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Ewell &
Stoneleigh F.C.

No reserve side

SSL

Position

9th Out of 14

FAC

Pr

Egham

2-3

AC

Pr

Wandsworth Utd

0-2

LC

1st

West Norwood

1-2

LSC

1st

Tufnell Park

1-5

SSC

3q

Venners Sports

1-3

President

Harry Curtis (secretary-manager of Brentford
F.C.)

re-elected

Chairman

W.H.Bailey

All elected at AGM 16/07/37

Secretary

P.H.Alcock

15 Highfield Drive, Ewell

VJ
Cawston replaced him in late December.

Manager

Selection Committee

Treasurer

C.Iles

replacing the retiring R.H Alcock

Press Sec

Leslie (LT) Roe

75 Firswood Avenue, Ewell

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell - GROUNDSHARE

Club Colours

Red and Black quarters

Committee -
elected at AGM on 16/7/37 at Stoneleigh Hotel

WJ Corrall, M
Euling, WG Reeve, LT Roe, J Shesgreen, HG Williams, RH Alcock, and VJ Cawston

Ewell &
Stoneleigh were groundsharing at West Street. Even the Supporters Club was

part of the
Epsom, Ewell and Stoneleigh Supporters Club at this time, having merged a
year earlier.

18/6/37 reported rule change. An arc was to be added to
the penalty area, so that everyone could be ten yards away when a

kick was
taken.

29/6/37
Tuesday evening Supporters Club AGM at the Hollies Club, Epsom.

Chairman AE Oakes presided over meeting with DH Clarke
(v-c), SAC Lacey (Secretary), C Measures (Auditor) and HE Border

(Treasurer)

Supporters club report stated that for the first time they
covered two clubs and commended both on their splendid performance

this season. £22.14s was spent on ground improvements
including the provision of separate lockers. Mr Lacey regretted that

the social events hadn't been better supported, and the 2
football clubs officials were conspicuous by their absence. "A

supporters club can exist without a football club, but no
live football club could get on without a supporters club as they could

also help
financially. Membership was not even close to 500.

Accounts showed balance of £44.8s.8d so honorariums were
increased to £5 for Secretary and Treasurer. Officers were all

re-elected with committee of Burrage, Chaffey, Chandler,
Foulger, Greathurst, B.Lacey, Moss, Suttle and Weal. They were

given the power to fill a vacancy. Possible new name
sought for Supporters club, as current one too cumbersome. Nothing

happens this
year though.

16/7/37 Friday
at Stoneleigh Hotel saw Ewell & Stoneleigh's first annual meeting say
papers.

Club had a fairly successful season but lost £100. Total
income from League games was £71. A good attendance at meeting

which was run by Chairman WH Bailey. He remarked on a
disastrous financial year. Epsom F.C. are now co-operating more

closely
"and we have that friendly spirit now"

Summary said that of 32 competitive matches, E & S W12
D 5 L 15 and Archie Griffiths gained his county badge, having

played in 3 matches, and also from Brentford against
London University. Very bad luck with weather affecting most fixtures.

and it was
stated that it had been the worst for 75 years.

Ewell & Stoneleigh owed £18 to Epsom F.C. and Mr WG
Reeve wanted to know what the overdraft situation would be before

the Committee stood for election. Chairman said this was
not necessary as the debt was guaranteed by the current members.

Chair said "we don't want an acrimonious discussion
at a meeting like this" Mr WG Reeve replied "We want plain
sailing"

Further
discussion ensued.

Chairman believed that losses were down to a number of
things, bad weather, unlucky close cup losses, and "a sort of

underlying antagonism between the two football
clubs". "Now the feeling is the best possible" and he was
quite optimistic

about the next season. Supporters Club Secretary SAC Lacey
said that more members for the club would help clear the

overdraft. Mr
BA Griffiths is to undertake the duties of trainer. He already has three boys
playing for the club.

Supporters club donated a club flag and £20 to E & S.
Club also thanked advertisers, poster distributors and Epsom FC.

Season tickets
advised as 15s - double, 10s 6d - single, and membership at 2s 6d.

16 members guaranteed the deficit of £120 (says Herald.
"We have £27 to start with and owe Epsom FC £18. Total income was

only £71 so no
honorariums granted. FULL REPORT in HERALD 23/7/37
P7.

Trial held on
23/8 at West Street. Paper 21/8/37 advised that all players were rejoining,
but this wasn't the case.

Also, another urgent appeal was made for vice-presidents
and members. WG Reeve now Acting Secretary. "(pro-tem)"

Trial teams 23/8 were REDS: Ford, Taschon (at Epsom's
trial too), Elmslie, Brown, Jones, AC Austin, BC Griffiths, W Tyas,

Thomas, J Morgan, J Walters. WHITES: Taylor, Payne, Adams,
George, Cobby, Charlie Hall, Clements (Joe?), Smith, Weston,

Collinson, Chitty (also at Epsom trial). WH Banks, RH
Smith (centre half), Reg Hunt (inside right), Archie Griffiths, and WA

Ridgers came on at HT. Taschon is 18 and played for Civil
Staff of New Scotland Yard, Groom (Metrogas FC in London

Business Houses League) and (Chelsea 'A'). Walters had
been out for 2 years, but was previously with Kingstonian and Walton.

Smith (Bromley) and JE Morgan (Epsom).

23/8/37 Reference to Griffiths being the trainer this year
having last year been the assistant. His three sons are AC, BC and RH.

28/8/37 Line up at Camberley & Y (Lost 5-6) is wrong.
Now corrected. Herald's differed considerably from Comet's. Minutes

silence held for Camberley President Col AW Goodman had
held the post for 6 years. Hofman HT for C & Y in first half. While

Hunt HT for E & S. Hopes ran high as E & S led
4-3, but then went 6-4 down before a late Hunt goal on 88 minutes..

4/9/37 "Accompanied by a surprisingly good number of
supporters" E & S win 8-5 in the FA Cup at Godalming. They were
6-0

up at HT before injuries to Groom and Burr let the
opposition back in. Hunt got 4, and Neal got HT. Score was 6-5 at one point!

Only two
players different to last weeks game.

11/9/37 E & S return to Godalming for a league match,
and win 3-2 despite trailing 2-1 at HT. "Game was more interesting

than the one played the previous week" amazingly
claimed the papers! Debuts for E Couzens (Surbiton Town), SHC Chalk

(Wimbledon Res), and JK Weston (triallist) who scores
twice. E & S 2-1 down after 20 minutes, but wind advantage helped in

2nd half. Godalming also mispen (BAR) at 2-1 up. The ball
rebounded to the same player who netted, but it was disallowed

because no one else had touched the ball first. Herald
reporter said it was offside!! Many of E & S players are in senior
football

for the first
time and are a team of real amateurs who play for the love of the game. No
home games played yet.

SSC 2q draw puts Ewell & Stoneleigh against East
Grinstead to be played on 23rd October. However, East Grinstead were

determined to be ineligible, despite being in the
competition for the last 6 years, and playing at the same ground since 1890!

18/9/37 Lost
3-2 at Egham. Game played at Denham Estate, Vicarage Road, Egham.

Debut for JW Carey and took lead through an o.g. after a
bad pass back, and were 2-0 up at one point. 2-1 HT, but 2 goals in

the last ten minutes saw Egham go through in the FA Cup.
During this game, the E & S trainer (F Dreyer still?) shouted to

the outside left to get further up the field, whereupon
the referee stopped the game and told him to stop coaching, despite

being yards
from the touchline. "A moderate crowd".

22/9/37 1st round of Reid Cup at Stoneleigh Hotel
Billiards Room, saw a representative side from E & S beaten by the Epsom

Division of the Constitutional Association 4-1. Cup was
organised by David Reid, who was to present it on 5/11/37 when finished.

HC Williams,
LE Davies, VJ Cawston, and DH Clark all represented E & S, but WG Reeve
represented the Cons.

25/9/37 E & S lose 2-0 at Wandsworth Stadium to
Wandsworth United (previously Streatham Town). Paper says FAC, but

this is wrong, as E & S lost in that the week before,
and this was Amateur Cup week. Lost to two penalties in 2nd half

although Banks saved a first one. GK Taylor played at
right back this day due to shortages. Papers believe that Banks

could be honoured by Surrey. 1st penalty was awarded for
hands, because a E & S player thought the ball had gone out of play,

which it had, says papers. This one was saved anyway. Ref
who awarded 3 penalties was F Macey, better known as

Drummer Macey, the International, Army, and Kingstonian
player of a few years ago. Wandsworth Stadium was easily

reachable by
train apparently.

2/10/37 Lost
8-0 at Met Police in SSL, despite Met Police having a game in the FA Cup that
same day! (NR)

9/10/37 NR-NC
but lost 2-1 at Brookwood MH in SSL.

16/10/37
Banstead MH (A)(L) p-p.

23/10/37 E & S win 3-0 at Egham. Still to play a home
game this season, as 9 of Epsom's 10 matches were at home so far.

30/10/37 E
& S win 3-2 at Beckenham v West Norwood in London Senior Cup.

6/11/37 E & S beat Woolwich Poly in 3q of London
Senior Cup in their first match at West Street this season. Only 3
players

remain from last year, RH Griffiths, Reg Hunt and Charlie
Hall. W3-1 with debutant Gillick getting two. HA Allingham played

well in goal on his debut. WH Banks has now left the club.
Groom is good but "apt to get a little excited". Poly were a goal
up

after a
penalty, but Hall levelled it up, and Gillick made it 2-1 at HT.

13/11/37 E&S drew 2-2 after two goals from Gillick,
but he missed two sitters "which made the crowd gasp" in the first
half.

A small crowd, but ideal conditions for football, even
though it was cold. HT 0-0, then Gillick scored after 50 minutes with a high

shot that everyone thought would land on the net, but
instead hit the bar, then the keeper before it went in! 1-1 soon after, and

Venners went 2-1 up with a handball penalty, just after
the referee hadn't given a similar claim at the other end. Gillick

equalised after 86 minutes, and ten minutes of extra time
saw no further scoring. Replay also at West Street on 20/11/37.

20/11/37 SSC replay saw E & S lose 3-1 to Vickers in
another even game which saw Hall in for Couzens. Venners were 2-1 up

early, including another handball penalty. Cheventre
probably scored. Paper says outside right scored, which was Cheventre.

Herald says
"a poor game for a cup match", and that Allingham is a good
successor to Banks in goal.

E&S drawn
away at Tufnell Park in LSC on 18/12/37. Horrible draw!

26/11/37 E & S have secured the Mayor of Epsom &
Ewell as their patron, while some of the Aldermen and councillors are also

giving their
support to the Supporters club.

27/11/37 Ewell
& Stoneleigh lose 1-4 at Banstead MH in SSL.

4/12/37 Trial
at West Street for Surrey Juniors.

4/12/37 Drew
5-5 at Leyland Motors in SSL. (NR)

11/12/37 E & S unlucky to lose 2-1 to West Norwood in
LC 1. Couzens out injured and deputy EC Dell fractured his jaw in a

goalmouth scramble and went to hospital. 10 men. AJ
McCarthy debut before a small crowd. Norwood were 1-0 up after 4 mins.

Gillick equalised after 27 minutes with an overhead kick
which the papers described as "a trifle fortunate" West Norwood
went

2-1 up after
48 minutes before Dell was injured. E & S got better then!

18/12/37 (NR) lost 5-1 at Tufnell
Park in LSC. Dell scored for E & S according to the Times which advised
scorers.

XMAS appears
no games for E&S. Certainly no competitive games.

C Brown, a former pro with Arsenal and Clapton Orient has
joined and makes debut for E & S on 1/1/38 in the club's first home

League match of the season. Was at Orient last season.
Secretary PH Alcock has resigned, and replaced by JV Cawston.

1/1/38 E&S defeat Cranleigh 4-0 at West Street. The
visitors were nearly 20 minutes late and the game was reduced to 35 mins

each way. Cranleigh started with 9 men, then another came
along, and a boy player, Hibbs made up the eleven. E & S had

95 % of the play, but considering the circumstances,
Cranleigh did well. Geoff Collins opened the scoring after 20 minutes, and

HT 1-0. Then with no interval, Gillick ran 30 yards and
scored after 1 minute of 2nd half (36th?). 6 minutes later he scored
again,

then with 30
minutes of 2nd half gone, Cheventre beat two players and scored a well
deserved goal.

8/1/38 Appears
no game for E & S. Certainly no SSL game.

15/1/38 Poor finishing led to a 2-2 draw instead of a win.
They were vastly superior to Egham, and the standard of play

was high, considering the windy conditions. Egham's goals
were both a bit fortunate. 2 debuts. At inside left was J Bassett,

and at inside right is NFC Salter (Epsom Wanderers)
Gillick still missed many chances. Bassett scored after 20 minutes but

E & S went 2-1 behind early in 2nd half before Groom
hit an equaliser that gave the keeper no chance. Egham's second goal

was offside,
as the linesman flagged furiously, but was ignored by referee. E & S
should have played to the whistle.

22/1/38 No
competitive game for E & S. Probably no game at all.

29/1/38 A fine performance by E & S against Hersham,
after going 1-0 down after 5 minutes to a penalty for handball by Groom.

HT 0-1 but E & S fought back and were better in 2nd
half. Then Lee for Hersham was injured. 10 men. Hunt equalised after 60

minutes, and Gillick scored three minutes later from a
pass by Dell, before shooting through a crowd of players. After this, Martin

was injured. 9
men. The hosts stayed well on top without scoring again.

5/2/38  drew 2-2 at Vickers in SSL HT was 2-1 up
and one of the goals for E & S was a penalty.

12/2/38 No
competitive game for E & S. Probably no game at all.

19/2/38 "The decision of the Cranleigh club to remain
in the SSL until the end of the present season made it possible for E &
S

to visit them on Saturday" where they won 4-3. An
early own goal by Couzens after 5 minutes was cancelled out by Gillick
after

24 minutes, and MacDonald on 43 minutes from a Gillick
right wing cross. HT 2-1, then Bassett headed "a neat goal",
and

MacDonald got his second for 4-1. After 83 minutes it was
4-2, then ref gave a harsh penalty which was saved by Allingham, but

the referee stated there was encroachment, and it was
retaken. 4-3. Groom was out of game with a fractured finger, while Dell

was ill, and
Cheventre "missed the boat". The subs did well in their places.

19/2/38 Times
wrongly reports the result as a 4-3 win for Cranleigh!

26/2/38 M Ryan a Cornish County player, and S Taylor
(Carshalton Ath) play for E & S v Banstead MH but lose 1-3 in their first

home game for four weeks. It was a fair result and
reflects the poor finishing by E & S again. Both debutants were average
at best.

Hardly a shot from either team in first 30 minutes, but
1-0 down after 40 minutes. HT 0-1. E & S had slope in second half, but
to

no effect due to the finishing. 60 minutes had gone before
Gillick equalised, and they were well on top for the next ten minutes,

before
Banstead MH got two more towards the end.

5/3/38 E & S draw 3-3 at Guildford HT was 1-2. First
visit to the Guildford Sports Ground, which had a hard pitch. E & S were

a goal up
early, but 2-1 down at HT before fighting back. Guildford mispen at 3-3
(SAVE).

12/3/38 E & S superior in all departments against
Godalming, who are defeated 3-0 at West Street in SSL. Standard of game

was poor though. An
easy goal for Hall in the first minute was the HT score, but Gillick and Hunt
made it 3-0 after 70 minutes.

Numerous
injuries including Gee for Godalming. 10 men near end.

19/3/38 Bad day at Hersham. Cheventre was with Epsom FC
this day, so Chalk played, and RH Griffiths for Brown. Poor game

spoilt by a
cross wind. Gibson (Hersham) injured 1st half. Passenger. HT 0-1

inc 19/3
Played 16 W6 D4 L6 F40 A45 Pts 15. I have F39 Correct it is 39.

26/3/38 No
competitive game for E & S. Probably no game at all.

2/4/38 A "sparkling display in the first half".
2-0 up at HT and were well on top of Camberley & Yorktown. Groom had a
bad day

though, missing a penalty twice in 2nd half at 2-1. It was
originally saved (tipped over bar) but defence encroachment allowed a

retake, which he then put wide! Debuts for J Morgan
(Shrewsbury and Epsom), and Chalk from Wimbledon. Gillick scored after

10 and 41 minutes, while C Brown was injured and a virtual
passenger in 2nd half. After 67 minutes, Groom handled in the box,

and the
penalty was the final score of the game. W 2-1.

8/4/38 reported that Epsom FC have terminated the
groundshare agreement with Ewell & Stoneleigh. WHY? My guess is that

it is purely monetary, as Epsom also announce that they
have arranged another groundshare with Venners Sports for next

season. This was virtually a death sentence for Ewell
& Stoneleigh. Venners are a London League Division 1 team, and will be

moving to the SSL for next season. Ewell & Stoneleigh
arrange an EGM on 11/4/38 at the Stoneleigh Hotel to consider their

position.
Epsom allow E & S to complete their fixtures this season, so it appears
that it is not acrimonious.

9/4/38 E&S complete their away fixtures with a 1-1
draw at Cobham. S Taylor scored after 5 minutes, and after 28 minutes,

future Epsom player Fred Stenning sent off injured, but
returned 10 minutes later. HT 1-0, but a 20 yard effort after 50 minutes

made it 1-1. A
clean and hard fought game.

15/4/38 E&S were 1-0 down at HT but recovered to win
5-1 v W.Norwood in SSL match. Eggboro and Taylor played well.

Gillick HT
plus goals from Hunt and Cheventre in 2nd half.

16/4/38
Appears no game for E & S. Epsom were at home, and E & S had played
all their away matches by then.

16/4/38 double
header this day as Hersham beat Guildford 3-2 and 5-0.

18/4/38 Due to
play Brookwood MH, but they are unable to raise a side, and have to postpone.
11.15 am k.o.

20/4/38 E
& S lose 5-0 at home to Leyland Motors. A poor display, and only Morgan
did well. (NR).

It is announced that all E & S players intend to stay
with the club, and there is no intention to leave the Surrey Senior League.

One away game does remain for E & S, but it is at home
to West Norwood, as they have no ground. Still to be arranged.

23/4/38 E & S lose 2-0 at home to Cobham. No team can
carry four injured players and expect to win. Morgan, Cheventre,

Couzens and Gillick were all injured, and Gillick wasn't
even fit to start, but played because of a no show from C Walters.
"He

may as well have been off the field" though. J Beby
in goal for Cobham again. He was an ex-Leicester City keeper. Two second

half goals for
Cobham.

25/4/38 A Monday evening game saw a 0-3 loss to Met
Police, who were a much bigger side. RH and BC Griffiths returned to

play for E
& S. HT unknown.

Supporters Club conclude their social calendar with a
dance at Ebbisham Hall on 4/5/38, even though Epsom have a game at

Carshalton
Ath. The Barwynne School of dancing will put on a display.

27/4/38 Epsom
lose 4-2 at Tilbury. Epsom were 2-1 up at HT, but let three in the second
half.

27/4/38 Lost
1-3 to Vickers. Many changes due to injuries (NR).

E & S have three matches left, 30/4 v Guildford, 2/5 v
West Norwood, and Brookwood MH before 7/5. However, Brookwood game

is moved to
30/4 instead of Guildford game.

Ground record score: Ewell & Stoneleigh 16-1 Brookwood
M.H. in SSL match. The Times also advised this.

The standard of play was poor in the extreme, and both
sides played "deplorable football" says Herald. Seems a bit harsh
on

E & S to me! Half way through 1st half, injury to G
Bolsover. 10 men for Brookwood. Very likely a SSL record. HT 5-1. At 14-1

and with only three minutes remaining, a defender chose to
go in goal instead of the keeper, who then let two more in! Scorers:

Gillick (5), Hunt (3), S.Taylor (2), Weston (2), Brown,
Eggboro (pen), BC Griffiths and o.g. (third goal). It was 1-1 at one point.

Goals came
"every three minutes" in the second half and eleven were scored.
Brown's first goal for the club.

4/5/38  E & S play at home to Guildford and win
4-2. (NR-NC)

I have a league table that says it is inc 4/5 but can't,
as E & S are listed with two to play, and they had probably played them

all by then. The only game they might not have played was
v Guildford, but table has Guildford down as finished for the season.

For now, I
will use the inc 2nd April table, which still has one goal scored more for
Epsom than I have.

The inc 4/5 table has E & S figures correct correcting
that missing one goal - see above), but this is inc 30/4 for E & S.

THEREFORE E & S's record must be (not inc Guildford
result) Played 25 W10 D5 L10 F73 A62 Pts 23. Herald refers to them

finishing 17
points away from the winners, but it was only 14 because they beat Guildford.

This means E & S record was Pd 26 W11 D5 L10 F77 A64
if the West Norwood game was 9-0. It definitely WAS 9-0 says

Surrey Herald
in brief recap, although not a proper report.

HERALD says that West Norwood were beaten 9-0 by Ewell
& Stoneleigh and says it would be a sad way for a proud name to go

if they did
not reform next season. Fortunately they did although it would only be a one
season reprieve.

5/5/38 E
& S defeat West Norwood 9-0 in SSL. Game played at West Street as
W.Norwood were without a ground.

very famous
name in non-league circles. Surrey Advertiser says 0-0 not 9-0 but is wrong. Check!

Now I'm more sure that the result was 0-0. - not sure
where this came from but think maybe the Surrey History Centre. Check!

May 38 Now it
says that E & S finished 13 points adrift from the top team (Met Police)
in SSL.

Walton played
at Stompond Lane and Hersham played at Mole House, Hersham.

Ewell &
Stoneleigh resigned at the end of the season 37/38, due to having no ground,
while their replacements

in the Surrey
Senior League were Venners Sports, who groundshared at West Street!