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SEC

9th Out of 9

FAC

No competition

AC

No competition

LC

SF

Sutton United

4-7

LSC

1st

Tufnell Park

4-9

SSC

2nd

Tooting & Mitcham Utd

2-5 agg

Charlie
Pettitt instrumental in forming Epsom Town club

Met Police and
Charlton Rovers withdrew from League for this season.

Home
Ground:

West Street, Ewell

July 44 Mr
& Mrs Reg Marlow from 1 Ruxley Lane have been told that Sargeant Gunner
Roy Albert Marlow (20)

is returning
from RAF. He was shot down in Libya and reported killed, but then it turned
out that he was a

prisoner of
war in Italy. However, he escaped and trekked 300 miles to the allied lines.
He was at Ewell Boys

School where
he became football captain for 3 years and also cricket captain for a while.
Earned County

football cap
in 1938 and triple school international honours in 1939. Father Reg was a
well known Epsom

footballer in
the 20's and 30's and Roy would go on to play for Epsom too. Died in late
2003 aged 80.

July 44
Flight Sargeant Roy Arthur Dymott is awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal
(D.F.M.) Was a builders

labourer
before enlisting in 1941 and is now a wireless operator.

MEDAL
CITATION: As air gunner F-S Dymott has participated in very many sorties
involving attacks on a

variety of
enemy targets. He is a keen cool and resolute gunner whose successes are a
good tribute to his

skill. He has
assisted in the destruction of three enemy aircraft. Born 1923 and lives in
Ewell.

HERALD 04/08/44 has a report of Marlow's story and also a
letter home from Fred Chitty. On computer currently.

Aug 44 Epsom
& Ewell Youth League set up by GCA Mann

25/8/44
reported that former Committee member Mr P Parr dies aged 61. He had suffered
from a long

illness, and his funeral was the previous Tuesday 22/8/44.
He was the father of Jack Parr, and was a tobacconist

and
hairdresser in High Street Epsom, then a newsagent in East Street. Had also
been a member of the Urban

Council when
it became merged into the Borough Council in 1937. Well known.

26/8/44 A
good trial was held at West Street, and both sides are expected to prosper
say papers. Newcomers

mentioned as
Brown, Redman, Brogdale and Lucas, and maybe Crombleholm?

Old players
are Daragon, Carpenter, Bartlett and Rolls. Reserves listed at trial as
Davis, Markham, Sivier,

and Stennett. Paper says that Gordon Brogdale will be a
good successor to Stan Davies. Joe Clements is back

in England but
has a knee wound. Hopes to return and take his place back in the side.

9/9/44
Originally due to play RAMC but NFS played instead and gave a good display
despite losing 4-0.

16/9/44
Should have won by several goals but had to settle for 1-0. Comet disagrees
and says it was a more

even game, in which Epsom shaded the first half, and
Walton the second. Defences pre-dominated. Daragon (20).

23/9/44 Paper
says that we still can't win at Bromley. Also says that Bartlett and Brogdale
were the two

scorers but I
have Bartlett (2) Where from? - Advertiser?

30/9/44
Opponents RA (Woolwich) have won the army cup for three straight years and
the Kent Senior Cup

for the last
two. The game is being staged in acknowledgement of Epsom's efforts in
keeping going for the

whole of the
war period. Good attendance hoped for.

Major Holle (RA) brought down a full strength side with
Hughes (Huddersfield), Winter (Bolton), Farrier (Oldham),

Davis (QPR), Phillips (Wolves), Morris (Cardiff),
Summerfield (Wolves), Daniels (QPR), Kurz (Grimsby & Chelsea),

Lowes
(Sheffield Weds), and Cooper (QPR). All pros except Morris and Cooper. First
class exhibition as they

took Epsom
Town apart in the first half, but no further goals in the second half. ET
Lost 3-0.

30/9/44
Russell was home on leave so he played in this game.

7/10/44 Epsom 4-1 up but lose 7-4 to Sutton in League Cup
SF. Epsom keeper (Brown?) saved a retaken penalty,

after first was disallowed for encroachment. Sutton played
Gravesend in final @ Bromley on 11/11/44 and won 4-0.

7/10/44
Charlie Vaughan scored six times in this match for Sutton United.

14/10/44 Epsom lost 2-0 in a gale at Erith. Erith Observer
said it was the best game of the season and that Jock

Morrice, an
ex-Erith player a couple of years back did well for Epsom.

21/10/44 The NFS Area 38 had never played before as a
team. ET Won 7-2 with Tingey HT. He also had 3 others

disallowed.

28/10/44 3
regulars missing v Tooting & M including Brown, who was replaced by
Gledhill (RA Woolwich - loan)

Bob Parker
scored all four against Epsom in a 4-1 score.

4/11/44 Ragged play v Dulwich and deserved the beating
they got, 6-0 say Herald. However Advertiser says it was

not as one
sided as it suggests!

4/11/44
Daragon was missing as he was playing for QPR, and Gordon Brogdale was
injured early in the match.

He damaged a
hip and may be out some time say papers but was back by 18th Nov. 10 men.

Also Les Rolls
appears to have left club and Tom Ogle and Carpenter were injured.

11/11/44 4
new players for Epsom before say papers but Turnbull had played before
already. The others were

Dawson,
Judge, and Vince. Game started with 10 men as Slater was expected. After 20
minutes Ogle came

on instead.

11/11/44 2
late goals for Epsom scrape a draw v Fulham Reserves. See Res 25/11/44 below

18/11/44 2
minutes silence held for Frank Longden who was the League Chairman, and died
on 13/11/44.

25/11/44 Epsom crash 7-0 at Walton, who dominated the
play, and Brown was "brilliant" in goal. Epsom Town's

forwards
weren't bad, but were largely restricted to long shots. They tried to the end
said Comet. HT 2-0.

2/12/44 Reserve game postponed so they went to watch the
first team and due to shortages, Weller and Stennett

were asked to
play. Brown pensave 2nd half at 0-1. HT was 0-1, but in a tame second half,
Epsom equalised.

9/12/44 Epsom
made a long journey to Tufnell Park for the London Senior Cup tie. Brown and
Dowding arrived

late for the
2.45 ko so Tingey went in goal to start with. Brown was then knocked out
briefly during the first half.

5 goals scored
whilst he was off the field. Future player coach Pat Lynch played for Tufnell
Park.

This game
would have been at Claremont Road, Hendon.

16/12/44
Brown made fine save but dislocated his wrist at the same time after 5
minutes. Strapped it up and

continued.
Lost 1-4 to Tooting & Mitcham in second leg of Surrey Senior Cup. Agg
2-5.

Tooting went
from here straight to the Final where they defeated Sutton 4-2 so it looks as
though this may

have been a
Semi-Final! Then again the Tooting & Mitcham website might just be
missing a round!

23/12/44 Was
there a game this week?

30/12/44 Dulwich 0-1 played with 9 men. Despite losing 6-0
eight weeks ago at home, this was the best display

of the season, and held out for 70 minutes.
Brown was still playing with his injured wrist, say papers.

30/12/44
Dowding and Lloyd did not arrive for the game.

6/1/45 Loye
mispen at 0-5 (post). Hit inside of post then ran along goal line.

Jan 45 Alf
Turnbull now playing for Frinton R v T&M.

13/1/45 pitch
was good but Epsom Town still lose 3-4 v London Fire Force.

20/1/45 Royal Marines played Challis the Crystal Palace
star. ET gave trials to Thomas, Howard and Dumbledee

but Thomas
injured 30 minutes and eventually ended up with ten men. RM's first visit to
Ewell.

27/1/45 was
there any game? Weather was bad so maybe not.

3/2/45 Were due to visit London Fire Force but match was
postponed for a Dulwich Hamle London Senior Cup replay.

10/2/45 Only
a second half improvement from Sutton stopped this game being the worst seen
at Gander Green

Lane for some
years say papers. ET lost 4-0. Papers say 3 reserves played for Epsom, and
Blanton became a

passenger,
after being nearly blinded by a clearance.

Feb 45 Hawker
Athletic played at Dysart Avenue, Kingston

17/2/45 close
game at Dulwich sees Epsom scrape a 4-3 win at London Fire Force. 2-0 up
after 10 minutes.

This was LFF's
temporary ground.

24/2/45 Box
injured 1st half. Bad fall. 10 men. Paper says only one change from last
weeks side.

Mar 45 Paper
refers to the likely reconstitution of Epsom F.C.

3/3/45 One of the best games seen for a while v Erith with
Epsom the better side, but Day in goal was "invincible".

10/3/45 first
XI game postponed - see reserve section Weller and Welchman injured during
1st game.

17/3/45 Adey
and Parker were both drafted in to the first team and both scored v Vickers.

24/3/45 Lost
4-1 to RAOC who hadn't lost to an amateur side all season, and had only lost
3 all season.

Dowding had three disallowed though, 2 for hands, 1 for
offside, and also had another that "probably" crossed the

line in addition to the one he did get. Gk Brown had
arrived 5 mins late, but it was still 0-0 when he took the field.

31/3/45
Originally meant to be playing Irish Guards but instead played Charlton
Reserves in a friendly, as they

had an Army Cup final. W2-0 with two goals from Les
Dowding. The half back line of Loye, Redman and Sharman

was the
strength, say papers. Erith paper says Dowding is ex-Millwall. "A very
enjoyable game"

7/4/45 Epsom
unlucky to lose. Much better than league position suggests. Late goal
clinched it for T & M.

Alan Redman
carried off injured near the end. 10 men on field when T & M scored
winner.

14/4/45 Tom
Ogle absent injured and Askham out too. A well fought game that Epsom did not
deserve to lose.

Both
newcomers (Crowther and Williams) deserved their inclusion. As ET were 2-0 up
just before HT. Cairns,

Weller and
Dowding all hit the bar but performance was below the recent form.

14/4/45 Epsom
Civil Defence lose CD Cup Group 9 Final at Kingston CD 3-0. Game at
Kingstonian FC with tea

afterwards.
Councillor GCA Mann was present.

21/4/45
Several players unavailable as they were returning for duty, and Loye decided
to play for Millwall.

21/4/45 also
Cairns preferred to play for Jamiesons in Balham Lge Div 2. Only 9 players
were available as a

result, and
two were drafted in hurriedly. Gravesend took their only chance. Then Epsom
missed their

connection due
to a late train and got back at 11. Sc: Twocock.

28/4/45 Epsom
scored first in 2nd half but then lost 4-1. "Lower goal appears to be a
hoodoo to the Town"

At one point,
Dowding, Dilham, and Parker all headed against the bar in rotation!

1/5/45 Rep
match between Epsom & Ewell League and Surbiton & District. Att 300.
Was E & E League's first

ever rep
match. Admission 5d.

4/5/45
further reference to the restarting of the club. Committee members have met
several times already.

5/5/45 Balham League Cup final replay between Marzick and
Jamiesons at West Street after res game v Sutton.

Both of these local clubs were based in Ewell anyway.
Marzick win 3-1 to stop Jamiesons getting a double. First

game at
Tooting & Mitcham had ended 1-1 after extra time on 28/4.

5/5/45
Mitcham News states that the South Eastern Combination will cease to exist
after this day. London Fire

Force are to
play their last match too, it says, but they appear next year in the
Corinthian League.

8/5/45 V.E.
Day

19/5/45 Replayed Sutton Hospital Cup semi final at West
Street 3.30 Banstead Hospital beat Leatherhead Rose

3-2 after a 3-3
draw and will play Sutton in the final at Sutton.

Reserves:

Balham & District League

Position

3rd out of 10

Secretary of
Balham League was Mr A Strike 57 Romberg Road, Upper Tooting

Hoyt Sports
were placed in the Premier Division, but started in Division 1 instead. They
played at Wandsworth

Common.  Benhams played at Price's Ground in
Earlsfield, and Frinton Rovers played at Galpins Road. Cricket

was also
played there. Hoyt never completed the season.

23/9/44 Res win 4-1 at Frinton Rovers in a friendly.
Frinton had lost their keeper recently with a broken ankle, so

Epsom loaned
them a keeper, A Sivier. Epsom were 3-0 up after 15 minutes, and were 4-0 up
before Frinton

scored with a
penalty. LINE UP: C Richards, W Warner, JF Welchman, J Pointing, F Dymott, B
Stater,

M Williams, CW
Cairns, A Davis, J Sanders, A Maynard

Vickers are playing at Rose Hill, Sutton. Obviously
different to Vickers Armstrong, who played near Brooklands.

pre 21/10/44 two wins missing F10A5. One is a 6-3 home win
over Powered Mountings and the other is a 4-2 win over

Morgans, but it is not clear where the latter match was
played. Both played on either 30/09/44, 07/10/44 ot 14/10/44.

21/10/44 Res
have friendly with Modern Service at Burntwood Lane and drew 2-2. They were
in

Division 1 of
the Balham League. 0-1 down after 3 minutes, then 0-2, but HT saw the
reserves only 1-2 down

and got an
equaliser before mispen (SAVE) later on.

28/10/44
Epsom Res unbeaten in league until losing at T&M 6-1. Simpkins got 4 for
Tooting, and Epsom's goal

was an 88th
minute penalty consolation. HT 0-2.

4/11/44 Res lose 3-1 at Frinton. HT 1-1. Nearly a disaster
for Frinton, who had actually loaned Epsom two players

Mount and Brown. C Richards the Epsom keeper and captain,
is ex-Frinton. Epsom's two absentees didn't reach

the ground at all. Turnbull and Welchman played well.
Cairns equalised in first half, but despite hitting the bar in

the second
half, two more were conceded.

11/11/44
calculated a 1-1 draw at Marzick. (NR).

25/11/44
Fulham Reserves visit, two weeks after drawing with Epsom Town first team.
There were only two

changes to the
Fulham side, yet the reserves destroyed them 6-3 with a hat trick from
Dowding.

Pettett,
Sanders, Weller, Dowding, Cairns and Stone all played for reserves that day.

2/12/44 Game
postponed. Res went to watch the first team.

Dec 44 We had
a 3-3 away draw with Benhams this month. Not played on 23/12/44.

9/12/44
Reference to a bad tempered game v Leatherhead Rose in the Surrey Junior Cup
where tempers were

frayed and football seemed to be absent. Lost 1-4. AR
(Dick) Chester, CB Weller, and B Harris all playing for LR.

Marzick formed
in 43/44 and played at Gibraltar Rec, Ewell

Admiralty
Wireless played in Mitcham

30/12/44
Monotype are holders of Sutton Hospital Cup (15 entries), but are knocked out
4-1 by Epsom Town.

They lost a
player early to injury on the treacherous ground. 10 men. Even until nearly
HT when Cairns scored

the opening goal unchallenged. HT 1-0. Box scored twice,
one good, one "not so good" to make it 3-0, then 3-1

(Cowland)
before Green made it 4-1 "in the misty eve".

6/1/45 Hard ground and a greasy surface made it difficult
to control the ball. HT was 0-0 but Dowding scored two

goals, before
Admiralty Wireless levelled it up, then C Saunders scored the winner in a
goal mouth melee.

27/1/45 Sutton Hospital Cup QF tie with Benhams almost
certainly postponed. All games off in Mitcham area. Snow.

Not sure whether this match was ever played as we also had
to meet in the League Cup and once in the League still.

24/2/45 Rolls
and Ogle played v QPR Reserves, who had 6 pros in side.

10/3/45 due to fixture congestion, Epsom reserves played
twice, and had help from their first team, as their game

was cancelled.
2nd match saw Williams, Green, Sanders and Dymott all playing v Powered
Mountings

who had conceded home advantage in this tie so that both
games could be played at West Street. Epsom won 4-0.

Green scored
all four in this match, and Askham scored HT v Benhams Athletic in first
match.

The games
proved that Epsom are fostering the makings of a good post war side say
papers.

Roy Dymott -
home on leave played in one of these two games.

17/3/45 Reserves crash out of league cup 4-3 at Jamiesons.
Keeper made unusual errors - upset by crowd and small pitch!

24/3/45 res
win 7-0 v Phillips. Surrey Comet says it was away, but Advertiser says home
and is correct.

2/4/45 Tom
Ogle plays for Vickers in Leatherhead Hospital Shield F at Pixham Lane, with
CB Weller at LR

Result was 3-2
to Vickers.

2/4/45 Res lose 1-2 to Frinton, despite having a few first
teamers in there, as they had no Easter Monday game.

7/4/45
Defeated Tooting & Mitcham Res 3-2. HT was 1-1, then 2-1 up, before it
was levelled up, before Epsom

got the
winner. Mitcham News says "they won on their merits".

14/4/45
Probably no game for Res, unless it was a friendly.

21/4/45 Parker, Green and Williams all played v Admiralty
Wireless and won 4-3. Epsom were a goal down before

missing a
penalty (SAVE), but Epsom went 2-1 up by HT, and 3-1 up, before Wireless got
it back to 3-3, and

Epsom got a
late winner in a virtual carbon copy of the first match between the teams.

23/04/45 after
this date Epsom played Morgans (W) and Marzick (D). GD 10-3.

5/5/45 Epsom
Town defeated Sutton United at West Street probably 2-1 according to table
tracking.