ewell
club and a flag in these colours

has been given
by the Epsom, Ewell and Stoneleigh Supporters Club and gratefully accepted by
the Committee.

PH Alcock
(secretary) awaits any trial applications and they will be held at Epsom F.C.
on 22/8/36 and 26/8/36.

July 36
Fixtures now produced (provisional), also Harry Curtis the Secretary -
manager of Brentford has consented to

become the
Founder-President of Ewell & Stoneleigh. Trial proceeds are to go to
Stoneleigh Residents Nursing Assoc.

and St
Anthony's Hospital.

Harry Curtis
was formerly involved with Walthamstow based Gnome Athletic.

Mr JA Larby
offered to referee all trial games for free - offer accepted with thanks.

Vice-presidents
now announced as CH Bromley, LE Dennis, CB Higgs, DWG Jones, H King,
Williams. Solicitor:

CB Higgs,
Surgeon: Dr PJ Nyham, liaison officer FG Talbot-Butler. Committee announced
with a few changes to that at

the meeting.
Blundell, WJ Corrall, ST Darch, MH Ewing, P Hall, WD Jones, SAC Lacy, J
Mumford, WG Reeve, Tate,

J Shesgreen
and LT Roe (press sec)

Line,
Border, Lane and Rowe seem to have disappeared from the list.

23/7/36
Advised that membership for E & S was 2s 6d. Season tickets 10s single,
15s double.

Aug 36 Dorking
FC resign from SSL and fold. Rumoured that East Grinstead may take their
place, but they don't.

Mention of
Dorking fixtures in July 36 SSL fixture list. Dorking was due to be 27/2/37
(H) and (A) on 14/11/37

22/8/36 and
26/8/36 Trials at West Street for Ewell & Stoneleigh. Proceeds to
Stoneleigh Residents Association Nursing

Fund, St
Anthony's Hospital, Cheam, and SCFA Benevolent Fund. Admission 3d ground, 6d
stand.

Aug 36
reference to new vice-presidents Tom Walls, FG Talbot Butler (Epsom's v-c),
WH Bailey, Bradley and Arthur.

26/8 trial
saw President Harry Curtis provide a set of white shirts for whenever they
couldn't use red and black. Trial teams:

BLUES
Francis, A Deane, W Deering, CW Milne, RT Oulds, Charlie Hall, B Griffiths,
Salter, Archie Griffiths, H Firth, Fred

Chitty. REDS:
H Ball, B Smith, Dutton, Daniels, RG Smith, Husbans, R Easton, Reg Hunt,
Gordon Brogdale, Nichols, Adams.

In 2nd half,
Cooper, Goodwin, Huggett, and Turner all came on. Players who did well were
the brothers Griffiths (Southern

Railway),
Deane (Dorking), W Deering (Southern Amateur League experience), CW Milne
(Epsom) RT Oulds and H Firth

(Malden).
Also Salter (Epsom Wanderers), and Dutton (London Business Houses League),
while WJ Slade is ex-PO Engineers.

Firth is
former Worcester Park), and Fred Chitty has a Surrey Schools Cap.

29/8/36
Summer like conditions for E & S first match at Camberley & Yorktown.
2-1 up after 15 minutes, but HT 2-2 and C & Y

were the
fitter side and got two more in the second half.

Team chosen
for first match at Camberley & Y (A) W.J.Slade (P.O.Engineers), A Deane
(Dorking), WF Dearing (Buckingham

Gate), CW
Milne (Epsom), Mason (Sutton), or Munn (P.O.Engineers), C.O.Hall (Epsom), AC
Austen (Epsom) (listed as

Easton), LR
Neal (Epsom), Gordon Brogdale (Epsom), Firth (Worcester Park), Fred Chitty
(Epsom Juniors) with reserves:

Dutton
(L.B.H.) and Salter (Epsom Wanderers).

All played
except Sancaster came in for Mason / Munn.

J. Sancaster may have been confused with J.Lancaster. This
was likely to have been W.Sancaster, former Sutton and Dagenham Town player.

Also reference
to advertising space being available in the Club Programme and Secretary
advising on rates. WERE

PROGRAMMES
ACTUALLY ISSUED THOUGH?

5/9/36 Harry
Curtis donates match ball for the first home game v Brookwood M.H. W 4-1 with
a HT from Archie Griffiths.

Unfortunately,
the match was marred by hailstones, a mighty wind and torrential downpour,
which finished just before the game,

but was a
sign of things to come this season. All main officials were present, and a
photo was taken of the team in their red

and black.
However, they have to play in their change kit of white, as Brookwood play in
red and black!

Trainer for E
& S is F Dreyer, who would end up playing at times this season. Brother
of ex-Epsom H Dreyer, and with coaching

experience
here and in France. Slade was on holiday, so "young giant" H Baron
takes his place between the posts.

In addition,
debuts for J Telley (Woking Res), Bernard Griffiths, Archie Griffiths, and A
Faulds (Woking Res). Game used Harry

Curtis's match
ball.

12/9/36 Ewell
& Stoneleigh were swamped 7-2 at Godalming, but score is a bit harsh on E
& S.

Herald calls
it a disaster, although play was fairly even, and E & S were a goal up
after 3 minutes, but 3-1 down soon after, and

4-2 down at
HT. Captain J Sancaster, Billy Neal, CW Milne and Archie Griffiths were
prominent.

19/9/36 SSL
Game at Cranleigh switched to a home game. W3-0. Score flattered E & S
though. Maurice Gill debut, former

and future
Epsom player. G Williams gave a trial display but was poor. Archie Griffiths
was "not great" but his shooting is

always on the
mark. "He did not waste one shot".

26/9/36
Captain J Sancaster leaves club to join Clacton F.C. and replaced by LR Neal
as new captain.

26/9/36
Bernard Griffiths injured just before HT. Passenger.

Former Epsom
player S Eggleton is at E & S this year. Bowles HT for Carshalton Ath in
AC which was drawn 4-4 after 90

minutes.

Sept 36 DW
Lennard received his County cap this month.

29/9/36 Ewell
& Stoneleigh disqualified from Amateur Cup for refusing to play extra
time in their match with

Carshalton
Athletic, where they got a credible 4-4 draw due to four goals from AC
Griffiths. They weren't familiar

with the
rules.

3/10/36 Large
caricature of Ewell & Stoneleigh's game v Met Police appears on front
page of Epsom & Ewell Times. E & S

win 3-1 in
SSL game in "beautiful weather". CO Hall injured 2nd half at 2-1.
10 men. Shortly afterwards LR Neal had to leave

the field
injured, so with 9 men E & S scored a third one before Neal returned to
the field.

9/10/36 Herald
reports on Ewell & Stoneleigh's "fame" in the football world
after being ejected from the Amateur Cup.

The Committee
announced that they were upset by harsh reports in the daily papers, which
were critical of their attitude, as

they were
only guilty of being a new side, and thought the rules on extra time were the
same as in the FA Cup, so wanted

to check.
They soon realised they would have to play, but by then the referee had ended
the game. Light may have been an

issue.

10/10/36 No
game for E & S.

15/10/36
Surrey Senior League meeting selects Archie Griffiths and J.Bunce (Hersham)
the former Epsom player to play for

the league v
London University @ Walton on 4/11/36.

17/10/36
Narrow 3-2 loss at Erith & B in LSC2. E & S led 2-1 with ten minutes
left. Very unlucky. A few supporters travelled.

Cheap tickets
were on sale from Charing Cross to Belvedere at 1s 8d or Erith at 1s 10d.

24/10/36 I
have programme for a friendly at Romford which indicates a 9-0 loss for E
& S, but no papers mention it. Check!

Romford Times
says it was 8-0. "Ewell & Stoneleigh were put through a gruelling
time". HT 4-0. Hastings had been due

to visit but
pulled out through injuries. Only 10 came from E & S and Walker (Romford)
was loaned at inside right. AC Griffiths

played but
never got a look in. Romford history book also confirms this and advises an
attendance of 713 and receipts of £17.4s.

31/10/36 Also
"deplorable conditions" at West Street as E & S beat Beddington
Corner 4-2. Another reference to low crowds

although the
weather is being blamed at present. HE Cawston debut. Former E & S player
Gordon Brogdale playing for Bed

Corner. Brian
Beglan makes debut v Bed Corner. 2 weeks previously he was playing for Epsom!
Reference to more great

goals from
Archie Griffiths.

4/11/36 Archie
Griffiths plays for Surrey Senior League v London University. HT 1-0. W5-0.

7/11/36 More
rain v Vickers "Jupiter pluvius!" W 6-3 in SSC 3q Admission was 6d
and 2d for boys. Stand and enclosure was

an extra 6d
or 3d for boys. Apparently, regular reports from the Redhill v Epsom game
were to be advised at West Street,

maybe in an
attempt to keep them at the home ground. Not sure how they would advise the
scores though.

E & S,
and dislocates his knee cap. In hospital for a while. Also mention of new
captain Billy Neal (ex-Epsom) "who is tall".

14/11/36 E
& S were 5-0 down after 20 minutes at Met Police, yet they were not
totally outplayed. Reynolds got 6 for Met Police, and

HT was
unknown. 6 changes to the Met Police side from the team that E & S beat
earlier in the season.

Nov 36 Archie
Griffiths signs amateur forms with Brentford, after playing for Brentford 'A'
v London University on 11/11/36.

Brentford
connection through E & S President Harry Curtis, who is their manager.

21/11/36
provisionally there was a fixture (H) v Bed Corner, but not played as Epsom
were at home that day. Also

this fixture
had been played on 28/10/36!

25/11/36 E
& S "second" dance at Stoneleigh Hotel was well supported with
Syd Mills and his band. M.C. was DH Clarke

although
President Harry Curtis was unable to be there. An appeal for support was made
from AF Smith.

26/11/36
Archie Griffiths plays for Surrey v Kent.

28/11/36 E
& S  get a 3-3 draw at Leyland
Motors in Kingston. Papers have DW Jones playing, but it is definitely PW
Jones.

5/12/36 Ewell
& Stoneleigh qualify for SSC 1 after a 4-0 win v Cranleigh (H). Draw
Banstead MH  at home. Low support
again.

9/12/36
Archie (AC) Griffiths plays and scores twice for Surrey v Sussex @ Eastbourne
in a 4-3 win in Southern Counties

Amateur
Championships.

12/12/36 E
& S drop first home league points in a 2-2 draw with Guildford. CW Milne
(right half) away on business so

EL George
debut, as was G Bosley a signing from Grays Athletic, who also scored on his
debut. Guildford equalised

in last minute

12/12/36 first
home point dropped in a 2-2 draw with Guildford.

Dec 36 Gordon
Brogdale joins Beddington from E & S. A former and future Epsom player.

TG Tilley
transferred to Camberley from E & S.

SSL meetings
were at the Wimbledon Town Hall in the late thirties.

Dec 36
reported at SSL meeting E & S were 15 minutes late start at Cranleigh. E
& S fined 7s 6d.

also Leyland
were 5 minutes late starting at E & S. Leyland fined 2s 6d.

other late
starts reported at this meeting were: Guildford ten minutes late at E &
S. Fined 5s

E & S 10
minutes late at Banstead. Fined 5s.

E & S 15
late at Brookwood. Fined 7s 6d.

Camberley 15
minutes late at E & S. Fined 7s 6d.

Dec 36 Dreyer
is registered with SSL as a permit player.

19/12/36
Ewell and Stoneleigh win 4-1 at Walton. Club captain Neal scored in the first
minute. It was Walton's first defeat

of the
season. CW Milne absent for business reasons, so EL George deputised. WA
Ridgers also played and was "a London

Junior
Cup" player. Walton's goal was right near the end of the game. HT 2-0.
Hat trick for Archie Griffiths.

A
"humbling experience" for Walton says Surrey Herald. Griffiths is
described as a "sparkling centre-forward".

25/12/36
Friendly at Sutton United was lost 2-4. Herald says Archie Griffiths was
ex-Sutton.

26/12/36 E
& S fail to score for the first time says Herald. (What about friendly at
Romford?) in a 0-2 loss to Banstead MH in

a League
match. Banstead were fresher, having rested the day before.

2/1/37 Vickers
play at Kings Head Lane, Byfleet. E & S dominate Vickers, but keeper
Besby plays well, and E & S are

held to a
draw. Should have won by six say papers. Byfleet were one up after 15
minutes, but AC Griffiths equalised before HT.

9/1/37 a poor
game, not helped by melting overnight frost, which made the pitch very
sticky. Lost 2-3 in League Charity Cup

1st round at
home to Beddington Corner. Herald blames poor passing, and says that man for
man they were as good, but as a

team
Beddington Corner were better.

16/1/37 A 4-5
loss at Egham leads to an appeal for support in next week's Surrey cup tie v
Banstead MH, especially because

they had
already knocked Epsom out, and they would try and redress the balance.

RA Millsom
scored 4 for Egham, as Ewell & Stoneleigh were ahead by two goals twice
at 2-0 and 3-1. HT 2-1

Surrey Herald
(Chertsey) disagrees with the scorers saying Milne (2), Ridgers and Bosley,
but I'll stick with the local paper.

23/1/37 Ewell
& Stoneleigh are knocked out of SSC by Banstead MH who win 2-1.
Autographed ball (by Harry Curtis

- President)
was raffled plus two bridge sets. Player CO Hall won the ball, and T.Hickin
and AC Letchford won the bridge sets

Game wasn't
helped by further poor weather, and the ground was in a very poor state.
"The ball was like a lump of lead"

Archie
Griffiths had to leave the field with an ankle injury just before half time.
He returned as a passenger, but this also led

to his absence
in a couple of future games with the injury.

J Smith scored
a penalty for E & S, only to have to retake it "for an
infringement". He scored it anyway.

Reference to
winger WA Ridgers being very courageous. Until recently playing in junior
football. "We do not remember to have

seen so
forceful an outside left on this ground this season, or one with so
determined a spirit"

"When the
players retired to have the mud removed from them, the score was 1-2".

30/1/37 Ernie
Sperring is in E & S squad for the game at Brookwood MH. Brookwood is a
suburb of Woking. Doesn't play though.

E & S are
hammered there 5-1, although Griffiths, N Brown, Milne, Bosley, and Ridgers
were all out injured. VD Hall had a

trial in goal
and did well, despite letting in five. The score greatly flattered the home
side say papers.

E & S
would have been away to Redhill in SSC QF, had they beaten Banstead MH.

2/2/37 Whist
Drive at Stoneleigh Hotel was attended by 92 people and Harry Curtis supplied
the prizes which were

presented by
Secretary's wife.

6/2/37 FEJ
Strudwick in goal for E & S v Camberley, as both Ernie Sperring and VD
Hall were unwell. Archie Griffiths still

injured and
can't play for Surrey  in SF of
Southern Counties Championships. Winning goal took a slight deflection from

Neal's shot.
Strudwick had played as a guest from West Park M.H. Sperring had pneumonia,
and Hall had flu.

Ideal weather
conditions, but ground was still poor. Thick mud says Herald. Cawston played
at centre forward and missed

chances. F
Dreyer called into action again. Herald says that Neal's goal was an o.g.
from a C & Y clearance that hit another

player and
rebounded in. Larger gate than usual, better weather
too.

Advertiser
says it was a Neal shot that crashed against the visitors centre half and
went in.

13/2/37 This
week Strudwick is ill too, so captain LR Neal went in goal and had a splendid
game. BC Griffiths missed a

dubiously
awarded penalty. Fair result of 1-1 with Leyland Motors which was played on
"a sea of mud"

All players
including the Herald thought that the penalty was an accidental handball.
Supporters encouraged BC Griffiths to miss,

and
"shoot over the bar", even though it was their own team that had
the penalty. As it was, it was a good penalty, but a better

save at 0-0.
Not a great game says Herald, due to heavy ground Neal was due to have
rested, but ended up in goal. WA Ridgers

is very fast
and scored a great goal. Archie Griffiths watching, still injured.

Guildford now
playing at Woodbridge Road, which was their original ground, before sharing
with Guildford City in late 20's.

Archie
Griffiths was injured again. Passenger, but still crossed for E & S's
only goal near the end of a 6-1 defeat.

Score was
harsh on E & S says Herald.

26/2/37
Party/dance at Stoneleigh Hotel.

27/2/37 E
& S are 5-0 down to Walton when after 70 minutes, for no discernible
reason, the referee abandoned the game. It had

been very
muddy, and Herald says that the game should not have started. "as the
ground was in a terrible state". It has been

poor for a
number of weeks, never showing signs of recovering, and there was a hailstorm
before this game. Players "were wading

through mud
and water". HT was 0-4 with Jordan getting "most of the goals for
Walton". Supporters were unhappy at the

abandonment,
as the match was abandoned so late, and it was felt that if 70 minutes had
been played, there was no harm in

finishing the
match, but Herald says that the referee was struggling to keep up with play,
and this may have been a factor in his

decision.
"No real play was possible" throughout the game.

6/3/37 A
sporting game with leaders Hersham was 3-3 with 5 minutes to go, but two late
goals led to defeat at Mole House.

HT was 1-1.
Surrey Herald again differs on the scorers, giving an AC Griffiths goal to BC
Griffiths, but I'll stick with local paper.

13/3/37
Godalming beaten easily with 3 goals in first half. Won 3-0. Maurice Gill
played for N Brown, as E & S gained revenge

for their 7-2
defeat earlier in the season. WH Banks on his debut did not have a shot to
save throughout the match.

13/3/37 former
keeper WJ Slade is in goal for PO Engineers Reserves v CWS in London League
this day.

20/3/37 first
minute goal for E & S as WA Ridgers scored from a BC Griffiths corner.
Vickers keeper J Beby was ex-Leicester

and
Gillingham. Late winner for Archie Griffiths. Pitch still not great.

Mar 37
Hersham, Walton, and Met Police were in the running for the SSL title. Walton
would eventually pinch it on GA from their

local
neighbours.

26/3/37 No
game for E & S

27/3/37
Easter Saturday saw E & S lose 5-0 at home to Hersham, but only 1-0 at
HT, and that was in the 45th minute, before

Maurice Gill
got injured early in the second half. 10 men. Pitch better than in recent
weeks. E & S were a beaten team in

second half,
but kept fighting bravely. Early in 1st half, referee RG Hills sprained an
ankle, and his duties were carried out by

Horace
Etherington until the second half, when "Mr Bell(?) resumed official
control". Was Bell another person, or did the Herald

just get the
name wrong?

29/3/37 E
& S are away in SSL this day to Beddington Corner, at Corporation Farm,
Mitcham Junction. 3.30 ko. (NR-NC)

30/3/37 The Times advises the Surrey Senior League results
but E & S are not listed. Just Cranleigh 1-3 Banstead MH and Egham 0-1
Hersham.

3/4/37 Surrey
Senior League 7-3 London League. Surrey superb in all areas with 4 E & S
players in the side. Archie Griffiths

scored 5
times. Future player J A Judge played for London League. Game played at
Epsom.

3/4/37 E &
S do not play this day. The Times lists five results in SSL but they are not
listed.

A weak London
League team was selected, and no Hersham or Walton players were chosen for
SSL either.

Herald
suggested a midweek date in future. AC Griffiths, BC Griffiths, CW Milne and
Geoff Collins all played for SSL. Collins had

been playing
for E & S after Brian Beglan returned to Epsom.

All three
Griffiths were brothers.

Paper advises
future fixtures Banstead MH (H) 24/4 and Walton (H) on 29/4.

22/4/37 Ewell
and Stoneligh are defeated 4-6 at home by Egham on a Thursday night.

24/4/37 E
& S defeat Banstead MH 3-2 without AC and BC Griffiths who are now
playing for Epsom. Geoff Collins plays for E & S

as does AC
Austen at centre forward, and these two score the first two goals. It was 2-1
soon after, but future player Reg Hunt

made it 3-1
before HT going downhill. Herald refers to his "intelligent
passing" and to Banks for he is " very cool and businesslike

for one who is
only a youth".

30/4/37
reported that E & S finished their programme on 29/4/37 at home to
Walton. L1-3. They did.

Advertiser
advises Pld 32 W12 D 5 L 15 of their competitive fixtures. They are right if
you count Carshalton draw as a loss.

Walton played
at Stompond Lane by this time. Hersham played at Mole House, Hersham.

16/4/37
reported that Epsom & Ewell are to get their Borough Charter later this
year.