Pre 1918 Detailed Summary

The comments in this section relate to all of
the earlier clubs.

It is simpler to keep all comments in one file
as many clubs had links in those days.

Key:

Ewell F.C. - First team in bold, reserves or
other in normal case.

Epsom F.C. - All four incarnations - First team
in bold, reserves or other in normal case.

Other minor clubs in the Borough are in normal
case.

pre 1884 info

March 1859
Sussex Advertiser reports the annual custom of playing football in the
streets on Shrove Tuesday. The ball was kicked off in the open space in

front of Mr
Barnard's, White Hart Inn at about 12 and "the game was kept up with
much spirit for a considerable time. Some few windows were broken but

no serious
damage occurred."

30/9/63 Percy
Melmoth Walters is born - Future England International (and Captain) and
founder member of Ewell FC. - Dies 6/10/36.

Wikipedia has
a page for him which advises 13 appearances for England, five of which were
as Captain. Went to Charterhouse School but did

not play for
the team before going to Oriel College Oxford University where he won a blue
in 1885. Then joined brother Arthur at Corinthian

although would
also play for East Sheen, Epsom and Old Carthusians from time to time. Played
on the losing side for Carthusians in the second

Amateur Cup
Final in 1895 before retiring to concentrate on his legal career, having been
called to the bar in 1888. Died in Ashtead aged 73.

26/10/63 FA
Formed  at The Freemasons Tavern in
Great Queen Street, London. 11 clubs joined but not Charterhouse even though
they were present.

26/1/65 Arthur
Melmoth Walters is born - Future England International and brother of Percy -
Dies 2/5/41.

Wikipedia has
a page for him which advises 9 appearances for England. Went to Charterhouse
School and played for them before going to

Trinity
College Cambridge where he was a blue from 1884-1887 consecutively. Then
played for Corinthian and Old Carthusians, but saw time at

East Sheen and
Epsom too before founding Ewell FC in 1890. Died in Holmwood aged 76. Arthur
played in the first winning Amateur Cup Final

team in 1894
and the losing team in 1895.

As a rule
Percy was the left back and Arthur the right back, but that wasn't always the
case and both could also play in other positions, including goalkeeper!

18/11/73
London Standard reported that Epsom College staged their annual Past v
Present match on the College Cricket Ground. It was a football match but

the Past were
the winners by two goals, two tries and two touches down. The present won the
toss and chose the goal nearest the railway station. Presume

Epsom Downs
station? Kick off was at 3.30 The Past had the advantage of the hill but the
wind was against them.

27/11/74
Morning Post reported that the Epsom College Past v Present match ended in a
draw this year.

3/2/75 This
was the date for the next Past v Present match.

15/12/77
Epsom College were defeated by London University after a well-conrtested
game. London scored one goal, and two touches down to Epsom's

one try and
one touchdown. Reported by Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper along with many other
reports relating to teams like Hendon, Leyton, Barnes Luton,

Upton Park
Reserves, Reading, Clapham Rovers and four matches at Clapton. Many differing
scoring systems it appears as some relate to just goals

while others
had 15 players and were more akin to rugby.

9/2/78 Kings
College School defeate Epsom College by one goal and two tries to nil. Played
at Battersea Park and reported by Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper.

22/2/79 Epsom
College hosted Wolverton who were a man short but still won by a goal and two
touchdowns to two touchdowns. Then the Reserves sides

played and
despite the visitors being two short here they won by five touchdowns to
three.

March 1879
reference to Shrove Tuesday football having died out in Epsom but still
carrying on in Ewell and Kingston where it is rumoured to have originated.

This was
reported in Bury and Norwich Post on 11/3/79.

26/7/79 Percy
Walters plays cricket for Charterhouse at the age of 15 in a loss against
Westminster School played at Vincent Square

Westminster.
Percy batted at 4 and scored 7, also taking a catch. Vincent Square still
exists and is still used for cricket, not far from Vauxhall

Bridge but on
the opposite side of the river to the Oval.

7/2/80 Surrey
Herald is issue number 80. Also called Mid and West Surrey Advertiser.

Apr 80 Public
Hall in Epsom is to be built at the corner of Church Street and Station Road.
The Quadrant is there now.

Apr 80
cricket is being re-established in Epsom. Looks like the club had a break.
They are using the old cricket ground lent by Rev EW Northey, which is

almost
certainly the current Woodcote site.

7/7/80 Percy
Walters plays cricket for Charterhouse v MCC and Ground at the age of 16 in a
match played at Godalming. Charterhouse

scored 253
runs. Percy scored 22 batting at number 7 but the game was drawn.

25/2/82 Arthur
Walters represents Charterhouse in a football match against Westminster
played at Vincent Square Westminster in the presence

of "a
very large number of spectators". KO 2.55pm. Charterhouse were 2-0 down
but HT 2-2 and a late winner for them enabled them to win 3-2.

Arthur Walters
played for Charterhouse as a half back in a 2-2-6 formation.

28/10/82
fixture advised for this day in London Daily News for Epsom College v
Falcons, Epsom.

1/11/82
Cotmandene Lodge, Dorking defeated West Surrey Preparatory School, Epsom by
six goals to nil. Game played on the Recreation Ground,

Epsom, but
this can't have been the one that was to become Epsom Rec (Alexandra Rec) as
this didn't open until 1898. Epsom were the smaller side, but

this was
counterbalanced by saying that the usual number played for Dorking but Epsom
played 14 men. HT 1-0 and strong wind from South West.

13/3/83
Morning Post advises a football match to be played at Epsom College this day
- Past v Present.

3/4/83 Public
Hall opens in Epsom

19/5/83 Percy
Walters plays for Eton College v Oriel College at Eton but gets a duck
batting at nine and takes no wickets!

9/6/83 Arthur
Walters plays cricket for Charterhouse who are beaten by Esher School at
Godalming.

14/7/83 Arthur
Walters plays cricket for Charterhouse and drew with Wellington at Godalming.
He scored 4.

Summer 1883
Ewell CC players having future connections with the Ewell football club John
Henry Bridges, Robert Mason, W.Charman

11/9/83 Percy
Walters appears for a Surrey XI against twenty four promising colts. He plays
in the same team as Bobby Abel and Walter Read

but is out for
a duck himself. Seeing as he was under 20 at this stage I am surprised to see
him in the Surrey side as I have found no mention of

him before now
apart from school and college.

13/10/83
Arthur Walters selected for the first trial match of the season for London FA
at Half Moon Ground, Putney. Currently with East Sheen.

3/12/83 Arthur
Walters is selected to play for Surrey v Essex this day at The Oval.

13/12/83
Arthur Walters plays for Cambridge University v Middlesex in front of a
limited attendance at the Oval. K.O. 2.52. Score unclear as report in York

Herald is not
of good quality.

15/12/83
Cambridge University travelled to play Aston Villa at Birmingham and about
6,000 were present. It was very windy and wet. Cambridge led

2-1 at HT but
the game finished in a 3-3 draw.

19/12/83 Percy
(PM) Walters plays in goal for East Sheen at Reigate Priory and East Sheen
win 2-1.

1/1/84 Sussex
played Surrey on the College Ground in Brighton but Surrey won 3-2. Percy
Walters was in goal with Arthur Walters playing at full back.

Both players
are listed as playing for East Sheen at this time. Ten men played for each
side.

1/1/84
incredibly the same day the London Standard advises that both brothers played
for East Sheen v Barnes at Barnes with Arthur taking

his turn in
goal. He played really well but Barnes still won 2-1. This report is dated
2/1/84 and clearly states that the game was played "yesterday".

15/1/84 Arthur
Walters is selected for the South v The North at the Oval on 26/1/84.

26/1/84 North
v South at the Oval and over 2,000 were present to watch the South win 4-2 HT
2-1. Arthur Walters played for the South this day.

16/2/84 London
v Birmingham at the Oval in fron of 3,500 but lost 5-1. HT 3-1. Arthur
Walters played for London but only just 19.

26/2/84 Oxford
v Cambridge at The Oval with an "exceedingly large number of
spectators". KO 3.05. Two late goals enabled Cambridge to

win 2-0.
Referee was the famous Charles W Alcock and Arthur Walters played for
Cambridge. Jackson's Oxford Journal said attendance was 2,000.

18/3/84
Arthur Walters is selected for West Surrey v Oxfordshire to be played this
day at Guildford. Listed as playing for Ewell at the time but there was no

Ewell FC back
then. They could have been referring to a place of residence but that doesn't
look likely either.

25/3/84 West
Surrey defeated West Sussex at the Reigate Priory ground with a Tuesday
afternoon 4pm k.o. by ten goals to one. West Surrey had beaten

Oxfordshire
at Guildford the previous midweek and were due to play a return match with
East Surrey the next week, indicating that they had played earlier in

the season.
In the line up was Arthur Melmoth Walters but many non-arrivals ensured a ten
a side match. HT was 6-0. Walters had to leave 12 minutes

before the end
but West surrey added three more goals when they were down to nine. Walters
is again listed as (Ewell) in the team area.

24/5/84 Percy
Walters plays cricket for Oriel College, Oxford v Eton College on the Eton
Playing Fields. Percy scored 2 as Oriel were well beaten.

24/6/84
Arthur and Percy Walters are playing cricket for Ewell CC against Dorking
this day who win by 51 runs. Arthur scored six and took a wicket while

Percy scored
eight. Game played at Ewell which would have meant Gibraltar Recreation
Ground in West Street, adjacent to where the football ground would

be situated in
a few years. They were regular cricketers so I won't detail all of their
matches from this point.

1884/85 season

1884 Surrey
Herald appears to be all rugby before the autumn. Then………….

26/9/84
Formation meeting of Epsom FC at Epsom Athletic Club, The Parade. President
is EW Northey, and the club will play at Epsom Cricket

Club COPY TAKEN AND PICTURE OF EW NORTHEY.

There had been
a preliminary meeting on a Friday night before this meeting, possibly the
week before. Mr Lionel Pagden is Treasurer

and Secretary.
The club will open its season on 11/10/84, although this was a club/trial
match.

Sept 1884
Reference to Civil Service football club (rugby union) playing Epsom College
on 26/11/84 in this season's fixture list with the return on 4th Feb.

Also reference
in Surrey Mirror to Epsom College playing against St John's School, Croydon
in Epsom on 22/10/84 with the return at the School

Ground,
Croydon on 3/12/84.

22/11/84 Epsom
5-0 Chamois. K.O. 3.15. Epsom did all the work and led 2-0 at HT. In the
second half JT Woolcombe came out of goal and

scored a HT.
Webber did very well too. COPY TAKEN. 2-2-6 formation.

22/11/84 Percy
Walters represents Oxford University at the Oval against London. London won
4-3, HT 2-2.

22/11/84
Surrey Mirror reported the SCFA Annual General Meeting where it was advised
that they would play v Middlesex at Epsom on 27/11/84.

There is also
reference to Surrey Cup Semi-Finals being played at Dorking (14/3/85 and
Epsom (21/3/85).

26/11/84 Epsom
College v Civil Service. Was it played? Fixture appears in the Morning Post.

27/11/84 Percy
Walters represents Oxford University at home to Notts County and the visitors
won 2-1. Oxford led at HT.

29/11/84 Epsom
v St Bartholomew's Hospital Reserves @ Epsom Cricket Ground, Woodcote. Was
this played?

Nov 84 Dorking
played St John's School Leatherhead at "the new ground". Was this
Pixham? Near the Brighton station.

3/12/84 Epsom
College visit St John's School, Croydon. Game to be played at the School
Ground. Was it played?

6/12/84 Epsom
v Dorking @ Epsom Cricket Ground, Woodcote. Was this played?

Surrey Mirror
says it was meant to be on 13/12/84 and the return is planned for 24/1/85.

10/12/84 Epsom
College home to Guy's Hospital this day. Was it played? Fixture appears in
the Morning Post.

13/12/84 The
game was played at Epsom according to the Surrey Mirror and in the results
summary for the season for Dorking it is shown

as a draw, but
with no scores listed in this summary.

15/12/84
Annual Association Football Match between East and West Surrey was moved from
the regular Dorking venue to be played at Epsom.

The game was
drawn 1-1 "played on the ground of the Epsom Football Club." West
Surrey went 1-0 up after about ten minutes and East

Surrey replied
shortly afterwards. Playing for Epsom this season, and for West Surrey this
day were the brothers Walters, AM and PM.

They were
future Ewell Old Carthusians and England players but this may have been their
first club.

Other teams
who provided players were Surbiton Wanderers, Surbiton, Dorking, Woking,
Sutton School and Weybridge, while representing

the East
Surrey side were Swifts, Barnes, East Sheen, Lyndhurst, St Thomas' Hospital
and Surbiton Wanderers again. No mention of any

Croydon sides.
COPY TAKEN. Monday
afternoon game. KO 3pm

Reynolds
Newspaper stated that the game "attracted a large company including many
ladies". It also said that the game was played on the

cricket ground
at Epsom. Woodcote or a slightly different site back then?

20/12/84 For
the second week in a row Epsom hosted Dorking. Surrey Mirror reported that
Epsom won by a goal to nil but there is no report.

20/12/84 This
was one of only six losses Dorking would suffer in 21 games with one draw v
Epsom as well.

20/12/84
Surrey v Sussex @ Guildford Cricket Ground (the old one) Percy and Arthur
Walters played and Surrey won 2-1. Both sides had

their own
umpire. Kicked off at 2.30 and there was "continued vigour until
4.05". Presume only 5 minutes for HT but could have been bad light.

Both Percy and
Arthur were listed as being East Sheen players again.

22/12/84 Percy
Walters played for East Sheen v Casuals at the Casuals home ground in
Wandsworth. Casuals won by a second half goal to nil.

27/12/84 Epsom
met Lyndhurst for the first time in favourable weather. Epsom won the toss
and defended the Woodcote goal, while Lyndhurst

defended the
Town end. After 15 minutes Hugh Walters had a goal disallowed for offside but
Webber made it 1-0 soon after from a scrimmage.

Lyndhurst
equalised soon after and an Epsom sub Wooldridge scored for Lyndhurst. Lionel
Pagden scored from a Webber cross to make it 2-1

early in the
second half. However two goals for the opposition meant that they led with
not long left, but a "combined attack by Webber,

N.Brooks and
Lionel Pagden enabled them to score." Scorer unclear but I will go with
Pagden for the time being. Drew 3-3.

G.Wooldridge
and Harrowill were the subs who played for Lyndhurst.

Epsom's
formation this season was 2-2-6 with two playing centre forward and no
apparent centre half. COPY TAKEN

3/1/85 Chamois
v Epsom @ Hackbridge. Was this played? Chamois reports were quite regular, so
it may not have taken place.

10/1/85 Arthur
Walters plays for Oxford and Cambridge whilst Percy Walters played for
opponents London and South at the Oval this day. The

University
side won 6-1.

10/1/85 Epsom
lost 4-1 at home to East Sheen in a game spoilt by boisterous wind and rain.
East Sheen arrived with 9 and had a sub keeper

lent to them,
but oddly Epsom just played with 9 as two forwards were not well enough to
play. The ball was in the Epsom half for the first

fifteen
minutes after which East Sheen scored the opening goal from a free kick which
just touched the sleeve of an Epsom player, or it would

not have
counted, as direct free kicks were not allowed in those days.  Webber equalised soon afterwards, but on
the restart East Sheen

scored again
and led 2-1 at HT. The second half saw Webber and H.Brooks "partially
disabled" and two more goals were conceded.

COPY TAKEN

15/1/85
Surrey v Middlesex, scheduled for this day is postponed. The Middx Secretary
said they will not play "on account of snow" said York Herald.

17/1/85 Epsom
lost 5-2 at home to St Bart's Hospital Reserves. The home side was poorly
represented and they lost easily. 1-0 down after 5

minutes and
2-0 soon after. This was followed by Epsom's best spell of the game, during
which they reduced the arrears, but scorer was

unknown. HT
2-1 and Epsom scored once in the second half "resulting from the united
efforts of Price and Walters." One of the goals for

the Hospital
was an own goal. Only H Jones played well. WTR Price was captain this day. AW
Pagden played for St Bart's. COPY TAKEN.

24/1/85 Percy
and Arthur Walters play for Old Carthusians at Wandsworth v Grimsby Town in
the Fourth round of the FA Cup, winning 3-0.

24/1/85
Simultaneous bombings at House of Commons, Westminster Hall and Tower of
London. The Irish are suspected.

24/1/85
Dorking defeated Epsom 4-0 in their third game this season. Epsom won the
toss but after some even play, Dorking scored midway

through the
first half. HT 1-0 despite both teams efforts. Dorking were better in the
second half, and went 2-0 up before Price, who was in goal

for the second
half, replacing Chadband, kicked clear, but it rebounded against a Dorking
player and went in. They scored again near the end.

COPY TAKEN. Club played a 2-3-5 formation this day.

28/1/85 Percy
Walters plays for Oxford University v Middlesex at the Oval. KO 2.30 but
Oxford were late arriving and KO was actually 3.10.

Oxford led 1-0
at HT but went 3-1 down before getting a late goal for 3-2.

31/1/85 North
v South at the Derbyshire County Cricket Club in Derby watched by between
four and five thousand. The southerners elected to

defend the
goal nearest Nottingham Road and at 2.35 the game started. HT 1-1 but the
North won 2-1. Percy Walters played for the South.

After the
game the Nottinghamshire Guardian suggests that both Percy and Arthur Walters
should be in the England side that was about to be selected.

31/1/85
Lyndhurst defeated Epsom 5-2 @ Denmark Hill. Epsom were one short but a sub
was kindly provided. Lyndhurst won the toss and went

against the
wind which at times was very strong. During the first half hour Epsom had
several shots with the wind and Webber scored with a

long shot.
Soon after Price went down the side and centred to Brooks who scored (presume
H Brooks). HT was 2-1 as Lyndhurst scored just

before HT but
the second half saw the hosts score four times as they penned their opponents
most of the time. 2-2-6 formation again.

COPY TAKEN.

7/2/85 Morning
Post advises Epsom College v Westminster Hospital at Epsom this day.

7/2/85 Epsom
returned to their home enclosure and defeated Weybridge 1-0 at Woodcote in a
very good game and after a rush up the middle,

J.Woolcomb
made a pretty run which secured the only goal of the match. The two
Woolcomb's made good runs but nothing further was

scored.
Epsom's backs did well in the second half and Alder did very well in goal.
2-2-6 formation.

Reference to
J.Wooldridge not G. Was this Geoff/Jeff? Definitely G
COPY TAKEN.

Feb 85 General
Gordon killed at Khartoum, Sudan.

Feb 85 Lord
Rosebery's maiden speech as a member of the Cabinet. He was an Epsom
resident, lived at The Durdans.

14/2/85 Percy
and Arthur Walters play for Old Carthusians in FAC Sixth Round v Church, an
Accrington based side. OC had beaten Chatham in the

last round and
a second half goal enabled the visitors to progress by a goal to nil. This
was an FA Cup Quarter Final!

Oxford led 1-0
at HT but went 3-1 down before getting a late goal for 3-2.

14/2/85 No
Epsom fixture or report. Probably no game.

17/2/85 York
Herald advises that Percy and Arthur Walters have been selected for England
for the match against Ireland on 28/2/1885.

21/2/85 Epsom
lost 1-0 at home to St John's School, Leatherhead. Kicked off at 3.15 and St
John's defended the Town end, but Epsom

pressed
considerably. HT was 0-0 and Turle scored in the second half. Webber had been
injured after 15 minutes. 10 men. COPY TAKEN.

Epsom adopted
a 2-3-5 formation this day and can't seem to make their mind up. Captain was
WTR Price, referred to here as TR Price.

24/2/85 The
twelfth Varsity match took place at the Oval and upwards of 2000 persons
visited the Surrey County Cricket Ground. Cambridge

kicked off
from the gasometer end at 3pm. Arthur Walters scored an early goal for
Cambridge which proved to be the winner. Percy

Walters played
for Oxford.

Arthur was at
Trinity College Cambridge while Percy was at Oriel College Oxford.

28/2/85 A good
game saw Epsom win 2-1 over East Sheen at Woodcote. The visitors only brought
seven players and were give two subs.

JT Woolcombe
scored the first goal after a few minutes, but a lucky goal "from a
slide shot" soon after, levelled it up. HT was 1-1 and Epsom

began to do
more work and gained a succession of corners, one of which from Lionel Pagden
fell right in the goal and was scored by

JT Woolcombe.
Another goal was disallowed for handball later in the game. COPY TAKEN.

28/2/85 Arthur
and Percy make their debuts for England this day in a 4-0 win over Ireland.
Game played in Manchester.

Match played
at Whalley Range in front of between 5,000 and 6,000 people. HT 1-0.

7/3/85 Appears
no Epsom game this day.

7/3/85 Arthur
and Percy play for Old Carthusians in the F.A. Cup Semi-Final, but lose 5-1
to Blackburn Rovers in a match played at the "Notts Castle"

ground in
front of a "very small number".

14/3/85 Epsom
lost 4-0 @ Leatherhead to St John's School. Epsom won the toss and went
against the wind but went two goals behind in the

first half to
Turle again. On changing ends the wind fell considerably but it was more
even, despite Turle completing his HT. Webber R.Brooks

and JT
Woolcombe showed best form. 2-2-6 again. COPY
TAKEN.

16/3/85 Arthur
and Percy Walters are selected for the next England match against Scotland at
the Kennington Oval on 21/3/85.

21/3/85
Appears no game this day.

21/3/85 The
14th annual match between England and Scotland took place at the Kennington
Oval in front of 10,000 spectators on a cold but fine

day. England
won the toss and chose the Harleyford Road end and kicked off at 3.35. A late
equaliser for England in a 1-1 draw. Arthur and

Percy Walters
both played for England this day. Reported in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper.

28/3/85
Epsom's final game of the season saw a 2-1 win at Weybridge in splendid
weather. They only took ten players but a sub was provided.

The first goal
was scored by the sub who touched in a cross by JT Woolcombe. HT 1-0. In the
second half Weybridge had the best of the

game but they
couldn't get past the brothers Walters. Eventually they equalised but a late
winner for PW Pagden from a Price pass.

2-2-6
formation. HC Jones occasionally referred to as HE Jones. COPY TAKEN.

This was the
final game of the season and the club record was advised as Played 16 W6 D3
L7 F27 A30.

I have 15
fixtures, 13 results W5 D2 L6 F19 A28 (no idea of score in draw v Dorking).
Missing three results (4 scores though) W1 D1 L1 F8 A2.

30/3/85 On a
Monday at the Kennington Oval k.o. 4.10 East Sheen defeated Reigate Priory in
front of just 250 spectators as the date was

inconvenient.
Sheen were two goals up at half time and won 2-1 with both Arthur and Percy
Walters playing for East Sheen at full back.

May 1885 Percy
Walters playing frequently for Oriel College, Oxford at Cricket.

1885/86 season

Summer 1885
saw John Henry Bridges, future President of Ewell FC, playing for Epsom CC
this season. Also R.I'Anson playing for Banstead CC.

3/10/85 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for Brentwood at Trent Bridge v Notts. Notts won
3-0. HT 1-0.

10/10/85 Trial
Match for Epsom FC this day.

17/10/85 Epsom
were due to be at home to Abinger originally, but instead Epsom thrashed East
Sheen 5-0 at Woodcote. The visitors again

travelled
short, bringing just nine men, while Epsom were also one short, but subs were
found for both sides. By HT Epsom were 2-0 up, both

having been
scored by EH Walters. In the second half, Brooks and Walters scored after
scrimmages, while JT Woolcombe also scored before

the end. The
backs were hardly used in this match. 2-2-6 formation used. COPY TAKEN.

14/10/85 Epsom
College v St Mary's Hospital. Was this played?

24/10/85 Epsom
v St Bart's Hospital. Was this played?

24/10/85 Epsom
College v London Hospital. Was this played?

31/10/85 Epsom
v Chamois. Was this played?

Oct 85 Dorking
Standard advised as playing at Sondes Place.

7/11/85 Epsom
hosted Dorking at Epsom Cricket Ground, Woodcote, but lost 3-8 in very
pleasant weather. JT Woolcombe was late arriving,

and so Epsom
started with ten men, while they were also missing their regular half backs.
Kicked off at 3.15. Epsom were 2-0 down very

early and it
was 4-1 by HT with Webber scoring after some excellent passing by Barry and
the two Woolcombes. Webber actually scored a HT

this day but
Epsom kept conceding at regular intervals. Chadband in goal for Epsom was
"simply admirable" despite conceding eight! Willy

and Down both
scored HT's for Dorking. 2-2-6 formation used. COPY
TAKEN.

14/11/85 Epsom
lost 2-1 to St John's School at Epsom in miserable weather. Soon after
starting Epsom went behind but Barry equalised

immediately
after a dribbling run. HT 1-1 and very even for a while but good play was
impossible owing to the state of the ground. Barry,

Webber and
R.Brooks were the best Epsom players. 2-3-5 formation used. COPY TAKEN.

I will use HE
Jones instead of HC Jones.

14/11/85 Percy
Walters played for London at Bramall Lane v Sheffield in front of 4,000
spectators. London won 3-2. HT 1-1.

18/11/85 Percy
Walters played for "Old Corinthians" (prob Corinthians) against
Cambridge University at Parkers Piece, Cambridge. Arthur Walters

played for the
University side but they lost 1-0 to a first half goal in "fair and
frosty weather".

21/11/85 Epsom
were defeated at home 7-2 by Lancing Old Boys. Only 7 turned up for them, but
one Epsom player C Jones played for them,

and two subs
so it was a ten a side game. Lancing defended the town end after losing the
toss, but they were 4-1 up by HT. A.Freeman HT.

Epsom's goals
were scored by Sweet and J.Woolcombe. Epsom also had two goals disallowed,
one for offside, and one for a free kick which

went in
directly without touching a player. The keeper was in fact standing behind
the line for some reason! R.Chadband distinguished

himself again.
Brooks and Woolcombe were very energetic in the front line. 2-2-5 formation
used in this ten a side game. COPY TAKEN.

28/11/85 Epsom
drew 2-2 at home to Weybridge. A strong North West wind blew across the game
which confined the game to one side of the

ground. Only 8
turned up for each side, but five subs were found and an Epsom late arrival
made up the eleven. After 15 minutes Epsom went

behind, but
W.Woolcombe equalised after 20 minutes, but Weybridge led 2-1 at HT. In the
second half Epsom had the best of the game until it

became rather
dark, with J.Woolcombe eventually equalising. 2-3-5 formation used. COPY TAKEN.

30/11/85 Epsom
play in Aldershot in the first round of the Surrey Association Challenge Cup
against the Kings Own Regiment. Very slippery

after
incessant rain but a good and enjoyable game resulted. JT Woolcombe, Webber,
H.Brooks, R.Brooks, CPC Jones, and HE Jones were

all absent for
this Monday afternoon game, so it was far from a representative game. A
fairly even first half saw Epsom 1-0 down at HT, but

the visitors
fell to pieces in the second half and a lot of goals were scored from rushes,
one goal was an own goal. The game ended just before

it got dark. A
harsh scoreline. AK Pagden was probably Lionel (LK) Pagden. Was GF Sladen GS
Sladen the future Ewell player?

2-2-6
formation used. COPY TAKEN.

5/12/85 Arthur
Walters played for London at the Oval v Glasgow but lost 2-5 after leading
2-1 at HT. A couple of thousand were present.

5/12/85 Epsom
play at Forest School in Walthamstow and lose 2-0 after a pleasant game.
Epsom chose the northern goal and the

game started
after 3pm. After a few minutes, some loose play enabled the school to score
but play was uneventful until HT. Epsom pushed in

the second
half, but conceded a second goal. A thick mist interfered with play in the
last twenty minutes "rendering the goals almost invisible."

2-3-5
formation used. COPY TAKEN. Game played at Snaresbrook according to Chelmsford
Chronicle. Their scorers were Hooley and Poole.

Only Hart
played up to his usual form.  There
appear to be four Pagdens LK (Lionel), AW, PW, AK. Definitely AW and PW and
Lionel are

three
different ones, but AK is not definite yet, despite AK Pagden being captain
this day. Was it Lionel (LK)?. Only GH Pagden in
the census.

12/12/85 No
games this day due to frost.

Dec 85
reference to James Chuter living at the Half Mile Bush. Future ground used by
Epsom clubs at this site.

16/12/85
Percy and Arthur Walters make up the Corinthians touring party for some
matches up North, starting this day at Blackburn v Blackburn Rovers.

They also have
fixtures with Accrington Preston North End, Blackburn Olympic, Barnsley and
Stoke on Trent. Squad has a main 13 with seven others

listed as
occasionals. Percy and Arthur are in the main squad advises the Derby
Mercury.

19/12/85
10,000 were present for the "great match of the Corinthians tour"
at Preston North End. Hazy but fine weather and Percy and Arthur both

played.
Preston won 4-3. HT 3-3. Lancaster Gazette said "the defence of the
brothers Walters being magnificent in the extreme.

19/12/85 St
Bart's Hospital Reserves 1-3 Epsom @ Upton. Each side only had 9 men and
three of the Epsom side arrived late, so the game was

only 50
minutes in length. JT Woolcombe scored in the first half and HT was 1-0. St
Bart's scored soon after the restart, but goals from Sladen

and Woolcombe
again made it 3-1. Reference to a CR Pagden another new member of the family!
COPY TAKEN.

26/12/85
"an unusually large number of spectators" were at Reigate Priory
for a five a side tournament. In the first round Reigate Priory

(1st team) 3-2
East Sheen (1st team), Reigate Priory (second team) 2-0 Abinger &
Holmbury, Epsom 4-3 East Sheen (second team). In

the second
round Reigate Priory (1st team) had a bye, Reigate Priory (second team 5-3
Epsom. Final was a 2-2 draw between the
Reigate

Priory first
and second teams to share the tournament. Luncheon was served afterwards in
the pavilion.

Dec 85 Arthur
Walters is listed in the Casuals touring party although he doesn't feature in
their first game at Derby on Boxing Day. They are due to play

Burnley on 28
Dec, Blackburn Olympic on 29 Dec Aston Villa on Dec 30, Nottingham Forest on
Dec 31, Sheffield on Jan 1 and Long Eaton on 2 Jan. Busy!!

19 players
were listed in the squad.

The
Corinthians announce further tour dates v Queens Park in Glasgow on Jan 1,
Hibernians in Edinburgh on Jan 2 and v Newcastle & District on Jan 4.

2/1/86 Epsom
drew 0-0 at Woodcote with East Sheen. Fine weather and the ground was in good
condition, with the game kicking off just after

3pm. Both
sides were weak and the game was uninteresting, although it picked up a
little in the second half. Murray did well for Epsom.

2-3-5
formation used. COPY TAKEN. Now we have a G.Brooks. Check!

9/1/86
Reference in Surrey Mirror to a tour by the East Sheen Boat Club who were due
to play Epsom at football in Dorking!

9/1/86 Any
fixture that was arranged would have probably been p/p anyway for frost and
snow.

9/1/86 Surrey
Mirror reports that the West Surrey Championship has been drawn with 8 teams
involved. Weybridge v Epsom, Dorking

Standard v
Dorking, Abinger and Holmbury v Ockley, Godalming v Guildford. Games to be
played by 16/1/86 which seems ambitious.

16/1/86 Epsom
lost 5-0 at home to Lyndhurst in bright wintry weather. The home side only
had 9. Epsom lost the toss and had the sun and wind

in their
faces. 20 minutes after the start it was 1-0 and 2-0 soon after with a shot
just under the bar. A scrimmage from a kick for "hands"

produced a
third with one of the Epsom men putting it through. HT 3-0 but Woolcombe was
badly hurt and Epsom had eight for a while.

Sturgeon got
two more in the second half to complete his HT. COPY
TAKEN.

16/1/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters play for the Gentlemen v The Players at Deepdale, Preston
N.E. FC in front of a large attendance and won 1-0. HT 1-0.

It was a sort
of South v North game in reality with The Players effectively representing
the Northern, professional half of the game.

With
profesionalism having been legalised, this was the first ever Gentlemen v
Players match. Both players are listed as Corinthians players.

20/1/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for Old Carthusians v Brentwood at the Oval and
there was a large assemblage! The Carthusians won a close

by a first
half goal to nil.

21/1/86 Heavy
snowstorm in the area which is now several inches deep.

23/1/86 Match
between Dorking and Epsom @ Dorking is probably not played as there was lots
of frost and snow.

23/1/86 This
game v Dorking definitely did not take place.

23/1/86 also
Surrey Mirror advises fixture at Epsom between Epsom College and King's
College Hospital.

25/1/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for the South v the North at the Oval on
30/1/86.

30/1/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for South v North at Oval and weather was poor but
still several thousand spectators braved the

elements said
the London Daily News. HT 0-0 but South won 3-0.

30/1/86
Reference to Epsom v Epsom Old Foresters, also confirmed by the Chelmsford
chronicle. There was also still lots of snow about,

so probably
not played anyway. They were probably connected to Forest School who were
played in a friendly earlier in the season.

6/2/86
Weybridge v Epsom. Was this played?

6/2/86 Dorking
3-0 Dorking Standard - West Surrey Championship QF?

6/2/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters were on opposing sides as Percy played for London against
Cambridge University at the Kennington Oval. A really

interesting
game says the York Herald. University won 2-1. HT 0-0 and the Walters both
played well, showing "superb form".

13/2/86 St
John's School v Epsom. Was this played?

20/2/86
Lancing Old Boys defeat Epsom 2-0 @ Surbiton. Webster scored after 15 minutes
for them despite Epsom being the better side. Just

after the goal
Worthington twisted his knee. 10 men. Still fairly even in the second half
before Webster got his second goal. Percy Walters

on several
occasions saved his side from the Lancing invasions, an Brooks also did well.
Of the forwards P.Pagden, Sweet and Woolcombe

were good
while A.Pagden did useful work in the second half. 2-2-6 formation used. COPY TAKEN.

24/2/86 Arthur
Walters is selected for Cambridge University v Oxford this day at the Oval.

27/2/86
Arthur Walters plays for Oxford & Cambridge v Sheffield at the Leys
School Ground. Mostly a Cambridge team. HT 1-1 but the Varsities ran away

with it in the
second half, winning 8-1!

27/2/86
Morning Post advises fixture Epsom College v Mitcham at Epsom.

27/2/86
Lyndhurst v Epsom @ Champion Hill. Was this played?

6/3/86 East
Sheen v Epsom. Was this played? It was scheduled to take place at Clare Lawn,
East Sheen's home ground that season.

6/3/86 Percy
Walters and Arthur Walters play for Corinthians v Notts County at the Oval
and attracted a large number of supporters despite the cold

and snowy
weather. Corinthians won 7-0. HT 3-0. Reference to the brothers Walters
"whose defence was splendid".

9/3/86 Shrove
Tuesday football is played in Ewell. Mr Woodruff provided the ball as he had
done "for many years". Some 200-300 took part

until dusk
with no injuries.

The game
kicked off in Ewell Village outside the King William IV Pub. Many came from
Epsom to play.

13/3/86 No
fixture for Epsom and lots of frost too.

13/3/86 Percy
Walters is named Captain of England for the match against Ireland and won 6-1
in the absence of the regular Captain Norman

Coles Bailey.
He was just 22 and it was only his third appearance.

The game was
played on the ground of the Ulster CC at Belfast on a fine afternoon and
Ireland took the lead. HT 2-1. Arthur didn't play in this match.

20/3/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for the Gentlemen v Players at the Oval. The
Gentlemen led at HT but lost 2-1. Approximately 8,000 were

present for
this Festival which also contained an earlier rugby match between London v
London Welsh and Scottish.

27/3/86
Scotland v England at Hampden Park in front of 11,000 people. England led at
HT but drew 1-1 as Scotland equalised ten minutes from

time. Percy
and Arthur Walters played in this match.

29/3/86 Percy
Walters plays for England v Wales at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham in
front of 5,000. England won 3-1.

The weather
was fine and after a slow start England got on top especially in the second
half.

17/4/86 Percy
Walters played for Corinthians as they met Queens Park for the third time
this season. The first had been a draw on New Year's Day

and the second
game a few days previously to this match at Nottingham that the Corinthians
won 2-1. This time despite having a weaker side

than in the
previous encounters Queens Park won 1-0 with a goal just before half time
from a corner that was "breasted in".

27/4/86 Hugh
Walters, still at Haileybury College is involved in the Public Schools
Raquets Challenge Cup in the Court of Prince's Club,

Hans Place,
Belgravia and from eight competing pairs (with J.D.Campbell) they are down to
the last four, scheduled for 28/4/86.

Further
progress does not appear to have been reported.

1886/87 season

17/9/86
Dorking FC general meeting advises that a number of new members have joined,
one of whom was Lionel (LK) Pagden, "late

Secretary to
the Epsom club".

9/10/86
reported that the Epsom club have folded, having been dissolved at the end of
last season.

Oct 86 Dorking
listed as playing at Pixham Lane and London Road. Were they the same ground
back then?

Preston House
School are based in Bookham.

Dorking
Standard play at Sondes Place Farm Ground, Dorking.

13/11/86
Percy and Arthur Walters were unable to play for London v Sheffield this day
as they were playing for Old Carthusians v Crusaders in the Cup

tie in Leyton.

27/11/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for Old Carthusians who lost 5-1 (HT 3-1) at West
Bromwich Albion on their old Stoney Lane Ground.

1/12/86 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for the Gentlemen v Players at a meeting held
at the Albion Hotel, Manchester.

13/12/86
Percy Walters played for the Corinthians at Blackburn Rovers as part of their
Tour, winning 3-2  after being 2-0 down
at HT. Monday game.

Dec 86 Percy
Walters selected to play for Surrey at Guildford v Sussex on Boxing Day.
Arthur Walters is not available. Injured? Walters is listed as
"Ewell"

again even
though there is no team.

18/12/86
Percy and Arthur Walters played for the Gentlemen v Players in Stoke. Heavy
snow in the morning didn't help with the attendance. Lost 3-2

after being
2-0 up at HT. Attendance was still 4,000.

30/12 reported
but actual date is not clear. Percy Walters played for Casuals who lost 6-3
at Long Eaton Rangers. HT 4-0.

Jan 87 No play
on 1/1, 8/1, 15/1 for poor weather.

Jan 87 Cottage
Hospital to be created in Epsom to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Jan 87
Wallington are playing at the Harcourt Road Field. The ground was probably
across the road from my old house, as it had a Malden Road end,

and was left
for development in 1907, yet an OS map from 1913 shows part of the ground on
my side and touching Malden Road to be undeveloped still.

Occasionally
they call themselves Harcourt, and it appears that they changed their name
next season.

1/1/87 Percy
Walters played for Corinthians v Queens Park at Hampden Park in front of
"one of the largest crowds that has ever been seen within

the confines
of the ground, the numbers being estimated at 15,000. Corinthians scored
after just five minutes, led 2-0 at HT and eventually won 3-1.

3/1/87 Percy
Walters played for Corinthians v Newcastle & District on the West End
Ground, Newcastle and there were a large company present

despite the
"raw, cold weather". HT 0-0 but Corinthians eventually won 5-0.

4/1/87 Percy
Walters selected for Corinthians v Middlesborough at Linthorpe Road on this
day.

12/1/87 Percy
and Arthur Walters were selected for the South to play v The North at the
Aston Lower grounds in Birmingham on 22/1/87. Selection

Meeting held
at "their offices in Holborn Viaduct".

22/1/87 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for the South but were defeated 4-2 by the North
(HT 2-2) at the former home of Aston Villa in front of 1,500.

Following this
match, the England squad for the match with Ireland on 5th February was
chosen but neither brother was selected for it.

9/2/87 Percy
Walters played for Corinthians v Cambridge University who had Arthur Walters
playing for the opposition. A moderate attendance at

the Oval. The
University scored early but Corinthians led 2-1 at HT and won by the same
score.

22/2/87 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for England v Wales at the Oval on 26/2/87.
They are listed as Old Carthusian players.

23/2/87
Cambridge v Oxford at The Oval and Arthur Walters played for Cambridge who
won. Walters is referred to as "the international back".

Cambridge won
3-1. HT 3-0 in front of 3,000.

26/2/87 Four
thousand were present at the Oval to witness England play Wales in fine
weather. KO just after 3pm. HT 1-0 and England won four-

nil with
Arthur and Percy Walters both playing this day. Morning post advises
"several thousand" and the home team won the toss and chose
the

Harleyford
Road goal to defend. The Standard advised 4,000.

2/3/87 Old
Carthusians hosted Preston North End in the FA Cup Sixth Round - Quarter
Final. 7,000 were present. The Carthusians chose the Western

goal to defend
and kicked off at 3.30. The brothers Walters played well and "were
repeatedly greeted with tremendous cheers". HT was 0-0 but a

late equaliser
for Preston forced extra time with the score at 1-1. This was a disadvantage
to the Carthusians and only the brothers Walters didn't

show signs of
fatigue although Percy gave away the free kick that was headed in for the
winner. Preston won 2-1.

8/3/87 Arthur
and Percy Walters are selected for England for the match with Scotland at
Blackburn on 19/3/87. Both are listed as playing for

Old
Carthusians which is the old boys of Charterhouse School side.

12/3/87 Arthur
and Percy Walters played for The Corinthians against Preston KO 3.55 at the
Oval as part of the regular festival, which was called a

Jubilee
Festival this year for Queen Victoria's fiftieth anniversary. HT was 1-0 to
Preston but game drawn 1-1. A rugby match between Middlesex

and
Lancashire preceded the football match as was the tradition. I say
"tradition" but it was only the second festival and they did it
like this last year.

19/3/87 Arthur
and Percy Walters play for England against Scotland played at Blackburn
Rovers who were playing at The Leamington Ground

back then.
12,000 were present. Snow cleared from the pitch earlier in the day but it
was very boggy. England wore white and Scotland wore

dark blue.
Game KO punctually at 3.30. It was 1-1 at HT and after an interval of
"three or four minutes" they started the second half. Scotland

went ahead
again but England equalised although Scotland got another to win 3-2.

19/3/87
reference to a football fixture in London Standard - Epsom College v Kent
Rovers at Epsom.

24/3/87 Arthur
and Percy Walters played for the Old Carthusians at Chatham in a match
against the Royal Engineers K.O. 3.20 Percy played in

goal this day
but the Engineers won 2-0 with both goals in the first half.

11/4/87 The
Surey FA Shield competition took place in Mr Tracy's Field, South Street,
Dorking on Easter Monday and was won by Reigate Priory, defeating

Epsom in the
Final says the Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser. Interesting, seeing as
Epsom were advised to have folded at the start of the season!

Deligtful
weather but a "sparcity of attendance". Neither Dorking team took
part, despite having entered. Guy's Hospital also failed to appear.

This wasa
five a side competition it appears. Reigate Priory beat East Sheen 4-1 and
Abinger & Holmbury beat Reigate West End 1-0. East Sheen beat Epsom

2-1. In the
SF Reigate Priory beat Abinger & Holmbury 7-1 while East Sheen went
straight through to the Final, or would have done if they had remained

at the
tournament. However, they went home so Epsom took their place and Reigate
Priory beat Epsom 4-1 in the Final!! Other sporting events held too.

11/4/87 Percy
Walters played for Corinthians against Preston North End at Deepdale in front
of 9,000 spectators. K.O. 2.30. Corinthians led after just

7 minutes but
Preston equalised very quickly "amid great enthusiasm" and four
minutes later Preston were ahead. It was three-one before half an

hour had been
played. HT 3-1 and no further scoring in the second half.

9/5/87 Hugh
Walters scores 2 runs playing cricket for one of two teams of freshers at
Oxford University. He scored 22 in the second innings.

12/5/87 Hugh
Walters scored 24 playing for "16 Freshers" v Oxford University at
The Parks.

1887/88 season

17/6/87 Percy
Walters received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Oxford.

11/8/87 Hugh
Walters scores 12 before being run out playing for London Bohemians who had
travelled to play Pickering in North Yorkshire.

The home side
won easily.

20/8/87 York
Herald reports on a game between Whitby and Visitors in the North Yorkshire
town. Hugh Walters opens the batting and scores 16.

The home side
won by 9 runs.

Oct 87
Ferncombe play at Wimbledon Rec.

Oct 87 West
Croydon at Dennett Road this season and would remain there until the late
90's.

Oct 87 a new
club Sutton Rovers are playing on Sutton Green. This appears to be the first
Sutton Association football team.

Oct 87 Guards
Depot are playing at Caterham Barracks this season.

1/10/87 Arthur
Walters plays in the opening match at the Spotted Dog Ground, new home of
Clapton FC.

26/10/87
London v Sussex at The Oval with Arthur Walters playing for London. KO 3.00
HT was 3-0 and Walters made the assists for the first two

goals. Sussex
got two back in the second half but a fourth goal for London completed the
scoring.

Nov 87 Guy
Fawkes Night is hardly observed this year. Almost looks as if it is dying
out.

9/11/87
Corinthians played Oxford University at Queens Club, West Kensington in
"wretched weather". Arthur Walters played for Corinthians and

actually
assisted the opening goal with a long kick to Challen. HT was 3-0 and the
game finished 4-2.

12/11/87
Arthur Walters played for London in a 2-2 draw with Sheffield and
Hallamshire. It was the first representative match for the newly named

organisation.
Game played at Bramall Lane in front of 6,000-7,000. K.O. 2.50. HT 2-1 to S
& H and London equalised five minutes from time.

19/11/87
Arthur Walters played for Corinthians v Blackburn Rovers at Leyton in from of
2,000, winning easily 6-1. Even Blackburn's goal was

in the last
minute.

23/11/87
reference to a fixture between St John's School and St Mary's Hospital @
Epsom on a Wednesday. (NR).

26/11/87 WH
Bagshaw the former Epsom and future Ewell player is in goal for Dorking v St
John's School in the First round of the Surrey

Cup @
Leatherhead. Future Ewell player Ted (JE) Perks plays for the School this
day.

Nov 87 East
Sheen are at Mortlake this season.

Nov 87 Chamois
FC play in Hackbridge at Mr Frost's Field. He had leather mills nearby.

Dec 87
Carshalton played Harcourt @ The Glebe, Carshalton. Where was this?

6/1/88 Arthur
Walters selected for the South v The North at the Oval on 14/1/88 but he
won't be available, because…..

7/1/88 Arthur
Walters is injured playing football at the Oval. It was a dislocation of the
small bone of the leg which was "successfully reduced"

at St Thomas'
Hospital. He will be out for a few weeks. He was playing for Old Carthusians
v Bootle in the fifth round of the F.A. Cup

and they won
2-0 with a goal in each half, ensuring they are the only Southern club left
in the last 8. The accident occurred ten minutes from time

when Arthur
twisted his knee requiring to be carried off. They would lose 4-2 to eventual
winners WBA in the Quarter Final with both brothers absent.

The Graphic
magazine lived up to its name by saying "slipped and dislocated the
small bone of his leg. At the hospital however, he kicked it in again

and is now on
the road to recovery. Ouch!

15/1/88 A
large hay stack belonging to future Ewell Committee member Frank Charman in
Gibraltar area catches fire. Damage was insured at

approximately
£60. It must have been very large.

19/1/88 Arthur
Walters is selected for London v Birmingham at the Oval on 4th February.
Surely he was still injured?

20/1/88 York
Herald says that Arthur Walters "is fast recovering from his recent
injury and expects to play against West Bromwich Albion in the next Cup
tie."

21/1/88 The
Graphic says that Arthur Walters plays in goal "with great success"
for Old Carthusians in the draw with Oxford University.

24/1/88 Arthur
Walters is selected for England v Wales at Crewe on 4th February.

28/1/88
Arthur Walters plays v West Bromwich Albion in the sixth round of the FA Cup
but was below form and were down to ten men shortly after the start

of the game
when Locker the other back, fractured his collar bone. West Bromwich Albion
won 4-2.

14/2/88 Shrove
Tuesday saw the traditional football game played in Cheam this year.

Mar 88
Harkaway refers to there being very few available weeks for football this
year as a result of frost from Dec 87 to Mar 88. "I doubt if there

is a single
club that has played half its fixtures this year."

Mar 88 West
Croydon playing at Dennett Road.

3/3/88 The
Graphic newspaper reports that "Mr P.M. Walters has returned to
England" and he and Arthur will play for London v Glasgow at the

Oval this day.
Didn't know he'd been abroad!

It transpired
that Percy has been "to the Cape", presume South Africa and this
was his first match back. He had lost a lot of his old ability said the

Birmingham
Daily Post but "his knowledge of the game saved him from failure".
Arthur was unable to play in this match and was substituted by

Mitchell of
Guy's Hospital. London won 3-1. HT 2-0.

10/3/88 This
year's Charity Festival at the Oval includes Preston North End v Corinthians
and Middlesex v Somersetshire (rugby).

10/3/88
Dorking 0-3 St John's School Leatherhead. Future Ewell player Ted (JE) Perks
played for the School.

12/3/88 Percy
Walters selected for England v Scotland at the Oval on 17/3/88.

17/3/88
Scotland v England at Hampden Park in front of 14,000 and the English looked
to have the best side they had ever sent over the border!

Lots of snow
in the week before but the ground was cleared on Friday evening and the
ground was "made all right". England led after 40 minutes

but it was 4-0
by HT! England won 5-0!

24/3/88 FAC
Final @ Oval Preston N.E. v WBA. West Bromwich won 2-1 in a close game in
front of "some 20,000 people."

27/3/88 Percy
Walters is selected for England v Ireland at Belfast on Saturday 7th April.

7/4/88 Percy
Walters plays for England v Ireland at Belfast. Ireland had never beaten
England and were not expecting to this time, as England had

beaten Wales
and Scotland who had both beaten Ireland. K.O. 4pm and England led after 10
minutes, extending their lead two minutes later.

Ireland pulled
a goal back but HT was 3-1 and England eventually won 5-1 despite poor
shooting on their behalf.

1888/89 season

15/9/88
reported by Harkaway that there is "nothing yet about an Epsom football
club. Are the old footballers in the racing town so lacking in

enthusiasm
that they cannot raise a football team of any sort. I hope not but if they
propose to do anything they will not have to waste any

more time or
it will be too late for this season."

Harkaway also
says that "an effort is being made to establish a football club in
Epsom" but despite his prompting, there is no progress.

Clearly he
means a second Epsom club, as there was one from 1884/86.

22/9/88
reference in Surrey Herald to Robert I'Anson, either a future Ewell
footballer, or more likely his father. Born in Waterford in 1850, he

was a very
very good cricketer in local circles and a picture was produced P5 22/9/88 if
required.

25/9/88 Epsom
Harriers AGM. Apparently this meeting was going to discuss a potential
formation of a football club in addition to the Athletics,

but it was
never raised and there will be no club in Epsom this year.

Oct 88
Carshalton FC form and will play in Carshalton Park. I thought they formed in
1898.

6/10/88 Future
Ewell player either J.L., or P.H. or R Lempriere is playing regularly for
Hackbridge based Chamois this season and gets a HT

this day in a
21-1 win over Marlboro Rovers.

23/10/88 Percy
Walters plays for his new club the London Caledonians at Queens Club, West
London v Cup Holders West Bromwich Albion who

just won 1-0.
Walters is available sporadically but was described by the Aberdeen Weekly
Journal of all papers as "one of the finest backs

in the
kingdom".

Oct 88
reference to the person in charge on the field being called the umpire this
season. Would soon change to referee.

Harcourt FC
are playing at Harcourt Road this season.

22/11/88 Percy
Walters is called to the bar this day. Like his father and brother he had
qualified in law.

19/12/88
reported that Percy Walters will be playing for the Corinthians v Gloucester
County in Bristol on Saturday 22nd December.

Dec 88
Corinthians New Year Tour will include both Arthur and Percy Walters and they
will play Newton Heath in Newton Heath, Manchester on

Dec 29, Durham
County @ Darlington on Dec 31, Queens Park in Glasgow on 1st January,
Newcastle & District in Newcastle on 2nd January, Celtic in

Glasgow on 3rd
January, St Bernards in Edinburgh on 4th January, Sunderland in Sunderland on
5th January and Preston North End in Preston on

7th January.
The squad of 21 is organised by N.L. "Pa" Jackson.

28/12/88 Hugh
Walters scores for Casuals in front of 1,000 who defeated Sheffield 4-2 at
Bramall Lane. Percy Walters also played. K.O. 2.40.

29/12/88 Hugh
Walters scores for Casuals again in their 4-1 win over Nottingham Forest in
Nottingham. It was their fourth match of the tour.

31/12/88
Arthur Walters plays for Corinthians v Durham County at Darlington in front
of "a capital gate" of between 4,500 - 5,000.

Reference to a
Mr T.M. Walters being the Corinthians umpire this day. Any connection? Ground
was frostbound and Durham scored after 5 minutes

and extended
their lead five minutes later. HT 3-0. Durham County won 4-0. Arthur played
as a half back today instead of his usual full back position.

1/1/89 Arthur
and Percy Walters both played at Hampden Park v Queens Park. K.O. 2.10.
"There was an enormous crowd present".

Corinthians
led 2-1 at HT but lost 3-2. Only a minute taken for HT break as they had
started late.

early Jan 89
but not clear exactly, Hugh Walters plays for Casuals at Trent Bridge against
Notts County who win 1-0 with a second half goal.

Jan 89
reported that Percy Walters had been touring with The Casuals who defeated
West Manchester, lost narrowly to Aston Villa and beat

Sheffield.
However, then he had to leave midway to join the Corinthians tour. He had
been Captain of the Casuals on this tour.

11/1/89
reported by Sheffield & Rotherham Independent that Percy and Arthur
Walters were selected for the South v The North at Sunderland on 19/3/89.

12/1/89
Arthur and Percy Walters both play for London v Oxford & Cambridge
Universities at the Oval. Should have been played on 13th December but

fog prevented
the game going ahead. HT was 0-0 but two goals for the Universities left
London chasing the game and although they got a goal back

it was not
enough and they lost 2-1.

19/1/89 This
was the tenth match in the sequence and 10,000 were present to see the North
v the South. Percy and Arthur Walters played, while also

called in to
play was their brother Hugh Walters (Casuals). Percy put in an assist for the
opening goal scored by Wreford-Brown but it was 1-1 soon

after. The
South led 2-1 at HT though and no goals were scored in the second half. Percy
captained the South team.

26/1/89 PM and
AM Walters played for the Corinthians against the Preston North End
Invincibles at Leyton in front of between 8,000-10,000.

Although the
Preston side won, both had a good game and interfered with the combination of
the Preston forwards.

It was their
first game this season in the neighbourhood of London with this game being at
the Essex County Cricket ground. "The brothers Walters

were in grand
form at the back, coming up the field rather too far to be safe, but playing
into one another's hands in a way which is peculiarly their

own" said
the Birmingham Daily Post. Preston were not the better side but won 1-0 after
a goalkeeping error allowed the ball to go over the line.

26/1/89 Hugh
Walters played for Oxford University as they defeated Berks & Bucks at
Marlow by three goals to one. He was listed as one of the two scorers

so is not
clear if he scored once or twice, but he was listed first, so maybe he got
two.

30/1/89 Hugh
Walters plays for Oxford University v Corinthians at the Oval. Corinthians
won 8-5. HT 4-1 to Corinthians.

Attendance was
limited due to the weather.

2/2/89 Picture
of Thomas (TT) Bucknill the future Epsom FC President in Wallington &
Carshalton Herald P5 if required.

Feb 89 EW
Martin lost his eldest son W.Martin. Any relation to CE Martin?

15/2/89 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for England v Wales on 23/2/89. Reported in
the Pall Mall Gazette!

16/2/89 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for Corinthians v Celtic at the Oval in wretched
weather which affected the attendance. This was the return

match as
Celtic had won 6-2  back in January
while Corinthians were on tour. This time Corinthians won 3-1. The brothers
Walters were "decidedly

superior"
to their opponents. Game refereed by M.P.Betts the famous scorer of the first
FA Cup Final goal in 1872.

23/2/89
England beat Wales 4-1 @ Stoke in front of 10,000. HT 1-1. AM and PM Walters
played for England and were listed as Old Carthusians.

London Daily
News says the attendance was 7,000 not 10,000.

Feb 89 Epsom
Golf Club formed.

2/3/89 Percy
and Arthur Walters both played for Casuals in the Final of the London Cup at
the Oval against Clapton who deservedly won 4-2 with

Casuals only
scoring twice near the end. The Pall Mall Gazette wrote "The match
afforded another illustration of the fact that two or three good men

are not of
themselves able to win. In this it was a case of Clapton against the Walters,
none of the other Casuals appearing to show even fourth class play."

9/3/89 SSC
Final Guy's Hospital 1-0 Barnes.

9/3/89
Corinthians beat the Preston North End "Invincibles" by two goals
to nil at the Kennington Oval in front of between 8,000-10,000 on a
springlike

day. The crowd
"lined the ropes at the Surrey headquarters". 1-0 after 5 minutes
and the second goal came after 15. Both Percy and Arthur

Walters played
in this match. Preston would win the League without losing a match and the
Cup without conceding a goal this season.

Lancaster
Gazette advises an attendance of 6,000.

16/3/89 Arthur
and Percy Walters selected for the match this day for Old Carthusians against
the South of England at the Oval as part of the

regular London
Charity Festival, following the traditional rugby match between London and
Blackheath.

It transpires
that Hugh Walters played in this match too and scored a goal for the South
against his brothers, but the Old Carthusians were

already three
up and won 3-1. HT 1-0. Hugh also had another disallowed for offside.

30/3/89
Preston NE 3-0 Wolves @Oval in FAC Final. Attendance was 20,000-30,000 and
was the same day as the Boat Race but both events could be seen.

York Herald
records the attendance at "over 28,000".

9/4/89 "H
Company" the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of East Surrey Regiment has
exercises (manoeuvres) on Epsom Downs. Led by

Captain Percy
M Walters.

1/4/89 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for England v Scotland at the Oval on
13/4/89. Pall Mall Gazette advises that only Wolverhampton

Wanderers and
thhe Old Carthusians supply more than one player for the team.

13/4/89
Scotland defeat England 3-2 at the Oval in front of 10,000 people on a dull,
cold day. Percy and Arthur Walters play for England this day.

England won
the toss and elected to defend the goal nearest the gasometer. KO 3.00
England were 2-0 up at HT. Percy was Captain.

Lloyds Weekly
News advises the attendance as 7,000. York Herald says 8,000.

13/4/89
reference to PH Lempriere, either a future Ewell player or related to one. He
plays for Chamois regularly and this day they won the Surrey Junior

Cup 4-3 over
the Royal Scots Guards.

13/4/89 Referee
assaulted and killed by a player in a match played in Leyland, Lancashire!

1889/90 season

10/6/89 Percy
Walters receives his Master of Arts degree.

Oct 89 West
Croydon are at Dennett Road still this year but they are now changing at the
Wellington in Sumner Road which was near the ground.

Oct 89 WH
Bagshaw the former Epsom player and future Ewell player at Dorking this year.

19/10/89
Arthur and Percy Walters played for London v Sussex at The Oval this day.
Projected K.O. 3pm. London play in white.

London won
5-1. Actual K.O. 3.20. HT 3-0.

30/10/89 Hugh
Walters scored a hat trick playing for Casuals in their 4-0 win at Highgate
School in Highgate, London. HT 2-0.

9/11/89 Arthur
and Percy Walters selected for London v Sheffield at Bramall Lane. This is
the oldest fixture of its kind, dating back to 1871 says the

Sheffield and
Rotherham Independent. It is the 32nd match in the sequence apparently, so
there must have been more than one game a year at some point..

9/11/89 Percy
and Arthur Walters both play as Sheffield defeat London by a second half goal
to nil. Hugh Walters also plays.

16/11/89 Percy
and Arthur Walters both play as Corinthians defeat Sheffield by four goals to
one at the Oval. HT 2-0.

18/11/89 Percy
and Arthur Walters both play for Corinthians as they defeat the Preston North
End side that were invincible last season, by five

goals to nil
at the Athletic Association Ground in Richmond. The London Daily News says
that The two Walters were on the winning side

yesterday and
would seem to have quite out-distanced all contemporary footballers in the
position of full back". KO 3pm and

Corinthians
defended the river end. Attendance between 7,000-9,000 according to the
Morning Post.

26/11/89
London Casuals play Everton at the Essex County Cricket Ground in Leyton and
a couple of thousand visited the ground to see Everton

play very
well. The only highlights for the London side were the keeping of Moon and
defending of Percy Walters as they were outclassed by

seven goals to
two. HT 3-0 and it was 6-0 before London scored two in quick succession.
Arthur Walters did not play.

30/11/89
Percy and Arthur Walters played for London v Oxford & Cambridge at Queens
Club in front of a moderate attendance owing to "a variety of

counter
attractions". HT 1-1 and FT was 2-2 "the brothers Walters greatly
distinguished themselves."

14/12/89
Casuals 1-1 Derby County. Played at Kennington Oval and Percy Walters played.
No line up provided in Sheffield & Rotherham

Independent.
HT 0-0.

28/12/89
Preston North End 2-1 Corinthians at Deepdale. Percy and Arthur Walters
played in front of 7,000 spectators. HT 2-0. "A splendid game".

4/1/90
reported but actual date unknown just yet Kirkcaldy & District v
Corinthians who were level at 3-3 at HT but won 5-3 in the end despite
an

early injury
that left them with ten men after ten minutes. Percy Walters played in this
game. 3,000 present.

4/1/90
Newcastle 1-7 Corinthians. Percy Walters played in front of 3,000 at the
ground of the West End club. HT unk.

6/1/90 Percy
Walters played for Corinthians who won 3-1 at Bramall Lane against Sheffield
United in front of 1,500 people. HT was 1-0 to Sheffield.

8/1/90 Percy
and Arthur Walters selected for the South v The North at the Oval on 13/1/90.

13/1/90 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for the South v the North at the Kennington Oval.
"The Southern defence was particularly strong".

South won 3-1
in this representative match with many professionals playing too. A large
number of spectators assembled. Percy and Arthur Walters

played and
Percy was Captain. HT 1-0 to the South who went on to win 3-1.

15/1/90 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for London v Glasgow at the Oval on 25/1/90.

Jan 90
reference to Harcourt FC, different to Wallington FC and playing at Harcourt
Road, Wallington. They did not last long though, and merged in 1891.

Jan 90
reference to a future player Gilbert H Pagden. Born 1875. Lots of other
Pagden's a few years back with the Epsom club.

18/1/90 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for Old Carthusians at Wolverhampton Wanderers in
the FA Cup. 10,000 witnessed the home side progress

by two goals
to nil. HT 1-0.

25/1/90 Percy
Walters (captain) and Arthur Walters played for London v Glasgow at the Oval.

Many players
from Third Lanark and Queens Park in the side on a very wet and windy day but
there were still "several thousand spectators".

HT 1-0 to
London and London went 2-0 up but the Scots fought back and the Walters
brothers "showed grand defence" until the last 15 minutes

when they
conceded three times to lose!. KO 3.15.

13/2/90 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for London v Birmigham and District in London
to be played soon after 1st March. Date not advised

by Birmingham
Daily Post.

19/2/90 Hugh
Walters plays and scores for Mr N.L. "Pa" Jackson's team v
Cambridge University at Queens Club. His team won 2-1 in cold weather

and in front
of "a small attendance".

21/2/90 Hugh
Walters is selected for Casuals v Aston Villa at Perry Barr on 24/2/90.

26/2/90 Arthur
and Percy Walters selected to play for England v Wales at Wrexham on 15/3/90.
Percy is Captain. Oddly England are also playing

Ireland in
Belfast on the same date and so a different England side was selected! Other
papers advise these matches are on 22nd March not 15th.

28/2/90 Hugh
Walters receives his degree as a Bachelor of Arts from Oriel College Oxford.

1/3/90 Morning
Post reports a fixture - Epsom College v Merchant Taylor's School at Epsom.

8/3/90 Arthur
Walters played for The Corinthians v Preston North End at Richmond. Many
regulars missing including Percy Walters and although

Arthur played
well, a goal early in the second half for Preston was the only goal. Percy
had been selected. 5,000 attended.

15/3/90 Percy
and Arthur Walters played for England v Wales at Wrexham Racecourse before
5,000 spectators. Wales scored before HT but England

scored three
in the second half.

19/3/90 Hugh
Walters scored a hat trick for the Casuals who defeated the Old Etonians 4-1
at Richmond. HT 2-1.

22/3/90
Corinthians hosted Queens Park, Glasgow at the Oval in front of fully 10,000.
KO 3.20 and Queens Park won 3-1.  Percy
Walters played

for the
Corinthians. Arthur Walters was absent but both had been selected. HT 1-0 to
Queens Park.

24/3/90
International Trial Match between Whites and Stripes on the Gregory Ground,
Nottingham befoe 3,000 spectators. Drawn 2-2. Percy and

Arthur
Walters both played for the Whites but Percy did not have a great game.
"Rather careless and made some bad kicks". Whites were 2-1 up at
HT.

29/3/90 FA
Cup Final at Oval Blackburn Rovers beat Sheffield United in front of approx
16-20,000. After this the England team v Scotland was picked.

Arthur and
Percy Walters selected for England v Scotland at Hampden Park on 5/4/90.

5/4/90 In
front of 30,000 spectators at Hampden Park, Scotland hosted England and both
Walters brothers played in this 1-1 draw. HT 1-1.

They didn't
know it at the time, but for both this would be their last International.

Apr 90
Reference to John Henry Bridges the future President of the soon to be formed
Ewell FC. He was Secretary and Treasurer of Ewell C.C.

Apr 90 There
is also reference to Ewell Boys C.C. being formed this year - " a
suitable piece of ground has been obtained" said Herald. John Bridges is
v-p

and coach.

Summer 90
playing for Ewell CC this year are future Ewell players PM Walters, JH
Bridges, JE Perks, AM Walters, TA Rawlinson and T Hards.

20/6/90 Ewell
CC open their new corrugated iron pavilion. The former one was wooden with a
thatched roof and burned down a few weeks previously.

1890/91 season
- This was Ewell's first season. Affiliated to SCPA in Nov 1890.

27/9/90
Harkaway in the Surrey Herald refers to entries for the Herald Cup and
indicates that "there is no club at Epsom", which indicates to

me that there
was one previously. There was. He also refers to Rev EW Northey who was
prepared to offer a field, but the offer has not been

accepted.

Herald Preview
for this season

Reference to
it becoming more and more difficult to get new grounds. No mention of Ewell
or Epsom.

1/10/90 SCFA
AGM @ Prince of Wales Hotel in Guildford. West Croydon affiliate and Harcourt
resign.

Oct 90
Harkaway refers to the Herald Cup again. "Epsom are still
unrepresented." 17 entries.

Oct 90 future
Epsom player Tom Hersey is elected captain of Leatherhead Rose. Had been
there since their 1886 formation. Local lad.

Also reference
to W.Ware at this point who gets confused with Tom Ware in 1892. See
comments.

11/10/90
reported that Harkaway says "I am pleased to learn that a football club
is to be established in Ewell. Mr John H Bridges, the Messrs

Walters and
other gentlemen having taken the matter up, Mr Bridges has accepted the
office of President, a guarantee in itself that the club

will not be
allowed to die for want of energy. Mr AM Walters will officiate as Honorary
Secretary and Mr PM Walters is one of the Committee.

With an old
'varsity player as President and two Internationals taking an important part
in the management, it ought not to be long before

the Ewell club
makes itself a power in the district."

Both AM and PM
were Old Carthusians. AM Walters played 9 times for England and played
against Scotland each year from

1885 to 1890.
In 1887-8-90 he was chosen to play against Wales, and he turned out against
Ireland in 1885."

"His
brother PM played with him in all the matches against Scotland and was chosen
thrice against Wales. He

partnered his
brother in the 1885 match against Ireland, and also turned out against the
Emerald Isle in 1886 and 88."

Other famous
names to play for Ewell were Barry (TB) Porter, who was Surrey captain in
1905/6 and 1906/7, and Alex (AF) White, who

held the same
position in 1903/4 and 1904/5. "The most famous clubs used to come to
Ewell and meet the

stalwarts
there. There has never been such football seen in the village since those
days"

Heading in
Surrey Herald "A FOOTBALL CLUB FOR EWELL"

"At a
meeting held at the Spring Hotel on Monday (6/10/90), Mr JH Bridges in the
Chair, it was resolved that a football club (under the rules of

the Football
Association) be forthwith established for Ewell and the neighbourhood. The
gentlemen present were enrolled as members of the

club, and Mr
JH Bridges was unanimously elected President. Mr Arthur M Walters accepted
the important office of Hon. Secretary, and a

small
Committee of management consisting of Messrs Percy M Walters, C.Wood and
F.Charman was appointed to help him in carrying out

the necessary
arrangements. A suitable ground has been obtained, adjoining the Ewell
Cricket ground (West Street), and it is to be hoped

that the first
practice game will be played today." COPY TO
REQUEST FROM SUTTON LIBRARY

No report
found of this practice yet, but the first match was……

18/10/90
Barnes Reserves 3-2 Ewell. Hugh Walters scored one and maybe got both. Both
he and Arthur Walters were most conspicuous. HT unk.

25/10/90 Percy
Walters played for the Old Carthusians who crushed the City Ramblers in the
FA Cup this day. Score unknown.

1/11/90 Ewell
3-1 Malden. A very fast game but with not much going on for a while although
Hugh Walters made several good shots which were

saved by
Stewart Walters, who was playing as a sub keeper for Malden. Malden took the
lead just before HT after a scrimmage and HT was

0-1, but going
downhill in the second half, Arthur Walters equalised, Hugh Walters got a
second, and Arthur Walters got a third right on time.

F.Webber was a
former Epsom player in the mid 80's, as were the three Walters brothers and
William Bagshaw.

Surrey
Advertiser says "the newly formed club showed what things they are
capable of."

COMET COPY
TAKEN

5/11/90 SCFA
meeting to discuss amongst other things the affiliation of Ewell FC. They are
affiliated this day according to SCFA minutes.

8/11/90 Hugh
Walters "performed well" for the Casuals who thrashed Sheffield 8-0
at the Oval. HT 6-0. Not clear how many he scored.

8/11/90 Ewell
lose at home to Carshalton Wanderers 5-0 in the Herald Cup 1st round at West
Street. Mr H Eve refereed and Ewell won the toss

going uphill
but found themselves 4-0 down at HT. Edwards got four for Carshalton
Wanderers who were in existence a year earlier, so were

more
experienced. Carshalton lost to Chamois Reserves in the next round. COPY TO REQUEST FROM SUTTON LIBRARY

12/11/90
Serious accident to Hugh Melmoth Walters while playing football at Wormwood
Scrubs. See 27/11/90 comments.

15/11/90 Old
Carthusians lose 2-0 to London Caledonians in the FA Cup @ Dulwich
understandably without the Walters brothers. HT 1-0.

15/11/90 A
pleasant game resulted in a 3-0 victory for Surbiton Hill Reserves over
Ewell. The home side won the toss and defended the

Berrylands
Lawn Tennis Club end of the ground. Ewell looked dangerous for a while but
"failed to avail themselves of the opportunity." Two

quick goals
were then scored before HT and it was 3-0 not long after HT, although a
fourth goal was surprisingly disallowed. Report referred

to goals being
put between the posts and not into the net. No goal nets back then. COMET COPY TAKEN

22/11/90 Ewell
are defeated 3-1 by Cobham Hawks. Surrey Advertiser says that the game was
played at Ewell C.C., but I think this is an error,

as they would
have used the pavilion, and almost certainly walked to the football ground at
the side of the Cricket Club. With limited fencing

in those days,
it seems likely that it looked like just another part of the cricket ground.
No HT or LU but Arthur Walters played well.

22/11/90
reported in Herald by Harkaway "I am pleased to hear that a football
club has, at last, been formed in Epsom. The YMCA are the

promoters but
membership is not at all restricted to members of that association. The Rev
EW Northey has lent the use of a field at Woodcote,

and having
practised several Saturdays, the members are now ready to take on engagements
with any of the local clubs which may feel

disposed to
give them a game. Mr WT Wooldridge, High Street, Epsom, is the Club
Secretary.

25/11/90 Frost
set in this day and would not release its grip properly until late January.

27/11/90
Death is reported of Hugh (HM) Walters, younger brother of AM and PM Walters.
He had taken a great interest in the recently formed

club. The
Herald refers to his untimely decease, and that it had originally been
reported that he was out of danger. He had suffered a kick to

the abdomen
quite accidentally while playing for Casuals v St Bart's Hospital at Wormwood
Scrubs on 12/11/90 and was only 22. He had been

educated at
Haileybury College, and then at Oriel College, Oxford and had played against
Cambridge in the spring of 1889. Cause of death

was acute
peritonitis, and he actually died on Wednesday 26/11/90 aged 21. However the
Daily News says he died on the morning of the 27th, so it

seems
possible that this was overnight. Dundee Courier also says the death was
early in the morning.

The death
was even reported widely across the country and as far afield as in the
Belfast Post, Cornwall Gazette, Bristol Mercury and Dundee Courier!

The Pall Mall
Gazette reports that he was an Oxford "blue" in 1889.

4 brothers and
6 sisters in the Walters family. Guy Melmoth Walters never played football
for Ewell.

29/11/90 As a
mark of respect, although it would have been p-p for snow anyway, the London
v Oxford and Cambridge match is indefinitely

p-p. Sutton
Advertiser says that "the lamentable affair is likely to terminate the
active association of the deceased's brothers with the game."

That would be
the case on the field for a while.

29/11/90 Snow
- No games

2/12/90 Burial
of Hugh Walters at Ewell Churchyard on a Tuesday. Reported as a most
promising player and was the youngest son of Mr WM

Walters. There
were many present at the funeral representing some of the best football
teams. He was buried in the churchyard, and this was

witnessed by
hundreds. His two brothers and four sisters were present says report, but I
have also traced a JS Walters playing in the early

years. Any
relation? Probably not, as he would have had the middle name Melmoth
otherwise. This was Stewart Walters.

WM Walters
lived half a mile from the churchyard at Purberry Shot, Ewell. NL
"Pa" Jackson (Corinthians and London FA)

was present as
was Ted (JE) Perks, a future Ewell player who was also playing for Casuals
the day that Walters received his injury. Business

in Ewell was
at a standstill as the former vice-captain of Casuals was laid to rest. His
grave is reported as being "but a few steps from the

church porch,
under the shadow of a scotch fir." There were 70 to 80 wreathes from
clubs like Casuals, Queens Park (Glasgow), St Barts,

Corinthians,
London FA, Cambridge University, Old Carthusians, Crusaders, Ewell FC, Oriel
College and Old Westminsters. GET COPY.

8/12/90 Percy
Walters is elected as a Vice-President of the FA in place of Melvyn Betts who
resigned. Betts was best known for scoring the

only goal of
the first FA Cup Final in 1872 under the name AH Chequer. (the name was a
reference to his background at Harrow School -

A Harrow
Chequer)

13/12/90
Leatherhead Rose v Ewell is postponed because of frost and ice.

13/12/90
reported that Guildford FC have passed a vote of condolence for the death of
Hugh Walters. Mr William Melmoth Walters writes to

thank the club.

13/12/90 Percy
Walters is elected Vice-President of the F.A. in place of M.P.Betts. Morton
Betts had scored the first ever FA Cup Final goal for

Wanderers
playing under an assumed name, A.H.Chequer in 1872.

20/12/90 Frost
and snow - no games. Football has been at a standstill for a fortnight and
could last that long again says Harkaway, but it

actually lasts
for 8 weeks and some games would be played on 24/1/91. It thawed briefly on
Monday 12/1 but froze again before 17/1!

27/12/90
Preston North End v Corinthians but Arthur and Percy Walters were not on the
tour following their brother's death.

27/12/90
fixture this day was Guildford v Ewell. Unlikely that this was played though
but no Surrey Advertiser the following week yet. Check!

17/1/91
Despite not playing, Percy Walters is listed as referee the FA Cup 1 tie
between Crusaders and Birmingham St George @ Leyton this day.

24/1/91 Ewell
play and defeat Epsom YMCA 1-0 at West Street, but not a proper game as Ewell
played with 8 and YMCA played with just 7! The

correspondent
said that the absentees were afraid of the rain! HT 1-0.

24/1/91
According to the correspondent who appears to have been a YMCA one, he
advises that seven previous attempts had been made to

play this
match but the weather had interfered. Game played at West Street, Ewell.

31/1/91 Ewell
v Leatherhead Rose is also postponed. No reason given. Was it played?
Unlikely, as Graham Mitchell's Leatherhead records

indicate a p/p.

7/2/91 Malden
defeated Ewell 3-1 at Malden. It was Malden's first match in 9 weeks, and
most clubs had a similar lay off. No real report

provided and
no HT. C.Wood the captain, scored Ewell's goal.

14/2/91 Epsom
YMCA had "a hot game with Leatherhead Rose" at Kingston Road in
glorious weather. They lost the toss and played against the wind. HT

was 0-0 but
they lost 0-1.

14/2/91 Future
Epsom player Tom Hersey is captain of Leatherhead Rose this day v Epsom YMCA.

Feb 91
Vampires play at Hyde Farm, Balham.

14/2/91
Urquhart the 93rd Highlanders Goalkeeper signs for Aston Villa. Would still
be playing for Guards Depot  in nearly
20 years time.

21/2/91 Ewell
meet Epsom YMCA again at West Street but are surprised 2-1. No LU or scorers
or HT.

21/2/91 The
Graphic Magazine in its Pastimes section writes the following: "The
death of Mr H.M. Walters may have indirectly very far reaching

effects. It
has caused his brothers to withdraw from the game and without them, amateurs
seem to be utterly outclassed by professionals. Deprived

of their
assistance the Old Carthusians have become quite a second rate team, and even
the Corinthians - the pick of all the Amateur clubs in the

Country -
have been greatly weakened, as was proved on Saturday by their second defeat
this season by Queens Park. In Association Fotball

professionalism
rules the roost and we shall not be surprised if next year no Amateur club
gets into the second stage of the Cup

competition.
Indeed Mr M.P.Betts has already formulated a proposition for the
establishment of an Amateur Cup."

28/2/91 Epsom
YMCA lose 3-0 to Carshalton with all goals in the first half. "Epsom
played a hard plucky game right through." Future Ewell player RS Dally

played for
Carshalton.

2/3/91 Preston
North End travel to the Richmond Athletic Association Ground to play
Corinthians. An occasional Ewell player T.Lindley plays

for
Corinthians this day, who led 1-0 at HT but lost 2-1 in front of 2,000.

7/3/91 Epsom
YMCA win 5-3 at home to Sutton Rovers. They were 0-2 down early but Edgar
Jeffery and Harper made it 2-2. Jeffery scored again before

HT which was
3-2. Rovers equalised but goals from Jeffery ("with a good shot")
and Newham (from a free kick) made it 5-3.

21/3/91 FA Cup
Final @ Oval Attendance 25-30,000. Blackburn Rovers beat Nottingham Forest.

28/3/91
Surbiton Hill were due to play Reigate Priory in SSC F this day, but Dorking
protested, and were reinstated, which meant that they had to replay

their QF with
Hawks, and then the semi with Surbiton Hill, who had already beaten Hawks. As
it turned out Surbiton Hill beat Dorking 6-2 this day anyway

and played
Reigate Priory on 4/4/91 instead.

Mar 91
reference to Barnes FC being formed in 1862.

28/3/91 Epsom
YMCA defeat Harcourt Reserves 3-1. A well deserved win which was goalless at
half time, but with the wind in the second half Newham

scored twice,
the second from a corner. Then it was 2-1 but Elizalde got the third. Ware
the Epsom captain also did well.

30/3/91 Pall
Mall Gazette carries a headline "Is football Dangerous" and lists
the casualty list for this season up to

this point.
Many players had died including Hugh Walters and the list was a very long one
detailing dozens of other injuries too.

4/4/91
Reigate Priory 3-1 Surbiton Hill HT 3-0 in SSC F @ Guildford. Not played at
the usual Guildford C.C. venue, but played on the Working Man's field

next door
which adjoins the usual pitch. K.O. 3.30. In second half Surbiton Hill player
broke his collar bone, yet with ten players they then scored.

Apr 91 Herald
refers to a nice break between the sports in April. Football is virtually
finished and it is not yet warm enough for cricket.

Surrey
Advertiser advises this was the worst winter since 1880/81.

25/4/91 Review
in Herald - "I am happy to be able to record that football has spread to
Epsom and Ewell."

Epsom YMCA are
listed as Pld 5 W3
L2 F10 A9. However I have Pld 7 W4 L3 F13
A11 and the Herald reported on six of them!

Captain Tom
Ware was the mainstay with help from CB Harper and Edgar (EE) Jeffery.

Ewell Pld 9 W3 L6 F12 A21. I
currently have eight results. W2 L6 F9 A20. A 3-1 win is missing.

It is in its
first season and cannot be said to have really got together. "However,
the ground is likely to turn out a good one for next season

and there is a
great deal of keenness shown about the game, which promises well."
Regulars this season are listed as: C.Russell,

F.Russell, JB
MacMahon, Ted (JE) Perks, TA Rawlinson, CN Dearman, HJ Martin, W.Bagshaw, and
C.Wood. They shape well and

should make
good players. Perks and Bagshaw are members of Casuals FC. AM and PM Walters
hope to play with the club sometimes next

season. This
indicates that they didn't play this season, possibly because of their
brothers death.

1891/92 season

Summer 91
Playing cricket for Ewell CC this summer were R.Mason, JE Perks, TA
Rawlinson, AM Walters, WL Harrowell, JH Bridges, H.Hards,

T.Hards, PM
Walters and W.Charman

Another Ewell
player WH Bagshaw played for Epsom C.C. along with a young Alf Green, uncle
of future Secretary of Epsom Town, Billy Green.

13/7/91 Percy
Walters played for the Bar v Army at Lords but scored a duck. They won by an
innings though so he didn't bat again.

July 91
Carshalton and Carshalton Wanderers merge into Carshalton Wanderers. A lot of
confusion over the next two seasons as both sides are referred

to by the
papers, yet I'm sure it was the same one. I think they were actually renamed
Carshalton after a brief while.

July 91
Reference to Chancellors Meadow, for ten years home to Sutton FC (football or
rugby?) It is to be built on shortly.

July 91
Surbiton Hill were founded in 1885 and this season move to Surbiton Rec in
Balaclava Road. It is still there now and is called Victoria Rec.

Aug 91
W.Charman completed his 300th inning for Ewell CC over a twenty year span.

16/9/91 Epsom
YMCA AGM with Mr J.Gow in the Chair. There was a small balance in hand and a
list of 18 matches arranged. Mr EW Northey was

elected
President with WT Wooldridge as Secretary and Tom Ware as captain.

Sept 91 AGM.
No date, but reference to Arthur Walters being listed as Secretary, and
"two light blues" are said to be joining.

26/9/91 Epsom
YMCA v Dorking Wanderers at Epsom. Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser says
Dorking took a weak team to Epsom although the game was "most

exciting and very stubbornly contested". Dorking led
but Epsom equalised just before HT although HT was 1-2. Both scored once in
the second half and Dorking won 3-2.

Tom Hersey
played well for YMCA while their back division also played well.

1/10/91 SCFA
AGM @ Prince of Wales Hotel, Guildford.

3/10/91 Herald
Preview - "Ten years ago this part of Surrey was all but a stranger to
football."

Epsom
YMCA  - practically their first season
says Herald despite a game for them in October 1890. They have lost Elizalde
and Mather, in

addition to Harris the vice captain through
illness and Edgar Jeffery will be away for a while too. There are no new
players yet but

JB MacMahon
will play when not with Ewell and Edgar Daniell will be available after
Christmas. Apparently both of these played on 26/9/91

v Dorking
Wanderers. Their fixtures are listed as Chamois Res, Harcourt, Carshalton,
Whitgift Middle School, Sutton, West Croydon, Ewell,

Anerley,
Leatherhead Rose and Dorking Wanderers (NR) - no score!

Ewell - A good
deal more will probably be heard before long about the club established last
year at the pretty village of Ewell, under the

Presidency of
JH Bridges. Games have been arranged with Sutton Association, New Malden,
Hersham, Barnes Reserves, Chamois,

Epsom YMCA,
Surbiton Reserves, Carshalton Wanderers and Leatherhead Rose. Most of last
years side is still available and "the ground has

been very
greatly improved and bids fair to be a first rate one before very long. It is
next to the cricket ground, which is pretty well known

for its good
wickets, and I hope that the football ground will be just as good soon."

It is also
stated in the Surrey Advertiser that the Walters brothers will not be playing
for Old Carthusians this year, and it looks like they hadn't

played since
the death of HM Walters last November.

Oct 91
reference to Lord Rosebery working to secure part of the Woodcote Place
Estate for a Recreation Ground. He has offered £1000 towards it.

3/10/91 Ewell
defeat Sutton Association 5-1 in their opening match of the season. Arthur
(AM) Walters got three but (NR) although there was

reference in
the Herald to rough play by a Sutton player. However the following week the
Sutton Secretary enclosed a letter from Club

Secretary
Arthur Walters advising that it was a very pleasant game and that he didn't
notice any rough or unfair play and was very

complimentary
about them.

Surrey
Advertiser reports that this was Arthur Walters first match of any sort since
the death of his brother last year. The Advertiser report is a

better one
than the Herald, and states that the scorers were H.Thornton (2), with two
each from AM and JS Walters so I will amend. However,

that gives the
result as 6-1 and includes that score in the club record list it produces. It
also ties up with the club

records for
the season, so it must have been 6-1. No HT.

10/10/91
Definitely no game this week for Ewell.

17/10/91 Epsom
YMCA drew at home to Chamois Reserves despite Chamois playing short. Score
unknown and (NR).

Oct 91 Thomas
(TT) Bucknill J.P. becomes Vice-President of the Surrey F.A.

17/10/91 Ewell
also drew this day 2-2 with New Malden. Scorers and HT unknown but C.Wood and
JS Walters did well for the visitors.

Report in
Surrey Comet advises that Malden won the toss and went with the wind, and the
game was even for a while, then 0-1 before Stewart

Walters
equalised before HT which was 1-1. Malden took the lead again but another
goal from Walters made it 2-2 soon after.

Arthur and
Percy Walters did not travel to play in this game.

Both Ewell and
Epsom YMCA enter the Herald Cup this year, and if they had won their first
round ties, they would have played each other.

Unfortunately
both would lose. 1st Round Mitcham Association v Epsom YMCA and Whitgift
Middle School v Ewell. Ewell would have been at

home to YMCA
had they both won. 21 entries in two divisions Sutton & District and
Clapham & District.

24/10/91 Ewell
drew 2-2 at home to Hersham. They had the best of the game and were
unfortunate to draw. "The famous" Arthur Walters

scored both
goals.

24/10/91 WT
Wooldridge played well but Harcourt scored early and led 3-0 at HT,
eventually beating Epsom YMCA 5-0, who kicked off uphill at Harcourt Rd.

31/10/91
Ewell's best performance of the season in a 4-2 win over Barnes Reserves.
"A capital game" said the Surrey Advertiser. Barnes went

a goal up
after ten minutes, but "JS and AM Walters equalised" from a good
centre by Russell. I will credit AM for now. Barnes went ahead

before HT
which was 1-2 but Stewart Walters equalised after 55 minutes, and JB MacMahon
and Arthur Walters made it 4-2. Final goal was

right at the
end of the match.

31/10/91 YMCA
were beaten 7-0 at Carshalton Wanderers, and travelled short so Percy Lane
played as a sub for them. Wooldridge and Skilton did well.

7/11/91 Epsom
YMCA lose 6-0 at Mitcham Association @ Figgs Marsh, Mitcham. YMCA played one
short. The referee didn't show either so the Epsom

YMCA linesman
R.Southey did the job. HT 3-0.

Nov 91
Vampires play in North Dulwich.

7/11/91 Ewell
are also knocked out of the Herald Cup 4-1 at Whitgift Middle School (NR).
Game played at Duppas Hill.

11/11/91 Worst
gale for 20 years in Epsom. Much damage.

14/11/91
Sutton Association gain revenge with a 4-1 win in the return match, also
played at Ewell who went uphill. Arthur Walters pass back

was missed by
the keeper for an o.g. before going 2-0 down. Hards pulled a goal back, but
it was 1-3 by HT and 1-4 by the end.

Surrey
Advertiser says that Ewell were a player short to start with, and were 3-0
down before they were up to full strength. Boorer got a HT

for Sutton
Assoc, but second half was more even. Scorer is listed in this report as
Parbury, so I will go with this report which carried a line up.

21/11/91
Epsom YMCA defeat Leatherhead Rose 1-0 who were one short until 20 minutes
from time. Leatherhead report in Surrey Advertiser describes the

Epsom pitch as
a quagmire, which was probably quite accurate.

21/11/91 Ewell
were due to play Chamois according to their records, but Chamois advertised
in the Herald, and there was no mention of a

game against
Ewell this day. It definitely wasn't played.

28/11/91
Definitely no game for Ewell this day either.

28/11/91
following two wins v Whitgift (2-1) and Leatherhead Rose (1-0), YMCA
travelled two short to play Sutton Association, and despite two subs
being

found in
Justice and A.Beaumont, they lost 4-0. Tom Hersey did well for Epsom YMCA.

5/12/91 Ewell
defeat Epsom YMCA 4-0 at West Street. Ewell went uphill in the first half,
but still led at HT through a Crawford goal, while

Parbury, East
and Stewart Walters scored in the second half. No Line up for either team.

Dec 91 Surrey
Herald reports on a split in the Epsom YMCA team of players who are members
and those who aren't. There was also reference to a match

between YMCA
and "The Town club." which was won by Epsom YMCA. When?

Dec 91
Vampires are playing at The Greyhound, Dulwich.

12/12/91 Ewell
beat Surbiton Hill Reserves 4-1 at West Street. Report in Surrey Advertiser
was partly destroyed, but HT was 0-0, before Ewell

came down the
hill in the second half. Percy Walters opened the scoring, and he was
followed by Crawford before the visitors pulled a goal

back. Crawford
then scored again, before Arthur Walters hustled both the ball and the keeper
into the net.

12/12/91 In
the meantime the first report of Ewell Reserves shows that they led 2-0 at
Sutton Association Reserves at HT but lost 3-2.

Dec 91
Reference to "The old Recreation Ground" in Epsom. Where is/was it?

19/12/91 Ewell
defeated Carshalton Wanderers 2-1. In order that the game could be played,
the kick off was scheduled for 2.30 and because

the earlier
train didn't stop at Ewell, Arthur Walters arranged for a brake to meet the
visitors at Epsom station. Both AM & PM Walters played

as did CE
Bagshaw an old blue and a member of Casuals FC. A perfect day for football
but frost had made the ground very hard. Ewell won the

toss and went
downhill but went behind. "This thoroughly aroused the local team"
and PM Walters equalised after a scrimmage on the goal

line before
half time. Percy Walters got another in the second half but the Carshalton
keeper played exceptionally. "Miraculous".

26/12/91 Epsom
YMCA v Anerley is p-p due to the weather.

At start of
Jan 92, Surrey Advertiser lists the Ewell club record at this point as Played
9 W5 D2 L2 F26 A17. Correct.

2/1/92 Hersham
1-3 Ewell. Ewell won the toss and played with a slight wind at their backs.
Arthur Walters scored twice in the first half, before

a keeper
fumble by Mason, who had an otherwise excellent game, made it 2-1 in the
second half, before Perks made it 3-1 with a good run

down the left.
Just before the end of the game, Walters was clean through with just the
keeper to beat, but the referee blew for full time!

Martin, Willis
and Mason were very good said Surrey Advertiser.

Jan 92
Carshalton FC are currently playing at Carshalton Park.

2/1/92
Reserves draw 2-2 with Sutton Association Res who only had 9 men and actually
led 1-0 at HT. A miskick o.g. equaliser levelled it up

but Sutton
scored again with five minutes remaining before Ewell equalised.

9/1/92
Definitely no game for Ewell this day. Surrey Ad club record remains
unaltered.

9/1/92 Epsom
YMCA are due to play Sutton Association but the game is probably postponed
for frost.

14/1/92 Death
of Duke of Clarence. Would have become Prince of Wales on Victoria's death,
but instead the title passed to our future George V.

Died of
influenza.

16/1/92
Carshalton Wanderers v Ewell is postponed - frost and snow. Other games were
also called off due to the Royal Death.

Jan 92
Reverend FW Pawson, an ex-International and captain of Surrey suggests that
Amateur clubs can no longer compete with professional

clubs, and
suggests an All Amateur Cup. This would start in Autumn of 1893 and run for
81 years.

23/1/92 Epsom
YMCA travelled to Leatherhead and required two reserves Longhurst and Porter.
In fact Longhurst was late joining, by which time the only

goal of the
game had been scored.

23/1/92 Ewell
lose 2-1 at home to Surbiton Hill. They sent their first eleven, but only had
three real first teamers down. It was however classed

as a Surbiton
Hill first team match on their record. Ewell had a strong side with Arthur
Walters at inside right, and Percy Walters in his usual

back position,
but also helping out the forwards! He even scored the first goal after 2
minutes, when he rushed it through, but Hill equalised

just before HT
and then going uphill in the second half, Ewell were unable to dominate and
conceded a second, winning goal. Arthur

Walters
hit  the post at 2-1.

The Surrey
Comet referred to three internationals playing for Ewell this day, AM, PM and
T.Lindley. Is this true?

30/1/92
Definitely no game for Ewell this day. Surrey Ad club record remains
unaltered.

Jan 92 Tom
Hersey and Tom Ware appear to be playing for Leatherhead in Herald Cup,
despite being Epsom players. Less restrictions in those days.

6/2/92 Arthur
Walters plays and scores six v Leatherhead Rose in a 7-1 friendly win this
day. Surrey Advertiser states that Ewell went downhill

first half and
led 4-1 at HT. Epsom player Tom Hersey played for Leatherhead Rose this day,
but no Ewell line up.

Tom Hersey was
a local Leatherhead player who worked at the Rose Coffee Tavern and was
involved in the formations of Leatherhead

Rose FC in
1886.

13/2/92 Ewell
defeat Preston House 2-0 at West Street who won the toss and went uphill. It
didn't prevent Arthur Walters from scoring early

from a good
cross by F.Russell, who had taken a good pass from his brother C.Russell. HT
1-0 and fairly even for a while before Percy Walters

also scored.
Sherrington in goal was replaced by (a presumably injured) FA Rawlinson for
the last few minutes.

13/2/92 Epsom
YMCA are due to play West Croydon but this game is scratched by West Croydon.
The papers carried an angry report advising that this

is the second
time that YMCA have been let down, but the letter was refuted by Epsom YMCA
Secretary WT Wooldridge the following week, who said that

West Croydon
did let them know and the earlier let down was against Anerley which was on
Boxing Day and conditions were unplayable before a sudden

thaw, by which time it was too late.

20/2/92 Epsom
YMCA v Ewell. Was this played? No! Frost and snow caused many p-p's this day
too, so maybe this was why.

27/2/92
Pictures of Rev EW Northey and P. Robertson Rodger, who will become the
leading lights behind the second Epsom club next

season. In Surrey Herald 5/3/92 P7.

5/3/92 No
Harkaway column in Herald for the first time in years due to local elections.

5/3/92 Ewell
defeat New Malden 13-0 at West Street. They arrived two players short but HF
Hards and DW Edwards played for them. Edwards

had a poor
game in goal, which was unsurprising as he had never played there before! He
would go on to become Ewell's regular keeper

throughout
1893/94/95!! Ewell went downhill after winning the toss and Wigram made it
1-0 from a Ted Perks run early in the game. Arthur

Walters scored
the second while Perks and Walters again making it 4-0 soon after. Arthur
Walters then scored four more "in quick succession"

and the HT
score was 8-0. The second half was more even but Winch, Macmahon, Perks and
two more from Walters completed the scoring.

Arthur Walters
scored 8 in the match which sets a West Street scoring record only ever to be
matched in 1893 by Alex White and in 1943 by

Stan Davies.
Surrey Advertiser reports that "the score was really down to the display
of the substitute goal keeper, who failed nearly every

time he was
called on."

9/3/92 Surrey
Advertiser says that both PM and AM Walters will be in the Ewell team
competing in the West Surrey tournament this day. The

Ewell side was
drawn in group 2 and had fixtures against Guy's B at 2.30, Preston House at
3.15 and Dorking B at 4.30 with the four group

winners
meeting in the semi final. However, both brothers were ill and Ewell actually
did not enter the tournament in the end. Actually Ewell

didn't play
another game this season, and it's not clear why.

12/3/92 Ewell
v Mitcham. Was this played? No!

12/3/92
Chamois Reserves v Epsom (probably Epsom YMCA) was scheduled this day but the
Herald Cup Final was due to be played that day on that

ground, so not
sure if it was played.

19/3/92
Chamois v Ewell. Was this played? No!

19/3/92 FA Cup
Final @ Oval. Attendance 32,000. Many turned away as WBA beat Aston Villa
3-0. No room left!

26/3/92 SSC F
@ Guildford Reigate Priory 3-1 Guy's Hospital.

26/3/92 Ewell
v Barnes Reserves. Was this played? No!

31/3/92 SCFA
Special General Meeting. TA Rawlinson attended on Ewell's behalf.

Apr 92
Reference to Tom Ware being "ill" on 12/3/92 and didn't play for
Epsom yet played for Leatherhead in the Herald Cup Final the same day.

1891/92
"William" Ware, an Epsom lad, plays for Leatherhead in the Herald
Cup Final. T.Hersey was also a regular for them this year and played in
the

semi but not
the final.

This is
according to Graham Mitchell's Leatherhead records, but there was no William
Ware. It was Tom (TE) Ware. The Leatherhead

Advertiser
may have called him William in an attempt to hide the fact that he played for
Epsom all season, although I can't see that he broke any rules.

Mar 92 East
Surrey Regiment, a good senior side played at the Kingston Barrack Ground.

2/4/92
Reserves are defeated 2-1 by Sutton Rovers Reserves, although three Ewell
players are referred to in the report and they were all first

team players.
HT was 0-0 but Edwards equalised before Sutton scored again. This may have
been the first team or a combination.

30/4/92 Percy
Walters played cricket for the Corinthians football team against the
Barbarians rugby team at Queens Club, Kensington. He got a duck

again!

30/4/92 Herald
Review - Ewell -

ground, and is
well supported both by players and non players." Good players this
season were HJ Martin, PM Walters, AM Walters,

JS Walters, JB
MacMahon, W.East and CE Bagshaw.

My record for
Ewell is: Pld 14 W9 D2 L3 F52 A21. All records tie up.

The Surrey
Advertiser produced a club record list each week so it was ideal to check
against!

Reference to
Carshalton Wanderers being beaten 2-1 when I had Carshalton listed. See my
earlier comments at start of season re: merger.

I believe that
next season they are known as just Carshalton again.

The Carshalton
Review in the Herald says they beat Epsom YMCA twice and lost to Ewell.

Review also
advises that Sutton Association defeated Epsom YMCA twice.

May 92 C.Wood
has left the country. He was part of the original Ewell formation.

May 92
Reference to Priest Hill Farm belonging to Mr W.Charman. This name has
connections with Ewell. Any relation?

1892/93 season

May 92 Players
playing for Ewell CC with Ewell FC connections: JE (Ted) Perks, AM Walters,
TA Rawlinson, T.Hards, WL Harrowell,

HF Hards, RW
Mason, PM Walters, JH Bridges.

And for Epsom
CC with Epsom football connections: RA Low, RO Crawford, AJ Green, and WL
Harrowell (again)(Ewell).

19/7/92 Arthur
Walters gets married to Miss Amy Constance Parbury, Werevale, Reigate Road,
Ewell @ St Mary's Church, Ewell. Percy Walters

was the best
man at the ceremony and the couple honeymooned in Scotland. Reference to JS
Walters being known as Stewart.

The Football
and Cricket clubs gave him an inscribed clock.

20/8/92
reported in Herald by Harkaway: "I am given to understand that a
football club worthy of the town will be established in Epsom in a

few days, and
be ready for operations when the season begins." "The YMCA club did
not succeed but it was too limited in its scope." Not

everyone
wanted to be a member of YMCA and it looks like this condition was made,
despite the opposite being advertised back in 1890. This

new venture is
largely run by the best of the old YMCA players and is to be a Town"
club. It looks clear from this that there was nothing in

Epsom before
1890 but Harkaway missed the original 1884/86 incarnation.

Sept 92
Harcourt FC change their name to Wallington FC,

7/9/92 Epsom
FC form.

Herald says
"A football club for Epsom."

"A
meeting, the object of which was to form a football club for Epsom, was held
at the Public Hall Buildings on Wednesday evening. Mr

P.Robertson
Rodger presided and the attendance numbered between 30 and 40."
"After some discussion, it was unanimously resolved to

form a
football club (association) and to ask the member for the Division, Mr TT
Bucknill QC to become its first President, with Rev EW Northey

and Mr AW
Aston as vice-presidents."

Mr WT
Wooldridge was Secretary of the Epsom YMCA and was asked to become Secretary
of the new club, but had to decline because of

business
commitments. Mr Tom Ware was then appointed Secretary with Mr Charles Coltart
as captain and Mr Rowland Owen as Treasurer.

A committee of
five (unnamed) was also elected.

Sept 92
reference to Sutton Association who were playing at St James Road but are now
at Manor Lane this season.

Sept 92 Former
player R.Wigram is now Secretary of the newly established Banstead FC.

17/9/92 Percy
Walters plays for The Casuals against Clapton at the Old Spotted Dog Ground
and beat them 5-1. HT 3-0.

1/10/92 Epsom
draw 3-3 at Wallington. A well fought match between two evenly matched teams.
Epsom took the lead with a soft shot but

the home side
equalised, although Epsom led 2-1 at HT and a sub, Burnand made it 3-1 early
in the second half. Wallington fought back and

made it 3-3
with the equaliser coming from the penalty spot for handball. Played at
Harcourt Road.

3/10/92 SCFA
AGM @ Prince of Wales Hotel, Guildford.

Oct 92
Reference in Surrey Mirror to some clubs having goal nets, but that Reigate
Priory don't yet have them. Almost certainly, Ewell

wouldn't have
them either, as they were only a junior side, but they were well off, so it
is not impossible.

Oct 92
Reference to Guildford F.C. playing at the cricket ground, but rumours that
it is shortly to be developed are confirmed, and they will move to

the new sports
ground at Woodbridge Road in the next year or two.

Oct 92
reference to future Epsom FC Treasurer Rowland Hill being a member of the
Referees Society.

8/10/92 Ewell
FC start their season against Epsom reports Harkaway in the Herald preview of
the season. Arthur Walters has left the club for a

year but hopes
to return, while Percy Walters is playing for Casuals while JS Walters has
given up football altogether. However, there are

good new
members in T.White, Alex (AF) White and his brother Felix (FW) White,
together with TF Hale. RO Crawford is now also available.

Alex White is
in fact Alexander F White and he was born in 1875 with his twin brother
Felix. Worryingly Felix does not appear in 1901 Census

despite
playing in early 1901.

Ewell are not
entering the Herald Cup this year.

Epsom enter
the Herald Cup - 16 entries. Drawn at home to Carshalton in first round.

8/10/92 Ewell
drew 1-1 at home to Epsom in a fast and interesting game. Epsom won the toss
and went uphill and the score was goalless at HT.

Edgar Jeffery
scored for Epsom at the start of the second half, and Ewell were the better
side from this point onwards, although shooting was

erratic before
JB MacMahon scored from a Parbury pass. Time was called soon after.

15/10/92 Epsom
lose 3-0 at home to Hackbridge based Chamois. McCutchan and Newham were
Epsom's best players and Ware did best in the

second half
when moved to back. By then the damage was done as the HT score was 3-0.

15/10/92 Ewell
led Preston House 1-0 after a F Russell goal but HT was 1-1 and Ewell fell to
pieces in the second half and lost 5-1 at West Street.

22/10/92
Malden v Ewell. Was this played? No, but it is possible that one of the two
undated matches I have was played. It could have been

Barnes Res
(2-1) or AT Hicks XI (2-0).

22/10/92 Epsom
defeated Banstead 8-0. From first to last this was a farce as Banstead only
brought 8 men according to Harkaway in the Surrey

Herald.
However the actual report says it was a ten a side match. Only five of the
eight scorers were listed, and I believe that these five

players shared
the eight goals between them. No HT.

Oct 92 A
request goes in to the Herald Cup committee to allow Tom Ware to play in the
Herald Cup for Epsom. Ware played for Leatherhead

in last years
event, and they won it, so were only allowed to field three of that side the
following year. Epsom argued that as he was now at

Epsom that he
wasn't going to be one of the three players that Leatherhead fielded. The
request was rejected, although it transpired later that

Leatherhead
only fielded two players anyway when they defended the Cup!

29/10/92 Ewell
lost 2-3 to Cobham Hawks at West Street. The visitors arrived very late so
only 30 minutes each way was played. Ewell went

uphill in the
first half but were behind after 5 minutes, although they equalised with a
"rush". Cobham scored again to lead 2-1 at HT before

Sladen made it
2-2, but Cobham scored a third as the game ended in rain and darkness.
Numerous spectators were loud in their applause

says Surrey
Advertiser. "A pleasant and fast game."

5/11/92 Epsom
defeated Wallington 2-1 at Woodcote. Epsom kicked off from the Union end but
were 1-0 down before Jeffery equalised. HT 1-1.

Epsom's winner
came soon after HT with a "rush". Harrowell did well in goal said
report.

It was a tight
match and the visitors did most of the pressing but returned defeated.

5/11/92 Ewell
defeated Sutton St Barnabas 1-0 in a pleasant game at West Street. Alex White
scored his first goal for the club (probably) with

a free kick in
front of goal in the second half.

12/11/92
Banstead visited Ewell this day but arrived late so only 30 minutes each way
were played. Mac Mahon scored after an even first part

of the game,
and it proved to be the only goal of the game. "An exceedingly pleasant
match." Bastard played well for Banstead, and it was

EV Bond's
debut for Ewell.

12/11/92 Epsom
journeyed to Dorking Wanderers and the game was played over 35 minutes each
way. Epsom had the hill in their favour in

the first
half, but lost to a late goal in semi darkness. The Wanderers played at the
Poultry Farm in Dorking.

19/11/92 Ewell
defeated Whitgift Middle School 4-0 at West Street with all four goals coming
in the first twenty minutes. It was more even in

the second
half. Scorers unknown.

26/11/92 Epsom
are defeated 4-1 by Carshalton in the Herald Cup first round. Epsom decided
to play Tom Ware anyway and Epsom played "as

if they didn't
care about the result." It was a 2.45 kick off but Epsom weren't ready
until just after 3pm. "The inmates of the workhouse which

overlooks the
field were also interested spectators." Carshalton brought their own
supporters too, and they were happy at HT as they led 3-0,

but Edwards
scored and Epsom were the better side for a while until Carshalton got their
fourth goal about 15 minutes later. Tom Ware was

Epsom's best
player and the Herald Cup Committee did not penalise Epsom for his
ineligibility as they lost the tie anyway.

Epsom's game
at home to Leatherhead was p-p for this Herald Cup tie. It was as unpleasant
an afternoon as it could be, said the report.

26/11/92 Ewell
v Crystal Palace Engineering School was not played, but it is possible that
one of two other undated results were played this

day. See
22/10/92 comments for the permutations.

3/12/92
Whitgift Middle School v Epsom. Was this played? Due to be at Wandle Park but
(NR).

3/12/92 Ewell
defeated Leatherhead 3-1 at West Street but only after the visitors opened
the scoring. They then had a second goal disallowed,

before Dearman
equalised, and he scored a second with F.Russell adding a third before HT.
There were no goals in the second half.

Dec 92
reference to rabbit coursing on the old Recreation Ground in Epsom. Where was
it?

10/12/92
Banstead hosted Epsom in a keenly contested game from start to finish.
Somehow despite the effort the game finished goalless. "A

really
splendid game." Future Ewell player RA Low plays for Epsom.

10/12/92 Ewell
lost 2-4 to Surbiton Hill Reserves at West Street. Both teams started with 9
and Surbiton scored "rather easily" right at the start

of the game,
and when they had 11 they extended that lead. Alex White replied for Ewell,
but it was 1-4 at HT. Dearman scored in the second

half of a fast
and pleasant game. It was actually a sort of first team that Surbiton
brought, but a weak one. I'll keep it as Reserves for now.

17/12/92
Arthur Walters plays for the Old Carthusians v Old Westminsters at the Oval
in a Charity Cup tie. Returning "after an absence of two years from
the

field, played
a grand game at the back for the winners. Carthusians won 6-1. Obviously he
had played a few times for Ewell during his absence.

17/12/92 Ewell
drew 2-2 with Barnes Reserves this day says Herald (NR).

17/12/92
Leatherhead defeat Epsom 3-0 and Tom Ware scores an own goal! Not according
to Surrey Advertiser, who lists three scorers.

HT was 0-2.
Future Ewell player DW Edwards plays for Epsom. Epsom linesman was WT
Wooldridge.

21/12/92 Epsom
defeat a scratch XI formed by AES Smith on "the Epsom ground" at
Woodcote. He would bring a stronger side in January.

24/12/92 Ewell
defeat a Carshalton side 8-0 in a one sided match. May have been Carshalton
Wanderers, but I think they were going under

the Carshalton
name by now. No HT or Scorers. Surrey Advertiser says Carshalton Wanderers.

26/12/92
Banstead v Ewell is scheduled for this day. Although I didn't actually see a
report for this game, the Herald review in 1893 refers to

Ewell beating
Banstead 4-2, so I assume that this was that match. I could be wrong though,
as it had been frosty from 22/12/92 to 31/12/92.

Dec 92
reference to Sutton Rovers playing at Sutton Green.

31/12/92 Frost
wipes out football in the south of the country including Ewell's visit to
Surbiton Hill Reserves.

31/12/92 Also
postponed this day was Ewell Reserves match with Epsom.

7/1/93 Kenley
(H) is p-p due to more frost.

7/1/93 Sutton
St Barnabas v Epsom is also called off.

14/1/93 Some
games are played this week. Ewell were home to Barnes Res and appear to have
won 2-1 from end of season summary. (NR).

21/1/93 Ewell
v AF Hicks XI. From first team end of season summary it appears that this
game was won 2-0 but (NR),

21/1/93 Epsom
lose 12-0 at home to a scratch side created by AES Smith @ Woodcote. It was a
very strong side with some Ewell players:

W.Northey,
F.Benetts, B.Hue-Williams, G.Hue-Williams, A.Perks, GR Woolcombe, JE Perks,
GH Pagden, AES Smith, C.Perks, G.Jones.

Epsom only
crossed the visitors goal line twice! Smith got 4, JE Perks (2), Pagden (2),
G.Hue-Williams (1), Jones (2), and A.Perks (1).

28/1/93 No
fixtures for Ewell or their Reserves.

4/2/93 Ewell
travelled to Woodcote to play Epsom after several weeks of enforced rest.
Ewell scored with a fluky shot from Russell, and

Crawford and
Dearman made it 3-0. AES Smith got one back before HT and H.Coltart made it
2-3. Crawford restored the two goal advantage

before Coltart
and Wykesmith rushed Epsom's third, before Crawford ended the scoring with
Ewell's fifth with "a splendid shot."

An
entertaining game "before a fair sprinkling of spectators."

11/2/93 Ewell
were due to host Preston House according to Herald fixtures but this game is
not played.

11/2/93 Epsom
were due to visit Chamois. They played in Hackbridge. Not sure if game went
ahead though.

18/2/93
reported that Ewell FC President JH Bridges is donating funds so that a
church can be built in West Ewell at his expense.

18/2/93 Ewell
were due to host Malden according to Herald fixtures but this game is not
played.

18/2/93 This
week Epsom play Chamois at Woodcote and lose 4-2, trailing 1-0 at HT.

25/2/93 Ewell
win 10-0 at Whitgift Middle school in a game played at Duppas Hill with a
3.30 k.o. Dearman scored very early in the game. Soon

after this TF
Hale twisted an ankle and had to go in goal, but he hardly had a thing to do
as Alex White scored six more before HT 7-0. He got

another early
in the second half before a twenty minute lull, after which White and Dearman
scored again. White scored eight in this match.

Kick off
originally advised in Sutton Advertiser as 3pm.

4/3 and inc
25/2 Ewell FC's record is advised as Pld 14 W9 D2 L3 F44 A20,

4/3/93 Ewell
defeat Sutton St Barnabas 6-1 at West Street but St Barnabas had two
passengers by the end.

11/3/93 This
week it was Epsom's turn to host Sutton St Barnabas who won 2-1 in
magnificent weather. The score flattered Epsom a bit, as

they were
never really in it.

11/3/93 Ewell
journeyed to Leatherhead and won 3-1 after a very pleasant game. Ewell won
the toss and decided to defend the railway goal,

which had a
strong wind in their favour. The first Ewell goal was wind assisted, and in
the second half, one of the Whites added to the tally.

RS Dally
scored an own goal for Leatherhead and they nearly equalised soon after, but
A.Perks scored a third for Ewell.

18/3/93 Ewell
v Mitcham. Clearly not played as it is not included in the end of season
records.

18/3/93 Epsom
were due to play at home to Dorking Wanderers but they scratched on the
Thursday evening, so Banstead came in at short

notice and
Epsom defeated them 4-0 in lovely weather. A fairly fast first half saw Epsom
lead 3-0. A fourth was scored soon after, and both

teams relaxed
after this. Banstead had two or three reserves because of the short notice,
while Epsom was better represented than the

previous week,
when they only had 4 first teamers available. HJ Martin the Ewell captain,
and JD McCutcheon played for Epsom this day, and

Ewell do not appear to have played. Dorking Wanderers may
have merged with Dorking FC at the end of the season as agreed in a meeting
on 17/04/93 at Messrs White's offices.

However, they
appear to have sorted their problems out and appear in their own right again
next season, as both teams have fixtures scheduled against Epsom again.

The two clubs
will eventually merge for 1894/95.

25/3/93 FA Cup
Final at Manchester Athletic Club, Fallowfield, Manchester. Wolves 1-0
Everton. Att 40,000.

1/4/93 Ewell
were (H) v Walton on Thames. Their record book states that they weren't
founded until 1896! This game was not played anyway.

8/4/93 Arthur
Walters plays for Corinthians at Bournemouth, winning 10-0.

8/4/93
Weybridge 3-2 Vampires in SSC Final @ Guildford. HT 1-1.

Apr 93 Future
Ewell player (briefly) ND Alston is made Secretary of Banstead FC. They play
at the Banstead (cricket) Recreation Ground.

1892/93 had
been Banstead's first season too.

15/4/93 Arthur
Walters plays for Old Carthusians in the London Charity Cup Final in front of
a large number of people at the Essex County Ground

in Leyton.
They were up against the holders Crusaders who went 2-0 up and led 2-1 at
half time, this being the final score.

29/4/93 Herald
Review says that weather was good except January.

Epsom's first
season was very satisfactory. Some matches were thrown away through
carelessness and they were sometimes unlucky. The

Committee had
trouble getting regular players but decided that it was better to fill up
with Second XI or school boys rather than playing short

and
disappointing their opponents. Most consistent this season was H.Barton. Tom
Ware his fellow back was disappointing. Charles Coltart

(captain)
"gave general satisfaction". McCutcheon (r-h) sometimes kicks
without thinking. Several players were tried at left half this year.

AES Smith
(o-r) is the prettiest player in the team. He is fairly fast and centres
well. Edgar Jeffery (future Ewell keeper) did well at inside-

right despite
being slow, he is a fair shot and performs best at outside left. H.Coltart
(c-f) was the hardest worker and was very efficient.

Others listed
were Edwards, Hay and Parsons. Epsom need a regular custodian. Finances are
healthy with "a slight balance to the right side".

Playing
record this season was Pld 15 W5 D3 L7 F31 A31 (AGM later advises F31 A30).

Ewell had a
highly satisfactory season as the first three matches were not encouraging,
losing two and drawing the other. However, they only

lost one more
match all season on 10/12/92 against Surbiton Hill. F & A White and
G.Dearman "are three really good forwards". F & A are

also new
members of the club says Herald. RS Dally is also new and "is a great
acquisition and is a very safe full back." W.East and

JB McMahon
played well throughout the season while TF Hale and JD McCutchan are both
very good at half and have greatly strengthened

the team, as
has RW Mason in goal.

Ewell First
XI - Pld 17 W12 D2 L3 F57 A24. Reserves Pld 4 W3 L1.

A full list of
first team results was provided in this review, and it tallies exactly. The
results are listed on the result sheet.

1893 Picture
of Ewell School with Alfred (AJ) Revell and Charles (brother) aged about 10.
Future Ewell and Epsom player. Picture at Bourne Hall Museum.

1893-94 Ewell
win Surrey Junior Cup Final 6-0 v Balham Wanderers

Summer 1893
playing cricket for Epsom CC are RO Crawford, Alf Green, AW Pagden, HJ
Russell, AC Parsons, H Willis, Edgar Jeffery, RA Low.

Summer 1893
playing cricket for Ewell CC were RW Mason, JS Walters (not related to AM
& PM), A.Perks, T.Hards, Arthur and Percy Walters.

July 93
Further reference to Ewell President John H Bridges who lived at Ewell Court.

July 93
Haystack on fire in Fairview Road "opposite the Half Mile Bush".

8/9/93 Walton
on Thames FC hold their AGM. A vice President was TT Bucknill Q.C. M.P. a
former Epsom President.

19/9/93 First
AGM of Epsom FC @ Epsom Public Hall on a Tuesday evening with F.Butler in the
Chair. Hon Secretary Tom (TE) Ware saw a

good
attendance. Record for season reported as Pld 15 W5 D3 L7 F31 A30 (not 31-31
as in Herald Review). The club hoped for increased

membership.
Receipts were £12 0s 6d and expenditure was £11 13s 1 1/2d leaving a balance
in hand of 7s 4 1/2d. Officers elected were

President: TT
Bucknill Q.C. M.P. Vice-Presidents Rev EW Northey J.P. and P Robertson
Rodger. Captain AE Smith v-c H.Barton. Committee:

F.Butler
Coltart, Newham, Woolridge, Joint Hon secretaries: E Jeffery (probably Edgar
not Evan) and H.Barton.

21/9/93 AGM of
SCFA at Anderton's Hotel with famous Surrey cricketer Walter (WW) Read in the
Chair. Ewell did not appear to attend.

SCFA join
Referees Association.

Herald
Previews

Banstead FC
are playing at the Banstead Recreation Ground where they also play cricket.

Epsom have
made more fixtures and will be stronger. Matches arranged with Dorking Town,
St Georges Hospital, Banstead, Sutton,

Leatherhead,
Sutton St Barnabas, Dorking Wanderers, Carshalton, Surbiton Hill Reserves,
Ewell, Wallington, Cobham Hawks and Minerva

Reserves.
Harkaway doesn't know who "Sutton" are, as no team by that name
currently exists. Woolridge has recovered from a bad knee and

will play
again. "Much difficulty has been experienced by the Committee in
obtaining a ground. The field they had last year is not at all

suitable for
football, being very damp. The executive are, however, in treaty for the
cricket field and have hopes they may obtain it, though

several
members of Epsom CC Committee are greatly against its being used for
football. It is however hoped that as the pitch will not be

used, their
objections may be overcome."

Ewell have a
slightly stronger fixture list including games with Preston House, AT Hicks
XI, Vampires, Surbiton Hill, Banstead, Leatherhead,

Carshalton,
Eversleigh, Barnes, Hersham, Kenley, Guards Depot, Epsom, and Mitcham Lino,
most of which will be played twice. It will be the

clubs first
matches with Vampires, Eversleigh, Kenley and Guards Depot says Herald,
although they were due to play Kenley last year but the

game was p-p
to frost in January 1894. Ewell Reserves will play Sutton St Barnabas
Reserves. The club has lost three men, C & F Russell,

(who were the
right wing) have been obliged to give up football and EV Bond has left the
neighbourhood, although he would return

in a few years. New members include AE Smith
(from Epsom, although still listed as Epsom captain for this year at AGM
19/9/94), who will

play on the
right wing. The club have entered the Surrey Junior Cup and hope that Arthur
Walters can play again in cup matches.

30/9/93 Epsom won 3-2 at Dorking, referred to in Herald as
Dorking Town. It was an even game which Epsom led 2-1 at HT and they required
a late winner after Dorking made

it 2-2. Smith and Low played well on the right wing. Game
was played on the Dorking cricket ground at Pixham Lane which was referred to
in the D&L Advertiser as Pixholme Lane.

30/9/93 Ewell
FC had a club game this day (NR).

7/10/93 Ewell
defeated Preston House this day 4-3. (NR).

Neither Ewell
or Epsom have entered the Herald Cup and neither will again.

14/10/93 Ewell
are supposed to play AT Hicks XI but this game does not appear to have been
played according to the season end review.

It is possible
that the Reserves may have played it but (NR).

Reference to
Wallington FC playing at Harcourt Road this season. The ground had previously
been used by Harcourt FC.

19/10/93 Epsom
FC affiliate to SCFA. Now 67 affiliated clubs.

21/10/93 Ewell
defeat Vampires Res 7-4 in a fast and pleasant game at West Street. Vampires
went downhill in first half but Ewell broke down

the left
through the Whites, and passed to G.Dearman who opened the scoring, with
S.Sladen making it 2-0 not long after. Vampires then

scored, but it
was 4-1 by HT and two more in quick succession at the start of the second
half made it 6-1 before Vampires reduced the deficit to

6-3. Perks
"again scored" before a long shot from the visitors concluded the
scoring. DW Edwards played in goal for the first time and did well.

Some scorers
were not advised in this report.

21/10/93 SJC 1
- Bye for Ewell.

Oct 93
Reference to the newly formed Kingston on Thames FC playing on the Fairfield,
Kingston.

28/10/93 Ewell
beat Surbiton Hill Res 4-1 although Ewell started with 9 men for the first
ten minutes!. Surbiton won the toss and started "from

the railway
goal." AF White opened the scoring from a McMahon pass, before the other
two players had turned up. Once they had, Ewell

dominated.
Felix White made it 2-0 but 2-1 at HT. JB McMahon's shot was helped in by a
keepers fumble and Dearman made it 4-1. The

backs were
excellent says report. Surbiton Hill included one or two first teamers said
Surrey Advertiser.

28/10/93
Surbiton Hill's first team were engaged in the first ever Amateur Cup losing
5-0 at home to Old Etonians in front of 1,000.

3/11/93 Miss
Gertrude Hamilton Walters got married to local athlete TA Rawlinson. She was
one of four daughters of William Melmoth Walters,

who was the
father of AM and PM Walters. Here sisters were Maude, Nora and Katherine (all
miss). Wedding at St Mary's Ewell.

4/11/93 An
easy win for Ewell 6-0 at Banstead. Scorers and HT unknown.

4/11/93 Epsom
defeated Leatherhead 3-0 with a punctual start at 3.30 at Woodcote. Edgar
Jeffery scored after two minutes with a long shot,

and this was
added to by goals from Woolridge and Coltart, all in the first half. "A
fast and enjoyable game". Jeffery Woolridge and Blomfield

played "a
dashing game."

11/11/93
Reigate Priory Reserves arrive one short but still hammer Epsom 8-1 at
Woodcote. Epsom have now affiliated to SCFA.

FJ Nightingale
and Tyson, both first team players usually got seven of the eight goals.

11/11/93 Ewell
won a very fast game at Leatherhead 3-1. Leatherhead won the toss and set out
from the railway goal but FW White scored in

the first
minute. Leatherhead equalised midway through the first half, but FW White
made it 2-1 directly after the restart. HT 2-1. Crawford

got the third
in bad light near the end, where it was almost impossible to see the ball.

18/11/93 was
an awful day for football. The high wind and rain and sleet was the worst he
could remember seeing football in. A small but

enthusiastic
body of spectators saw Sutton St Barnabas defeat Epsom 2-0. Epsom missed
Barton who was unavailable. It was a deserved

win with a
goal in each half.

18/11/93
Reference to Ewell entering their first cup since they entered the Herald
Cup. They enter

the Surrey
Junior Cup for the first time, and after a bye in the first round, they
travelled to Raynes Park where they defeated Burntwood

Athletic 7-1
"in weather which enabled both players and spectators to understand the
feeling of the people who were shut out of the ark!"

The hosts
started three short at 3.15 and Perks and one of the Whites made it 2-0.
White made it 3-0 after 15 minutes and White made it 4-0

but 4-1 at HT.
An unknown scorer made it 5-1 before McMahon scored a sixth. It now got dark
at 4.25 "and play slowed down a little" but

Ewell got a
seventh before the end. Scorers were not clear, and it is not clear which
White brothers scored which goals. REQUEST HERALD.

Surrey
Advertiser says that HJ Martin was captain, while Committee member F.Charman
was

the linesman
and the referee was Sergeant Evans Emanuels. Neither report covers the other
scorers.

They will now
host East Molesey or Kingston on Thames in the third round.

25/11/93
Ewell Reserves lost 1-0 to a late goal from Carshalton Reserves. Very even
second half, but Ewell had hit post and bar in the first half. Ewell

outside right
and inside left were very good.

25/11/93 Epsom
defeated Dorking Wanderers "by one goal and one disputed goal to
nil". Clearly not a straightforward match!.

The result was
2-0. Epsom scored their first right on HT, and a second was disputed but
allowed by the referee "to the surprise of the

Wanderers."
- Surrey Mirror.

25/11/93
Eversleigh arrived with only 9 so McMahon played for them and it was a ten a
side match. Eversleigh won the toss and headed

downhill.
McCutchan scored first with "a magnificent shot from the touchline"
in the first half, while a Felix (FW) White HT in the second half

made it 4-0.

2/12/93 Epsom
lost 0-1 to a late Carshalton goal after a tough and exciting struggle where
the keeper South got knocked out of the way. The

report said
that he was barged out of the way by the Reverend RW Hallward, but keeper
Frank South writes in the following week to advise

that he was
knocked by his own team mate Tom Ware! Harkaway in the Surrey Herald refers
to "Carshalton and Epsom are old friends."

This tells me
that there was probably an earlier Epsom side, as this current one was only
formed in 1892 and could not have been old rivals

with anyone.
Game only 30 minutes each way. Carshalton report in Sutton Advertiser just
says it was a grand goal, but also refers to an Epsom

goal being
disallowed earlier because no one else had touched it on the way in.

Dec 93 Ewell's
eventual SJC Final opponents make it into the third round without kicking a
ball!

2/12/93 Many
games were scratched after Friday nights heavy frost, but Ewell defeat Barnes
Reserves 5-0 at West Street. It could have been

increased had
there been any necessity to do so says report.  Ewell went uphill defending the lower goal
after winning the toss. The first

twenty minutes
was fairly even but Weedon scored from an AF White pass, and a carbon copy
goal was scored straight after. AF White got

the third with
help from the keeper who turned it in. HT 3-0. Then it got even more one
sided and Dearman and Perks both scored. Barnes

couldn't get
out of their half in the second half. Ewell's record now is Pld 8 W8 F40 A10
says Herald. Correct!

2/12/93
Reference to Arthur Walters leaving Salisbury and will now be likely to be
playing for the Old Carthusians again. I am assuming this was Salisbury

in Rhodesia,
now Zimbabwe. Percy had spent some time in Africa previously. Then again he
may have just ben in Wiltshire for a while!

9/12/93 Ewell
were due to play Hersham this week but they scratched.

Reserves lose 3-1 to Kingston Reserves probably at
Fairfield. Surrey Comet confirms the match was at Fairfield but finished 3-0
and it was suggested by Richard Coulthard,

Kingstonian
historian that the match was on 16/12/93. I think he is a week out as is the
case with other reports. Check!

9/12/93
Reserves led for a long while but drew 1-1 at Leatherhead Reserves. The right
winger scored for Epsom it appears after 15 minutes. HT 1-0.

9/12/93 Epsom
were at home to Surbiton Hill Res and Jeffery got the winner in the second
half. HT was 1-1. Surbiton Hill were a player short.

Weather was
fine but ground was heavy and sodden. Epsom scored an early goal with
Surbiton Hill equalising almost on half time.

12/12/93 Big
gale in Ewell. Trees brought down and walls damaged too with similar damage
in Epsom.

16/12/93 Ewell
were missing four players including A & F White for their trip to Kenley
and went 1-0 down just before HT with an offside goal

that the home
referee allowed. He had been selected from the supporters. Dearman equalised
in the second half, but they lost their first game

of the season
2-1.

16/12/93
Dorking Wanderers defeated Epsom 3-1 in a game played at The Poultry Farm,
Dorking! HT was 0-0 and Epsom took the lead, but

Wanderers
equalised quickly and scored two more, one near the end. Epsom almost
certainly got a second near the end with a shot that the

reporter said
crossed the line but referee was too far away to see for certain and so could
not allow it. Epsom played with ten men.

"We think
there is not the least doubt that Epsom made a second goal".

17/12/93
Death of Committee member Francis Charman's father also called Francis aged
74.

23/12/93 Ewell
travelled to Caterham to play the Guards Depot on a quagmire. K.O. 2.30.
S.Sladen opened the scoring and Ted (JE) Perks

made it 2-0.
HT was 2-1 but Perks again and two from Alex (AF) White made the score 5-1
before the Depot got their second. A sixth goal was

scored by an
unknown Perks and after the 6-2 win the visitors were most hospitably
entertained.

26/12/93 300
were present as Ewell played Epsom at West Street. "A most interesting
and exciting game" with "a large and enthusiastic

crowd of some
300" quite a few of the fair sex present which suppressed the rowdiness
that happens when local clubs meet.
Nice weather

and the pitch
was excellent. Ewell started a man short so Arthur Walters stood in goal
while Edwards made his way to the ground. After a

large part of
the first half, Sladen scored and AF White got a second before the break. He
scored again after HT and JE Perks scored the

fourth from a
pass from his brother A.Perks. It was all Ewell in the second half but
Coltart and his brother (C & H?) did well for Epsom.

"Ewell
have never played better together" said the report in glowing terms.

30/12/93
Carshalton 3-2 Epsom, who took a strong team over. They conceded early but
led at HT. Smith (forward) and Barton (back) played

well for
Epsom. An own goal and a goal from Northey were the scorers, and a good
chance was then missed at 2-1.

Apparently a
lot of the Epsom side were members of the Epsom Harriers. Certainly the
Coltart's were.

30/12/93 Ewell
were due to travel to Surbiton Hill Reserves but this game was not played,
presumably due to weather.

6/1/94
Fixtures are wiped out in the South of England due to frost and snow. Ewell
were due to play Guards Depot.

6/1/94
Fixtures are wiped out in the South of England due to frost and snow. Epsom
were due to host Dorking.

13/1/94 Epsom
again led at HT by 3-1 but Wallington came back to win 4-3. Epsom played the
first half with the wind and the hill at home.

Epsom scored
with a fine centre from Newham. Barton was playing well at back, as Epsom
went 2-0 up, then 2-1. As Wallington

fought back,
the winning goal was scored five minutes from time. Surrey Advertiser says HT
was 3-2 Surrey Mirror says the game was played

"in the
presence of a large gathering of spectators." They also say HT 3-2 but
report is tiny, so I will stay with Herald report.

13/1/94 Ewell
win easily 9-1 at Eversleigh. "If the Surrey Cup does not go to them I
shall be rather surprised" says Harkaway in Herald. Early

in the game,
D.Weedon fell and broke his collarbone. A sub was sportingly allowed, and
Ewell went 3-0 up. HT 3-1.

13/1/94 Surrey
Mirror tip East Molesey to defeat Ewell in Surrey Junior Cup this day see
24/2/94 comments..

Jan 94 Ewell
are looking for a game on 27/1/94 as Carshalton have to scratch. Secretary HJ
Martin is wanting a game this day.

20/1/94
Leatherhead are due to visit Ewell but scratch fixture this day. Ewell played
East Molesey in SJC anyway.

20/1/94
"Over 200" are present at Ewell as East Molesey are defeated 7-0 in
the SJC 3. Uphill and against the wind first half, but

Ewell still
scored after 30 minutes through AF White. In the second half, "Molesey
utterly collapsed." "Ewell scoring goals at a pace which

made recording
them difficult!" Other scorers are unknown. COPY
TAKEN

Surrey Comet
also refers to this side as Molesey & Hampton Court, and Hampton Court
& Molesey, also just Molesey! Phil Hampton was

the Ewell
linesman.

27/1/94
reported Surrey Mirror advise that Reigate Priory Reserves have also reached
the Semi-final and that "the most dangerous opponents

are Ewell who
have come on wonderfully during the past few weeks".

Jan 94 SJC SF
draw saw Ewell paired with Reigate Priory Reserves @ Dorking on 17/2/94.

At this stage,
Surrey Advertiser advises that Ewell are favourites for the Surrey Junior
Cup.

27/1/94
Carshalton scratched. See Jan 94 comments.

27/1/94
Reserves defeat Eversleigh Reserves 3-0. The visitors were very short but
filled up with subs at the ground.

27/1/94 Epsom
get a 1-1 draw at Leatherhead in an even match. Game was 35 minutes each way,
and Epsom trailed at HT. H.Barton had

another good
game, and seems to be the only player mentioned in all of the Epsom reports.

3/2/94 Ewell
have another blank week as they are due to play Chamois, a Hackbridge based
side, but they had a cup tie.

3/2/94 The
Reserves travel to the Poultry Farm where they are beaten 5-0 by Dorking
Wanderers. The D&L Advertiser said that Wood's goalkeeping was awful

and caused
the spectators to roar with laughter!

3/2/94 Epsom
lose 2-1 to Surbiton Hill Reserves at Surbiton Rec, Balaclava Road.

3/2/94  Epsom Reserves drew 1-1 at home to Sutton
St Barnabas, and G.Palmer scored early, but it was 1-1 after ten minutes.
Line up provided

including Alf Green in goal, the famous
Epsom C.C. player, and uncle of future Epsom Secretary Billy Green.

10/2/94 Epsom
were due to play at Wallington but they had a Herald Cup tie so this match
was p-p.

10/2/94 Ewell
lose narrowly 2-1 at Hyde Farm, Balham to Vampires Reserves, who were 2-0 up
at HT. Eventually AF White scored, but Ewell

could not
force the equaliser.

14/2/94
reported in London Standard that Lieutenant Percy Melmoth Walters, former
Captain of 2d Volunteer Battalion of the East Surrey

Regiment,
resigns his commission.

17/2/94 Epsom
defeat Cobham Hawks 4-3 in an even and interesting match. Edgar Jeffery and
E.Northey played well and were jointly

responsible
for the four goals scored. Looks like Jeffery was not in his usual goalkeeper
position.

17/2/94 Ewell
defeat Barnes Reserves 5-0 in continuous rain which led to the game being
only 30 minutes each way. 2 scorers in the first

half are not
listed. HT 3-0.

17/2/94 Old
Carthusians 4-1 Reading in Amateur Cup second Round. Did AM or PM Walters
play?

24/2/94 Epsom
get a 1-1 draw at West Ewell. Duplock, Whelan, Davie and Sayer all played
well for Epsom.

24/2/94 Surrey
Mirror changes tack from 13/1/94 and declares that "Ewell are I think
the best team that have entered for the Junior Cup in

many years"!!

24/2/94 Ewell
defeat Reigate Priory Reserves 4-2 in the SJC SF, despite playing largely
with ten men due to injury, and will play Balham

Wanderers who
beat Wallington 2-1. COPY TAKEN. Game played on the
cricket field at Dorking. Good weather with a slight breeze, while

the pitch was
very good following yesterday's thaw. "A fair following" travelled
from Ewell, but Reigate were virtually unsupported as their

first team had
a Surrey Senior Cup tie the same day. JE Perks was unable to play so Woodward
came in to play at outside left with Felix

White and Alex
White moving in a place. Priory started with ten for the first ten minutes,
but the eleventh man made little or no difference, and

Alex White
scored the first with a swift low shot. Soon after this, Woodward fell and
injured himself. 10 men. The game was more even after

this.
"After a short break for breathing time, Ewell started the ball
afresh"  and Felix White ran up
the wing and transferred to his brother who

scored again.
Priory fought back and scored, and for a while it was in the balance whether
they would equalise, but play went to the other

end where
Felix White scored "a brilliant goal by a long shot which sailed into
the right hand corner of the net." Dearman got the fourth soon

after,
following a bout of pretty passing, and an own goal by McCutchan saw the
final goal go to Reigate, but it was too late to be more than

a consolation.
Other semi was at West Croydon.

24/2/94 Surrey
Mirror  says "there is no denying
the fact that the Ewell team were a very powerful lot" but then says
that if Reigate Priory were

at full
strength they would have "pulled through the tie safely". The paper
is also cricical of the "disgraceful behaviour of the crowd towards
the

Reigate team
and the referee Mr JN Anderson of Wallington - and we would call the very
serious attention of the executive of the Ewell club to

the rowdyism
displayed by their partisans, particularly during the first half of the game,
one in particular, a well-dressed gang of roughs who

from the kick
off had eveidently constituted themselves referees, invaded the field of play
in a body because they disapproved of a decision,

concerning
which there was not the least doubt to a footballer but as usual the bad
manners displayed by these "yahoos" was only equalled by

their utter
ignorance of the lasws of the game. Being compelled to subside behind the
touchline again the contented themselves with threats of

personal
violence against the burly figure of the Reigate  goalkeeper." Also says Reigate played
with ten for the first 25 minutes. Not happy then!

Dorking & Leatherhead Advertiser says that
"judging from Ewell's loose play in front of goal last Saturday, they
certainly do not stand much chance of gainingg the Junior Cup".

3/3/94 Ewell
play in the Surrey Junior Cup Final this day v Balham Wanderers. Game is to
be played at Guildford which severely affects

the chances of
a big crowd says Harkaway in Surrey Herald. He "has not the slightest
hesitation in tipping Ewell to win it" and is spot on with

his prediction
as Ewell win by the biggest margin ever in a SJC Final, 6-0. FULL REPORT COPY TAKEN.

Ted Perks
opened the scoring and AF White made it 2-0 at HT. Downhill second half Ewell
ran away with it, with goals from

AF White,
Dearman, A.Perks and Ted Perks again. It was played in perfect weather
without wind and the pitch was in perfect condition.

Martin won the
toss and played up the incline with their backs to the sun. The first part of
the game was fairly even, but once Perks had got

the first goal
there was only going to be one winner. "The outburst of cheering from
the Ewell followers was well merited for the pretty bit of

play."
The second goal saw Ted Perks put in a hot shot which the keeper was only
able to throw out a few yards and F.White headed it back

on to the bar
with his brother finishing the rebound off. Balham started the second half
strongly, but it didn't last.

ONLOOKER in
Surrey Advertiser referred to some of the Ewell support as not very sporting.
"Yahoos".

Surrey Mirror
again says that "there is no doubt that the Ewell team is the smartest
eleven that has entered for the cup in some years".

My results
sheet has Perks with three goals and not Dearman. Check!

3/3/94 Game
this day was originally due to be at home to Banstead. A 3-1 win v Banstead
is still outstanding. Was it played this midweek?

Mar 94
Technical Institute is to be built near the Public Hall in the Depot Road
area. Future AGM's of Epsom would take place there.

10/3/94 The
return match with Kenley was eagerly awaited and Ewell avenged their earlier
defeat to Kenley by a score of 5-1. Woodard and

Hards came in
for JE Perks and Dearman and despite going uphill first half AF White scored
in the first few minutes and he got his second

not long
afterwards. A.Perks made it 3-0 with a rush. HT 3-0. A slow second half as a
result of the crosswind and it was fairly even until

Kenley scored
and this woke Epsom up. AF White completed his HT with a volley, and a Kenley
back scored the fifth with an own goal.

Ewell's record
is listed as Pld 19 W17 D0 L2 F91 A21.

10/3/94
Reserves were down to play Vampires reserves this day, despite them being of
the same standard as the Ewell first team. Was it played?

17/3/94 Ewell
were due to play Preston House this day but didn't have a game.

17/3/94
Reserves had no fixture.

17/3/94 Old
Carthusians beat Bishop Auckland 5-1 at Notts Forest in the Amateur Cup
Semi-Final. PM and AM Walters did not play, despite

being part of
the team.

17/3/94
Surrey Senior Cup Final @ Guildford Reigate Priory 1-1 Guy's Hospital after
extra time. 90 minutes score was also 1-1. Attendance 1,200 and a

replay is
required on 31/3/94.

24/3/94 Cobham
Hawks draw 2-2 with Epsom at Cobham in a good game. Epsom won the toss and
went with the wind but were a goal down

after 30
minutes. HT 0-1. Smith equalised, shortly after the restart, and equalised a
second time later in the match. Felix White played for

Epsom,
according to the line up "FW White", but Felix was playing for
Ewell this day, so maybe another FW White on the left wing. Strange!

24/3/94 Ewell
defeated Reading based side Old Kendricks 6-1 at West Street. G.Dearman
travelled from "Devonshire" to play. A good number

were present,
including Sir David and Lady Evans and many ladies. Ewell started with ten as
Dearman was running late, but as soon as he

got on the
field, he scored the first goal!. AF White added to the score after a spell
of even play, before AE Smith, playing as a sub for

Old Kendricks
made it 2-1. Felix White scored the third from a pass by AF White before HT.
Ted Perks got the next two and AF White

concluded the
scoring. Ewell were originally due to play at Hersham this day.

24/3/94
Reserves were due to play Kingston Reserves this day at West Street. The
Surrey Comet indicates that Kingston Reserves played and lost a

game 6-1 this
day, but I don't think it was against the Reserves who I think had a blank
day this day.

31/3/94 Ewell
were listed as playing Dorking Wanderers this day, but the game was not
played. The Surrey Advertiser had them playing an

away fixture
at Mitcham Linoleum, but (NR). In the meantime Wallington have arranged a
Charity match with Ewell for 14th April in aid of the

Croydon
Hospital.

31/3/94 The
Reserve game was not played either as Dorking Wanderers scratched their
friendly at Ewell.

31/3/94 Notts
County defeat Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in FA Cup Final @ Everton in front of
30,000.

March 94
reference to Chamois FC (pronounced Shammy) who play at Hackbridge and have
been a well known club for a while. They play at Mr EB Frost's

meadow in
Hackbridge this season. They may have been elsewhere prior to this season
though.

31/3/94
Reigate Priory 4-0 Guy's Hospital in SSC Final replay at Guildford after a
1-1 draw in the first match. HT 3-0.

7/4/94
Charity Football Match at Richmond Road, Kingston, followed by a rugby match.
Richmond Road was Kingston Rugby Club's ground at the time.

7/4/94 First
ever Amateur Cup Final Old Carthusians 2-1 Casuals. HT 1-0 up. Arthur Walters
played for Old Carthusians this day at the Richmond

Athletic
Ground (the scene of England v Scotland a year previously) in front of 4,000
people including the Duke and Duchess of Teck, and the

Duchess of
York. K.O. 3.30 with a boys game being played before it.

Oddly enough
Scotland are playing England this day at Celtic's Parkhead ground and this
was seen as the grander fixture.

11/4/94 Surrey
Junior Cup (and SSC) are presented at Frascati Restaurant, Oxford Street,
where tickets were 2s.

14/4/94
London Senior Cup Final between Old Carthusians and Old Foresters and the
"company mustered several thousand strong". Old Foresters led

1-0 at HT but
despite an equaliser, they scored a second time to win the cup. Arthur
Walters played for Old Carthusians.

14/4/94
reported in Surrey Mirror that Dorking are to merge with Dorking Wanderers.
Wouldn't happen today!

14/4/94 The
charity game at Wallington only raised £1 10s 2d, about a third of the usual
Wallington gate says a disgruntled Wallington

supporter, who
wasn't impressed with Ewell despite the report describing the match as fast
but disappointing. Game was drawn 0-0 and was

not played at
Harcourt Road, but was played at Elm Grove, Wallington. Was this just another
name for the ground, or somewhere different?

Walton FC
played at Elm Grove around this time. Were there two Elm Groves, or did the
reporter think that Ewell were playing Walton?

Herald Review
of season - Epsom Played 20 W7 D3 L10. There were five other fixtures on the list but they were
all scratched by opponents,

says the
review. I have 20 fixtures listed and 12 results W5
D2 L5 F21 A21

Herald Review
- Ewell - A highly successful season - Played 21
W18 D1 L2 F97 A22. A full list of results is
provided. I am missing one result,

a 3-1 win over
Banstead which would have been from 9/12/93 onwards and could have been
anytime before 10/3/94, probably at home.

Ewell were
very fortunate in having a very settled side this year. A & F White are
excellent while JE and A Perks "are almost as good on the

right."
G.Dearman did well but hesitates sometimes, while Edwards has performed his
work in goal in fine style. Ewell will enter the Surrey

Senior Cup
next year.

21/4/94 Percy
Walters is the Referee in the London Charity Cup Final at Leyton between Old
Westminsters and Casuals. KO 3.30.

30/4/94 Ewell
FC Dinner at Spring Hotel with President John H Bridges in the Chair. Over 30
members and supporters attended including

AM Walters, PM
Walters, TA Rawlinson, S.Botting, JW Webster, HJ Martin, AF White, FW White,
F.Stone, LV Straker, AE Jay, AC Williams,

DW Edwards, RW
Mason, F.Hampton, PA Hampton, CA Hampton, F.Banks, L.Thornton, F.Hall,
F.Charman, A.Killick, G.Hards, CE Bagshaw,

G.Dearman (3)
(??), AW Clibbon. "Success to the Ewell FC" was the toast which was
followed by an interesting and appropriate speech from

the President,
who advised that the club was not started without opposition, as it was felt
by some that it would bring together those who

might be
better employed elsewhere. "They were fortunate in getting a good
ground, and also in being able to have use of the cricket

pavilion. He
also said that he hoped he would never see the day when local players were
taken away and paid players took their place. He

also gave
reminisces of when he was the captain of the team that won the English (FA
Cup). Oxford University? Didn't play in any

FA Cup Finals,
according to FA records.

5/5/94 3rd
Annual Sports Day at Ewell CC in conjunction with the football club. A large
attendance with many dignitaries present.

Arthur Walters
was to the fore as many Ewell footballers were present. He won the dribbling
competition, the high jump and the 120 yards

hurdle
handicap!

May 94
Harkaway in Surrey Herald refers to a report this year advising that there
were 24 fatalities, 104 broken collar bones, nearly 100

broken legs
and 25 broken arms. He wonders whether this includes those watching, as some
suffered heart attacks!

31/8/35 It was
reported that the club have had a picture presented to them showing the Ewell
FC line up from 1893/94

that won the
Surrey Junior Cup. Presented by Mr Archer, the wheelwright in West Street.
This is

to be hung in
the new clubhouse that was built in 1935 at West Street.

The Walters
brothers play for Leatherhead this season. Leatherhead history book to check
- quite a large bit.

1894/95 season
Ewell Secretary: HJ Martin, Nonsuch, Ewell. Has been Secretary and maybe
captain from the inception of the club in 1890.

Actually this
was not quite true as the first Secretary was Arthur Walters, but Martin took
over it appears roughly around the start of 1891/92.

Summer 1894
playing for Ewell CC this season were RW Mason, PM Walters, AM Walters, JH
Bridges, TA Rawlinson, WL Harrowell,

GC Hampton,
A.Perks, JL Hampton.

Summer 1894
playing for Epsom CC this season were RO Crawford, Alf Green, CH Northey, RA
Low.

May 94 Surrey
cricketer Bobby Abel runs seven v Middx at Oval!

June 94 Ladas
wins the Derby. Horse owned by well known resident and Prime Minister Lord
Rosebery. Pub named after the horse in Epsom.

June 94
Banstead FC fold after just two years. Epsom FC wouldn't last much longer,
folding next summer after just three years.

12/7/94
Constance Maud Walters married Captain Theodore Wundt. Daughter of Mr WM
Walters, father of AM and PM the celebrated

International
players who also turned out occasionally for Ewell. WM Walters lived at
Purberry Shot, Ewell. Wedding at St Mary's, Ewell.

30/7/94 Church
of All Saints opened. Financed by John Bridges, Ewell FC President to deal
with the increasing population of West Ewell. He

lived at Ewell
Court, where he hosted a dinner afterwards..

30/8/94 Epsom
FC 2nd AGM at Public Hall on Thursday evening with Tom (TE) Ware in the
Chair. There was a fair attendance. The record

was advised as
Pld 20 W7 D3 L10 (no GD). Accounts showed a balance in hand of £1 14s 1 1/2d
which was good considering the club had just

purchased a
set of goal posts, flags and boards (whatever they were!). TT Bucknill was
re-elected President and Lord Rosebery and

P.Robertson
Rodger were vice-Presidents.

17/9/94 SCFA
AGM at York Hotel, Waterloo Road. Monday evening.

Ewell's Surrey
Senior Cup draw gives them an away game with Godalming due for 3/11/94. HJ
Martin, club Secretary is looking for fixtures

for Ewell's
reserve team. Reserves however do not enter the SJC.

22/9/94
Dorking defeat Epsom 5-0. Brief report in D&L Advertiser says the Dorking
forwards were weak, but clearly they still had too much for Epsom.

A fuller
report explains that the pitch was a poor one at Epsom but Epsom were behind
after just 3 minutes and it was 4-0 at HT.

22/9/94
Guildford's first game at new ground in Woodbridge Road sees a 2-2 draw with
Bognor this day.

29/9/94
Ewell's first match as a senior club was an anticlimax. They were due to play
West Croydon, but they only sent their reserve team, and

were duly
battered 10-0. HT was 6-0 despite Ewell going uphill. West Croydon played one
short in the second half after an injury but the

second half
was much slower anyway. West Croydon were "simply outclassed."

29/9/94
Wallington opened their season with a meeting with their old friends. Epsom
are said to have started their season this day too

despite the
mention of a loss at Dorking the week before. This was a well fought
game

from beginning
to end. Epsom went a goal up after 5 minutes and held the lead up to HT, but
going uphill, Wallington scored two in a short

spell early in
the second half. Epsom managed to level the scores, but Wallington scored
again to send the visitors home with a 3-2 defeat.

6/10/94 Herald
Preview - Epsom - one minute things looked dark and there was a chance that
the club wouldn't restart, but a meeting brought

new people in.
CH Northey is a popular captain and plays inside right, while his brother
E.Northey will play regularly. There is probably not a

faster man at
outside right in the district. A dashing centre forward is sadly needed. The
ground is at Woodcote by privilege of Rev EW Northey.

6/10/94 Herald
Preview - Ewell - Several new players have joined the club, most important of
which (says Harkaway) id GS Bird an Old

Harrovian, who
is an excellent half. CA Jacomb another half will be an acquisition, while
two good forwards have joined, JF Marshall, and

TB (Barry)
Porter. Porter would go on to become one of Ewell's most famous players.
Marshall comes from Diss in Norfolk, while Porter was

based in
Middlesex and was the son of a famous horse trainer said the papers. Ewell's
ground is in excellent condition "and

as spectators
greatly interfered with the play it has been decided to place a rope five
yards from the touchline for every match." They have

many tougher
opponents this season and have lost W.Woodward and E.Woodard, but it is hoped
that Arthur Walters will be able to play

in the cup
matches.

Thomas Barron
"Barry" Porter. Born in the first quarter of 1878 according to the
1881 census, so would have been only 16 at the time that

he joined
Ewell FC.

His father
John Porter was the most famous racehorse trainer in Victorian history,
winning 23 Classics, including 7 Derbys and 3 Triple Crowns.

He lived at
Kingsclere in Hampshire, and trained the Prince of Wales' (later Edward VII)
horses, winning £763,192 in prize money. He was

instrumental
in the formation of a racecourse at Newbury, and the John Porter Stakes are
held there every April in remembrance.

Oct 94 Sutton
St Barnabas are playing in a field in Robin Hood Lane this season.

Oct 94
reference in the Surrey Mirror to the formation of two sides, Redhill and
Oxted.

6/10/94
Ewell's first away game of the season saw a trip to Hyde Farm Norbury to play
Balham Wanderers, and won 4-3 in a competitive game,

not helped by
some suspicious home refereeing. Ewell contend that the final score was 4-2.
It was very wet

with long
grass and "a flabby ball." Ewell won the toss and went uphill and
Felix White scored first from a Perks pass after a scrimmage,

then a Porter
run and pass to Alex White who gave it to Dearman who made it 2-0 with a very
soft shot. After a bit of Balham pressure, the

ball went for
a goal kick, but without even an appeal from the Balham players, the referee
decided that the ball had gone in and allowed

the goal! Alex
White then had a goal disallowed before Balham equalised before HT. Balham
actually went ahead in the second half but

Porter
equalised and after Dearman missed 2 good chances, Felix White made it 4-3 to
Ewell. Harkaway in Surrey Herald says that more

clubs should
use referees from the Society. Also reference to clever tactics from HJ
Martin.

6/10/94
Reserves lose to a second half goal at home to Carshalton, who were the
better side and had most of the play.

13/10/94 The
first time that Barnes have sent their first team to play, having previously
sent their Reserves. It made no difference as Ewell

blitzed them
7-2 with the identical eleven that won the Surrey Junior Cup. An opportunity
was taken to have a team picture with the cup this

day and it may
have inspired them. They won the toss and went uphill as was usual and after
a scramble after about 20 minutes FW White

opened the
scoring. There were then plenty of chances each way but Barnes equalised
right on HT. 1-1. The scores remained level until 65

minutes when
AF White put Ewell ahead from a Ted Perks cross. AF White made it 3-1 from a
Dearman pass straight from the restart and then

Felix White
got his second to make the score 4-1 after god work. Barnes pulled a goal
back, but Ted Perks scored the fifth with a splendid

shot before
hitting the bar, with AF White hustling both the ball and the keeper into the
net for 6-2, while Ted Perks scored again at the end.

Three goals
were scored in the last five minutes. The papers remarked that the conduct of
the supporters showed a great improvement and

many ladies
including Lady Evans were present.

13/10/94 Epsom
hosted Sutton St Barnabas who lost the toss and were sent "to defend the
Union goal." HT saw Epsom 3-0 down and they lost

0-4 despite a
great performance by the keeper.

Oct 94
reference to Wallington FC being called "The Harcourt Roaders".

20/10/94 Ewell
travelled to Streatham Hill to play Eversleigh and won easily 9-1 as they
outplayed their opponents at every point of the game.

Ewell won the
toss and faced "the pavilion goal". Jacomb made it 1-0 from a well
placed corner. HT was unknown, but at HT McCutchan

had to leave
to catch a train so Dearman dropped back to centre half and they played with
four forwards. It made no difference!

Sutton
Advertiser advises that this game was in fact 9-0 not 9-1 which would tie in
with the club records much better. I will amend.

20/10/94 Epsom
lose 3-1 at Cobham Hawks. "A considerable number of spectators". HT
saw Epsom 2-1 down despite Northey scoring from a

Ware pass.

20/10/94 The
same day the Reserves won 5-0 against Eversleigh Reserves at West Street. A
good day for Ewell!

27/10/94 A
most unsatisfactory match against Surbiton Hill, who sent their Reserve side
instead and were duly dispatched 12-0. Arthur Walters

played this
day so as to make him eligible for Ewell's first Surrey Senior Cup tie the
following week. It was reported that Ewell could have

got another
half a dozen had they chosen to. The ground was in heavy condition and rain
fell throughout. JE (Ted) Perks scored the first and

according to
the Surrey Herald he got four more "shortly afterwards"!. Porter
made it 6-0 and AF White completed the first half scoring after

a pretty
dribble. HT 7-0. No interval was taken, and Ted Perks scored another with
Felix White getting the ninth, AF White

with the next
with a long shot, and Porter and Ted Perks again. "A splendid game"
wrote the Herald, but it wasn't much practice for Ewell.

Only 35
minutes each way.

Nov 94 Surrey
Mirror describes Arthur Walters as the founder of the Ewell club. A little
harsh on the other founders.

3/11/94 Ewell
travelled to Godalming for their first ever Surrey Senior Cup tie and the
hosts were expecting to win easily, which was a bit

over
confident, and Ewell made them pay for it with a 9-2 win at Godalming
Recreation Ground! COPY TAKEN.

Godalming won
the toss and decided to defend the pavilion end but were behind after just
three minutes and were never in it.

Surrey Mirror
said that "the brothers White were all that could be desired" and
of course praised Arthur Walters performance amongst others.

Ewell's record
now stands at Pld 6 W6 F51 A7. Correct.

3/11/94
Reserves lose 5-3 to Kingston Reserves at West Street in wretched weather.
Kingston players advised in the Surrey Comet to dress at the

pavilion on
the ground.

3/11/94 Epsom
defeated Surbiton Hill Reserves 2-0 in a match at Surbiton that was only 30
minutes each way. Captain Charles H Northey lost

the toss for
the first time this season, but it made no difference as Edgar Jeffery scored
once in each half.

7/11/94 Ewell
travelled to Leatherhead to meet St John's School on a Wednesday afternoon.
Ted Perks put them ahead after ten minutes

and AF White
followed it up with a second shortly afterwards. It was then fairly even
before the school pulled a goal back but Ted (JE) Perks

made it 3-1 at
HT. Unfortunately, McCutchan was a passenger in the second half through
injury, and St John's scored four times to win 5-3!

SSC draw pairs
Ewell at home to Guy's Hospital in QF on 26/1/95.

10/11/94 An
interesting game took place before a good number of spectators in pouring
rain. Leatherhead were strengthened by the inclusion

of Arthur and
Percy Walters (AM & PM) to give Ewell a good game. Porter played c-f as
JE Perks was away while Marshall played inside right.

Porter
actually didn't turn up until 20 minutes had elapsed. A.Perks opened the
scoring from a Hale cross. And Ewell led 1-0 at HT. The

second half
saw Leatherhead equalise despite Ewell pressure, but then McCutchan hit the
post, and Porter scored the winner, not long after

missing a
better chance! The winning goal five minutes from time was "a splendid
shot."

17/11/94
Reserves crash 7-1 at home to Clapham Rovers Reserves, although the Rovers
had no first team game and played many first teamers. Ewell

scored first
but couldn't hold on.

17/11/94 Ewell
had no game as West Croydon scratched. They originally wanted Ewell to send a
weak team, and when Ewell advised that

their team
would be weak anyway, they scratched on the Friday, giving Ewell no time to
rearrange. Very poor says Harkaway.

Nov 94
Reference to Barry Porter being the son of the celebrated trainer at
Kingsclere (horses).

24/11/94
Reserves took on Middle Mill on the Fairfield at Kingston and largely played
with 9 for most of the game due to the late arrival of Jacomb and

PC Embleton
was injured. No scorers or HT advised, but Ewell won game 2-1. Phil Hampton
was captain of the reserves."A well contested game."

24/11/94
Redhill FC's first match was a 2-2 draw with Dorking Reserves at "The
Wiggie" Where was this?

Ray Ward
advises me that Wiggie Lane is off Frenches Road and used to be the access
for Foxboro Yoxall, an American owned engineering/tool-making

company which
has long gone; now housing I believe. FY had football teams as did all large
companies and the pitch was with the factory. They played in the

Redhill &
District Saturday League. Wiggie is the area behind Redhill Station going
towards Merstham and includes the Bowls Club. I believe it was named

after Arthur
Trower’s mother whose name was Wiggie (nickname??); Trower was a big company;
seed merchants I think.

24/11/94 Ewell
defeat Vampires 3-0. It was a good game in fine weather at West Street and
witnessed by a fair number of spectators. 3-0

flattered
Vampires who only gave Edwards two saves in the match. JE Perks scored first
after the game had been in progress for a while,

with a shot
that went in off the post, and RS Dally scored the second before HT. A JE
Perks header from a Dally corner made it 3-0 as Ewell

went uphill.
Sutton Advertiser advises club record at this time of Pld 9 W8 L1 F59 A13.
Correct.

1/12/94
Reserves played at home to Central Croydon Res who only arrived at 4pm, so
only 15 minutes each way was played. Unsurprisingly finished 0-0.

1/12/94 Ewell
travelled to Dorking and won 4-0 despite the absence of three regulars. Ewell
only had ten for the first half which finished

goalless.
Harkaway remarks that Arthur (AM) Walters is playing more regularly these
days. The game was played on the cricket field @

Dorking with
Bagshaw, Porter and JE Perks all missing. AF White arrived just before HT,
and soon into the second half, he had a goal

disallowed for
offside, which the report said was a very suspicious decision. It didn't
matter as he scored soon after anyway. McCutchan got

the next two
and A.Perks made it 4-0. A fair number watched the game but were inclined to
be disorderly when the game was going

against them.
Reference to Alec and Felix White being twin brothers. K.O. just before 3pm.

Entrance to
this match cost 3d but it was worthwhile as some excellent play was seen
according to the D&L Advertiser. "A goodly number of
spectators".

1/12/94
Leatherhead 4-0 Epsom at Kingston Road. A foggy day with many games delayed.

Epsom were
poorly represented and required subs, but they held out until right on HT
when they conceded the first goal. It was 2-0 soon after

the restart.

1/12/94 The
two reserve teams also met at Woodcote with Epsom edging Leatherhead out 2-1.

8/12/94
Reserves lost 2-1 at Duppas Hill, Croydon to Carlton Rovers. They were 2-0
down after ten minutes and weren't able to pull it back.

8/12/94 Ewell
defeated Kingston on Thames 11-0 at West Street and their current record is
Pld 11 W10 L1 F74 A13 according to Herald. Correct.

Edwards only
had to handle the ball twice as Ewell dominated the game. Very one sided.
Ewell scored from five corners. Ted (JE) Perks

scored the
first after some missed chances, but Alex White and Ted Perks (2) made it 4-0
very rapidly, before Ted's brother A.Perks got the

fifth before
HT. JE Perks got another two then Porter, then AF White (2), and finally JE
Perks concluded the carnage, making his tally five.

Game was
abandoned a few minutes before time due to bad light. Kingston on Thames are
also Kingston FC and play at Fairfield this season.

The Surrey
Comet says it was 9-0 but their correspondent must have left early. "The
Kingston men were quite outclassed." Hardly crossed the

half way line.

Dec 94 A
pavilion has been opened at Weybridge's ground with 4 rows of seats. It is 60
feet long and 50 seats are put aside for season ticket

holders.
Others are on sale at 3d each.

8/12/94 Epsom
2-1 Sutton St Barnabas Reserves. The visitors arrived at 3.10, but no one at
Epsom had a ball! Kicked off at 3.40 and HT was

1-1. Northey
and the backs played well for Epsom.

12/12/94 Kent
1-1 Surrey @ Gravesend. No Ewell players played, but a large attendance.

15/12/94
Ewell's home match with the Casuals was scratched by the visitors as some of
their players were playing for the Corinthians against

Aston Villa @
Oval that day.

22/12/94 The
first meeting of Ewell and the famous Reigate Priory took place this day at
Reigate, and was won by Ewell 3-0 after a scoreless

first half.
Ewell took "two or three cartloads of their enthusiastic
supporters" while Ted Perks was out resting an injured limb. The referee
was

celebrated and
long serving Surrey cricketer Walter (WW) Read. Ewell lost the toss and went
downhill against the wind, and Arthur Walters

and his
brother Percy Walters had plenty to do in an even first 45. In the second
half R.Wigram crossed the ball into a dangerous place and

a defender
headed an own goal. AF White got the next two with good strikes, and Ewell
deservedly won through.

Surrey Mirror
advises that there was a good crowd but a terrific south west wind didn't
help. In the second half it was so easy for Ewell

that keeper
Edwards walked down the field to have "a better view of the
attack."

22/12/94 Old
Citizens, future tenants at West Street are this season at Denmark Hill, and
this week lost 3-4 at home to Eversleigh. They were the old

boys of the
City of London School.

26/12/94 Ewell
defeat Old Kendricks 10-0 at West Street. They travelled from Reading.
"There could not have been less than 500 spectators."

Ewell were 2-0
up at HT after going downhill, but despite A.Perks injuring his knee, (which
would keep him out for a while) and Ewell playing

with ten men,
they scored 8 goals in the second half. Wigram got HT, while AF White did the
same. J.Perks (2), A.Perks, and F White took

the score into
double figures. Record now reads Pld 13 W12 L1 F87 A13. Correct.

29/12/94 Ewell
win 5-0 at Kenley in a match spoilt by the wind. The first goal was scored by
"the Whites" but not sure which one actually

scored it.
Then Perks got a second and the third was from a rush. HT 3-0 and J.Perks got
two more in the second half to complete his HT.

Ewell scored
three of their five goals in the teeth of the wind said Surrey Advertiser.

Dec 94 Percy
Walters elected with most votes to the Ewell Parish Council.

Jan 95
Reference to PM Walters and Ewell President JH Bridges being members of the
Ewell Parish Council. Percy received the most votes of all.

5/1/95
reported that "Ewell added another to their list of victories on
Saturday when they had another walk over against Kenley. The side

shows no sign
of deterioration."

5/1/95 It
continued this day as Eversleigh were beaten 12-0 in a very one sided match.
Ewell are without doubt "one of the strongest sides

in the
county" and "will have no difficulty next season in arranging games
with the recognised leading clubs." Ewell's eighth goal

completed 100
for the season says Herald and so far Pld 15 W14 L1 F104 A13. Correct.
Scorers and HT unknown.

The Sutton
Advertiser added that the visitors could offer no resistance to the home team
"who won as they chose."

5/1/95 The
Blackburn Herald makes reference to Arthur and Percy Walters both playing for
Ewell and how well they are doing. Hardly surprising though.

5/1/95
Reserves did not play this day as Eversleigh Res played Tooting instead.

12/1/95 Frosty
and many p-p's this day including both Ewell (Surbiton Hill (A)) and Reserves
(Middle Mill (H)).

16/1/95 Surrey
v United Hospitals @ Reigate. No Ewell players selected or played. Attendance
scarcely 100.

19/1/95
Reserves were due to play away at Central Croydon Reserves, but only three or
four of the home team turned up, and no ground was available,

as the person
who had the pitch permit had gone to Wimbledon! No game. Game was meant to be
at Duppas Hill.

Jan 95 Opossum
found in Epsom. Had been killed by a passing train. Papers had no idea how it
got here from America!

Much of Jan
and Feb is wiped out by bad weather.

Jan 95
A.Perks, the younger of the two brothers will be out for the rest of the
season with his knee injury.

19/1/95
Dorking had got together a very strong team but they were simply outclassed
by Ewell, who were minus AM and PM Walters. Ewell

still won
11-0, with 9 goals in the second half while going downhill. 2-0 at HT but
when play recommenced, Dorking "fell to pieces." A

special
mention was given to the new inside right R.Wigram who has settled in nicely
and is "quite at home". He scored 5 this day.

Ewell have won
their last eight matches scoring 59 and conceding none!

Surrey Mirror
says Dorking were "absolutely outclassed". However, they advise
that the score was only 10-0!

19/1/95 AM and
PM Walters were playing for Old Carthusians this day in a London Senior Cup
tie v Old Foresters which was won 8-1 or 8-0.

in front of
3,000-4,000 at the Kennington Oval. HT was 4-1 said Advertiser report, which
then gave final score as 8-0! "Pa" Jackson was referee.

The Pall Mall
Gazette records the final score as 8-1 but makes no mention in a detailed
report of when the Old Foresters might have scored!

Percy Walters
actually scored the first goal for the Old Carthusians.

Old
Carthusians are now (A) to Clapton in second round at the Spotted Dog Ground.

Pall Mall
Gazette wrote that "the reappearance of the brothers P.M. and A.M.
Walters was probably as great an attraction at Kennington Oval on

Saturday as
the football"

26/1/95 Epsom
are due to play Carshalton at home this day. Whilst the game was probably p-p
due to frost, I don't yet know where the home

venue was.
Keep looking.

26/1/95 Home
SSC tie with Guy's Hospital is p-p due to frost. Rearranged for 9/2/95.

ONLOOKER in
Surrey Advertiser advises that Ewell are the only side in the County to have
scored over 100 goals this season. By this time, it

was 115!
"Few teams in Surrey have ever made such strides as Ewell."

26/1/95
Reserves were originally due to play at home to Epsom this day. May have been
moved to Woodcote as Ewell were at home in SSC.

Surrey comet
says that Ewell Reserves were due to travel to St George's Hospital,
Wimbledon, but (NR).

30/1/95 Berks
& Bucks v Surrey @ Windsor is p-p for frost. Now 20/3/95.

2/2/95
Leatherhead v Epsom (Surrey Adv says Epsom v Leatherhead) is p-p for frost.
The reserve fixture between the two is also p/p.

2/2/95 Old
Carthusians Amateur Cup tie this day at home to Swindon was p-p.

2/2/95 Ewell v
East Molesey is p-p due to frost and snow. A thaw is unlikely for 9/2 says
Harkaway.

6/2/95 Felix
White was selected for Surrey v Middlesex @ Weybridge, but game was p-p.

9/2/95
Harkaway is right. Game v Guy's is p-p again (rearranged for 23/2). Were
originally away to Leatherhead before cup tie took preference.

9/2/95
Reserves game this day at home to Leatherhead Reserves is also p-p.

16/2/95 Ewell
v Preston House is also p-p due to frost.

16/2/95
Kingston Res v Ewell Res is also p-p due to frost.

20/2/95
Oxfordshire v Surrey @ Thame is scratched by Surrey. Future games have them
at home to Army @ Guildford on 27/2, 6/3 v Kent @

Reigate, 13/3
v Sussex @ Guildford 20/3 v Berks & Bucks @ Windsor, 28/3 v Middx @
Brentford.

23/2/95 The
game against Guy's is finally ok to play, but due to a misunderstanding,
Guy's do not travel to Ewell and the game has to be

p-p again.
They scratched with only hours to spare, and it is possible that Ewell will
get expenses back for this. SCFA refuse them, deciding

that Guy's
reasons were fair. Ewell were originally due to play Barnes at home.

It turns out
that Ewell took the field, fully expecting to play, kicked off and actually
scored a goal in the presence of the match official, before

then formally
applying for the tie to be awarded!

23/2/95
Reserves are due to play Dorking but scratch. Ewell Reserves will do this
again later in the season.

27/2/95 Surrey
2-2 Army @ The New Sports Ground @ Guildford Attendance of "close
upon" 1,000 saw four Ewell players take the field. AF White,

his brother
Felix, Ted (JE) Perks and CE Bagshaw all played. Alex White got the second
goal as Surrey led 2-1 at HT.

The Ewell
players were recommended to Surrey by Percy Walters. All four made their
debut this day.

28/2/95 The
next day Felix and Alex White are selected for Surrey Reserves v Middx
Reserves at Brentford. They both played but (NR).

2/3/95 Ewell
were due to play at home to Preston House but p-p for SSC tie.

2/3/95 700-800
spectators are present at West Street as Ewell finally see off Guy's Hospital
in the SSC QF 6-2. It was an even first half, yet

Wigram scored
in the first minute and this was quickly followed by a Felix White goal and
an o.g. Guy's fought back to 3-2 but going downhill

in the second
half there was "a continuous bombardment of their citadel." Wigram
scored again, and JE Perks got the other two. COPY
TAKEN

Frank Charman
the former player was Ewell's linesman this day.

PM Walters did
well despite playing with a "very bad leg". Unfortunately this
would keep him out of the semi-final tie the following week.

Also Felix
White will miss the game as a result of contracting pneumonia, and will be
out for the season says Herald. His lungs just

inflamed after
the game. He is progressing well says Surrey Mirror.

Surrey Mirror
says "Good old Ewell! Win or lose this year, the summit of your fame has
not yet been reached."

It is reported
the following September at the SCFA meeting that this game raised £11 6s 0d.

6/3/95 Alex
White plays for Surrey @ Reigate in a 3-3 draw with Kent. A moderate number
of supporters were present. HT 1-3 down. Att 400.

6/3/95 Ewell
were due to play St John's School, Leatherhead according to Surrey Herald,
but Advertiser doesn't have the fixture listed, and

Alex White was
playing for Surrey, so was this game played? No.

9/3/95
Whitehorse Road, home of Croydon Rugby Club is the venue for the Surrey
Senior Cup Semi-Final tie. Alex White missed his twin

brother on the
left wing, as they had played together since they were about ten. DW Edwards
hadn't fully recovered from flu, and Barry Porter

made his first
appearance after illness. Ewell were 3-1 down to West Croydon by HT and lost
5-2. They had done all the pressing in the first

half, yet
according to the report Croydon (Brown) scored three goals on breakaways.
Ewell got it back to 3-2 through an o.g. and J.Perks,

but Wigram
missed an easy chance, and West Croydon took advantage. COPY TAKEN. Percy Walters also missing with a damaged ankle.

This game was
played at Whitehorse Road, as it was supposed to be a neutral venue!

Originally
Ewell were due to play at home to Leatherhead, although Surrey Times says it
was Vampires (A)..

SCFA Minutes
make no reference to the possible unfairness of the venue, as it was hardly
neutral.

It is reported
the following September at the SCFA meeting that this game raised £14 2s 6d.

9/3/95 Ewell
Reserves scratch their friendly at home to Dorking as they cannot raise a
team. Too many want to go and watch the first team SSC  tie at Croydon.

D&L
Advertiser refers to this being the second time this season they have
scratched.

9/3/95 Epsom
were due to play at Sutton St Barnabas but scratch the fixture. Harkaway in
Herald asks "what is the matter with Epsomians

that they are
doing so badly this season? Is it the executive that is at fault, or are the
youth of the town" more interested in other sports, like

running? It is clear at this point that Epsom FC are in trouble.

13/3/95 Surrey
6-2 Sussex @ Guildford. HT 3-0 but no Ewell players played.,

16/3/95 Ewell
played Kenley with a weaker team than usual and lost 4-2 despite being 2-1 up
at HT. Both Walters brothers were absent.

Scorers are
unknown but Edwards played at left half instead of his regular keeper
position.

16/3/95
Reserves win 2-0 at Kingston on Thames Reserves on the Fairfield, Kingston,

16/3/95 The
Walters brothers were playing in the second round of the Amateur Cup at home
to Tottenham Hotspur for Old Carthusians.

The London
Standard advises it was a London Charity Cup Semi-Final at Leyton and was
watched by 1200 and that Carthusians won 3-0! HT 0-0.

20/3/95 Berks
& Bucks v Surrey @ Windsor in front of several hundred. Surrey won 4-2
after being level at HT 1-1. No Ewell players played.

23/3/95 Ewell
were due to play at home to Balham Wanderers but (NR).

23/3/95
Reserves lost 7-0 at Surbiton Rangers. They only took 8 but
"excellent" subs were found. No HT or LU. "An uninteresting
game."

23/3/95 SSC
Final Attendance 2-3,000 saw Weybridge crush West Croydon 6-0 @ Guildford. HT
1-0. Biggest ever win in a final. The gate was the biggest ever

recorded in
Surrey and took a "gate" of over £40. It was a little larger that
last season's replayed final.

23/3/95 This
date was scheduled for a fixture between Dorking and Epsom at Dorking but
D&L Advertiser advises that Epsom scratched and that this was

the fourth week in a row where this had happened. Epsom
may already have folded in all but name by this point. The last fixture I can
trace was in December 1894 but the way it

was written in
the D&L Advertiser indicates that it might have been a fairly recent
scratch.

23/3/95 Old
Carthusians 5-0 Old Westminsters in London Senior Cup SF. Presume that the
Walters brothers were involved. Yes they were.

25/3/95
inclusive, Sutton Advertiser advises Ewell record as Pld 19 W16 L3 F126 A24.
My record shows F125 A24. Also probably means

that Ewell's
remaining two games were after this date, so Balham game probably not played.

26/3/95 Berks
and Bucks v Surrey at Windsor Recreation Ground. Surrey won 4-2. No Ewell
players played.

27/3/95
Arthur Walters was selected for Surrey v Middlesex @ Weybridge on 4/4/95 but
he didn't play in a 2-0 win. HT 2-0. No other Ewell players selected.

30/3/95 Ewell
were due to play at home to Old Cranleighans, while the Reserves were away to
Carshalton. (NR) for either.

30/3/95 Old
Carthusians 1-0 Crewe @ West Kensington in Amateur Cup 3 and will now play
South Bank in the semi final at Leeds on 13/4/95.

Both Percy and
Arthur Walters played in this match and the goal came after twenty minutes.
Crewe had a player sent off near the end.

6/4/95 Ewell v
Guards Depot. Was this played?

12/4/95 The
Surrey Mirror reports that Surrey played 8 matches this year, and lists that
Alex White played in twice, while CE Bagshaw,

Ted Perks and
Felix White played in the Army game only.

13/4/95 Ewell
were at home to Wallington according to Surrey Advertiser but (NR). Surrey
Herald originally said it was Wimbledon.

13/4/95 Old
Carthusians drew 1-1 with South Bank at Headingley and will replay at Derby
on 20/4/95 with the final put back a week to 27/4 also at

Headingley,
Leeds. Percy and Arthur Walters were selected for this match but I don't yet
know if they played.

15/4/95 On
Easter Monday Ewell were due to play at home to St Edmund's (Salisbury) but
(NR).

20/4/95 Old
Carthusians won 3-2 in Amateur Cup semi final replay, requiring two periods
of extra time to settle the match. Will now play

Middlesboro
Ironopolis on 27/4/95, losing 2-1. The London Senior Cup Final is the
following Tuesday 30/4 v Casuals @ Queens Club. (W 6-0).

20/4/95 First
FA Cup Final @ Crystal Palace. Aston Villa scored in first 30 seconds and won
1-0 v WBA. Attendance 42,000.

27/4/95
Arthur and Percy Walters play in the Final of the Amateur Cup at Headingley
against Middlesborough in front of "several thousand". HT was 0-0

and the
Carthusians went ahead early in the second half but the opponents were level
shortly afterwards who scored again to win 2-1.

Yorkshire
Herald advises 3,000 spectators and the Middlesborough win came in the final
minute of the game.

27/4/95 Herald
Review - Ewell Firsts Pld 21 W18 D0 L3 F132
A24   -   Second XI Pld 14 W6 D1 L7 F31 A32.

For the firsts
I have 19 results W16 L3 F125 A24. Two wins missing after 16/3/95 F7 A0. I
have five fixtures and only two of these were played.

For the
seconds I have 6 results and 7 other fixtures so far. Results are W3 D1 L2
F17 A10.

Sutton
Advertiser indicates that the two games were after 23/3/95.

Surrey Times
says that the two wins missing were on or before 6/4/95, as the record of Pld
19 W16 L3 F126 A24 was in that day's paper.

The last two
matches were won with a GD of either 6-0 or 7-0.

In one Surrey
match v Army Ewell had four of its players playing. Despite the good record,
only once did Ewell have a full strength side

available, and
that game was p-p v Old Carthusians on 23/1/95 for heavy snow. (A Wednesday!)

AF and FW
White are twins and they improve every season. Barry Porter joined in October
1894 and has been a "very great acquisition".

LV Straker and
HF Hards did well for the Reserves. Others who played were PC and AE
Embleton, Farley, and Appleton, although the latter

two weren't
regulars. They had many heavy wins this season 9-2 v Godalming in SSC, Barnes
7-2, Reigate Priory 3-0, Vampires 3-0,

West Croydon
10-0, Surbiton Hill 12-0, Eversleigh 9-0 and 12-0 Kingston 11-0, Dorking 11-0
and Old Kendricks 10-0.

4/5/95 Annual
cricket and football club's Athletics Meeting on the Cricket Ground at
Gibraltar Recreation Ground. AF White won the overall

event.

4/5/95
Harkaway was invited to Ewell's Annual Dinner at the Spring Hotel this
evening. He referred to President JH Bridges as an old varsity

player. Large
report of Annual Dinner. COPY TAKEN. JH Bridges was in the
chair with HJ Martin in the vice-Chair, and nearly 40 others were

present,
including AM & PM. Also reference to a Surrey match v Army, in which four
Ewell players represented the County.

The Chairman
raised fears about evils creeping into the Association game, and he was not a
fan of gambling or professionalism in sport,

as it led to
"referee baiting, ill feeling, unfair play etc". He also reminded
them that the opposite of the word "foul" was "fair" and
that there

were too many
fouls in the game. COPY TAKEN

May 95 PM
Walters raises the subject of a Recreation Ground for Ewell at the Parish
Council Meeting. Suggests hiring in the first instance to

see whether
there is sufficient interest.

June 95 JH
Bridges, AM + PM Walters, JE + A Perks, AF + FW White, JL + GC Hampton all
play this season for Ewell C.C. Bridges apparently

used to play
for Beddington in previous years.

1895/96
season Ewell Secretary: HJ Martin, Nonsuch, Ewell

24/8/95 AM
Walters scores 48 not out for Ewell v Leatherhead in a cricket match. John
Henry Bridges also plays.

4/9/95 AGM of
Epsom FC in Committee Room of Public Hall in Epsom with Mr W.Woolridge in the
Chair. Hon Secretary Tom (TE) Ware

advised a
balance in hand of £1 0s.10d. "Owing to the scarcity of playing members
and the absence of any new additions, no attempt was

made to elect
officers and the meeting was adjourned in order that the question of putting
more life into the club might be considered."

5/9/95 AGM of
Ewell FC at Spring Hotel with Alex (AF) White in the Chair. Income £38 18s.2d
and expenditure £37 7s.6d with balance in

hand of £1
10s.8d. Other subscriptions were due, which would take the balance in hand to
around £4 it was stated. COPY TAKEN.

The club was
very impressed with its playing record which was advised in Herald Review in
April. There were 34 honorary members, 34

playing
members, 9 working men members and 6 boys. It was stated that the club did
not want a big balance, so long as they could pay their

way. Officers
were elected: JH Bridges - President with Mr Tom Mercer senior
Vice-President. Captain will again be HJ Martin, with Felix

White as v-c.
Phil (PA) Hampton's resignation as Captain of the second XI was received with
regret, and Mr Straker was appointed in his place.

Last year's
Committee was re-elected: CE Bagshaw, F.Charman, RS Dally, G.Dearman,
C.Hampton, T.McCutchan, A.Perks, AM Walters,

PM Walters, AF
White, plus AE Embleton was newly added. HJ Martin was Secretary again and EB
Hampton as Treasurer in place of his

brother Phil
Hampton, who had held the two posts. Club to enter SSC and SJC. Phil Hampton
was apparently leaving the country.

18/9/95 SCFA
AGM 6.30 k.o. at York Hotel, Waterloo Bridge Road, London.

18/9/95 Epsom
were struck off the list of SCFA Affiliated clubs for non-payment of
subscriptions at SCFA meeting. HJ Martin and RS Dally

attended on
Ewell's behalf. Dally in fact appears to already be
a SCFA Committee member a year earlier that previously thought.

It is reported
that Ewell's QF and SF last season raised £11,6s,0d and £14,2s,6d
respectively. There were also expenses incurred. The roping of

the ground at
Ewell cost £1 2s 2d, presumably for the SSC QF but not confirmed. Ewell bill
posting (advertising) 10s. Ewell's share of the gates

totalled £1
19s 4d. Not much really!

Also at this
meeting Surrey Charity Shield is created by SCFA. Also Ewell draw a bye in
SSC 1, while Ewell Reserves are at home to

Farnham in SJC
1. Competition proposed by JP Asher.

Barry Porter
is selected for Surrey 2nds v Sussex 2nds. Date of match unknown but selected
at this September meeting. Before 16th Oct.

20/9/95
Columnist in the Surrey Mirror advises that "probably owing to its
proximity to Ewell and the conseequent call which the latter club

makes on many
Epsom players, football in Epsom is unfortunately not in a very flourishing
state and unless players rally together without delay,

there is a
danger of the club falling through. Racing and not football seems the Epsom
"forte"".

21/9/95
reported Harkaway asks "can anybody tell me what has become of the Epsom
Football Club?" "No one seems to know whether it is

still in the
land of the living." "Epsom ought not to be without a good football
club." "It seems impossible to keep a good team going."
This

indicates that
there may have been an earlier Epsom side than this one. There was -
1884-1886.

Sept 95 Surrey
Advertiser reports that the club is in danger of falling through, as some of
their players have been attracted to Ewell.

Sept 95
Weybridge play at Mr Dix's meadow,

Sept 95
Redhill start their second season at "The Wiggie". Will shortly
move to the Memorial Ground, at this time not known by that name.

28/9/95 Ewell
defeat Dorking 4-0 in a game shortened to 35 minutes each way due to the 83
degrees heat. Two goals each for Barry

Porter and JE
Perks. The ground was well shaded at Ewell but it was still hot. Edgar
Jeffery's debut. Barry Porter scored the first goal from a

scrimmage in
front of goal just before HT. In the second half going downhill Porter scored
with a long shot, before Perks headed in from a

Hale corner,
and he scored again soon after.

28/9/95
Ewell Reserves win 5-0 at Leatherhead. Although this season was Leatherhead's
first at Thorncroft Manor, the first match played there wasn't

until 23rd
Nov, so probably played at Kingston Road.

5/10/95 Herald
Preview - Ewell. Prospects are very bright as nearly all of last year's team
are available. All the top sides in Surrey will be met

including
Weybridge, Guildford, Charterhouse and Old Wilsonians. Several new players
have joined and S.Sladen has rejoined. A new

keeper Edgar
(EE) Jeffery, and his brother (?) Evan Jeffery, have joined. Both came from
the Epsom club. It is doubtful if AM and PM Walters

can play this
season, while HF Hards, a regular reserve player has left the district. Other
promising new players are HM Collison, TA Straker,

ER Skilton
(Shilton?). Balham Wanderers are playing at Wavertree Road, Streatham Hill.
Carshalton Hill are at Langley Park Road,

Eversleigh are
again at Upper Tooting C.C. St John's School are playing at their School
ground in Leatherhead and Sutton Guild Rovers are

playing at
Manor Lane with changing rooms at the Drill Hall, Lenham Road.

Herald Preview
states that Epsom are still alive, but unlikely to restart. "Poor
Epsom."

Sept 95 Herald
reports that "a writer on rough play in one of the football editions
says that "The Walters brothers were magnificent players

both of them,
but a rougher pair of backs never stepped in the field"".

5/10/95 Ewell
lost 7-5 @ Wanstead against the Idlers. They were 2-1 up at HT despite
horrible weather throughout. 0-1 down after a few

minutes but
goals from Felix White and Sladen in the first half made it 2-1 and Sladen
was unlucky to have another disallowed. Going uphill,

Ewell conceded
twice before Sladen equalised at 3-3. Sladen and then Alex (AF) White both
scored to put Ewell 5-3 up before conceding four

more goals in
the latter part of the second half.

5/10/95
Reserves beat Old Wilsonians Reserves 3-2 and were 2-0 up at HT through
Weedon and Hampton. Old Wilsonians pulled a goal back in the second

half, but
Embleton made it 3-1 and a late consolation made it 3-2.

12/10/95 Ewell
defeat Barnes 4-3 after trailing 3-1 while HJ Martin was off the field for a
while. Upon his return Ewell fought back to win. "A

good muster of
spectators" saw AF White open the scoring with a high dropping shot, but
a HT from Frith saw them 1-3 behind at HT.

AF White
reduced the arrears with "a clinking shot" and Sladen equalised
with a header from Felix White clinching the win.

12/10/95
Reserves won 6-1 at Kingston on Thames for their third win of the season. An
own goal and two from Weedon made it 3-1 at HT, and Weedon

got another
two in the second half, along with one from an unknown Hampton. Played at
Fairfield, also known at the time as Kingston Recreation Ground.

16/10/95 Barry
Porter selected for Surrey Res v Middx Res @ Denmark Hill to be played this
day.

Did not play
that well to start with but "improved wonderfully" as the game
proceeded and scored a good equaliser in a 1-1 draw.

Oct 95 SSC 1
Bye, and SJC 1 Bye.

19/10/95 Ewell
draw 1-1 at Surbiton Hill. Played at Surbiton Recreation Ground. Felix White
scored from a pass from his twin brother, and

Ewell led at
HT, but chances were missed, and Surbiton Hill equalised ten minutes from
time. "A goodly number of spectators" at Surbiton Rec.

Surbiton Hill
actually had only ten men for the first fifteen minutes.

23/10/95 East
Surrey 3-2 West Surrey in trial match @ Reigate this day. AF and FW White
both played for W.Surrey and comprised the left wing.

26/10/95 The
first meeting of these two clubs saw Weybridge edge a 5-4 win at Ewell, who
were weakened by having to play captain

HJ Martin at
back instead of at half. Ewell started with ten men and went uphill in the
first half. After ten minutes Ewell were at full strength,

and Porter
scored with "a grand cross shot" but Weybridge replied almost
immediately. AF White scored after receiving a pass from his

brother, but
2-4 down by HT. In the second half Felix White scored, and the fourth goal
was after combined play from R.Wigram and

S.Sladen, and
Sladen finished it off. At 4-4 Ewell had a goal disallowed, but Weybridge
then scored with 3 minutes remaining.

26/10/95
Reserves lose 2-0 to Kingston Rovers, who also played on the Fairfield, along
with the Kingston F.C. HT 0-1 and Surrey Comet reported result as

2-1 but
within the report there is no mention of a Ewell goal. I will stick with 2-0.

Oct 95 Ferry
Works play at Giggs Hill, Thames Ditton, and play in red.

Also reference
at this time to West Croydon and their ground at Dennett Road, which is
referred to as "Wildbores."

30/10/95
Surrey Juniors 3-2 Sussex Juniors in first ever county match to be played at
Redhill "Wiggie" ground. Felix White played.

2/11/95 Ewell
drew 2-2 at St John's School. They were missing their regular right wing, and
found it tough going uphill at the School Ground,

trailing 2-0
at HT, but a goal from each of the White brothers saved the draw.

2/11/95
Reserves lost 2-1 at home to Clapham Rovers Reserves. They were a goal down
after 30 minutes, but despite A.Embleton scoring before HT from

an EB Hampton
pass, they conceded a winner after 85 minutes.

9/11/95 Ewell
defeated Balham Wanderers 4-0 at West Street. CC Costin made his debut and
was very good. Felix White scored, and Sladen

and Dearman
made the HT score 3-0. Felix White scored again in the second half.

9/11/95
Reserves won 3-0 at Sutton Guild Rovers. HT 1-0. No LU or scorers.

16/11/95 Ewell
win 1-0 at West Croydon on a day with gale force wind, which was in Ewell's
favour in the first half. They turned around only

1-0 up (own
goal) despite West Croydon being unable to get out of their half. The second
half was more even, and Ewell held on comfortably.

Game was
completely spoiled by the weather says Sutton Advertiser, which was a little
Croydon biased. Reference to West Croydon being

called
"the stripes."

In fact the
Sutton Advertiser says that the result of this match was 0-0. Apparently, the
Croydon keeper took a goal kick, and the wind blew it

back over his
head and into the goal! Report says that only at HT did the referee change
his mind and inform the players! Herald record (which

includes 1-0
score here) ties with Ewell records, so I will keep it as a 1-0 win. Percy
Walters described by Sutton Advertiser as very good but

his methods
are more forcible than polite.

16/11/95
Reserves depart the Surrey Junior Cup this day at home to Farnham 3-0. The
visitors won the toss and had the wind in the first half, yet only led

by one goal
at HT, but the Reserves were unable to progress in the second half when two
more were scored. Near the end the Reserves keeper switched

places with
the centre forward and nearly scored with a good shot, but it was the only
one that the Farnham keeper had to deal with all match. Originally

due to be at
home to Surbiton Rangers. It was Surrey Junior Cup 2 not 1 as Ewell must have
had a bye.

18/11/95 RS
Dally attends SCFA meeting at which Felix White and Alex White are selected
for Surrey Reserves v Dorsetshire on 5/12. Also

selected for
11/12 v Kent and 18/12 v Sussex.

23/11/95 match
ended early due to bad light. W 4-0 v Old Wilsonians. Ewell went uphill in
the first half and good work was done on the right

wing, although
the first goal came from the left, as the keeper saved a Felix White shot,
only for Alex White to score from the rebound. He

then scored
again from a Wigram corner, and Porter made it 3-0 at HT with "a grand
shot". AF White completed his HT in the second half.

Because two
visiting players arrived late, the game started late, and it was by mutual
consent between the two captains that the game

would finish
ten minutes early due to bad light. One player is missing on the team line
up.

23/11/95
Reserves lost on the same day to ten man Eversleigh 4-0 in Upper Tooting. HT
2-0. No LU or scorers.

30/11/95
Reserves are due to play Ashtead. Surrey Herald says it is a home game, but
Surrey Mirror says it is at Ashtead. Check!

30/11/95 Ewell
are knocked out of the Surrey Senior Cup 3-2 at Guildford. Percy Walters had
to pull out at the last minute so HJ Martin played,

but he wasn't
fully fit, and didn't do that well. However, Ewell were 2-0 up after an own
goal and a strike from Porter, but it was 2-1 early in

the second
half with a goal that should have been disallowed for handball, and two more
followed as Ewell were very unlucky this day.

COPY TAKEN. Surrey Herald called Ewell victims of circumstance!
Surrey Advertiser said that when Guildford scored the winner, one man

upset his seat
and both he and the seat "came tumbling off the erection
altogether". There must have been a stand of some sorts at
Guildford

back then. All
five goals were scored against the wind. Guildford won the toss and decided
to defend the river end.

Ewell protest
against this result on the basis that FA Delamotte played, having previously
played for Chertsey in the SJC this season. He was

listed in the
line up here as G.Field. The protest was upheld on 10/12/95 and would be
replayed on 4/1/96.

30/11/95
Originally due to play St Johns School at home this day.

2/12/95
Northern Echo reports that  the current
issue of "Famous Footballers" Issue 9 contains a portrait of Percy
Walters. He is number 6 (16).

16
photographs for sixpence reads the advert.

Nov 95 Future
Epsom East Street player RJ Hackshaw is at Old Wilsonians this season.

5/12/95 Surrey
won 2-0 v Dorset @ Dorchester. Alex White got the second. HT 1-0. Both Alec
and Felix White played.

C.Costin was
selected too but didn't appear to play.

7/12/95 Two
quick goals from FW White saw Ewell record a creditable 2-0 win at Reigate
Priory. "Incredulity was the prevailing feeling at

Ewell"
when the result came through, said Herald. A cold wind kept many away,
"although a fair number were present." Ewell played four

reserves and
went uphill in the first half, but with the wind. HT 0-0. Both goals were in
the last 15 minutes.

Surrey Mirror
advises that Priory only played with ten men throughout, and that both goals
were in the last five minutes.

7/12/95
Reserves defeat West Croydon Reserves 3-0 at West Street. The visitors
arrived with 8 and played with ten eventually, but by that time it was
2-0

anyway.
Reference in the Sutton Advertiser to a speedy outside right, who "was
not unlike Porter of the first team." Seeing as Porter didn't play for
the firsts

this day, but
an F.Porter was listed on the right wing, I think it was Porter. Clearly the
Advertiser thought so too.

7/12/95
Ashtead defeat Epsom YMCA 2-0 this day but (NR).

10/12/95
Emergency SCFA Meeting at York Hotel, Waterloo Road, ordered Guildford to
replay Ewell in SSC at Ewell because they had

included a
player that had played for another team in a SJC tie. Rearranged for 4/1/96 -
see below.

14/12/95
Amazingly, Ewell and Ewell Reserves drew 0-0 the same day with Beckenham, and
their Reserves! Only 5 regulars played for

Ewell and
there were chances at both ends, but no goals.

18/12/95 RS
Dally, FW White and AF White all play for Surrey this day v Sussex. @
Hastings in front of 2,000. Surrey lose 4-2 but both Whites

did well on
the left says Surrey Advertiser. HT 1-3 down. Surrey had scratched the week
before at Kent. Surrey Times makes no mention

of Dally in
its report.

Felix White is
selected for Surrey v United Hospitals @ Surbiton on 8/1/96. K.O. 2.30.

19/12/95 Percy
Walters played in goal for the Old Carthusians who defeated Royal Engineers
8-1 at Chatham.

21/12/95
Percy Walters played for Old Carthusians v Casuals at Leyton (Essex County
Cricket Ground). "Quite the best association game in the South

of
England" said the Pall Mall Gazette. Old Carthusians won 3-2. HT 1-1.

21/12/95 Ewell
are due to play Casuals this day but (NR). Surrey Comet says that Ewell were
due to play Ferry Works this day, but again (NR).

The games were
almost certainly not played as this was the original date for the Guildford
SSC replay according to Comet. Game was off.

21/12/95
Reserves had no game.

Dec 95 SSC 3
draw is away to St Thomas Hospital if Ewell get past Guildford.

26/12/95
Guildford v Ewell at the Guildford Sports Ground - Good coverage apparently
in Surrey Advertiser. Att around 400-500.

Miserable
weather with sleet and snow.

Harwood played
in this match as a loan player from Guildford, as Ewell turned up with just
ten players.

28/12/95 AF
White, Porter, Costin and Hale are all away as Ewell trailed 3-1 at half time
to Weybridge, but recovered to draw 3-3. Wigram

equalised an
early goal but Ewell needed two from Felix White to get the draw, the second
was from a Sladen pass. Surrey Advertiser

says that
Sladen scored, not Wigram but I will stick with local report, as both were
quite good.

28/12/95 Res
game with Kingston (H) is n/p as Res defeated Old Bancroftians 1-0 at West
Street this day.

4/1/96 Ewell
have to play Guildford in a SSC replay, despite losing the first match 2-3 at
Guildford, after the protest, see 10/12/95.

Ewell lost
this match 1-3  and Herald says that
"Ewell have probably never disappointed their supporters more".
Harkaway suggests that

a Guildford
player Scott may have been cup tied, but nothing seems to have come of it.
Surrey Advertiser says 900-1000 attended this game

and the ground
was in good condition. Ewell lost the toss and went uphill k.o. 2.40. However
it was almost all Guildford in the first half and

Ewell were 2-0
down by HT. Felix White moved to left wing to join his brother and Sladen
went to centre forward and Sladen then scored

from a
scrimmage. Ewell put on a bit of pressure then, but it was fruitless and the
visitors got a third goal near the end.

Ewell were
originally due to play @ Denmark Hill v Old Wilsonians and the Reserves were
supposed to be at home to Ashtead.

8/1/96 Surrey
v United Hospitals at Surbiton C.C. Felix White was selected but game was
scratched by Hospitals who couldn't raise a side.

Jan 96 a new
side Epsom YMCA are looking for matches. Secretary W.Breeden, who along with
Tom (TE) Ware have come over from the old Epsom club.

11/1/96 Ewell
were due to play at home to Reigate Priory but they scratched on Friday
morning as they could not raise a side. No match.

11/1/96
Reserves lose to a first half goal at Dennett Road v West Croydon Reserves.
It was a pretty goal, and Hampton did very well in goal for Ewell.

15/1/96 Surrey
v Berks & Bucks @ Weybridge. Felix White played and Surrey won 5-3. HT
2-1 up.

Jan 96 8 clubs
are selected for the SCS. Ewell, Old Wilsonians, Guys Hospital, Surbiton
Hill, Guildford, Barnes, Reigate Priory, Weybridge.

17/1/96 SCS
draw 1st round (QF - only 6 entries) Ewell v Guy's Hospital on or before
15/2/96.

Eight teams
were actually invited, Old Wilsonians, Guys Hospital, Surbiton Hill,
Guildford, Barnes, Ewell, Weybridge, Reigate Priory,

but Priory and
Weybridge declined.

18/1/96 Ewell
defeat Beckenham 5-1 in a return match. Uphill first half at West Street but
Ewell still led 5-0 at HT after Wigram got the first

and Alex White
got the second after a flowing move. He scored the third too after a dribble
through, and then his brother Felix scored from

a Porter pass,
before he got his second and Ewell's fifth with a long shot. Ewell eased up
in the second half and Beckenham scored in this

period. Also
HJ Martin suffered a recurrence of his leg injury and had to retire from the
game. 10 men. Costin was splendid this day.

18/1/96 Percy
Walters selected for Old Carthusians this day v Sheffield United @ Crystal
Palace. KO 2.45.

Sheffield
United won 2-0 with a goal in each half in front of 2,000 and were fortunate
to win. Percy Walters played excellently.

18/1/96 300
present at Harcourt Road to see Wallington 0-2 Carshalton in Herald League.

25/1/96
Reserves defeat Surbiton Hill Res 2-0 at West Street. The visitors were a
player short throughout and A.Perks scored just before HT with

PC Embleton
getting the second in the second half. Surbiton Hill had originally travelled
with only 8, so two subs must have been found. P.Drinkwater, a

future guest
for Ewell Reserves played for Surbiton Hill Reserves.

25/1/96 Ewell
defeat Kenley 4-3 at Kenley with many chances missed in the first half.
Miserable weather, very wet. Farley put Ewell ahead but

it was 1-1 at
HT. Alex White then got two goals before Kenley scored again. Wigram then
crossed to Farley to make it 4-2, and Kenley were

the last team
to score.

1/2/96 CE
Hampton scored for the Reserves but despite being 1-1 at HT, they lost to
Croydon Park Reserves 2-1 with a goal three minutes from time.

1/2/96 Ewell
defeat West Croydon 3-0 at West Street. "A good number of spectators had
assembled" but KO was past 3.30. Arthur Walters

kicked off in
an unusual position of centre forward, but within minutes he had scored, and
he made it 2-0 from an Alex White cross.

Shortly
afterwards he completed his hat trick. Mercer showed great promise at half,
as Ewell rearranged their side a bit.

West Croydon
turned up short and late, requiring a sub, but still hit the post before
Ewell scored, indicating that Ewell didn't score the first goal

quite as early
as originally suggested. A fast but not rough game.

5/2/96 Felix
White played for Surrey this day in a 4-2 loss v Army @ Guildford. Attendance
between 800-1000 as Surrey defended the river

end in the
first half. HT 3-1 down.

8/2/96 Ewell
were meant to play at Godalming v Charterhouse and the Reserves were due to
be at home to Sutton Guild Rovers, but instead

Guy's Hospital
visited for the SCS QF tie. It was an anticlimax, as neither side showed any
fight after the accidental collision between Higgins

and TF Hale,
which ended with Higgins breaking his leg. Hale was so upset afterwards he
said he wouldn't play football again, but changed

his mind
later. The game continued after the player "had been removed to the
pavilion" (at West Street - where was this?) but it wasn't the

same
afterwards. Guy's had taken the lead when Alston misjudged a high dropping
shot, but Alex White equalised before the injury, which

was in the
first half. The second half saw Guy's go ahead again after wasting a few
chances and Perks had a goal disallowed for offside.

Eventually
Alex White got through from a free kick with the aid of a slight deflection.
Replay required. First year of SCS and attendance raised

a
"gate" of over £7"." A keen game to start with and the
injury was towards the end of the first half. HA Higgins was then conveyed
by

train to the
hospital. Sutton Advertiser says the injury was to Hall, not Higgins.

15/2/96 Ewell
defeated Clapham Rovers 10-0 but (NR). The reserves were due to play at
Clapham but actually won 1-0 at Ashtead.(NR).

15/2/96 The
Ashtead keeper this season was supposed to be Frank South, the former Epsom
player, but he did not show this day.

Feb 96 Epsom
YMCA are still looking for matches but the contact name is now A.Elson,
Church Street, Epsom.

19/2/96 Felix
and Alex White both played for Surrey in a 5-1 loss to Oxfordshire @ Thame.
Alec originally chosen as a reserve.

22/2/96 Ewell
were due to play at Barnes while the Reserves were due to play Eversleigh at
West Street, but Ewell played Guy's in the

SCS replay.
For some reason it was again at Ewell, and this time, the hosts came through
3-0. Going downhill A.Perks scored from an AF

White cross
towards HT and in the second half, Perks and Arthur Walters added to the
score. "A fairly large number of spectators" were

present again,
while the brothers White ad Porter were very good this day. HJ Martin ran the
line for Ewell this day. Surrey Advertiser says

Alex White got
the third goal, and not Arthur Walters as advised by the Herald. I will stick
with the Herald for now as the report was decent

in size.

22/2/96
reported that Epsom YMCA have every Saturday available. Contact A.Elson,
Church Street, Epsom.

29/2/96
Surbiton Hill were short and played with ten throughout as Ewell defeated
them 4-0. DW Edwards played on the left wing with Felix

White at left
half, and Walters and Edwards had scored by HT before Felix White volleying
the ball in off the post and Walters made it 4-0.

Unfortunately
Felix White is now leaving the neighbourhood and will be unable to play for
the rest of the season.

29/2/96
Reserves lose a goal in each half at Surbiton Rangers. Lost 2-0.

4/3/96 Felix
White played for Surrey this day v United Hospitals @ Weybridge, who won 2-1.

7/3/96 Ewell
travelled to Dorking without Arthur Walters, Barry Porter, Costin and Wigram,
and only took ten men. A sub was found to

make up the
eleven, but he was of little use as he neglected to get changed! Ewell went
0-1 down early, before Alex White hit the bar, and it

was 2-0 soon
after that, and at HT. Edwards scored from a Perks cross to make it 2-1 but
with AF White in goal by now (don't know why, -

presume injured), Dorking made it 3-1 before
a late Perks reply in a 3-2 defeat. The Ewell sub was Arnold. Dally played
well.

7/3/96 No
fixture for the reserves this day.

9/3/96 Thames
Ironworks defeat West Croydon @ Canning Town. Game was played "by the
electric light." Slight problem in the second half when the lights

failed. White
ball used too.

11/3/96 Kent
4-2 Surrey @ Sittingbourne. Attendance 1,000 but no Ewell players played.
Game ordered to be played at Kent, as Surrey had

scratched the
original tie at Gravesend, and this was originally their home fixture.

14/3/96 Sutton
St Barnabas 6-1 (Herald says 8-1 but is definitely wrong) Leatherhead in SF
of Surrey Junior Charity Shield is played at West St.

14/3/96 Ewell
are beaten 2-0 by Guildford @ Dorking in SCS SF. "A large
attendance." COPY IN SURREY ADVERTISER TO
REQUEST

Dorking played
Woking at 2.45 at Pixham Lane before Ewell v Guildford kicked off at 4.20.
Admission was 6d and it was for both matches, but

Dorking were
donating all proceeds. The other semi final was Barnes v Old Wilsonians @
Kingston Grammar School Ground. The game was

fairly even to
start with and HT was 0-0. Guildford had to start the second half with ten
men for five minutes due to injury. An exceedingly

fast and
keenly contested game.

14/3/96
Reserves draw 1-1 with Surbiton Hill Reserves with Jack (LJ) Hampton scoring.
E.McCutcheon (junior) did well in goal.

21/3/96 Ewell
are due to play Guildford this day too but the game does not take place as
Guildford have a benefit match.

26/3/96 Middx
0-0 Surrey @ Ealing FC. Attendance 600 but no Ewell players played.

28/3/96
Newbury defeat Ewell 2-0 in fine but boisterous weather. Barry Porter ,
"son of Mr & Mrs John Porter of Kingsclere, who were present."

28/3/96 West
Croydon beat Weybridge 2-1 in SSC Final @ Guildford in front of around 2,000.

4/4/96 Ewell
are due to play Idlers at home, but (NR). Game was not played.

6/4/96 Ewell
are due to play this Easter Monday fixture at home to St Edmund's (Salisbury)
but (NR). Game was not played.

18/4/96
Sheffield Weds 2-1 Wolves at Crystal Palace in FA Cup Final. Attendance
50,000.

25/4/96 Herald
Review remarks on the very good weather this season. Not just playable, but
pleasant too.

Ewell played
25 W12 D5 L8 F71 A42    -    2nd XI Pld 22 W10 D2 L10 F39 A34

My first team
record tallies exactly

I have 17
results W9 D2 L6 F33 A17 (one score in a loss is missing) Also missing 1 win
and 4 losses F6 A17. 5 other fixtures are listed.

Although not
such as good a record as the previous two years, much stronger teams have
been met. JE Perks, S.Sladen and Felix White all

missed a part
of the season  towards the end. CC
Costin, and Tom Mercer had very good seasons in the half back line, while the
Brothers

White have
obtained their County caps this season. 4 of their 8 defeats were to
Guildford, while they also lost 4-5 to Weybridge, 5-7 to Idlers,

3-2 to
Dorking, and 0-2 to Newbury. They beat West Croydon 1-0 and 3-0 but the 3-3
draw with Weybridge on 28/12/95 was probably the most

exciting game
of this season. Balham Wanderers were also beaten this season.

2/5/96 5th
Annual Sports day held at the Cricket Ground, Ewell.

May 96 Sanction
given by SCFA to the Kingston & District League but there will be no
Surrey Junior League this year.

1896/97
season Epsom YMCA Secretary: AJ Elson, Church Street, Epsom

July 96
Playing for the Ewell C.C. this year were PM and AM Walters, Tom Mercer, and
Stewart (JS) Walters (no relation)

24/7/96
Technical Institute opened by Lord Rosebery. Some future Epsom FC meetings
would be held occasionally there.

28/7/96 Sudden
death of Phil Hampton is felt by Ewell FC and CC.

The same day
Percy Melmoth Walters gets married to Miss Alice Homfroy Bonnin in front of a
very large attendance at Christchurch in Epsom.

Arthur Walters
was the best man (was already married by this time it appears). A massive
list of presents is related in the Surrey Herald

including a
fitted suitcase from the cricket and football clubs.

21/8/96 First
AGM of Epsom YMCA with George Barrack in the chair. (Was this GHN Barrack,
the Ewell player, or a relative?) Officers elected were,

Captain TE
Ware, v-c J.Gow. Secretary and Treasurer, EF Course. A suitable ground at
Epsom Court Farm has been secured. This must have been

Temple Road
which backed on to what we now know as Court Recreation ground, and was
probably a farm at this time.

July 96 Ewell
do not enter the Amateur Cup. No reference to even discussing it at any AGM's
I have found yet.

8/9/96 Ewell
AGM was held at the Spring Hotel with Arthur Walters in the chair. The
absence of the deceased Phil (PA) Hampton was noted.

"One of
the best sportsmen the club ever had." Alex White is now at Ashley
House, Epsom and the club is strong financially with a balance in

hand of £8 2s
9d. However, HJ Martin resigned as captain and Secretary after five years and
Alex White took over both roles with Tom

Mercer as his
assistant. The captain of the second eleven and the treasurer was EB Hampton
with an elected Committee of CE Bagshaw,

F.Charman, RS
Dally, A.Embleton, HJ Martin, CA Hampton, JD McCutcheon (or was it ID?),
A.Perks, Percy Walters, Arthur Walters, LV Straker.

President JH
Bridges and vice-President Tom Mercer (senior) were re-elected unanimously.
The club will enter both SJC and SSC.

Volume at
Colindale is too fragile to copy. GET COPY FROM SUTTON LIBRARY

19/9/96
Possible club match for Ewell FC this day.

21/9/96 RS
Dally stands and is elected to the SCFA Committee with 36 votes out of a
maximum 55. Both Dally and AF White were present

at the meeting
which was held at the Anderton's Hotel in Fleet Street. They allow Weybridge
to enter the Surrey cups despite a late entry.

Dally had been
elected a year earlier, it now transpires, and had attended 4 of the 8
meetings the previous season..

Sept 96 At
this meeting, it was advised that the gate money for the Guy's match was £7
2s 3d and the replay raised £6 5s 3d. The semi final

at Dorking
raised £7 15s 6d.

It was also
decided that Ewell would play Weybridge @ Ewell to benefit Ewell Cottage
Hospitals. The game was due to be played on 21/10/96,

but the game
was never played, and I know this for certain, as my records tie in with
Ewell's end of season records.

Epsom YMCA
re-affiliate to SCFA.

26/9/96 Ewell
defeat Old Wilsonians 2-1 at West Street. In rainy weather but with numerous
spectators,

the visitors
actually took the lead after 15 minutes, but Barry Porter equalised from a
difficult angle before HT and R.Wigram scored what

proved to be
the winner late in the second half. Herald says that the side still hasn't
settled down yet.

3/10/96 Herald
preview - Ewell will be missing Felix White and the Walters brothers but many
newcomers including A.Stennett, A.Daniels,

JN Roper and
GH Pagden.

SSC draw -
Ewell get a bye through the first round which is due for 7/11/96. SJC saw the
Reserves drawn at home to East Sheen Res on 17/10.

For some
reason and despite reaching the semi final last year, Ewell are not accepted
into the Surrey Charity Shield this season.

20 entries for
SSC with 12 byes. 43 entries for SJC

3/10/96 Herald
Preview - Epsom YMCA were only formed last year. Mr TE Ware is captain and is
an experienced player. They played a match on

Thursday
1/10/96 and defeated Mr Sidney Williams XI 1-0. This game was almost
certainly one of the first at Temple Road.

Oct 96 Croydon
Park at Brigstock Road. Future home of West Croydon and Croydon FC in next
century.

3/10/96 Ewell
travel to Wanstead to play the Idlers and draw 2-2. They go behind, before
Alex White has a goal disallowed for offside, but he

scored before
HT, and in the second half he scored another which went in off the bar, but
Idlers equalised soon after, and constant Ewell

pressure was
unsuccessful.

3/10/96 Epsom
YMCA are due to play at home to Sutton St Barnabas Reserves but the match had
to be scratched as SCFA said that YMCA weren't

affiliated to
SCFA, and warned other teams against playing unaffiliated sides. This appears
to have been sorted out soon after though, as

YMCA continue
their fixtures from next week!

10/10/96 A
Barry Porter cross to Alex White put Ewell a goal up at Barnes, but almost
straight after Barnes were level. Lots of Ewell pressure

followed, but
it was still 1-1 at HT. White scored again, but then Barnes replied again. At
2-2 Barry Porter scored with "a long curly shot"

and then  scored again to make it a 4-2 win. Herald
says that every member is young and should improve.

10/10/96
Reserves won 3-2 at home to Reigate Institute who suffered an early injury.
10 men. Ewell went 2-0 up before Institute brought the scores level.

Fortunately
a late winner won the game for the reserves. The Reserves had won the toss
and went downhill with the wind. The injury was after ten minutes.

HT was 1-0
and Ewell were 2-0 up before Reigate Inst got back to 2-2 only for Ewell to
score a great late winner. The Institute played at Churchfields, Reigate.

10/10/96 Epsom
YMCA are defeated 8-0 at Carshalton Hill, but T.E.Ware did well.

15/10/96
Meeting at Spring Hotel for presentation to HJ Martin of a handsome spirit
tantalus. He had been captain and Secretary for

five years.
"From being a little village team with scarcely eleven playing members
and a similar number of fixtures, it was now one of the

leading lights
in Surrey football." The club say this is all down to Martin, although
he says that he only did the jobs because no one else

wanted to. A
smoking concert followed.

17/10/96 Ewell
win 3-2 at Kenley despite an injured knee for Alex White who was a passenger
in the second half. This game was

originally due
to have been played at Ewell but was switched to accommodate the Reserves cup
tie. Costin was out but Porter put Ewell a

goal up early,
with goals from White and Martin before HT. The second half saw Kenley make
the score respectable with two goals, but

the visitors
still won 3-2. Game spoilt by rain throughout. Martin's goal and Ewell's
third was a long dropping shot that the keeper tried to kick

clear and
missed. White's goal, the second was a long shot which also should have been
saved said the Surrey Mirror. Kenley scored both

their goals in
the last twenty five minutes. The Mirror also refers to O.F.Daws, while I
have O.F.Duns. I will stay with the original for now.

Reserves drew
1-1 at home to East Sheen Reserves in the SJC 1. Embleton scored first with
"a capital shot" and led at HT, but the visitors equalised

with ten
minutes left on heavy ground at West Street. Replay required. They were
originally due to play at Croydon Park Reserves, and would have met

Barnes Res in
SJC 2 on 16/1 if they had won.

Oct 96 Former
players ND Alston and R.Wigram appear to be playing for Banstead now. Wigram
does play for Ewell

in the future
occasionally, but Alston appears to have left for good.

24/10/96 St
Barnabas were one short, and Epsom YMCA took the lead through Ware after ten
minutes, but were 2-1 down before Ware scored again. D2-2.

24/10/96 Ewell
were due to play St Thomas's Hospital this day but they scratched  on the Friday 23/10.

24/10/96
Reserves were due to play at Leatherhead but had to replay their SJC tie with
East Sheen. The game was played in a regular storm, as the

Reserves
conceded the only goal ten minutes from time.

Oct 96
Permission given by SCFA to play Weybridge on 19/12 96 in aid of the Epsom
Cottage Hospital. Ewell are not in the SCS this year it

appears from
the draw, despite Ewell being in the SF last year.

30/10/96 Epsom
YMCA have now affiliated to SCFA.

31/10/96 Ewell
lose a close match 1-0 at Honor Oak Park to Guy's Hospital. The winning goal
came after 60 minutes. Ewell forced the pressure

after that,
but AF White sprained his wrist. Ewell were unlucky to lose. EB Hampton has a
trial from the Reserves and should keep his place

says Herald.

31/10/96 Epsom
YMCA draw 2-2 at St John's School Reserves. Ware had scored early but the
school equalised before Hersey put them ahead at HT,

but second
half saw them penned back against the slope and wind.

East Sheen
played in Mortlake.

Oct 96 Epsom
Gymnasium is in the Parade. Just refurbished.

7/11/96 The
second match this season between these two saw an even game just edged by Old
Wilsonians at Denmark Hill. Costin and

AF White
played well. Quite foggy this day.

7/11/96
Wallington Reserves visit and were two short. A sub was found, but they still
played with ten throughout. Despite this handicap, they went ahead,

but the
Reserves were ahead by HT and won 2-1. Scorers and line up unknown.

14/11/96 Ewell
defeated Weybridge 4-0, but they only turned up with 8. Two good subs in DW
Edwards and A.Stennett were found, but they

still played
with ten men. Due to the late arrival only 30 minutes each way was played and
Ewell went uphill first half in a continuous

downpour.
Stock put Ewell 1-0 up after Barry Porter had hit the post. HT 1-0 before
Stock got a second after a scramble from a corner. Alec

(AF) White got
the last two. CF Stock did well on his debut as did Edwards in goal for the
visitors. Fog and rain throughout.

SSC draw made
on 18/11/96 puts Ewell with an away trip to West Norwood to be played on
5/12/96.

14/11/96
Reserves v Leatherhead was p-p as Leatherhead had a SJC 2 tie.

21/11/96
Reserves were due to plat at Selhurst but it was p-p for London Junior Cup
tie., so they travelled to Leatherhead, where they lost 2-1.

21/11/96 Cox
played well for Epsom YMCA as they defeat Carshalton Res 2-1. YMCA were ahead
early, but it was 1-1 soon after. HT 1-0 up, scorers unk.

21/11/96
Though unable to beat them in cup ties, Ewell defeated Guildford 4-1 at West
Street in a friendly match. "A fair gathering of

spectators"
in fine weather who were pleased to see "their old rivals" defeated
although the game was more even than the score

suggested.
White scored the first from a Stock pass and scored again soon after for 2-0.
Stock made it 3-1 just before HT, and in the second

half Ewell
took it easy going downhill and Daniels got the final goal. Bagshaw made his
first appearance of the season. 35 minutes

each way was
played, and Ewell won the toss and went downhill first half.

28/11/96
fixture says Ewell v Clapham Rovers, but not clear if this was a p-p first
team game or a Reserve game.

28/11/96 Ewell
followed up this good display with a poor performance at Charterhouse in
Godalming against the Carthusians. 5 regulars

were missing
and only 9 travelled. Carthusians provided two subs for Ewell, AD Buzzard and
the legendary CB Fry, England cricketer,

footballer,
and all rounder. Ewell trailed 2-0 at HT and lost 6-0.

5/12/96 Ewell
were due to be at home to Reigate Priory this day but both were engaged in
SSC ties.

5/12/96 SSC 2
tie at West Norwood is played "under considerable difficulties".
Murison and Kidd the famous London Caledonian strikers

played for
West Norwood this day, but Ewell led 1-0 at HT as Alex White scored from a TF
Hale free kick. Ewell had protested about the state

of the ground
before the match, but after conceding two goals early in the second half,
they must have protested again, because the referee

stopped the
game and determined that the match should be played as a friendly instead.
The game finished 2-1 despite Felix White hitting

the post near
the end. Barry Porter was ill so the two Whites were switched to the right
wing, while Arthur Walters bolstered the back

division. Mud
was ankle deep in places and "a fast sprint was a luxury!"
"The ground was like a ploughed field. The average pace was about

6 miles an
hour" said the report. The SCFA decide that the game is to be replayed
at West Norwood on 19/12, but despite Ewell feeling that

this was
harsh, it was West Norwood that protested, saying that the result should
stand. A farcical procedure was described by the West

Norwood
Secretary who, along with Alex White, went along for the appeal, but neither
were consulted. The Norwood Secretary alluded to

the fact that
there was a Ewell person (RS Dally) on the SCFA Committee and he should not
have been involved. Eventually the game is

ordered to be
played on 9/1/97 after a further meeting on 23/12/96.

The referee
this day was JP Asher the SCFA official. Game was cancelled after 20 minutes
of the second half. Asher reported that the game

continued as a
friendly "by mutual consent", although he proposed at the next SCFA
meeting that West Norwood's view should be heard.

Despite his
high office, his proposal failed, and the replay was agreed.

12/12/96
Epsom YMCA win 3-0 against All Saints (Benhilton). Game played at Epsom Court
(where Temple Road is now). All Saints only had 9 men, and

YMCA were 2-0
up by HT, while Barrack got the third.

12/12/96 Ewell
concede a last minute equaliser in the dark at East Sheen. Ewell led 3-1 at
HT despite Dally, Stock, Porter and Martin all

being out.
"utterly impossible to see the ball." Hards and Stennett were late
so Ewell started with 9, but actually led 1-0 by the time they

joined the
action after a goal from A.Perks, and "a hot shot from back" from
Hale made it 2-0. White made it 3-1 from a Costin pass. The

second half
saw the wind in East Sheen's favour, and they pulled a goal back with a rush,
before the late equaliser.

16/12/96
Surrey 4-2 Sussex @ Godalming Res. No Ewell players played. This game was in
fact classified as a friendly due to fog, and would be

played later
in the season. Originally due to be played at West Norwood's High View Park,
but it was in terrible condition at the time.

16/12/96 or
possibly 12/12/96 Arthur Walters plays and scores for Old Internationals who
defeated Charterhouse 5-0 at Queens Club. Before this match

could be
played a permit was required from the governing body according to the London
Standard.

19/12/96 Ewell
were supposed to be playing Weybridge in a charity match, but instead played
Eversleigh and won 4-1. HT saw them 2-0 up,

and Eversleigh
got one back soon after HT, only to concede two more later on. Game was only
30 minutes each way, and Ewell won the toss

and went
uphill first half. White got the first two and Daniels got the last two. Hale
was absent, but Porter returned.

26/12/96
Reigate Priory 0-3 Ewell. "A large concourse of spectators" saw a
game restricted to 30 minutes each way due to a late start by the

home team. The
win was mainly due to the brothers White, Felix and Alec(AF). Barry Porter,
CC Costin, Daniels and AM Walters were all

missing but
Felix White paired up on the left with Alec and he scored the first goal.
Sladen then got two more before HT. No goals

were scored in
the second half despite going downhill.

2/1/97 Dense
fog and hard frost at the Guildford Sports Ground but a good game saw Ewell
trail after 15 minutes. HT 0-1 Arthur Walters

equalised with
a long shot and a draw was the final result. Barry Porter missed his train
and was replaced by JD McCutchan at the last

moment,
although the Surrey Advertiser referred to him as WF Brown! The fog
restricted the game to 30 minutes each way, as players from

both sides had
trouble reaching the venue. Guildford defended the Woodbridge Road end in the
first half.

2/1/97 Epsom
YMCA had 4 subs for their trip to Leatherhead and were 2-0 down at HT, and
went 3-0 behind before Hersey got one back.

Sutton
Advertiser says that one of the YMCA subs was Baker not Blaker. I will stick
as it is for now.

Jan 97
Surbiton Hill and Surbiton Rangers are both playing at Surbiton Rec this
season but Surbiton Rangers wouldn't last much longer.

Jan 97 Former
Ewell players, R.Wigram is captain of Banstead and N.Alston is there too.
Also a J.Alston.

6/1/97 In cold
and windy weather on a Wednesday Ewell travelled to Newbury and lost 5-1. HT
0-2 but with the wind in the second half, it made

no difference.
Scorer unknown.

9/1/97
Reserves are now due to host Idlers, as Leatherhead have a cup tie this day.

9/1/97 Ewell
are due to visit West Norwood for their SSC replay, after the first match was
changed to a friendly by the referee, as conditions

were so bad.
However, they remain bad and the game is postponed. Herald says it is very
poor as West Norwood should have let Ewell know

before
travelling. One Ewell player, Felix White had travelled from Canterbury to be
at the game. The SCFA decide that the match is to be

played on 16/1
at West Norwood again, unless it is unplayable on 15/1, in which case it will
be played at Ewell. The winners will play

Guildford in
SSC 3 (QF). Originally were due to play Idlers (H). Nestor in Sutton
Advertiser suggests that as the Surrey captain occasionally

assists West
Norwood that there may be some favouritism there.

West Norwood
played at High View Park, West Norwood. "A sea of mud." There was
reference to "the lower half of the ground, viz, near

the entrance
gate." K.O. originally 2.30.

9/1/97
Godalming play in front of 3,000 at the Godalming Recreation Ground v
Guildford with famous sportsman Charles Burgess (CB) Fry in the line up.

11/1/97
Emergency meeting of SCFA. RS Dally claimed a change of ground on Ewell's
behalf. SCFA sent a commission of Percy Brandon and

JP Asher to
inspect the ground on the Friday 15th January.

13/1/97 Berks
& Bucks v Surrey @ Loakes Park, Wycombe with nearly 1,000 present. Drew
1-1 but HT 0-1 down. No Ewell players.

16/1/97 Epsom
YMCA lose 5-0 to Carshalton Hill, but TE Ware did well in goal!

16/1/97
Ewell's game v Bradfield Waifs is scratched so that the SSC tie v West
Norwood can be finalised. It is deemed too poor at West

Norwood's
ground, so it is moved to Ewell, where 500 people see Ewell winning 3-1.
Smith scored in the first half, while Alex White made it

2-0 in the
second half. Arthur Walters then headed an own goal, before Felix White made
the game safe. Herald said that to see Walters'

look after the
own goal it would have been thought that "the fate of a nation depended
on it." Dally is unrecognisable from the full back that

used to play
for Chamois, who were Hackbridge based.

After the game
it transpired that West Norwood were protesting that Porter was not eligible
for Ewell despite being a regular player for some

years
previously. He is no longer a resident of Ewell, and apparently therefore
does not hold a business or residential qualification for the

team. The
protest was upheld on 18/1 at the SCFA meeting in the York Hotel Waterloo
Station Road, and Ewell are ordered to go to West

Norwood again!
They are rumoured to be considering withdrawing from the competition in
protest. Herald also remarks on the very bad

language
behind the goal by the away supporters, which only stopped when a constable
arrived, but recommenced once he had departed.

Harkaway also
comments on the "very harsh" protest, and doubts whether West
Norwood's players could all pass the same test.

Surrey
Advertiser says that Ewell accepted the eligibility matter but that their
players wished to be relieved of cup tie liabilities and the

withdrawal was
not in protest. Porter moved from Surrey last summer (1896).

SCFA Minutes
state that Porter wasn't qualified on either birth residence or business.
Baron von Reiffenstein attended to support the West

Norwood
protest. Alex White attended the meeting, and accepted that the protest was
based on good grounds but that they had played

Porter in
ignorance, thinking he was qualified by previous residence. This is why SCFA
ordered a replay instead of awarding the game to WN.

23/1/97 Very
frosty day across the South East and they may not have played anyway. Ewell
were also due to play Surbiton Hill (H) this day

but would have been scratched either for the
cup tie or for the weather.

Jan 97 CC
Costin, FW White and AF White are all selected by SCFA for two matches in the
West Country, v "Devonshire" on 3/2/97 which is

won 4-0 at
Rectory Fields, Devonport (HT 1-0), and v "Dorsetshire" at
Dorchester on 4/2/97 which was drawn 2-2. They all went by train from

Waterloo, but
Costin did not play in the matches.

Read
"The Sportsman" at Colindale

Jan 97
Amazingly, West Norwood protest again to SCFA because Ewell did not give them
three days notice of their scratch. This protest is

deferred by
SCFA in an attempt to deal with this outside of the FA. I cannot see any
further action reported in the Herald.

According to
SCFA minutes Ewell scratched by wire at 10pm on Wednesday 20/1/97. The rules
said three clear days, and Ewell did only two.

Valid protest
but in defence Alex White said that they only heard about the new replay
decision on the Monday and let WN know as soon as

they could.
SCFA to discuss again if not settled between the clubs.

30/1/97 Ewell
are due to play at home to St Thomas' Hospital. Was this played? This game
was NOT played. Still frosty in the area.

30/1/97 Epsom
YMCA defeat Carshalton Hill 4-3 in a game "played on the Epsom
ground". This is before Epsom Rec opened, and I doubt that it was at

Woodcote. It
must be at Temple Road, where YMCA would play in future years, and maybe had
already played for a while. YMCA scored in the  first

minute, but
were 1-2 down at HT, then 2-2, 2-3, 3-3 before a last minute winner for
Caiger. This was at Temple Road. See early season comments.

6/2/97
Reserves were due to travel to Wanstead today to meet the Idlers.

6/2/97 Very
muddy everywhere as heavy rain accompanies the thaw. Ewell lose their match v
Guy's 3-1. Walters, Hale and Costin were all out.

Alex White
equalised a goal for Guy's from the 15th minute, but HT unk. It was their
second meeting of the season said Surrey Herald, although

they advised
that the earlier game had finished with a 2-0 loss but they are wrong.

10/2/97 Surrey
defeat Oxfordshire 4-0 at Godalming in front of 1,000 spectators. Alec and
Felix White played for Surrey. HT 3-0.

13/2/97 A good
number of spectators considering the miserable weather witness a 2-1 defeat
at St John's School, Leatherhead. Several

regulars were
missing, and Ewell trailed midway through the first half. Porter equalised
after a long dribbling run and shot. HT 1-1, but in

the second
half, the referee decided that a shot from St Johns had crossed the line,
despite it hitting post and bar and rebounding out. The

referee hardly
left the centre of the field throughout the match, and made his judgement
from there too!

13/2/97 Future
users of West Street, Old Citizens are playing at Beckenham Hill this season.
Old Boys of City of London School.

19/2/97 Epsom
YMCA concert on Friday night with EF Course (Secretary) announcing that the
club had played 9 matches so far this season with a

record of W4
D2 L3 F15 A20.

20/2/97 Ewell
defeated Barnes 4-2 earlier in the season, but lose this game 2-1 at West
Street. Ewell had a better side

out, but they
just didn't play well. 0-1 down after early Ewell pressure, and Ewell
equalised in the second half, but conceded what we would

nowadays call
a Route 1 style goal. Porter had a good chance at the end but was high.

20/2/97 E
YMCA were due to have a fixture at Carshalton FC but they play Sutton Guild
Rovers and lose 6-0, so YMCA may not have had a game.

24/2/97 Surrey
1-3 Army @ Guildford. Alex White and CC Costin were selected but neither
played..

27/2/97 Ewell
defeat Croydon Park 7-2 but scorers and HT are unknown. No reserve fixture. A
very brief Surrey Advertiser advises that it was a

fast game and
the scoreline was not helped by the Croydon Park keeper not arriving, which
would have saved one or two of the seven goals.

Stennett was
the best player. HT was 4-2 and White got the first goal, to equalise. Ewell
went 3-1 up, then 3-2. Other scorers unknown.

Feb 97
reference to Ealing FC who play at Gunnersbury Lane, Acton.

4/3/97 Surrey
2-0 Dorset Alex White scored the second goal for Surrey. Venue and HT
unknown.

Mar 97
Weybridge Rose played at the Old Palace Gardens, Weybridge, but this was not
the Weybridge FC ground, nor was it the one they

would move to
for the 1898/99 season.

4/3/97 On a
Thursday Epsom YMCA lose 2-1 to the Morning Strollers. There were no midweek
sides yet, but this may have been some sort of forerunner.

Game was
played "at the old recreation ground, Epsom" Where was this?

6/3/97 Ewell
defeat Kenley 5-1. Game was originally due to be played at Kenley, and
reserve game v Banstead would have suffered, although

this too may
have been moved to Banstead. Easy win for Ewell despite missing TF Hale, and
two goals from Porter going downhill was added

to by Alex
White, who is more comfortable at centre forward says report. 3-0 HT. Kenley
replied early in the second half, but Stennett scored

from a White
pass, and Hampton made it 5-1.

10/3/97
Meeting held to discuss the possibility of a Surrey football league. Ewell
and others vote against this (why?) but it is passed anyway,

and the Surrey
Junior League will follow soon. Meeting held at York Hotel, Waterloo Road.

13/3/97 Large
attendance at Harcourt Road, Wallington for Wallington v Sutton St Barnabas.

13/3/97 Epsom
YMCA lose 2-0 to Belmont but the YMCA keeper makes a pensave at 0-0. HT and
line ups unknown.

13/3/97 Ewell
draw 2-2 at home to Anerley. AF White scored the first with a header, but
Ewell were 1-2 down at HT. Res were due to be at

home to Old
Wilsonians, but presume this game was scratched to make way for the Ewell
game.

20/3/97 Ewell
played Old Cranleighans in a Charity match for the Epsom & Ewell Cottage
Hospital but the attendance "did not exceed 60"!!

The visitors
did not field their best side and the game was far from interesting, with
Ewell having the opportunity to score twice as many

as they
actually did. Downhill first half, and Ewell nearly conceded early, as the
ball got past Jeffery who was off his line. The ball stopped

near the goal
line, and Herald said that "the rush of players to the coveted object
showed their superb indifference for compound fractures."

Porter scored
in the first half, but despite much pressure in the second half, Daniels only
scored the second in the last minute, with no keeper

standing a
chance of getting it.

20/3/97 No
fixture for reserves.

25/3/97 Surrey
v Middx @ Weybridge.

27/3/97 Dally
and Pagden were missing as Ewell played East Sheen on a day with a gusty
wind. Stennett scored after ten minutes with a shot

that went in
off of the bar, and the visitors equalised soon after. No further goals
ensued.

27/3/97 Surrey
Senior Cup Final @ Guildford saw Reigate Priory defeat Weybridge 3-2 after
trailing 2-1 at HT. Attendance nearly 4,000. k.o.4.10.

It is
announced that runners up will also receive medals. Priory complete the
double, having already annexed the Surrey Charity Shield.

3/4/97 No
fixtures listed for Ewell or reserves.

10/4/97 FA
Cup Final at Crystal Palace 65,024 (record gate) saw Aston Villa defeat
Everton 3-2. At half time a great cloud of smoke appeared but this

was because
everyone lit up a cigarette! All five goals were scored in the first 25
minutes.

14/4/97 HU
Wood (Ewell FC) is listed as a performer at the SCFA smoker at Holborn
Restaurant this day.

Easter Tour
for Surrey including RS Dally and Alex White who are selected to play v
Wiltshire @ Swindon - L2-3 on 15/4 - HT 0-2 Att 300,

v Exeter Utd @
Exeter - W6-0 on 16/4 (Good Friday), v Cornwall @ Truro - D2-2 (HT 1-0 up) on
17/4, and on 19/4 v Tavistock @ Tavistock,

v Penzance @
Penzance on 20/4 - W7-0 Ht 4-0 and v Devonshire @ Plymouth on 21/4. Felix
White also played and Dally in fact didn't travel.

1/5/97 Herald
Review - Ewell Played 24, W11 D5 L8 F55 A42. List of winning matches were
against Old Wilsonians, Barnes, Kenley (x2),

Weybridge,
Guildford, Eversleigh, Reigate Priory, West Norwood, Old Cranleighans, plus
Croydon Park. Draws against Idlers, East Sheen (x2),

Guildford, and
Anerley. Losses against Old Wilsonians, Guy's Hospital (x2), Charterhouse,
West Norwood, Newbury, St John's and Barnes.

Only two games
were lost at home. Lack of a centre forward hurt them with CF Stock having to
retire with a weak heart "just as he was

getting
useful." Tom Mercer and Barry Porter were the best performers while
Edgar Jeffery was very consistent. AF White scored 21 and

Barry Porter
got 10.

I have the
same records as the Herald. I can also create a full list of appearances
(nine scorers missing still) but have not done so yet.

1/5/97 Herald
Review - Epsom YMCA Played 12 W4 D2 L6 F17 A27. This was the club's first
year of existence and they clearly owe a lot to Tom (TE) Ware,

who is their
main player and new captain.

I have:
Played 12 W5 D2 L5 F18 A29 but two of these were Thursday games and may not
have counted. I have seven other fixtures outstanding.

1/5/97 Ewell
FC close their season with the 6th Athletic meeting. A cold wind spoilt the
attendance but the donkey race was fun! Held at

Gibraltar Rec,
West Street, where the Cricket Club play. AF White has now won the individual
title for the third straight year and wins

the trophy
outright. Major Coates promises to provide another one. Arthur Walters wins
the kicking the football event - 56 yards.

1/5/97
Football and cricket dinner at Spring Hotel with many players present.
"AM Walters was in his old form and caused much amusement

in toasting
"The Patrons of the Club"." Event broke up at a late hour.

1/5/97
Reference to a Guy's Hospital player. Was this the same H.Coltart that with
brother Charles, played for Epsom in early 1890's.

Future Epsom
and Epsom Liberal player William Killick is a regular for Leatherhead and
plays in the Surrey Charity Shield Final @ Reigate

v Guards Depot
which is lost 2-0. Also reference to a W."Dasher" Davis, and Fred
Taylor, who appear to have connections with Epsom

Thursday in
future years, and also with Ewell Village, despite spending much of their
time at Leatherhead Rose.

Arthur Walters
playing for Leatherhead too this season.

1897/98
reference to Epsom YMCA playing in chocolate and blue: Sec, AJ Elson, Church
Street

1897/98 Ewell
Secretary: Alex (AF) White, Ashley House, Epsom

22/6/97 Queen
Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

24/7/97
reported that the Surrey Junior League idea has been shelved by the FA due to
lack of interest, but the Herald League (run by the paper) has been

sanctioned and
will run with two Divisions. Epsom YMCA enter Division 2.

Sept 97 Old
Wilsonians merge with Clapham Rovers and take the latter's name.

11/9/97
reported that the old Pavilion at the Oval is to be demolished with exception
of the dining room. The new structure will be the finest in the world

says Herald.

Sept 97 Club
name is New Malden, not Malden.

Sept 97
reference to CHR Coltart of the Epsom Harriers. Presumably Charles Coltart
the former Epsom player. Yes.

Sept 97 Sutton
Association become Sutton United's second team.

Sept 97
Reference to Guildford playing in pink.

Sept 97
Ashtead have secured their own ground on a portion of Burnt Meadow, within 3
minutes walk of the Ashtead station. They are due to play Ewell

Reserves and
Epsom this season, but their fixtures with Epsom are the only reference to a
side in existence that I have so far. They will change at the

Ashtead C.C.
pavilion.

Sept 97 Arthur
Walters becomes a Vice-President of Leatherhead.

11/9/97 Club
Match at Ewell between Backs and Forwards. Backs Line Up Edgar Jeffery, Tom
Mercer, TE Ware, HJ Martin, CCCostin,

TA Straker,
J.Dally, H.Crumpler, TF Hale, GH Barrack, EB Hampton. Forwards Line Up: sub
(gk), RS Mesham, A.Mesham, CE Martin, HF Hards,

AE Jay, JD
McCutcheon, AE Embleton, BW Appleton, Alex White, A Stennett. Drew 1-1 with
goals by Barrack and White, while newcomers

Barrack and
Appleton showed promise. A very warm day with some showing signs of collapse
after the interval!

11/9/97 AGM
Held at Spring Hotel with AF White in the Chair. All officers were re-elected
while Edgar Jeffery, CC Costin and A.Collins were

all elected to
the Committee in place of Percy Walters and A.Perks. 1 guinea was donated to
the SCFA benefit for JP Asher, who was the

late SCFA
Secretary. HJ Martin was thanked for his work on the ground. He was
previously captain and Secretary before resigning in 1896.

Meeting
attended by only 20 members.

18/9/97 3
regulars missing at Guildford as Ewell are defeated 5-1 and Hards was injured
at HT and was a passenger in the second half. Ewell

had led 1-0 at
HT. Rained near the end, and there was reference to the new rule for
handball, which must have been tough, as no free kicks

were given for
hands all day. The rule read that "the player shall neither carry, knock
on, nor wilfully handle the ball." LAW 8.

500-600 were
present at Guildford for the match which was "of a fast and interesting
description." Scorer unknown.

Sept 97 Ewell
have a first round bye in Surrey Senior Cup, which was due on 6/11. They are
now in the last 16.

Reserves are
at home to Middle Mill in SJC 1 on 16/10/97.

Wallington FC
are at Harcourt Road this season.

Sept 97 South
Norwood and Selhurst football clubs merge into Norwood and Selhurst and move
to Mr Heaver's farm in Selhurst Road, being very close to

Norwood
Junction and Selhurst stations.

20/9/97 AF
White elected to SCFA Committee at AGM at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street. RS
Dally does not stand for election.

25/9/97 Herald
Preview - Ewell have many new members F.Hill, TE Ware (also with Epsom YMCA),
BW Appleton, look like first teamers,

while Reserve
team new players are A.Mesham, and RS Mesham, GH Barrack, H.Crumplen, and
P.Palmer.

25/9/97
Herald Preview - Epsom YMCA have joined Herald League Division 2, and will
play Wallington Res, Carshalton Hill, Belmont, Sutton Association

Res, Merton
Manor Res, St Andrews (Carsh), Sutton Guild Rovers Res, and All Saints
(Benhilton). Very tough

25/9/97 Woking
defeat a weak Ewell side 7-1 at Woking. "A fair attendance" with
fine weather, and a good sprinkling of ladies were present.

The late
arrival of Ewell meant that the game started late, and Ewell were 4-0 down at
HT, but Woking had four more disallowed. In the

second half,
Edwards came out of goal, but not sure who went in. Either way, he then
scored to make it 4-1 before conceding three more.

Game probably
played at Rev Jim Back's Meadow, which is now part of the Church Hill Estate
in Horesll Vale.

25/9/97
Ewell Res lose 7-2 to Banstead. Hampton played and Embleton equalised an
early Banstead goal, but HT was 1-2. Other scorer unknown, but

former Ewell
player ND Alston scored for Banstead.

Reserves are
drawn at home to Middle Mill in SJC 1. Scheduled for 16th Oct.

25/9/97 First
ever match at Mount Felix ground for Walton FC.

2/10/97 First
ever match at new ground for Ashtead FC. Lost 8-0 at home to Preston House.

2/10/97 Ewell
are unlucky to lose at home to Reigate Priory. Keeper Jeffery was hurt early,
and in the second half Hill was injured, leaving

them with ten
men. One of Priory's goals was an own goal. Jeffery was reported to be still
in bed the following Wednesday. His injuries

were
unreported, but he was said to be improving. Mercer's own goal was the first,
and the injured Jeffery fumbled for the second in first half.

Despite plenty
of Ewell pressure, there were no goals in the second half. Game kicked off at
4pm in the end as Priory were late arriving.

9/10/97 Ewell
bounce back with an 8-0 win over Barnes. Porter and an own goal scored fairly
early, then Perks and Appleton got the next

two from
crosses by Stennett and Porter respectively. HT 4-0. Appleton got the fifth,
while Alex White got the next two and the final goal

was from a
rush. A most capable back Sid Mercer joins his brother in the full back line,
and Perks has returned to his old place on the right

wing, but will
move inside again shortly to cater for Porter.

09/10/97
Epsom YMCA lose 4-1 to Ashtead after conceding three late goals. They were
1-0 down after 5 minutes but scored a penalty before HT. GK South.

From an early
Herald League table, it is clear to see that they have lost their first match
4-0 to either St Andrews (Carsh) or Wallington Res.

Surrey
Advertiser advises the game finished 5-2 not 4-1 and listed the Ashtead
scorers. C.Furze HT, Johnson and Lennox. Tom Ware played for E YMCA.

Sutton
Advertiser confirms the score as 5-2.

16/10/97 Ewell
defeat East Sheen 2-0 despite an early injury to Stennett who was kicked. 10
men. Porter was in brilliant form at the game

which was
played "in the gardens of Sheen House where a new ground has just been
laid out." Porter scored the first goal before the injury

to Stennett
before scoring "a marvel" in the second half, as he ran down the
right, then went through all the backs and scored with a left foot

strike. De
Wynter was safe in goal. Fowler did well on his debut. Game was originally
due to be at Ewell but moved for Reserves SJC tie.

16/10/97
Reserves won SJC tie v Middle Mill 3-0 at West Street. Will now play Kingston
on Thames (last year's runners up) in next round on 13/11.

Reserves
were originally due to travel to East Sheen Reserves. The message for Middle
Mill players in Surrey Comet advised them to dress in the pavilion

on the
grounds. Must have been the Cricket pavilion at Gibraltar Rec. No gate
charged for this match.

16/10/97 Epsom
YMCA lose 5-0 to Carshalton Hill. HT 0-3. Ware played at back.

Oct 97
Kingston FC are playing at the Richmond Road enclosure.

23/10/97 An
interesting game "as always with these two" teams saw Ewell winning
5-3 at Kenley after trailing 2-3 at HT. Ewell defended the

pavilion end
(was this played at Kenley C.C. or similar cricket ground?) and Costing
scored the first as he followed up a White shot. Kenley

equalised but
White restored the lead before Porter had to leave the field
"indisposed" and Ewell were 2-3 down at HT. Fortunately Porter

returned at
the start of the second half and with the wind, White glanced one in off the
bar to even it up again. Then Costin was injured

and was off
the field for five minutes, but when he returned Jack Hampton scored twice to
win it.

23/10/97
Epsom YMCA lose 2-3 at home to Belmont in Herald League after trailing 2-0 at
HT, and conceding in the first minute. Ware played well at back

said report,
and someone else was reported as saying that there were many good players in
Epsom but they don't want to play for a team with YMCA

in its title!

23/10/97
Reserves lose 2-0 to Walton on Thames in a game limited to 35 minutes each
way because of the home team's late arrival. HT 0-0 then

CE Martin
pensave, but still lost.

26/10/97 Kent
defeated Surrey 4-0 at Sheerness. HT 2-0. Felix White was unavailable through
injury on 23/10 so a sub came in, but Alex White

played.
Attendance 600.

30/10/97
Despite sending a weak side to Honor Oak Park, Ewell still won 5-1. Stennett
had not recovered from his injuries, and Appleton and

Sid Mercer was
also missing. Hale went in goal after being injured. White scored early but
it was level soon after. Porter made it 2-1 and

Sladen got the
other three. HT 4-1. "Ewell defended the pavilion goal with the sun
behind them." Hale was injured when the score was 5-1.

Not as one
sided as the score indicated. Costin was also missing.

30/10/97 Epsom
YMCA lose 7-0 at home to All Saints (Benhilton) in Herald League. HT
2-0.

6/11/97 Epsom
YMCA lose another league match 4-1 to Sutton Association Res. Ht 1-2. Ware
& Nixon played well at back. 20 mins each way due to light.

League table
has them bottom Pld 5 L 5 F2 A28. Should be F3 A23

6/11/97 Ewell
play another weakened team but still defeat Croydon Park 5-3 and were well in
charge throughout. However, they went a goal

behind before
White equalised, and McCutcheon scored before HT 2-1. Hampton made it 3-1
from a Straker corner, White scored the fourth

from a free
kick, then 4-2 before Hale got the fifth and Croydon Park scored in bad light
near the end. Game finished five minutes early due to

the light.
White's fourth goal was a little fortunate as the free kick only just touched
someone on the way through. It was suggested in a fixture

list in the
Sutton Advertiser that this was SSC, but it wasn't. Ewell went uphill in
first half.

Nov 97
reference to Eversleigh who played at Beechcroft Road, Upper Tooting.

13/11/97
Reserves depart the SJC at Kingston on Thames 4-0. 1-0 down after 5 minutes
and 2-0 by the half hour. HT 0-2. Originally due to be away to

Sutton Guild
Rovers. The Kingston game was a most uninteresting encounter despite "a
fair crowd of spectators" on a windy day. "A very sporting
game."

The game was
played on the East Surrey Regimental Depot Ground, which was adjoining the
Kingston FC rugby ground in Richmond Road. The rugby

ground would
become home to Kingstonian after the war, and the other pitch would become
their reserve pitch before disappearing under housing after WW2.

13/11/97 Ewell
draw with Idlers 2-2 and are very unlucky not to win. Herald believes that
Ewell have never beaten them. Both Porter and

Hale required
treatment at some point during this game which was described as close and
exciting. Uphill and against the wind in the first

half, Idlers
took the lead with a shot that the Ewell keeper never saw until too late. HT
was 0-1 but Daniels equalised after a good move and

White put
Ewell ahead. However, Hale suffered a recurrence of his knee injury and had
to go in goal where he was then beaten by the Idlers

equaliser. The
Idlers came from Wanstead.

Why did sides
put their passengers in goal in those days?!!

Nov 97 it is
reported that two Ewell players do not live in Surrey, including "their
warmest player" Barry Porter. LJ De Wynter is the other one.

It is rumoured
that they will not be allowed to play in County Cup ties this year, despite
both appearing to work in Surrey. Eventually, Porter

is allowed to
play by SCFA but not De Wynter. Porter may have got the benefit by being a
regular player.

17/11/97
Surrey 0-4 Oxford University @ Godalming. Felix and Alex White both played
for Surrey, as did famous sportsman CB Fry.

20/11/97 Ewell
win 5-2 at Weybridge where the brothers White were especially noticeable.
Herald also says that they were "favourably

mentioned by
several of the dailies" after the County match on 17/11. Weybridge had a
weak side and "were fairly walked around" by Ewell

in front of
"a goodly number of spectators."

FW White came
in for Stennett and passed to his brother Alec to equalise an early goal for
Weybridge. HT 1-1. In the second half, a player

had to leave,
but Ewell allowed Weybridge to bring a sub on. JF Marshall made it 2-1 and
Felix White 3-1 before the Weybridge sub scored!

At 3-2 the
brothers White both got one more each. Match was only 35 minutes each way due
to a late start. LH Potter showed great promise

on his debut.

Epsom YMCA
protest about the match v Sutton Association Res where only 20 minutes was
played. However, the appeal was rejected, on the grounds

that it would
serve "no good purpose" in allowing it to be replayed..

20/11/97
Reserves defeat Barnes Reserves 2-0. EB Hampton scored the first in off the
post, HT 1-0 and Barrack got the second.

Nov 97 SSC 2
draw is Balham Wanderers v Ewell, a rematch of the SJC Final in 1894. To be
played on 4/12/97.

27/11/97 Ewell
are well on top but can only draw 3-3 with Bradfield Waifs. A windy day,
which blew across the ground and only 60 minutes

were played
due to a late arrival. White scored but Waifs made it 1-1 soon after. De
Wynter playing at half back scored the second before

HT which was
2-1 but a breakaway equaliser required Porter to get a third. Just when they
thought they had won, the Waifs scored in the

last minute.
The Ewell keeper Hampton didn't have a kick, yet let in three!

4/12/97 Future
ground users Old Citizens draw 0-0 at Eversleigh in Tooting in a match that
was only 30 minutes each way.

4/12/97 Barry
Porter is allowed to play in SSC v Balham Wanderers but Ewell still lose 3-1.
K.O. 2.35 and Balham started with 9 men for a

while. Once
they had got up to eleven after 20 minutes, Ewell took the lead after 25
through Stennett. HT 1-0 but two goals in a minute and a

third not long
after turned it around. Herald said that Balham had waited to repay Ewell for
their SJC Final defeat in 1894 and three players

remained from
each side. For Ewell, TF Hale, and Felix and Alex White had played. Game
played at Wavertree Road, Streatham Hill, which

is just off
the A23 and is now either housing, a school or a bus garage. Surrey
Advertiser called this result the surprise of the round.

8/12/97 Surrey
v Dorset @ Guildford. A very meagre attendance saw Dorset win 5-1. HT 1-1.

Dec 97
Weybridge's ground is to be built on. A new ground will be moved to next
season.

11/12/97 Epsom
YMCA have a club match.

Latest league
table after 4/12/97 has Epsom YMCA Pld 9 L9 F3 A41. This would indicate a 4-0
loss to Sutton Guild Rovers Reserves this day.

11/12/97 Ewell
travel to Leatherhead to play St Johns School. Despite Ewell's recent SSC
defeat, and that the school had only lost once all

season, they
still managed a 1-0 win through a first half Alex White goal. In the second
half, playing downhill, there was much pressure

from the
hosts, but Ewell hung on.

18/12/97 Epsom
YMCA win a friendly 2-1 against Leatherhead Reserves.

18/12/97 Many
games were postponed for fog this day. Possibly Godalming v Ewell and Ewell
Res v Surbiton Hill Res, as (NR) for both.

Even the
Surrey Advertiser doesn't mention a Godalming report, so it must have been
p-p. Some fog in Croydon area but games were played.

27/12/97
Reigate Priory v Ewell and Ewell Res v Leatherhead. Were they played?

Jan 98
fixtures for Epsom YMCA listed for 15/1 and 29/1. Final
Table required still for April 98.

1898 Surrey
Herald is currently missing - All info for 1898 taken from Surrey Advertiser
and Surrey Comet and Sutton Advertiser so far.

1/1/98 sports
bit is missing from Sutton Advertiser too.

1/1/98
Reserves led after 20 minutes but lost 2-1 at Ashtead.

1/1/98 Ewell
were due to play Bradfield Waifs this day. Did they play?

8/1/98 A good
muster at Ewell who started downhill and were 1-0 up after 3 minutes. Then
Woking had a goal disallowed for not crossing the

line and the
game became unpleasant. Ewell went 2-0 up when the Ewell centre-forward
scored from a pass by White, whom the

reporter (from
Woking) said was offside. At this point the Woking captain threatened to
leave the field if another referee wasn't found, but he

eventually
played on, and Woking scored before HT 2-1, but 3-1 and then 3-2 to Ewell by
the final whistle. Surrey Times advised the

scorers as
Stennett (1), J.Hampton (2) and Costin (3) scored. It was alleged that White
was offside but the ref, a current Ewell player

Mr McCutchan
allowed the goal. Surrey Times columnist "Goalkeeper" said that
Woking were not very sporting considering that it was only a

friendly, and
should "grin and bear it".

15/1/98 Surrey
were due to play Army @ Guildford and AF White was selected but he didn't
play as Ewell had a game at Surbiton Hill which

was drawn 1-1.
A spirited contest in spring like weather attracted 500 to the Surbiton
enclosure. Jack Hampton scored from a perfect Porter

pass in the
first half, but Surbiton equalised with five minutes left.

20/1/98 Surrey
6-3 Berks & Bucks on a Thursday afternoon @ Weybridge. AF White is now
the Secretary of the Surrey team and this was

Surrey's first
win of the season. White played well at left back. HT 4-1.

Jan 98 Surrey
Advertiser remarks that no teams are left in both SSC and SCS.

22/1/98 Ewell
v East Sheen. NR in local papers but Richmond Herald advises that Ewell won
3-0. They lost the toss but in a fast game, Porter

put in a cross
and the centre forward scored. White then scored the second one before HT and
after some East Sheen pressure Steven

passed to
White for Ewell's third goal.

26/1/98 Surrey
match this day. Sutton Advertiser refers to a Ewell player (presumably White)
playing at back this week. (NR).

29/1/98 Ewell
v Barnes. NR in local papers but Richmond Herald advises that the game was
drawn 2-2 but no full report.

Feb 98
Reference to Dennett Road, West Croydon. You could view games there from
Carlton's Field. Those who did were called "deadheads".

Reference to
Wandsworth playing at Franche Court Park, Earlsfield.

5/2/98 The
return match saw Ewell defeat Guy's Hospital 5-0. Costin was absent with
Potter taking his place and Mesham at right half. Guy's

were one
short. AF White scored first from a Porter cross after a few minutes. It was
more even for a while but then a second goal was scored

in identical
circumstances. Ewell nearly conceded after a De Wynter clearance hit a Guy's
player and just went wide, but Stennett made it 3-0

at HT with
"a hot one". Going downhill in the second half Porter and Stennett
both scored. Ewell played very well.

9/2/98 @ Sheen
House Surrey blitzed Kent 12-1. HT 8-0. AF White and Tom (TJ) Mercer both
played for Surrey. HT 8-0.

12/2/98
"A goodly number of spectators were pleasant at Ewell to see Ewell edge
past Guildford in the Surrey Charity Shield QF. There was

very little of
interest in the first half but the second was much better. The visitors had
started uphill and against the wind but Alex White hit the

post halfway
through the first period. Porter then changed places with Perks but it was
still goalless at HT. Ewell started to make more

chances in the
second half and although the game remained fairly even, Barry Porter scored
right near the end of the game. Won 1-0.

Admission
charge of 6d was the minimum entry for this competition due to Surrey
regulations.

COPY TAKEN

16/2/98 @
Witney Oxfordshire 3-0 Surrey in boisterous weather. AF White and TA Straker
played for Surrey.

16/2/98 Nestor
in Sutton Advertiser again refers to Alex White being regularly chosen for
Surrey and played in any position. Jealous maybe!

19/2/98 Ewell
v R.I.E. College. Was this played? The college side played at Coopers Hill,
which was in Egham! The school was the Royal

Indian
Engineering College.

19/2/98
Reserves are due to play at Ashtead according to the Surrey Herald, and away
to Surbiton Hill Reserves in Surrey Comet. (NR).

26/2/98 Ewell
v St John's School, Leatherhead was drawn 2-2. St John's led at HT but from a
well placed corner, the right half equalised for

Ewell. Almost
immediately they went behind again, but from another corner the outside left
equalised in a fast and even game. No LU in

Surrey Times.

Feb 98 Surrey
Charity Shield SF arranged for 5/3/98 v Reigate Priory @ Guildford who are
also at home to Clapham Rovers in a friendly on

the same
day!  Kick off for the semi-final is
3.30. Ewell's game against Godalming is postponed for this match.

5/3/98 Reigate
Priory are the holders but Ewell acquitted themselves well and held them to a
0-0 draw in front of 300-400. Priory suffered an

injury on the
25 minute mark. Passenger. All Reigate to start with and at one point
received a free kick "for contravention of the throw in rule"!!

In the second
half, Priory had to play with ten as the passenger couldn't continue but they
came closes to scoring with a disallowed goal. A

shot was sent
in from a free kick, but it entered the net without touching anyone, and
apparently it had to touch someone else back then.

It was decided
not to play extra time between the referee and captains, which was sporting
from Ewell seeing as they had a man advantage.

The injury was
a broken blood vessel in the chest for JP Goodall. Stennett also had a goal
disallowed for offside in the second half.

BIG REPORT
COPY TAKEN.

9/3/98
Middlesex beat Surrey 8-2 at Upton. HT 4-0. No Line up provided.

12/3/98 Ewell
v Kenley. Was this played? OR was it Ewell v Balham Wanderers as suggested by
the Morning Leader.

19/3/98 Ewell
defeat Reigate Priory in the replayed Surrey Charity Shield semi-final 3-1 at
Guildford. Ewell added Felix White to their line up

and "a
large number of spectators" saw Priory win the toss and head uphill.
They even started with ten men for two minutes, but just as Priory

got the full
complement, they hit the post with a free kick. Soon after this, at around
the five minute mark, they took the lead. Ewell woke up

after this and
Porter hit the post just before HT, although he scored soon after. HT 1-1.
Rain fell in the second half, and after 70 minutes Attlee

crossed and
Stennett sent the ball into the net "much to the delight of the Ewell
supporters." Attlee made it 3-1 soon after and Ewell were

well deserved
and handsome winners. BIG REPORT COPY TAKEN Game refereed by WJ Wilson - SCFA Secretary.

Ewell were
originally meant to play Old Cranleighans this day.

26/3/98
Weybridge defeated Woking 4-0 @ Guildford in their fourth consecutive SSC
Final. They would also win it in 1899. Awful weather.

26/3/98
Croydon Park v Ewell. Was this played? No. Blizzard in Croydon area. All
games appear to be p-p.

26/3/98
Weybridge 4-0 Woking @ Guildford in front of 1,000. HT 0-0. Surrey Senior Cup
Final.

2/4/98 Ewell
lose 3-1 to West Croydon in the Surrey Charity (Senior) Shield. Only the
third one ever. BIG REPORT COPY TAKEN

2/4/98 Game
played at Dorking (presume Pixham Lane). Barry Porter scored for Ewell. Team:
RS Dally, Tom (TJ) Mercer and Sid (SV)

Mercer (full
backs) LH Potter, CC Costin, TA Straker (half backs) Barry (TB) Porter, FW
White (right wing) A White (cf) SA Atlee,

A Stennett
(left wing). RS Dally was usually a full back, but ended up in goal for the
whole of this run!

2/4/98 A large
number of spectators on the Dorking club's ground. "The company included
a strong contingent from Ewell" "and the supporters

of the Croydon
team were also present in strong force." West Croydon were late arriving
and actually started with 8, but fortunately not for

long. Still,
Ewell took the lead with a long shot from Porter that dropped under the bar.
Then Ewell missed good chances and had to settle

for the 1-0
lead at HT, but it was already becoming evident that Ewell lacked the staying
power and West Croydon turned the match around

with three
goals in fairly quick time. Scorer was occasionally reported as Potter but
the shot came from out on the wing. The third goal

was a fumble
by Dally who was then charged into the net along with the ball by Songhurst.

Apparently
West Croydon wanted a different date as it clashed with their Croydon Charity
Cup Final, but Ewell objected according to the

Sutton
Advertiser. It was also reported in that paper that the game nearly didn't
take place, as the West Croydon selectors had dropped

Spearpoint,
and three or four others refused to play unless he was reinstated. They
actually took the field with 6 players before Graham

sportingly
stood down so Spearpoint could take his place. West Croydon only took around
150 and it was not a great crowd.

No further
fixtures listed for Ewell this season, but there easily could have been..

16/4/98 FAC
Final @ Crystal Palace. Notts Forest beat Derby County.

20/4/98 SCFA
Annual smoking concert with TT Bucknill, former Epsom FC President, to be
Master of Ceremonies on the night. Ewell received

their SCS
medals this evening, while Alex White received his county cap and badge. It
was the first time that runners up had been awarded

medals. Sutton
Advertiser also says that it was very expensive at the Holborn Restaurant,
with a bottle of Dewar costing 7s 6d per bottle. "and

footballers
are not as a rule, millionaires."

No Herald
Review found yet. My record is currently: Firsts
Fixtures 27, Pld 23 W12 D6 L5 F60 A42. 5
results missing W2 D1 L2 F9 A5 according

to Alex White's
detailed records that were produced in 1899. Reserves: Fixtures 21, Pld 9 W2
D1 L6 F11 A23

1898/99 Ewell
Secretary: Alex (AF) White, Ashley House, Epsom

1898 AGM??

10/9/98
Dorking 0-4 Ewell which was played on a very hard ground. AF White got two
and was assisted by Costin and Stennett who scored

one each. The
second Ewell goal came just before "lemon time." Leatherhead
Advertiser says that Dorking struggled for a team. AF White did

well. Slight
difference of opinion on the scorers here and I will stick with the original
report.

17/9/98
"Godalming opened their season with Ewell "dusting" them on
the Recreation Ground by five goals to nil." Not a very interesting

or exciting
game said the Surrey Advertiser. No HT or scorers.

19/9/98 Surrey
cap and badges to Tom (TJ) Mercer and AF White from Ewell, with badges to
Barry (TB) Porter, and GP Russell. EB Hampton

was also
present at the 21st SCFA AGM, held at Anderton's Hotel in Fleet Street.
Surrey Comet lists all players except Tom Mercer. Did he

get an award
or not? Alex White is elected as the Hon Match Secretary for Surrey FA.

32 entries for
Surrey Senior Cup (biggest yet) and 46 for the Surrey Junior Cup, down from
last year's 50 entries.

Sept 98
reference to Weybridge having a new ground "down by the ferry."
Also reference to Woking who are "on the Horsell ground."

Sept 98 Also
Kingston FC move to a new ground. Park Lane or Dinton Road? Both. They were
one and the same, but different entrances. Dressing rooms

were at the
Alexandra Hotel in Park Road. Ground still exists in its original form, it
appears.

Sept 98 West
Croydon play at Dennett Road this year, while Croydon Park play at Brigstock
Road, West Croydon would eventually take over Brigstock

Road in a
couple of years when they lose Dennett Road to housing. Dennett Road is 500
yards further along from West Croydon

station,
heading towards Thornton Heath, while Brigstock Road is in Thornton Heath.
There is still a recreation ground there, but I don't know if it is on the

same site.

Sept 98 Sutton
Association merge with Sutton Guild Rovers to become Sutton United. Sutton
Assoc were previously Sutton St Barnabas. The clubs

played at both
Western Road and Manor Lane, but would lose Western Road in 1899.

Sept 98 Stated
in Comet that the Surrey Junior League is to start. Thomas Bucknill QC has
provided a trophy.

Sept 98
Reference to Alice L Embleton passing some exams. Any relation to Ewell
players Percy (PC) and Arthur (AE) Embleton? Yes, sister, born 1879

24/9/98 Ewell
defeat Guildford 2-1 at West Street. Guildford's passing was better but Ewell
had more dash. Ewell crowned their two earlier

performances
by putting the county town in the shade. A most interesting game especially
in the second moiety when for a time it was level.

Guildford went
downhill in the first half and Ewell attacked and went ahead from a White
pass that was finished off by Stennett. Both teams

played with
greater determination in the second half and Guildford equalised, but from
that point on, Ewell were well on top. A corner was

cleared out to
Barry Porter who returned it with interest for the winning goal.

24/9/98
Reserves are defeated 4-1 at Walton in a game played at Mount Felix ground.
HT was 2-0 and Wood reduced the arrears before Walton scored

twice more.
It was the reserves first match of the season.

26/9/98 SCFA
draw for SSC saw Ewell drawn away to Surbiton Hill (29/10) and Ewell Reserves
at home to Beddington Corner in SJC (15/10).

The SCFA are
considering exemptions because of the number of entries. These come in next
year for the semi finalists to the last 16 stage.

1/10/98 Ewell
destroyed Bowes Park 8-1 at West Street, "the Londoners going under by
eight goals to one." A remarkable game personified

by the
performance of Felix White, who played at inside right and did everything
possible, despite not scoring himself. "His unselfish play was

commented
on." A.Stennett opened the scoring before Alex White missed a good
chance and the visitors equalised. From this point the game

was "very
hot" and the forwards were "irresistible". White scored twice
and Stennett registered another as the HT score was 4-1. On restarting

it was all
Ewell and Stennett completed his hat trick before Attlee scored the sixth,
with an Alex White penalty and Barry Porter being the

final scorers.
The game wasn't very interesting in the last ten minutes as Ewell tired, but
the damage was done.

1/10/98
reference to Carshalton FC (the amateur side, who were actually Carshalton
Park at the time playing their first ever game this

day v Ewell
Res and drew 2-2. CD Dally was listed as their first ever Secretary and was
brother of RS Dally from the Ewell club.

8/10/98 Ewell
defeat Old Cranleighans 1-0 at West Street despite an injury that required
Barry Porter to retire early in the second half. The

Surrey
Advertiser correspondent "Onlooker" says "it will surprise me
if they don't get somewhere near the finish in senior competitions."

Ewell were
also without Stennett and LH Potter with TF Hale and CC Costin returning to
the side. Ewell scored their goal early as Alec

White
dispatched a Barry Porter cross in off the post. Attlee then had another
disallowed for offside. Porter was injured soon after the restart

going
downhill. The Old Boys looked dangerous once or twice and near the end they
hit the bar with a splendid shot. A close game.

15/10/98 Ewell
defeated Barnes 3-0 at Barnes and have now played 6, won 6 F23 A2. The ground
was rather slippery owing to the rain, but

Ewell quickly
put on three goals, through Porter (2) and Felix White. In the second half
play was more even, although White put the ball

through from a
free kick but it hadn't touched anyone on the way so was disallowed. De
Wynter saved some good shots.

15/10/98
Former Ewell player N.Alston plays and scores for Banstead in a 6-1 win over
East Sheen Reserves.

22/10/98
Surrey Advertiser says "there is no getting away from the fact that
Ewell are a very hot lot this year." Ewell defeat Reigate Priory 4-0

at West
Street. "It is unnecessary for me to again quote their performance but
seven wins in seven matches needs little emphasis on my part."

Priory had
sent a strong team. Ewell however played a splendid game. Priory could not
repel the brilliant efforts of AF White, "who in scoring

"A good number of spectators were
present. White was the Ewell captain. There was a

strong cross
wind which kept play to the left side. Ewell went downhill in the first half.
"From the start, the pace was a cracker." Ewell were a

bit pressured
in the first ten minutes, but AF White scored from a pass by brother Felix
soon after and this was also the HT score. Ewell

seemed to
improve going uphill and Felix White passed the ball to Alex White who had
his back to goal, but scored with a half volley which

"was
through before Ibbs could move", going through the left hand corner at a
terrific pace." Alex White got his third with Ibbs carrying the

ball through
his goal, before Felix White beat three players and placed the ball well to
Alex White who scored the last goal with a cross shot

just on the
stroke of time. This may have been Ewell's best ever performance.

26/10/98
Suffolk 4-2 Surrey in front of a large crowd at Portman Road. AF White scored
the first for Surrey and Ewell went 2-0 up before losing.

29/10/98
Another five goals for Alex White in a 6-1 win over Croydon Park at West
Street. Ewell went downhill and Felix White scored very

quickly before
his brother got three before HT which was 4-0. After 46 minutes he scored
again and then the visitors scored with a long shot,

but Alex White
scored Ewell's sixth after a grand run from Porter. Not a brilliant game as
it was all Ewell.

29/10/98 This
day actually saw Ewell field three teams for the first time. In addition to
the first team, the Reserves drew 0-0 at Ashtead and

the third team
beat Eversleigh Thirds 4-2. Ewell were originally due to play SSC v Surbiton
Hill this day but they were still in the Amateur Cup

so the game
was put back to 12/11/98. Both Surbiton hill and Weybridge win their AC ties.
I wonder why Ewell never entered it?

The winners of
the SSC tie are at home to Guy's Hospital on 26/11.

29/10/98
Sutton United played Epsom YMCA at Western Road but score unknown. May have
been Sutton's reserves. Taken from Sutton history book.

5/11/98 Ewell
defeated Bradfield Waifs 7-2 at West Street. The visitors required subs to
make up the eleven and looked good to start with, but

Ewell, going
downhill, gradually wore them down. Felix White got the first goal and Alex
White made it two right on half time. 2-0 HT. The

Waifs were
reported as being old boys, but not sure where from. On crossing over for the
second half the Waifs tired perceptibly and after

good work from
AF White and A.Stennett, Felix White got the third goal. At this stage Ewell
were well on top and the Mercers had little to do,

but the Waifs
pulled one back after a scrimmage from a corner. Attlee then passed to AF
White who was within shooting distance but passed

to his brother
Felix who made it 4-1. Porter and AF White then made it 6-1 before the Whites
swapped places with the Mercers to add interest.

Sid Mercer
then scored the seventh "much to the amusement of the onlookers."
The end of the game was played in darkness and the Waifs

got a second
from a shot following a corner that De Wynter would have saved if not for the
light.

5/11/98
Reserves were 2-1 up at Leatherhead Reserves with 15 minutes left but lost
3-2.

9/11/98 Surrey
drew 5-5 with Oxfordshire @ Godalming. AF White scored while TA Straker also
played. Tom Mercer was not selected but

played the
first half before the selected player arrived.

12/11/98
Ewell's 100% record was dented as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Surbiton
Hill in the Surrey Senior Cup. Nearly a thousand were

present round
the ropes at the Surbiton Recreation Ground in Balaclava Road. Surbiton Hill
defended the waterworks end and the game

kicked off at
2.30. Ewell started strongly and the home keeper did well. Felix White scored
the opening goal with a shot that went in off the

post which was
well deserved at the time as they had run Surbiton Hill off their legs. HT
was only 1-0 although it should have been more.

Porter then
beat two players and scored the second goal but Ewell relaxed a bit and two
goals were scored in the last 15 - 20 minutes. As the

game only
kicked off at 2.30, there was no extra time. SURREY
COMET REPORT TO REQ.

"As no
gate can be charged there was a very large and enthusiastic attendance of the
partisans of both sides." "Seldom has so much interest

been centred
on a football match in Surbiton." "Quite a thousand." Surbiton
Hill played HC Beardsley who had been rested for the big

Amateur Cup 4q
tie so that he was fit for the SSC tie!

12/11/98 Ewell
were originally due to play Surbiton Hill in a friendly this day at West
Street before the SSC rearrangement.

12/11/98 As a
result the Reserve fixture between the same clubs was switched to Ewell but
(NR).

16/11/98 @
Weybridge, Surrey Juniors defeated Berks & Bucks Juniors 4-3. R.Wigram
(formerly Ewell) EG Attlee and P.Palmer all played for

Surrey.

19/11/98 Ewell
and East Sheen were both unbeaten but after a well fought game, Ewell lowered
their opponents colours 3-2 at West Street.

Ewell went
uphill in the first half but were hit with a goal in the first minute,
although AF White equalised soon after and Stennett put Ewell in

front and
Barry Porter hit the post. East Sheen fought back to level at 2-2 but Felix
White scored what proved to be the last goal of the game

just before HT
from a pass by AF White.

23/11/98
Dorset 3-2 Surrey @ Weymouth in a 30 minutes each way game. 2-0 to Dorset at
HT. AF White scored, while his brother Felix

White and Tom
(TJ) Mercer also played.

Nestor in
Sutton Advertiser complains that "A man does not stand much chance of
playing for Surrey nowadays unless he finds favour with

Messrs Asher
and White."

26/11/98 Ewell
defeated Surbiton Hill 2-1 at West Street in a Surrey Senior Cup replay but
(NR) in Surrey Advertiser or Surrey Comet. WHY!

Game described
in Surbiton Times as very wet and greasy but a splendid game. The Ewell
forwards could and should have had more.

3/12/98
Ewell's game at St John's School, Leatherhead is p-p for the SSC tie at home
to Guy's Hospital, which was won 3-1 despite playing

with one short
for almost all of the game. The Ewell correspondent in the Surrey Advertiser
appears to be having some time off!

Reserve game
v Croydon Park Reserves is also p-p for the same reason.

10/12/98 Ewell
were originally due to travel to Walton but actually defeated West Croydon
2-0 on their patch. Did the reserves go to

Walton, as
they had played there once this season. The Surrey Advertiser refers to
"Tuesday's Morning Leader" another publication which

contained a
paragraph headed "they are not shy" referring to Ewell and
providing a full record.

Ewell played
the first half with the wind and half way through the first period Porter
scored after a good run. They had nearly all of the game

but only led
1-0 at HT. Stennett made the game safe with a second goal near the end, but
it could/should have been a lot more than 2-0.

Game played at
Dennett Road and Sutton Advertiser said there was no fluke about the result.
"Ewell defended the Mitcham Road End and with

the wind. West
Croydon played in their reserve colours of red this day. "The Mercers
are a strong dashing pair of backs" and "on Saturdays

form they will
go close for the Surrey Cup says Nestor.

17/12/98 Ewell
4-0 Marcians but (NR).

21/12/98
Arthur Walters plays for an Old Internationals side against Charterhouse at
Queens Club, West Kensington. Only 400 spectators but some

very famous
names were present, like Lord Kinnaird who was older than most and lasted the
full game. Foggy day. HT was 1-0 and Internationals

went 4-0 up
before the youngsters got two back.

Dec 98 Ewell
have been drawn at home to West Croydon in SSC 3 (QF).

24/12/98
Ewell's home match with Kingston was scratched by Kingston as many of their
team were away for the holidays.

24/12/98
Reserves were due to travel to Ferndale but (NR). Ferndale played at Duppas
Hill, Croydon.

24/12/98
Reference to Epsom defeating Ashtead Reserves 1-0 but there was no Epsom at
this time, so it was either Epsom YMCA or a scratch XI. Line up:

Tom Ware, Tom
Hersey, G.Stokoe, Pegg, Wakelin, Reeves, Hobbs, Elson, Wilson, Medcalf, Gow.

26/12/98 Ewell
lose 2-0 to Reigate Priory with a weakened team on Boxing Day. (NR).

26/12/98
Reserves have two disallowed in a 3-3 draw at Ashtead Reserves. Both teams
worked hard.

Dec 98 Ewell
have entered for SCS this year and are wrongly listed in Surrey Advertiser as
holders, when they were only runners up!

Dec 98
reference to Ewell President John Bridges being on the Epsom Bench along with
other dignitaries like Henry Dorling.

31/12/98 A
very unpleasant day for football says Surrey Herald. Frost and rain ensured
that few games were played. However, at West Street,

Ewell defeated
Dorking 13-0! Debut for SW Sulman at inside right who did well and would
become a regular for a few seasons. The score

was only 2-0
at HT, and going downhill in the second half, Ewell scored 11 goals to set a
ground record that would be matched in 1938 by

Ewell &
Stoneleigh in their 16-1 win v Brookwood MH. Alex White scored five, while
Sulman and Stennett got a couple each. The Herald

only refers to
12 scorers, and the one that was missing was either White or Stennett.

Dorking had
only turned up with 7 but subs were found says Leatherhead Advertiser.

31/12/98 The
same day Ewell Reserves win 4-2 at Dorking Reserves. KO 3.30 and both teams
played 1 player short. With a late ko like that, not much

time can
have been played in a December match. Leatherhead Advertiser says that
Dorking turned up with only 5 and "a substitute or two" was found.

They also
advised the attendance as "virtually nil".

4/1/99 Sussex
2-4 Surrey @ Hastings. HT 1-1.

Jan 99
Reference to East Sheen's ground being nearest to Mortlake.

7/1/99 A
future sub for Ewell Reserves, P.Drinkwater is with Surbiton Hill Reserves
this season and plays for them this day.

7/1/99 Ewell
defeat Barnes 7-1 despite lending keeper LJ De Wynter to the other side.
Edgar Jeffery went in goal in De Wynter's place

and despite
going uphill in the first half, a long shot from Porter was helped in by
White, who scored the second too. The game became more

even and
Barnes pulled a goal back, before White completed his HT before HT with a
long low shot. In the second half there was only one

team in it, as
White got another three to make 6 in total, while Attlee got the other one.

7/1/99 The
reserves however were defeated 6-1 by Barnes Reserves with Steven scoring for
the losers.

7/1/99 Former
Epsom F.C. President Thomas Bucknill Q.C. M.P. is knighted by Queen Victoria.
(possibly 14/1/99).

14/1/99 Ewell
are held to a 3-3 draw by Croydon Park. Currently Ewell's record is Pld 19
W16 D2 L1 F79 A14. "A capital game" in "splendid

weather"
saw White open the scoring, and HT was 1-0. Croydon Park equalised soon after
the break, but straight from the kick off White "got

the ball and
went all the way" to regain the lead. It was 2-2 soon after as a penalty
was given for an infringement way out in the corner of the

field, but
inside the 12 yard line, but Sulman put Ewell in front again before White had
two more disallowed, and a third equaliser came

right near the
end of the game. Game played at Croydon Park's ground at the time in
Brigstock Road, and future Ewell keeper A.B.Crake

played for
Croydon Park. Ewell lost the toss and had the sun in their eyes for the full
half (only 35 minutes each way this day). Ewell

started best
said the Sutton Advertiser, who also advised that the penalty was awarded for
a foul "close to goal". Final equaliser came ten

minutes from
time.

14/1/99
Reserves lost 2-1 v Leatherhead at West Street, but had led at half time
going downhill. CE Martin saved a penalty in the second half at 1-1.

18/1/99 Berks
& Bucks 1-7 Surrey @ Maidenhead. De Wynter, TJ Mercer, GP Russell all
played, while Porter and AF White both scored. HT 3-0.

21/1/99 Ewell
defeat West Croydon 6-1 in the Surrey Senior Cup third round (QF). Ewell were
a goal down at West Street, and deservedly so,

but the goal
woke them up. The Ewell "five worked together like a piece of
machinery" said the report. Regular columnist Harkaway believes

that Ewell
will now go on to win the cup. Ewell next play Clapham Rovers in the SSC SF
on 18/2 @ Kingston FC.

The other SSC
semi is Weybridge v East Sheen @ Guildford. COPY
TAKEN.

The attendance
was between 600 and 700 in spite of the wet weather and strong wind. Attlee
equalised the early goal from a Porter cross,

while Porter
himself scored the next after a scramble before HT. After a short interval,
Sulman, White, Costin and White again made it 6-1.

Uphill first
half and only a short interval at half time. Costin was excellent at half
back, and Russell "was as usual, excellent." The Mercers

played a
sterling defensive game, while De Wynter was also deserving of mention. West
Croydon supporters had two choices for getting to

Ewell, as they
could get the 1.42 train to Ewell, changing at Sutton, or the 2.34 which
arrived at Ewell at 2.59. This was almost certainly

Ewell East
rather than Ewell West. Sutton Advertiser believed that Ewell were only three
goals better, and that the attendance was 500-600.

A regular gale
blew straight down the pitch, and Ewell were against the wind in the first
half but still led 2-1 at HT. Porter was definitely

offside for
the second goal said Sutton Advertiser, which was very Croydon biased! The
second half was exclusively in the West Croydon half.

Sutton
Advertiser believes that "Saturdays form is good enough to lift the
Surrey cup."

21/1/99
Reserves lose 4-2 at Surbiton Hill Reserves, but played with 9 men & two
subs were found. Despite this, Ewell were a goal up at HT through

Barnes, and
GC Hampton scored in the second half. CE Martin did well in his new position
of back.

21/1/99
Leatherhead Res took an early lead in the second half against Epsom YMCA, but
an o.g. from a Hobbs centre equalised things. YMCA went

behind again,
but a late Hersey equaliser five minutes from time shared the spoils.

28/1/99 Ewell
defeat Emeriti 3-1, but an easier win was expected. Porter and Costin were
away but Daniels and De Wynter did well in their

place. Attlee
scored after 20 minutes but Emeriti levelled it up, and Sid Mercer then
suffered an injury and was off the field for a while. Alec

White made it
2-1 before HT, and going downhill in the second half, Attlee scored his
second goal and Ewell's third.

28/1/99
Reserves were 1-0 up at HT but had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Ashtead.
Scorer was GC Hampton and it was the third visit to Ashtead this season.

They had
only travelled with ten but J.Matten played for them as sub. Leatherhead
Advertiser also says that (5) was A.Goodwin, not EG Attlee, but I will stay

with the
original report for now.

4/2/99 Ewell v
East Sheen in SCS is p-p as East Sheen have another cup tie v Reigate Priory
(W2-0) As a result a friendly is arranged at

Guy's Hospital
but this is postponed for frost at Honor Oak Park.

4/2/99
Reserves lose 3-1 to Guy's Reserves. GC Hampton scored from a Tom Mercer
pass. Mercer was only playing for the reserves because the first

team game was
off.

5/2/99 Surrey
3-0 Dorset @ Weybridge. Tom Mercer Barry Porter and Alex White all played for
Surrey who defended the goal at the entrance

end of the
ground in the first half.

11/2/99 Ewell
lead through AF White (20) against East Sheen in the SCS at West Street, but
HT was 1-1 and East Sheen win 4-2. COPY TAKEN.

White had put
Ewell ahead again from a penalty, but the visitors were too strong. "One
of the fastest and most exciting games ever played

on the Ewell
ground was witnessed." Second half with wind and slope, the home side
were favourites, but it didn't work out like that, despite

retaking the
lead, East Sheen appeared to score three against almost continuous pressure
according to the report.

Surrey
Advertiser says this was Ewell's first defeat of the season (appears that
way) and they had been hoping to reach the final again.

11/2/99 Epsom
YMCA are humbled 8-1 at Dorking Reserves. They were 5-0 down after 20 minutes
and 6-0 at HT with A.Nurse scoring for YMCA, but .

this goal came right at the end while the Dorking keeper
was up at the half way line for some reason! D&L Advertiser refers to
taking advantage of Alexander's absence from his goal!

14/2/99 A
final attempt is made in Dorking High Street to resurrect Shrove Tuesday
football sees approx 2-3,000 there, and half a dozen attempts to play

were made but
each time the police were able to grab the football and make off with it!!
Kicked off by the Red Lion, and on one occasion the ball ended up

on the roof of
the Black Horse!

15/2/99 Surrey
defeat Oxfordshire 4-1 @ Guildford. Barry Porter scored twice for Surrey and
AF White also played.

18/2/99 A
grandly contested match took place at Kingston FC as Ewell defeated Clapham
Rovers 1-0 despite an early injury to Costin that

would actually
keep him out for the rest of the season. Alex White scored the early goal
just before Costin's injury with a shot in off the post.

The final is
expected to be in Kingston again says Herald. COPY
TAKEN.

The Rovers
were the heavier lot, and the game kicked off late at 3.45. Both sides took a
while to settle, but White scored and Costin then

twisted his
knee, having to go in goal for the rest of the match (why not on the wing?)
De Wynter went out onto the field as a half back, but

needed to
switch flanks with Straker, and Ewell did better after that. Ewell forced
three corners just before HT but to no avail. For a time in the

second half,
Rovers had the best of things, but T.Mercer cleared the ball as it rolled
along the line, and the danger passed. De Wynter did well

especially
with his heading, and in the last twenty minutes "Ewell started to play
a close game and kept the ball up the lines as much as

possible"
and the wingers "purposely refrained from passing to the middle. This
game was played to considerable effect."

Porter played
a magnificent game, and the backs were also excellent. Costin was seldom
troubled in goal. A most pleasant game, "and

entirely free
from the disagreeable play often shown in cup ties." Surrey Advertiser
says that more than 1,000 were present at Kingston FC

The game was
played at Dinton Road, Kingston, which is also occasionally referred to as
Park Road, which was the other side of the ground.

18/2/99 Surrey
Comet advised that there was a record crowd at Kingston, although this was
then broken the next week for an SCS tie

involving
Kingston and Surbiton Hill. The Surrey FA were so impressed with the venue
that they chose it for the Final.

COPY TAKEN IN
COMET.

18/2/99 @ West
Street - Surrey Junior Cup SF Old Londonians 2-0 Banstead.

18/2/99 Epsom
YMCA played Dorking Reserves again this week and were leading with a couple
of minutes left but drew 3-3. Nurse scored all three goals,

as YMCA led
2-0 then, and 2-1 at HT. Dorking equalised but Nurse looked as though he'd
won it but a very late equaliser for Dorking shared the game.

Surrey Herald
is complimentary and suggest that maybe Epsom have a prospect of "having
a football club worthy of the sporting traditions of the town."

D&L
Advertiser is less so and refers to the Dorking team bitterly complaining
about the physicality of the game!

23/2/99 Epsom
YMCA 1-7 Tom Hersey's XI at Epsom. Teams listed in D&L Advertiser.

25/2/99
Ewell III were due to play Beddington Corner Res but the pitch was unfit, and
was never played, as there was an admin error on Ewell's part.

25/2/99 The
same day the Reserves were due to travel to Brigstock Road to play Croydon
Park Reserves but (NR) in Sutton Advertiser indicates that it was

probably not
played.

25/2/99 Ewell
defeat St John's School 7-0 at West Street. AL Bacon took CC Costin's place
although he is more a rugby player. Stennett scored

the first
goal, and Alex White got four more before HT, two of which were after good
work from Porter. HT was 5-0 and Sulman and White

again added to
the tally. Alex White's recent scoring exploits were 24 in the last 8
matches. He has scored in all 8, and may have scored

in games
before this, but I don't know yet. The sequence currently runs from 31/12/98
to 25/2/99.

3/3/99 Concert
on behalf of Epsom YMCA with EH Ruscoe in the Chair.

4/3/99 @ West
St - East Sheen are due to play the SCS SF against Norwood & Selhurst,
with the referee being HJ Martin from the Ewell club.

4/3/99 SW
Sulman scores twice as Ewell draw 2-2 at Crouch End Vampires. Tom Mercer and
Stennett were missing, as was the injured

Costin. The
game was played "on the cycle ground" at Wood Green. Sulman scored
early after a keeper fumble, but Ewell were behind by

HT and it
required a late goal from Sulman to get the draw. It was the club's 100th
goal this season, having achieved the feat once before.

Current record
was Pld 25 W20 D3 L2 F100 A25. Originally at home to East Sheen this day but
they had an SCS sf tie at West Street.

4/3/99
Reserves lose 6-0 at East Sheen, and only played with 9, two of which were
subs.

Mar 99
Reference to the Sanatorium in Virginia Water. It is the Royal Holloway
Sanatorium but may not have had Royal accreditation at the

time Ewell
played there. It was in Stroude Road and was finally closed in 1981. The old
building still exists.

7/3/99 West
Croydon Reserves resign en bloc and form a new club, Croydon Wanderers. West
Croydon soon merge with Glenrose two weeks later and

absorb them
entirely to create a new reserve team. Croydon Wanderers first match was on
11/3/99.

8/3/99 Surrey
v Middx @ Kingston. (NR).

11/3/99
Reserves could not raise a team this week for their trip to play Beddington
Corner Reserves.

11/3/99 Ewell
were due to play Godalming this day, but from the Herald seasonal review it
is almost certain that they played Fulham instead,

losing 2-1.
There is also reference in the end of season review about playing this game
with ten men for quite a while. (NR)

18/3/99 Ewell
win 3-0 at Bradfield Waifs @ Norbury Park despite a weakened side. Sulman
stepped in at centre half for Russell, while

Arthur Walters
came in for Tom Mercer. Stennett did not turn up until HT by which time,
Ewell were a goal up through T.White. In the

second half,
White (presume AF?) and Porter each scored.

18/3/99
Wallington win 6-0 v Merton Manor at Harcourt Road, where they were regularly
playing this year.

20/3/99 In
preparation for the SSC Final, Ewell defeated Mr CK Smith's XI 8-1 on Monday
afternoon.

Between this
date and the date of the SSC F Ewell play Mr FW White's XI and won 5-2.
Almost certainly Wednesday 22/3/99.

25/3/99
reference in Surrey Advertiser of a friendly Epsom v Ashtead. (NR). Did Epsom
even exist then?

25/3/99 Ewell
lose 2-0 to Weybridge in Surrey Senior Cup Final. Game played at Surbiton
says many sources, but actually played at Kingston.

The Surrey FA
chose to play the final for the first time ever away from Guildford. KO 4pm
so as to allow everyone to see the Boat Race first.

25/3/99 For
the SSC Final this day, Tom Mercer and GP Russell are uncertain starters,
while CC Costin will definitely miss the game.

Fortunately
Arthur (AM) Walters has qualified in the last few days (must have had to play
a certain number of matches) and will play.

Harkaway is
not so confident about Ewell's chances now they have this rash of injuries,
despite the addition of Walters, who would have been

about 32 years
of age by then. There is also talk of a possible postponement, as there was 2
inches of snow on the pitch as the paper went to

press, and the
surface was "frozen as hard as bricks".

However, game
goes ahead, and Weybridge defeat Ewell 2-0. An early injury to Alex White
made a substantial difference. COPY TAKEN

The game was
played at Dinton Road, Kingston, which is also occasionally referred to as
Park Road, which was the other side of the ground.

"There was a large attendance."
Not many details in a poor Surrey Herald report. "Weybridge seldom gave
away a chance

and secured the handsome and valuable trophy
somewhat easily at the finish." Alex White had to leave the pitch before
HT. 10 men.

Surrey
Advertiser says that the attendance was "well over 2,000" for the
first ever SSC Final @ Kingston. Piercingly cold weather for this

match which
kicked off after 4pm so as to enable many people to see the Boat Race earlier
that day. "Arthur Walters, for a veteran, showed

surprising
form". Weybridge won the toss and "decided to defend the Barracks
goal" with the wind. Referee was WJ Wilson the SCFA

Secretary and
linesmen were well known in SCFA, Percy Brandon and JP Asher. Captain Alex
White kicked off in the teeth of a strong wind,

but at 0-1
down he was injured and had to leave the field for treatment but returned
before HT. Porter hit a shot that went along the crossbar,

but HT was
1-0. Ewell had the wind in the second half, but White had to retire soon
after the restart, and as sleet and rain fell it became

unpleasant for
players and spectators, although it eased towards the end. The second
Weybridge goal, like the opener in the first half, came

midway through
the half, and was scored after pressure from a corner. SURREY ADV COPY TAKEN.

The gate from
the cup final was £62 and justified moving the final from Guildford. It
"easily constituted a record for any football match in

Surrey"
said the Surrey Advertiser. Alex White's injury was a nasty rib injury. He
required medical treatment from the Mayor of Kingston

who refused to
accept a fee. No insurance in those days. Was this
attendance over 4,000, as SSC Final a couple of years back was this big. Yes

The Surrey
Comet advises the attendance of "upwards of 3,000" which was
impressive as there was also a Surrey Rugby Cup Final replay the

same day in
the same town between Dulwich Park and Battersea. Originally due to play
Kenley (A) this day.

Kingston &
Surbiton News says attendance was 3,500. The game was watched by John Porter,
Barry's famous father.

COPY TAKEN IN
COMET.

AF White is
also Surrey Match Secretary these days.

1/4/99 this
week's game v Guildford has now been postponed because of the number of Ewell
injuries.

1/4/99 No
games this week or on 8/4/99 for either Ewell or Epsom YMCA sides.

8/4/99 SCS
Final @ Godalming saw Guildford 4-1 East Sheen. Attendance was between
400-500.

15/4/99 Ewell
are scheduled to wind up their season this day with a game against Mr Arthur
Walters XI. Many well known players have

accepted
invitations to play, including C.Wreford-Brown, O.E. Wreford-Brown, EH Bray,
WU Timmis, Percy (PM) Walters. A regular Ewell side

will take the
field says Herald, excluding Tom Mercer. No report in Herald the following
week, but it was won 8-3. The match was allowed to

be played by
the Surrey F.A. with the beneficiaries being Ewell C.C.

15/4/99 73,000
present at Crystal Palace for FA Cup Final between Derby and Sheffield
United. "A vast crowd."

April 99
Guildford defeat East Sheen in SCS Final.

19/4/99 SCFA
Smoking Concert at St James Restaurant, in Regent Street, where teams from
Weybridge and Ewell received medals at around

9.30 p.m.
"Loudly cheered". Also AF White and Tom Mercer got their County
Caps, while Barry Porter and GP Russell got their badges.

Apparently
there were 124 clubs in affiliation at this time.

29/4/99 8th
Annual Sports day at Ewell run by the cricket and football clubs. Arthur
Walters won the kicking the football event with a

distance of
176 ft 10inches. The overall event was won this year by FC Smith. Previous
winners were 1898 HN Coltart, 1897 AF White (who

had won the
cup outright this year), 1896 joint winners White and Coltart, 1895 AF White.
Presented originally by Major EF Coates.

6/5/99 Herald
Review. "Ewell has just completed the most successful season since the
club was formed." Played 31 W24 D3 L4 F125
A35.

A massive
review referred to two unfortunate losses and provided many details - see
below. COPY TAKEN.

CORRECT

Reference to a
holiday defeat to Reigate Priory which had a very weak Ewell team out with 5
reserves. They lost 2-1 to Fulham but

played with
ten men for over a half, and the same bad luck happened against Weybridge in
the SSC Final. "A long list of wins against all

the best clubs
in the County can be shown, coupled with a splendid goal average." The
loss of Felix (FW) White was felt, but SW Sulman

filled the
position well. Porter had another great season while Attlee and Stennett have
also shown regular and consistent form. Alex White

took over the
position of centre forward, and Herald says he scored 59 goals this season. I have 46 so far with 29 more to account for)

GP Russell was
undoubtedly the best of the halves,

but Straker
follows him closely.. LH Potter was obliged to stop playing half way through
the season, but CK Attlee did well in his place,

while the
Mercer brothers and De Wynter in goal are very difficult to get by. Alex
White also played 8 times for Surrey this season, while

Tom Mercer (5)
also got his county cap. GP Russell (3) and Barry Porter (4) got County
badges, while De Wynter and Straker have both played

once for
Surrey this season. A full detailed record of all results is then listed.
Reserves were not so successful - Played 23 W4 D7
L12 F38 A52

I have 10
results for Reserves so far. W1 D2 L7 F14 A32 and
Thirds which was started late in the season  Played 6 W4 L2 F15 A17.

For the Thirds
I have just one 4-2 win in their first match on 29/10/98.

1899/00
reference to AF White getting Surrey caps and badge winners. Ewell Secretary
AF White

1899/00
reference to Epsom YMCA playing in chocolate and blue: Sec, AJ Elson, Church
Street. However, they fold without starting the season.

June 99
Reference to various Ewell FC players also playing for the cricket club. Alex
White, A.Perks, Sid Mercer, MT Turner, Rev EV Bond,

PM Walters and
AM Walters all played at some point.

3/6/99 Horton
Asylum is formally opened. It had been open for 12 months

13/6/99
occasional player Bob (RT) I'Anson's second daughter got married at Ewell
Parish Church. I get the impression that Bob may have

played more in
earlier days.

July 99 first
reference to "the Transvaal question". The Boer War would soon
follow to protect English whites from their black counterparts in South
Africa.

July 99
reference to Carshalton St Andrews just being called St Andrews at this
point.

1/9/99 AGM of
Ewell FC. A Friday evening. COPY TAKEN.

A massive
report is produced showing a full playing record of the club's history,
starting in 1890 (as expected). Held at Spring Hotel.

Also reference
is made to the adjoining field being rented for a third team. It had to be
either the lower pitch between the old ground and

the station,
or it may have been where the houses appeared on Mount Pleasant in the
sixties, as this land was certainly open, and was

considered in
the fifties when a plan for rotating the pitch was briefly raised. I believe
it was the lower pitch.

Tom Mercer
presided over the meeting, and many were present including Secretary AF
White, and many others. The Treasurer submitted

a statement of
accounts showing a balance in hand of £5 and subscriptions that are due
expected to raise another £6.

Alex White
advised that "the ninth season just terminated has no doubt been the
most successful one since the club was formed." He showed

a comparison
with former years (below).

Season

Played

W

D

L

F

A

1898-99

31

24

3

4

125

35

Correct -ties in with my records.

1897-98

28

14

7

7

69

47

Five results missing

1896-97

24

11

5

8

55

42

Correct -ties in with my records.

1895-96

25

12

5

8

71

42

Correct -ties in with my records.

1894-95

21

18

0

3

132

24

Two wins missing

1893-94

21

18

1

2

97

22

Correct -ties in with my records.

1892-93

17

12

2

3

57

24

Correct -ties in with my records.

1891-92

14

9

2

3

52

21

Correct -ties in with my records.

1890-91

9

3

0

6

12

21

A 3-1 win is missing

THE HERALD
REVIEWS OF THE SEASON (except 97-98 (unseen)) ALL TALLY WITH THIS REPORT.

The standard
of football has greatly improved all round, and it is very gratifying to be
able to record such a successful season, said White.

It did not
look so promising at the start, but the club is sound financially and an
adjoining field has been rented for the third team to use,

which started
last year. The ground was lent to SCFA on several occasions, and a collection
for the London Playing Fields Association

raised £3
10s. The first round in the Charity Shield raised £9 net, and a benefit match
on behalf of the cricket club raised £7 net. The club

handed £10 to
the Epsom & Ewell Cottage Hospital.

This time,
for the first time, regular Committee meetings had been held fortnightly, and
attendance was excellent. A vote of thanks goes to

HJ Martin for
having the ground regularly rolled.

Election of
officers: President JH Bridges, V-P Mr Tom Mercer, Captain and Secretary Alec
F White, v-c Tom Mercer, 2nd XI captain CE Martin,

and Treasurer
EB Hampton. All the above were re-elected unanimously with exception of 2nd
XI captain, as CE Martin defeated JL Hampton

Committee was
balloted for and the following were elected (with number of votes alongside)
Arthur M Walters 25, HJ Martin 25, SW Sulman

25, EV Bond
25, LV Straker 24, A.Collins 24, TA Straker 23, Sid Mercer 22, F.Charman 21,
A.Stennett 19, CC Costin 19, P.Palmer 18.

CA Hampton 16
and LL Hampton 10 were not elected.

The club will
again enter the Surrey Senior and Surrey Junior Cups, and the Charity Shield
if chosen, while AF White was again selected for

the SCFA
Committee. The AGM was followed by a Committee meeting, where some amendments
to club rules were made.

Sept 99 it is
reported by the Herald that Ewell do not enter the Amateur Cup, despite
several weaker sides than Ewell having a try. I don't

know why this
was the case. Have they entered earlier? Season to start at Godalming on
9/9/99.

2/9/99
Practice game this day at West Street seeing Sid Mercer's XI v Alex White's
XI. SM Line Up: TR Scott, Sid Mercer, AR Daniels, C.Laing,

SW Sulman, TA
Straker, M.Scott, GHN Barrack, A.Barnes, PH Steven. AW Line Up: D.Knight,
G.Steven, DW Edwards, L.Wood, CE Martin,

Barry Porter,
P.Hayes-Palmer, Alex White, JG Poole, A.Stennett. It was a ten a side match
which ran for 40 minutes each way, and finished

5-4 to White's
XI. Most prominent in the new players was Hayes-Palmer, Poole, and Barnes.
"A very satisfactory trial."

9/9/99 Ewell
win 3-0 at Godalming with three new forwards in the line up. Kick off was
after 5pm, and Ewell played in white. Unfortunately,

so did the
Godalming centre forward, and he gave some trouble early in the game for that
reason. Barnes scored the first goal with a rush

from a corner.
Half time was called after 40 minutes, and after a short interval, Alex White
made it 2-0 after a spell of pressure, but Ewell's

third goal was
a result of a breakaway after pressure from the hosts, Poole being the
scorer. Scott and Bond did well, while Hayes-Palmer

and Poole did
very well! A fast game said Herald report. However, Surrey Advertiser says it
was not a great game until Poole scored the first,

with White and
Palmer getting the next two. I will stick with the Herald report as it is
more local.

16/9/99
Inaugural dinner of the Horton Asylum Football Club at Railway Hotel, Station
Road (now Upper High Street) at 7pm. Secretary George Foster,

Woodbine
Villa, Hook Road, Epsom.

Also reference
to Epsom IOGT Lodge starting in 1873.

Sept 99 saw
West Croydon at Dennett Road and Croydon Park at Brigstock Road.

16/9/99 sees a
good attendance for Ewell's easy win over a strong West Croydon team that
just didn't perform "before a good crowd, as the

local interest
in the match was rather keen". Ewell defended the bottom goal but White
scored first from a Porter pass, and other chances

were missed as
HT was 1-0. Poole was injured on the left wing, in the second half and most
of Ewell's work went down the right. Despite the

handicap of a
passenger, it was all Ewell in the second half, but White didn't score his
second until well into the half. Then Stennett and

White
completed the scoring. "The team shows an improvement, even on last
year" says Surrey Herald. Sutton Advertiser was less

complimentary
and suggested that two Ewell goals were fortunate. At one point, Poole was
injured, and at Alex White's request, the West

Croydon
Captain, Gus "Tich" Kettel allowed the team to replace him with a
substitute, Barnes. However, Arthur Barnes was already playing

and I don't
know of any other Barnes at the club. Maybe a relative or a spectator at the
ground.

20/9/99 SCFA
AGM at Anderton's Hotel in Fleet Street. Ewell are exempt to the last 16 in
the SSC as one of this year's last 4.

This was the
first time that the SCFA had done this. Alex White re-elected as Hon. Match
Secretary.

20/9/99 Horton
Asylum affiliate to Surrey FA at the meeting this day.

22/9/99 Epsom
Thursday are formed at a well attended meeting - Venue unknown.

23/9/99 Ewell
suffer a late defeat at Townley Park with half of their regular side missing.
All three goals were given away by the full backs

says the
report, with Mercer the main culprit. Porter, Bond, Daniels, and Poole were
all out, and on a ground that sloped from side to side,

they went a
goal down after a poor clearing header from Mercer. White hit the post and
the bar, but HT was still 1-0. Finally he equalised, but

they went
behind again before Stennett equalised. The winning goal saw Mercer on the
post who let the tame shot go under his foot!

30/9/99 Herald
Preview for the new season. Ewell new players PH Hayes-Palmer (Guy's
Hospital), RA Low (old Cambridge Blue), AL Bristow

(Reigate
Priory), JG Poole (Hurst College), and V.Brown (Clapham Rovers). AF White is
again captain, with Tom Mercer as v-c, while

CE Martin will
do his best with the youngsters (presume Reserves). The full season's
fixtures are listed here too, probably in order.

Surrey
Advertiser advises that about 300 were present at Dulwich and the goal was in
the "last moment".

Also stated
that Epsom YMCA have folded, while Epsom Thursday have formed. Ewell Village
also start this year but are not included in the preview.

Reserves are
drawn at home to Sutton United in SJC 1, originally for 7th Oct, but
eventually will be played on 14th October.

30/9/99
Reserves defeat Furzedown Park 3-1 at West Street. Barrack scored twice very
early and HT was 2-1, while Steven scored in the second half.

7/10/99 Ewell
are due to host Clapham Rovers. Was this game played? (NR).

7/10/99
Reserves lose 5-2 at Hampton Court against East Molesey. 3-0 down early and
HT 3-1.

14/10/99 Ewell
were due to play against Barnes, but Ewell Reserves cup tie against Sutton
took priority and Ewell travelled to play Gravesend,

where they won
6-3. Bristow scored first before Gravesend levelled the scores, but White
restored the lead before HT. Sulman scored after the

break, and he
was followed by White, Bristow and Hayes-Palmer to go 6-1 up. A fairly easy
win. Surrey Advertiser says it was Gravesend Res.

Oct 99
Reference to St Thomas's Hospital playing in Chiswick.

Oct 99 Dinton
Road, Kingston, had two pitches.

Oct 99 Old
Londonians play at Brixton Cricket Club.

14/10/99
Reserves lose 3-1 to Sutton United in SJC 1. 2-0 down at HT and their goal
was an own goal. They also played with ten men for a

while due to
a late arrival and an injury near the end.

14/10/99 Epsom
Good Templars 1-0 Epsom East Street Reserves. Herald states that this was the
Good Templars (IOGT) first match, but I am

more concerned
with EES appearing, when they are stated as having formed in Sept 1900!

19/10/99
Ashtead 3-6 Epsom Thursday who were 2-0 down after ten minutes but 3-3 at HT.
G.Goodfellow scored four of the six goals.

The D&L
Advertiser advises that this was Ashtead FC, not any midweek side.

21/10/99
Furzedown Park play in Streatham. Reserves are due to play there this day but
(NR). Possibly postponed because of very thick fog.

21/10/99
Despite the fog, an "extraordinary game" between Ewell and London
Hospital takes place at West Street. 2 debuts this day, Hewitt,

and Low who
did well. The goal posts were not visible from the centre of the field says
report, and only 30 minutes each way was played.

Ewell were far
from full strength but still drew 2-2. They went behind, but the reporter was
not sure how, as he couldn't see it!. HT 0-1 but

White
equalised from Daniels pass, and then Daniels scored from a Porter cross
before a late equaliser.

21/10/99
Ewell Village are first reported, winning 5-0 against Epsom Good Templars
with the scorers being Alfred Revell (2), W.Pederick (2) and J.Peters.

25/10/99
Surrey 3-1 Suffolk @ West Croydon. Alex White got equaliser for Surrey after
they trailed 1-0 at HT. Barry Porter also played.

Attendance was
a poor one at Dennett Road, approximately 400-500 present. Croydon Guardian
says not much more than 300 attended.

Future keeper
AB Crake is with Croydon Park this season again.

28/10/99 Ewell
send a weak team to Charterhouse (Godalming) to play Carthusians and lost
6-1. Many injuries and unavailabilities, and two

that didn't
turn up. 1-0 down "very quickly" and 4-0 very early in the match.
Hayes-Palmer scored from a Porter pass before HT, but 2 more

were scored in
the second half. Tuff got 4 for Carthusians.

Oct 99
reference to Bradfield Waifs who play at Norbury Park.

Oct 99 SSC
draw for second round sees Ewell drawn at home to East Sheen, another of last
season's semi-finalists. To be played before 2/12.

31/10/99
reported opening date of Epsom Recreation Ground.

3/11/99 Storm
damage to West Croydon's new stand which "turned turtle."

4/11/99
Reserves lose 4-2 at home to East Sheen Reserves. Everett scored in the first
half, while Martin scored in the second. HT unk.

The above is
a bit puzzling as East Sheen Reserves also played a London Junior Cup tie
this day and beat Balham OB's 2-0.

4/11/99 Ewell
first team also play at home v East Sheen and lose 2-3. Did Reserves use
lower pitch, or were they away? Sulman was away for

Ewell so Alex
White played centre half for a while, but Ewell conceded early and were 2-0
down by HT. Despite Ewell pressure, they went

3-0 down in
the second half before Stennett and White reduced the arrears and there were
"strenuous efforts to equalise". A pleasant game

despite the
ground being a bit wet said report. A well refereed game by Sergeant Lewis.

9/11/99 A
late start and only 30 minutes each way as Epsom Thursday defeated Great
Eastern Railway 2-1. Were due to play at Catford, but this wasn't

played.

11/11/99
"A welcome return to form" says Surrey Herald as "a finished
display" saw Ewell defeat Guildford 5-1. The first half was close but
with

the wind in
the second half Ewell were easy winners. White scored first for Ewell but
Guildford equalised although Harris put Ewell ahead by

HT. Goals from
White (2) and Porter (with last kick of game) meant it was "the first
time Guildford have received such a beating from Ewell"

as games were
usually much closer.

11/11/99
Reserves are due to play Clapham Rovers Reserves (A) according to Surrey
Herald, but Surrey Advertiser says (H).

16/11/99 Epsom
Thursday are caught cold and trail 4-0 at home to Army Ordnance Corps after
ten minutes. HT 1-4 FT 1-4.

18/11/99
Future ground users of West Street Old Citizens, lose 4-1 at home to
Eversleigh this day. Game played at Beckenham Hill.

18/1/99 A
sort of Ewell Village side defeat "an Ashtead 18 team" 3-2. Lots of
Village players in their line up. Game was played at Ashtead and the line up
for

this
"Ewell 18 team" was H.Chaffey, F.Taylor, A.Beams, F.Kendal,
G.Reeves, F.Strudwick, W.Pederick, F.Stone, Alfred Revell, J.Peters,
C.Charman

18/11/99 The
following week Ewell hammer Guy's Hospital 8-2 with the Herald praising
"probably the strongest half back line they have ever

had."  TA Straker, SW Sulman, and RA Low. HT for
V.Brown as Ewell led 5-0 at HT. "A veritable walkover." Brown
scored in the first half,

while going
uphill, and Stennett, Brown again, Daniels and Porter all scored in the first
half. Brown made it 6-0 with White 7-0 before two

goals for
Guy's as Ewell eased up, but White scored the last goal, and Porter was
unlucky to have a goal ruled out near the end after a

collision with
the keeper as the ball was on its way in.

18/11/99
Reserves lose at Honor Oak Park to Guy's Reserves with GC Hampton being the
Ewell scorer.

25/11/99 Epsom
IOGT were due to play at New Malden Athletic but instead played a home game
with Malden Sure Refuge "at Epsom". Lost 0-5.

25/11/99 Ewell
v St Bart's Hospital is in aid of the Soldiers, Sailors, Widows and Orphans
Fund. Gate realised £8 10s.

Ewell won this
match 4-1, and were actually a goal behind in the first half going uphill.
V.Brown equalised and soon after this A.Stennett

was injured
and had to leave the field for a while. Fortunately he returned at the start
of the second half and Porter, White and Hampton all

scored. Surrey
Herald reported that this was Alex White's 200th goal for the club. Quite an
achievement, as Ewell FC hadn't even played

200 games by
then, and he wasn't an original member of the club.

Nov 99 AR
Daniels is selected for Surrey Juniors v London Juniors @ Shepherds Bush on
14/12/99.

2/12/99 600
spectators are present to witness the Surrey Senior Cup tie against East
Sheen at West Street. Rev EV Bond came in for Hewitt,

and Ewell are
continuing to improve. Everyone did well in a 3-1 win refereed by SCFA
Secretary WJ Wilson. The report refers to a player

formerly
playing for Brighton & Hove Albion. This was probably Rev EV Bond, but
could have been Sid Mercer. Ewell again went behind

early in the
game, but Barry Porter equalised and Brown scored before HT, while Porter
scored another in the second half. COPY TAKEN.

The game was
"brimful of incident" but with the whistle only blown twice. WJ
Wilson said the game hardly required a referee!

The home side
emerged from this match with flying colours. KO 2.45 and East Sheen only had
ten men for the first five minutes. Ewell lost

the toss and
went downhill in the first half. Porter had a great game Bond (probably) is
referred to as "an old Brightonian".

Porter's
equaliser was "a clever curling shot which brought down the
house".  Brown's goal was almost
saved as the keeper tipped it up

against the
bar, but it still went in. In the second half, Stennett was withdrawn from
the front line to make an extra half, although he was

frequently up
with the forwards anyway. The three halves always seemed to be in the right
place, and Stennett was everywhere said Herald.

Porter's final
goal was a "splendid cross shot." Referee was WJ Wilson. COPY TAKEN

2/12/99 Res
game with Kingston on Thames Reserves did not take place. Reason unknown.

6/12/99 Surrey
v Dorset @ Guildford D2-2 HT 0-1. RA Low, Barry Porter and AF White played.

9/12/99 Ewell
edge a tight game by the only goal over London Hospital who had the
Corinthian GP Wilson in their line up and the Oxford

Blue AP
Wilson. V.Brown scored the winner midway through the second half. Scott and
Bond were missing but CE Martin and Hewitt returned.

9/12/99 Ewell
Village win 4-1 at Manor Park Reserves (Sutton). A late start meant that the
game finished in semi-darkness. 1-0 down after 20 minutes,

but Peters
scored before HT 1-1. A.Taylor made it 2-1, while Alfred Revell got the
third, and Peters scored again for a 4-1 win. A Beams (capt).

Dec 99
reference to West Croydon being at Dennett Road this season. Wouldn't be
there much longer before going to Brigstock Road. Development.

Dec 99 SSC QF
draw puts Ewell at home to Surbiton Hill.

16/12/99 Ewell
were due to play at Surbiton Hill this day, while Reserves had the return
fixture, but games were quite probably unplayed

because many
games were postponed for frost, which then thawed on the Friday night, by
which time the games had already been scratched!

Surrey
Advertiser says "matches were abandoned wholesale". I am certain
that these were postponed. Definitely postponed said Comet.

23/12/99 Ewell
and reserves were due to have two matches v Barnes this day, but no sports
report was in the Surrey Herald this week. Also

no mention of
Ewell's trip to Reigate Priory on Boxing Day. Paper was only 6 pages in
length, compared to the usual eight this week.

There was lots
more frost this day and I believe all sport was wiped out. Firsts were away
at Barnes, which might not have been frosty.

26/12/99
Surrey Mirror says that the game with Reigate Priory is at Ewell, but it
doesn't produce a report either, so maybe postponed.

Leatherhead
Advertiser says that Reigate Priory played Redhill instead, so this game was
not played.

Dec 99 Newly
formed Headley FC playing at Mr Steer's Farm.

Dec 99 85
members of the Epsom Company sign up to fight at the South African front.

30/12/99 Ewell
6-1 Kingston on Thames. AF White opened the scoring with a penalty at West
Street before Kingston equalised, and it was

1-1 at HT, but
White scored again after a fair part of the second half had passed, and then
Brown and F.White made it 4-1. Then Palmer

scored, and
Felix (FW) White got the sixth goal. A good muster of spectators. Line up
referred to A.Mercer but it was Sid Mercer.

Surrey Comet
advised Kingston players that k.o. was 2.45 and that they would dress on
ground.

30/12/99
Reserves win 1-0 at Kingston on Thames. Game played at Dinton Road.

Jan 00 SCFA
decide to play the SSC SF at Ewell's ground on 24/2/00 with the SCS SF on
17/3/00. SSC SF was eventually played on 10/3/00.

6/1/00 Ewell
travelled to West Croydon but were held up by an accident on the South
Eastern Railway, so started with two or three of their

best men
missing. Against the run of play, Perks put Ewell 2-0 up but HT was 2-3. All
West Croydon in second half, and lost 2-5. Ewell had

beaten West
Croydon 4-0 earlier in the season at Ewell says Herald. There were a big
number of spectators. Perks got both goals, the second

after a good
run from Hampton. Game was at Dennett Road and the railway accident was at
London Bridge, which affected the K.O. of 2.30.

West Croydon
play in all white, as do their descendants Croydon FC.

6/1/00 Ewell
Village win 5-0 at Epsom v Epsom Good Templars (IOGT). HT 2-0 and Peters got
HT. Village started with ten for a while. A.Beams is Capt.

10/1/00 Surrey
3-1 Sussex @ Redhill. HT 1-1. No Ewell players.

13/1/00 Res
trail 1-0 at half time but force a 2-2 draw at home to Eversleigh Reserves.
Eversleigh required a late equaliser, but played throughout with ten.

13/1/00 Ewell
lose 4-0 at Weybridge with two goals in each half. Both teams started with
ten men, and Ewell's eleventh player arrived half

way through
the game says Herald. During the game, T.Mercer deliberately handled the ball
in front of goal but only a free kick was awarded!

The game  at Weybridge was refereed by WJ Wilson the
SCFA Secretary.

20/1/00 Ewell
depart the Surrey Senior Cup 7-0 at home to Surbiton Hill. Outclassed from
start to finish, as two goals were conceded in the

first few
minutes including a penalty, while 5 more were scored in the second half.
This was a third round (quarter final) tie.

Many
supporters of both clubs were present, but Porter in particular had a poor
game and the team underperformed as a whole.

HC Beardsley
got HT for Surbiton Hill.

20/1/00 The
same day the Reserves got a 2-2 draw at Surbiton Hill Reserves.

25/1/00 Surrey
3-3 Herts @ Weybridge, where AF White scored twice. "A considerable
number of supporters" at this game.

27/1/00 Ewell
did not play at East Sheen this day as ES had a Surrey Charity Shield game
this day which they lost 1-0 to Guildford.

3/2/00 First
& Res games at home and away to Guy's Hospital are postponed due to heavy
snow which wipes out play in the area completely.

The snow fell
on the Friday night, 2/2/00. Sutton Advertiser also mentions a fixture for
Ewell at home to Norwood & Selhurst.

10/2/00 Likely
that the home game with Townley Park, and the away game at Carshalton Park
Res went the same way, as the snow had gone,

but heavy
frost remained. I believe that they were both postponed. It was another blank
day in Croydon too.

17/2/00 This
week there was a big thaw. Unsure whether Banstead v Ewell Res and Ewell v St
John's School were played.

22/2/00 or
possibly the Thursday before Epsom Wednesday lost 3-1 to Headley Wednesday.
Referee C.E, Johnson

24/2/00 Were
games played this week. Fixtures are listed. Ewell's game v Croydon Park was
almost certainly NOT played. See below.

24/2/00
Reserve game took place at Surbiton Park, losing 4-1. Surrey Comet referred
to it being Ewell's first team but although "White" played at
outside

left, the
other players listed, Lloyd, Moore and Woods were never mentioned in any
first team line ups. 2 subs required, one was named as P.Drinkwater.

During the
second half, White was badly fouled and the referee cautioned the offending
player. The referee was AE Smith, was this the former Ewell player?

24/2/00 West
Street's ground was scheduled to be used for the Surrey Senior Cup SF between
Surbiton Hill and Reigate Priory or West

Croydon, but
the weather had prevented Priory and Croydon finishing their earlier tie. It
would eventually be played there on 10/3/00.

3/3/00 Ewell
are unlucky to lose 3-2 to West Croydon in the Surrey Charity Cup (Shield? -
Yes) One of the goals was a penalty for a

clearly
accidental handball.

Sutton
Advertiser says there were a very fair number of spectators. "Ewell have
lost several of their old players since the commencement of

the season -
two or three have gone to the war - but old memories were revived by the
reappearance of Edwards who kept for Ewell in the

memorable
semi-final he played on the Croydon Rugby ground some five years ago."
Ewell lost the toss and went downhill in the first half,

while White
did well at back. West Croydon were better to start with but Everett scored a
tame goal from a weak clearance. Then after

pressure
Straker conceded a penalty for handball. 1-1. Hampton then had a goal
disallowed for offside and HT was 1-2, but Everett equalised

from a Porter
cross after some good work by Ewell. Unfortunately the winner was very soft,
as an Alex White clearance was blocked and

travelled
towards goal. Instead of picking it up though, Edwards chose to kick, but
missed his kick completely and it went in. Even Ewell

supporters
found it amusing! Ewell nearly saved the draw but couldn't get the equaliser.
Reference to Rev EV Bond being an Old Brightonian,

while Hampton
had a poor game. Edwards did well despite his one bad error.

Following this
match the Surrey Herald refers to almost half of the team being "at the
front" in South Africa, as a consequence of the Boer

War. Herald
says it would not be surprising if the rest of the fixtures for the season
were abandoned. They certainly appear to have been.

3/3/00
Carshalton St Andrews forced to play at least 5 miles from their ground which
was closed after much trouble in a Herald Cup game. The referee and

many
opposition players were assaulted by the crowd. All of their fixtures are
likely to be cancelled says Harkaway.

3/3/00 reference to Epsom future Chairman Hugh Bradley's
elder brother J.E. Bradley passing his Cambridge Entrance exam while at
Dorking High School. Taken in Dec 1899.

Mar 00 Also
reference to Wallington playing some of their matches at Harcourt Road this
year, and sometimes at Beddington Park.

10/3/00
Surbiton Hill 1-3 West Croydon in SSC SF @ West Street. Surrey Advertiser
said the attendance was the largest seen for many a day,

yet the Surrey
Comet made no reference to it. Sutton Advertiser quotes attendance at 1,200.

10/3/00 Ewell
did not play at Guildford this day as Guildford had an East & West Surrey
League match v Kingston.

14/3/00 Surrey
2-3 London HT 0-3 @ Dinton Road, Kingston. AF White scored for Surrey in this
defeat. Porter played too. Attendance 500.

15/3/00 or
possibly the Thursday before, Epsom Wednesday drew 2-2 with Mr E.Lewis's XI.

17/3/00 Ewell
are due to play Godalming at home this day, but West Croydon defeat Kingston
1-0 @ Ewell in SF of the Surrey Charity Shield.

Surrey Comet
refers to a good number of supporters, but Sutton Advertiser advises 500-600.

17/3/00
Reserves were due to visit Carshalton St Andrews but their ground was closed
after crowd trouble (see 3/3 comments) and Ewell would have

been
struggling for players at this point, so probably p-p.

17/3/00 Ewell
Village defeat Worcester Park 6-3. Charman equalised an early Park goal, and
then scored again, while AJ Revell made HT 3-1. Park pulled

the scores
level before further goals from Peters, Revell, and Standing ended the
contest. C.Charman (captain).

31/3/00 last
match at Whitehorse Road ground in Croydon. Chosen for development.

31/3/00 Epsom
IOGT (Institute of Good Templars?) are defeated 3-4 by Ashtead this day with
a last minute winner. During the match J.Wyatt (Ashtead)

was injured
and was taken home in a bath chair lent by Rev EW Northey!

31/3/00 West
Street is used again for a Surrey Junior League SF between Weybridge Reserves
and Guards Depot, so Ewell would not have

played
Eversleigh this day.

After 31/3/00
at Ewell Wingfield House defeated Guards Depot 7-2 in the Surrey Junior
League Final. Date still unknown, but either 7/4,

13/4 (GF),
14/4, or 16/4 (EM).

5/4/00 Epsom
Thursday meet Brentford @ Woodcote, and lose 2-4 despite HT being 1-1.

7/4/00 Ewell
were due to play Reigate Priory this day, but were playing Epsom IOGT
instead. After leading 2-0, Ewell were in control at 4-2

up when the
IOGT had enough of the referee when he disallowed one of their goals. They
asked him to change his decision or they would

walk off. The
referee refused to change his decision and the game was abandoned! Was this Ewell Reserves? Don't know yet. Firsts for now.

11/4/00 AF
White scores two more in a Surrey shirt, as they defeat Berks & Bucks 6-1
in the final round of the South East Counties Champs,

which was
played at Kingston, not on 12/4/00 as reported in Herald..

14/4/00 SSC
Final played at Dinton Road, Kingston for the second year. West Croydon 4-0
Guildford. Attendance 2,000.

14/4/00
Kingston v Ewell was probably not played as Guildford played West Croydon
(0-4) in SSC Final this day at Kingston's ground.

Kingston upon
Thames played at Dinton Road which is regarded as a fine enclosure, which is
also known as Park Lane Norbiton.

The Surrey
Advertiser occasionally refers to Dennett Road, but that was the West Croydon
ground around this time.

16/4/00 Epsom
IOGT have a social evening on Easter Monday. Amongst those present were AH
Hicks, Ernest Hicks and Jimmy Gow, all of

which would be
involved with Epsom East Street next season. Epsom IOGT only played this
season, and were likely superseded by EES.

21/4/00 FA Cup
@ Crystal Palace saw 68.000 present to witness Bury 4-0 Southampton.

21/4/00 West
Croydon 4-0 Guildford. HT 3-0 @ Kingston. Attendance 1,200.

April 00
Reference to Sutton United playing at Grove Road this season.

25/4/00 SCFA
Annual "Smoker" at Holborn Restaurant where AF White and Barry
Porter received their Surrey caps and badges.

28/4/00 9th
Annual Sports day held by Cricket and Football clubs at Ewell. Fine weather
but attendance was small. FC Smith won overall event.

5/5/00 Herald
Seasonal Review on 5/5/00. Ewell Village were formed last season with their
HQ at the Church Room, in Ewell and Hon Sec Rev EV Bond,

who was  still a Ewell player. They played 12 W8 D1 L3,
and beat Epsom IOGT, West Ewell, Ashtead, Sutton Manor Park Res, Epsom(?),
East Sheen

Rovers, and
Worcester Park, who they also drew with, whilst they lost to Manor Park, West
Ewell and one other team. F54 A18. Alfred Revell and J.Peters

were the main
scorers. Home matches were played on "the Ewell II ground by permission
of the Ewell FC Committee". I believe this was between the

old West
Street ground and the Ewell West station, but could still have been where
Mount Pleasant is now.. Their Committee included Sid Mercer,

Tom Mercer, AF
White, A.Beams (capt), Alfred Revell, C.Charman (v-c), F.Taylor and
F.Kendall. Much representation from Ewell FC, who are not

reviewed in
Herald again.

I only have 5
results for this season, W4 D1 L0 F20 A5.

My Ewell
record for the season is: Pld 18 W 10 D 1 L 7 F55 A44. I have 4 other
fixtures for which results are currently outstanding.

I believe that
Harkaway's comments were right on 3/3/00 and Ewell temporarily shut down for
the season. Their ground was used frequently

for
representative matches, and despite good crowds, they weren't used for those
events after that. I believe the game with Epsom IOGT

on 16/4/00 was
probably just a scratch side representing Ewell, although it would have been
well below its usual strength.

I currently
have no way of checking how many matches were played this season for Ewell as
there was no Herald review.

1900/01
Ewell  playing in green and red with
white facings: Sec Sid (SV) Mercer, Chessington House, Ewell, then

AF White, 21
Baker Street, Lloyd Square, London

Epsom East
Street (founded July 1900) were the forerunners of the Epsom FC that
affiliated in 1902. They also played in red and blue.

1/9/00 West
Croydon's first match at Brigstock Road says Herald. Previously at Dennett
Road? Yes

5/9/00 Epsom
Thursday AGM @ YMCA Rooms with Mr Gow in the chair presiding over a large
attendance. The club reported a small deficit.

Treasurer is
Rev Curwen, while Joint Secretaries are AH Hicks and G.Page. Committee:
Dixon, Gow, Meakin, and Thurley. Captain was also

AB Thurley,
with Meakin as his v-c. Practice for the new season commenced on 6/9/00 and
the colours are blue and white stripes.

8/9/00
reported that AF White had to resign as Secretary and captain of Ewell FC due
to business commitments, although he would return in

due course.
Sid Mercer took over for a while and Tom Mercer became captain. This would
have been at an AGM earlier this week but not

reported in
any more detail. HJ Martin took over the Treasurer position and Bob (RT)
I'Anson captains the second XI.

There is also
reference to the season starting on 15/9/00 even though a couple of players
are still in south Africa.

13/9/00 Epsom
Thursday open season with a 5-0 win over a scratch grocers XI.

15/9/00 Ewell
defeat Godalming 2-1 in their first game of the season. Uphill first half
there were no goals, then a "splendid run and shot by

Porter"
made it 1-0, and he scored again soon after. Godalming got a late consolation
which was thought to be offside by the reporter.

Crake in goal
was an improvement on anyone that Ewell had last year and it is to be hoped
that the defence will be as sound as it was in

1898/99.
H.Perkins did well on his debut.

15/9/00
Reserves won 3-1 at Worcester Park and were 2-1 up at HT. P.Smith (2) and
Daniels scored.

19/9/00  AGM of SCFA at Anderton's Hotel in Fleet
Street. Tom Mercer is elected as Hon Match Secretary for SCFA while AF White
is on the

Committee. The
SSC draw is also completed this day, and Ewell travel to Holloway's
Sanatorium, Virginia Water on 27/10/00. The semi

finalists from
last year receive exemptions, plus 2 byes. SJC draw has Ewell Res at home to
Sutton United on 13/10/00.

22/9/00 An
early goal after 5 minutes for Barry Porter in Ewell's match with Townley
Park was the only goal in the first half. Then Daniels

made it 2-0
from a Porter cross, 2-1, then Stennett, and Smith got the 4th with a late
goal at Ewell. W4-1.

22/9/00
Reserves lose 10-0 at Leatherhead at Thorncroft Manor, where they had been
since 1895. Hook gets 6. Ewell only took 7 and three subs were

found. HT 2-0
and no score in the first half hour. Leatherhead Advertiser says that 4 subs
were provided.

Sept 00
reference to a new club this year Epsom Swifts. Hon Sec T.Ruddick 6 Gladstone
Cottages, Epsom. Average age 17, but they don't last long.

27/9/00 One
and All (Denmark Hill) defeat Epsom Thursday 4-2.

Sept 00
reference to Sutton United currently playing at The Glebe, Bushey Road but
looking for a better ground.

29/9/00 Herald
Preview - Ewell are missing SW Sulman and RA Low who are both at the war. A
new keeper AB Crake joined from Croydon Pk.

29/9/00 Ewell
were due to travel to Catford to play Old Cranleighans this day. Was it
played?

29/9/00
Leicester Chronicle has a feature by E.C.Price the Editor of Football Chat
and a League referee called Football Specials. He writes the

following
about some of the best players ever and mentions "the two extraordinary
players P.M. and A.M. Walters of the Old Carthusians and

Corinthians.
Never shall we see a pair of backs that will better understand each other;
and though I have frequently found good judges of the

game ready to
stand by Clare and Underwood (the old Stoke backs) for first honours in
preference to the renowned "P.M. and A.M. I certainly

should award
the palm to the Corinthians. Often I have wondered what salary a present day
League club manager would offer the two brothers

if it was
possible to secure their services with all their old charging and kicking
abilities. The maximum rate fixed for next season £208 and

no bonus would
certainly be evaded."

29/9/00 First
reported match for Epsom East Street, who defeat West Ewell 5-1. They would
go on to become Epsom FC in 1902 and run

for four
seasons from that date before dissolving in 1906.

6/10/00 Horton
Rugby Club play London Irish Second XI this day at the Half Mile Bush ground.
First recorded reference to this ground so far.

6/10/00 Ewell
Village draw 1-1 at home to Central Rovers (Croydon). Peters scored in first
half, and Croydon then had an injury. 10 men, yet fought back.

The injury was
a broken collar bone to the outside right and happened very soon after the
start.

6/10/00 Ewell
defeat Eversleigh 5-2 despite the absence of Tom Mercer after an accident,
and the new keeper AB Crake not being available.

White scored
an early goal which was added to by Everett, but HT was 2-1. Despite being
uphill and against a strong wind in the second

half, Ewell
were totally in control and White scored again, while Everett got two more to
complete his HT. "An interesting 90 minutes play."

Everett was
promising. "A tall slim youth" but "still able to take care of
himself."

AF White is
referred to this week by Harkaway as "Bob" White, but his name is
Alec.

13/10/00
Reserves lose a "one-sided" Surrey Junior Cup tie at home to Sutton
United but there is no score listed.

13/10/00 First
team game v St Bart's at West Street is probably cancelled for this.

Almost
certainly was cancelled, as A.Stennett appears as a guest for Reigate Priory
this day in a 4-1 win over Surbiton Hill @ Reigate.

13/10/00
Alfred Revell scores in the second half of a tight match v Benhill St Guild.
A strong wind spoiled the match.

13/10/00 EES
are defeated 6-0 by Leicester House School, who play in Carshalton. No HT or
line up. They are called the Lestonians.

17/10/00
Surrey v Suffolk saw Crake, Mercer and White playing for Surrey. Nestor in
the Croydon based Surrey Advertiser says that Crake

wouldn't have
played had he still been a Croydon Park player, and suggests favouritism
towards Ewell. A little bitter about something maybe.

IT also
transpires that Everett played in this match too, but was wrongly listed as
an Emeriti player.

20/10/00 A
poor game is witnessed between Ewell and London Hospital. Last year's was one
of the best of the season, but this didn't live up

to its
billing. Ewell were below strength and went a goal down early, but Everett
(15) and Tom Mercer ensured a half time lead of 2-1, and no

goals were
scored in the second half. White had an off day said Herald.

20/10/00 EES
defeat Manor Park Reserves (Sutton) 3-1 after a blank first half. Smith
scored early in the second half, but 1-1 soon after, and it

required two
goals in the last five minutes from Davie and Smith to win it. Challis played
"a grand game" as did Henry Williams.

20/10/00
Ewell Village avenged last years 5-2 defeat to West Ewell with a 4-0 win.
Game played "on the Village ground" which was almost certainly a
lower

pitch at West
Street. Pederick opened the scoring, and Alfred Revell and Peters made it 3-0
by HT, with Peters getting a second after the break.

20/10/00
Reference to Godalming FC playing at the Recreation ground this day.

20/10/00 A
quickly arranged friendly saw Old Citizens visit Kingston FC again, where
they lost 2-0 in front of 400-500 at Dinton Road

Oct 00
Reference to Old Londonians playing in Wandsworth.

22/10/00
Epsom Thursday hold their Annual Meeting which was originally adjourned. JA
Smart was in the Chair, and a balance in hand was announced of

15s 8d, which
was inclusive of £5 0s 6d subscriptions, and expenditure of £4 18s 10d. A
Sub-Committee was also created for team selection.

25/10/00 Epsom
Thursday defeat EES 2-0 in a match played on a Thursday afternoon at
Woodcote. Scorers and line ups unknown.

27/10/00
Ewell's game today v Surbiton Hill is postponed "owing to the arrival of
the CIV's." Something to do with the Boer War, and the

"V"
stood or Volunteers. Harkaway suggests that this match was a cup tie, but he
was referring to the SSC tie v Holloway Sanatorium, which

was due to be
played this day. CIV stood for City of London Imperial Volunteers.

27/10/00
Sanatorium 2-0 Ewell in SSC 1.

27/10/00 Ray
Ward advises that Sanatorium won 2-0 this day but there is no report found so
far. However, Ewell protested that the home team's

keeper was a
professional and SCFA ordered a replay. Both Ray and I have been unable to
find any evidence of a replay and it must be

assumed that
Sanatorium withdrew. Ray is certain of this as the Annual Reports for
Sanatorium are at the Surrey History Centre, Woking, and

they list the
results of all their matches with no mention of a replay. Ewell advanced to
the second round.

The Sanatorium
were based at Virgina Water.

27/10/00 The
Surrey Comet says that the Reserves never travelled to Surbiton Hill. Game
not played.

27/10/00
Ewell Village defeat EES 4-1. A Taylor scored after 5 minutes, and Alfred
Revell made it 2-0 soon after. A Taylor got another before HT which

was 3-0. Henry
Williams pulled a goal back but A.Taylor completed his HT for a 4-1 win.

2/11/00 GHN
Barrack is elected Secretary of the Epsom YMCA.

Nov 00 The
Epsom company of the 2nd VB East Surrey Regiment returned in the last week,
and Corporal Hards (T or HF?) was one of those

chosen to
represent them at an address in Epsom.

3/11/00 EES
defeat West Ewell 2-1 at Epsom. They were a goal down in the first ten
minutes, but Henry Williams equalised soon after, and

CE Smith
scored the second half winner with a long drive from a Willie Williams pass.

3/11/00 EES
Juniors are thumped 9-1 by Ewell Village Juniors. W.Priestley scored six.

3/11/00 East
Sheen did not play Ewell this day as they had a SSC tie v Clapham (W3-2).

7/11/00 Surrey
defeat Dorset 10-2 (HT 6-1) @ Guildford in a match reduced to 40 minutes each
way. Surrey faced the river end goal in the first

half at
Woodbridge Road, and AF White scored five of the goals.

10/11/00 A
goal in the last five minutes is the only goal of the game at Ashtead as the
Reserves are defeated. They started two short but subs were found.

10/11/00 Early
goal disallowed for Ewell Village who then subside 4-0 at Leatherhead
Reserves. HT 0-3.

10/11/00 Epsom
Swifts win a very fast game 5-1 v Wallington Athletic (NR).

10/11/00 EES
win 1-0 at Carshalton Park v Carshalton Wanderers with a goal in the first
half.

10/11/00 Ewell
surprise West Croydon 4-0 at West Street. Everett scored the only goal of the
first half, and he got two more after the break,

in addition to
another from AF White. Keeper AB Crake is ex-Croydon Park and did well under
pressure despite going uphill in second half.

Sulman
returned from South Africa and is regarded as "the biggest of the
halves." Sutton Advertiser states that "Ewell dearly love to
beat

West Croydon."

17/11/00 Keen
interest at ERG as EES draw 2-2 with Epsom Swifts. CE Smith put EES 1-0 up
after 20 minutes, but against the wind in the second

half, they
conceded a goal to Corrie. Patne restored EES's lead, but Jimmy Gow equalised
for Swifts heading in from a corner three

minutes from
the end. E.Foster was the Swifts captain.

17/11/00
Ewell Village win 4-1 at Sutton St Barnabas. A late start meant that the game
ended in semi-darkness. A.Revell and Peters both scored twice, the

second of
which was a run from the halfway line. HT 3-1 up.

17/11/00
Ewell Reserves and Carshalton Park drew 3-3 in a match where both teams
played one short. Ewell led 1-0 but 1-1 at HT, and Ewell trailed 3-1

before
fighting back for the draw.

17/11/00 Ewell
were due to play Weybridge, but instead travelled to Banstead and lost 2-1 to
the junior club. White, T.Mercer and Straker

were all
missing, and a goal each was scrambled (sc:unk) in the first half, as
Banstead defended "the school end". Weybridge had a

fixture in the
East & West Surrey League v Addlestone instead.

21/11/00
Surrey 3-2 Oxford University @ Godalming. AF White played. HT 2-2.

22/11/00
Dorking Advertiser says Epsom Thursday beat a scratch Ashtead XI 4-2 at
Ashtead. My earlier report suggested it was at Woodcote. This

report had a
full line up so I'm happy to believe it was in Ashtead.

24/11/00
Ewell Reserves were due to play at Croydon Park Reserves this day but Croydon
Park played at Bexley.

24/11/00 Ewell
defeat Croydon Park 2-0 at West Street. Barry Porter scored the first goal
"almost single handed". Harkaway says that Ewell

keep changing
their players around too often. There is no line up for this match, and I
don't yet know the other scorer. The following week it

is reported
that an unnamed London Saturday paper misquoted the result as 2-9 and called
it the surprise of the week!

Ewell have
been drawn to play at Guildford in the Surrey Charity Shield 1st round draw
(qf).

24/11/00 Ewell
Village win 10-2 v Epsom Swifts @ Ewell this day, despite being 1-0 down
early. Goals came regularly throughout and HT was 4-1.

29/11/00 Epsom
Thursday defeat EES 4-1 in the return friendly @ ERG. Scorers and lineups
unknown.

1/12/00
Guildford 4-1 Ewell in Surrey Senior Cup 2nd round @ Guildford Sports Ground
in far from favourable conditions, although there was

"a fair
number of spectators" present. Ewell defended the lower goal and were
deservedly 1-0 down at HT. Then it was 2-0 from a penalty

given for
handball, but Porter crossed to Everett who scored, and they were back in it,
but two goals for the hosts in the last five minutes won

the game 4-1.
Guildford were last years runners up said Herald. Sutton Advertiser advises
that  AB Crake broke a finger in an
attempt to stop

the penalty
and would be out for a while, but he plays again on 15/12. A heavy mist
covered the ground.

1/12/00 Ewell
Village 6-0 Carshalton Wanderers. Peters put EV 1-0 up after 10 minutes, and
W.Taylor increased the lead soon after. HT 2-0.

1/12/00 Willie
Williams opened the scoring for EES after ten minutes, and CE Smith scored a
second, but not until he had hit the woodwork

two or three
times before then! HT 2-0. Smith made it 3-0, before St Barnabas OB's scored
to make it 3-1, but Henry Williams and WH Bailey

made it 5-1
and Willie Williams scored right on time. W6-1. All played well said Herald
report.

6/12/00 Due
to a late start and heavy rain, Epsom Thursday travelled to Clapham to play
Invicta, but only 15 minutes each way were possible. W3-0.

8/12/00 EES
drew 2-2 with Ewell Village at ERG. R.Vickery captain at this time. CE Smith
opened the scoring from a Cuming pass early in the

game, and he
added a second before HT. F.Taylor pulled one back for the Village after 65
minutes, and W.Pederick equalised in the last

five minutes,
in fading light.

8/12/00 Ewell
are due to travel to Charterhouse School, Hurtmore Road, Godalming for a
match, but the Surrey Advertiser advises that they

have a fixture
with Farncombe (H) that day too. It looks likely that Ewell' s game wasn't
played this day.

12/12/00
Surrey led Sussex 2-0 @ Brighton before drawing 2-2. Porter, AF White, FW
White and Tom Mercer all played for Surrey. Very

few
spectators. HT 0-1.

15/12/00 EES
beaten 5-0 by Benhill Street Guild (also named Sutton Guild). HT 0-2.

15/12/00 Ewell
are defeated 2-1 in their second visit to Guildford in three weeks, this time
for the Surrey Charity Shield. CC Costin hit the bar

early in the
match, but Guildford scored two in two minutes, while Hampton replied, all in
a brief spell just before HT. No goals in second half.

Guildford were
the holders, and the fairly numerous spectators saw a good game. Ewell kicked
off down the slope and facing the sun. Keeper

AB Crake had a
wonderful game.

18/12/00 Percy
and Arthur Walters are selected for Old Carthusian Internationals v
Charterhouse School at Queens Club Kensington on 19/12/00.

Percy would
have been 37 by this stage.

22/12/00 EES
defeat Carshalton C.L.B. 6-0 this day. (NR).

26/12/00
Herald says Ewell are due to play Furzedown Park this day, but Surrey
Advertiser says it is Ewell Reserves and I think they are right.

27/12/00 Epsom
Thursday defeat a scratch team called the Tradesman's XI. Herald said they
included several "ex-Internationals"!!

29/12/00 Ewell
Village win 2-1 at Central Rovers Croydon. They had earlier drawn 1-1 at
Ewell. Alfred Revell scored first with a penalty, and he

scored a
second before HT. In the second half at 2-0 Croydon mispen (WIDE) but they
scored later.

Jan 01
Reference to Old Citizens who would use Ewell's ground in West Street from
1905/06 season. They are currently playing in Beckenham Hill.

3/1/01 Epsom
Thursday record a 2-2 draw at Waterloo Uniform, who played in Wimbledon.

5/1/01 Ewell
Res lost 3-0 to Belmont, who arrived rather late, but Ewell weren't ready
either! HT was 0-0 but going uphill they struggled and let three in.

5/1/01 Epsom
East Street defeated Westmead Wanderers 3-0 at ERG. The visitors started
uphill, but Ernest Cuming hit the post after 10 minutes,

but from the
same attack, he then passed it to Willie Williams who scored. Henry Williams
and Cuming all scored before HT and no goals

were scored in
the second half.

8/1/01 Surrey
v Army @ Guildford is p/p for snow.

12/1/01 Both
EES and Ashtead were well represented this day. EES "defended the road
goal" at Ashtead's Woodfield Lane ground, and

Smith put them
a goal up after a keeper fumble from Cuming's shot. Then future Epsom player
Cooper scored for Ashtead. Ht 1-1. Beams

scored after
60 minutes before Ashtead scored with an own goal from Challis, but Cuming
scored the winner with four minutes remaining.

12/1/01 Ewell
v Guildford was not played this day.

Herald writes:
"The Ewell FC is passing through troubulous times and unless those
responsible for its management perform better than they

have done so
far this season, the list of fixtures for 1900/01 might almost as well be
terminated." Guildford couldn't travel to Ewell this day, but

let Ewell know
a few days previously, only Ewell didn't tell anyone and people still turned
up to watch a game. "The Ewell officials were

enthusiastic
enough until the team had received the knock-down blows in the cup
competitions. Since then they, apparently, have not cared

a great deal
what has happened." Not very sporting says Herald.

17/1/01 Epsom
Thursday v One and All is scheduled for this day after heavy snow forced One
and All to scratch last week (10/1). Instead though,

Thursday won
3-0 at Headley.

Jan 01 EES
looking for fixtures. Average age is 17-18.

12/1/01 EES
Juniors win 5-0 at Ewell Village Juniors. F.Smith is captain this day.

12/01/01
Ewell Village also los 3-2 at East Croydon @ Mitcham Common. They were 3-0
down at HT but fought back well. Sutton Advertiser says "they are

a very level lot."

19/1/01 Awful
weather, very wet.

19/1/01
Surbiton Hill defeat Great Yarmouth 4-1 in Amateur Cup First Round. Would
lose in Round 2 to Old Malvernians 4-3 @ Norbury on 9/2/01.

19/1/01 Ewell
defeat Old Londonians 2-1 after a goalless first half at West Street. In the
second half they had the wind and slope in their

favour, and
goals from Radmore and Everett saw them 2-0 up before a late goal for the
visitors. Not an easy win though, and Crake did

very well in
goal.

22/01/01 Queen
Victoria dies. Funeral on Saturday 2/2/01. Many games postponed on 26/1 and
2/2.

26/1/01
Ewell's two games with Surbiton hill and their reserves are postponed after
the death of Queen Victoria. First team were away.

Surbiton Hill
played at Surbiton Recreation Ground in Balaclava Road. Now known as Victoria
Rec.

26/1/01 EES
defeated 4-2 by St Barnabas Old Boys on their ground. The home team kicked up
the slope and Epsom East Street trailed 3-0 then

scoring before
HT 3-1.

2/2/01 No
games played because of funeral. Ewell were due to play Guy's home and away,
while EES were due to play St Barnabas again.

There were no
games following a specific SCFA request.

7/2/01 Ewell
was due to host a Surrey game v United Hospital but it appears to have been
p-p for frost. I don't think Surrey ever played there.

9/2/01 Ewell
lose 2-4 at home to London Hospital. White scored for Ewell after 2 minutes,
but they were 1-2 down before an equaliser was

scored in a
melee. HT 2-2. "A very good game."

9/2/01 EES
were due to play at Banstead Village but this game is not played.

16/2/01 Ewell
were at home to St Bart's this day but there was lots of frost around. I
believe it was p-p.

16/2/01 Epsom
played West Ewell today, who were helped by 8 from Ewell Village, whilst
Challis and J.Maclean filled the places of Fowler

and Hackshaw
for EES. After 20 minutes, Willie Williams was fouled "inside the 12
yard line" but Smith mispen. Fortunately from the

clearance Gow
got possession and scored anyway. HT was 1-0 then Henry Williams got a
second, then Smith made it 3-0. A fairly rough game

was played by
the visitors. Willie Williams was the best man on the field.

16/2/01 Ewell
Village were at home to George Street Ramblers this day but their opponents
also had another fixture listed (H) to Whitgift, so Ewell Village

may have been
playing their reserves not their first team. I don't know yet. George Street
played at Woodside Court.

20/2/01 Surrey
win 3-2 v Berks & Bucks @ Marlow. Alex White scored. HT 2-2.

21/2/01 Epsom
Thursday win 8-0 at ERG against a scratch team, comprised of grocers and
drapers assistants. Not a proper club.

23/2/01 Odd
report in Ewell section of Surrey Herald "There was no attempt on
Tuesday to revive the practice of playing football in the streets, which was

last indulged
in several years ago." ??

23/2/01 Ewell
were due to play at West Croydon but it didn't take place as West Croydon are
in SCS SF v Guildford @ Redhill this day.

23/2/01 Epsom
East Street defeat Benhill Street Guild 2-1 at ERG. A full strength EES side
saw an early penalty awarded for hands "inside the

twelve yard
line" which was missed by Henry Williams (SAVE), but Ernest Cuming
scored soon after and the hosts led 1-0 at HT. He got a

second against
the run of play in the second half, but Hicks punched the ball into his own
net later on.

23/2/01 Ewell
Village defeated East Croydon 3-1, HT 0-0. Croydon played with ten
throughout.

27/2/01
Oxfordshire 2-1 Surrey. Tom Mercer (back) and Barry Porter (right wing)
played. Played at Oxford.

2/3/01 Epsom
East Street win 3-2 at Westmead Wanderers "played at Sutton, the ground
being a regular mud pond." EES were behind after 20

minutes, and
at HT, but in the second half, with the wind, Cuming equalised quickly.
However, they went behind again, before Williams

scored, and
J.Beams got the winner after 85.

4/3/01 Tom
Mercer and AF White are both on the SCFA Committee.

9/3/01 East
Sheen 5-0 Guildford in the final of the Surrey Charity Shield. Played at West
Street. "A capital gathering."

9/3/01 Ewell's
game with Kingston was p-p as they had a league match in the East & West
Surrey League v Weybridge.

9/3/01
Reserves game at home to Kingston Reserves was not played as Kingston played
London Devonians instead (W2-1).

9/3/01 Turf
was in excellent condition at ERG as Beddington Corner Reserves sent a strong
team and Beams, Cuming and Hackshaw were all

missing for
EES. HT was 0-0 and EES went behind after 50, but Bailey levelled it up
"almost immediately" and Henry Williams made it 2-1.

Corner
equalised, but captain GW Challis put EES ahead again before a further
equaliser with 5 minutes left, ensured a 3-3 draw.

March 01
reference to Tom Ware a future Epsom player who is now the surveyor to the
Epsom & District Rural Council.

March 01
reference to TE Ware, the former Epsom player who is a surveyor to the Epsom
District Rural Council.

11/3/01 A well
is discovered in Waterloo Road as it opens up in the street! Twelve feet deep
with nine feet of water in it. IT is pumped out and

filled in, and
presumably still exists under the road!

16/3/01 Ewell
defeat Clapham Rovers 3-1 with plenty of effective short passing which
puzzled the opposition. (NR).

16/3/01 EES
Reserves draw 2-2 with Kensington & Chelsea Schools @ ERG. Taylor put
them ahead in the first half before a penalty made it 1-1 at HT.

Gow put EES
ahead again but they couldn't hold on.

16/3/01 EES
were due to play at Burgh Heath but this game is not played.

20/3/01 AF
White plays for Surrey v Army @ Guildford and draw 2-2. Sadler, or Alder is
also mentioned, but he was not a Ewell player, despite

what the
reports say. The ground was definitely at Woodbridge Road, where the cricket
club play now, and the goals were at the Woodbridge

Road end and
the river end. SW Sulman also played says Leatherhead Advertiser.

Godalming play
at the Godalming Recreation Ground.

21/3/01 Epsom
Thursday were supposed to travel to Regents Park to play London Library but
instead played Ashtead, losing 5-1. Game was played

at Woodcote,
which was their regular ground this season.?

23/3/01
"It is time Epsom had a really good football team" says Herald.
Epsom East Street defeat Mr J.Miles XI which included many

from Horton
and from Epsom Swifts, who hadn't been around for long, but don't last much
longer. Cuming 1-0 (15), then Challis

made it 2-0
after some end to end play. Cuming hit the bar, then play was delayed as
Challis needed treatment after being kicked. Then

Smith hit the
bar, and HT was 2-0. EES conceded after some pressure in the second half, but
Harry Davie made it 3-1. Future relevant names

who played for
Mr Miles included CF Broadbridge, AW Breeden, R.Adrian, and G.Breeden.

23/3/01 Ewell
Village win 2-0 at Mitcham Common against East Croydon. Two goals in a minute
in the first half for Alfred Revell.

Sutton
Advertiser says this was their third meeting this year with Ewell Village
taking the honours with two wins and GD of 7-4. Correct.

23/3/01 Old
Citizens were listed as having a game v Kingston on Thames, but it was not
played as Kingston played another team this day.

March 01
reference to West Croydon FC playing at Brigstock Road this year.

23/3/01 Former
Epsom player J.A.Bucknill "of the inner temple" announces
arrangement of his marriage to Alice Mary Richards. No date yet.

25/3/01
Mid-Surrey League is formally proposed at Surrey F.A. meeting.

30/3/01
Wingfield House (future Nunhead) drew 3-3 with Weybridge Reserves at West
Street in the semi final of the Surrey Junior League.

30/3/01 Ewell
scratch on Friday night (29/3) against Kingston and do not play another game
this season. Was due to be at Dinton Road KO 3.30.

30/3/01 EES
were due to play at home to Sutton Manor Park Reserves, but this game is not
played.

5/4/01 Smith
and Williams in first half, Smith and Gow in second, see off Westmead
Wanderers 4-0 at ERG on Good Friday.

6/4/01 The
following day Mr J.Miles XI win 2-0 at ERG. HT 0-1 and W.Maclean mispen at
0-2 near the end.

6/4/01 Ewell
were listed in Surrey Herald to play Guildford, but the Surrey Advertiser
shows Guildford had four matches, none of which were

against Ewell.

8/4/01 On
Easter Monday EES lose 0-1 to All Saints Benhilton with a very weak side,
with only 4 regular first teamers playing. HT 0-0.

WA Williams is
Walter, with his brothers Willie and Henry (HE).

13/4/01 East
Sheet 1-0 Weybridge in SSC F at Guildford. Attendance 1,500 - 2,000. Sutton
Advertiser says nearly 2,000.

13/4/01 Old
Citizens made their second appearance of the season at Kingston in a hastily
arranged friendly but the attendance was not large. D1-1 at

the Dinton
Road enclosure which was 500 yards due east of Kingstonians future ground in
Richmond Road. The site is now occupied by a school.

Old Citizens
were a goal down at HT but WA Cole equalised near the end with a swift long
shot. Not sure when the earlier game was played yet.

Line up in
Comet refers to S.Hutchinson not A.Hutchinson and GS Warren not GA Warren.

20/4/01 FA
Cup Final at Crystal Palace attracts 115,000 to see a 2-2 draw with Sheffield
United and Tottenham. Tottenham win the replay a week later

(27/4) at
Bolton, and become the last non football league side to win the FA Cup. One
time invincibles Preston suffer their first relegation.

April 01
Ewell CC issue their accounts. Hon Secretary is Percy Melmoth Walters the
former Ewell and England player.

22/4/01 @
Holborn Restaurant, the SCFA hold a smoking concert. AF White received his
county cap, and Barry Porter got his County badge.

4/5/01 Review
of season in Herald. Epsom Thursday Pld 19 W14 D2 L3 F74 A 20.

They suffered
their first defeat on 25/9 and did not lose again until 21/3/01. They scored
15 against London Library on 11/10 and 10 v Ewell Village on 1/11.

They let in 5
against Ashtead on 21/3 but also had 9 clean sheets. Regular players listed:
Smith (o-r), Hopkins (c-f), Sherren (i-l), Hobbs (o-l), AB Thurley

(capt) and
Meakins were the backs, while Hicks, Aldridge, Duplock were regulars in the
half back line.

I have Pld 16
W12 D1 L3 F71 A19 Missing  2 wins and a
draw F3 A1. I am also missing one clean sheet. I have four other fixtures
outstanding

Looks like I
may be a goal or two out on the official record, but will wait and see.

There is no
Herald Review for Ewell this season. My records show.
Firsts: Fixtures 24 (one fixture won) Pld 12 W8 L4 F29 A19

Reserves:
Fixtures 27 (one fixture lost) Pld 8 W1 D1 L6 F7 A30

I currently
have no way of checking how many matches were played this season.

Epsom East
Street Pld 26 , W16 D4 L6 F68 A42.

Only one home
match was lost, being the last one on 6/4 says Herald, yet I can see a loss
on 8/4 too.

Teams beaten
were West Ewell (x3) and Westmead (x3), Carshalton CLB (x2), Gasometers,
Manor Park, Carshalton Wanderers,

St Barnabas OB's, St Barnabas Cadets,
Ashtead Res, Benhill Street Guild, and Mr J.Miles XI. Lost to Leicester
House, Ewell Village, Benhill

Street Guild,
St Barnabas OB's, J.Miles XI and All Saints (BH). Drew with Ashtead Res,
Epsom Swifts, Ewell Village, and Beddington Corner

Reserves.
There are 51 members "almost entirely East Street lads". Captaincy
has been held by F.Payne, and R.Vickery with J.Beams as v-c.

Ernest Cuming
and CE Smith both scored 15 this season, while Hicks did well in Vickery's
place.

These records
did include the game on 8/4, but for some reason, they didn't include their
two Thursday losses to Epsom Thursday. If you

don't include
those losses, I have Pld 22 W13 D4 L4 F55 A33, and am missing 3 wins and a
loss F13 A 9

The wins were
v Carshalton C.L.B. on 24/11/00, Gasometers (unknown date, but almost
certainly 15/9/00 or 22/9/00), and v St Barnabas

Cadets on
29/12/00 with the loss being against Leicester House on 13/10/00. Full record
for the season should include games v Epsom Thursday

and should be
Pld 28, W16 D4 L8 F69 A48.

No reference
to a reserve team but Junior team is Pld 8 W2 D2 L4. President
is H.Maclean and v-p GJ Beams "have been of great value and

assistance to
the club", "not having missed a match that was played at
home." I have
only one junior result, a 5-0 win.

Herald
reference to Ewell Village having completed their second season and are a
"rising junior club" Pld 22 W14 D4 L4 F65
A27.

I have 17
results W12 D3 L3 F52 A26, which means that I am missing 3 wins, a draw and a
loss F13 A 1, but unlikely. I reckon the 0-10 v Epsom Thursday

may not have
counted, as it was a Thursday game. So I may be missing W3 D1 L2 F13 A11
which is more likely. Of those 6 matches, I have 10 fixtures

that they
could have been. 4 of these (or maybe more) were never played.

29/4/01 EES
presentation COPY TAKEN. at Railway Hotel with a
large number present.

Herald refers
to very few clubs having this much success in their first season. Comprised
of enthusiastic promising youths, with great

encouragement
by Mr GJ Beams, and Mr & Mrs Maclean. Last season's record is Pld 26 W16
D4 L6. H.Maclean (President) was in the Chair,

supported by
Mr Beams (v-c), while others present were HJ Challis, CP Duplock, HJ
Busbridge, PC Sharpe, T Weston, WH Saunders,

H.Glenister
"etc." Mr Beams paid for the gathering and referred to being the
pioneer club in the town so far as playing on an open recreation

ground was
concerned. The first Committee meetings were held in the open air said the
Chairman.  Mr Beams also presented
Secretary

CE Smith with
a writing desk. In replying, Smith thanked the Committee Chairman Mr Bailey,
and Messrs Payne, Vickery and Beams the

three club
captains. It was also stated by others that Smith had scored 15 goals last
season too. Mr HW Saunders was now elected to the

Council, and
recalled his early days when "they had a recreation ground, but
subsequently there was no ground for the young people".

Mr Busbridge
then donated a football to the club.

4/5/01 10th
Annual sports day run by the Ewell Cricket and Football Clubs with many
events including a donkey race this year won by

CE Martin. Rev
EV Bond was the Event Secretary, and the overall event was won by AG Radmore.

16/5/01 Epsom
Thursday FC dinner at Railway Inn. With Mr JA Smart (President) in the Chair.
Many others present (see scanned copy).

Chairman
presented CE Johnson with a marble clock for his services as referee. Herald
questioned whether offering a gift to the referee was a bit

suggestive!
They played at Woodcote, on a field behind the workhouse, which is more or
less where the Hospital is now. Reference to medieval play on

Shrove Tuesday
in Epsom, which until recently was still seen in Dorking. Mr AB Thurley
(capt), and Rev R.Curwen (Treasurer). Treasurer advised a

balance in
hand of 6s 2d after income of £7.10s.8d and expenditure of £7.4s.6d. Mr Beams
gave a toast to Mr Smart who was leaving the town.

Reference to
the Epsom Rec not yet being open for cricket. The larger part of the Rec is
to be opened on 20th June. Currently, only the top

area,
separated by the Cheam Bridle Path is open, and this is where the football
pitches are/were. Alexandra Road existed at this time, but

the park was
not named Alexandra Rec until into the twenties, possibly after Queen
Alexandra died in 1925. She was Edward VII's wife.

The park was
originally proposed in Feb 1897 after an offer was made to the council by the
owners, who were willing to sell some land. 1,000

protested
against the idea, but they were largely drowned out and even ridiculed by the
majority who wanted it. In 1901 the Herald said that

"The
smaller portion of the ground has for a number of months been used by the
public and throughout the football season, clubs played on

it." The
larger portion will host the cricket, and one big dip on the southern side of
the larger piece will be good for children, as it is secluded.

The ground is
divided in two by the Cheam Bridle path and there is a shelter in the South
Eastern corner of the smaller portion. (Is it still

there?) It had
a veranda, like the one that was there in the 80's. It cost £30, 10s to
build, and further along the east side there is a larger,

caretakers
building not far from the shelter. 16 acres in total and opened by Mrs Aston,
wife of Liberal M.P. AW Aston.

1901/02 Ewell
playing in green and red with white facings: Sec AF White, 21 Baker Street,
Lloyd Square, London

then moved to
Oakdene, Whitworth Road, South Norwood.

Epsom East
Street (founded July 1900) were the forerunners of the Epsom FC that
affiliated in 1902. They also played in red and blue.

26/7/01
Reference to Sutton Cricket Club playing against the Priory team at the
Dripping Pan in Lewes where the football ground is.

1901/02
reference to Dulwich Hamlet playing at Sunray Avenue this season.

also reference
to Boro Polytechnic playing a couple of hundred yards away at Redpost Hill.

West Norwood
are at Canterbury Grove this year. What happened to Highview Park?

Epsom East
Street asking for games for three teams in their second season.

17/8/01
reported that EES have started practice for the new season and practically
all will return from last year.

29/8/01 Epsom
Thursday commenced practice

30/8/01
Sutton Advertiser advises the death of former Epsom captain Charles Herbert
Romer Coltart, who died in Ruthiu, North Wales at the age of 30. No

cause was
listed in the local papers. He was the eldest son of Dr Coltart, so must have
been older than Hugh Coltart. "A much noted athlete."

He had been
ill for about a week advises Epsom Observer. Also reference to another
brother Guy Coltart. Charles was returned to and buried in Epsom.

30/8/01 AGM of
Ewell FC. COPY TAKEN
Held at the Spring Hotel on Friday evening with Mr JH Bridges in the Chair.
Many players present.

Treasurer
advised a deficit of £1 17s but with several subscriptions unpaid, it was
agreed to carry this over until next season. Bridges was

re-elected
President, and Tom Mercer (v-p) both unanimously. SW Sulman elected Captain
with AF White (v-c), AR Daniels (capt 2nd XI), with

L.Wood (v-c).
Treasurer HJ Martin, Secretary AF White, and Committee elected: JP Baxter, AH
Barrack, EV Bond, F.Charman, A.Collins,

GC Hampton, CE
Martin, TJ Mercer, Barry Porter, LV Straker, TA Straker, L.Wood, and Arthur
Melmoth (AM) Walters the former England

International.
The club will enter the Surrey cups as usual and will start fixtures on
14/9/01.

31/8/01 Epsom
East Street opened the season with a club match. The weather did not favour
them on their first appearance in the club colours

(blue and
red). K.O.2pm in driving rain. No scores or lineups reported.

3/9/01 AGM of
Epsom Thursday. COPY TAKEN WP Wilson was in the Chair. Election of officers: AB
Thurley (captain), with Arthur Norman (v-c). Treasurer,

Rev RM Curwen,
Secretary AH Hicks, & Committee: Page, W.Smith, C.Saunders, and auditors
WP Wilson and W.Blomfield.

First match
of season advised as One and All @ Denmark Hill on 26/9/01. FH Trower to be
offered Presidency. AGM at YMCA Rooms in Church Street.

7/9/01
reported that EES are still asking for matches on 21/9, 28/9 advising their
team age as 18-20 and with a "good dressing room" which

must have been
the shelter at the Epsom Rec.

7/9/01 EES
defeat Westmead Wanderers 5-1. Not a great game as befits the opening match
of the season. EES went a goal down, but fought

back and took
the lead with a goal that a Westmead player thought was offside. When the
referee didn't change his mind, he retired from

the game, but
"was no great loss" said Herald. EES "won by four goals"
so 5-1 win is a presumed, but likely scoreline. Epsom Observer

confirms the
score and HT was 4-1. No line ups or scorers though, but a decent attendance,
good but not great in number.

D&L
Advertiser provides the line up and advises that Bailey scored three of the
five goals.

Sept 01 Ewell
enter SSC while their Reserves enter the SJC.

Sept 01 - new
rules this year. The keeper may be charged if he ventures outside his "6
yard semicircle" and kicking and jumping at an

opponent is
now a foul, punishable by a penalty kick if it takes place within the 12 yard
line. The keeper may still be charged inside his area, if he is

holding the
ball or obstructing an opponent. Herald says "keepers have traded rather
too long on their immunity from attack."

Sept 01
reference to the start of the Mid-Surrey League. In addition to Ewell, there
was Barnes, Clapham Rovers, East Sheen,

Old
Cranleighans, Surbiton Hill, and Weybridge. However, by January, the matches
were being played as friendlies and this comp seems to

have been
abandoned.

SSC draw at
SCFA AGM at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street with CW Alcock presiding, sees
Ewell draw a first round BYE Last years semi

finalists are
exempted through the first two rounds. Also advised at this meeting that
Guildford v Ewell raised £11 in SCS last season, and the

Epsom &
Ewell Hospital is to receive £5 from Surrey FA.

14/9/01
Ewell's first match of the season saw them lose 2-0 at Guildford, but it was
a weak Ewell side, missing many regulars, and they

had help from
a few members of the Ewell Village team, which Harkaway, the regular Herald
correspondent referred to as the Ewell Boys

Club. Game
played at Woodbridge Road "The Guildford Sports Ground". Ewell lost
the toss and played towards "the lower goal".

Ground was in
splendid condition. A Peters shot looked to have crossed the line, but the
referee did not allow it, and HT was 0-1, as

Guildford
scored right on HT. The hosts were better in the second half as Ewell tired.
TA Straker played his first match for a while, and

Herald says
that Sulman and Mercer could do with losing some "adipose tissue"!
A goodly number of supporters saw Ewell lose the toss

and face the
sun.

14/9/01
Reserves were unable to raise a team to face Ashtead and scratched. Alex
White also thought that the Reserves were due to play Worcester Park

and
apologised to them before letting Ashtead know!

14/9/01 Ted
Aldridge is a new player for EES, and may well be father/uncle of Charlie and
Bob Aldridge, two of the founder members of Epsom

Juniors FC in
1918. Ernest Cuming put EES 2-0 up before a penalty reduced matters. Cuming
then completed his HT, and then HT was 3-2.

The Old Boys
equalised in the second half, but Cuming got his fourth to win it for EES. It
was Aldridge's debut.

Sept 01 A
couple of weeks after the AGM Epsom Thursday advise their balance sheet.
Receipts £7 12s 8d, Expenditure £7 1s 7d. Balance in hand 11s 1d.

18/9/01 SCFA
AGM - the 24th - at Andertons Hotel, Fleet Street AF White received his
county cap while Barry Porter received his badge.

They advise 30
entries for the SSC and 63 for the SJC. Reserves receive a first round bye in
division F of SJC. 8 divisions A to H.

The semi
finalists from the previous season's competition are exempt to the last 16
again. AF White also elected to SCFA Committee.

21/9/01
reference to Epsom Thursday balance sheet for last season. Balance brought
forward from 1900 was 1s.8d. Income £7 12s.8d and expenditure

£7 1s.1d,
leaving a new balance of 11s 7d.

21/9/01 Ewell
are disappointing in a 4-2 home defeat to Townley Park, although many
regulars have not yet returned. Try South London Press.

21/9/01 Ewell
Village play their first game of the season with many unavailable. A Revell
penalty for handball puts them 1-0 up at HT, and a second, which

was an o.g.
from a Revell shot, made it 2-0, while Peters scored a minute from the end to
make it 3-0 v St Barnabas OB's.

21/9/01 EES
went 1-0 up before 2 minutes had gone through Williams, but 1-1 soon after,
although EES were 3-1 up by HT after two from

Cuming, and
the half time score was also the full time score. W.Maclean did well in goal,
as he is not a regular there.

21/9/01 First
appearances of season for Challis and Maclean, and W.Maclean went in goal as
Ernest Hicks had a bad leg. Wallington Reserves

were still
beaten 3-1 @ ERG.

26/9/01 Epsom
Thursday lose 1-0 in Denmark Hill to One and All. The goal came after 5
minutes and O & A mispen soon after that. William Hunter was

excellent in
goal this day.

28/9/01 Herald
Previews the new season - EES Willie Williams won't be available as often
this year, but new players G.Medcraft

Ted Aldridge
(Epsom Thurs) and CF Broadbridge, a right back with Epsom Swifts last year
will help. A young keeper, E.Miles will join,

while two
youngsters Tom Fuller and Harry Plume are promising. The club plays on the
Recreation Ground "as last season", although the

"goals
have been altered to lengthways of the ground." J Beams is capt, with
Alf Hill as v-c and Secretary CE Smith, with Harry Davie as

assistant Sec.
"The club has a good following and should become one of the leading
clubs of the district."

Preview -
Epsom Thursday will be playing stronger teams this year. Club has lost
Maybank (g/k), Meakins (back), Aldridge (half-back),

Sherren
(outside left), P.Smith (outside right), but plenty of new blood inc WE
Hunter (gk), Mills and Thurley (backs), Norman, Smith and

Hicks
(halves), Hopkins (c-f), Alfred Revell, and AW Hobbs (left wing), with
William Bradley and L.Underwood on the right wing. "The

Woodcote
ground has been secured."

Review -
Wimbledon Old Centrals (future Wimbledon FC) have secured a new ground at
Worple Road West - about 2 minutes from Raynes Park Station.

28/9/01 EES
lost 3-1 to the much heavier South Wimbledon Athletic. The first goal was
unlucky as Hicks cleared the ball against team mate

Pratt and in
to the net. HT was 0-2. Gow scored against the run of play in second half,
but it was 1-3 soon after as they were outclassed in this

half. Pity as
there were a large number of spectators. A rough game.

28/9/01
Juniors play first match of the season "at Woodcote" v Mittendorf
House and win 2-1 thanks to goals from Harry Skinner and Lewis Burrage.

28/9/01 Res
defeat Sutton United Reserves 2-0 and could have had more. Rice 1-0 (20) then
Hobbs before HT.

28/9/01 Ewell
Village lose 3-0 at home to West Ewell. HT 0-2. Herald says P.Sparrow in
goal, Epsom Observer says P.Sharrow.

28/9/01
Ewell's first ever Mid-Surrey League match saw them held to a draw by Old
Cranleighans at the Private Banks Ground in Catford. HT

was 0-1 and
Sulman equalised for Ewell who were the better team, especially in the second
half.. COPY TAKEN - WHERE IS IT?

Weather was
fine and a fast and exciting game was witnessed. A sub played at inside right
for Ewell.

3/10/01 Epsom
Thursday won easily 11-0 against Granville Thursday who required 4 subs. HT
was 5-0.

5/10/01 Ewell
Res defeat Cobham 5-2. Barrack scored after 5 minutes, and Thomas added to
the score soon after. Barrack and Smith made it

4-0 at HT,
before Cobham got it back to 4-2. Barrack then completed HT 5-2.

5/10/01 The
same day Ewell are humbled 11-1 at Ealing. Ealing Gazette advises that it was
3-1 at HT and Ewell had actually led after 5 minutes.

In the second
half, Ealing were irresistible. Ealing mispen in first half (SAVE) at 2-1.
Lowes got 5 and Rogers got 3. A very strong side. Game

was played at
Gunnersbury Avenue, Ealing, not to be confused with Gunnersbury Lane, near
Acton Town station where Acton FC would play

in later years.

5/10/01 EES
are beaten 2-1 by West Ewell before a "fairly large number of
spectators." HT was 1-1 (unknown scorer) before West Ewell got

their winner
after "some very exciting play in front of goal." A splendid game
said Epsom Observer. EES were behind early.

5/10/01 Ewell
Village Juniors lose 3-1 to West Ewell Juniors this day.

5/10/01 EES
Res were supposed to play Ewell Village Reserves this day at ERG, but (NR).

10/10/01 Epsom
Thursday defeat Waterloo Uniform 4-0 at Woodcote. HT 3-0 but scorers unknown.

Oct 01
Southall are a Southern League side this year and play at the Avenue Field,
Southall.

Oct 01 SCS
draw sees Ewell v Townley Park on 9/11/01. SJC 1 sees Ewell Res get a BYE
(12/10)

12/10/01
Barnes drew 1-1 with Ewell Reserves in a match spoilt by the referees
whistle. Ewell only played with ten, as Broadbridge didn't show, while

Ker and Rice
were also missing. HT was 0-0 and Ewell went behind, before Rose equalised.
Bad light towards the end.

12/10/01 Ewell
first team are too good for St Bart's. McMurtree 1-0 then the game got faster
and White scored a second, but HT was 2-1. It was

all Ewell in
the second half as White got another two. First win of season despite
Porter's absence, although Rev EV Bond played this week.

12/10/01 EES
defeat St Barnabas OB's for a second time, but this was at ERG. Won 2-0 New
keeper C.A. (Bert) Rosamond joins from

Eastbourne
Rovers and Tom Edwards from Horton. Jimmy Gow scored midway through the first
half, and Henry Williams scored in the second

forty five.
Herald says Rosamond is "a great improvement on Hicks" in goal.

12/10/01 Epsom
Observer says that the reserve teams played the reverse fixture in Sutton and
EES won 2-0 there too.

12/10/01
Westmead Wanderers 2-3 Ewell Village, who went 1-0 up through Beale, and in
the second half, Alfred Revell made it 2-0, but the hosts came

back and
levelled it up before Charlie Revell got a winner.

17/10/01 Epsom
Thursday 2-1 EES, who led for a while, but Thursday fought back and won with
a late goal. There were "one or two regrettable

incidents"
towards the end of the match. EES were blamed at the time for most of them.
The Thursday side started with 9 but a sub was

allowed to
stand in goal until Hunter and Underwood arrived, which they did after about
15 minutes, but Ernest Cuming had already put EES

ahead in the
11th minute. 53rd minute equaliser from William Bradley and Underwood scored
the winner. As a result of the problems at the

end of the
game, Epsom Thursday scratched the return match. Hicks and Beams were the
linesmen for the respective teams.

Harry Davie
EES Assistant Secretary wrote in a week later to advise that Epsom Thursday
were equally at fault.

19/10/01
Ewell Res win at Carshalton Park. Referee stopped game briefly after 5
minutes after heavy rain, and HT was 0-0. Then Taylor passed to Rose who

scored, then
Taylor scored the second. They will meet each other in SJC 2 on 9/11

19/10/01
Herald says that "a dangerous precedent" has been set at West
Street, as the opposition goal keeper slipped and hurt his knee,

reducing the
opponents to ten men after 15 minutes, with the score at 2-0. Ewell allowed a
sub to take his place, selected from the crowd, and

Ewell still
went on to win 5-1. However, Harkaway in the Herald says that by being seen
to be sporting will mean that in the future other

teams will be
expected to allow a replacement, and to not do so will then be seen as
unsporting. Hobbs from Epsom Thursday was given a

trial at
outside left, and Rev EV Bond is a very sure defender says report. White and
Brockwell had scored before the accident, and Sulman

made it 3-0
before HT, then 3-1 before White and McMurtree concluded the scoring, both
from crosses by Porter.

19/10/01 EES
were listed as playing Ashtead this day, but many were playing for Mr J.Beams
XI v Rev HW Fagan' XI which was Ashtead based.

They drew 1-1
but this was not an EES match.

19/10/01
Ewell Village lost 6-1 at home to East Croydon. Revell scored the first goal
and then Croydon mispen at 1-0. Still 1-2 down by HT and fell away.

Oct 01 West
Norwood are still at High View Park.

23/10/01
Surrey defeat Suffolk 5-1 @ West Croydon FC in front of an attendance of 500.
AF White scored 3 (inc pen) and Sulman played in

place of the
injured Porter. HT was 3-0. Surrey Advertiser contradicts the Herald report
and says that Porter did play, but I think they were

wrong and may
have gone with the advertised line up. Sutton Advertiser says that Porter did
not turn up and so Sulman took his place despite

not having
proper boots with him!

24/10/01 A
splendid game but a 0-0 draw in a very even match with Catford Thursday.

26/10/01 EES
lose 2-0 at Westmead Wanderers in "a pleasant game. HT 0-1.

26/10/01 Ewell
ought to have defeated Surbiton Hill, but in the end they were lucky to
retrieve a draw. HT 1-2 down as both goals were

presented to
the opposition, and a very late equaliser was required. A new centre forward
was trialled, but was not great.

A large crowd
was at West Street this day says Epsom Observer. The first goal came from a
good centre from Alex White and was rather soft.

The Ewell
equaliser came two minutes from time.

2/11/01 A
Jimmy Gow goal, midway through the first half saw EES through 1-0 at ERG
against Benhill Street Guild. Taylor and WH Beard made

their debuts
for Hackshaw and Maclean. Lost the toss and faced the glaring sun in the
first half but a comfortable win.

2/11/01 Ewell
were due to play at East Sheen this week but (NR). SSC 2 draw has them
visiting Camberley & Y on 30/11/01.

2/11/01
Maybe they didn't play, as Crake and McMurtree assisted the reserves in a 2-0
win over Banstead. They played downhill and Wood scored from

a Martin
corner in the first half, then McMurtree scored, going uphill in the second
half.

2/11/01
Surbiton Hill ground at Surbiton Rec has adjoining pitches, and firsts and
reserves played there this day.

7/11/01 Epsom
Thursday defeat "a scratch XI" easily 5-0 this day. They were Mr
A.Webb's XI and had many Epsom players in their team like W.Maclean,

Ted Pratt, Jim
Maclean, Jim Gow, Beams, Taylor. Possibly the last game at Woodcote, at least
for a while.

9/11/01 EES
were due to play at Ewell Village this day but (NR).

9/11/01 Little
or no recognition of Guy Fawkes Day reports the Herald.

9/11/01
Reserves defeat Carshalton Park in SJC easily, 2-0 at Beddington Park
"on the Wallington Athletic ground". Both goals were scored by
McMurtree.

Carshalton
Park were a little weak this day through illness.

Game was
played there because the Carshalton ground was not of the regulation size.
Drawn to meet Sutton United (A) in SJC 3 in Divisional SF's.

9/11/01 Ewell
defeat Croydon Park 4-2 at West Street. (NR).

16/11/01 Frost
and fog played havoc with the fixtures this day, but EES still played
Worcester Park Res. However, they did not arrive until

4pm, so only
20 minutes each way was played, and EES won 5-0.

16/11/01
George (GW) Challis won the cup offered by Lord John Sanger in a goal kicking
competition with one of his elephants at Epsom! After

five attempts,
Challis had won 1-0.

According to
George's memoirs, written just before he died in Worthing on 13/11/55
(unfinished), the only club in town were Epsom East

Street, who he
was a member of, and the circus wrote to them to see if anyone was interested
in challenging Rosie the elephant. He put his

name forward
jokingly and was accompanied by his team mates. The elephant had not been
beaten for two years and his name was up all

over town in
foot high letters. 5 kicks each and it was effectively a penalty shoot out.
He said that the elephant hit the ball very hard!

16/11/01 Both
of Ewell's games were probably postponed this day. Ewell were due to meet
Weybridge but the "Weybridge meadow is quite

close to the
Thames"  and vision was about 3
feet as a result of the fog according to the Surrey Advertiser. Still not
definitely certain that the

game was
postponed, but there was no result in the brief report, so I am certain it
was off. Lots of fog.

16/11/01 Res
suffered the same fate at Furzedown Park almost certainly.

16/11/01 Very
foggy in Croydon but not in Reigate, where games were played.

20/11/01 Herts
1-6 Surrey @ Watford. CS Ball (Weybridge) got all six and Barry Porter played
for Surrey.

21/11/01
"A large number of persons" at ERG as Epsom Thursday lose 2-0 to
the Irish Guards. Game was definitely not at Woodcote. Two late goals.

Epsom Observer
said it was the best and most enjoyable game of the season. Hunter did very
well again.

23/11/01
"A vast improvement" on the friendly earlier this season as Ewell
defeat Townley Park 2-1 in the Surrey Charity Shield.

Porter scored
after 15 minutes after Ewell pressure down the hill. HT was 1-0 then fog came
in to play in the second half. Then Townley Park

equalised. It
was then very even and anyone's game at the end but White scored fifteen
minutes from the end for the win. Taylor played

well for
Ewell. "Has a rare turn of speed but lacks resource."

23/11/01 EES
secure a 1-1 draw with Beddington Corner Reserves, whose outside left
(Spooner) scored for them after 20 minutes. HT 0-1 In the

second half,
the injured Hill went in goal, and the reshuffle had the desired effect as
Challis equalised after 78 minutes. EES had "defended the

Alexandra Road
end" in the first half after winning the toss. Apparently the Corner
were one player short but a sub was found. Observer said

it was the
hardest game ever played on the rec.

23/11/01
Reserves due to play at Mitcham v Beddington Rovers but (NR).

23/11/01 SJC
3 tie at Sutton United drew an attendance of 500. KO 2.50 and Ewell were a
goal down early, but Wood equalised before HT, and Hobbs put

them ahead
before Sutton equalised. Hobbs had a great chance to win it, as he was clean
through, but stopped when he heard the whistle, which

unfortunately
came from the next field! Replay required.

30/11/01
Reserves defeat Kenley Res 2-0 this week with two second half goals while
going uphill. McMurtree scored with "a clinking shot" with ten
minutes

left and
Alfred Revell got a second in fading light. Unchanged line up from last week.

30/11/01 Bert
Rosamond had a very good game as EES drew 1-1 with Carshalton St Andrews
Reserves. They were a goal down at HT but

Henry Williams
scored with 15 minutes left. Game at Carshalton Rec. GC Wiltshire debut as
W.Maclean was still missing. Broadbridge came in

for Hill who
had a bad foot. Up the slope in the first half they conceded almost at HT,
but Pratt had a shot with 15 minutes remaining which

was half saved
and Williams knocked in the loose ball.

30/11/01 EES
Juniors played a 12 a side game with West Ewell Juniors and Arthur Skinner
scored the only goal in the second half. 4 halves instead of

the usual line
up of three.

30/11/01 Ewell
first team also had an unchanged side from the week before as they travelled
to Camberley & Yorktown for the Surrey

Senior Cup tie
and won 5-2. An early shot from White winded the keeper, and play was stopped
for three or four minutes. Shortly afterwards,

Camberley
suffered another injury to their ranks, and after further delay, they had to
play the rest of the match with ten men. Just after this

Sulman made a
good run, culminating in a White goal, and he scored again soon after from a
Porter cross. Brockwell made it 3-0 with a

"beautiful
cross shot". At 3-0 the game slowed down a bit. HT 3-0. White ran
straight through at the beginning of the second half and made

it 4-0 but the
hosts then scored. This was replied to by Sulman, who made it 5-1, and as the
game finished in the dark, Camberley scored a

second goal.
The ground was not in great condition, but the Ewell team played very well
together. West Croydon (H) in SSC 3.

Ewell were
originally due to play Guildford (H) this day but p/p for SSC.

4/12/01 Surrey
7-1 Sussex @ Redhill. AF White played and scored two goals just after HT,
which was 1-0.

5/12/01
Comfortable win for Epsom Thursday 3-0 v East Surrey Regimental District @
ERG. Against the wind early but still on top throughout. HT 0-0.

Taylor scored
the first after the keeper parried a Bradley shot, and Charlie Revell and
F.Griggs were the other scorers.

7/12/01 EES
did not play St Johns at Croydon this day. Res were due to play Ewell Village
(Res?) but (NR).

7/12/01 EES
Juniors lose 1-3 at home to Kensington & Chelsea Schools in a strong wind
with play mostly confined to the top half of the ground. Harry

Skinner put
them ahead with "a beauty" in the first half but they concede three
in the second half, of which two were in the last ten minutes.

7/12/01 Ewell
depart the SCS 5-1 at Reigate Priory. They were a goal down after 3 minutes
of a "fast and exciting" game with "a very good

attendance".
They equalised (unknown) after ten minutes, but were 1-2 after 20 and at HT.
A third goal for Priory followed after 70 minutes,

and two more
to make it 5-1 in the last ten minutes in growing darkness didn't reflect how
well Crake had played.

Dec 01 James W
Crabtree writing in the Football Star about the brothers Walters
"Princes among full backs" was the headline.

7/12/01
Reserves lose 3-4 to Sutton United in SJC 3 after extra time. Ewell were 2-0
up at HT but 2-2 after 90 minutes. Ewell started with 8 players at home

for ten
minutes in a 40 minutes each way game. Sutton went 4-2 up in the first period
of extra time, and Ewell got one back in the last minute. However,

Ewell may
have to play again, as they protest about the referee's decision to play only
5 minutes extra time each way, when rules say 15 should be played.

The Epsom
Observer advises that the extra time period was mutually agreed at ten
minutes each way not 5.

9/12/01 EES
hold a concert on Monday evening at Co-operative Hall. There was a large
audience and a excellent programme. "Concert

resulted in a
sufficient sum being realised to meet the cost of goal nets." Started at
8pm.

Dec 01
Kingston on Thames are now playing at Lower Marsh Lane. Don't know why they
left Dinton Road as the ground is still there, it appears.

14/12/01
Although Sutton United have now beaten Mitcham in SJC 4, they have to replay
their SJC 3 tie v Ewell as a result of the limited amount of extra

time. An
irate Sutton supporter writes in to say that this was only done because they
were Ewell and the implication is that they got special treatment

occasionally.
Not substantiated though.

14/12/01
Ewell first team and reserves were due to play this day, but instead it
appears that a team called Ewell III play Eversleigh III and win 3-1,
but

they are not
a regular third team, comprising of some first and second team players, like
AB Crake and Tom Mercer. Res were due to play Banstead (H).

14/12/01
Certainly the Ewell first team scratched against West Croydon, so they didn't
travel.

14/12/01 EES
draw 1-1 with Sutton Pyro at ERG in strong wind and cold rain. Jimmy Gow put
EES 1-0 up, but Pyros equalised from a

breakaway.
Herald says this was their third straight draw, which means the first team
definitely had no game on 7/12/01.

Leatherhead
Advertiser says that Ted Aldridge played in this game, not C.F.Broadbridge
but I will keep line up as it is for now.

21/12/01 EES
lose 2-0 at South Wimbledon Ath in their return friendly. There was no
appearance from the EES captain so Hill had to arrange

the ten
men  with four forwards said Observer.
However, line up listed eleven men! After a goalless first half the hosts
resorted to some "very

shady
tactics" and time after time fouled and punched the visitors.

The
Leatherhead Advertiser also confirms that whilst Hill was missing, they
definitely had eleven players. Referee J.Gow senior. Very even.

21/12/01 In
two different papers Ewell are listed as having a friendly at home to Ealing
(Herald) and an Mid Surrey League game at home to

Clapham
Rovers. Which was played? Probably neither as there was lots of frost about
this day.

21/12/01 In
the replayed SJC tie, Sutton United defeat Ewell Reserves 5-0 @ Mitcham. 0-1
down after 10 minutes, 2-0 after 15 minutes
and HT 0-3.

Ker and
Porter did well for the Reserves in a match that shouldn't have taken place
because a SCFA official had sanctioned the original 10 minute

period of
extra time, yet his decision was overturned.

21/12/01 Also
in the same league Weybridge beat East Sheen 1-0. The return match may also
have been at Weybridge, but this one definitely was.

25/12/01 EES
due to play Old Devonians @ ERG. Was it played? Fixture not listed in the
Epsom Observer, so probably not played. (NR).

26/12/01 EES
play West Ewell @ ERG and over 200 were present to see the hosts lose 1-0.
Cuming, Gow, Rosamond, Beams and Bailey were

all away.
Walter Williams debut at inside left. West Ewell's goal came just before HT
and EES edged the second half but without scoring the

equaliser. RW
Mason was West Ewell captain. It was W.Macleans first match for 7 weeks. GC
Wiltshire may be GE Wiltshire.

26/12/01
Third team defeat Norwood Rovers 6-3 with HT for Alfred Revell. CE Martin was
captain.

28/12/01 EES
played Worcester Park Res @ ERG in wretched weather and won 2-1 in a match
shortened to twenty minutes each way. EES

were the
better side said the Observer. Referee was J.Gow senior.

28/12/01 Ewell
due to play at Townley Park. Was it played?

2/1/02 Epsom
Thursday p-p v Granville Thursday @ Peckham Rye Park. Pitch unplayable.

4/1/02 Epsom
East Street Thirds defeat Kensington & Chelsea Schools 4-2. HT was 0-1
but four in the second half, then a late consolation for the

visitors.
Captain: J.Goodall.

4/1/02 Ewell
Res win 2-1 at Surbiton Hill Reserves with a late winner from Noakes. Had
gone behind early, but Levy made it 1-1 by HT.

4/1/02 Ewell
defeat Eversleigh 1-0 with a goal in the first fifteen minutes at West Street
going uphill. Sc and Lu unknown.

9/1/02 Epsom
Thursday lose 3-1 at ERG to Tom Ware's XI. HE included himself, WT Wooldridge
and AW Hobbs in his team. Thursday were 2-0 down at

HT then
Pederick pulled a goal back but Ware XI scored again afterwards.

11/1/02
Benhill Street Guild win 3-0 against Epsom East Street. HT 0-0 but 2-0 soon
after. EES had won 1-0 at ERG earlier in season. This game

was played at
Manor Lane, Sutton. EES required two subs as Beams and Cuming missed their
train and arrived too late to play. Capt Alf Hill.

Epsom East
Street referred to regularly around this time as "The Shakers".

11/1/02 EES
Thirds 3-3 Ewell Village Juniors. Lewis got 2 and H.Skinner got the other,
while future Epsom player W.Priestley got three for

Ewell Village
Juniors.

11/1/02 Ewell
lose 2-3 to West Croydon in SSC 3. HT was 0-3, and Ewell improved in
"unfavourable weather." "A large crowd" despite the

weather. Ewell
won the toss and went uphill first half, and went behind well into the first
half, but conceded two more just before HT 0-3.

Porter got one
back after 55 minutes, and got another after 65 with "a lightning
shot." Croydon hung on and had some close calls. Porter

played a
magnificent individual game, while every player worked tremendously hard.
During the game Tom Mercer switched from right back

to left back
to try and counter the threat from the Croydon winger. This largely worked,
but they still lost.

16/1/02 Epsom
Thursday draw 0-0 @ Wimbledon with Waterloo Uniform in a poor game with the
ground in a shocking state.

Jan 02 Epsom
Observer adverts advise Harry (HW) Absalom who was an electrical and sanitary
engineer who also did electric lighting. W.Skinner was a

cow keeper
and dairyman living in East Street but with farms at Highfield in Epsom
Common, and Hallmead in Sutton. FA Daniell was a newsagent in High

Street Epsom,
and GJ Beams was a boot maker also in High Street Epsom.

18/1/02 Ewell
lose at home to East Sheen 4-0. They also won here last year. Very weak Ewell
side, but East Sheen were also one

short and had
a Ewell player in goal for them. He didn't have much to do. I think this was
an MSL game if the MSL was still continuing at that

time, as it
may have packed up without being completed by this time. White and Bond were
missing this day, and despite going downhill in

the first
half, after losing the toss they were 3-0 by HT. Barnes and Hobbs did well on
the left wing but the rest was very feeble.

Jan 02
reference to Godalming FC who play on Godalming Recreation Ground.

18/1/02 Return
match with Beddington Corner Reserves saw three goals for Beddington in the
second half. Tom Cousins came in for J.Gow,

and will do
well with practice says Epsom Observer, while W.Maclean was also missing.
Game played at Mitcham.

This was a
deserved win for Beddington, but EES were very weak this day says Leatherhead
Advertiser.

18/1/02 Ewell
Gents 0-3 Ewell Village OB's, played "on the lower ground, Ewell"
in fine weather. Was this between the main ground and the

station?. HT
0-0. AJ Revell was captain and also scored for OB's, while J.Gow also played.
Gents line up was K.Smith, Sid (SV)Mercer,

C.Buxton,
Perkins, Southwell, Jacomb, H.Hide, P.Palmer, H.Jacomb (capt), R.Bridges,
Smith. Village OB's line up was G.Jones, G.Reeves,

W.Maclean,
A.Taylor, J.Peters, J.Gow, Charlie Revell, Rose, Alfred (AJ) Revell,
F.Taylor, C.Charman. This was an annual event apparently.

18/1/02 also
this day up the road Surbiton Hill 1-1 Ipswich Town in AC 1. Attendance 700
at Balaclava Road. Replay won 3-0 by Ipswich seven days later.

23/1/02 Epsom
Thursday 1-2 Irish Guards @ ERG. They had also won 2-0 at Epsom Thursday
earlier in the season. HT 0-1, then Debnam, before a late

winner for the
Guards. Smoking concert afterwards at the Railway Inn, High Street with GJ
Beams (Chairman) presiding.

25/1/02 EES
win 3-1 over Carshalton St Andrews Reserves. They lost the toss but Smith put
them 1-0 up after 5 minutes. W.Williams put EES

2-1 up at HT,
and in the second half with the advantage of the wind and rain, Henry
Williams made it 3-1.

25/1/02
Following a protest from Ewell regarding the eligibility of a West Croydon
player (H.Woodhams) on 11/1/02, the SSC tie was ordered to

be replayed at
West Street again. Ewell lost again, this time 2-1 and were very unlucky, as
the first goal for the visitors was an own goal by

Sid Mercer,
and after 30 minutes Southwell was injured and took no further part in the
game. 10 men. Even then, Ewell equalised before

HT but lost to
a late winner in the second half. Tom and Sid Mercer are definitely brothers.

Winning goal
was very fortunate. Croydon attacker missed a header but somehow the ball hit
him on the back and cannoned into the net!

Game was full
of exciting incidents. Everett missed chances while Barnes worked very hard
and was the most dangerous.

Woodhams
"crime" was that he had played in the Sussex Senior Cup this
season. AF White was part of the SCFA Committee who ordered

the replay,
but it is not noted whether he was allowed to vote in the matter.

The Sutton
Advertiser advises that the first goal was not an own goal from Mercer, but
he had headed it back by accident and Daniels, the

understudy
keeper could not hold on to the ball under pressure from the Croydon players
and had to drop the ball. Also, Ewell won the toss

as they did
two weeks previously, yet this time chose to go downhill first. Why?

30/1/02 Epsom
Thursday lost 2-1 at Kingston Barracks against East Surrey Regiment. HT was
0-1 but Epsom equalised, only to lose to a late penalty.

1/2/02 EES
Reserves were 1-0 down to St Barnabas (Sutton) after a goalless first half.
St Barnabas would have won by more the Herald said, but

EES Reserves
then walked off the field midway through the second half refusing to say
why!!

Feb 02
reference to the Surrey captain currently being CS Ball (East Sheen).

Feb 02 EES
advertise for more matches. Average age of players is 19.

1/2/02 Ewell
lose 2-0 at home to Guy's Hospital. It was very cold and Ewell were weakly
represented.

1/2/02 EES
game with Belmont was almost certainly n/p. No fixture in Epsom Observer.

8/2/02 Ewell's
game with London Hospital is scratched by the hospital.

8/2/02 "A
fair number of spectators" @ ERG saw Epsom East Street well represented
although they were without Rosamond in goal. "Towards

the end, the
red and blues made strenuous efforts to score" but game finished 0-0.
Referee J.Gow senior.

G Reeves is a
new player this day who joined from Ewell Village. Challis was a little late
arriving. Surrey Mirror thought it was Beams who

played. Their
report says it was very one-sided and only the West Ewell keeper "saved
his team." However, there were many errors in names

so will stick
with main report.

8/2/02 Ashtead
scratch their match with Mitcham due to vaccinations!

15/2/02 Ewell
were due to play at home to St Bart's this day but frost wipes out the
majority of the fixtures. Almost certainly p-p.

I am certain
this was p-p as the Croydon area was wiped out too. Not sure about Res yet as
they were away to Cobham.

15/2/02 EES
were due to play Mitcham United this day but this too was beaten by the
weather.

22/2/02 Game v
West Croydon was not played as West Croydon played Boro Poly instead (w3-0).

22/2/02
Weybridge beat East Sheen 2-1 definitely at Weybridge.

22/2/02 Epsom
East Street drew 0-0 with Mr Watson's XI who were from Leatherhead. Smith hit
the bar for EES in 1st half, while "W.Williams

had to leave
early in the second half"! Herald says Ted "Aldridge fully
justifying his selection."

27/2/02 Epsom
Thursday drew 2-2 with Catford Thursday @ ERG. Had been 2-0 up at HT. A good
gate saw Arthur Norman score early direct from a corner

and then
Alfred Revell scored just before HT. Late equaliser for Catford.

March 02
Worcester Park are playing in Cuddington this season. Venue unknown.

1/3/02 Ewell
defeat Old Cranleighans 3-1 almost certainly in MSL. Further details unknown
(NR).

1/3/02 EES
Thirds 9-1 Woodcote Juniors @ ERG with 6 goals in the last 15 minutes! HT was
3-0.

1/3/02 Old
Citizens are battered 12-0 at Kenley this day. A record score for Kenley said
Leatherhead Advertiser. Old Citizens required a sub in goal, and

CES Whitford
did well despite the scoreline.

1/3/02
reported that Corporal CD Parr of the Epsom company had died recently. Any
relation to Epsom Town player Jack Parr? Almost certainly.

1/3/02 EES win
3-1 at Sutton Pyro. AP Smith ("Smith junior") (10) and CE Smith
scored in first half, and Gow added the third before Pyro got

one back. HT
was 2-0. Epsom Observer called it a meritorious victory.

March 02
Sutton United playing in Manor Lane this season.

5/3/02 Surrey
2-4 London. SW Sulman played for Surrey this day @ Redhill in front of 1,000.
HT 1-2.

6/3/02 Epsom
Thursday lose 3-2 to One and All in the last minute after leading 2-1 at HT.
Splendid weather saw Griggs score after 15 minutes and then

went 2-0 up
after a Norman corner. A late penalty for handball won it for One and All.

8/3/02 EES
defeat Mr Watson's XI 2-0 this time, in a return match at ERG. Soon after the
start, one of the visitors had his kneecap displaced

by one of his
own side. 10 men. However, a sub, A Beard was allowed by the Epsom captain.
Beams put EES 1-0 up after 30 minutes, and

Smith scored
on 87. However, not a great game said Herald, and only Cuming lived up to his
reputation.

8/3/02
Surbiton Hill 0-0 Ewell. Both teams were very weak. Probably an MSL game.

8/3/02 Thirds
get a 2-2 draw against Kensington & Chelsea Schools in Banstead.

13/3/02 Epsom
Thursday held its second annual dinner at the Spread Eagle. "A very
large company was present." Reference to the club having started

in 1899. Mr
Langlands the Club President was in the Chair. "Success to the Epsom
Thursday FC" was proposed in a toast by the Chairman, who said the

club was only
three years old. It was started in 1899 with one vice-president, and it now
had 24. They now have 77. "For a great many years football in

Epsom was
hardly known." There were attempts to establish it on one or two
occasions, but the effort died out because of lack of support. This was
also

the case with
the rugby club. Thursday club couldn't afford a dinner in its first year, but
last season it had one and 45 were present. This year sees about 60.

In the first season, the club won 5 and lost
5, and the following season it W14, D2 L3 F94 A20. This season they won 5 and
lost 6 but they had played

stronger
clubs this year. Captain AB Thurley said that they were unlucky to lose many
of the 6 this season, with a few  being
lost in the last minutes (v Irish

Guards twice
1-2 and 0-2 and One and All twice 0-1 and 2-3 with a last minute penalty).
Club suffered because shop assistants didn't finish until 2, and

couldn't get
to away games. Mr AW Aston gave a toast to "the town and trade of
Epsom." Reference to Mr Langlands being the second club president,
one

who was a
really true sportsman at heart. He responded by saying that he hoped the club
would get a ground of its own, although recognised that the

Recreation
Ground "had improved more than he anticipated, and it had become a first
class football ground."  Hon
Secretary AH Hicks was also eulogised.

responded by
regretting the absence of the Treasurer the Rev Curwen. Evening finished with
songs, banjo duets and accompaniment by Mr F Chapman.

Reference to
G.Beams being George.

15/3/02 EES v
Banstead. Observer says this game was due this day not 22/3. Either way,
there is no report this day for any EES game.

15/3/02 Ewell
defeat Croydon Park 3-2 on a rather windy day at West Street. Ewell started
three short and went 2-0 down as a result, but with

3 subs found,
they improved. Brockwell scored from 30 yards out, to reduce the deficit by
half time and Porter equalised in the second half.

At 2-2 Sid
Mercer injured his ankle. 10 men, but Brockwell got the winner with 5 minutes
remaining. Ewell were originally due to play

Weybridge (H)
this day.

19/3/02 Middx
2-0 Surrey @ Southall. SW Sulman played again. HT 1-0. Att 500.

Mar 02
reference to a former Ewell player William Hastings Bagshaw who is now
captain of the 2nd V.B. East Surrey Regiment, H Company

(Epsom
Detachment)

28/3/02 EES
played against Challisians, a team created by GW Challis the Treasurer of the
club at ERG on Good Friday. They were a

goal down at
HT, but won 3-1. "Fully 500 spectators watched." This day also saw
the debut for a third Williams brother, Walter (WA) Williams.

W.Williams is
Willie. Griggs scored twice and Beams got the middle goal of the three.

29/3/02 EES
Thirds trailed at HT but won 4-1 v Epsom County School. Harry Skinner was
captain in the absence of Goodall.

29/3/02 Ewell
Village were meant to play @ Wandle Park v Pitlake Swifts but (NR).

Apr 02
reference to Epsom Rosemount C.C. having just completed their first season.
Football may possibly have commenced in Autumn 1902 but I'm not

sure, as I
have no trace until 1903.

5/4/02 EES
played what appears to have been their final game of the season against St
John's from Croydon. It was a bad tempered affair,

and at one
point in the first half, a penalty was awarded which was scored, but St
John's threatened to walk off unless the referee

reversed his
decision. Several players in fact started to walk off, so the referee with
approval of the EES players reversed the decision so

that the game
could continue. 15 minutes from the end a St John's player struck an EES
player and play was then abandoned. EES had

gone 1-0 down
early after Hicks had allowed a ball to get past him that was so weakly hit
that it didn't reach the netting at the back of the

goal! Then the
penalty was awarded for a defender punching the ball away. This caused the
problem. Herald writes that after consultation

with the
linesman "during which the visitors let forth a fine flow of
language" he changed his mind. Williams equalised and the game got

rougher, at
which point Challis had to leave. Then St John's scored two more, and with 8
minutes left Williams went to charge Peters from

the
opposition, when he swung round and punched Williams full in the mouth.
"This insult caused great indignation amongst the onlookers

but thanks to
the Epsom captain and a few others, a fight was avoided."

Amazingly, the
Croydon based Sutton Advertiser said the following: "St Johns played
Epsom at Epsom on Saturday last. A fine game resulted

in a win for
the Saints three goals to one." No reference to any trouble or
abandonment at all!

5/4/02 Ibrox
Disaster. 400 fell through some collapsed terracing suring a Scotland v
England match. Att 85,000. 26 were killed.

9/4/02 Dorset
5-1 Surrey @ Poole. Barry Porter played for Surrey. HT was 1-0 to Dorset.
Attendance was over 1,000. A "Porter" also played for

Dorset.

12/4/02 Ewell
defeat Crouch End Vampires 2-0. (NR).

12/4/02 Old
Citizens lose 3-0 at Kingston on Thames in front of a handful of spectators.
Last match at Lower March Lane? Certainly Kingston's

last game of
season, and they were at Thorpe Road the following season. Weather was poor
this day hence the low attendance.

12/4/02 SSC F
@ Guildford Weybridge beat West Croydon 3-1. Attendance 1,600

19/4/02 FA Cup
Final at Crystal Palace Sheff Utd 1-1 Southampton. Attendance 74,479. Replay
on 26/4/02 won 2-1 by Sheffield Utd. Att only 36,794.

23/4/02 County
ties were awarded to SW Sulman and Barry Porter at the SCFA Annual
Presentation at Holborn Restaurant this day. Alec (AF)

White was also
present.

26/4/02 Ewell
were due to play East Sheen this day in a fund raising match for the Ibrox
Park (Glasgow Rangers) Disaster Fund.

26/4/02 EES
were due to play Wallington but they had to scratch.

3/5/02 Annual
Sports day at Ewell. Secretary EV Bond. Very wet. Reference to Arthur Melmoth
Walters now being captain of Leatherhead

Fire Brigade.
He has now retired from football. Ewell FC player SW Sulman won the overall
prize.

3/5/02 Review
in Herald of EES, but no Ewell. EES second season has been in every way a
great success. Treasurer announced a balance of

13s 10d, which
was up from 7s 2d the year before. The club has 49 playing members. Mr
Challis arranged a concert which was so popular

that many had
to be refused admission.

Firsts Pld 28
W12 D7 L9 F44 A35, although at AGM Pld 28 W12 D6 L10 F44 A40 was reported

I have 31
fixtures and 23 results W11 D5 L7 F40 A29.

Reserves Pld 8
W2 D1 L5 F9 A15, although at AGM Pld 7 W2 D1 L4 F9 A14 was reported

I have 5
fixtures and 3 results W0 D1 L2 F2 A8.

Thirds
(Juniors) Pld 11 W6 D2 L3 F34 A18, although at AGM Pld 10 W6 D2 L2 F33 A15
was reported

I have 10
fixtures and 8 results W4 D2 L2 F24 A14.

Club lost the
services of W.Maclean and T.Edwards early in the season but Broadbridge and
Cuming filled places with credit. J.Beams has

been an
excellent captain, while v-c Alf Hill has been the most consistent. CA
Rosamond (Albert) may not be available next season.

Other players
listed are Ted Pratt, Ernest Cuming, Jimmy Gow the youngster of the team, and
Harry Williams (I have Henry listed, not Harry,

and I think
paper is wrong. Also Harry Davie, CE Smith (Kinny), while in the youngsters,
Lewis Burrage was top scorer with Tom Fuller and

Syd Skinner
(the youngest member). AC Skinner is Arthur, Ernest Miles is one of the clubs
many Ernest's. Only once did the club concede

more than
three all season.

No Ewell
review. My records show Firsts: Fixtures 30 Pld 17
W7 D3 L7 F35 A43. Reserves: Fixtures 24 Pld 14 W7 D2 L5 F25 A29

Thirds
(Juniors)  Fixtures3 Pld 3 W3 F13 A4

I currently
have no way of checking how many matches were played this season.

Epsom Thursday
review players listed WE Hunter, W.Mills, W.Smith, AB Thurley (capt),
R.Adrian, J.Miles, G.Page, J.Debnam. The game v One and All

at Denmark
Hill was the most exciting this season, but the return at Epsom was the best
game losing 2-3 after leading 2-1 at HT.

Team Photo for
Epsom Thursday exists in edited history. Line up is standing, are ‘A.H.
Hicks, Hon. Sec.; Mr. S.A. Arnold; A.B. Thurley,

Captain; W.E.
Hunter; J. Miles; Mr. C.E. Johnson, Referee; Mr. W.P. Wilson’. In the middle
row, sitting, are ‘W. Smith; L. Underwood;

A.F. Norman,
Vice-Capt.’. In the front row, cross-legged, are ‘F.S. Griggs; W.D. Bradley;
A.J. Revell; C. Revell; F.A. Duplock’.

Jeremy Harte
of Bourne Hall Museum says that "William Hunter, the goalie, became a
gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery and was killed

in France or
Flanders on 28 March 1918 – he’s on the Epsom war memorial. John Miles,
standing next to him, may be Private John Robert

Miles in the
1/8th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment who died at Passchendaele and is
listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial, but I’m not sure

of the
identification."

31/5/02 Boer
War ends. Cost:25,000 British lives and £223 million pounds. Lasted 2 years 7
months and 20 days says Herald.

1902/03
affiliated sides in SCFA handbook

Epsom played
in red and blue: Sec CE Smith, 128 East Street, Epsom. Affiliated in July
1902

However they
had been in existence since July 1900 as Epsom East Street, also playing in
red and blue.

Ewell playing
in green and red with white facings: Sec AF White, Oakdene, Whitworth Road,
South Norwood.

Ewell knocked
Carshalton FC out of the Surrey Junior Cup this year, probably at Ewell,
according to Carshalton records, but they never met.

June 02 New
ruling defines the penalty area as we know it today. Was previously a 12 yard
line straight across the field.

22/7/02 Epsom
East Street's third ever AGM "at the YMCA rooms". J Gow senior was
in the chair with a good attendance. It was
unanimously

agreed to
change the name of the club to Epsom FC and affiliate to SCFA and enter
competitions. Subscription was raised from 2s to 2s
6d.

Club President
Mr H.Maclean resigned and GJ Beams was asked to take the position on, which
was duly accepted. Officers elected: Captain,

CE Smith, v-c
J.Beams. Treasurer GW Challis, Secretary, CE Smith with AP Smith (definitely
related, almost certainly younger brother) as

Assistant
Secretary. Committee: GF Bailey, HE Williams, WH Bailey, Jimmy Gow, Ernest
Cuming, Alf Hill, CF Broadbridge, J Beams, AP Smith.

Club showed a
balance in hand of 10s, as opposed to 7s 2d last year.

19/8/02 Epsom
Thursday Club AGM held at the Public Hall on Tuesday evening, presided over
by H.W.Absalom. About 35 members attended.

Accounts were
passed and considered satisfactory with a balance in hand of £4 11s. 4d.
President WG Langlands J.P. was re-elected.

AF Norman
elected Captain with

vice-captain
W.D.Bradley and Committee WE Hunter, L.Underwood, FS Griggs, AH Hicks, and AB
Thurley with J.Miles and B.Smith as joint

Secretaries.
The long list of vice presidents increased by three this year.

Sept 02
Kingston FC playing at Thorpe Road this season after being at Lower Marsh
Lane the previous season. Richmond Road is being used by

Kingston Rugby
Club. Footballers get changed at Queens Hotel.

Sept 02 future
Ewell keeper CA Deighton is with Wallington.

6/9/02 Ewell
FC start with a practice game. The club has entered the newly reformed
Mid-Surrey League along with Barnes, East Sheen,

Clapham
Rovers, Old Cranleighans and Weybridge. However, it was actually formed the
previous season with Surbiton Hill too..

Barnes play
at the Rectory Field while East Sheen are at St Margaret's. Clapham Rovers
appear to be at Earlsfield

02/03 spare
dates for Weybridge were 10/1, 17/1, 7/2, 14/3, 21/3, 4/4, 18/4, 25/4

East Sheen
were available on 6/12, 13/12, 27/12 but I don't know their 1903 spare dates
yet.

Weybridge
have a game outstanding in MSL at East Sheen, but could only have been the
above dates according to Surrey Herald (Chertsey).

Check other
papers to narrow things down. Another o/s match is Ewell v Clapham (prov 14/2
but NR). Clapham were in SSC SF on 28/2.

13/9/02
Guildford 2-1 Ewell Only 35 minutes each way, as it was both teams first game
and it was rather warm. Game played at the County

ground,
Woodbridge Road. The game was fast and open with "a large crowd."
Ewell lost their regular keeper to

work
commitments at the last minute, and this probably cost them the game. 2-0
down after the first 20 minutes and at HT. Ewell fought back

and White
scored. Just as it looked like they would draw level, "Mercer had to
leave to catch a particular train". 10 men! Barry Porter did well

at back, and
AJ Owen did well on his debut. White is now commencing his 11th season for
the club, while GC Hampton made the journey up

from the South
West to assist. The sub keeper was either GN or CD Harris, a Guildford
player.

SSC 1st round
draw - BYE. SJC 1st round draw - BYE Ewell have not been invited to compete
in the SCS this year.

13/9/02 Epsom
FC start with a club match Whites (Capt.'s XI) v Colours (v-c's XI). Most of
last season's players are available, and a successful

season is
anticipated with the hope of three teams being run.

17/9/02 SCFA
25th AGM at Holborn Restaurant, London. AF White is elected to the SCFA
Committee. SSC 1 BYE and SJC 1 BYE.

20/9/02
Worcester Park draw 1-1 with Epsom in front of a good attendance at Cheam
Common. Epsom lost the toss and went downhill, but

it was 0-0 at
HT before Williams scored and Park equalised. Pratt was missing with a strain
and Beams was unable to turn out. Epsom had most

of the play in
the first half and Williams scored early in the second half, but although Gow
nearly added a second Pridie was knocked out during

a rush causing
a delay for a few minutes and they scored an equaliser shortly afterwards.

Sept 02
reference to John A Bucknill, son of Thomas (TT) Bucknill, former Epsom club
President. JA Bucknill was a former player and has recently left his

position as
Secretary of the Conservative Club to become Commissioner for Patents in the
Transvaal. Had been Secretary since June 1897.

had a slight
injury to SW Sulman (slight concussion) after a short while. This was after
Ewell had won the toss and gone uphill, with White

putting Ewell
1-0 up. HT was also 1-0, but shortly afterwards, the visitors made it 1-1.
Then Ewell got four more goals as "The four Ewell

forwards
working like niggers"!! AF White got all five goals in front of "a
fair number of spectators."

Sept 02
Reference to Ewell trying to meet mainly Surrey clubs. Also reference to MB
Brockwell. I have MW Brockwell, and I think the W is

William or
Bill, I have left his name as MB for now. GHN Barrack is captain of the
second eleven.

Sept 02
Reference to Eversleigh, who are based at Upper Tooting CC this year and had
been at Streatham Hill before. Also reference to Church Institute,

Summerstown,
changing their name. They are now just called Summerstown, and their old
ground at Plough Lane is again available. Was this Wimbledon's

future
ground, or somewhere nearby? Yes… and no!
It was on or next door to the site of the Greyhound Stadium, the
ground officially in Copper-mill Lane.
The

Wimbledon
story gets a little convoluted around this time, but after Summerstown moved
to a new ground a team that was later part of the Wimbledon

“conglomerate”
of clubs played there from around 1909, mixing and merging with other clubs
until it became “Wimbledon FC” in 1912 before moving to the

Durnsford Road
end of Plough Lane for the start of the 1912/13 season (to the ground used
until the move to Selhurst Park). Wallington FC are at

Beddington
Park. (Thanks to Bert Dale the Wimbledon Historian
for this)

27/9/02 Herald
Preview of season. Epsom "founded in July 1900 by a few lads in East
Street" has rapidly come to the front. H.Maclean is no

longer
President, but v-p's include W.Keswick, HW Saunders, and Major Coates. Many
games are arranged this year, but unlikely to rejoin are

Rosamond,
W.Williams, H.Davie and G.Payne says Herald. Williams and Davie play from
time to time though. Bizarrely, after the trouble at

the game with
St John's in Croydon, their keeper George Pridie has joined Epsom! It
transpires that he played for them all summer at cricket

too, so there
is the possibility that Pridie may have been a local Epsom player who played
as sub keeper for St John's. Unlikely but possible!

Preview for
Epsom Thursday. Club has lost two players to Africa, with W.Smith going to
South Africa, and R.Adrian going to North Africa. Arthur Norman is

the captain
and a good season is hoped for. For the past two years they have been at
Woodcote, but it is not clear where they play this coming season.

Either way
they will eventually end up in ERG but not sure whether it is from this
season, or from some point in the future.

27/9/02 Ewell
travelled to Croydon C.C. to play Croydon Park, only to find that they were
now playing two and a half miles away in

Addiscombe.
Ewell suffered a few absences and went a goal down early, before Bowring and
White put them ahead. HT was 2-2. Then Jones

and White made
it 4-2, then 4-3, then White again for 5-3, but two late goals for Croydon
Park levelled it up. Herald is very critical of the referee

who was from
Croydon Park, and gave Ewell offside on 15-16 occasions, while never giving
Croydon Park offside at all!

27/9/02
Reserves first game of season and won 2-1 v Athenian despite being behind
after 30 minutes and at HT. Smith and Daniels scored in the second

half to win
the match. 4 regular reserves were playing for the first team, so this was an
even better result than it looks.

27/9/02 Epsom
defeated Beddington Corner Reserves 2-0 despite many absences. W.Priestley
debut at inside right. Epsom survived early

pressure at
turned around at 0-0. Gow had to leave in the second half. 10 men, but after
20 minutes Smith scored from Williams cross, then

Williams got a
second.

2/10/02 Epsom
Thursday defeat Fulham Thursday 2-1 @ ERG. Against wind first half, and
fairly even up to half time which saw Fulham a goal ahead. 15

minutes into
the second half Jimmy Gow scored after a fine run from Bradley and Griggs got
the winner. The new right back FW Plumridge was most useful

said Epsom
Observer. Ernest Hicks and Frank Duplock were the linesmen.

4/10/02 Ewell
defeat Barnes easily in their first Mid-Surrey League match of season. Porter
has settled down to his new position at back, while

FW Bowring has
his old position. Ewell win 6-0. Although one sided, it was a good game says
Herald. Sulman is still out injured.

Mid-Surrey
League is in its second season. Barnes are one of the oldest clubs in the
country, and had recently merged with Barnes Incogniti.

First league
match ever played by either side. Ewell went downhill in first half after
White won the toss. Jones scored from a Brockwell

pass but HT
was only 1-0. Second half was a different story, even though Ewell were going
uphill. Arthur Barnes 2-0 after a half save from a

White shot.
Bowring, then Brockwell scored, and they had both scored again by the end.
Porter "shows promise of brilliancy."

4/10/02
Reserves also win at Barnes Reserves, 7-0 after leading at HT 4-0. Oddly
Epsom Observer says this match was 4-1 to Ewell, not 7-0!! Wrong.

Future
players Alfred and Charlie Revell are with
West Ewell this season. Previously with Ewell Village. Also still with
Epsom Thursday.

4/10/02
Reserves lose 11-2 at Mill Green Rovers. Future Chelsea captain Jack Harrow
scores 5 this day.

4/10/02 Epsom
underestimated Benhill Street Guild and lose 0-4. HT 0-3.

Oct 02 Woking
erect pavilion at their Horsell ground at a cost of £70-£80. 3 rows of
seating and holding 150. Corrugated iron.

9/10/02 Epsom
Thursday won the toss against Catford Early Closing @ Forest Hill and went
downhill. Griggs scored the first after a brilliant run, then 2-0

Bradley with
a clever shot. Martin and Bradley scored to make it 4-0 and HT was 4-1, then
4-2 after a penalty for handball, but Martin scored again to win 5-2.

11/10/02 Ewell
beat St Bart's Hospital 11-3 despite having a sub keeper in. Ewell have
clearly improved says Herald. A fairly regular side is

helping, which
has counted against them in recent years. "A fair number of
spectators" expected a close game. F Taylor (possibly Fred)

guested for St
Bart's as they were short. White scored the first goal "almost
immediately". CE Martin was in goal but was wearing normal

attire and
without studs!. SR Jones scored 5 and AF White got HT. Ewell were 3-0 up in
the first ten minutes.

Surrey Mirror
says that it was 6-0 after the first ten minutes and suggests that this may
be a record.

A Barnes
paper had Ewell down to travel to the Rectory Field this day but it wasn't
played. D&L Advertiser advises the result as 12-3 but the report is
brief.

11/10/02 Epsom
draw 0-0 at West Ewell with future Ewell and Epsom player Alfred Revell
playing for West Ewell.

16/10/02 Epsom
Thursday defeated Waterloo Uniform 3-2. Griggs scored first but HT was 1-2
before Griggs and Revell scored in the second half.

18/10/02
Reserves lose 6-1 to St Barnabas Old Boys, who were expecting to play Epsom's
first team. Epsom's goal was a penalty.

18/10/02 Third
team win 11-2 against Epsom National Schools. Easy win. Syd Skinner got the
two goals for the Schools side, while Burrage got 5.

18/10/02
Reserves lost 0-1 to Croydon Park, who were a player short, so a former Ewell
player F White went in goal and did really well. 65th minute goal.

18/10/02
Beddington Corner Reserves beat Epsom 4-2. Epsom were short and two players
were guests for Epsom, Moody and Harrow at

left back and
inside right. Williams put Epsom ahead "half a minute from the
start." Then Epsom mispen (HIGH) after 5 minutes. Epsom were

still 2-1 down
by HT, and 3-1 down before AG Sheppard made it 2-3. Game played at Mitcham
Junction.

18/10/02
Guards Depot led 1-0 at HT but Ewell turned it around and won 3-1. Guards
were the current holders of SJL and SJC, but it wasn't

clear if they
had turned Senior, or whether they were still a junior club. SW Sulman
returned from injury this day.

23/10/02
Barrack (2) and Barnes score in a 3-2 win for Epsom Thursday at Denmark Hill
v One and All. Barnes injures his foot and is set to miss Ewell's

game on
25/10. Game was also advised as Honor Oak. One and All won the toss and went
uphill but after a while Barnes scored the first with "a rattling

shot".
Barrack then got the next two as they led 3-0. HT 3-1. AH Hicks was a
travelling reserve.

25/10/02 Epsom
win 1-0 at Ashtead. Alf Hill has been out recently with typhoid fever, but
will return shortly. One of the founders of the club.

A fast game
saw Epsom 1-0 up in the first half from Willie Williams. Then Ernest Cuming
mispen (SAVE) in 2nd half, before Ashtead also

mispen (HIGH).
Both were awarded for handball. Amazingly, Willie Williams then missed a
third penalty! Despite this, it was a good

performance.
J.Debnam and R.Cooper played for Ashtead.

25/10/02 First
ever match for Epsom Liberal FC who lost 2-1 to Leatherhead Reserves @ ERG.
Secretary J.Matten.

25/10/02 Ewell
are unlucky to lose 2-1 to Eversleigh @ Tooting. Jones was absent, and Barnes
and Brockwell were both crippled. As it

turned out,
Barnes actually had to play because Thomas didn't show for Ewell. 2-0 down
early but fought back. At HT regular keeper Nixon

went in goal,
while Barnes went back on the field. White pulled a goal back midway through
the second half, and another shot from him was

caught over
the line by the keeper, but the referee wasn't sure so didn't allow it.

29/10/02
Sussex 3-5 Surrey @ Hastings. HT 1-1 AF White scored twice. Prog Yc. Porter
did not play.

30/10/02
Epsom Thursday won the return match with Fulham Thursday 5-0 in
Earlsfield/Southfields. An easy win but during the game, the team had
items

stolen from
their clothing. H Williams scored one of the goals but not clear if this was
Henry Williams the Epsom player.

Oct 02
Reference to the newly formed Epsom Liberal FC who are asking for matches on
any date. Would eventually become Epsom United.

1/11/02
Ewell Res overturn a 1-0 HT deficit to win 3-2 over Old Cranleighans
Reserves. A very fast game saw Ewell heading uphill first half but trailed
after

35 minutes.
Old Crans got a late consolation.

1/11/02 Epsom
draw 2-2 with Wallington Res @ ERG in front of "a large
attendance." Smith and Pratt were missing, so Cuming was captain,

and Epsom
started with ten as Challis was late. Epsom were 1-0 down after 2 minutes and
2-0 down after 12. Henry Williams reduced the

deficit before
HT and then got another as he "brought down the house with a grand
shot." A pleasant game.

1/11/02 Ewell
lose 2-1 at Catford to Old Cranleighans after a hard and fast game which saw
many chances missed by both teams. Jones put

Ewell in front
in the first few minutes before an equaliser. Then the Old Cranleighans
keeper was injured and Ewell captain AF White allowed

them to
replace him with a sub. Old Cranleighans got a late winner.

Nov 02 East
Surrey Regiment are the same as the 31st Regimental District and they play in
Kingston, very near to where the Kingstonian Reserve pitch

was situated
on the Richmond Road site. I believe it is now occupied by Earle Gardens.

1/11/02
Reserves lose 6-0 not 7-0 to Mitcham United Rovers Reserves.

1/11/02 Also
this day Epsom Boys play at Half Mile Bush this day beating Mittendorf House
16-1.

1/11/02 This
probably explains why Epsom Thirds did not play Sutton County School this day
at ERG as planned.

8/11/02
According to the Carshalton report, Epsom sent a telegram saying that they
weren't coming, but then turned up. Luckily the home

side lived
locally and so they were able to get their side together again. They won the
toss and played down the slope at Carshalton (Rec?)

and the
outside right made it 1-0 to Epsom. HT 1-0 then the outside left scored for
Epsom and they were 2-0 up, but the hosts fought back, and

made it 2-2,
then Epsom hit the post and Carshalton scored the winner.

8/11/02 Epsom
Liberal first reported match, a 4-2 win over Sutton Pyro before "a
moderate attendance" at Epsom (probably ERG). William Killick
scored

twice in the
first half, but Sutton Pyro equalised twice. HT 2-2. Gray got the third, and
G Breeden made it 4-2.

8/11/02 This
day at Half Mile Bush Epsom National School beat Mittendorf House 2-1. Line
up included future Epsom based players, L.Foulger, GW Bettison,

FE Milligan,
J.Skinner.

8/11/02
Ewell Reserves crash out of the SJC to a very strong Beddington Corner 5-1.
They were a goal down after 5 minutes and 2-0 at HT. Hobbs scored

early in the
second half, but despite an injury to a Beddington Corner player who remained
a passenger, they got three more goals in a very slow game.

The score was
harsh says Herald. Originally due to play Surbiton Hill Res at West Street.

8/11/02 Ewell
were due to play at home to Surbiton Hill but (NR) and no fixture even listed
in Surrey Comet. Probably not played.

13/11/02
Epsom Thursday were due to play Streatham Postal this day @ ERG but (NR) and
they are scheduled to play again on 27/11/02, so this game was

almost
certainly not played.

15/11/02 Ewell
crush Barnes 5-0 in SSC 2. Jones was ill so AR Daniels made his first team
debut as did FS Griggs. Downhill first half, and Ewell

were 2-0 up by
HT through Griggs and a Sulman header. In the second half Barnes went outside
left with Daniels inside. Brockwell made it

3-0 and AF
White got the last 2 "By no means an inspiring game" although
Porter and Everett did well. Originally due to play Croydon Park (H).

15/11/02
Carshalton Park 3-0 Epsom @ Carshalton who took the lead after 2 minutes and
were 2-0 up at HT. Future Ewell and Epsom keeper

CA Deighton
played for Carshalton Park this day. Epsom Observer says that Epsom lost 3-1
not 3-0 but provides no scorer, so I will stick with 3-0.

15/11/02
Epsom Liberal score five in the second half against Cheam after a goalless
first half. It was even to start with, but an easy win in the second.

15/11/02
Epsom Thirds beat Bampfylde Thirds 7-3 with five goals from Jim Hedger and
two from Fred Archer. Record is advised as Pld 6 W4
L2 F29 A16.

My record
agrees except for the GD which is F29 A18.

15/11/02
Epsom Reserves unlikely to have played this day as first and third team
reports are provided, yet they were away games and Res were due to at

home to Mill
Green Rovers.

20/11/02 AH
Hicks and L.Underwood in the last minute ensure a 2-1 win for Epsom Thursday
against Mr Webb's XI, a team made up largely of other Epsom

players.
Breeden scored for them. Winning goal was half a minute from time. Webb's XI
included CE Smith, J.Gow, E.Pratt, H.Williams, Pridie, Maclean.

Arthur Norman
now appears to have taken over the midweek captaincy from AB Thurley,
although he still plays.

22/11/02 Epsom
v Leatherhead (poss Reserves) but (NR). Leatherhead first team had another
match. Did Epsom play this day?

22/11/02 Also
did reserves play Banstead (A) this day. (NR).

22/11/02 This
week Epsom Liberal lose 3-1 in a creditable display against Ashtead.
"have only been in existence a few weeks." A moderate attendance at

Ashtead. AW
Breeden put Liberals up against the run of play but it was 1-1 at HT before
two late goals in almost total darkness.

22/11/02 Ewell
win easily 4-0 at Clapham Rovers in the Mid-Surrey League, although they
didn't score until the second half, and two of the

goals were
quite late. They were the better team all round said Herald. The game was
played short time due to a late start, and with a "very

brief
interval." Ewell nearly scored before HT but "tripped over a
tuft." Jones got the first and third goals, with White scoring the
second

and Griggs
completing the scoring.

22/11/02
Epsom III draw at Ewell Court 3-3 with West Ewell Juniors. Hedger scored
first, then 1-1 and Beard put Epsom 2-1 up. HT 2-1, but then 2-3 down

before Burrage
equalised.

22/11/02
Reserves get a late Hobbs equaliser at home to Clapham Rovers reserves. 0-1
HT. "A pleasant game."

26/11/02 Barry
Porter plays for Surrey @ Norwich v Norfolk in South Eastern Counties
Championships. W4-1. AF White also plays in this match.

27/11/02
Epsom Thursday beat Streatham Postal 3-0 after a goalless first half @ ERG.
Bradley (2) and Pederick. Sergeant Mills had very little to do in goal.

They were
originally due to play the Irish Guards according to the Surrey Mirror but
played them on 11/12/02.

Epsom Observer
advises the Epsom Thursday playing record as Pld 8
W8 F26 A10. Correct!

29/11/02
Weybridge are defeated 8-2 at West Street in Mid-Surrey League, but are very
weak. They still went 1-0 up early before Sulman

equalised, and
then White scored four more before 5-1 HT. Then Brockwell (2) and Jones.
"Interest in the game was practically gone" by HT.

Epsom Observer
says result was 8-3 but they are definitely wrong as MSL league table inc
this date ties up with 8-2.

D&L
Advertiser advises an attendance of "about 200".

29/11/02
Reserves lose 4-1 at Leatherhead. Game played at Thorncroft Manor, which was
Leatherhead's ground at the time.

29/11/02 Epsom
win 6-0 against Hook @ Hook. Cuming 1-0 (5), then Smith and Cuming made the
HT score 3-0. In the second half, Cuming got

two more and
Henry Williams also scored.

29/11/02
Reserves lose 0-3 to Carshalton St Andrews 'B'. The visitors played uphill at
ERG in the first half, but were 2-0 down by HT.

3/12/02 Epsom
FC's 2nd ever concert held at Co-operative Hall on Wednesday evening. Very
crowded and many were refused admission.

GJ Beams the
Club President was in the Chair while GW Challis the Concert Hon Secretary
had arranged a splendid programme, and

encores were
so frequent that several further acts had to be omitted. H.Glenister
accompanied on the piano.

4/12/02 Epsom
Thursday drew 1-1 with 31st Regimental District at ERG. Ewell player FW
Bowring played for the army side. Evenly contested. One player

was originally
missing from the line up, but Epsom Observer advises he was A.Goodman. Did
they mean "A good man"? I have added it for now.

6/12/02 Ewell
are defeated at Woking in SSC 3. The better team won. A windy and bumpy
ground in Horsell. Game was played

in an
excellent spirit. Ewell went behind in the first few minutes and were 2-0
down after 15 minutes. In the middle of the first half, Arthur

Barnes was
accidentally injured and was a passenger, and Porter had to leave the field
for a while in the first half too. Despite this, the score

remained at 2-0 at HT, and AF White reduced
the arrears, before Woking got a third goal. A second Ewell goal by Bowring
was not enough

to see them
force extra time. Ewell had kicked off towards "the gate end goal".

6/12/02
Reserves drew 1-1 with Eversleigh in a fair result. Daniels played well for
Ewell.

6/12/02
Liberals lose 0-2 to Carshalton St Andrews 'B' @ ERG, but were unlucky to
lose 2 goals in the last 15 minutes of the first half.

Dec 02 Morland
Park play at Morland Road.

Dec 02 West
Croydon are at Brigstock Road this season and will become Croydon FC in 1903.

11/12/02 Epsom
Thursday entertain the Irish Guards and draw 0-0 in a game which defences did
well. Mr WG Langlands kicked

off in front
of a big crowd at ERG at 3pm and afterwards the Guards were entertained at
the Railway Hotel with a smoking concert. Epsom Thursday's

record is
advised after this match as Played 10 W8 D2 L0 F27
A11. Correct!

Ernest Miles
did well in goal this day as 200 attended. Reference to Bertram South the
Club Secretary. Also a new reporter "St John" in the Observer got

a free pass to
the dinner at the Railway Hotel. Epsom Thursday have no more games until New
Year's Day.

13/12/02
Future tenants at West Street, Old Citizens defeat Surbiton Park @ Beckenham
Hill this day.

13/12/02 Epsom
lose 2-1 to Carshalton St Andrews Reserves at ERG. Smith was the scorer in
front of a handful of spectators. Ref Mr J.Gow (sen).

13/12/02
Reserves beat Furzedown Park 2-1 in a shortened game after a late arrival
from the visitors. HT 0-0 then Martin scored from a Bradley cross.

Jones scored
a second as they had more success going uphill before a late consolation for
the visitors.

20/12/02 Epsom lose 3-0 to the 31st Regimental District at
Kingston, but HT unknown. George Pridie pensave. "Epsom were unfortunate
to lose" says D&L Advertiser.

However, I
have two scorers in my records for this match. Check
Herald, Observer and Comet reports.

20/12/02
Reserves defeat East Sheen Reserves 2-1 at West Street. Sid Mercer scored an
own goal, while one of Ewell's goals also went in off a defender

from
Barrack's shot. However, Barrack already had the first goal. HT unknown.

20/12/02 Ewell
lose 1-0 at East Sheen in MSL (NR).

20/12/02
Reserves get revenge 2-1 at West Street. They were ahead after 10 minutes but
HT 1-1. Only 30 mins each way at West Street.

26/12/02 Epsom
v Beddington Rovers in the morning. Was this played, or the Res game with
Carshalton Early Closing in the afternoon.

26/12/02
Originally Epsom were due to play Epsom Liberal this day at ERG but the Epsom
Observer had the above fixtures instead.

26/12/02 Epsom
Third team (basically a youth outfit) lose 2-1 at Manor Lane v Manor Park
after leading 1-0 at HT.

Also this day
@ ERG Epsom Urban District Council Officials v Workmen. Drew 3-3.

27/12/02 Also
no fixture in Observer for this day despite me having one listed v Sutton
United Reserves this day. Was it played?

1/1/03 Epsom
Thursday 4-0 South London Caledonians. They have now w9 and D2 of their 11
games this season.

Jan 03
Surbiton Rec is now called Victoria Rec in Balaclava Road.

1903 to 1906
Epsom Observer becomes the Sutton Observer and many copies are missing. Find
a full set one day maybe.

Dates missing
in 1903 were: all January, 27/2, 13/3, 20/3, 10/4, 24/4, 25/9, 2/10, 20/11,
4/12, 11/12, 18/12.

3/1/03 Ewell
1-1 East Sheen in MSL (NR).

Jan 03
Reference to the Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water as a "pretty
ground".

10/1/03 Epsom
0-2 Ashtead. Pratt and Beams reappeared after 2 months out. First goal
happened after the Epsom keeper slipped. HT 0-1.

Ashtead were
guilty of many fouls says Herald. A late goal from Cooper the future Epsom
player made it 2-0. Willie and HE (Henry) Williams

are brothers,
as is Walter (WA) Williams

10/1/03 Epsom
Liberals 1-2 Carshalton Park Reserves. They were the forerunner of Epsom
United, and were unsurprisingly based at the

Liberal Club
in Epsom.

Jan 03
Reference to future player F.Millington playing for Belmont this season.

14/1/03 Surrey 3-0 Army at Redhill. Poor attendance as no
Redhill players were selected so locals stayed away. Reporter says none of
them could have improved the side!

Alex White
scored and Barry Porter also played. Reference to Porter having played for
Reigate Priory a few times this season. Earlier than originally thought!

17/1/03 Lots
of frost and virtually the whole of the South of England "practically at
a standstill."

17/1/03
Despite the weather, Epsom play and lose 5-1 to Beddington Corner in the
Herald Cup.

The Epsom
'boys' are very young says Herald. "Epsom were very plucky to enter,
knowing the class of clubs they would have to meet."

HT was 1-1 at
which point Beddington lost two players to injury, yet with only 9 players,
they scored 4 times!!

Game was
played at Mitcham Junction with a 2.45 scheduled k.o. but Epsom didn't arrive
until 3.25 so many locals left, thinking there would

be no game.
Epsom went 1-0 down, but Mills equalised right on HT. Then 10 men for
Beddington, yet 2-1 up, then 9 men. 3 goals were

scored in the
last 10 minutes of what was a 30 minute each way match, due to the late
arrival.

17/1/03
Surbiton Park v Old Citizens was probably postponed.

Jan 03
Reference to CE Smith being Secretary of Epsom East Street C.C. who were the
forerunners of Epsom Rovers C.C.

22/1/03 Epsom
lose 1-3 to Epsom Thursday, despite leading after 2 minutes. W.Williams
played well, while Davis, the future Surrey cricketer,

scored a HT
for Epsom Thursday. There was an unusually large attendance including many
ladies, but the conduct towards the referee

was "of a
disgraceful character."

24/1/03 Epsom
draw 1-1 with 31st Regimental District. Mills and Galyer were missing, so
Fitzgerald and Killick the Liberals keeper came in,

and GH Pridie
moved from goal to right back. Epsom were a goal down, but CE Smith equalised
before HT which was all of the scoring.

After the
game, and under the Presidency of CHF Broadbridge, the players and their
friends had tea and a singsong at the Railway Hotel.

This was a
return match, indicating that they had played earlier in 02/03 season.

24/1/03 Epsom
Third team defeat Epsom National Schools 3-1 despite them having a few
teachers also playing for them. Hedger and Burrage scored

in the first
half, while H.Tugwell came out of goal and scored in the second half. Harry
Skinner, Bonsor, and A Skinner played for the Schools,

all of which
would play for Epsom in the future.

28/1/03 Porter
and White played for Surrey in their 4-2 win over Dorset this day @ Woking.

29/1/03 Epsom
Thursday win 4-1 in Streatham v Streatham Postal.

31/1/03 Ewell
were short for their trip to Weybridge in MSL but subs were found, and they
lost 3-1 at Weybridge after an even game. At 0-0

Weybridge
mispen (BAR), but HT was still 1-0 to the hosts. Ewell equalised with a rush
in front of goal, but Weybridge scored twice more.

A fair
attendance at Weybridge says Surrey Herald (Chertsey) but windy. Ewell's
equaliser was bundled in after 50 minutes.

31/1/03 Epsom
had a "ding dong" game with West Ewell despite the wind. Epsom were
2-0 up before Gow collided with the post and hurt

his hand
enough to have to leave the game with 20 minutes left. West Ewell then
recovered the 2-0 deficit and a draw of 2-2 was the result.

31/1/03 Epsom
Liberals 2-3 Ashtead before a good attendance. Liberals went 1-0 up through
Beams before Ashtead went 2-1 up. Griggs then

scored from 30
yards against the wind. HT 2-2. A very late winner for Ashtead.

31/1/03
Ewell Res drew 2-2 with Carshalton Park at Ewell. GHN Barrack put Ewell
ahead, but HT was 1-1 and a late Daniell equaliser rescued a point.

6/2/03
Bertram South writes in to Sutton Observer to complain about Epsom FC in the
game between the two on 22/1/03. Lives in West Street, Epsom.

Feb 03
Beddington Corner now make the final of the SJC. They had beaten Ewell Res
5-1 in the second round pre xmas 02.

Feb 03 Epsom
Thirds looking for games. Contact AP Smith (younger brother of CE?) at 128
East Street (same address as CE).

7/2/03 Thirds
defeat Sutton Wesleyan 3-0 with all goals in the last two minutes!

7/2/03 A good
attendance at ERG saw Epsom defeat Epsom Liberals 4-0. Broadbridge scored
twice in the first ten minutes, then Pratt made

it 3-0 at HT.
W.Williams made it four after many chances had gone begging. Ernest Cuming
was the best on the field, while "Galyer played

with his old
skill and judgement."

11/2/03 Berks
& Bucks 3-1 Surrey @ Loakes Park, Wycombe. "a big attendance".
Porter and White played.

12/2/03 Epsom
Thursday lose their first match of the season 1-3 to Mr Webb's XI, but they
were very strong, and many Epsom players

from Epsom,
Miles, H Williams, Cuming, J.Gow, F.Cantwell, G.Breeden and W.Breeden all
played for Webb's XI. Scorer PS Martin.

14/2/03 Bonsor
and an unknown Skinner played well for Reserves in a 3-1 loss at home to
Cheam. HT 0-1.

14/2/03 Ewell
v Clapham Rovers. Looks like it wasn't played but no evidence yet.

14/2/03 Epsom
win 4-3 at Wallington Reserves. Pratt was missing but G.Milsom joined from
Beddington Rovers. Epsom went 2-0 down before

Cuming mispen.
HT 0-2. Henry Williams (2), then Willie Williams put Epsom 3-2 up and Gow
made it 4-2 before a late Wallington goal.

21/2/03
Dorking St Pauls defeated Epsom 3-0 in favourable conditions, Epsom went
downhill with the wind, yet still trailed 1-0 at HT.

The second
goal was a penalty.

21/2/03 Mercer
and Everett were missing as Ewell entertained Old Cranleighans, probably in
the Mid-Surrey League and lost 3-1 at West St.

Very poor in
the first half despite going downhill with the wind, but improved in the
second half. HT 1-3. Surrey Advertiser says 1-2. Surrey

Comet also
says 1-2. Herald report looks conclusive enough so I'll stick with it for
now.

26/2/03 Epsom
Thursday v Epsom did not take place. Not surprising after 22/1/03 game.

28/2/03 Epsom
Liberals draw 2-2 with Clapham Crescent with "a moderate
attendance." The visitors were 4 short but capable subs were found. HT
2-1 up.

2nd half was
very wet "a perfect quagmire." Guests Hicks and Smith scored for
Crescent.

28/2/03
Reserves due to play Athenians. A report is provided for Athenians Res but
not this game for their first team. Probably postponed.

6/3/03 Epsom
Urban Council meet to discuss the conduct at the Epsom v Epsom Thursday match
from 22/1 but Bertram South and J.Miles the

joint
Secretaries say that they were not at fault. Both clubs were warned as to
their future conduct but no further action was taken. "Just

exuberance of
youth".

7/3/03 Ewell
win 6-2 at Barnes in MSL. (NR). Barnes play at the Rectory Field.

11/3/03 Epsom
FC 3rd concert of the season at the Co-operative Hall but the attendance was
not a large one and a financial loss was made.

The concert
itself was a good one, Mr Arthur Ling's company being the performers while Mr
Beard gave a cornet solo. GJ Beams was in

the Chair.

12/3/03 Return
match for Epsom Thursday with Catford Thursday @ ERG. Epsom had won the first
match easily, but this time a Griggs goal

was the
difference between the sides.

14/3/03
Reserves draw 1-1 at home to Leatherhead in a late start match that was only
30 minutes each way. Earlier this season they were heavily

beaten, but
this was more even, with a late Daniell penalty ensuring a 1-1 draw. HT 0-1.

14/3/03 Epsom
lose @ ERG to Carshalton Park 2-1. The visitors played with the wind and
defended "the downs end goal." 2-0 down at HT.

Epsom's inside
right got a goal back with ten minutes left and future Ewell and Epsom player
CA Deighton played for Park, as did old Ewell

player CD Dally.

21/3/03
Reserves defeat Worcester Park 2-1 after trailing at HT. Pratt equalised
before then missing a penalty, but Hedger got the winner.

21/3/03 Epsom
draw 1-1 at Sutton United Reserves. Epsom had a weak side with Hackshaw and
Galyer not showing, so they used Horn, "of

the Guild
club" for a sub and he scored in the first half for Epsom, but Sutton
equalised soon after the break. Then Pridie gave away a penalty

by punching
the ball away, but Sutton mispen (POST). Miles was good in goal and will
become "classy" with experience says report.

21/3/03 Epsom
Liberals win 6-0 at Hook and were 5-0 up at HT. W Killick did well, better
than his namesake RW Killick. (not a brother then?)

Alfred Revell
completed his HT in the second half.

21/3/03 Ewell
Reserves default against Worcester Park who then played Malden instead
(W3-2).

26/3/03 Epsom
Thursday Club dinner at the Spread Eagle with club President WG Langlands in
the Chair, 60 or 70 present.

although club
captain Arthur Norman was ill and not in attendance. It was stated that the
club was started in 1899 with 27 members and the

club now has
90 with a balance of £8 in hand. This year they drew with the Irish Guards,
and won at Fulham 5-0, and only lost once to Mr

Webb's very
strong XI. New members this year include Lord Rosebery, Major Coates and
William Keswick MP. Joint Secretary Mr South says

that the club
record this year was Pld 17 W13 D3 L1 F42 A17. Correct!

FS Griggs was
top scorer and played in all 17 matches. Norman and Plumridge only missed one
each this year, and former captain AB Thurley

only missed
one match in the last three years. In 6 games they had clean sheets, with
only one conceded in another six, two conceded in

four, and one
v Mr Webb's XI saw them concede three. Scoring was better as they got 5 twice
and 4 twice, while they got 3 on five other

occasions.
Plumridge and Thurley were good backs. Chairman Langlands was also the
Chairman of the Council. Major Coates suggested

that the two
Epsom clubs should have dinner together, and Mr Arthur Ernest suitably
replied (Epsom FC?). H.Glenister was the accompanists.

28/3/03 Epsom
Liberals lose 3-5 at Carshalton St Andrews 'B'. They were 1-0 up after 3
minutes, but 1-1 after 5. 2-1 up after 20, but 2-2 soon after, and at

HT. Liberals
went behind early but equalised, only for two late goals to be scored for
Carshalton.

28/3/03 Surrey
1-2 Middx @ Guildford in South East Counties Champs Title Decider. Surrey
needed just a draw, but despite Porter and White

playing, they
lost. Other teams in their group were Norfolk, Berks & Bucks, Herts. Att:
800 saw Middx win the title. HT 0-1. Sutton Advertiser

is very
critical of the Surrey selection policy, saying it is only ever East Sheen,
Ewell or Weybridge players and not Croydon ones.

28/3/03 Arthur
Walters is linesman for Old Carthusians this day in Arthur Dunn Cup Final at
Crystal Palace v Old Salopians. Drawn 2-2 and a

replay is
required. 20 minutes of extra time had been played in vile weather in front
of a few hundred. 2-2 after 90 minutes. K.O. 3.15.

4/4/03 Sutton
United v Old Tiffinians in SF of Surrey Junior League @ West Street and won
3-1 by Sutton (HT 1-0), before a large attendance.

4/4/03 Epsom
draw 1-1 with Belmont. CE Smith penalty after 15 minutes, but a Belmont
equaliser after 87.

4/4/03 Epsom
Liberal defeat Clapham Crescent 3-2 and this is followed by a smoking concert
at the Liberal Club.

April 03
papers refer to a hateful spectacle as people keep writing with chalk. A
forerunner of modern graffiti, but that term hadn't been created yet.

4/4/03 SSC
Final Townley Park 4-0 Holloway's Sanatorium @ Guildford in front of less
than a thousand.

10/4/03 This
Good Friday saw Epsom Reserves at home to Clonmore in the morning, with the
first team playing Banstead @ ERG in afternoon.

Reserves win
2-1 and firsts win 3-0. A few players played in both games. Cuming, Williams,
Miles and Skinner.

The Banstead
game drew "a large attendance to the recreation ground". Galyer was
out but Bailey returned from a bit of time away.

Henry Williams
scored after 5 then W.Williams after 20. HT 2-0. The second half saw
"frequent" fouls and Mr Grady the referee had to be

sharp with the
whistle. Williams was injured near the end. 10 men, but Broadbridge
scored  third soon after. F.Millington
played for Banstead.

11/4/03 Epsom
had previously met Worcester Park on the first day of the season says Herald,
and the return was at Epsom this day.

Miles and
Williams were out after their injuries the day before, while Davie, Pratt and
Hicks were also absent. The visitors also arrived late

so K.O. was at
4.20. After 15 minutes, captain CE Smith was accidentally kneed in the groin.
10 men. Harry Skinner, "a clever junior"

was invited to
take the captains place in the second half as a sub. Park had more to do in
goal than Epsom.

11/4/03 Final
game of season for Epsom Thirds is a 1-1 draw with Epsom National Schools. HT
0-1 but a late equaliser for "the Town boys."

HJ Plume was
captain for them.

13/4/03 Epsom
were missing many players yet defeat Dulwich Athletic 6-0. HT 2-0. Cuming and
Pridie as usual "played a ripping game."!!

WA Williams is
described as "a short thick set lad but as clever as the two older
brothers". He got HT, while Gow played after a long absence.

CE Smith is
also vice-captain of Epsom Rovers C.C. this summer, in addition to being its
Secretary.

2/5/03 Annual
Sports day for Ewell Cricket and Football clubs.

2/5/03 Herald
review of football season says Epsom "have had a fairly successful
season."

Record is:
Firsts, Pld 31 W9 D10 L12 F46 A48, Res, Pld 15 W5 D1 L9 F26 A68, Thirds, Pld
14 W9 D3 L2 F50 A23

I have:
Firsts, Fixtures 34, Results 26 W8 D8 L9 F45 A38. Missing 1 win 2 draws 3
losses F1 A10

I have Res,
Fixtures 27, Results 10 W2 L8 F11 A52. Missing 3 wins 1 draw 1 loss F15 A16

I have
Thirds, Fixtures 16, Results 11 W7 D2 L2 F39 A21. Missing 2 wins and 1 draw
F11 A2.

Among those
who have distinguished themselves are Ernest Cuming the regular left back who
was also vice-captain, George Pridie, has done

well both in
goal and at right back. J Galyer (r-b), Ernest Hicks (r-h), E Pratt (c-h),
and HC Davie (c-h) al did well as did Jim Maclean at left half.

Henry Williams
leads the scorers with 16 and his more artistic brother Will Williams (W not
WA) has done well too. G Fitzgerald was

the top scorer
for the reserves with 9, and H.Cantwell, Harry Skinner, A Haskell, WH Beard,
AW Short, and A Terry were most prominent.

The third, or
junior section was most successful with Jim Hedger getting 18 goals. Harry
Plume was the captain and showed great

resourcefulness.
AC Skinner, Syd Skinner and L.Burrage all did well with Fred Archer, A
Tugwell, A Hart and E Bean. On the debit side, the

club has lost
the former Treasurer George (GW) Challis as he is moving out of the district.

No mention of
Ewell in Herald review, and a small mention of Epsom Swifts and Ewell
Village.

Record is:
Firsts: Fixtures 25 Pld 16 W8 D2 L6 F55 A30. Scored in every game this
season. Reserves: Fixtures 25 Pld 14 W6 D5 L3 F29 A22

I currently
have no way of checking how many matches were played this season.

9/5/03
reported that the Ewell sports grounds may be sold for building purposes, but
that Major Coates has now purchased them. This area

may have
included the football ground, but not totally sure. Almost certainly.

AM Walters was
present at the Ewell Sports Day and "seems to be gifted with perennial
youth."

1903/04
affiliated sides in SCFA handbook

Epsom played
in red and blue Sec Harry (HC) Davie, 3 Parade Gardens, Epsom.

Epsom United
played in primrose and rose: Sec AW Breedon, 44 East Street, Epsom.
Registered in Sept 1903

Ewell playing
in green and red with white facings: Sec AF White, Oakdene, Whitworth Road,
South Norwood. Registered in Nov 1890.

June 03 Law
Change. Goals may now be scored directly from a free kick awarded for a
breach of law 10. Effectively this was the start of

the difference
between direct and indirect free kicks.

9/7/03 AGM of
Epsom FC at the Town Mission Room with FW Ledger presiding over a small
attendance. Balance sheet showed 16s 6 1/2d in

credit. CE
Smith who had his foot crushed in an accident on Tuesday 7/7/03 (not too
serious though) tendered his resignation as captain and

Secretary.
Officers elected as follows: President GJ Beams, Sec HC Davie, Treasurer
Henry (HE) Williams. Captain Ernest Cuming with v-c

as CF
Broadbridge. Committee elected: J.Gow, F.Cantwell, CE Smith, GE Wiltshire, CA
Rosamond, GF Bailey, HC Gould, and AP Smith. The

club
considered formation of an Epsom & District League, but it was referred
to the Committee for a decision, and it never happened.

Despite CE
Smith resigning as secretary, he is still the contact point for arranging of
matches. Listed as Match Secretary in Herald advert.

Epsom
Rosemount are also asking for fixtures for this season. Sec TH Stockwell,
Danesbury, Mill Road, Epsom. First reference to
Rosemount.

29/8/03
reported reference to Epsom Liberal FC a newly affiliated side to SCFA.

10/9/03 Large
gale in Epsom with much damage, including a large acacia blown down in the
Cedars, which would lose more trees in the 1987 storm.

03/04 spare
dates for Weybridge were 31/10, 14/11, 21/11, 5/12, 12/12, 19/12, 26/12, 2/1,
16/1, 23/1, 20/2, 27/2, 5/3, 19/3, 26/3, 9/4.

Weybridge
have two MSL games outstanding with Barnes, but could only have been the
above dates according to Surrey Herald (Chertsey).

Other MSL
games are still missing. Keep looking at Richmond Herald amongst others to
narrow dates down.

Sept 03
reference to CD Dally being vice-captain of Carshalton FC. Related to former
Ewell player RS Dally, and possibly a former player

himself. SR
Jones has returned to Carshalton after a successful spell at Ewell.

16/9/03 SCFA
26th AGM at Holborn Restaurant on 7.30 at council chamber. AF White and Barry
Porter receive their County caps while White is

elected as a
vice-President of Surrey. Barry Porter is elected to the Committee. Ewell
enter the SSC (28 entries) and the reserves enter the

SJC (70
entries). No Epsom sides enter the competition.

Sept 03 Sutton
Hospital Cup starts this season.

Sept 03 A new
club, Croydon FC replaces West Croydon at Brigstock Road. It looks like a
name change.

North Croydon
are also in existence, playing at Melfort Road.

Also reference
to Lewes FC playing at "the best ground in Sussex, the Dripping Pan.

Sept 1903
Herald preview covers Epsom United, formerly the Epsom Liberal FC.
"Officials are keen and determined to make the club a success."

Also previews
Ewell and advises that nearly all members have rejoined plus JD Price the
Cambridge forward, who will join the club in Oct.

In the
Mid-Surrey League, they will play East Sheen, Old Cranleighans, Clapham
Rovers, Barnes and Weybridge. They have also entered the

Surrey Charity
Shield, and the Surrey Senior Cup. Captain & Secretary is AF White with
Barry Porter as v-c. The 2nd team has GHN Barrack

as captain,
with L.Wood as v-c.

19/9/03
Leatherhead 9-0 Ewell Reserves. HT 3-0. A former captain of Leatherhead AD
Childs was a guest for Ewell as they were short.

According to
Surrey Herald, the last three matches between these teams has yielded a goal
difference of 37-1!!

19/9/03 Ewell
get a 1-1 draw at Guildford, despite Guildford having played a few games
already this season. AF White put Ewell ahead in the

first half but
a late penalty equaliser in a match limited to 40 minutes each way, made it
1-1.

19/9/03
Leatherhead Res hang on for a draw at Epsom United @ ERG. Scorer: J.Peach.
United were well on top throughout.

23/9/03 AGM of
Epsom Thursday at the Public Hall with C Blomfield presiding. Balance in hand
of £1 4s 9d. Officers elected: President,

WG Langlands,
Secretary GHN Barrack, Asst Sec William Bradley, Auditors C Blomfield, HW
Absalom. Committee: WE Hunter, L.Underwood,

AB Thurley, FW
Plumridge, J.Miles, AH Hicks. Captain is Arthur (AF) Norman with v-c William
(WD) Bradley.

24/9/03 Epsom
Thursday defeat Fulham Thursday 2-1. HT 1-0 then 2-0 before a late Fulham
goal. Hammond was largely responsible for

both goals,
with the second being carried over the line by the keeper.

26/9/03 Epsom
have some new players as they defeat Sutton United Reserves easily 4-0.
R.Sharp (c-f), E.Hill (i-r), H.Ray (c-h). Club has entered

the Sutton
Hospital Cup and SMC for the reserves, but didn't enter the Junior Cup. Ideal
weather for cricket this day, not football.

Sharp put
Epsom 1-0 up at HT, while the second half was easier. Jim Maclean and Ernest
Cuming did very well. First game of season. @ERG.

26/9/03 Ewell
were listed to play at Reigate Priory this day, but this game was not played,
as Priory had another game. This day,

Barry Porter
actually plays as a guest for Reigate Priory in a 5-1 win over 2nd Coldstream
Guards.

28/9/03 SSC
draw sees Ewell receive a bye in 1st round, and in the Surrey Charity Shield,
Ewell are drawn away to Croydon on 21/11.

Reserves also
receive a bye in SJC and will play South Park (Reigate) at home on 7/11.

1/10/03
Catford Thursday 0-4 Epsom Thursday. Lineup and scorers unknown.

3/10/03 Ewell
play many reserves and lose 2-1 at home to Parthians. White was missing
"without whom Ewell does not appear to be Ewell."

HT was 0-0 but
going up hill in the second half was tougher and they went 2-0 down before
Porter scored a wonderful goal, involving a

run from deep
in his own half.

3/10/03
Worcester Park defeat Epsom 2-0 in a very even match. Last season there were
two draws and it could have been the same again.

Worcester Park
finished with 9 players due to injuries.

3/10/03
Reserves lose 2-1 at home to Worcester Park Reserves after a Harry Skinner
goal put them 1-0 up after 10 minutes and at HT.

10/10/03 Ewell
lose 7-2 at home to East Sheen in Mid-Surrey League. A harsh result, although
the visitors were "infinitely better." Crake did

well in goal,
and Everett had a good game. Paper hopes it was just an off day, but they
missed Bowring.

Uphill in the
first half East Sheen hit the bar and then knocked in the rebound for the
first goal, before making it 2-0. White pulled a goal back

to make HT 1-2
but a long dropping shot made it 1-3, then 1-4 and 1-5 after an even period.
Price on his debut scored from a White pass but

Sheen got
another two late goals to flatter a little.

The Reserves
did worse, only taking 7 over to St Margaret's and had three subs to help
them, but still lost 8-2. Third year in a row they have

been short
there, and an East Sheen supporter writes to complain about this.

In MSL also
this day Old Cranleighans defeat Weybridge 16-0 @ Catford Bridge! Surrey
Comet says it was at Weybridge but was wrong.

10/10/03 Epsom
win 2-1 at West Ewell. The went a goal down to CH Lewis but Sharp equalised
and scored a second before HT. Many

played well
while B.Gray, RW Mason, A.Ros, AJ Revell and CH Lewis were all future
players. RW Mason is their Secretary this year, yet the

following week
he turns out for Ewell Reserves! Mason was in fact a former player with
Ewell.

10/10/03
J.Gow equalises ten minutes from time to salvage a draw for Epsom United at
Carshalton Rec v Carshalton St Andrews 'B'. (gk) Trower did well.

10/10/03 @ HMB
Epsom Rosemount drew 2-2 with Epsom Reserves on a quite rough ground.
Rosemount led 1-0 at HT through Harry Skinner and

F.Cantwell
made it 2-0 but Jim Hedger scored twice for Epsom Reserves. No Rosemount line
up.

17/10/03
Ewell Res draw at home to Old Cranleighans Reserves. 2-0 up through Martin
and Noakes in the first three minutes. HT 2-0 but

15 minutes
into second half, going uphill Martin was injured. 10 men. Drew 2-2.

17/10/03 Ewell
lose 5-3 at Old Cranleighans in MSL. HT 3-3 but (NR). "A fast
game". Played at Catford Bridge.

17/10/03 Epsom
Rosemount are beaten 7-0 at Half Mile Bush by Epsom United. J.Gow (senior)
performed well in goal. No LU or HT.

17/10/03 Epsom
0-3 Balham St John's. Sharpe, Hill and Williams were all away. HT 0-1. Henry
Williams was unlucky with a shot that hit both

post and bar,
while RW Killick did well in goal. "usual good form." Epsom played
in white this day.

22/10/03 Epsom
Thursday 2-1 Streatham Postal @ ERG. A heavy ground but fine weather saw a
fairly even game. A new outside left did well, and

scored in the
first half before Streatham equalised with a shot that went inn off the post
and the leg of a spectator who was just in front of

the post! HT
1-1 then Hammond scored the winner. Many played well.

24/10/03 Epsom
lose 4-2 @ Carshalton Rec to Carshalton St Andrews Res. 3 goals just before
HT made the difference, although an own goal,

and another
right on time made the score respectable. No mention of Carshalton's 4th goal
scorer, so it is possible that the score was only 3-2.

24/10/03
Rosemount 2-6 Cheam Institute "played on the Rosemount ground".
This was the HMB.

24/10/03
Epsom United lost toss at Ashtead and kicked off against the wind, trailing
1-0 at HT. At 2-0 Trower pensave, but it was 0-3 before Peach got a

consolation in
a 3-1 defeat.

28/10/03
Surrey 4-0 Sussex @ Guildford HT 3-0. Porter and White played. A poor
attendance affected by the weather. D&L Advertiser suggests that the game
was

played at
Redhill and credits the Redhill officials for getting the game played.

29/10/03 @
North Dulwich Ground was almost a pond. Hammond (5) and then Stanthorn made
it 2-0 at HT. One and All pulled one back straight after the

two minute
interval but Bradley got a third and Epsom Thursday hung on to win 3-2.
Stanthorn was listed as James on the earlier report.

31/10/03
Clapham v Ewell game switched to Ewell as Clapham pitch was underwater.
Debuts for JD Price and Roe a half back. "Price the new

centre gave a
very good display." Both he and White scored, but the other two are
unknown, while Porter and Mercer were very sound at

the back.
Ewell won 4-2 in Mid Surrey League.

31/10/03 Epsom
win 5-4 at Sutton United Reserves in drizzling rain. Sharpe 1-0 early, then
Epsom had two more disallowed for offside. Then

Sutton
equalised, but goals from Sharpe and Hill made it 3-1 at HT. Sharpe 4-1, then
4-2, with Sharp getting his fourth to make the score

5-2, before
two goals for the host near the end of the game.

31/10/03
Surbiton Hill and Old Citizens draw 2-2 in a capital game which afforded the
greatest pleasure to the spectators said the Surrey Comet.

7/11/03 Epsom
Reserves well beaten at ERG by Manor Park (Sutton). Lost 3-4 but were 1-4
down before two late goals. HT 0-1.

7/11/03
Reserves draw 0-0 at home to South Park (Reigate) in SJC 2. A fast game but
very even. Ewell uphill 1st half.

Surrey
Mirror says that the score in no way represented the game as Park pretty much
had matters their own way and were extremely unfortunate not to score

on more than
one occasion. Deighton played extremely well and effected some marvellous
saves.

7/11/03 A
weakly represented Epsom still won 2-1 at Sutton Pyro. The ground at Sutton
was in a bad state. Ray equalised the Pyros opener

before HT and
Cantwell scored the winner. This was Ernest Cuming's last game for the club,
as he moved with his family to South Africa

on 12/11/03.
They had a send off on 10/11/03 at the Railway Hotel (by kind permission of
Mr Pratt) for a presentation. There were

representatives
there from Epsom Rovers C.C., Epsom Thursday, and Epsom United, and a
presentation was made of an engraved watch,

with the
wording "Presented by the members of the Epsom FC to the captain EE
Cuming - Nov 1902." The President GJ Beams also gave him

a watch.

11/11/03 Herts
1-4 Surrey @ Ware. Porter and White played. Att 300.

12/11/03 Mr
& Mrs Cuming boarded "The Greek" at the East India Docks to
live in Bloemfontein. They had been master and matron of the

workhouse for
many years, but already had two sons in South Africa.

14/11/03 Ewell
defeated Woking in SSC 5-2. There was "a good attendance"

for "a
very interesting game." Price put Ewell a goal up and White made it 2-0
soon after, but HT was 2-1. Going uphill in the second half,

Ewell found
themselves at 2-2 but raised their game, and White scored after Daniels had
hit the bar. Price made it 4-2 and Bowring

rounded off
the scoring after a run from White. The weather was fine, having cleared up
from the morning. Very favourable conditions.

Ground was
heavy. Sulman played his first match of season, but Barnes was absent. First
one team looked like winning, then the other.

14/11/03
fixture listed as Ewell Reserves v Athenians, but probably p-p for SJC replay
with South Park, which was either this week or next.

It was p/p
for the South Park replay. Ewell only took ten men and were beaten 5-0. A net
was used for this game. Fairly commonplace by now. Ewell were

not in it
2nd half and it rained near the end. South Park were not permitted to allow a
reserve to play for Ewell as it was a cup tie. 1-0 after 5 minutes.

14/11/03 Epsom
defeat Wallington Reserves 5-0 with Gow and Broadbridge appearing for the
first time this season. The start was delayed by

a short
shower, then Skinner scored for Epsom after a shot from Williams was half
saved. Hill then hit the post, but Sharp made it 2-0 just

before HT.
Cantwell made it 3-0 after 15 minutes of the second half, then Sharp and
Cantwell both scored again. A very one sided game

which could
have reached double figures. Killick only had a few touches in goal during
the game.

21/11/03
Reserves are hammered 8-0 at Cheam Institute @ Cheam Park. HT 0-3. Guest
C.Jones plays in goal and keeps the score down.

Nov 03
reference to former Epsom YMCA Secretary WT Wooldridge who is now the
Sanitary Inspector to the Epsom Rural District Council.

21/11/03 Epsom
United lose 2-1 at Sutton Pyro on a windy day. United were 2-0 down at HT but
the second half was reversed, and Beams

scored but
they couldn't get an equaliser.

21/11/03 Ewell
were due to play at Croydon in SCS this day. It was not played because
Croydon had an Amateur Cup tie with Townley Park

this day. It
would be postponed for a while as the Surrey Senior Cup tie between the clubs
took preference.

Ewell are
drawn at Croydon in SSC 3 after their win over Woking. Planned for 5/12, but
would be p-p for fog.

21/11/03 Res
were due to play West Ewell but they beat Ashtead Res 7-3 so Res may have
played that SJC replay this day still.

21/11/03 Epsom
were "distinctly unlucky in losing" to Banstead at ERG by a score
of 2-1. Many were missing, but Miles returned after a long

absence, while
Alf Hill played his first game of the season, while Stanley and Farr were
new. Farr and Williams were late arriving, and

Epsom started
with 9 players. An even game was goalless at HT, but CE Smith had given Epsom
the lead.

25/11/03 About
600 present at Dulwich Hamlet to see Surrey beat Norfolk 2-0. Porter and
White both played.

28/11/03 Epsom
defeat Bampfylde in "a poor scrambling game". E Hill scored once in
each half.

28/11/03 Ewell
defeat Barnes 6-3 in MSL but (NR).

28/11/03
Reserves were due to play at Barnes Res this day but are also listed as
playing at Banstead Reserves. (NR).

5/12/03 Very
thick fog almost certainly wiped out all fixtures. "Impossible to see
more than a few inches in front of one's nose. Also in Redhill area.

Epsom were due
to travel to Leatherhead Reserves this day.

Fog also wiped
out the SSC 3 tie at Croydon. To be played on 2/1/04. All the Croydon players
were at the venue, while many Ewell players

got as far as
the Wheatsheaf.

10/12/03 Epsom
Thursday defeat Amber FC 11-0. They required three subs at the start of the
game and were very weak.

Dec 03 Epsom
YMCA move to new premises in Waterloo Road.

12/12/03
reported that Ernest Hicks is the new captain of Epsom FC in succession to
Ernest Cuming.

12/12/03 In
MSL Clapham lose 1-2 to Old Cranleighans in a match that was played at
Weybridge Was Clapham's ground unfit again?

12/12/03
Papers report that Epsom Town (presumably meaning the Town club) lost 1-0 at
Banstead and some of the "Epsomians" lost their

temper. Not
clear if this was players or supporters. Banstead defended the pavilion end
and kicked against the wind at their ground. HT 0-0.

F Millington
and G.Muggeridge played for Banstead this day, and both would play for Epsom
clubs in the future.

SSC 4 (QF)
draw Croydon or Ewell v Townley Park all planned for 16/01/04

19/12/03
Reserves lose 6-1 at home to Sutton Albion. Ht 0-2. Centre forward scored for
Epsom Reserves from left winger's cross.

19/12/03 Also
this day Croydon defeat City of Westminster in London Senior Cup. The
Westminster club are referred to as the Citizens. I believe this was

the school
side, and not the Old Citizens, who were the old boys of that school. I could
be wrong though!

19/12/03 Ewell
defeat Weybridge 3-2 in MSL but (NR).

25/12/03
Malden 1-2 Epsom on Christmas Day. 1-0 down at HT, but Hicks and Gow turned
it around. The winner was in the 80th minute.

Epsom played 5
reserves this day.

26/12/03
Ernest Hicks dislocates a shoulder after a Sutton Wednesday player fell on
him. He will be out for several weeks. Epsom lost 2-0

@Epsom to
Sutton Wednesday. Epsom started with 9 players and it was "a rough and
scrambling game." Epsom got up to 11, only for

Hicks to
suffer his injury reducing them to ten again. Then Smith was kicked in the
head. Passenger. HT 0-0. Near the end the referee

Mr Betteridge
sent off a Sutton player. It was "an incident which caused the game to
be stopped for some minutes." "No one was sorry

when time
arrived."

26/12/03
fixture in Sutton Observer had Epsom United v Epsom, but it may have been
Epsom Reserves, although they were scheduled to meet

Carshalton St
Andrews Res (A) that day.

Sutton
Observer dates missing in 1904 were: 12/2, 19/2, 4/3, 15/4, 4/11

2/1/04 Croydon
v Ewell in SSC is p-p due to frost. Rearranged for 16/1. Except it was not
postponed for frost. Ewell did not travel on the say so

of Alex White.
He tried to get the game cancelled on the Friday and the Ewell side did not
turn up, claiming frost, but the referee who was

there said it
was fit for play. Also keeper AB Crake played for West Norwood this day.
Croydon claim the game plus expenses but they do not

get it and the
Sutton Advertiser is very critical of Alex White "Mr White is no doubt a
very important person in the Surrey F.A." but doubts that

his actions
are explainable. "It was "a low game" they played last week
and will rankle for many a day."

A week later
the game has been "mutually agreed" for 16/1/04. Was it Ewell's
fault or did Nestor in the Sutton Advertiser have a problem?

7/1/04
Successful Dance at "The Public Hall" on behalf of Epsom Thursday
FC. The Alexandra String Band were present, and Mr Paine was the M.C.

About 80 were
present. Their first dance.

9/1/04
Carshalton Park Res 4-1 Epsom United, despite them having nine men for almost
the first half, and only ten for the rest of the game. HT 3-1.

9/1/04 Easy
win for Epsom 3-0 over Leatherhead Reserves. Smith scored in the first minute
from a free kick, then Ray scored before HT. A

Sharp header
in the second half was all the scoring, as the opposition keeper did well.
Killick "had a holiday in goal." Pridie also

returned from
some time out of the game, while Hill was the best player.

9/1/04 Res due
to play Beddington Rovers this day but Sutton Observer did not list this
fixture.

9/1/04
Weybridge beat Ewell 5-2 in Mid-Surrey League. "A goodly number of
supporters" at Weybridge. The game "which occasionally

was
unnecessarily rough" saw the hosts lead 2-0 at HT. E Ward got HT for
Weybridge with O.Ward getting the other two. One Ewell scorer in

the second
half is unknown, but the other was an o.g.. Two players are not listed in the
Ewell line up.

Surrey Herald
(Chertsey) says that the first goal was a daisy cutter which the keeper held
and then fell over the line with! This report is missing

the same two
players.

SF of SCS sees
Ewell away to Townley Park if they get past Croydon.

13/1/04
Suicide at Locomotive Inn.

14/1/04
Wretched weather saw Epsom Thursday defeat Mr Webb's XI 2-1 at ERG. Hammond
scored the second goal for Epsom Thursday & Clayden

played but was
injured.

16/1/04 Ewell
were due to play Farncombe, but this match was scratched as Ewell had to
travel to Croydon in SSC and lost 4-0. (NR).

A massive
report appears in the Sutton Advertiser. K.O. 2.30 and attendance of 1,500
saw Ewell attack the lower goal at Brigstock Road, and it

was fairly
even to start with but not for long. Crake did well and is bulkier than he
was when he  was with Croydon Park.
Porter also did well,

but it was
Crake's error, misjudging a high dropping shot from 15-20 yards which he
tried to tip over that resulted in the first goal. HT was 1-0

and then early
in the second half Crake was penalised for running, and "the free kick
gave rise to a most amusing scene, the Ewell lining up

under the
crossbar like the little nigger boys all in a row." (How times have
changed!). Finally it became 2-0 after Southwell miskicked and

gave their
player a clear shot from close in. Ewell responded well but the crowd enjoyed
the next goal as it was an own goal from Alex White!

"to the
delight of the crowd." A grand shot made it 4-0 which was about fair.
Croydon are now scheduled to meet Ewell in SCS on 6/2/04, but.

this tie gets
moved as Croydon have another cup tie.

16/1/04
"Quite a novel experience on Saturday" says Herald, as supporters
"had to pay to see a match in the town." "Such a thing is most

unusual."
Epsom Urban Council gave authority for a gate to be collected at ERG v
Dorking in the Sutton Hospital Charity Cup SF. However,

the
"Urban Council not being sufficiently educated in football requirements
to rope around the playing spaces, hurried attempts had been

made",
"by stakes and ropes which only proved partly ineffectual." Dorking
had a strong team out.

Mr Beams had
had to request permission for this fixture as the Urban Council had the power
to close the ground and charge admission on 12 days in the year.

K.O. 2.45 and
cheap fares were allowed for the 2.10 train from Dorking.

There was not
a large crowd, but "a good sized one for Epsom". Clayden was out
injured and Epsom were missing their centre forward too,

while Farr was
put forward and Gow brought back in the second half. Epsom were 2-0 down
early, and one of these was offside said report.

Harry Skinner
scored from long range, but HT was 4-1. Henry Williams made it 4-2, but
Dorking scored a 5th goal. Alf Revell and Harry

Skinner did
well. Dorking play Sutton United in the final and win 3-1.

Originally
this game was due to be at a neutral ground, but one couldn't be found so it
was played at Epsom and Dorking didn't mind.

Leatherhead
Advertiser advised that the first Dorking goal was after ten minutes and
Harry Skinner's goal just crossed the line after a half save

from the
keeper to reduce the score to 2-1. The Dorking keeper F.Wall is the nephew of
FA Secretary Frederick Wall.

23/1/04
Guildford were Ewell's opponents this day according to Surrey Herald, but
Guildford played another match.

23/1/04 Frost
and thick fog this day. Many postponements. Not sure whether any games were
played this day.

23/1/04 I
believe that the Epsom game with Sutton Pyro was probably p-p this day as
they were due to meet again the following week. Of

Of course, it
could have been a replay.

27/1/04 Surrey
defeat Army 6-0 @ Brigstock Road. Barry Porter played at right back. Very
wet. HT 3-0. Due to weather, the gate was under 400.

HT this day
for ES Ward of Weybridge.

30/1/04 More
p-p's this week for the same reason as the Saturday before. Was Epsom v
Sutton Pyro played or delayed another week?

30/1/04
Weybridge drew 4-4 with the Old Citizens at Weybridge. Miserable weather and
Ward got all 4 for Weybridge.

30/1/04 Barnes
v Ewell in MSL scheduled for this day. Was it played?

6/2/04 Croydon
v Ewell in SCS is p-p as Croydon have another cup tie this day. Put back to
20/2/04.

Feb 04
Reference to Sutton United being in Surrey Junior League this year. Their
Secretary resigned, but this wasn't accepted, and a

special
meeting was held, where the Secretary was removed from his position instead.

Feb 04 Epsom
Juniors C.C. asking for fixtures. Secretary Syd Skinner 74 East Street.

10/2/04 Surrey
beat Berks & Bucks 1-0 @ Brigstock Road in front of 500. Porter played.
Leatherhead Advertiser advises attendance as 1,000.

HT 0-0 and a
late goal won it for Surrey.

13/2/04
Worcester Park travelled to Epsom and were surprised to find the ground as
dry as a bone, "in these days of almost perpetual rain."

When they last
met Worcester Park won 2-0 says Herald. This time they drew 1-1 in high wind.
Skinner and Cantwell were the most prominent

forwards. HT
0-1 after a rush by Worcester Park. Epsom tried to get back on terms and
eventually a shot, slightly wind assisted found

its way into
the far corner. Park hadn't played for a while as their pitch was underwater.

Also this day
Sutton United met Sutton Pyro in SMC at Manor Lane, so Epsom must have lost
to Pyros in the earlier round.

13/2/04 Ewell
were listed to play at home to Reigate Priory this day and it was in the
original fixture list, but Priory had another game.

13/2/04 MSL
result Weybridge 0-3 Clapham Rovers @ Woking. Clapham may have been playing a
lot of matches away this season. Surrey

Herald
(Chertsey) advises that this was played at Woking because Weybridge's ground
was unfit and Woking offered theirs. I still think it was

the Clapham
home game, but they possibly played all games away this year. 7/11/03 game
was definitely played at Weybridge.

Feb 04
Rosemount CC are looking for matches. JE Bradley is Secretary, College Road,
Epsom.

20/2/04
Tottenham v Aston Villa FA Cup tie is abandoned when a barrier collapses. Tie
to be replayed at Villa and Tottenham are fined £350.

20/2/04 MSL
result in Surrey Comet. Ewell 0-1 Clapham Rovers (NR).

20/2/04 Ewell
were due to play in the SCS at Croydon this day but withdrew and Guards Depot
took their place instead. They would never

play in SCS
again. Croydon beat Guards Depot 3-1. Winners play Townley Park.

Feb 04
Reference to Wingfield House (future Nunhead) playing at Wavertree Road,
Streatham. Wimbledon Old Centrals (future Wimbledon),

are playing at
Worple Road, and Merton Manor (future Merton FC?) are playing at Kingston
Road.

Merton Manor
played on an enclosed ground behind the Manor Club (still there) on Kingston
Road, next door to Brisbane Avenue.
They seem to

have
disappeared after 1904/05.  Another
Merton played in 1906/07, which was in fact Wimbledon St Andrews, re-named
for one season only.

The Merton
still existing today was founded in 1910 by Claude Godefroy, then secretary
of Wimbledon FC who were without a ground that

season. (Thanks to Bert Dale the Wimbledon Historian for this)

25/2/04 Epsom
Thursday defeat One and All 3-1 at ERG despite only having ten men
throughout.

27/2/04 Ewell
were listed to play at Guards Depot this day, but they had a game in the SSC
v Redhill.

Table inc
20/2/04 Has Ewell Pld 8 W3 L5 F21 A25. Missing one loss F1 A0 which must be
wrong. Table looks wrong. Check!

3/3/04 Epsom
Thursday lose 3-1 at ERG to Mr Cantwell's XI, who were comprised mostly from
London based players.

5/3/04 Old
Citizens lose friendly 4-1 at Barnes. They are the Old Boys of the City of
London School.

5/3/04
Reserves scratch to Athenians this day.

12/3/04 This
week Old Citizens have two listed games, either Surbiton Hill Res (A) or
Godalming (A). The res one may be for Old Citizens Res too, so I

will go with
Godalming.

12/3/04 Epsom
United 3-1 Leatherhead Res. United were a goal down and then level after only
two minutes, with the scorer being Williams. HT was 1-1.

The goal from
Williams was from 30 yards and Hiscox got the other two.

26/3/04
Reserves are due to play Emmanuel Church this day at West Street but the
Church play Haling Park instead. No game for Reserves?

Mar 04
Weybridge advise they are considering MSL for East & West Surrey League
next season. They do move.

2/4/04 SSC F
@ Brigstock Road with a ground record of over 4,000 attending. Drew 1-1 and
Townley Park won the replay two weeks later at Guildford.

16/4/04 SSC F
replay Townley Park won 4-3 after two periods of extra time @ Guildford.

16/4/04 Surrey
Junior League Final Guildford Reserves 2-1 Leatherhead @ West Street.
"At lemons, Guildford were leading by two goals to one"!!

Herald review
of season in late April. Harkaway the resident sports writer cannot recall a
wetter winter with more postponements, either due to pitches being

underwater, or
because away teams didn't travel, on the assumption that a game would be off,
sometimes without informing the opposition.

There has also
been a resurgence in referee baiting. No Epsom or Ewell sides appear in the
review.

Ewell's record
(according to my results) is Firsts: Fixtures 20
(two fixtures lost) Pld11 W4 D1 L6 F28 A41,

Reserves:
Fixtures 23 (one lost) Pld 4 D2 L2 F4 A19

I currently
have no way of checking how many matches were played this season.

Epsom's record
for this season from my results are Pld 16 (5 other fixtures) W8 D1 L7 F31
A27. Reserves Pld 4 (5 other fixtures) W0 D0 L4 F5 A14.

23/4/04 Man
City 1-0 Bolton @ C.Palace in FA Cup Final. Att 61,374. Surrey FA Secretary
WJ Wilson was one of the linesmen this day.

23/4/04
Woking defeated Townley Park 3-2 after double extra time at Guildford. 2-2
after 90 minutes, so a 30 minute period was played and then another 20!

26/4/04 Barry
Porter and Alex White receive their County Caps at the SCFA Annual Dinner.

30/4/04 The
13th Sports day held by the Ewell C.C. and F.C. Former well known players AM
and PM Walters entered, but they are not as fast as

they once
were. Barry Porter won the 120 yards club handicap. Also a donkey race. Held
at the Ewell C.C. Mrs Bridges provided the teas in the enclosure.

Former winnners after Alex White won it outright in 1897 -
Hugh (HN) Coltart 1898, F.C. Smith 1899, L.C. Smith 1900, A.G. Radmore 1901,
S.W. Sulman 1902, and M.Evans 1903 & 04.

1904/05
affiliated sides in SCFA handbook

Epsom played
in red and blue Sec H Skinner, 74 East Street, Epsom

Epsom United
Sec WE Breedon, 44 East Street, Epsom then G Hiscox, Correeville, Wyeth Road

No Ewell this
season in SCFA handbook. There should have been, but they folded on 16/02/05
anyway.

Ewell are
entered in the mid-Surrey League this year, but do not finish it.

This league was formed on 06/05/1904 and league was to be
called the Mid and East Surrey League. Apparently the Mid-Surrey league had
been disbanded so they were going to

ask the East and West Surrey League to drop the
"East" bit so Redhill could join! Formed at the Royal Oak in Surrey
Street, Croydon but I'm not sure it ever actually started as

it looks as
though the Mid Surrey League continued! Ewell were to be founder members.

July 04
Reference to Alf Green, uncle of future Epsom Town Secretary Billy Green. Has
played for Epsom C.C. for 20 years and is now 37.

His high Score
was 212 n.o. for Epsom v Sutton in 1899. Was invited to Gloucester by WG
Grace but his mother was ill and he couldn't travel.

03/09/04
Carshalton St Andrews (future Carshalton Athletic) open their new ground at
Green Wrythe Lane with a 3-1 loss to Pitlake Swifts.

3/9/04 Herald
previews the season. "The Epsom Town club promises this season to be
much stronger than it has been for several seasons,

and it is to
be hoped that expectations formed in this direction will be realised."
"That the town is large enough to run a good club there is

no doubt, and
given efficient management and a willingness on the part of players to assist
the Town club, instead of transferring their

services to
outside combinations, there is no reason why Epsom should not soon possess an
excellent team." It has been improving during

the past 2 or
3 years says Herald.

Herald also
reviews the fact that despite past success, the Epsom Thursday team appears
not to be reforming. Also the ex-captain

Arthur (AF)
Norman the ex-captain has had a successful operation for appendicitis.

Sept 04
Reference to Davis who has been playing for Surrey CC recently, but was
playing football for Epsom Thursday "several times" last season.

Wallington FC
open their new ground in London Road, Hackbridge.

Reference to
Croydon FC who play in all white.

5/9/04 AGM @
The Gymnasium Hall on Tuesday evening with Mr J.Gow senior in the chair.
Officers elected were Secretary,

Harry (HW)
Skinner, Treasurer Mr Betteridge. Committee: J.Gow (senior), F.Cantwell,
Frank (FA) Duplock AW Smith, GE Wiltshire

and Bert (CA)
Rosamond. The club's opening match is on 24/9 against Leatherhead Reserves at
home. No financial details advised. F.Millington

has joined
from Banstead. The club will be entering the SJC, SHC and SMC (Reserves), and
the teams will select the captains.

A playing
record for Epsom was advised as Firsts: Pld 23 W9
D4 L10 F44 A38, Reserves: Pld 10 W4 D2 L4 F32 A23.

So far I have
Firsts: fixtures 21 Results 16 W8 D1 L7 F31 A27 (missing 7 results W1 D3 L3
F13 A11) Reserves: fixtures 11 Pld 5 D1 L4 F7 A22

(missing 5
results W4 D1 F25 A1)

Sept 04
Wallington, Dorking and Leatherhead have become senior clubs this year.

17/9/04 Epsom
defeat Malden 1-0 in "a rather scrambly game." Henry Williams fine
individual play resulted in him scoring the only goal.

17/9/04
reported that "The reconstructed Mid-Surrey League seems likely to be a
success this year. Those who have entered are Guards

Depot,
Croydon, Redhill, Ewell, Dorking, Leatherhead, and Wallington. League
President EW Richardson of Redhill has provided a

handsome cup.

Sept 04
reference to J.Edgar Bradley, elder brother of future Epsom Town Chairman
Hugh Bradley, gains a "double first" and is now a certified

schoolmaster.
Son of ex-Sergeant Bradley.

Sept 04 Ewell
have amalgamated with West Ewell in an attempt to localise the club to a
greater degree than before. There will also be more

local matches.
All last season's players are rejoining and AF White remains as
Secretary.

19/9/04 SCFA
AGM at Holborn Restaurant. Barry (TB) Porter is elected to the 12 man
Committee with the joint third highest number of votes.

Surrey Junior
Cup 1st Round (Group F) Epsom v Ewell Reserves due on 15/10/04.

24/9/04
Preview of Epsom United who have lost their Secretary AW Breeden, and
Treasurer Mr Bentley due to retirement, which "was much regretted."

Last years
captain G.Hiscox is now Secretary, while F.Bushell is now captain, and
S.Watson is now treasurer while F.Taylor has gone

to Canada, and
W.Trower has left the club and will be much missed.

24/9/04 Epsom
defeat Leatherhead Reserves 5-0 at ERG.

HT 1-0.
Leatherhead started well but Epsom got on top and scored after 30 minutes.
2nd half was very easy but "shooting was

wretched."
William (WD) Bradley is club captain.

Sept 04
reference to former and future player TE Ware who is a surveyor for Epsom
Council.

24/9/04
Kingston on Thames 2-1 Ewell. Barry Porter and JD Price were missing. Ewell's
scorer was CR Hartley. "The executive are,

however, quite
satisfied with the result." New playing members are LJ Rock, CE
Williams, and CHP Lewis, who is one of the players

that has come
from West Ewell. Surrey Advertiser report states that Ewell went to pieces
somewhat in the second half. Game played at

Thorpe Road,
Kingston, which was another entrance into the Richmond Road ground. Hartley
had a late equaliser disallowed.

Oct 04 Epsom
ask for fixtures and advise spare dates for 1st team as 15/4, 21/4, 22/4 (H),
4/2, 18/2, 8/4 (A), and Reserves 24/12, 25/3, 22/4 (H), and

31/12, 4/3,
11/3, 18/3, 15/4, 21/4, 24/4 (A). Harry Skinner 74 East Street.

1/10/04
reported that "last week" Ewell FC held their 14th AGM at the
Spring Hotel with Reverend EV Bond in the Chair. Many were present.

The Treasurer
submitted accounts showing a balance in hand of £1 6s 2d. The following were
elected officers: President, JH Bridges, Vice

President
T.Mercer. Captains : 1sts: AF White, v-c Barry Porter. 2nds, A.Ross v-c
Alfred Revell. Treasurer, AC Barnes. Secretary AF White.

Committee EV
Bond, FW Bowring, A.Collins, F.Charman, DW Edwards, CHP Lewis, G.Jones, SV
Mercer, CE Martin, HJ Martin, GH Pagden,

HEJ Southwell.
This would prove to be the club's last ever AGM.

AF White said
that the club was entered for Surrey Senior Cup and SJC (reserves) and
Mid-Surrey League. Subscriptions are lowered to

four shillings
per annum "for bona fide working men." at the suggestion of Messrs
Rose and Mason.

27/9/04
Billiard Exhibition at White Hart Hotel on occasion of the re-opening of the
Billiard Room, followed by a game of pyramids, which was won with a

break of 9,
which was a good score apparently!

1/10/04 Epsom
defeat Carshalton FC 'A' team before "a good sprinkling of
spectators." K.O. 3.30. Visitors playing up the hill at ERG in the

first half, so
it is clear in which direction the pitches were situated, at least this
season. Epsom were 3-0 up at HT and the Carshalton report

says Epsom
"have the making of a first rate team." Bert Rosamond returned for
this game in goal. Skinner scored the first goal before Blunt

headed in a
Skinner cross. A Gow penalty made HT 3-0, then Williams 4-0 and Gow 5-1.
Right near the end a long shot hit a lump and

deceived
Rosamond for 5-2. Referee was W.Betteridge.

Reference to
IOGT being Independent Lodge of Good Templars.

1/10/04 Ewell
were due to play Wallington in MSL but they had a London Senior Cup tie, so
Ewell played Carshalton's first team at home.

Debuts for
Alfred and Charles Revell and RW Mason. A fine warm day and an even match saw
Lewis score after ten minutes. Daniells

(ex-Ewell)
played for Carshalton this day. White then made it 2-0, then 2-1, then White
again completed the scoring before HT. FT 3-1.

White hit the
bar in the second half, and Edwards had little to do in the second half.

8/10/04 Ewell
reserves played Carshalton the following Saturday, but Ewell were two short
and it was a very one sided 7-0 loss.

8/10/04 Ewell
lose their first MSL match of the season 2-5 at home to Dorking, who had been
beaten the week before 7-1 by Croydon.

8/10/04 Ewell
produced a poor performance against Dorking and lost 5-2. "The club has
played so notable a part in Surrey football in the

past that
one's sympathies go out to it." "There seems a lack of promising
young players to fill the vacancies caused by retirement."

Unless fresh
useful talent is forthcoming the outlook will not be very bright. says
Herald.

Many
passengers and "minus several old familiar faces." No-one played
well with exception of the evergreen Barry Porter. Neither of last

seasons
keepers turned out, AB Crake and C.Deighton, while DW Edwards played there
and was inefficient. Price and Bowring were in

unfamiliar
positions. CH Lewis did well up front and is "very clever and a hard
worker." HT 3-2 as Dorking won easily. Dorking were 1-0 up

before White
equalised from a Porter cross. However, it was 1-3 before Lewis scored, and
Ewell were "all at sea" in the second half. Dorking

going downhill
at West Street in the second half got two more goals to win 5-2. Sutton
Observer blames DW Edwards for three goals and says

that Ewell
need a new keeper, while FW Bowring was reported as being a former Old
Carthusian centre forward.

Oct 04 Old
Johnians are from St John's School, Leatherhead.

8/10/04 First
loss of season for Epsom, who lose in Croydon 1-0 to Leslie United in a
pleasant game. RW Killick was captain this day..

8/10/04
Reserves win 4-2 v Worcester Park Res. Sinclair scored after 20 minutes. HT
1-0, then S.Skinner, T.Bradley, and J.Hedger scored in 2nd half.

Worcester
Park arrived with ten but a sub was found. Second goal after 47 minutes as
Syd Skinner scored from a pass by Arthur Skinner. Mid-Surrey

Weekly Post
confirms that this result was in fact 4-1 not 4-2.

Oct 04 2nd
round of the Surrey Association Cup sees Croydon Wanderers or Ewell v Alleyn
or Dorking on 12/11/04. KO 2.45

Ewell are no
longer invited to play in the Surrey Charity Shield.

15/10/04 Epsom
play at West Street against Ewell Reserves in the Surrey Junior Cup first
round, and win 3-0 HT 2-0. Unfortunately Henry

Williams is
"so severely injured that he will be absent from the team for several
matches." A pure accident saw him break a bone near to

his collar
bone. Epsom gradually got on top and Alfred Revell stood out for Ewell
Reserves. Williams scored twice before his injury

while CE Smith
got the third in the second half. Williams was from Victoria Place, Epsom.
Originally due to play Worcester Park (A).

15/10/04
Epsom United lose 2-0 to Carshalton A (Reserves) in Carshalton A's first
match at the club's new ground in Beddington Park, vacated by Wallington.

15/10/04
Leatherhead 3-2 Ewell in MSL. Leatherhead went 1-0 up then White equalised
and Lewis put them 2-1 up. HT 2-1 but the hosts

fought back.
Game played at Epsom Road, which was Leatherhead's ground back then. "A
large crowd" says Surrey Mirror.

A capital game
says Surrey Advertiser. Porter played well. "A large gathering"
says D&L Advertiser

22/10/04
Reserves beat Headley 3-2 in "a pleasant game." 2 new men were
tried out, N.Wilkins in goal (Mid Surrey Weekly Post says J.Wilkins)

and J.Wildash
at outside right. Headley won the toss and went uphill at ERG. HT unk but
poss 2-0.

22/10/04
Bampfylde defeat Epsom 1-0 on a poor ground. Epsom were the better side.

22/10/04 Ewell
2-3 Croydon Wanderers despite debutant Taylor scoring twice for Ewell in the
first three minutes. A harsh defeat in SSC.

C.Deighton is
an improvement in goal, but is not always available. HT 2-1 up. Game played
at West Street despite an away draw, but not

clear why.
Probably because Wanderers sides didn't have home grounds. Would have been at
home to Dorking in next round.

Sutton
Advertiser says that the rivalry between Croydon and the village side has
always been very pronounced. Ewell's two goals were

almost
identical, with each coming from a left wing cross. Barry Porter defended
admirably, but some Ewell supporters gave unsportsmanlike

taunts to the
opposition.

22/10/04
Reserves are beaten 6-0 at Athenians, a Croydon area side. Very one sided but
HT was only 1-0 and the opener took a while to be scored.

26/10/04
Porter and White played for Surrey this day v Sussex.

29/10/04
Epsom Utd played Ashtead Res (sc unk) but 3 Epsom players left the field
(don't know if it was voluntary or sent off) and have been reported.

29/10/04 Epsom
lose 1-0 at Sutton United Reserves. The goal was a penalty.

29/10/04 Ewell
lose to Redhill in the MSL. It was Redhill's first league match of the season
and the Lobsters were at full strength said Surrey

Mirror. Ewell
were 0-1 down "just before 30 seconds" and HT was 0-4. C.Lewis
scored from a Bowring pass in the second half, but lost 5-1.

Nov 04 Porter
and White are present at the SCFA Council Meetings these days.

Nov 04
reference to Surbiton Hill, who play at Balaclava Road Recreation Ground,
Surbiton. Now called the Victoria Recreation Ground.

5/11/04 Guy's
Hospital Res defeat Ewell Res 3-1.

5/11/04 A
"rather easy win" over 1st VB Queens in SJC 2. Won 3-1. Originally
drawn away, but game was played at ERG because

the Council
allowed the ground to be closed so that a charge could be made, which went
towards Epsom College Hospital. "A fair number of

persons
witnessed the game." However it was a poor one! H Blunt scored in first
half, and Siddington in the second half, plus one other.

CE Smith is
referred to as "razor", but don't know why.  1st VB were from Croydon -
"volunteers". Originally due to play 31st Reg Dist (H).

12/11/04 Epsom
drew with Ewell Reserves this day, 1-1. Epsom goal was an o.g. and the Ewell
keeper was

superb. On 2
occasions Epsom had the game at their mercy says Sutton Observer. The Ewell
scorer was Bob Mason

12/11/04 On
the adjoining pitch at ERG Epsom Reserves beat Leslie Utd Res 1-0 with a goal
from A.Sinclair. HT 1-0. Both games were well contested.

19/11/04 Epsom
draw at home to Athenians 1-1. Sutton Advertiser describes it as a fair
result. Sutton Observer says that Miles and Clayton

were new faces
for Epsom, and Skinner was injured and missed the second half. Blunt did well
but captain Bradley wasn't very energetic.

19/11/04
Epsom Reserves equalise twice in a 2-2 draw Worcester Park Reserves. Epsom
won the toss and went downhill, but HT was 0-0, then Epsom

went behind
but Hedger equalised and A.Skinner put them ahead before the W Park second
goal.

26/11/04 Lots
of frost and fog this day, but still Epsom play and are beaten 5-0 by
Carshalton St Andrews in SJC 3. Game only 70 minutes in

length, which
was just as well, as Epsom were 4-0 down at HT and couldn't get out of their
half. The second half was almost as bad, but

without as
many goals. Fog was very dense. Originally due to play 31st Reg Dist (A).

26/11/04 Ewell
were due to play Croydon (H) in MSL this day but p-p.

Nov 04 Rev WA
Haslam moves to Epsom from St Mary's Lewisham. Plays for Epsom Rosemount,
Epsom, and Epsom Wednesday in future years.

Dec 04 Epsom
still looking for games on31/12, 4/2, 21/4 (H), and 4/3 (A).

3/12/04 Epsom
defeat Worcester Park 1-0 at ERG.

3/12/04
Reserves lost 3-2 at Walton on the Hill. Started well but 1-0 down at HT then
S.Skinner equalised and each goal was attacked in quick succession

Reserves went
behind again before J.Bailey scored with a long shot, but conceded again
before the end.

3/12/04 Res
were due to play at home to Kingston on Thames Reserves according to Surrey
Herald, but Surrey Comet had no fixture. Not played.

10/12/04
Dorking St Pauls 3-0 Epsom. K.O. 3.30 after waiting nearly an hour for the
Epsom team and only 20 minutes each way was played in

poor
conditions. HT 0-1 and the Dorking St Paul's keeper had no shots to save at
all, with the ball only crossing his goal line three times.

Execrable
conditions. No Epsom LU. Early goal.

10/12/04
Dorking 8-0 Ewell in MSL. Started late and with 8 men, although a ninth
arrived after 10 minutes. 35 minutes each way because of

the late
start, with rain throughout and a small number of spectators. Dorking were
often offside as Ewell only played with one back. HT 0-3.

Price and Rose
were the two players who did not show. K.O. 2.50 in drizzle. Porter and
Bowring were unavailable this day.

10/12/04
Reserves lose 1-0 to Athenians in another one sided game, this time at West
Street.

17/12/04 Ewell
1-5 Guards Depot in MSL "The Guards gave an exhibition which was
distressing to witness." "Sympathy must be extended

to Ewell in
their time of sore affliction." "The home club suffering another
humiliation." Porter was out injured.

League Table
produced inc 7/1/05. Ewell were due to play at Croydon on 7/1/05, see
comments below.

17/12/04
Dorking Reserves played in SJC this day, so did not play Ewell Reserves as
scheduled.

17/12/04 Old
Citizens are playing at Beckenham Hill. Future tenants of Ewell FC.

17/12/04 Epsom
v Bampfylde (NR). Was it played?

24/12/04
Carshalton v Epsom but (NR). Was it played? Probably not, see comments
directly below.

24/12/04
Bampfylde Reserves arrived at Epsom three short, so Alfred Revell, Ernest
Hicks and P.Breeden were lent to them. Revell scored for them and

Gow scored
for Epsom as Epsom had two thirds of the game. Gow, Revell and Hicks would
normally have been involved with the first team. Did they play?

26/12/04
Reserves win 10-1 against Albion with Sinclair scoring four and Bradley
getting a HT.

31/12/04 Ewell
were due to play Kingston on Thames according to Surrey Herald, but Surrey
Comet had no fixture or no report. Not played.

Sutton
Observer dates missing in 1905 were: 31/3, 7/4, 14/4, 21/4, 8/9, 22/9, 27/10.

7/1/05
Reserves lose at home to two first half goals by Welcome Hall Albion
(Sutton).

7/1/05 Ewell
travel to Croydon for an MSL fixture, but they travel three short, and
require subs. As a result, the game had to be classed as a

friendly says
report in Advertiser. One of the subs, Dwyer did well in goal as the game was
drawn 0-0. Porter and White also did well.

A very large
report in Sutton Advertiser. Game played at Brigstock Road and only 35
minutes each way. Ewell conceded the points anyway,

but paper
writes that a repetition of Saturday's fiasco would just about kill the Mid
Surrey League. Porter and White played well at the back

along with
Dwyer. Revell also did well at left half.

Following the
match, Croydon were offered the choice of one point (as the game was drawn)
or a replay, which they chose to do. This was

to be replayed
on 21/1/05. Ewell were originally due to play Guy's Hospital (H).

14/1/05 Ewell
get a point from 100% Wallington in a 1-1 draw. Ewell showed that there is
life in the old dog yet says Herald.

Alfred (AJ)
Revell did well at outside left, and Deighton did well in goal with White and
Porter "those two old veterans" at back.

14/1/05 Res
lose 7-1 at Leatherhead. Were originally due to travel to Guy's Hospital.

18/1/05 AF
White and TB Porter selected for Surrey for their short tour of Suffolk @
Ipswich which was won 4-3. Porter was injured in the

first half but
returned later. White scored the first goal. Over a thousand attended.

19/1/05
Following on from this, Surrey beat Norfolk 4-2 with all goals in the second
half @ Norwich. Porter and White both played again.

19/1/05 Sutton
Hospital Cup draw QF Croydon St Johns v Epsom. 7 entries. Winner is away to
Sutton United or Dorking in SF.

It is later
advised that they have a bye so Croydon St Johns must have withdrawn their
entry. Now only 6 entries.

21/1/05 Epsom
defeat Sutton United Reserves 3-0 @ ERG and "could have had nine".
Often offside. Sutton only brought ten players. Henry

Williams
reappeared for the team.

21/1/05
"Ewell are faring worse and worse" Lost 11-0 to Croydon in MSL Only
turned up with 7 players and were 4-0 down at HT. Barron did ok

for Ewell but
Beacham (5) and Rogers (3) were the main scorers for Croydon. Game at
Brigstock Road. One sided.

Sutton
Advertiser writes "I don't know what view the Surrey FA or whoever is
responsible for the MSL will take of the action by Ewell in

turning out
four short at Brigstock Road". "Under the circumstances one
naturally imagined that Ewell would have made special efforts to

have been
fully represented but they evidently have but small regard for the powers
that be." "There was a time when Ewell were rightly

regarded as a
good sporting side, but repeated failures to keep their engagements in
Croydon have gained for the club an unenviable

reputation,
and in the interests of other clubs they should be taught a pretty severe
lesson." No blame was attached by the Advertiser to the

Ewell players.
"I felt sorry for Porter, Baron and the other plucky fellows who kept
going to the end despite the rough and ready criticisms

of the irate
onlookers." Clearly the Advertiser had no idea of the mess the club was
in by this time.

Porter played
the "one back" game well but was responsible for the fourth goal
which he scored with a miskick! Ironically after this match,

Croydon chose
to field their reserves for the remaining MSL matches this season.

Probably
Ewell's last ever game, but not totally definite yet.

28/1/05
fixture is Ewell v Wallington, but this was played two weeks ago. Was another
game played?

Almost
certainly not, as Barry Porter guests or maybe actually leaves for Reigate
Priory who beat London Caledonians 2-0 this day.

28/1/05 Epsom
defeat Epsom United 3-1 at ERG. United only had ten players. HT was 1-1.
Reference to Little Tich. Who was he?

28/1/05
Reserves win a hard fought and strenuous encounter 1-0 at ERG the same day.

4/2/05 Manor
Park 2-1 Epsom Reserves, HT 2-0. Scorer was Skinner after a pass from his
outside left. Game played in a good spirit.

4/2/05 Epsom
1-0 Stockwell Park. Scorer was Cantwell from a Henry Williams corner. Near
the end, Jimmy Gow (mispen) for the first time ever.

Blunt played
very well.

11/2/05 A
meeting has been called to decide whether the Ewell club should continue.
Support has been so meagre. Scheduled for 16th Feb.

11/2/05 Herald
says Ewell are due to play Guildford, but Surrey Adv makes no mention of a
game for Guildford, and no game was played.

11/2/05 Mrs
Marion Eleanor Walters dies aged 64. Mother of AM and PM Walters, and buried
in Ewell Cemetery.

11/2/05 Epsom
1-1 New Cross Loco @ ERG. HT 0-1. Williams equalised but also mispen in first
half at 0-1. "A good game."

Originally due
to be at home to St Pauls but they scratched as they couldn't get a side up.

Epsom's side
was weak, missing Gow and Miles, while Bradley arrived too late to play.

16/2/05 It was
decided at a special General Meeting in Ewell on Thursday night "to
disband the club and scratch the remaining fixtures."

18/2/05 Epsom
Reserves defeat Dorking St Pauls Reserves 2-0 at ERG. Sinclair scored after
ten minutes with a somewhat lucky shot. HT 1-0. After a spell

of even play
Epsom got on top and Page made it 2-0. No Lu. The better side won but not a
very interesting game.

18/2/05 Epsom
were due to host the Irish Guards but they scratched the fixture.

22/2/05 Surrey
2-2 Herts @ Croydon FC, Brigstock Rd with an attendance of nearly 1,000.
White and Porter played and White scored 2nd goal.

Sutton
Advertiser says attendance was 600-700.

25/2/05
reported in Herald the week after that "The brief announcement in a
portion of last week's Herald that at the meeting on Thursday

week it was
decided to disband the Ewell FC was read with regret by many lovers of the
game in this neighbourhood. In its day, the club

played a very
prominent part in Association circles in the county. It won the Surrey Junior
Cup and made at least one good fight for the

senior one
also, and during some seasons had an eleven which could meet any in the
county with a fair prospect of success. But members

married and
gave up playing, others removed from the neighbourhood, there were no younger
ones coming on to take their places, and so

the end has
come." I do not believe that Ewell will be long without an eleven."
says Harkaway, the regular columnist in the Herald.

There is
plenty of talent but they may have to settle for junior football. They
depended too much on outside assistance to remain senior.

Surrey Mirror
says "surely an inglorious ending to a team which has numbered some
famous men in its ranks."

Results for
this season: Fixtures 14 Pld 11 W1 D2 L8 F13 A44, Reserves: Fixtures 18 Pld 4
W0 D0 L4 F3 A22.

I currently
have no way of checking how many matches were played this season.

So how many
games did Ewell play?

Herald Review

My records

Pld

WDL

FA

Pld

WDL

FA

1890/91

9

3-0-6

12-21

8

2-0-6

9-20

A 3-1
win is missing

1891/92

14

9-2-3

52-21

14

9-2-3

52-21

correct

1892/93

17

12-2-3

57-24

17

12-2-3

57-24

correct

1893/94

21

18-1-2

97-22

21

18-1-2

97-22

correct

1894/95

21

18-0-3

132-24

19

16-0-3

125-24

2 wins
missing F7 A0

1895/96

25

12-5-8

71-42

25

12-5-8

71-42

correct

1896/97

24

11-5-8

55-42

24

11-5-8

55-42

correct

1897/98

28

14-7-7

69-47

23

12-6-5

60-42

5
results missing F9 A5

1898/99

31

24-3-4

125-35

31

24-3-4

125-35

correct

1899/00

18

10-1-7

55-44

4 other
fixtures listed

1900/01

12

8-0-4

29-19

8 other
fixtures listed

1901/02

20

9-3-8

39-46

6 other
fixtures listed

1902/03

17

8-2-7

61-31

8 other
fixtures listed

1903/04

11

4-1-6

28-41

7 other
fixtures listed

1904/05

11

1-2-8

13-44

3 other
fixtures listed

Total 90/91 -
98/99 Herald

190

121-25-44

670-278

my records here show

182

116-24-42

651-272

I am missing

8

5-1-2

19-6

Total 99/00 -
04/05 My records

89

40-9-40

225-225

possibly another 36 matches remaining to find

Overall

279

161-34-84

895-503

36 additional
matches may have been played, although probably only about 25 actually
were.  I will find out eventually, I
hope!

Feb 05
Reference to Athenians who play at Galpins Road.

In 25/2/05
Herald there is an MSL results grid with Ewell removed. Table is on tables
sheet inc 18/2/05.

The League
table originally showed that eight matches were played but this included the
7/1/05 0-0 which never counted as it was replayed.

By the time
the papers would have got around to removing it, Ewell had already folded.
They never played Croydon at Ewell this season.

25/2/05
Fixture in Surrey Advertiser for Ewell Res v Dorking Res. Obviously not
played.

Feb 05 Alex
(AF) White has now signed for Wallington says Surrey Mirror.

25/2/05 Barry
Porter plays for Reigate Priory at Upton Park in a 3-1 win.

25/2/05 Epsom
FC's record to date is Pld 17 W9 D3 L5 F28 A18 says Herald. Also says they
are unbeaten at home.

So far, I have
18 fixtures and 10 results W6 D1 L3 F19 A13. I am missing W3 D2 L2 F9 A5.

Unfortunately,
on 25/2/05 they lose at home to Dorking St Pauls 3-1. DSP came with ten but a
sub was found. Epsom went a goal up, which

was still the
case at HT, but Epsom then tired. It was definitely the first home defeat of
the season says Surrey Mirror.

Alfred Revell
scored the goal which "glanced off several of the visiting players"
according to the Surrey Mirror. Dorking St Pauls had a goal

disallowed for
being yards offside soon after and HT was 1-0.

4/3/05 Epsom
lose 4-1 to Malden Trinity, who were originally due to play Ewell Res. A
weakly represented Epsom said Mid Surrey Weekly Post.

Williams had
two goals disallowed by Mr Betteridge the referee and one (unnamed) Epsom
player lost his temper with him. In fact, one player

from each side
were sent off "for pugnacious tendencies". Page was injured in the
first half, and Bradley was allowed on as a sub

in the second
half.

Sutton
Observer remarks "why have Epsom gone to pieces?" They had only
suffered two defeats, so it sounds a bit of a panic statement.

Reference in
the report to Alf Hill, known as "Pelty", and Blunt who did well
but is too rash sometimes.

4/3/05  Reserves match is scratched as the other
pitch at ERG is booked by Epsom National Schools who lost 3-0 to Sutton
County School. Observer says

that the Boys
should play in the morning while the men were still at work.

4/3/05 Future
prominent players Percy Standen (probably), Fred Archer, A Hewitt and J Wise
are all playing this day for Ewell Old Schools.

11/3/05 Epsom
defeat Epsom Harriers 3-2 @ ERG. Epsom were missing some players, "there
having been suspensions in consequence

of players not
knowing how to conduct themselves." The Harriers wore Lord Rosebery's
colours. "A strong wind was blowing at the

start but its
violence was considerably lessened before the game had been long in
progress." Game was played in excellent spirit, and at a

fast pace, but
play never reached a high standard!. HT 0-0 then an own goal put Epsom FC
ahead, followed by two other goals that were the

fault of the
keeper. At 3-0 the Harriers fought back. Revell, Skinner, J Gow, WD Bradley
and F.Cantwell showed excellent form as did many

of the
opposition, which included Ernest Hicks. He may have been a loaned player
this day, as he was a regular Epsom FC player.

Sutton
Advertiser says that many of the Leatherhead first team played for the
Harriers this day. The own goal was from A.Finch, but he scored

for the
Harriers later too. Originally Epsom were due to play Epsom United.

Two Epsom
players were apparently suspended by the club itself.

Epsom Observer
says the score was 3-1 and advises it was a very good game. I will amend the
score to 3-1 for now.

18/3/05
Expected line ups for this day. Epsom 1sts: RW Killick, G.Blunt, Harry
Skinner, A.Hill, J.Gow, G.Bailey, Ernest Hicks, F.Cantwell,

William
Bradley, F.Millington, Alfred Revell. Reserves: J.Lloyd, H.Plume, J.Bailey,
S.Skinner, W.Beard, EG Bradley, W.Williams, Arthur

Skinner,
J.Hedger, F.Elson, A.Sinclair.

18/3/05 Game
finished 0-0 at ERG. "A large crowd of spectators" saw both
defences in fine form. F.Bailey (Ashtead) filled the left half position,

which
"completes the defence." Skinner has probably never played a better
game. Gow too was in good form. Bradley and Hill were good

but scoring is
still a problem says Sutton Observer. Ref was Mr J Gow senior.

18/3/05
Reserves beat Good Shepherd (Sutton) 4-0. Page played and is ok after his
recent accident.

18/3/05
Reference to Dorking St Paul's ground being not far from Pixham Lane.

25/3/05 Epsom
Rosemount are looking for cricket matches. Average age 24, weak, medium. Sec
JE Bradley.

Epsom FC has
the following dates open. Firsts 1st and 15th April  at home & Good Friday (away). Res 22nd
April at home, and 24th April away.

Mar 05
Wimbledon Old Centrals (forerunner of Wimbledon FC) playing at Worple Road
this year.

Mar 05
Reference to former Secretary CE Smith living at 1 Clifford Villas, Epsom.

8/4/05 Epsom
showed on Saturday that it has the making of a very good team if the
promising young players prove loyal to the clubs interests.

Apart from
Cantwell who brings experience and steadiness, while all the others are
youngsters. This week, Epsom drew 1-1 with

Stockwell Park
in a keenly contested match. They went behind early but recovered an
equaliser in the second half. F.Millington mispen

(SAVE) but
scored soon after anyway. Will (WD) Bradley is captain, but is missing today.

Apr 05
Reference to Bampfylde playing "on the Harcourt" at Harcourt Road,
Wallington this season.

15/4/05 Former
Ewell player Barry Porter is already at Reigate Priory and plays against Old
Carthusians this day, Priory winning 5-1. Oddly,

Alex White
also plays for Priory this day.  Porter
scored the second goal.

15/4/05 FA Cup
Final Attendance "101,000 or so" Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle @
C.Palace. One of the best ever Cup Finals says Herald.

21/4/05 Sutton
Hospital Charity Cup SF v Sutton United at the ground of Carshalton St
Andrews (future Carshalton Athletic). Winners play

Carshalton St
Andrews at Collingwood Road, on the future Sutton United ground. Sutton were
playing at Manor Lane this season.

About 300
watched the SF on Good Friday morning and saw Sutton take the lead right on
HT with a penalty. The second half was more one

sided, and
Harrison scored a HT. J.Gow did well at centre half.

The final saw
Carshalton St Andrews beat Sutton United 1-0 in front of 2,500 - 3,000 on the
Easter Monday.

May 05 J.Gow
and Harry Skinner play for Epsom C.C. this year with Alf Green, Future Epsom
Town Secretary Billy's uncle.

Many others
play for Epsom Rovers, which was more like a tradesman's team than the Epsom
C.C.

Famous Surrey
cricketer W.W.Read saw Harry Skinner play and took his name and address as
part of his search for the next Surrey cricketer.

6/5/05 14th
Annual Athletic Sports day at Ewell CC and many former players were still
officials for the day including Porter, White, Hampton, Bond and of

course Arthur
Walters. Also Alfred Revell and HJ Martin and Arthur Glyn alongside John
Henry Bridges. G.Stone won the overall award.

1905/06
affiliated sides in SCFA handbook

Epsom played
in white: Sec Harry Skinner: Sunnyside, 74 East Street, Epsom

Epsom United
played in primrose and rose: Sec G Hiscox, Correeville, Wyeth Road. Largely
Liberal Club based.

1905/06 Epsom
appear in a Surrey Junior League fixture list for Sutton United.

1905-06 Sutton
United fixture card reveals regular opponents of Beddington Corner, EPSOM,
South Norwood

Dulwich,
Southfields, Carshalton St Andrews, and Clapham 'A'. Sutton played in
Throwley Road at the time according to this but I think it was

Manor Lane
still.

7/6/05 Cicero
wins the Derby. Lord Rosebery's Horse.

12/8/05
reported that the Redhill & District Wednesday League has been formed.
Epsom Wednesday would join it in future seasons.

Aug 05
Reference to another Epsom Juniors FC with Secretary Syd Skinner 14 East
Street. I believe this team was an actual Youth/Junior team for Epsom,

which was
occasionally referred to as Epsom III. It was.

Epsom FC AGM
25/8/05 at High Street Mission Rooms on a Friday night. Small reports in
Sutton Advertiser and Surrey Herald.

Refers to the
clubs playing record being Pld 26 W12 D5 L9 F46 A34 and Res Pld 19 W7 D3 L9
F38 A37.

I have:
Firsts, Fixtures 31, Results 20 W7 D5 L8 F27 A33. Missing 5 wins and 1 loss
F19 A1

I have Res,
Fixtures 29, Results 15 W5 D3 L7 F33 A33. Missing 2 wins 2 losses F5 A4

The first team
reached the SJC 3 before losing to Carshalton St Andrews, while the Reserves
went out in the first round of the

Surrey Minor
Cup to Leatherhead Reserves. They are entering SJL, SJC, SMC (reserves) and
SHC this year. J Gow is captain, with

Will Bradley
as vice captain. The ground at Epsom Rec is to be partially roped around and
the dressing room needs to be much enlarged

"and
possibly steps will be taken in this direction." 2nd XI Captain EG
Bradley, v-c Ernest Hicks.

Officers
elected: Mr Aston was unanimously elected as President. Was Liberal candidate
for the local area, but not sure if he was an MP or

not yet.
Position came about after retirement of GJ Beams. Harry Skinner Secretary and
Mr Betteridge Treasurer were re-elected, with.

N.Wilkins as
Asst Secretary.

30/8/05
Partial Solar eclipse in the area.

1/9/05 Former
Ewell Secretary and player Alex White plays for Croydon this day in a
friendly 1-0 win over Hampstead @ Brigstock Rd. Att 100.

2/9/05
reported that steps are being taken to resurrect the Epsom Thursday club.
They didn't operate last year but had been around for a while before then.

5/9/05 Epsom
Thursday Annual Meeting. Mr Betteridge attended, representing Epsom FC and
suggested an amalgamation of the two clubs.

This was
passed unanimously at the Railway Hotel, Station Road (Now Upper High Street)
Epsom. F.Funnell is the captain, and Hoptroft is v-c. Committee

includes those
two and FW Plumridge and AF Norman. The balance of funds from the previous
Epsom Thursday club is to be transferred to

Epsom FC and
Secretary Harry Skinner is to arrange matches for both teams. Arthur Webb
Presided over the meeting.

Sept 05 North
Croydon move to Parchmore Road. Not sure where they were before. Melfort
Road, see earlier comments.

Sept 05
reference to a former player JA Bucknill. John Bucknill was the son of Thomas
Bucknill QC MP and was returning home on leave

from his job
as Commissioner of Patents in the Transvaal.

6/9/05 SCFA
Annual Meeting at Kennington Oval. AF White the former Ewell player is now on
the Committee and was present at the meeting.

9/9/05
C.Deighton the former Ewell keeper has joined Epsom who play @ ERG v
Addiscombe Park this day and win 7-1. At Ewell "he

had kept so
well in recent seasons." HT saw Epsom 1-0 down, but seven goals in the
second half. Visitors were short but subs were found.

Awful weather,
and limited shelter at ERG.

13/9/05 Willie
Williams is one of two people killed at Epsom Town Station this day. He and
Captain John Redsull were crossing the railway

lines instead
of using the local subway and were hit by the train, killing them instantly.
Both were horribly disfigured, and Williams was cut in

two. Graphic
reports in Epsom Observer and Mid-Surrey Weekly Post. Williams was one day
short of his 23rd birthday and was a well known

local postman,
who was on his rounds at the time of the accident. His body was picked up
about 40 yards from the incident. He lived with his

parents at
Providence Place. Mid Surrey Weekly Post said he gave up playing a year ago
through injury, but the Observer said he was due to

play for one
of the Epsom teams that Saturday. Inquest called it death from misadventure
and a penalty is to be enforced in future to

discourage
people from crossing the lines. His funeral was at Epsom Cemetery on 18/9/05
with about 100 postmen present. The streets were

lined with
people on the way to the service at the chapel, conducted by Rev WA Haslam,
himself an occasional player and Curate of Epsom.

His mother
Elizabeth, and husband were present as were brothers and sisters Alice,
Florence, Henry, and Walter. Representatives of the

Epsom F.C.
were present, and the Liberal Club hung at half mast this day.

Later that
month the Earl of Rosebery sent Mrs Williams a cheque for £10. Williams had
no insurance.

Sutton
Observer adds that he had been with the post office since November 1896 as a
telegraph engineer and became the town postman in

June 1903. He
received a good conduct stripe in February 1905. DOB 14/9/82.

Sept 05 The
Epsom club are producing small posters announcing the matches to be played. A
great innovation and the cost was small.

Sept 05
Rosemount want games. Apply: W.Skelton, South Street, Epsom.

Sept 05 Death
of Doctor Barnardo. Mittendorf House in East Street was a Barnardo Home for
Children.

16/9/05 Epsom
defeat New Cross Loco 4-0 at ERG. No report, just calculated from the
following week's report.

16/9/05
Reserves were due to play Parr's Bank Reserves. Expected Line Up: J.Lloyd,
E.Miles, J.Bailey, H.Plume, H.Ray, EG Bradley,

H.Trend,
A.Skinner, J.Hedger, A.Sinclair, CE Smith, while AR
Daniell is named in the first team after playing for Ewell last season.

23/9/05 Epsom
played and won their third straight game on Saturday. GD F17 A1 so far. Much
superior to the visitors, New Malden Trinity.

The visitors
were two or three short, but subs were found. There were two changes to last
week's side, Miles came in for Blunt at left half,

while R.Cooper
(Ashtead) came in for Mills who was unable to play. A very one sided game. HT
unknown.

23/9/05 Res
lost 8-2 at Ringstead Road to Sutton Manor Park. H.Plume did well and Short
scored the second goal. The first was an o.g. HT was 5-0 and

Mason HT for
Sutton Manor Park. Not as one sided as the score suggested.

29/9/05
reported that the old Ewell ground is to be used by Old Citizens from London,
who were at Beckenham last year.

They will run
three teams under the Secretary of PJ Peacock 60 Thrale Road, Streatham.

30/9/05 Epsom
lose 3-1 at home to Carshalton St Andrews in SJL. There was "a good
attendance" at ERG and the score was harsh on Epsom,

but their
weakness was the forward line. Haslam was poor, but he hadn't played for a
few seasons before joining this year. At 1-1

Epsom had a
goal disallowed for offside and Carshalton scored shortly afterwards. Defence
was very good. HT unknown but possibly 0-0.

Sutton
Observer said that the attendance was so good that the iron standards which
had iron sockets into the ground holding the rope, were

bent to an
angle of 45 degrees and one broke in two. Millington opened the scoring after
5 minutes. HT 1-1 and Williams had one disallowed

for offside in
the second half. Deighton the Epsom keeper let one in with the sun in his
eyes, but otherwise did well.. Skinner had a poor game

but Deighton
was the best player who was tested for the first time since his transfer from
Ewell. Blunt was badly missed.

30/9/05 Epsom
Rosemount's first game of season sees a 5-0 win over Sutton Pyro Reserves.

7/10/05
Dorking St Paul's 2-0 Epsom in SJL. A very interesting game, fast and keenly
contested. Epsom had choice of ends and kicked off up

the slope
playing a "one back" game for security. Although it was 0-0 at HT,
Dorking St Paul's had three disallowed! Then H.Skinner had one

disallowed too
before the hosts got two in the latter part of the second half. Many had
cycled to Dorking from Epsom and there were many

followers
there. It was a poor ground on the side of a hill, (possibly Meadowbank?) and
Dorking ST Paul's had four disallowed for offside

in the first
half. Gow worked hard as did Deighton. CE Smith returned for his first game
this year but was too slow.

Daniell and
Millington were missing so Hicks and Smith came in for them.

7/10/05 Surrey
Mirror says play opened at a very warm pace and Dorking St Paul's were often
caught offside with two goals disallowed for the

home
side.Skinner and Williams "initiated a good many dangerous
movements". A third disallowed goal followed for an earlier foul by
the

home side and
Murphy then had another disallowed as he was "yards offside".
Skinner then had an offside "goal" chalked off early in the

second half
but goals towards the end from Canter and Ostick ensured the home win.

7/10/05
Reserves led after 5 minutes before a penalty equaliser, but Epsom led 2-1 at
HT of their game with Welcome Hall Albion, only to lose 6-2. First team

to score
against Welcome Hall this season in four games.

7/10/05
Rosemount lost 3-1 at home to Ashtead Reserves @ ERG. WA Haslam who is now at
Rosemount, scored from a Prest run but HT was 1-2.

Epsom
Rosemount won the toss and went with the wind but they were 2-0 down before
Haslam scored. 2nd half was mostly Ashtead.

Oct 05 Former
Ewell opponents East Sheen reported as "not possessing a ground of their
own".

Oct 05 Former
opponents of Ewell, Marcians are old boys of St Mark's College, Chelsea.

Oct 05
Selhurst playing at The Crescent, Selhurst. Where was this? Former Croydon
Common ground before they moved to the Nest.

Oct 05 Epsom
FC arranged a 5 mile run from Epsom to Ewell and back which was won easily by
Ernest Hicks.

14/10/05
Sutton United 4-0 Epsom in Sutton Hospital Cup 1st round. A harsh score as
three quarters of the match was even. HT 0-0, but then

four goals in
twenty minutes at the start of the second half. Epsom had no reason to be
discouraged says Herald. The match was originally

due to be
played at Epsom, but it had to be moved because the Epsom authorities
wouldn't allow a charge to be taken at Epsom Rec

"where
Epsom play." There was good weather "delightfully fine", and
there was "a good attendance" including a sprinkling of Epsom

supporters.
Mills was unavailable at the last minute and Martin did not show at all. As a
result, CE Smith came in, even though he was

meant to be
linesman. Much shooting over with a light ball. Skinner and Gow did well but
only Revell of the forwards was conspicuous.

Cooper was
injured with a cut eye from the ball, near the end. 10 men. Attendance 500 or
600 says Sutton Advertiser. W.Rose got all four.

Many
supporters from Epsom said Sutton Observer and gate raised £5 16s 1 1/2d.

14/10/05 Res
prov line up v Sutton Common: J.Lloyd, A.Terry, R.Shepherd, A.Short, EW
Hicks, W.Beard, J.Wallaker, Jim Hedger, H.Ray, W.Rose, Burrage.

Garrett scored
HT as Sutton Common won 6-0 HT 2-0.

14/10/05
Rosemount lose 4-1 to Manor Park Reserves and their goal was right at the end
@ ERG. HT 0-3 Referee TC Prest Visitors kicked off from the

top end after
winning the toss.

19/10/05 Epsom
Thursday defeat Mr Nash's XI 5-1. Mr Nash was "from the asylum".
Works team but not sure which asylum just yet.

21/10/05
Worcester Park were too good for Epsom. The visitors were missing Deighton,
Daniell and Williams. HT was 0-1, and at 0-2,

the Epsom
keeper hurt his head and was injured. 10 men. Alf Revell scored at 4-0 down.
Epsom have now lost Deighton, as he is unable to

play for them
any more.

21/10/05
Rosemount lose to four second half goals @ ERG to Burgh Heath & Banstead
United. They kicked off from the Town end but G.Jeffery was unable

to take his
place between the posts at short notice, as was B.Sayer, last weeks scorer.
Arthur (AC) Skinner is a great acquisition and Elson did well in goal.

21/10/05
Epsom Third team lose 1-3 to Sutton Manor Park Res @ Ringstead Road. HT 3-1.
The provisional line up was G.Boothman, G.Rose, F.Porter,

C.Riley, Syd
Skinner, H.Porter, H.Trend, A.Coldman, A.Steadman, Alec Skinner, C.Archer

21/10/05 Old
Citizens travel to Hanwell to play and beat London Scottish 2-0. Due to play
St Thomas's Hospital but they had a Surrey cup tie. First

recorded
reference to Old Citizens using the Ewell ground. The ground at Hanwell was
new and poor.

21/10/05 At
West Street (Gibraltar Lane) Old Citizens 'B' 3-3 Hampstead 'B'.

25/10/05 Barry
Porter is captain of Surrey this day in a 2-4 loss to Sussex @ Redhill.

28/10/05 Epsom
lose again 1-0 to Millwall Glendale. No firepower. An early penalty was the
difference between the sides. Bradley and

Revell were
missing. Sutton Observer says it was their fifth defeat in a row, but it was
more creditable than recent defeats. Both sides started

with 9 men for
the first fifteen, and the game was full of interest. Burrage played
according to the report, but he also appeared to play for

Rosemount the
same day. Was one match earlier in the day? Burrage may have been the sub
player. F.Cantwell was in goal this day.

28/10/05
Rosemount draw 4-4 with Minerva @ ERG. HT 1-2 scorer: Prest. Then vice
captain equalised, then 2-3 down before Burrage made it 3-3, and

one late goal
each (unknown). They have now secured the services of JH Timms a well known
local goal keeper. Ernest Hicks refereed.

4/11/05
Rosemount lose 4-1 at Sutton Pyro Res @ Gander Green Lane. Was nearer the
Cheam end, and had no connection with the Sutton Utd ground.

4/11/05
Rosemount Res draw 1-1 with Epsom Thirds @ ERG. HT 0-0 Fred Archer put Epsom
ahead but DC Norman equalised. Ref: J.Wildash.

4/11/05
Reigate Inst 7-0 Epsom in SJC2 largely due to a wretched display from debut
keeper Skilton. The experiment was "most disastrous."

However,
Reigate were very good and went on to reach the semi final. Originally due to
play Addiscombe Park (H) this day.

Epsom won the
toss and went uphill @ Reigate but a fumble from the keeper led to the first
goal and HT was 2-0. Five goals came in the

second half.
Epsom were due to be there for 2.30 but actually arrived at 3.20. Would have
played Ockley (A) in the next round if they had won.

Game played at
the St Alban's Ground, in Reigate.

4/11/05 Surrey
Mirror said that the "Stutes" won 7-0.  HT for AE Knight and two more goals were
disallowed for offside. Epsom never looked like

a winning
side. St Alban's Road remains as an open space and the road runs parallel to
the A217 north of Reigate level crossing. If you turned

right at the
old Surrey Mirror building it would be on your right.

8/11/05 Surrey
6-1 Herts @ Brigstock Road. Attendance 600. HT 3-0. Woodger HT and Barry
Porter was captain.

9/11/05 Epsom
Thursday defeat Wimbledon Park Rovers 1-0 @ ERG. Drakeford has now left the
area - regretted. B or R.Hoptroff - Robert?

11/11/05 Epsom
get their first win for a while 4-0 v South Western Scottish The first twenty
minutes weren't that good, but Epsom got on top

gradually. HT
0-0. Originally due to play Dorking Res in SJL but p/p as Dorking had a SJC
replay with Ashtead.

Nov 05 FJ Wall
played in goal for Dorking. Was this Frederick Wall Future FA Secretary?

11/11/05
Burgh Heath 5-0 Epsom Reserves. Ernest Hicks did well in goal in first half,
but played centre half in the second, which helped the opponents, as

the new keeper
was weaker!

11/11/05
Rosemount win 3-0 on Epsom Common v Stamford Green. Bradley scored early and
this was the HT score. Despite Stamford Green pressure in

the second
half, Bradley again, and GE Chitty made it 3-0. Ground was poor due to this
weeks heavy rain.

11/11/05
Rosemount Reserves "travelled to an obscure corner of the marshes"
to play West Ewell. Presume somewhere over near Watersedge Estate.

They waded
through mud and Arthur Norman did not turn up. "It seems almost an
impossibility to run a second XI for this club, because the members fail
to

turn up or
give due notice. 1-0 down early but an o.g. and Crockford made it 2-1 at HT.
Still lost 2-3. Report says that only ten played for Rosemount Res.

18/11/05
Rosemount took the lead with a magnificent cross shot from Bradley after a
pass from Sayer, but HT was 1-1. Thorns did well at centre half while

Timms and
Arthur Skinner did well.

18/11/05 Epsom
Thirds v Sutton County School was scratched by Epsom as no ground was
available.

18/11/05
Greenbroom Ath v Epsom. Report missing next week, but the game was played and
Epsom lost 4-0 in Thornton Heath. Only 9 travelled

(NR) "All
the great things that were expected of Epsom at the beginning of the season
have vanished like smoke." said Sutton Observer.

25/11/05 Gow
and Revell were missing as Epsom lose 1-0 at home to Leatherhead Reserves.
C.Baye was given a trial at right back & did well.

Epsom were
unlucky. HT 0-0. Still many no shows for Epsom says Herald, which advises the
club to drop them. Goal was just before full time.

25/11/05
Rosemount defeat Carshalton Reserves 4-0. HT 1-0. Courtney (CC) Lewis is
captain of the club. Rosemount gave the visitors some subs @ ERG

and lost the
toss for the first time this season. Lewis scored first with a long shot, and
HT was 1-0. CE Smith was referee.

Nov 05
Rosemount Reserves appeal for fixtures (average age 14, weak) Apply Weston,
Ashley Road, Epsom

2/12/05
Thomson debut for Old Citizens who did well to win 2-1 v Surbiton Hill. A
late Gregory winner in the last ten minutes. Surrey Comet advises that

Surbiton Hill
lost 2-0 at Ewell to Old Citizens in the first game of the season at Ewell. Poss 16/9/05. This also
means that Old Citizens came straight in from

1905/06
season. It was Old Citizens first ever home match at Ewell. The ground at
Surbiton Hill used to be known as the Balaclava Road

Rec, but by
March 1904 it is known as Victoria Rec, its current name. Obviously named
following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901.

2/12/05
Rosemount again played Stamford Green on the Common. HT was 0-0. FJ Payne a
new player did well for Rosemount.

2/12/05 Epsom
are still awaiting their first SJL point, and lose 4-0 at home to Croydon
Common. A harsh scoreline. Browne HT.

Henry Williams
was listed in my line up twice. Was it H.Clayden maybe instead? Check!

6/12/05 Old
Citizens Wednesday side lose 3-4 to Emeriti at West Street. Downhill in the
first half. 1-0 up at HT

Dec 05 EF
Course becoming the Secretary of Sutton Water Company after 15 years service
with the Epsom Board of Guardians and District Council.

9/12/05 Epsom
win 1-0 at Ashtead in SJL for their first league win of the season. Very
welcome as some supporters were beginning to despair.

Baye was
unavailable. Epsom were the better side and put the ball in the net 4 times,
but only one was allowed which was from Cooper

against his
old club. Ashtead mispen (BAR) at 0-0, although Ashtead believed that Hicks
got a touch on to the bar, thus enabling Russell to

put the
rebound in after missing the original penalty. HT unknown. Hicks also saved a
penalty for Res this day, as he played in both games.

Epsom
Reserves were due to play at home to Ashtead Res, but pitch was overbooked,
and they travelled to Ashtead and played a shortened game k.o.

1.45 which was
lost 1-0. Russell mispen for Ashtead Reserves.
There are only two pitches at Epsom Rec.

9/12/05
Rosemount 1-3 White Rose. HT was 1-2 down at ERG and visitors were half an
hour late. Second half played in semi-darkness. CE Smith refereed.

16/12/05 Epsom
v Dorking Res - SJC? Says Herald but they are wrong. Actually Epsom were due
to travel to Streatham Athletic instead but NR.

16/12/05
Slight confusion over fixtures. Sutton Observer says Epsom Res are home to
Sutton Manor Park Res and away to Walton on the Hill, and Thirds are

away to
Sutton County School. Earlier fixtures have the reserves at Walton and the
thirds v Sutton Manor Park Res, so I will stay with this until I see

any match
reports.

Dec 05 Sutton
United are losing their ground at the end of December, but will be moving
from Manor Lane to London Road.

Their last
game there was on 26/12 W 6-3 v Fulham Amateurs.

26/12/05 Epsom
Reserves won 1-0 at Sutton Manor Park, with a Harry Skinner second half goal.
Last time they met, the Reserves lost by 8-2.

paper referred
to "the men of salts defeated them by one to nil".

29/12/05
Proposal for a "Motorway" between London and Brighton, starting at
Croydon. This probably became the A23 / M23. Starting near Galpin's Road and

terminating in
Patcham.

30/12/05 Epsom
p-p Ashtead in SJL. Eventually played on 24th February.

Jan 06 Sutton
United open their new ground on London Road, being the first field past the
Angel P.H. The goals are set from north to south

says Herald.
W9-2 v Clapham in Southern Suburban League..

Jan 06 Another
reference to Epsom Rosemount. They would go on to change their name next
season to Epsom Alleyn FC.

inc 6/1/06 Old
Citizens  are Pld 18 W10 D1 L7 F50 A38.

6/1/06 Old
Citizens win 6-2 v Clapham Rovers. 0-1 down but 2-1 up by HT and Clapham's
second goal was a late one. WFJ Thomson HT. Uphill

first half at
West Street for Old Citizens.

Jan 06
Reference to AW Aston the Liberal Candidate being Alfred Withall Aston.

7/1/06 Alex F
White played for Townley Park at London Caledonians

LC won 3-1 as
Townley finished two players short - The Sportsman

12/1/06 Former
Epsom centre forward Charles Henry Northey dies in Milan aged 33. Cause of
death unknown.

13/1/06
Croydon Common 3-0 Epsom in SJL. "A good attendance of spectators"
and Mr Somerset, the Liberal candidate for Croydon kicked off.

Epsom played
with ten throughout, and it was quite a promising performance considering
this. Hicks in goal did very well, and Epsom

also played
Tom (TE) Ware "In the days of the old Epsom club, he was a stalwart
player at the back". He did well. They are confident of

beating
Greenbroom Athletic in the League next week. Clayden scored an o.g.

20/1/06
"In the presence of a large number of spectators" "who were
feted to watch an uninteresting game". However, it was Epsom's
second

League win of
the season. Mr Aston, the Epsom Liberal candidate who is President of the
club, kicked off "to start the bal rolling at football

matches is now
the accepted part of a candidate's duties" said Herald. It was an
election year. Hicks did well as a Cooper goal saw Epsom

defeat
Greenbroom Athletic 1-0 in the Surrey Junior League. HT unk. No forwards
stood out and Ware had a slight injury. "Skinner, Gow,

and Clayden
shone in defensive work." "A very milk and water affair."
Greenbroom played their home matches in Thornton Heath.

20/1/06 Epsom
Reserves were due to play Epsom Rosemount this day. Was this played?

D&L
Advertiser also says they are due to play Leatherhead Reserves in the SMC at
Epsom. This probably led to the p-p of the Rosemount game although it

too was p-p
and played the following week.

27/1/06
Dorking St Pauls v Epsom in SJL. This was played two weeks later.

27/1/06 Epsom
were also due to travel to Wallington this day. Was it played?

27/01/06 Epsom
were also scheduled to play Dorking Reserves at Dorking this day. Was that
one played?

27/1/06 Res
were due to play at home to Walton on the Hill but instead lost 2-1 at home
to Leatherhead Reserves in SMC 2. The centre forward scored

first but HT
was 1-1 and they hit the bar near the end with the score already at 2-1 by
then. A fair result.

3/2/06 Epsom
0-4 South London Scottish. Epsom had the best of matters at the previous
meeting, but Caledonians were much stronger this

time. A strong
wing in the first half saw Epsom unable to take advantage, and HT was 0-0. In
the second half, two goals were as a result of

Hicks holding
the ball too long, while Millington damaged his shoulder, and was carried
off. 10 men. Halves and backs did well though.

3/2/06
Reserves depart the Surrey Minor Cup 2nd round at home to Leatherhead
Reserves. Future Epsom player GS Whitehorn was in goal for Leatherhead

The centre
forward put Epsom ahead, but 1-1 at HT. Then both teams pushed for a winner
and the Epsom centre forward hit the post before the visitors

scored the
winner.

3/2/06 Fred
Taylor plays for Ashtead this day as does A.Taylor. Played occasionally for
Ewell and Epsom midweek sides and Leatherhead too.

3/2/06
Rosemount lose 3-2 at Sutton Manor Park Reserves. They trailed 2-0 with 15
minutes left but got it back to 2-2 before conceding a late winner.

7/2/06 Middx
0-0 Surrey @ Ealing. No Line up but Barry Porter was in the selection advised
at the SCFA Council Meeting along with Alec

White, now
with Townley Park.

8/2/06 Epsom
Thursday have a game against Epsom. Was it played?

10/2/06 Epsom
Reserves had a friendly at Welcome Hall Albion in Sutton but never showed.
The hosts were surprised at the treatment from

a club of
Epsom's standing. No explanation had been received by the time the Herald
went to print.

10/2/06 It is
possible but not clear whether Rosemount first team had a friendly with their
second team, or just a club match. Both line ups were advised

in the Sutton
Observer, but no opponents were advised. Referee CE Smith.

10/2/06 Epsom
0-7 Dorking St Pauls in Surrey Junior League. Epsom had a weak side and
"wretched weather" didn't help, with "a perfect

hurricane
blowing and rain continually falling." "Impossible for the players
to do more than scramble about." Harry Skinner was unable to

reach the
ground in time as he was working in Woking, and William (WD) Bradley was
absent after the death of his father. Millington was

still injured
and Clayden was a no show. Epsom's weakest side this season. The Dorking
keeper mispen in second half (SAVE).

10/2/06 Surrey
Mirror says that the first goal went in after just ten minutes after some
even opening exchanges and from that point Epsom were

continuously
on the defensive and for the remainder of the game were "hopelessly
outplayed". Both backs scored for them. They had been top

but with an
adverse goal average to this point. They are now in credit again.

Feb 06 Future
Epsom keeper GS Whitehorn with Leatherhead Reserves at this stage.

17/2/06
Carshalton St Andrews v Epsom in Surrey Junior League, but poor weather
across the region, and an abandonment in the Sutton

area, meant
that this game was postponed and would eventually be played on 17/03/06.

Sutton
Advertiser reports more rain than football in the area.

17/2/06 Epsom
Reserves v Rosemount almost certainly met the same fate.

24/2/06
reported that former and future Epsom player and official CE Smith is
Treasurer of Epsom Rovers C.C. and is getting married shortly.

24/2/06
Rosemount Reserves are defeated 4-1 by Sutton Juniors but a large amount of
the Rosemount first team were advised as playing.

24/2/06 Epsom
1-1 Ashtead in Surrey Junior League. The game was marred by the weather and
"a considerable amount of ill-feeling". "Rough

and dirty play
was the outstanding characteristic of the game." The game started late
due to the "chronic unpunctuality" of the Epsom

players, of
whom two or three did not turn up. The captain has resigned recently. Bailey
who is normally a reserve back, played in goal.

Nicholls a new
player did well at back. Originally due to play Waddon United (A).

Sutton
Observer said that many players could have been sent off as the game was
played in the "worst possible spirit." It kicked off at 3.15 after

the referee
lost his patience with Epsom, and even then they required a keeper from the
crowd, and another player who appeared in his

normal
clothes! Epsom's goal came from Cooper who finished off a Burrage cross.
Lewis Burrage is known as "Pudden". HT was 1-0 to

Epsom and the
second half was just a kicking match with Ashtead equalising fifteen minutes
from time. Skinner did well, while Revell did

ok but
Millington was foolish to play considering his injured shoulder.

3/3/06
reported that "Epsom is experiencing much trouble on account of a lack
of sportsmanlike conduct on the part of some of its players,

who, without
sufficient grounds, are withholding their support." "The future of
the club cannot be regarded with much confidence.

3/3/06 Old
Cranleighans are beaten 6-3 by Old Citizens, who have recently beaten RMA
Woolwich 5-1 (17/2) and Townley Park 4-0 (unknown date).

Out of 13 home
games, Old Citizens are W10 L3 F28 A15. Lost to Beckenham (was this the 25/1
listed as away game or another game?),

Casuals
(20/1), and Old Reptonians(13/1) by the odd goal. Then rather unlucky to lose
1-0 at home to Norsemen on 10/3.

3/3/06 Epsom
2-1 Dorking Reserves in Surrey Junior League. A very even game. New half back
Nicholls is "a splendid acquisition for the club."

Nichols
penalty was awarded for handball. HT unk. D&L Advertiser takes a
different view, saying Dorking Reserves lost to a "vastly inferior"
side!

10/03/06 Alex
F White played for Townley Park @ Ilford

"a very
few spectators" - Ilford Recorder - Townley Park won 2-1

10/3/06 Ernest
Hicks writes in to Herald denying that the captain had resigned recently, but
Herald says they resigned on Tuesday 20th Feb,

only 4 days
before the next match. Hicks writes subsequently to state that the
resignation was on the 10th February, but seems doubtful after

his earlier
comments. Also says that some of the non-appearing players had advised they
weren't coming that day, but not all.

In addition to
all of this, Ashtead were not happy with the conduct of the Epsom players on
24th Feb, and also write to SCFA alleging an

ineligible
player, which is to be investigated. Epsom FC are
clearly in trouble at this point.

10/3/06 Epsom
2-2 Long Grove Asylum at Epsom Rec. 2 new players Adrian (right back), and
Browning (inside left). Both did well. Epsom

played with
ten men again. Nicholls did well again. Originally due to be at home to South
Croydon and this game was hastily arranged, so I

presume South
Croydon scratched. Reference to a new back by the name of Pat, but this was
not Nicholls, it was someone different. The

only other new
back I can see was R.Adrian, occasional Epsom Thursday player.

10/3/06
Forerunners of Epsom Alleyn, Epsom Rosemount defeat Waterloo Goods 5-0 at
Epsom Rec. Chitty got 2, with Sayer and AC Skinner playing well.

Mr Jimmy Gow
the former captain of Epsom FC refereed this game. He had resigned recently,
see 10/3/06 comments.

It was
reported on 9/3 that Rosemount had their next 8 matches at home of which this
was the first.

Mar 06
Reference to Lonesome Chemical Works Ground. Currently home to Tooting
Graveney, and a future Tooting Town home ground before Sandy Lane.

Mitcham are
currently at Greyhound Lane.

17/3/06
Carshalton St Andrews 5-0 Epsom in SJL. (NR). Originally due to travel to
Beddington Corner Reserves.

17/3/06 Epsom
Third team do not show at Sutton County School despite the first team
apparently having no game. Sutton teams are not happy at a second

no show from
an Epsom team.

17/3/06 F
Sheppard injured after ten minutes. 10 men, but Old Citizens still defeat
Edenbridge 2-0 in the wind and rain.

24/3/06
Sutton & District Cup delayed due to illness of Secretary, and only just
drawn now. Epsom have a first round bye, and play the winners of Croydon

or Mitcham at
home in SF. Game may have been deferred to next season, so Epsom would have
scratched this tie at some point.

24/3/06 Old
Citizens led 2-1 at HT but Woking won 4-2.

24/3/06 Epsom
lose 12-0 at Dorking at Dorking Reserves in Surrey Junior League.

Dorking first
team were at home this day, but Epsom were on the adjoining pitch at Pixham
Lane.

Only 8 played,
and the players nearly refused to start the game. Wretched weather again.
Herald criticises "the club is not supported by

the players as
it ought to be." Originally due to play at Leatherhead Reserves.

31/3/06
reported that Epsom have been deducted two points for the playing of an
ineligible player against Ashtead on 24/2/06. The SCFA

"is also
seeking an explanation as regards another matter in respect of the same
match."

31/3/06 SJL
Result - SF of Surrey Junior League saw Croydon Common beat Granville 6-3 in
the Semi final.

They
eventually win the Final 2-0 v St Martha's Woking.

31/3/06 Epsom
4-2 Parr's Bank. Inside right injured in first half, but Parr's Bank allowed
Epsom to use a substitute. HT was 2-2 after Browning

had scored
twice for Epsom, while Cooper and Nicholls scored in the second half.

Apr 06 CE
Smith is now living at Craven Cottage, Miles Road, Epsom, presumably after
his wedding.

20/4/06 Epsom
Rosemount have their first annual concert at Co-operative Hall, East Street
on Friday evening. Many future and former Epsom footballers are

present,
including George Chitty, TC Prest, AB Thurley, Rev WA Haslam, AC Skinner.

Apr 06
Observer office was at 10 Station Road, Epsom.

21/4/06 FA Cup
Final at Crystal Palace Newcastle 0-1 Everton. Att 75,609.

Review of
season in Herald. Old Citizens 12th season was their most successful, and
their first at "their new ground at Ewell having proved a great
success."

They lost 5 at
home, but all by one goal. Played 34 W18 D2 L14 F94 A70. Home record was Pld
17 W12 L5 F52 A21. Teams beaten were

Surbiton Hill
(x2), Lancing OB, Clapham Rovers (x2), Townley Park, RMA Woolwich, Old
Cholmelians, Old Trustees, Worthing, Old Johnians (x2),

Old
Cranleighans, and Emeriti. They drew with Old Cholmelians and St John's
school Leatherhead (Weds) and lost to Cheshunt, Guy's Hospital,

Old
Aldenhamians (ADC), Beckenham, Eastbourne, Old Reptonians, Casuals, Oxford
City, Norsemen, Woking, and on a Wednesday they lost to St Bart's

and Emeriti.
Gregory was top scorer with 29.

I have 27
matches listed, and 16 results W11 L5 F50 A22. Missing W7 D2 L9 F44 A48.

Epsom
Rosemount Pld 26 W5 D4 L17 F42 A77. Beat Sutton Pyro Res, Stamford Green,
Carshalton Reserves, Waterloo Goods, and Epsom III. Bradley was

top scorer
with seven and he only played half a season. Chitty 5, Thomas and Sayer 4,
Lewis and Prest 3. Timms was a good keeper.

I have 26
matches, but only 14 results. W4 D3 L7 F30 A32. I am missing Pld 12 W1 D1 L10
F12 A45 The missing win was v Epsom III after 10/3/05.

1906/07
affiliated sides in SCFA Handbook

Epsom Alleyn.
Secretary is EW Hicks (possibly Ernest Hicks) Hollydene, Temple Road.

Previously
appears as Gordon Jeffrey, Parade, Epsom.

Epsom Long
Grove Rovers: G Marks, 1 Grosvenor Cottage, Hook Road

Epsom United:
S Chuter Ede, Hawthorne Place, Epsom. Then CE Smith - Liberal Club, Epsom.
Blue and White jerseys.

Epsom
Wednesday: Sec Rev WA Haslam? 10 The Terrace, Epsom. New club with a new
registration date of Nov 1906

8/9/06 Epsom
Rosemount change their name to Epsom Alleyn. Their first match is scheduled
this day against Sheen Old Boys (A) (NR).

Sept 06 Epsom
seem to have folded. There are no reports for an Epsom FC this year, and many
of the previous Epsom side switch to

Epsom Alleyn,
or remain in Surrey Junior league football with Ashtead.

Epsom Alleyn
new players are H.Skinner, H.Plume, J.Bailey, Ernest Hicks, F.Cantwell,
A.Taylor, Syd Skinner, T.Manley, all from Epsom.

AC Skinner is
to be captain with G.Chitty as v-c. Res team captain is WA Meade, v-c NE
Chandler. Gordon Jeffery is the Secretary,

and they hope
to enter the Surrey Junior Cup. Unfortunately no explanation provided to
explain the name change from Rosemount to Alleyn.

Sept 06 Old
Citizens headquarters will again be at Gibraltar Lane after their successful
first season. Captains (1st) HF Pimm, (A) JE Alexander, (B)

LH Kenny.
V-c's (1st) C.Hutchinson, (A) GG Smith, (B) S Wray. JF Cole is Treasurer and
PJ Peacock is Secretary.

11/9/06 AGM
of Epsom United at Liberal Club, Epsom, with James Chuter Ede in the Chair.
They will affiliate with the SCFA this year they say, although

it looks like
they had affiliated since 1903. Treasurer is F Bushell, Sec is Ede on a
protem basis. Committee AJ Bentley, JA Moatt, A.Peake, CE Smith,

H.Williams,
A.Wakefield

15/9/06 Epsom
Alleyn draw 4-4 with Ashtead Reserves despite leading 4-2 with 15 minutes
left. Ashtead only had ten men. The equaliser was

30 seconds
from time and also during the game, Ernest Hicks pensave from former Epsom
player R.Cooper. They drew level with two "soft" goals.

15/9/06 The
reserves however scratched on 13/9 to Sutton Manor Park Reserves (A).

15/9/06 Club
game for Old Citizens.

19/9/06 Former
Ewell player Barry Porter is now with Reigate Priory and he receives his
county cap and badge while another former Ewell

player AF
White receives his county badge at the 29th SCFA AGM at the Holborn
Restaurant.

22/9/06
reported that "there is no Epsom Town football club this season, and
several of the best of last year's players have joined

Ashtead,
including Nicholls, Alfred (AJ) Revell, Burrage and Browning. There are
however to be at least two clubs in Epsom. One styles itself

the Alleyn,
the new name for the old Rosemount club, whilst the other will be known as
the United." who are largely Liberal Club members.

Lewis Burrage
would return to Epsom Alleyn next year.

22/9/06 Old
Citizens defeat Lancing Old Boys 3-0 and have PJ Andrews the well known
Romford full back assisting them. In the ADC they have been drawn

at Catford
against Old Etonians. Probably on 10/11/06. This was their first match of the
season, and will be touring Channel Islands at Easter.

22/9/06 Epsom
Alleyn lead 1-0 at HT through their centre forward, as the home team defended
the road end goal at Burgh Heath and

Banstead
United. However, the home team turned it around and won 4-1.

22/9/06 The
reserves played at ERG and lost the toss to Sutton Juniors who started with
the wind and led Alleyn 2-0 at HT. Alleyn Reserves got one back

soon after but
lost 1-4.

Sept 06 Epsom
Alleyn Third team apply for fixtures saying they are very weak.

29/9/06 Epsom
Alleyn are 1-0 up and win 2-1 against Minerva. Plume did really well as did
Hicks although papers say Hicks is a better keeper

than outfielder.

29/9/06 Epsom
St Johns are asking for fixtures this year. Secretary WA Garfield  - Average age 17.

29/9/06 Old
Carthusians led 1-0 early at Gibraltar Lane, but Old Citizens won 10-1
"Ground was in splendid condition and a fair number of spectators were

present.

6/10/06
Expected line up for Epsom Alleyn at Sutton Manor Park was Hicks, Plume,
Bailey, Smith, Lewis, Elson, Mason, Saint,

Chitty,
Skinner, Bradley.

6/10/06 Epsom
Alleyn lost 4-0 at Ringstead Road against Sutton Manor Park. HT 0-1. Hicks
was in goal. Sutton report says that Epsom

Alleyn have
the making of a good team when they understand each others play better.
"A fine game."

13/10/06
expected line up for reserves (v who?) is Bradley, Higgins, Rose, Fuller,
Beard, Smith, Gátche, Riley, T.Stockwell, Skinner, Crockford.

6/10/06
Reserves lose at home to Burgh Heath & Banstead United 1-2. F Bradley
played well in goal and Stockwell scored for Reserves.

6/10/06 Old
Citizens were due to play Cheshunt, but they had a cup tie. A large number of
spectators at Reigate Priory saw OC go a goal down

HT was 0-1 but
Gregory equalised in the second half and hit the post near the end. Drew 1-1.

6/10/06 Epsom
United kicked off at 4pm as the visitors Thornton United were late getting to
ERG. Epsom United went down the slope and after 30 minutes

Seymour
scored the opening goal and Williams made it 2-0 in the top corner. HT was
2-0 then Minter the keeper saved three good chances before Webb

had a shot
which was only half cleared and Seymour got the third for 3-0. Eventually won
3-1. Played in blue and white jerseys.

13/10/06 Epsom
Alleyn draw 5-5 with Sutton County School Old Boys. An even game but room for
improvement. Gow and Bailey are a good

pair of backs.
Elson did well at half, while Mason was the best forward. HT unknown.

13/10/06
Reserves are supposed to be away this day, but opponents are unknown. (NR).

13/10/06
Ashtead write to SCFA complaining that an Epsom United player struck an
Ashtead player at Epsom Rec recently. United say he was provoked.

Certainly
B.Odell was injured in this match and is out for the game on 20/10, but I
don't know if this was connected.

19/10/06 Epsom
Alleyn stage their second concert at Co-operative Hall with Rev W Bainbridge
Bell in the chair. Songs by

D.Stanwell and
RW Mason, plus selections from the Epsom hand bell ringers and gramophone
records lent by Messrs Weston and Co.

Rev Haslam
entertained in his own inimitable style and did some conjuring too.

20/10/06 Old
Citizens lose 2-4 to Guy's Hospital after trailing 3-0 at HT. Jones scored
twice for OC. This game was reported as if it was played on 27/10,

but this
fixture was scheduled for 20/10, and I think it was just late getting in to
the paper. OC had another game v Surbiton Hill (A) for 27/10 but no result.

20/10/06 Epsom
United defeat Palace 7-2 mainly due to Palace's poor defence.

24/10/06
Former Ewell player Barry Porter plays right back for Surrey @ Hastings v
Sussex "before a capital crowd". Surrey won 5-1.

27/10/06 A
capital attendance at Balaclava Road saw Old Citizens win 2-1 at Surbiton
Hill.

27/10/06
Epsom United defeat New Cross Loco 4-0 @ ERG. Claydon the former Epsom player
came in for AP Smith, and Henry Williams was captain.

Game was not
stopped once for a foul and there were only two offsides in the match.
Williams scored once, and the other three came from his crosses.

27/10/06 Epsom
Alleyn were due to play Leatherhead Reserves this day at ERG. Was it played?

31/10/06
Oxfordshire 2-4 Surrey, Barry Porter was captain of Surrey this day, and
appears to have been the regular captain this season.

3/11/06 Old
Citizens were due to play Old Malvernians but they couldn't be there, so they
entertained and beat Alleyn (Dulwich) 4-0. Gregory

scored after
15 minutes and then Adey just afterwards. HT 2-0. Neal (55) and Edmundson
(85) completed the scoring.

3/11/06
Herald has Epsom United at home to Battersea Amateurs but Observer had them
at home to Albert United with dressing rooms at the Kings Arms.

Which one was
played?

3/11/06
Leatherhead Church Lads Brigade defeated Epsom St Johns 6-2 in their first
recorded match. Porter and Hailes did well at back while Wilkins was

very busy in
goal and Bettison did well at inside right. HT 3-2.

3/11/06 Epsom
Alleyn started with 6 men at Oxshott and went 2-0 down before four more
arrived. HT 2-0 and more even after that, despite only

having ten men.

7/11/06 Surrey
5-1 Herts @ Redhill HT 3-0. Porter was again captain.

10/11/06 Old
Citizens won 2-1 at Old Etonians in ADC 1. E Booker the Cambridge
"blue" was unable to get there for Eastbourne and others were
injured.

G Thurman, KD
Leslie, JS Page, PJ Peacock, and PJ Anderson. Gregory scored after 5 minutes,
but HT was 1-1 before he got another in the second half.

They will play
Old Cranleighans (H) on 1/12 in 2nd round.

10/11/06
Epsom United beat South Western Scottish 1-0 in one of the hardest contested
games in years at ERG. HT 0-0 after visitors had started well, but

in the second
half Henry Williams scored and there was much celebrating. After the match
there was a concert at the Kings Arms.

10/11/06 Epsom
Alleyn defeat Worcester Park Res 4-1 this day. Scorers were Whelpdale,
A.Skinner, Terry, W.Saint.

14/11/06
Surrey lose 5-1 at Southall v Middx, but the following Wednesday they defeat
Middx 3-1 in front of 400-500, an above average crowd

at Guildford.
Barry Porter was captain for both games. HT 0-0 in second game.

17/11/06
Epsom Alleyn Reserves lose at ERG to Sutton Manor Park Reserves. Goalless at
HT and the centre forward scored first for Epsom, but two quick

goals not long
after turned the game. A strong cross wind marred the game and the ground was
wet.

17/11/06
Despite a report in a Sunday paper to the contrary, Epsom United are still
unbeaten says Observer, and won 3-0 at Kingswood in a game that was

described as
"not great". Also facilities were poor at the pretty ground, with
reference to cow sheds being used as changing rooms.

17/11/06 Epsom
Alleyn defeat Eversleigh 3-0 but (NR) and venue unknown.

17/11/06
Epsom St Johns defeat Christchurch Choir 9-1 @ ERG. First goal was a penalty
for handball after 3 minutes and it was 3-0 by HT and 3-1 at one

point. Keeper
Bussey had little to do but Porter and Ellis at back did well.

24/11/06 ESJ
lost 1-3 at ERG to Silver Stars (Epsom) in an exciting game.

24/11/06 Epsom
Alleyn draw 2-2 with Epsom United @ ERG. There is a certain amount of rivalry
between the clubs says Herald. Neither

club had lost
a home match this season but United were the heavier and older side and were
favourites. A large attendance saw Alleyn

the better
side, but they did have some new players. Bonsor opened the scoring and Saint
made it 2-0 to Alleyn after a keeper error.

After this
Bailey for Alleyn was injured and they were down to ten men. Burrage scored
soon after HT then Skinner scored an own goal to

make it 2-2.
Some discreditable tactics and "during the match more than one blow was
struck, though the referee apparently did

not see the
incidents." United were chief offenders and the match provided a good
lesson why football is not well supported in Epsom.

Sutton
Observer says that Epsom United had their strongest ever side out, with Webb
in for the ill Claydon.

1/12/06 Epsom
Alleyn won 3-0 at Carshalton 'A'.

1/12/06 Epsom
United drew 2-2 in good weather at Belmont Asylum. Henry Williams mispen. A
keen game and an enjoyable fixture.

1/12/06 Due
to a misunderstanding, Merton sent their first team to do battle with Epsom
United Reserves, but it was 2-2 at HT before Merton won 7-2.

Dec 06
Reference to Mavis being from Gorringe Park.

Dec 06 Silver
Star Secretary EA Beams 122 East Street Epsom

1/12/06 Silver
Star drew 0-0 @ Sutton with Cambridge United. Quickendon, Hackshaw, Plume and
Collis all did well.

8/12/06 In the
return match at Epsom 6 reserves were playing for Epsom Alleyn, but despite
their domination, they trailed 1-0 at HT

Then Syd
Skinner received a pass from his brother Harry  and equalised. "One of the best Epsom
Alleyn goals this season. Drew 1-1.

8/12/06 Old
Citizens depart the Arthur Dunn Cup 3-2 v Old Cranleighans.

8/12/06 Epsom
United defeated Sutton Pyro 2-0 in wretched weather @ ERG. Burrage scored
both goals in an even game. They are the only unbeaten team

in the district.

15/12/06
Epsom United sent their first team to do battle with Merton at Raynes Park.
They required two subs as Miles, Ray, Burrage, Smith and Wakefield

were all
missing. The two subs were old club members Browning and Nichols. H.Minter
the keeper was very good. Sutton Observer remarks that the wet

weather helped
Epsom United who might have lost otherwise!

15/12/06 Epsom
Alleyn are due to play Leighton this day. Was it played?

22/12/06 Epsom
Alleyn are due to play South Western Bank @ Norwood but defeat Sutton Pyro
3-0. Hedger scored first after early Pyro

pressure. HT
1-0 before Harry Skinner scored from a Mason pass and Arthur Skinner the new
club captain scored after a dribble. Venue unk.

Epsom Alleyn
are also listed to play at Ashtead Reserves on 22/12/06 too, although this
may have been their Reserves.

22/12/06
Epsom United travelled to Kingston Barracks and won 2-0 against a side that
were unbeaten in their league, although they were missing some

players this
day. Lewis Burrage did well.

26/12/06 Old
Citizens lose 2-1 on their 12th visit to Worthing on a Boxing Day. Clearly
they are an older club than I thought. Led 1-0 at HT through

Gregory (30).
But two goals in last 15 minutes lost them the game which was probably their
16th match of the season.

Old Citizens
record so far in 1906/07 is Pld 16 W9 D2 L5 F51 A24 with Reserve XI Pld 13 W5
D2 L6 F38 A36.

Many games
postponed in late December because of snow, but it hadn't reached Worthing.

26/12/06 Epsom
United were due to play at Ashtead Reserves at 10.30 in the morning, but the
weather may have wiped this out.

29/12/06 Heavy
snow. No games in the area. Originally due to play Leatherhead Reserves (A).

29/12/06 Old
Citizens were due to have played Eversleigh at West Street, and my seasonal
totals indicate a win here, but weather was bad, and I'm not sure

that this was
played.

31/12/06 AGM
of the football club's "Slate Club" at the Mission Room on Monday
evening. J Gow and HW Saunders remain as Trustees and TW Green

is Secretary
with CE Smith as Treasurer. 119 members received a share out of 5d per
member. Looks like the equivalent of a Christmas savings club.

Sutton
Observer dates missing in 1907 were: 22/2, 29/3, 19/4, 6/9, 13/9, 1/11.

5/1/07 Epsom
Alleyn win 6-0 at Ashtead. A surprising result says Herald, as Ashtead were
expecting victory.

Ashtead
finished with 9 players due to injuries in the first half which finished 2-0.
This was an SJCC QF tie (1st round).

The injuries
were a broken collarbone and a dislocated knee.

Epsom &
Ewell Weekly Post says that there were a large number of people present, and
Stan Bonsor scored early with "a beautiful header".

Then Smith
(Ash) damaged his knee, although he returned as a passenger after a few
minutes, so not sure about the dislocation reported in

other papers.
Saint (35) made it 2-0 with a well judged shot before Browning (Ash) hurt his
collar bone. 10 men. The second half was

understandably
more one sided and goals were scored by Mason, Saint (2) and another for
S.Bonsor. Sutton Observer believes that the two

Bonsor goals
were scored by W.Bonsor not S, but I am happier with the Weekly Post report.
Hicks had his best game of the season at

centre half,
while Alfred Revell was Ashtead's best player. Arthur (AC) Skinner was club
captain at this point.

Sutton
Observer also reveals that Russell missed a dubious penalty for Ashtead at
1-0.

12/1/07 After
Epsom United won 2-0 at Burgh Heath & Banstead Utd, both Secretaries met
to consider forming a league for local clubs in their district.

Herald said
that "without a gate, football as far as the Epsom district was
concerned would remain in the apathetic condition it was at the present
time."

Nothing ever
happened, and CE Smith would eventually rejoin Epsom FC as a player. BH Sec
was AM Balchin.

Stewart,
White and Burrage were all absent this day, but Miles and Plume were very
safe at the back. Fred Archer got the second goal but 1st is unknown.

Epsom United
record after this game is Pld 13 W11 D2 F35 A7. I
have 15 fixtures so far and Pld 12 W10 D2 F33 A7. A 2-0 win is missing but
the

other
fixtures weren't played. Either 3/11 (H) to Battersea Amateurs or Albert Utd,
26/12 (A) v Ashtead Res (prob p/p for weather, 5/1 (H) Leatherhead Res.

12/1/07 Sutton
Manor Park beat Epsom Alleyn with a first half goal from a long shot in
"a fine game" at Westmead Road, Sutton.

Epsom Alleyn
had been scheduled to play Nightingall's sports (H) and Dorking St Paul's Res
(H) too but neither were played.

12/1/07
Following the Alleyn's good win at Ashtead the club decided to make a
determined effort to get the reserve team running again, and they went to

Clapham,
where they lost 2-1 to Clapham United "Quite a pond" was in the
middle of the ground, and the visitors were short. HT was 1-1 with a goal

from
youngster Arthur Holt. Res were lucky not to concede when a shot was going
in, but hit "some small urchins" who were standing in the goal,
and

bounced out!!
Prest and Sayer did well at back, while Elson was the best of the halves and
Holt and S.Skinner played an excellent game.

19/1/07 Epsom
United late arrival at Westmead Road where they lost 4-0 to Sutton Depot
United in a match reduced to 30 minutes each way. HT 0-1.

If this was a
first team match, then it was the first defeat of the season for Epsom
United, but comments on 9/3/07 indicate that was their first defeat.

Maybe res
played this day.

19/1/07 Epsom
Alleyn defeat Oxshott Res 9-1 in a match reduced to 25 minutes each way
because of heavy fog. Mason got four of the goals.

Two were
scored by "Kenny" Smith. Is this the same CE Smith who was referred
to previously as "Kinny", or was this J.Smith. Both played

this day, so
not clear. Also Alfred Revell also played, just two weeks after playing for
Ashtead. Arthur Skinner got two, including a penalty.

19/1/07
Reserves drew 2-2 @ Wimbledon v Wimbledon Church Lads. HT 2-1 up through
Gordon Jeffery and an own goal.

26/1/07 Many
games p-p for snow and ice but not all. Epsom Alleyn due to play Headley (H)
and Res were away to Cheam Old Boys.

26/1/07 Epsom
United drew 2-2 at home to Brighton Railway Athletic. Originally due to play
Sutton Manor Park 'A'. (H)

2/2/07 EA Res
defeat Sutton Manor Park 'B' 5-2 HT 3-1 at home. Also scheduled to repeat
this fixture the following Saturday 9/2, but at Epsom again. Was

this first
match actually at Sutton?

2/2/07
Wallington III playing at Harcourt Road this day in SMC. The visitors elected
to defend the Malden Road end. - Where exactly was it?

2/2/07
Wimbledon playing at Pepys Road this day in Southern Suburban League. They
would soon move to Plough Lane.

16/2/07 Alex
White plays centre half for Townley Park v Croydon in Surrey Charity Shield
SF @ Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath. L 1-4 Att: 740.

16/2/07 Old
Citizens were due to play at Oxford City this day, but they were in the
Amateur Cup, so they travelled to Sidcup, where they got a very good

0-0 draw
against New Crusaders. It was their first visit there, and about 400 watched.
One of the best games they have ever played says Herald.

Feb 07
reference to early closing moving from Thursday to Wednesday in Epsom. Not
all follow this, and some remain closed on a Thursday afternoon.

23/2/07 Epsom
United won 2-1 in North Cheam against Sutton Pyros. New centre forward
Priestley did well while Wakefield gave away a penalty for handball

which was
scored. HT, scorers and LU unknown

23/2/07 Epsom
Cycling Club 2-1 Epsom Harriers @ ERG in an annual match. Alfred Revell and
Lewis Burrage scored for ECC and Bailey for the Harriers,

but not
J.Bailey as he was playing for Epsom Alleyn this day.

23/2/07
originally planned as a friendly v Burgh Heath & Banstead Utd, but
instead Epsom Alleyn played the semi-final of the Surrey Junior

Charity Cup
against Croydon Common Reserves @ Sutton United's ground (at London Road I
think).

An Epsom
correspondent writes that "I have never seen a ground so unfit for
football as the Sutton United ground was on this occasion."

"Hillocks
and vales covering the whole area." "The marvel is that any club
should be allowed to play here." A draw was the right result

despite the
game being prolonged into semi darkness but neither side could get ahead in
extra time either. Drew 1-1. "As a game of football

it was reduced
to a farce". HT 0-0 then Saint scored for Epsom Alleyn after a half save
by the keeper from a Hicks shot, but the equaliser

soon after was
due to an error from Mills in leaving his goal, but he made amends by saving
a penalty soon after. Extra time was 15 minutes

each way.
Pederick was the best player on the field.

Sutton
Advertiser says "ground was in a frightful state" "and the
teams were disgusted with the choice of the Surrey F.A."

26/2/07
Famous footballer and cricketer Charles (CW) Alcock died in Brighton aged 65.
Famous for being involved with the creation of the FA Cup, and

played in the
first final. Funeral on 2/3/07.

2/3/07 Epsom
Alleyn draw 1-1 @ ERG with Argyle. They went behind to a Hicks own goal, but
Bailey equalised soon after. Cantwell did well

at back, while
Hicks did well despite the own goal. Originally due to visit Wimbledon
Reserves this day.

2/3/07
reported that Harcourt Road Wallington is to go into the hands of the
enterprising builder. Although not ideal to play on. Wallington were the

first team to
play on it said Herald, not totally assuredly. Harcourt F.C. were actually
there before them before the two clubs merged in the 1890's.

2/3/07 Old
Citizens win 5-2 before 1,500 at Worthing. Second visit of the season (at
least).

2/3/07 Epsom
Utd Res draw 3-3 with Laud Street United says Sutton Advertiser. However it
was probably either Laud Reserves or Epsom Utd firsts. Epsom

led 1-0 at HT
and 3-0 with ten minutes left but had to settle for the draw. I have put the
opponents down as Laud Res for now, as Epsom Utd had a game

scheduled for
that day already. After looking in E & E Weekly Post, I now believe it
was the Laud Street First team.

March 07
Croydon Common decide to turn professional. Herald says "there is plenty
of room for one in Croydon."

9/3/07 Epsom
Alleyn v Sheen Old Boys K.O. 3.30. Was this played?

9/3/07 Epsom
United suffer their first defeat of the season 4-1 at Sutton Rec v Sutton
Common. HT 0-2. See 19/1 comments.

Sutton
Observer says this match was meant to be at ERG v Sutton Common Reserves. Not
sure which is right so will stick with earlier report for now.

14/3/07 Epsom
Thursday "now practically defunct" win 2-1 v Mr Cantwell's XI. Many
of these players including J.Gow and FW Plumridge would form Epsom

Wednesday
instead soon.

16/3/07 Epsom
Alleyn v Kingston Town Reserves. Was this played?

23/3/07 Epsom
Alleyn are due to play Sutton Manor Park but play the replay of their SJCC SF
tie with Croydon Common @ Epsom.

Both sides
were very similar to last time, and it was another close tie. HT 0-1, but H
Skinner equalised "with much coolness and judgement".

Extra time of
15 minutes each way was required again, and AC Skinner scored in the first
half of this. It is reported 30/3 that "so far as can

be remembered,
no Epsom Association football club has ever won a cup competition but the
Epsom Alleyn look like doing so this season."

They are
better at back than at forward, where the left wing is entirely
unsatisfactory, but they are looking forward to Chertsey Reserves

in the final.
It is also reported that Alleyn are unbeaten at home this season.

30/3/07 Epsom
Alleyn are due to play Sutton County School OB. Earlier in the season drew
5-5 at Epsom. Both sides are much stronger now.

30/3/07 Epsom
United have two games at home this day, v Clapham United and Mitcham United
Res.

2/4/07 Old
Citizens leave for their Easter tour of Guernsey and Jersey, where they will
play a few matches. Jersey Wanderers 3/4, East Surrey Regiment

on 4/4,
before moving to Guernsey who they play on 6/4 then Dulwich Hamlet (also
touring) on 7/4. Staying at Grand Hotel, Jersey and Gardeners Royal

Hotel in
Guernsey. No results appear.

6/4/07 Epsom
United due to play Sutton Common but the pitch was not available so it had to
be cancelled. Probably Epsom Rec, because of the cup final.

1906-07 Epsom
Alleyn beat Chertsey II 5-0 to win the Surrey Junior Charity Cup

6/4/07 @ Epsom
Recreation Ground, Epsom Alleyn defeat Chertsey Reserves 5-0. "Several
hundred persons witnessed the game" said

Herald. Epsom
kept the same eleven as the semi final except with Sayer in for Bailey at
outside left. Bonsor put Epsom 1-0 up very early

with an odd
goal "a sensational opening" as the keeper missed a straight
forward effort. Saint scored two before HT as Chertsey very rarely

got within
shooting distance. A Skinner and Bonsor again completed the scoring. Sutton
Advertiser says attendance was 400, and also

advises that
Chertsey had to play most of the second half with ten men due to Hamilton
damaging his wrist. E & E Weekly Post agrees with

attendance.

10/4/07 Barry
Porter captain for Surrey v London @ Thornton Heath. Drew 2-2. HT 1-1.

13/4/07 Epsom
Alleyn were due to play Epsom United in a friendly, but instead Epsom Alleyn
defeat Morland Park 4-2 instead with a fine

individual
performance from Priestley, the new striker who "has a promising
future" and scored twice. Morland Park were Croydon based.

20/4/07
F.A.Cup Final at Crystal Palace Everton v Sheffield Wednesday.

Review in
4/5/07 Herald of 06/07 season. No mention of an Epsom FC, and no review of
Epsom United or Epsom Alleyn..

Old Citizens
review Their 13th season, which was one of the most enjoyable. Previously
(05/06) they had been Pld 34 W18 D2 L14 but this year stronger

teams had been
played including Ealing, Dulwich and New Crusaders. This year's record was
Pld 35 W15 D6 L14 F81 A63.

Teams beaten
were Lancing O.B., Old Carthusians, St Johns School, Surbiton Hill, Alleyn,
Old Etonians (Arthur Dunn Cup), Old Johnians, Eversleigh,

Old
Berkhamstedians, Reigate Priory, Worthing, Newportonians, Emeriti, and
"The School" (twice).

Old Citizens
drew with Reigate Priory, Beckenham, St Thomas Hospital (Weds), New
Crusaders, 3rd Royal Artillery, Guernsey Island, and lost to

Norsemen,
Barnes, Guy's Hospital, Casuals, Old Cranleighans, Worthing, Old Malvernians,
Ealing, St Bart's (Weds), Jersey Wanderers, East Surrey

Regiment
(Jersey), Dulwich and Townley Park (and one other).

This means
that after Worthing on 26/12, OC must have played 19 W6 D4 L9 F30 A39. I have
Pld 18 W6 D4 L8 but only five actual scores totalling F11 A7.

I am missing
one other loss and scores for many still. Results weren't very well covered
in the Herald.

My record so
far for the first half is Pld 11 W6 D1 L4 but only 8 actual scores showing
F25 A12

It looks
like I have no dates for Casuals (L) on 24/11 or 1/12, St John's School (poss
Weds in Oct), Eversleigh win on probably 29/12/06, St Thomas's

Weds on
30/1/06 or 6/2/06, The School (2 wins, one after 20/3, and one probably
before xmas), Old Malvernians loss probably on 19/1.

Scorers: CL
Gregory 26, Thomson 13, Adey 7, Neal 6, B Furn 4, S.Hutchinson, Edmundson,
and Peacock 3 each. The A and B teams had full sets of

fixtures.

29/4/07
Thomas Bucknill, former President of Epsom FC takes the chair at the SCFA
Presentation evening at the Throne Room in the Holborn Restaurant.

He was
reluctant to do this as he knew that the job would normally be carried out by
Charles Alcock. He alluded to the fact that as a young man, he used

to play
football in 1856 in Westminster School but was now 63. Barry Porter received
his last Surrey FA Cap. Future caps would be Surrey AFA.

Oddly enough
he is also reported as receiving his cap and badge in September at the SCFA
AGM.

Old Citizens
AGM at "The School" on 6/5/07. Captain HF Pimm, v-c CL Gregory. Sec
PJ Peacock 60 Thrale Road, Streatham. "A" Captain RL Ebrenfest,

+ v-c J Dodds.
'B' captain HM Myers, v-c EF Gibb. City of London School.

June 07 A.F.A.
split from F.A. Old Citizens join A.F.A. in July 1907 and F.A. ban all A.F.A.
players. Would not rescind the ban until 1914.

"AMATEUR
CLUBS WERE COMPELLED TO DECIDE WITHOUT DELAY UPON THEIR FUTURE COURSE OF
ACTION AND NEUTRALITY WAS MADE

IMPOSSIBLE"  -
Quote from Amateur Football Magazine - January 1908.

1907/08
affiliated sides in SCFA Handbook

Epsom Alleyn.
Secretary is Ernest W Hicks. Hollydene, Temple Road, then F Elson (same
address).

Epsom United:
CE Smith - Liberal Club, Epsom. However, Sutton Observer says GF Kemp is
Secretary. I believe it was originally going

to be Rev
Haslam, but because he knew he was leaving the area in November, Kemp took it
on.

Epsom
Wednesday: FA Duplock, A1 Stores, Epsom.

15/6/07 Long
Grove Hospital is opened.

28/6/07 Road
rage on Kingston Road near Queen Adelaide pub when a cow was hit by a car,
and much heated discussion ensued!

8/7/07
Meeting at Wellington Hotel to form a Wednesday club. WA Haslam was in the
chair and 40 tradesmen and associates were present. Frank Duplock

had sent the
affiliation fee to the SCFA and would enter the Reigate & Redhill
Wednesday League. Haslam was Treasurer, and Asst Sec was AF Norman.

Captain is FW
Plumridge, v-c Frank A Duplock. Committee AB Thurley, R.Hoptroff, J Gow
(junior), W Sykes, WA Bushbridge, JA Moatt. They are aiming

for a private
ground and in two months it is announced that they will share with Epsom
Alleyn.

3/8/07 Arthur
Walters still playing cricket at the age of 41 for Ewell. Also playing were
SV Mercer and GC Hampton, both regular footballers a

few years back.

14/8/07 Sir
David Evans, a frequent visitor to Ewell FC matches in the past died aged 58.
Left a will totalling £55k net.

15/8/07 Surrey
A.F.A. inaugural meeting. Old Citizens are present at the Holborn Restaurant.
AF White (ex-Ewell FC) is one of 5 vice-presidents.

He is also
Hon. Match Secretary, while Barry Porter is elected to the Committee. Meeting
Chaired by BA Glanville (Clapham Rovers). PJ Peacock was the

Old Citizens
representative. Reigate Priory were founder members of the Surrey FA and are
now founders of the AFA version. 40 clubs moved over to join.

Aug 07 Ernest
Hicks is listed as Secretary of Epsom Alleyn and is asking for fixtures for
the Reserves.

19/8/07 AGM
of Epsom Alleyn FC

AGM held at
the Town Mission Room in the High Street on Monday evening. JJ Brown was in
the Chair and there was a fair attendance of members.

Officers
elected: President W Keswick MP, vice-presidents Lord Rosebery, Sir TT
Bucknill, Messrs AW Aston JP, WG Langlands JP, H.Brocks JP,

GJ Beams, JH
Birch, CT Courtney-Lewis, WRG Farmer JP, W.Holmwood, Louis Tracey, EG Wilson,
AE Harler, CA Piper, FW Chilton, T Bell, TS Jackson.

Treasurer, JH
Birch, Res Team Secretary W.Saint, v-c AC Skinner, Committee: Moatt, JJ
Brown, Verge, Wildash, and Weston. Ernest Hicks was

elected as
Hon Secretary and Balance sheet was presented by Mr WS Smale showing a
balance in hand from last season of £4 0s 8d. Members

subscriptions
£5 8s. President and v-p subscriptions £6 9s 6d. And concert receipts £6
8s.3d.. Chief expenses were Printing £3 9s 8d. Postage £4 3s 3d.

Nets and
footballs £4 2s 7d, and concert expenses £3 4s 2d making total expenses of
£22 2s 1 1/2d. Final Balance in hand was 4s 3 1/2 d.

This was the
club's third annual report and stated that there were 58 members 1 President,
9 v-p's and 48 playing members. This was up 16 on last year.

During
season the club played 39 matches. The first team played 22 of these while
the Reserves played 14 and there were three cup ties. (Don't know

why these are
listed separately!). First team won 14 D6 L5 F75 A45 and were undefeated at
home. Highlight was winning the SJCC, the

first club in
Epsom to win such a trophy.  Epsom's
gate receipts from this was £2 17 3d in the semi, and £1 15s 7d in the final.
Also thanked the

Urban
Council for closing the Recreation Ground for three matches. The Secretary
had interviewed several gentlemen with a view to obtaining a private

ground, and
had been successful in obtaining one in Dorking Road adjoining the cricket
ground. Also thanked James Wall for officiating as referee since the

club's
formation. Not sure that Dorking Road was ever used for football, see
comments 7/9/07 below.

Report
advised that they had entered SJL, SJC and SJCC which they did.

Sept 07
Wallington FC move from Harcourt Road to the old Old Chamois pitch in
Hackbridge as Harcourt Road is built on.

Sept 07 Hook
Road Council School opens. I believe this became Pound Lane, as the National
School at the junction with Hook Road and East Street

was already
open.

7/9/07 Epsom
Alleyn have secured the use of a private ground at Half Mile Bush. They were
previously at Epsom Rec but needed

permission
from the Urban Council to close the park so an admission could be taken.

Sept 07 Barry
Porter, now with Reigate Priory was the last captain of Surrey before the
split. Now unanimously elected captain of Surrey AFA.

First match is
30/10 v Cambridge University. Reigate Priory have joined the Southern Amateur
League Division B and would win promotion

and the title
this year. It was the only league title they would ever win.

14/9/07 A club
game this day for Old Citizens. AFA Senior cup draw 1 - Bye. Addiscombe Park
(H) in 2nd round - last 16.

18/9/07 30th
SCFA AGM at Holborn Restaurant. Barry Porter receives Surrey cap and badge.

Both Barry
Porter and Alex White were on the SCFA Committee until the AFA split. Their
last SCFA meeting was on 29/5/07.

Sept 07 Sutton
United play at London Road this year, just beyond the Angel Pub on the left,
on the way up to Rose Hill.

Strangely
enough Sutton Common FC are said to be playing there by December 1907,
calling it Sutton United's old ground.

Addiscombe
Park played at Radcliffe Road, and Leslie United played at Dominion Road.
North Croydon at Parchmore Road: HQ - The Simla Hotel.

Sutton Manor
Park are at Westmead Road this season.

Croydon AFA
side play at Woodbury Farm/Park, Addiscombe. They enter the Southern Amateur
League this year.

21/9/07
Preview of season in Surrey Herald. "Football at Epsom has for many
years been in a far from flourishing state but there are now signs of

improvement."
The ground at Half Mile Bush is "on the Ewell Road". Ernest Hicks
is Secretary, and practically all the old players are available, along with

many new ones
too. Large initial expenses are required at HMB, but the "club is
fortunate in having a number of generous supporters." The ground is also

to be used by
Epsom Wednesday "which will play its matches in the same field."

Old Citizens
have a "splendid list of fixtures" this year and start v Lancing
Old Boys on 21/9/07. They are competing in the Arthur Dunn Cup, the Amateur

F.A. Senior
Cup, and the Surrey A.F.A. Cup. A and B teams are likely to be strengthened
by "several of last seasons school team." This indicates that

the Old
Citizens were an old schoolboys team, but from which school? City of London
School.

21/9/07
Expected Line Up for Epsom Alleyn v either Old Suttonians or Sutton County
Old Boys (I will stick with their old name for now)

as follows: J
Bailey, H Plume, J Mullins, W Pederick, J Gow, AC Skinner, W Watson, CPG
Lewis, J Pilling, W Saint, L Burrage

Sept 07
Reference to Epsom United only losing one match of the 22 that they played
last season. Lots of new blood this season they say.

The Sutton
Observer is less positive, explaining that there are many new faces, but many
of the old faces had left. New Secretary GF Kemp. The club

started late
this year and this may be why they lost some players. See 11/10 comments.

28/9/07 Epsom
Alleyn lose 8-2 at Caterham Park in their first Surrey Junior League fixture.
Only 9 played for Epsom Alleyn, and Caterham

Park scored
with 4 penalties!! Thorburn and F.Coomber got HT's for Caterham Park this
day.

Sept 07 Old
Citizens draw Old Albanians in Arthur Dunn Cup @ St Albans on 2/11 in Arthur
Dunn Cup, while in Surrey AFA Cup, OC have a first round bye,

and a second
round tie at home to Addiscombe Park on 23/11. In the main A.F.A. cup they
have a first round bye too.

Oct 07
reference to Epsom St Johns asking for fixtures. Secretary WA Garfield, 5
Albert Road. Average age of players was 15 and medium standard.

5/10/07 Epsom
Alleyn lose 3-0 at Guards Depot in Caterham in SJL. Gow and Skinner were
prominent. HT unknown.

5/10/07 @
Half Mile Bush Epsom Alleyn Res lose 2-1 to Sutton Manor Park Reserves after
leading 1-0 at HT. Holt scored from a Burgess pass, but SMP

equalised with
15 minutes left and scored the winner soon after.

9/10/07 First
match of newly formed Epsom Wednesday @ Clapham Common is a 1-0 win v Nine
Elms. They were due to play Wimbledon Early Closing FC

on 2/10 at
Half Mile Bush, but this does not appear to have been played.

Oct 07 Epsom
Postal looking for fixtures. Sec E.Taylor, East Street.

11/10/07
Ernest Hicks states that he has at no time approached 2 members of the Epsom
United to join.

12/10/07 A
wretched display at home to Dorking St Pauls who won 9-1 in Surrey Junior
League. Gow and one of the Skinners were missing,

and a new
keeper was very weak, but not an excuse says Herald.

However, their
opponents next week (Leatherhead) lost by ten this week, so it should be
close they say!

Dorking St
Paul's were in irresistible form says Surrey Mirror. At the start it was not
clear that it was going to be so one sided, but Epsom's

promise faded.
At 0-4 down Smith scored for Epsom with a header, but they were still 1-6
down at HT, and DSP mispen for handball at 1-7.

16/10/07 Epsom
Wednesday dominate but lose 1-0 to Leatherhead Weds. Not sure if this was
RWL.

19/10/07 Easy
4-0 win for Epsom Alleyn v Leatherhead Reserves in SJC. "A young player
named Arthur Holt, who was given a trial by Epsom,

acquitted
himself well at outside right." Another new player was Burgess, while
Hicks had little to do in goal. Burrage and Rose scored twice

with his
second and Epsom's fourth going in off the post. Jimmy Gow was splendid. Rose
got the first after 10 minutes from a Holt cross, before

Burrage made
it 2-0 soon after with a low shot. HT 2-0. The opponents did not get over the
line much in the second half, before Burrage

scored again
with "a clinker."

Future Epsom
keeper GS Whitehorn played for Leatherhead Res this day.

19/10/07 Epsom
Alleyn Reserves are also at home, but at ERG as they lose 5-1 at home to
Ashtead Reserves.

24/10/07 Barry
Porter captained Surrey AFA v Cambridge University @ East Dulwich.

26/10/07 Old
Citizens expected line up  v Old
Cholmelians C Hutchinson, Croft, Pimm, Edmundson, Peacock, S.Hutchinson,
B.Field, Mein, Gregory,

Thomson,
C.Field.

Old Citizens
draw a bye in the first round of the AFA Cup. 2nd round Addiscombe Park (H).
Reserves do not enter SJC.

26/10/07 Epsom
Alleyn lose 3-1 at home to Ashtead in Surrey Junior League. Holt, Plume, Gow
and Wilkins did "sterling work".

Saint scored
for Epsom and HT was 1-1. Bailey and R.Cooper(2) scored for Ashtead, and were
all former Epsom players.

26/10/07 Epsom
United win 4-1 at Burgh Heath & Banstead Utd. Ware and Grinter played
well on right wing, as did Pilling and Archer on the left.

30/10/07
Epsom Wednesday defeat Redhill Wednesday luckily 1-0 in Redhill Wednesday
League. Randall was through and about to score before being

charged, he
fell, but took the keeper, defender and ball with him! HT 1-0 and an even
second half. The ground was heavy and rough and our first half goal just

rolled over
the line according to the Surrey Mirror.

2/11/07 Old
Citizens win 7-0 at Old Albanians in AFA Senior Cup and this means that a
future fixture @ Sidcup v New Crusaders has to be scratched.

Thomson got 4
and they will play Old Bradfield Boys (A) in next round. Also on 30/11 (H) v
Old Externs.

2/11/07 Epsom
Alleyn defeat Leatherhead Reserves 2-0 in a Surrey Junior League match which
was much closer than the SJC tie was a

couple of
weeks ago. HT unknown.

2/11/07 Epsom
United 4-1 Atlantic "Archer "played the game of his life" @
ERG. Game was only 30 minutes each way due to a late start. HT 2-0 thanks
to

Archer and
Ware, then Ware made it 3-0 before 3-1 and Archer 4-1.

6/11/07 Epsom
Wednesday defeat Eagle House 3-1 at HMB after a late start of 4pm. Many
different players for Epsom to last week, showing the size of the

membership.
Brown scored after 5 minutes, and A.Bradshaw scored twice before HT. Eagle
House scored right at the end.

9/11/07 Epsom
Wednesday were due to play Shaftesbury Athletic on a Saturday, but not sure
if this took place.

9/11/07 Old
Citizens defeat Old Foresters 3-0 with two from B.Field and one from Thomson.
CD Melver and H Guy also played. They are

now F40 A10
with only 1 loss so far. GE Thurman now away on business more often.

9/11/07 A
large number of supporters of both clubs were present. Burgh Heath kicked off
against the slope and the sun, but scored after 10

minutes then
Gow mispen. HT 1-0 down, but equaliser came after 55. Then Epsom Alleyn went
2-1 down, but a late equaliser from the inside

right earned
the replay in this Surrey Junior Cup Group N tie.

16/11/07
Reserves drew 2-2 at Sutton Rec v Sutton Common. HT 0-1 down, but equalised
on two occasions to get a draw.

16/11/07 SJC 2
replay at Half Mile Bush saw Epsom Alleyn win 5-0 against Burgh Heath and
Banstead United. The hosts started with ten men,

and then when
11th player arrived, Bradshaw the centre forward was very badly injured. 10
men. Lewis scored to make it 1-0 just before HT.

Then Lewis got
three more in 2nd half, and Burrage got the fifth. Gore, Wilkins and Smith
all provided useful service.

The eleventh
player was Arthur Skinner, so for the first ten minutes they were penned in.
Of Lewis's four goals, the Epsom & Ewell Weekly

Post said that
one was an o.g. as his shot went in off a defender (Blunt), but I am sticking
with his four goals on my record.

20/11/07 Barry
Porter captained Surrey AFA v United Hospitals @ North Dulwich.

23/11/07
Leslie United 4-2 Epsom Alleyn in Surrey Junior League. Epsom played with 9
throughout as Burrage and G.Rose did not put in

an appearance.
Scorers Saint and Rose. E & E Weekly Post says Lewis and Saint were the
scorers and says that ten played not nine,

but I'm not
sure and will stick with the original report for now. Game was played at
Dominion Road and Leslie were 2-0 up after ten minutes.

Epsom Alleyn
fought back to equalise but Leslie scored again just before HT which was 3-2
not 2-2 says Redhill and Reigate Gazette.

23/11/07 Old
Citizens win 4-0 v Addiscombe Park and are "now getting a good
following". Thomson (2), Muir, B.Field were the scorers.

23/11/07 Epsom
St Johns beat Sutton County School 6-4 at Sutton Rec. Went 1-0 up in the
first minute and led 5-1 at HT.

23/11/07
reported following A Bradshaw's injury on 16/11 he was lying
"dangerously ill" at Epsom College where he is employed. His

condition on
Tuesday 19th Nov was so serious, his friends were called for, and on Thursday
21st November he was operated on. This was

successful and
he is now "as satisfactory as could be expected."

27/11/07
Epsom Wednesday lose 4-0 at Dorking Wednesday but this was mostly because
they started with 6 players due to a breakdown on route, and

they were 3-0
down by the time the full side arrived (25 mins). Then Collis mispen. They
may protest said Herald as "the ground wasn't marked out."

29/11/07
reported that Rev WA Haslam is leaving the area for Battersea. A former Epsom
and Epsom United player.

30/11/07 Old
Citizens beat Old Externs 6-0 at West Street, and will play Civil Service in
third round of AFA Senior Cup, following this second round tie.

Nov 07 Advert
in Sutton Advertiser for Charlie How selling football kit in his shop at 15
High Street, Epsom. Shirts 1s 9d, knickers 1s 6d, hose 1s per pair.

30/11/07
Ashtead beat Epsom Alleyn 4-1 in SJC 3. Epsom had a weak team but Holt scored
and Epsom held on until 15 minutes from the end.

Game was 35
minutes each way. Rose nearly made it 2-0, but Epsom went 2-1 down in the
second half, before conceding an offside goal,

and a penalty
awarded for pushing, despite the offence being yards outside the box, says
Herald. Alleyn players prevented the penalty

being taken
for a short while, "which was poor conduct." AC Skinner and Hales
did very well. E & E Weekly Post says that the penalty was

given but the
ball was out of play when the offence occurred. R.Cooper, Alfred Revell and
Henry Williams all played for Ashtead this day.

When the
penalty was placed, Ernest Hicks kicked the ball up the field in protest!

In the line
up, local papers refer to R.Smith and K.Smith, but I'm fairly sure it was CE
Smith, who has also been referred to as Kinny or Kenny

in the past,
as a nickname it appears. Leatherhead Advertiser says K.Smith.

30/11/07
reference to Summerstown playing at Copper Mill Bridge in olden days, before
moving to their ground near Earlsfield station.

30/11/07 Old
Citizens s/b @ Earlsfield v Richmond Assoc, but cup tie v Old Externs
instead. Won 6-0 at West Street.

Nov 07
A.Bradshaw is now recovering after his injury, but "it was very close
for a while."

7/12/07 Epsom
Alleyn lose 7-0 at HMB to North Croydon in SJL. Lewis and a new centre half
did well but the visitors were too strong and

remain
unbeaten.

7/12/07 Epsom
Alleyn Reserves fail to appear at Sutton Manor Park 'A'.

7/12/07 Epsom
United have a well contested return match with Atlantic, defeating them 3-1.
Afterwards all were entertained at the Railway Tavern.

7/12/07 Old
Citizens s/b home to Casuals, but cup tie v Old Bradfield Boys in ADC2. Won
3-0 at West Street.

11/12/07 Barry
Porter badly injured playing for Surrey AFA v Kent @ Lee. Out for a week or
two. Lost 3-1 at Lee. Porter's injury was caused by

a collision
with the opposition back Milton. Passenger.

11/12/07 Epsom
Wednesday defeat East Surrey Regiment 3-0, but not sure if this was Redhill
Wednesday League. East Surrey Reg were in Kingston.

14/12/07 Old
Citizens win 2-0 @ Catford v Clapham Rovers. Originally due to play at
Reigate Priory.

Dec 07
B.Field from Old Citizens is selected for Surrey v Corinthians @ Reigate on
26/12/07. In cups, they are drawn (H) to Civil Service on 25/1, in the

Surrey AFA Cup
they are away on 15/2 to Parthians, while in the ADC 3 they are at home to
Old Foresters in the new year (undated).

14/12/07 High
winds don't help, but Epsom Alleyn win 2-1 at home to Selhurst Park in the
Surrey Junior League. Scorers were Holt and Rose,

but HT and
line up unknown.

21/12/07 JB
Mein scores in the last ten minutes as Old Citizens defeat Beckenham by the
only goal at West Street.

21/12/07 Epsom
Alleyn defeat Glendale (Croydon) at HMB 4-3 in a friendly. Debut for a young
reserve, Syd Skinner (l-b). "was full of promise."

25/12/07 A
very strong Epsom Wednesday side win 2-0 at HMB v Epsom Alleyn on Christmas
morning.

26/12/07 Old
Citizens 3-2 Ipswich Town @ Portman Road. Old Citizens have only lost one
game so far this season and trailed 2-1 at HT but Mein and

Thomson scored
in the second half.

26/12/07 Epsom
Alleyn v Selhurst United. Was this played?

26/12/07 Barry
Porter returns from injury to play for Surrey v Corinthians at Reigate
Priory's ground in front of between 2,000-3,000. Both

sides only had
ten men in the second half. Drew 3-3. Alex White also played, as did B.Field
from Old Citizens.

28/12/07 Epsom
Alleyn are due to visit Selhurst Park (Addiscombe) in SJL, but it looks as if
it is unplayed in early April. It was not played today.

28/12/07 Old
Citizens lose 2-3 to Richmond Association. 2-0 down early despite going
downhill at Gibraltar Lane, but Gregory made it 2-2 at one point.

Only their
second defeat of the season. This appears to have been their 18th game this
season. YES, this ties in!!

Amateur
Football Magazine confirms this. Richmond scored from a mêlée with three
minutes remaining.

Old Citizens
record inc 28/12 Played 18 W15 D1 L2 F67 A17.

Their 'A'
team record Played 15 W4 D4 L7 F26 A30
-   'B' Team record Played 15 W7
D3 L6 F47 A33

Sutton
Observer now Epsom Observer until March when it merges with the Epsom
Advertiser. No dates missing this year.

4/1/08 Epsom
Alleyn defeat Ashtead 1-0 in SJCC 1. Only a few weeks since they met in the
SJC 3. Frosty hard ground. Scorer unknown.

Elliott did
well at centre half, while AC Skinner is improving at left half. Lewis
(forward) and Holt did well too. Former and future Epsom

players Henry
Williams and Alfred (AJ) Revell played for Ashtead. The goal came from a
corner in the first half says Observer so I will amend

HT score, even
though an earlier report said 0-0 HT.

4/1/08 lots of
frost this day.

4/1/08 Old
Citizens were meant to play Old Aldenhamians at West Street but instead beat
Clapham Rovers 3-0.

Jan 08
reported in Amateur Football that "Croydon's move from Brigstock Road
seems to have done them little good."

4/1/08 Alex
White plays at full back at Townley Park at this time v New Crusaders in
Eastbourne Charity Cup (NR) but drawn.

11/1/08 Epsom
Alleyn beaten 8-1 at North Croydon in SJL. Completely outplayed in second
half. Croydon went 2-0 up at Parchmore Road and

Epsom Alleyn
got one back before HT. Jordan scored 7 for North Croydon who are nicknamed
The Heathens. Epsom Alleyn's goal was

by Rose from
an Arthur Holt cross.

Addiscombe
Park play at Radcliffe Road. Croydon Common play at the Crescent, Selhurst.

11/1/08 Old
Cranleighans 3-1 Old Citizens in a game played at Malden. Were due to play
Old Westminsters.

Also this
week in Amateur Sport Magazine on Page 170 is a picture of the Private Banks
Ground in Catford.

18/1/08 Alex
White missing for Townley Park as they lost to Parthians, as he was playing
for Old Aldenhamians in ADC tie..

18/1/08 Epsom
Alleyn draw 2-2 at home to Leslie Utd in SJL. Epsom & Ewell Guardian says
Epsom were the better side and should have won.

18/1/08
Reserves drew 1-1 with Sutton Manor Park Res in the Surrey Minor Cup.
However, due to their late arrival the game must have been under 90

minutes, as
the replay was ordered to be played away. This tie was at Sutton Rec, but the
replay was at Westmead Road.

18/1/08 Old
Citizens missed keeper Woodthorpe who had been out injured for three weeks,
and B.Field was also out as Old Citizens lost 1-0 to Norsemen.

22/1/08 Epsom
Wednesday lose 2-1 at home to Dorking Wednesday in RWL to two late goals. HT
was 0-0 then Brown shot and Tate scored from the

keeper fumble
to put Epsom a goal up but it didn't last. Plumridge and Hoptroff were a bit
off form says E & E Guardian. Clayton did well at half.

25/1/08
Reserves lose SMC tie in a replay at Westmead Road, Carshalton v Sutton Manor
Park 'A' (Reserves). Epsom keeper pensave in second half, but

they lose to a
first half goal. Had previously drawn 1-1 the week before instead of playing
Kennington which the original fixture was.

25/1/08 Old
Suttonians 1-1 Epsom Alleyn. Rose put them 1-0 up and Holt nearly added a
second, but Old Suttonians equalised early in the

second half.

25/1/08 Old
Citizens lose 2-5 to Civil Service in the AFA Senior Cup at West Street. This
was the last 32 stage. First Round Proper. Originally due

to play @
Beckenham v Beckenham.

1/2/08 Epsom
Alleyn defeat Worcester Park away 4-0 but (NR). Herald fixture had them away
to Morland Park, but may have been a misprint.

@ 1/2/08 Epsom
St Johns record is Pld 14 W12 D1 L1 F74 A20. They are playing in the
"Boys Realm Southern League" where their record is Pld 12

W11 D1 F65 A18

1/2/08 ESB 4-4
ESJ @ Temple Road. Archer got all 4 for ESJ who were 2-0 up but 2-2 at HT.
Hogsden did well in ESB goal

1/2/08 Old
Citizens were due to play at home to Crouch End Vampires but the game was
scratched so Old Citizens Reserves could play Weybridge Res

in Surrey AFA
Junior Cup. They won 3-0 at West Street.

5/2/08 B.Field
from Old Citizens plays for Surrey AFA v Middx on this day. Surrey lose 2-0
at East Dulwich.

8/2/08 Epsom
v Leatherhead Res in SJL in papers, but Epsom had already played them at home
in league and cup, and the away league game was in April.

Maybe a
friendly was scheduled, but it looks like no game was played and I have
marked it accordingly.

8/2/08 Old
Citizens were meant to travel to Guy's Hospital, but instead lose 2-1 at home
to Old Foresters in Arthur Dunn Cup 3 (Q-F).

If they had
won, they would have played Old Wykehamists in SF on or before 7/3/08. They
were very unfortunate not to claim a late equaliser,

and after the
game, three farm labourers (ardent supporters of the Citizens) made their way
to the pavilion to ask the captain HF Pimm "what are we going

to do with the
referee". The referee escaped according to Amateur Sport Magazine! Match
also reported as a 2-0 defeat but it was definitely 2-1.

15/2/08 Old
Citizens drew 2-2 after extra time at Earlsfield v Parthians. Reference to
Secretary Percy J Peacock recovering from sickness but he won't play

again this
season. Originally due to play Ealing @ Ealing.

Reference also
to Eastbourne having been at the Saffrons since 1886/87 season.

15/2/08
Ashtead 1-2 Epsom Alleyn. Ernest Hicks saved a penalty (including a retake
for an infringement) twice in the second half.

Lewis for
Epsom has now left the district. The two teams have now met four times this
season winning two each.

Epsom Observer
says that Ashtead were unlucky, as they scored from a corner but the referee
had already awarded a penalty. Presumably this

was missed,
but no report I have seen has yet advised this.

15/2/08 Former
player Alex (AF) White played for Townley Park who won 9-2 at Croydon.

22/2/08 Former
Ewell player ND Alston is still connected with Banstead, where he refereed
their game with Horsham this day. W5-0.

22/2/08 Epsom
United match at Leatherhead Rose is abandoned with Rose leading 8-1. Why?

22/2/08
Eastbourne defeat Old Citizens 5-2 at the Saffrons. Reference to B.Field
"the county winger".

29/2/08 Old
Citizens beat Parthians 3-0 in Surrey AFA Cup 3 replay (QF) They will now
play Eversleigh at Reigate in SF.

This game was
scheduled for 22/2/08 according to Redhill and Reigate Gazette but was played
on 29th replacing the home game with Old Carthusians.

22/2/08
Epsom's League game away to Dorking St Paul's is p-p as Epsom play
Southfields Reserves in the Surrey Junior Charity Cup and draw 0-0 in

high wind and
heavy showers. Hicks did well while Saint also played. Epsom Alleyn will need
to improve in the replay says Herald.

It was a small
attendance but "a ding dong game".

SJL League
table in Herald inc 22/2/08.

26/2/08
Redhill Weds defeat Epsom Weds 2-0. Leatherhead Advertiser says that the game
is in the Redhill Weds League. Bad weather as Redhill led 2-0

at HT and also
mispen in 1st half.

29/2/08 Epsom
Alleyn 2-0 Guards Depot Res in SJL. First defeat of the season for the Guards
and one of Epsom's better displays this season,

but no other
details. Guards keeper Urquhart was apparently a pro with Newcastle in
earlier days.

It was the
best display of the season. Archer scored the first with a long shot and
Saint got a second before Henry Skinner mispen. HT 2-0.

The Guards
were entertained at the Kings Arms afterwards.

02/03/08
Former Ewell FC Vice-President Tom Mercer is re-elected President of Ewell
C.C. at their AGM at the Parochial Rooms.

7/3/08 Epsom
Alleyn 3-2 Caterham Park in SJL. It was an even game, and was "not
really that deserved". Gow was back after a lengthy

absence, while
Elliott scored 2 (incpen). He originally hit the post with the penalty but it
had to be retaken for a defensive infringement.

Saint got the
third and was Epsom's most prominent forward. HT 3-0 and Caterham got two
back in the second half.

7/3/08 ESB
draw 3-3 at South Hatch v Mr Nightingall's XI in a match with no fouls or
free kicks, although the wind spoilt much good play.

7/3/08 Old
citizens won 4-0 won their annual visit to Camberley to play R.M.C.

Old Citizens
players CE Field and WFJ Thomson selected to play for Surrey v London Banks
on 25/3.

Old Citizens
also advise their Easter Tour (A) v Weybridge on 17/4 and Reigate Priory (A)
on 20/4. Still waiting for the Saturday fixture. Not much of a tour!

Herald writes
that Epsom Alleyn have now won two matches in succession "a thing they
are very rarely guilty of!". Replay of SJCC match

is this
Saturday 14/3/08.

14/3/08 Epsom
lose 3-0 to Southfields Reserves in replay of SJCC. They took a long time to
settle, and were 1-0 down by then.

They improved
in the second half, but did not score. HT unknown. Was meant to play Dorking
St Paul's but game was put back one week.

14/3/08 North
Croydon drop a point in 1-1 draw with Selhurst Park which means that Guards
Depot are Champions of SJL.

14/3/08 SF of
Surrey AFA Senior Cup "a fairly large number of spectators" saw
Eversleigh defeat Old Citizens 2-1 @ Reigate Priory. HT 0-1.

March 08 North
Croydon deducted two points for an ineligible player.

18/3/08 Barry
Porter the former Ewell player who is with Reigate Priory, is selected for
Surrey v Suffolk @ Ipswich this day.

20/03/08 Epsom
& Ewell Weekly Post becomes Epsom & Ewell Guardian.

21/3/08
Dorking St Paul's 0-0 Epsom Alleyn in SJL. A poor game and shooting was
"wretched".

21/3/08 Barry
Porter plays for Reigate Priory this day as they win 3-0 v Alleyn in SF of
Surrey AFA Senior Cup SF @ Reigate.

21/3/08 Epsom
St John's 3-1 Mr Nightingall's XI @ ERG. Page is "a tower of
strength", while Wise was the best forward on the field. They have now
scored

100 goals this
season and record reads Pld 21 W17 D3 L1.

21/3/08 First
Annual Dinner of AFA @ Holborn Restaurant - King's Hall. Present were AM and
PM Walters, Percy Peacock, JB Mein and Barry Porter.

I can't find
AF White, although there were an AS and an AH White there, and it may have
been a misprint.

21/3/08 Old
Citizens get a 1-1 draw at Old Felstedians, and win the return match the
following Saturday 1-0 at West Street.

28/3/08 Epsom
were due to play at Selhurst Park this day but match was never played and was
awarded to Selhurst Park with a 0-0 scoreline.

4/4/08 Barry
Porter plays for Reigate Priory this day as they win the Surrey AFA Senior
Cup 3-0 over Eversleigh @ Woodbury Farm,

Addiscombe.
Priory had donated the cup, and they were the first winners. Cup presented by
Mrs White, the wife of Alex White the former

Ewell player
and a Surrey AFA v-p.

4/4/08 Epsom
Alleyn played a friendly with Epsom Hockey Club who had finished their
fixtures and had a go at football! Alleyn were 3-0 up

at HT but the
Hockey Club keeper saved two penalties in the second half. Thunderstorms
marred a pleasant game.

April 08
reference to Sutton Wednesday who played at London Road this season. Both
they and Dorking Wednesday were in the Redhill Wednesday Lge.

4/4/08 Old
Citizens were due to play at Weybridge but instead lost 1-0 at Old Albanians.

08/04/08
Sutton Wednesday win a cup against Dorking Weds and then beat Epsom Weds 3-0
straight afterwards. Originally meant for 11/3/08.

9/4/08
Amateur Football Magazine shows a Team PHOTO of Old Citizens, but the
magazine is currently unable to be copied at Colindale. Page 303-305

covers this
and a full club history, which follows:

Formed in
1894 as the Old Boys of the City of London School by Stanley Hodgson. The
club started at Denmark Hill but moved to Beckenham in about

1896 (not
exact). In 1901 original member HF Pimm was elected captain and Percy Peacock
has been Secretary since 1902. In 1905 the School moved to

Catford, but
there was no room for the Old Boys section of the club there, so they were
fortunate beneficiaries of Ewell FC's demise. They entered the

London
Senior Cup in 1899 but otherwise just played friendlies only until this
season says magazine (I can see Arthur Dunn Cup entries in 1906/07).

They have
played 11 times at Worthing, but since the spilt they played Ipswich in this
year's Boxing Day fixture.

Their record
this season inc 4/4 (prob) is Pld 33 W20 D3 L10 F92 A43 but since formation
it is Pld 756 W330 D135 L291 F1673 A1541. CL Gregory and

SH Kyffen
have scored over 200 each for the club. B.Field, CE Field and WFJ Thomson
have all represented Surrey AFA this year.

Last Amateur
Sport Magazine for this season, and starts again on a monthly basis from Oct
15th.

11/4/08 Epsom
Alleyn get a 2-2 draw at Leatherhead Res in SJL. 1-0 down at HT they went 2-1
up before a late equaliser from Leatherhead.

Unless they
played in SJL on 28/3/08 they probably have one match left.

Apr 08
reference to Epsom Rosemount Lawn Tennis Club. Any connection to the original
Epsom Rosemount?

No reviews of
any Epsom clubs this May in Herald.

18/4/08 Future
keeper GS Whitehorn still with Leatherhead Reserves.

18/4/08
Dorking St Pauls have decided to disband after their final fixture this day v
Leatherhead Reserves.

20/4/08 Old
Citizens scratch game at Reigate Priory on Easter Monday as they can't raise
a side.

May 08
Reference to Carshalton St Albans stating that they lost twice to ESJ while
they beat ESB once and on one other occasion ESB turned up on

the wrong day
so a second game wasn't played! This ties in with my records. All three games
were played in 1908.

Final table
balances but it looks like it is missing two goals for and against Selhurst
Park.

20/5/08
Concert held at the Co-operative Hall on Wednesday evening on behalf of the
Epsom Alleyn F.C. and on behalf of Mr W.Bradshaw,

who suffered a
very serious injury which kept him out of work for some months. Only now is
he back in work. Chair was occupied by

J Templeton.
The concert was not well attended but was a financial success.

June 08 AGM
of Old Citizens FC in the library of "the school" with E.Gavin in
the chair. Report of last season showed that Played 35 W21 D4 L10 F97 A46.

I have 35
fixtures for this club, but not all results. My record only shows: W12 D1 L3
F59 A8. 23 matches unreported still.

Officers for
next season are PJ Peacock (capt), GG Smith (v-c), Secretary WFJ Thomson (or
maybe Thurman) 230 Strand, London. Mr Peacock

had been
Secretary for 7 years but resigned as Secretary this year and received a
present. Peacock is now on the Committee of the Surrey A.F.A. "Club

will again have
use of the Ewell ground next season". Committee PJ Peacock, GG Smith, FH
Croft, LH Kenny, HF Pimm, WE Woodthorpe, S.Hutchinson.

1908/09 season

Epsom played
in light and dark blue: Sec F Elson, Hollydene, Temple Road, then FE
Milligan, 1 Grove Road

Epsom
Wednesday has Frank (FA) Duplock as their Secretary, A1 Stores, Epsom.
Colours White and Green.

Epsom Postal
played in white and blue: Sec I Taylor, 124 East Street, Epsom

Epsom United
Sec: GF Kemp, 9 Beech Road No reference to this team in Herald. They may not
have started the season. Certainly last season's

Secretary CE
Smith plays for Epsom this season.

Epsom St Johns
Sec: Joe (JJ) Skinner, Sunnyside, East Street

Epsom St
Barnabas contact is FS Milligan 11 Grove Road, Epsom. I think it is meant to
be FE Milligan 1 Grove Road. Then by September, it was

Oliver Breeden
25 Miles Road, Epsom.

Epsom YMCA
contact AH Tinker High Street, Epsom

Aug 08 Surrey
AFA captain and former Ewell player Barry Porter promised to take over the
captaincy of Reigate Priory this season. Has been

there since
Ewell folded. Aged 30.

31/8/08 AGM of
Epsom Alleyn at Technical Institute.

Technical
Institute was in Church Road, at junction with Depot Road.

change of name
from Epsom Alleyn to Epsom FC at AGM. Playing friendlies only this year and
did not enter the Surrey Junior League.

Held on
Monday evening with James Chuter Ede in the chair. Annual report presented by
Secretary Ernest Hicks showed membership of 85 as against 58

the previous
year. President was Mr W.Keswick M.P. and there were 30 vice presidents. Of
26 matches played, 15 were won, 5 drawn and 8 lost, with

goals F63
A57. I have 26 results, and 5 other fixtures without
results which may not have been played. My record is quite different. Pld
26

W10 D6 L10
F44 A65. Club also got a private ground at Half
Mile Bush, and were very honoured to have such a list of sportsmen for
vice-presidents as the

Earl of
Rosebery, Sir Thomas Bucknill, six justices of the Peace and many others.

Balance
Sheet showed receipts at £33 1s.1d and expenditure of £39 19s 2d, leaving a
balance due to the Treasurer of £6 18s.1d. Chairman proposed the

accounts and
they were seconded by W Skinner and adopted. Officers elected were W Keswick
- President. Treas: JH Birch, Sec: EW Hicks. Match

Secretary,
A.Skinner, captain RT Lawrence, v-c HJ Plume. Committee elected was Arthur
Holt, W.Skinner, Kemp, JA Moatt, and RW Mason.

On the motion
of JH Birch, and seconded by Ernest Hicks, it was decided to alter the title
of the club from Epsom Alleyn FC to Epsom FC. They had

originally
been Epsom Rosemount, before Epsom Alleyn. Mr Powler was re-appointed
groundsman, and JC Ede and J.Gow auditors. Not sure if they will

run a second
eleven at this point, but will enter the Surrey Junior Cup this season,
despite not entering the Surrey Junior League.

Epsom confirm
that the captain RT Lawrence will pick the team.

11/9/08 AGM of
Epsom St Barnabas (Wednesday) President Rev E.W.Northey and Secretary
F.E.Milligan.

14/9/08 AGM
of Epsom Wednesday at Wellington Hotel with R.Norman in the chair. Last
season they Pld 18 W7 D2 L9 F20 A29. Joint Secretaries this

year, despite
what Surrey Handbook says. Frank Duplock is joined by AF Norman too.
Treasurer C.Riddick, with Captain H.Brown, v-c B Hoptroff, and

they are at
home to Guards Depot on 23/9/08 in their first Redhill Wednesday League game.
Membership is 2s 6d for all inc v-p's.

Club advised
that although they played at Half Mile Bush last season, gates were low,
owing to a lot of bad weather. President W.Keswick elected, and

Committee of
Attfield, Wilkins, Coxhead, Plumridge, C.Blomfield, WA Busbridge.

15/9/08 AFA
AGM @ Holborn Restaurant. Percy Walters is Vice Chairman, while Percy Peacock
is Referees Secretary of the Surrey Association.

Previews in
Herald 19/09/08 - Old Citizens have a full fixture list and will play Ipswich
Town on Boxing Day. They are entered for the Arthur Dunn Cup,

the A.F.A.
Senior Cup, and the Surrey A.F.A. Senior Cup. Also the Eastbourne Charity Cup
and Surrey Charity Cup. They have a club game planned for

19/09/08.

Epsom FC have
not joined the Surrey Junior League this season and play their first friendly
at home to Sutton Manor Park on 26/9/08.

"Epsom FC
(late Epsom Alleyn)". A strong list of friendlies have been arranged.

19/9/08 Former
player Rose scores for Ashtead v Addiscombe in SJL.

Epsom St
Barnabas start the year under "entirely new management".

They have
their AGM on 18/9/08 with Rev E.Garth Ireland in Chair. Sec and Treas: is Mr
F Milligan at this point. Committee FC Pritchard, JA

Moatt, H Cox.
Their first match is on 26/9, and the ground is at Temple Road "near the
site of the new church".

23/9/08 Epsom
Wednesday start in Redhill Wednesday League with a calculated 7-0 loss to
Guards Depot

26/9/08 ESB
lose 5-0 at home to Battersea St Stephens and play with ten for the first
half. Rev E.Garth Ireland refereed. HT 0-4.

26/9/08 Epsom
2-2 Sutton Manor Park. A very fast game especially for the first game of the
season. Arthur Holt scored in the first half, but

Manor Park
equalised before HT. Plume put Epsom 2-1 up in the second half, but a late
equaliser made it 2-2.

3/10/08
reported in Herald that Epsom has many good players but they are all in
different teams.

3/10/08 Epsom
draw 1-1 with Carshalton Athletic in a match restricted to 40 minutes each
way. First half favoured Epsom, but HT 1-1, and

the hot
weather and long grass won the day. A breakaway from Holt resulted in Epsom's
goal after 15 minutes but Carshalton equalised very

shortly
afterwards. Attendance was very poor at Half Mile Bush.

3/10/08 Old
Citizens are 2-0 up at HT at Cheshunt, but draw 2-2.

They are drawn
in the AFA Senior Cup 2nd round v Parthians on or before 7/11 but can't see
when this was played yet.

They are also
drawn at home to Townley Park in the Surrey AFA Cup 3rd round on or before
5/12/08.

3/10/08 First
game of season for Epsom YMCA as they lose 0-4 at Temple Road to Ashtead
Reserves.

10/10/08 Epsom
draw 2-2 with Montem (NR). After this game a "meat tea and smoking
concert" at the Kings Arms with tickets at 1s 6d.

10/10/08 ESJ
win 3-2 at Banstead Institute "brimful of incident".

Oct 08
Wimbledon (and presumably reserves too) playing at The Chase, Merton Hall
Road.

Oct 08 Surrey
AFA announce their County dates for the early part of the season. 28/10 v
Essex @ Leyton, 11/11 v Camb Univ (H), 9/12 v Kent (H), 30/12

v Corinthians
(H), 3/2/09 v Herts (A), 24/2 v Middx (A), 17/3 v London Banks (H)

Oct 08 Epsom
St Johns think they are as good as Epsom FC "the premier club of the
town".

15/10/08 Barry
Porter returned to the side after an injury that had kept him out for a while
but still feeling the effects. Aged 30 by now.

17/10/08 Epsom
lose 5-1 at Wimbledon Reserves. Epsom only turned up with 9 and were found
two subs. Arthur Holt scored for Epsom.

17/10/08
Youngsters Albert Green and A.Greentree score for Epsom Council School v Dr
Barnardo's @ Temple Road. Therefore, Billy Green

was also
likely to have also gone to Epsom Council School. It was on the corner of
Hook Road and East Street, I believe.

The Temple
Road ground was described as the Epsom Council School Ground at this time.

17/10/08
Croydon v Wallington this day at Bute Road. Their AFA side has folded, and
this looks like a new Croydon side.

17/10/08 Late
winner for Epsom YMCA as they defeat ESB 2-1. HT 1-1. "A fair number of
spectators" and a smoking concert afterwards at the YMCA.

17/10/08 Old
Citizens were due to play Surbiton Hill at West Street this day but it
doesn't happen as Old Citizens win 6-0 at home to Old Wilsonians in the

2nd
qualifying round of the AFA Cup. The draw takes them to Brentwood Rovers in
the 3rd qualifying round, on 24/10 and not against Old Framlinghamians
or

London
Devonians, which was previously listed..

The game
against Brentwood was won easily but (NR). They will play at Old Westminsters
on or before 19/12 in the First Round Proper (last 32).

24/10/08
Several regulars missing for ESB as they lose 1-3 to Ashtead Reserves. They
were laying a new church cornerstone.

24/10/08 ESJ
are unlucky to lose 0-4 to Sutton Common Reserves. HT 0-2. First defeat of
the season. They hit the bar in the second half.

25/10/08 On a
Sunday Old Citizens travelled to play Racing Club de Roubaix where they won
2-1 in France. Peacock and Thurman both played in this game.

28/10/08 @
Temple Road, Epsom Council School 2-5 Kensington & Chelsea Schools.

28/10/08
Surrey AFA win 4-2 at Leyton v Essex after trailing 0-1 at HT.

31/10/08 Epsom
defeat Wimbledon YMCA 3-1. Bonsor reappeared at centre forward but still far
from fit. Easy win says Herald. However,

Sutton
Advertiser says that Epsom defeated Carshalton 3-0 at Half Mile Bush, with no
reference to Wimbledon YMCA. The same three scorers

are listed and
both reports refer to Bonsor's reappearance. I will go with Carshalton, as I
think Wimbledon YMCA might have been the original

fixture.

31/10/08
Probably this date saw Old Citizens defeat Parthians 1-0 in SC AFA Cup 2nd
Round. There are no other dates it could have been played on.

7/11/08
Reserves lose 7-1 at Surbiton Park Reserves and only play with ten men.

7/11/08 Epsom
lose 5-1 at home to Dorking Reserves in SJC. 0-0 at HT after "several
easy chances" were missed by the home team.

Dorking were
the smarter team. GS Whitehorn debut for Epsom, joining from Leatherhead. Did
well but at fault for the first goal.

Looks like SJC
2 and probable bye in first round. It was. Arthur Skinner was the Epsom
scorer with a good single handed effort.

Dorking
Reserves were in fact drawn at home but as their first team were at home they
moved the tie to Epsom.

7/11/08 Barry
Porter plays for Reigate Priory this day in a 5-1 home loss to Townley Park.
Alex White plays for Townley Park in this SC AFA

cup tie, which
meant that Priory had relinquished their hold on the cup.

7/11/08 A.Page
is leaving Epsom and will be missed by all at ESJ.

7/11/08 Sutton
Common are playing at Balaam Lane.

7/11/08 Old
Citizens draw with Old Wykehamists in the Arthur Dunn Cup in a match switched
to West Street. The replay takes place on 14/11 and means

that their
match with Reading Amateurs (A) was scratched. The replay was lost 2-1, also
at West Street. They would have been home to either

Old
Felstedians or Old Reptonians in the second round before 2/1/09.

14/11/08
Croydon Park still playing at Brigstock Road at this time.

14/11/08 Epsom
v Morland Park. This game was postponed as Epsom could not raise a team.
Morland Park play at Sumner Road.

14/11/08
Former Ewell player Barry Porter played for Reigate Priory this day in a 2-0
win over Ipswich Town @ Reigate.

18/11/08 Epsom
Weds win first RWL game of season 2-1 v Leatherhead Weds. Scorers unknown.

21/11/08
Carthusians win easily 4-0 at West Street v Old Citizens in SC AFA Charity
Cup. Home keeper played well though.

Around this
time, the Old Citizens record is advised as Pld 11 W8 D2 L1 but they had only
played 10 by the time of this game and it was their second loss.

Record in
Amateur Football Magazine appears not quite right as a result.

21/11/08 Epsom
v Oakley Athletic. Was this played?

21/11/08 ESJ
lose 9-3 at Rayleigh (Wimbledon) but Skinner and Smith were out.

25/11/08
Epsom Weds draw 0-0 at Long Grove and AB Thurley reappeared after a long
absence for Wednesday. Long Grove "have a splendid ground, one

of the best in
the country".

28/11/08 Epsom
v Wimbledon Reserves. Was this played?

28/11/08 Barry
Porter plays for Reigate Priory this day in a 1-1 home draw with Townley
Park. Alex White plays for Townley Park in this AFA

Charity Cup tie.

28/11/08 ESJ
win 3-1 v Glendale @ ERG and turned out in new colours. An even game saw them
1-0 down but a HT from Yates made it 3-1. T.Hicks is

doing well in
goal in goal in place of Page.

5/12/08 Epsom
St Johns win a ragged game 2-1 v St Mark's Institute with goals from
J.Skinner and Syd Skinner with a penalty for handball.

Dec 08
Reference to Epsom White Rose Secretary being F.Lock 2 Oak Cottages, Epsom
Common, and future Epsom Wednesday Secretary HJ Buttell,

of 2 The
Parade, Pound Lane, Epsom.

Dec 08
Selhurst Park play at Thornton Road this season.

Dec 08 Former
President of Ewell FC John Henry Bridges J.P. is still living at Ewell Court.

5/12/08 Epsom
defeat Bookham 3-2. Neither side had a full team out, "which affected
play". Wilkins, AC Skinner, Plume, Holt & Smith

did well for
the winners.

9/12/08 Surrey
AFA v Kent AFA @ Reigate. Barry Porter played as did PJ Peacock from Old
Citizens. HT 3-2 and Surrey won 4-2.

12/12/08
Provisional line up for Epsom YMCA is A.Sweetman, XY McNab, J.Cowlard, LH
Peerless, AH Tinker, G.Sweetman, G.Wilcox, F.Plume,

H.Thorns,
T.Stockwell, H.Jones

12/12/08
Norwood Association v Epsom. Was this played?.

inc 23/12
Epsom Wednesday have played 8 W1 D1 L6 F5 A37. This means that they lost to
Dorking Weds on 11/11 and Leath Weds on 2/12. GD F0-A7.

13/12/08
Rowland Owen dies aged 66. Lived in St Martins Avenue, Epsom and was a
Treasurer of one of the former Epsom clubs.

19/12/08 Old
Citizens were due to play Old Malvernians (H) but instead lost 2-1 at home to
Old Westminsters in AFA Cup 1st Round.

25/12/08 Epsom
defeat Epsom Wednesday 2-0 in a Christmas friendly at Half Mile Bush.

25/12/08
Surrey AFA defeat Paris 7-3 in front of 2,000 at the Brixton Wanderers ground
in East Dulwich. NF Norman and PJ Peacock (Old Citizens) played.

1/1/09 Walter
Alfred Busbridge died suddenly aged 31. He was licensee of the Wellington
Hotel. Heart failure, possibly related to sunstroke from last year.

He was on the
Committee of the Epsom Wednesday F.C.

2/1/09 Epsom
St Johns defeat Westcott 4-0 in Surrey Minor Cup. HT 2-0 Wise got the first
after 15 minutes, and others unknown.

Jan 09
Reference to Major E.F.Coates retiring. He was Chairman of Surrey County
Council and would be the one who sells the land at West Street to

Robert
Bradshaw in 1925.

2/1/09 Epsom
lose 2-4 to Old Suttonians. Paper erroneously calls them Epsom Alleyn,
despite the change of name at the start of the season.

9/1/09 Epsom
due to play Waterfall, a club that would change names to South Tooting
shortly. Was this played?

13/1/09 Epsom Weds v Sutton Weds appears unplayed and
there is reference in the D&L Advertiser to getting it played as soon as
possible. Not sure when it was actually played yet.

16/1/09 Epsom
v Overie Park. Was this played?

18/1/09 Ewell
President John Henry Bridges marries Dorothy Mary Jacomb the eldest daughter
of Reginald Benyon Jacomb of Ewell House.

He is also a
breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle.

20/1/09 Surrey
AFA win 7-2 @ Ipswich v Suffolk AFA. HT 6-1. No LU's but possibly Porter
played, although he has disappeared out of the

Priory line up
now.

20/1/09 Long
Grove defeat Epsom Wednesday 2-0 @ Long Grove four days after defeating Epsom
YMCA easily. They were a very strong team in those

days.

inc 20/1/09
Epsom Weds League record is Pld 10 W1 D1 L8 F6 A43 which indicates a 4-0 loss
to Lavender Hill and a 2-1 loss to Sutton Weds. The table

agrees the GD
with both of those sides.

inc 16/1/09
Epsom St Johns record for the season is Pld 17 W11 D2 L4 F59 A38 says Herald.
Yates is top scorer with 21.

I have 18
fixtures and 11 results W8 D0 L3 F 39 A 25.

23/1/09
Hawkstone v Epsom. Was not played, as Epsom play Epsom St Barnabas and lose
2-1 @ Half Mile Bush. A well deserved win for ESB.

Again, the
club are called Epsom Alleyn by mistake.

27/1/09 Epsom
Wednesday get 2 points as Dorking Wednesday scratched this game in Redhill
Wednesday League. They withdraw around this time, so the

points get
removed shortly anyway.

30/1/09 Epsom
get revenge with a 2-0 win over Epsom St Barnabas, again at Half Mile Bush.
This time Epsom deserved the victory. F.Cantwell

the keeper
switched places with AC Skinner at HT and then scored!

30/1/09 JW
Wise playing for Epsom St Johns missed a charge in this match and charged the
corner flag instead! Still won 4-0 in SMC 2 and will play

Dorking St
Pauls in SMC 3.

30/1/09 Epsom
YMCA lose 2-1 at home to Sutton Manor Park Reserves, repeating the score from
the return fixture the week before.

inc 10/2/09
Amateur Sport magazine advises that Old Citizens record at the end of
November was W8 D2 L1 F36 A17 but is now Pld 19 W9 D3 L7 F50 A35.

Losses to Old
Carthusians 0-4 (21/11), Old Wykehamists 1-2 (7/11), Old Westminsters 1-2
(19/12), Civil Service 1-3 (9/1/09),

Eastbourne
3-5 (16/1/09) and Reigate Priory 2-6 (23/1/09). All good teams, but all lost.
In First round of Challenge International de F.A. they are at home to

Beckenham (6
entries). The winners will play at Marcians in SF.

'A' Team
record at same date is Pld 17 W9 D2 L6 F40 A30   -
'B' Team record Pld 16 W3 D4 L9 F33 A42.

This means
that a win and a draw are missing from the following fixtures: Guy's Hospital
(A) 28/11, City of London School (A) 2/12, Townley Park (A) 5/12,

Weybridge (A)
12/12, Ipswich (A) 26/12, Weybridge (H) 2/1/09, and the other four matches
were not played.

6/2/09 Reigate
Priory beat Townley Park 1-0. Barry Porter, by now Surrey captain, was absent
for Priory, but Alex White played for Townley

Park in the
unusual position of centre half. Has Porter left?

6/2/09 Epsom v
Oakley Athletic. Was this played?

Feb 09 An
anonymous correspondent writes in suggesting that Epsom FC, Epsom St Johns
and Epsom St Barnabas should all merge into

one side so it
might "pull Epsom football out of the degrading hole in which it is now
placed." Clearly this advice is taken on board, as ESJ

will join with
Epsom next season.

10/2/09 Former
Ewell player and Secretary Alex (AF) White, now at Townley Park, presided
over the SCFA Meeting this day at the

Kennington
Oval Pavilion. Ground at West Street selected for semi-final of Surrey AFA
Senior Cup between Carshalton and Old Externes.

He is also
still playing for Townley Park this season.

13/2/09
Reigate Priory 1-0 Townley Park in Surrey AFA Charity Cup replay. No Porter
but AF White played for Townley Park.

13/2/09
Glendale v Epsom. Was this played?

13/2/09 Epsom
Church of England Boys School 7-0 Ashtead Church Boys. Played with permission
of the Epsom "Town" FC at the Half Mile Bush ground.

Mr H.Skinner
is listed as the man who gave permission to use the ground, and he is listed
as Secretary of the club.

13/2/09 ESB
drew 2-2 with Sherwood and Mr Judd entertained the visitors to tea and they
all spent the evening at the Church Rooms.

13/2/09 Epsom
St Johns lose this day to Dorking St Pauls in SMC 3. Score unknown.

20/2/09 Epsom
get a 1-1 draw at Long Grove Asylum. They had the better of the play. (NR).

Sutton
Advertiser lists that Epsom were due to play at Selhurst Park this day but it
doesn't happen.

20/2/09 AFA
Senior Cup SF between Carshalton FC and Old Externs "on the old Citizens
pretty ground at Ewell before a numerous crowd of spectators."

OE played
uphill first half but were 1-0 down to a penalty, where the OE keeper stood
aside so Carshalton could score. 1-0 was the final result.

24/2/09 Guards
Depot Res win 3-0 at Epsom Weds in RWL.

inc 24/2 and
with Dorking Weds removed from the RWL, table reads Played 10 W1 D2 L7 F6
A43. A draw has appeared from somewhere, but unless

an earlier
report was misreported and corrected, I'm stumped as to where it came from,
as the other GD's were correct.

If Epsom
Weds did draw, it was more likely against Sutton Weds on 13/1. The draw
remains in the final table so I reckon it was 1-1 not 1-2, although it

could have
been 2-2. This also confuses the score that was removed after Dorking
withdrew as the table includes a 3-0 loss to Guards, and the GD remained

the same,
which would indicate that a 3-0 loss to Dorking happened, but this is
confused by this draw situation. Maybe they lost 2-0 to Dorking instead. I

need to have another good look at the table
again one day. Not sure Epsom v Sutton was played on 13/01/09. See earlier
comments.

27/2/09 Epsom
v Norwood Association. Was this played? Almost certainly not.

27/2/09 Frost
and heavy snow, many postponements.

3/3/09 Lots of
snow still. Epsom Weds were due to play Redhill Weds in RWL this day but p-p.

6/3/09 Old
Citizens play Beckenham in the English Section of the French Challenge Cup.

6/3/09 Bad
weather again, and many more postponements. Heavy snow.

March 09 CE
Smith resigns as Secretary of Epsom Rovers C.C. but remains on the Committee.
Was a former Secretary of Epsom F.C.

13/3/09 Epsom
v Hawkstone. Was this played?

13/3/09
picture of Major EF Coates in Dorking & Leatherhead Advertiser on P3 if
required.

March 09 Alec
F White moves address to Holmwood, Burbage Road, Herne Hill. Still Surrey AFA
Hon. Match Secretary.

17/3/09 Sutton
Weds 6-0 Epsom Weds with 6 goals for Dudley Page. League table GD suggests
that it may have been 6-1.

League record
at this time was Pld 11 W1 D2 L8 F7 A49 says Surrey Mirror. My record (excl
Dorking) shows three results missing, one of which was drawn

and two lost
F2 A10. Almost certainly the three dates for these games were: 2/12/08
Leatherhead (A), 6/1/09 Lavender Hill (A) and 13/1/09 Sutton Weds (H)

although
there could have been postponements on these dates.  One match remains v Redhill W (H) but it is
never played. Due between 31/3/09 and 21/4/09.

An extra
goal has appeared. Maybe this was a 2-2 draw with Sutton Weds on 13/1. Sutton
W definitely appeared to beat Epsom W 6-0 not 6-1 in the return.

20/3/09 Old
Citizens play Marcians, in French Challenge Cup at West Street. Was
originally drawn away from home.

20/3/09 Epsom
lose 2-0 to Montem in a friendly at HMB. 4 Skinner brothers played for Epsom
says Herald. Likely therefore that Epsom St

Johns didn't
play this day, although they have a fixture listed v Mill Green Rovers
Reserves.

26/3/09 Epsom
C of E School play at Half Mile Bush again courtesy of Mr Skinner but are
beaten 9-1 by Sutton B.L.B. who were virtually a men's team. It

was their only
defeat of the season. HT 1-3.

27/3/09 Epsom
YMCA due to play Laud Street United, and again on 3/4/09. Quite possible that
the game wasn't played on 27/3 but I could be wrong!

27/3/09
Wallington Reserves v Epsom. Was this played?

27/3/09 Epsom
National School 1-9 1st Sutton Company B.L.B. who were short but subs were
found, and still too good for Epsom School.

3/4/09 Barry
Porter is present at the Reigate Priory Annual Dinner but hasn't played for a
while, and doesn't play in the Final of the Surrey

AFA Charity
Cup, which he surely would have, if he was still playing and fit.

9/4/09 Epsom v
Old Haydonians (Good Friday). Was this played?

10/4/09 Epsom
v Wallington Reserves. Was this played?

10/4/09
reported that the Ewell Football Ground (Old Citizens FC) has been booked by
Townley Park FC for Southern Amateur League matches against

Lee on 17/4
and v Alleyn on 24/4. Also ground to be used on 21/4 for Surrey Juniors
A.F.A. v Kent Juniors A.F.A.

Townley Park
were quite a famous side, and before the AFA split, had won the Surrey Senior
Cup in 1903 and 1904.

inc 14/4/09
RWL Table shows Epsom have not played Redhill Weds who have been awarded the
win with a 0-0 scoreline. This must have been due to be

played after
24/3. League Shield is presented by CE Gatland (Redhill) who was President of
the League.

April 09
reference to Croydon Common playing at the Nest back in those days. This was
their first season there.

17/4/09
Morland Park v Epsom. Was this played?

17/4/09 Alex White scores a hat trick for Townley Park
this day as they defeat Lee 11-0 HT 4-0. They are now promoted to the top
division of the Southern Amateur League.

24/4/09
Townley Park defeat Alleyn 4-2 in a League match played at the Old Citizens
ground in Ewell. Townley Park played "up the slope" in the first
half.

24/4/09 Epsom
v Waterfall. Was this played?

24/04/09 FA
Cup Final at Crystal Palace. Bristol City 1-0 Man Utd.

1/5/09 Former
England International and Ewell player P.M.Walters wrote to apologise for his
non attendance at the ACFA Annual Smoking Concert. He

also remarked
in his letter that "spectators were the curse of modern football for
they begot riches and that meant paying others to play instead of

playing
themselves!"

Review of Old
Citizens season in Herald, but no review of any Epsom sides.

Old Citizens
record for the first XI was Pld 25 W13 D3 L9 F67 A49. A and B teams also had
full seasons.

I have 25
fixtures listed, and results that I have are the following: W3 D1 L1 F18 A7 -
still 20 unreported results.

1909/10 season

Epsom FC
playing in light and dark blue: Sec FE Milligan, 1 Grove Road, Epsom

This club now
incorporates Epsom St Johns who have merged with Epsom FC. AGM date unknown.
(NR).

and Epsom
Wednesday has FA Duplock as their Secretary, A1 Stores, Epsom. Colours White
and Green.

Reference to
former Ewell player Percy Melmoth Walters, who is now President of AFA and
convinces them to become

Leatherhead
AFA, while another team splits and becomes Leatherhead FA.

Arthur Walters
becomes President of Leatherhead FC who are different.

Aug 09 Epsom
White Rose want fixtures. Contact C or G Breeden 25 Miles Road. I can only
trace an A and an O Breeden so far, both at this address.

Mitcham
Wanderers form this season.

Aug 09 Light
railway to be built from Ewell West to Horton.

27/8/09 AGM
of St Barnabas (Epsom) at the Church Rooms. V-P Rev E.Garth Ireland in the
Chair, who advised that there was a small balance in hand.

President is
EW Northey, Secretary A.Judd, Treasurer T.Funnell, and captain is H.Paine and
v-c Cox. They will play again at Temple Road and run a

second team
says Herald.

Sept 09 former Ewell Captain Alex F White is "the
popular and genial skipper" at Townley Park this season. They have a
friendly scheduled for West Street v Old Citizens on 25/9/09.

Sept 09 Epsom
Wednesday withdraw from Redhill Wednesday League for financial reasons.

Sept 09
"The fixture card of the Old Citizens FC is always one of the first
received". Clearly they have been around for a while by this time.

They have a
club game on 11th September.

Redhill
Athenaeum play at The Ring in Redhill.

4/9/09 Epsom
practice match - venue unknown, as HMB not always ready this early in the
season. "Judging by the excellence and number

of the players
signed on, the 1909/10 season ought to be by far the most successful in the
history of the club." Long overdue says Herald.

Herald
previews the Epsom season. "No one would say with absolute confidence
that Epsom is at last on the road to making a name for

itself, but
prospects are far more favourable than before". Epsom St Johns have
joined forces and Epsom FC will run two teams. New

players W (or
maybe D) Priestley has shown his abilities in former seasons on Epsom
grounds, F Satchell, FE Kessell, R.Holmwood (Ashtead),

WJ Ede
(Worthing Res), and Ives, while the majority have remained from last year,
although an experienced keeper is lacking. The ground

at Half Mile
Bush "has again been secured" and league fixtures in SJL will start
on 18/9/09.

11/9/09 Epsom
defeat Battersea Crusaders 3-2. A good pace but little of an interesting
character. The team is improved. Reserves played too

this day, and
both games were at ERG as HMB was not available says Herald. It says that ERG
is the better venue for football, but no charge

can be made
there. The Half Mile Bush ground will be better once the council steam roller
has flattened it a bit, which will happen shortly.

Sutton
Advertiser says that Epsom lost the toss and faced the sun at Epsom Rec
before a good crowd. Kick off was 3.45. Ede put Epsom 1-0 up

after thirty
minutes with a strike into the far corner of the net, and this was the HT
score. Holmwood after 60 and S.Skinner after 65 put Epsom

3-0 up before
a harsh penalty and a late goal made the score look closer that it was. Epsom
hung on a bit at the end though.

15/9/09 32nd
SCFA AGM this day.

18/9/09 First
League game of the season saw Epsom defeat Guards Depot Res 1-0. Attendance
was between 300-400, "a large crowd for

an Epsom
football match" at HMB. The Town Band marched from the High Street to
the ground. GJ Beams "Epsom's virtual Mayor" was

present to see
a hard fought game between evenly matched teams. Long grass and uneven
surface didn't help. Syd Skinner scored in the first

half after 20
minutes from an Ives pass. RT Lawrence is club captain, whilst HJ Plume was
most prominent. "A vastly improved player."

Gow and
Priestley were both missing from this game, "two of their best
players".

25/9/09 Epsom
St Barnabas start the season off with a 5-3 win over Sutton Manor Park, who
only had 9 players at Temple Road. They now have

some of last
years YMCA team which is now defunct, and some of the John Nightingall's XI
side.

SJC 1 draw
sees Epsom v Leatherhead Reserves.

25/9/09 Rain
fell throughout Epsom's game with Ashtead at HMB which was lost 2-3. All
three goals were gifts from Epsom, the first was a

harsh penalty
for handball against Plume, and then another penalty for a goal bound shot
punched out by Satchell. Both penalties were scored

and Epsom were
2-0 down. The final goal near the end was an o.g. from Satchell. Herald says
that his handball was unnecessary, and

that the ball
was heading out of play before the foul too. Ashtead were still the better
side. Holmwood and Ede scored for Epsom and

Hicks was not
to blame for any of the goals. HT was 2-1 down.

2/10/09
Friendly at home to Forest Hill is p-p at last minute as the Foresters
couldn't get a side up.

2/10/09 Res
win 3-0 at Sutton Rec v Old Suttonians Reserves in an even game.

9/10/09 Epsom
4-0 Redhill Athenaeum in SJL at HMB. The opposition got lost and arrived at
4.15 which cost Epsom as some spectators had

demanded their
money back and left!. Play was limited to 70 minutes but the home defence was
excellent. Syd Skinner did well at left back,

and looks like
following in the footsteps of his brother Harry. Priestley HT and Holmwood
were the scorers while A.Gregory made his debut.

9/10/09 Epsom
Juniors are a fairly new side and this is their first season. They will
become Epsom Juniors next year. A young player for them is Billy Green

a future
Epsom Town Secretary, and he is only about 15-16 at this point. The Juniors
lose 3-4 to St Andrews (Wimbledon) after trailing 3-0 at HT. Green

scored a HT to
level it up, but an unfortunate o.g. in the last minute from Skinner cost the
game.

16/10/09 SJC 1
Epsom 10-1 Leatherhead Reserves. The first 15 minutes was fairly even but
afterwards the visitors were "outplayed at all

points".
Herald says it was surprising that Epsom didn't score more. Gregory got HT
and was very good despite miserable conditions.

J.Fitzsimons
debut, while future Epsom FC player Nunns played for Leatherhead. HT unknown.

16/10/09
Surrey Mirror said Epsom were "all round the better team" and the
"visitors were quite outclassed".

20/10/09 Epsom
White Rose win against Southwark Libraries but score is not reported. Played
at Clapham Common.

23/10/09
Caterham Park also arrived late for this SJL tie and only 70 minutes were
played again. HT 0-0, then the visitors went 1-0 up after

an error by
Hicks, although the rest of his game was very good. Priestley equalised with
a penalty which was a bit of a generous award,

but the team
played well including GW Bettison on his debut who was promoted from the
reserves.

23/10/09
Former Ewell player AF White plays for Townley Park at home to Reigate
Priory. Drew 2-2. No Barry Porter for Priory, and I believe

that he had
either retired or left the club at the age of 31.

23/10/09
Reserves win 10-1 v Old Suttonians Res @ Epsom.

23/10/09 Epsom
Juniors 3-1 Sutton County School. Strong wind but HT 1-1. Scorers were Green,
Wyatt and Powley.

23/10/09 Old
Citizens defeat Old Cranleighans 4-2 in an Amateur Cup 2q tie at West Street.
HT 2-0 and Citizens led 4-0 before two late goals.

SJC 2 Draw
gives Epsom a "very tough" draw at Sutton United.

Epsom are
currently second in SJL with 5 points.

26/10/09
Surrey Mirror says that Redhill Reserves will occupy the main pitch at the
Sports Ground when they meet Epsom "about the strongest

eleven in the
Junior League". An odd description, seeing as Epsom would eventually
finish bottom of the table!

27/10/09
Professional Southern League outfit Leyton visit Long Grove Asylum for a
friendly. Two or three of the staff there are ex-Leyton.

Leyton won 8-2
and there was a concert afterwards.

30/10/09  Old Citizens defeated Beckenham 4-3 at West
Street in the first round of the Challenge International Du Nord. Both sides
started one short but the

Beckenham
player arrived soon after the start, and by the time Knight arrived,
Beckenham had scored. Woodthorpe in goal did well and it was 0-1 at HT.

Peacock and
Mien in defence did well during pressure from the visitors. Then Field gave
Diss a good chance but it was wide, then Knight hit the post before

Beckenham
went 2-0 up. This roused the Old Citizens who scored from a rush from Field,
then soon after, Diss, Field and Shepherd all scored for a 4-2

lead, and a
late consolation from Beckenham.

30/10/09 All
scoring was in the first half as Epsom lost 5-1 in SJL v Redhill Reserves. A
moderate display with Holt scoring. This was

R.Holmwood's
last game for the club as he is leaving for Buenos Aires!! Epsom keeper
injured at 4-0. 10 men but more even from then on.

Oct 09
Reference to John Nightingall's XI playing in the paddocks at South Hatch.

Nov 09
reference to Townley Park playing at Townley Road. Very close to Alleyn
School, Dulwich.

3/11/09 About
60 members and friends had a whist drive in aid of the club. The Christ
Church Young Men's Club, Clatford House in South

Street was
kindly lent for the occasion and Mr & Mrs King gave valuable assistance.

6/11/09 Sutton
United 5-1 Epsom in SJC 2. It was a pity, writes an Epsom correspondent that
the game was in the nature of a farce, owing to

the state of
the ground. A feeling of soreness was created. In places the pitch was a
swamp, and broken bottles were also on the pitch which

Epsom
officials held on to. It was Sutton's first season at the Collingwood ground,
but not sure if it was the current ground (The Adult School

Ground in
those days) or if it was just Collingwood Rec, or maybe somewhere else in
Collingwood Road is a possibility. Epsom protested

about the
state of the ground as soon as the referee appeared, and considerable
discussion followed. Owing to a late start it was only 30

minutes each
way, and Epsom started and finished with ten men, because captain RT Lawrence
surprisingly failed to show! 2-0 down after 5

minutes and HT
was 3-0. Priestley scored in the second half with a fine solo effort, and
nearly scored again but was bundled off the ball with

no penalty
awarded. He also cut himself on a dirty piece of glass during the game!!
Sutton were the more experienced team.

The
Collingwood ground is referred to as the Fairfield, Sutton in the Sutton
& Cheam Weekly Record, which also said that "a barrow load or

two of sand
was wheeled onto the worst patch and said Epsom had very little to complain
about! Epsom had the slope in the second half.

6/11/09 Epsom
Fc allowed Epsom Juniors to use the HMB ground and they beat Mr Brooker's XI
6-1 there this day. Billy Green (4), and Wyatt (2).

6/11/09 ESB
Reserve game lost 5-0 to Leatherhead Rose Reserves but marred by a fractured
leg for Barrett the ESB right half.

6/11/09 Surrey
Mirror says it was 6-0 and advise the Leatherhead scorers so I will amend.
Game was of "little interest" after the incident.

6/11/09
D&L Advertiser produces a similar report to the Surrey Mirror but advises
HT of 2-0.

13/11/09 Epsom
lose 2-1 at Selhurst Park in SJL. HT was 0-2 and the Epsom scorer was Holt.
They are now playing at Parchmore Road.

Selhurst went
1-0 up with a header from a corner and Veal made it 2-0 with a fine
individual goal. Epsom "were seen to more advantage" in

the second
half, and following the Holt goal, even end to end play followed.

17/11/09 Epsom
appeal against the SJC result against Sutton United at Kennington Oval where
the SCFA meeting was being held. The appeal

was rejected
as the referee felt that it was fit for play, and they had to support the
referee's decision. However, SCFA were sufficiently

impressed with
the appeal as to refund the Epsom costs, saying there was validity in the
appeal. Secretary Milligan produced the broken

bottles at the
appeal and Priestley will be out for 6 or 7 weeks said Herald. He was back in
four (maybe less) as it turned out.

20/11/09 Epsom
Juniors lose 3-2 to Wimbledon All Saints @ Cottenham Park.

20/11/09 By
this time Old Citizens were out of the Amateur Cup, as they do not appear in
the First round draw.

20/11/09 Two
reports are printed of this game in the Herald! Epsom defeated Sutton Common
4-0 in SJL. The scoreline was a little harsh

on Sutton
Common, but Epsom's defence played well.

27/11/09
Expected line up for Epsom Juniors this day R.Wood, O.Orford, A.Skinner,
F.Garfield, A.Muggeridge, L.Cropley, J.Smith, C.Carver, WE Green,

J.Wyatt,
R.Mountford

27/11/09
Leatherhead Reserves v Epsom. Was this played?

4/12/09
Townley Park with former Ewell player Alex White play Old Citizens at West
Street and win 3-0.

4/12/09 Epsom
Juniors 5-1 ESB Res, although there were many first teamers in too while
reserves Smith and Mountford were in for the Juniors. 2 Green

goals in first
half (inc pen), then another penalty in second half and Wyatt got the last
two. ESB scorer unknown.

11/12/09 Old
Citizens win 3-1 at Surbiton Hill. "A very numerous attendance" at
Balaclava Road. Balaclava Road was one end of the ground.

11/12/09 Epsom
lose 3-2 in Thornton Heath to North Croydon in SJL. Not a good standard and
very muddy. Epsom went behind to an o.g. and

were 2-0 down
at HT. In the second half, Wise scored from a Holt cross, then Wise scored
again from a Gregory pass, but North Croydon got a

late winner.
There were debuts for JW Wise and for J.Wilton.

18/12/09
Epsom reserves expected line up for Carshalton Rovers (A) Hogsden, Harding,
Moss, Peerless, Tinker, Blott, Bettison, Farrell, Archer, Yates,

Wise. Res
travelled to Carshalton Rovers but the opposition were nowhere to be found!

18/12/09 Epsom
drew 1-1 with Clapham United in "a scratchy exhibition" and were
missing many players. Smith scored from a cross by

Holt for
Epsom's goal, but Herald says "some of Epsom's men have yet to learn to
take fair charging in the proper spirit"

SJL League
table inc 18/12 reads N.Croydon 10, Selhurst Park 10, Epsom 7, Caterham Park
6, Sutton Common 6, Guards Depot 5, Redhill Ath 5,

Ashtead 3 (2
pts deducted), Redhill Res are not mentioned in the table, but are definitely
there with at least 10 pts themselves. Epsom are 4th.

25/12/09 Epsom
let a two goal lead slip and draw 2-2 with Ashtead in a friendly "before
a record crowd of 200" at the Half Mile Bush

ground. Not a
very big attendance to be a record crowd, but I don't know how long
Epsom  had been at HMB before this
date. HT 2-1

Can't have
been a record attendance as "300-400" are present at the league
game in September v Guards Depot.

26/12/09 Epsom
Juniors have two matches scheduled at home. a.m. v Carlton Utd and p.m.
v  St Andrews (Wimbledon)

Surrey Times
records a 3-0 win v Selhurst Park on 1/1/10 in SJCC 1. Not a fair score as it
was more even, and Epsom should have been

behind at HT.
HT 0-0. 2nd half was better. "Game was fought at high pressure".
Selhurst Park were the holders of the cup.

8/1/10 2-1
loss at Sutton Common in SJL. Plume scored very early for Epsom with a
"very fine goal", but the equaliser was a

bit strange,
and after it, the referee made a Sutton Common player wear a handkerchief
around his arm, as he was wearing a dark blue

jersey which
clashed with the Epsom colours, "which led him to be mistaken for one of
the Epsom men"!

Epsom played
this match with just ten as Priestley was unable to be there. HT 1-1.

Draw for SMC 1
on 15/1/10 saw a Bye for Epsom Reserves. No other Epsom or Ewell teams
mentioned.

15/1/10 Epsom
lose 4-0 at home to Selhurst Park in SJL. Reference to Epsom having beaten
them in the Surrey Junior Charity Cup 1

Epsom are 6th
with 7 points says Herald. Correct. League table GD balances.

15/1/10
Expected line up for reserves v Ashtead Res: Wood, Yates, Tinker, Macfarlane,
Peerless, J.Blott, Bettison, J.Skinner, F.Archer, JW Wise, Sex.

15/1/10 Long
Grove defeat All Saints (Benhilton) 5-1 at Epsom. Reference to Long Grove
only losing one match all season, and this

was to Leyton
(Southern League) in a friendly on 27/10/09. See comments.

22/1/10 Epsom
have a 1-1 draw v Redhill Res. Unlucky to only draw this game, as Redhill's
goal was very lucky. Holt, to Ede to Smith 1-0,

then feeling
crept into the game, and the referee had to caution an unknown Epsom player
"their opponents were however, chiefly to

blame". A
late equaliser after Epsom had led at HT.

29/1/10
"A very poor game from start to finish" said Herald. Epsom draw 0-0
aet with Sutton Common in SJCC2 at HMB. Replay required.

Epsom have
been missing their captain RT Lawrence for some weeks now, and has not
sufficiently recovered from an illness yet.

5/2/10 Epsom
Res 3-0 Effingham in SMC 2

5/2/10 Very
bad conditions as Epsom Juniors won 4-0 v St Andrews (Wimbledon). Several
inches of mud and water.

5/2/10 League
game with Caterham Park p-p for SJCC 2 replay with Sutton Common, which was
won 5-0 at Sutton. Priestley got two

early goals
and HT 2-0. Then he got the next two including a penalty, while Rose hit a
fifth while Epsom were easing up.

Feb 10 SMC 3
draw Leatherhead Rose v Epsom Res

Feb 10 Talk of
Ewell Parish Council setting up Ewell Recreation Ground with land from Ewell
Parish Church. It is behind where the

Jolly Waggoners would be situated in the
50's. Shortcroft Road, Ewell. There is a pathway leading out to London Road,
and is

across from
the junction with Church Road

12/2/10 Epsom
lose 10-4 at Redhill Athenaeum in SJL. Johnson scores 8 for Athenaeum who
played at The Ring, Redhill. Now joint 7th with

Pld 12 W3 D2
L7. GD All balances.

12/2/10 Epsom
Juniors led 1-0 after a first minute Wyatt goal, and two from Billy Green
ensured a 3-0 HT lead for Epsom Juniors, but HT 3-1, and then

Carver and
Garfield were injured. Carver left the field and Headley scored three late
goals to win 4-3! Wood was not as good in goal as usual.

12/2/10 Res
lose 2-0 in SMC 3 to Leatherhead Rose. Rose had received two byes to this
stage! They conceded after 30 minutes before a Leatherhead

Rose mispen
(SAVE). HT 1-0 but despite improving in the second half, Leatherhead Rose
scored a second goal.

19/2/10 Epsom
0-3 North Croydon (NR).

19/2/10 @ ERG
Epsom Juniors 1-2 Epsom Reserves. HT 0-2. Garfield scored for EJ and Yates
(2) for reserves.

20/2/10
"Hurricane" in Epsom district this day.

26/2/10 Old
Citizens travel to play Reigate Priory in Surrey Charity Cup this day. Their
ground is being used for an AFA Surrey Senior Cup SF between

Weybridge and
Carshalton FC.

26/2/10 Epsom
lose 2-0 to Ashtead in SJL (NR).

5/3/10 Arthur
Dunn Cup 3rd round - Old Citizens v Old Reptonians at Gibraltar Lane. All
proceeds of game to charity.

5/3/10 No
Epsom first team game in SJL as their two remaining opponents Guards Depot
(A) and Caterham Park (A) both had SJL games.

The Caterham
Park game was eventually awarded to the opposition with a 0-0 scoreline.
Probably on 23rd April, as it was after 9th, and

Epsom had
their Cup Final on 16th. D&L Advertiser says we were due to play at
Guards Depot on this day originally.

12/3/10 League
table has Epsom deducted 2 points for playing an ineligible player, but not
sure who against. However the points weren't

deducted in
the 5/3/10 table. Almost certainly from Ashtead game on 26/2.

12/3/10 SJCC
SF Epsom win 5-1 at Molesey v Molesey St Paul's. "The players are
confident" said the Herald before the game, and in front

of "about
300 spectators" they handed MSP their third defeat of the season.
Priestley scored early (5) but 1-1 soon after. Priestley got his

second before
HT 2-1. Then he got two more and one from Holt too. They will play Haslemere
in the final at Guildford.

12/03/10
Provisionally Epsom were due to play Guards Depot but this wasn't played.
Second week in a row this had happened.

23/3/10 Surrey
beat London Banks 2-0 at West Street, Ewell. Copy
Report taken.

25/3/10 Old
Citizens Easter Tour commences.

April 10
Reference to Epsom White Rose FC Secretary F.Lock. Would become Epsom
Wednesday FC

12/4/10 Social
for Epsom St Barnabas on Tuesday evening at St Barnabas Church Room. "An
enjoyable evening was spent in music and dancing."

Epsom reach
final of Surrey Junior Charity Cup losing 5-2 to Haslemere.

16/4/10 Epsom
meet Haslemere in the Final of the Surrey Junior Charity Cup @ Guildford this
day (presume Guildford's ground in

Woodbridge
Road in those days, as it was before St Josephs Road was opened. They miss
their star striker Priestley who was "induced"

to join
Croydon Common FC a couple of weeks ago. He has already played for their
reserves, and would go on to play for their first team

in the
Southern League. "About 350 people" were present. Haslemere had
advantage of the wind in the first half, and it rained heavily

in the second.
The teams had never previously met. "Epsom played a very poor game and
lost by five goals to two."

The timing of
the Priestley departure was disappointing.

HT was 3-1 but
Epsom made it 3-2 soon after HT and
"it appeared as if there would be a very close finish" but
Epsom fell away.

The Surrey
Advertiser remarks on the crowd "a crowd of only moderate
dimensions", and said it was a disappointing game spoiled by the

rain in the
second half. A fairly brief report from a Guildford based paper.

The first goal
may not have crossed the line and the third goal was an own goal from Jimmy
Gow. Also Bonsor was a passenger after an

injury on the
15 minute mark. Epsom were thoroughly beaten by the close. Ernest Hicks had a
great game.

inc 23/4/10
Final Table of SJL shows an awarded loss to Caterham Park which could only
have been played on 23rd April.

Any queries
with SJL tables, check with Surrey Mirror which had regular tables. N.Croydon
defeated Haslemere 3-0 in Final of SJL.

23/4/10
reported that Townley Park the famous Amateur side have engaged the use of
the "old Ewell FC ground" (by permission of the Old Citizens FC)

for their
remaining Southern Amateur League matches as their ground is being used for
cricket. 23/4 v Eastbourne, and 27/4 v Civil Service this season's

winners of the
AFA Cup. The Townley Park captain "is Mr A.F.White, formerly a prominent
member of the Ewell club." They did this last year too.

April 10
Cinema to be built in Epsom. I think it was the Electric Cinema, and was
between the Railway Inn and the railway bridge in the High Street.

Herald says
"better this or football than that they should spend their leisure hours
in more profitless, expensive and dangerous ways!"

17/4/10
Youngsters playing football on a Sunday were fined 5 shillings by courts!!

Review of
Epsom's season. Played 28 with 15 league matches (1 unplayed and awarded to
opposition), 7 cup and 6 friendlies. W9 D7 L12

F59 A58. Cup
record listed as F26 A12 (correct) and in friendlies F10 A9. I am missing
three friendly results from this season's record.

as I only have
Pld 3 W1 D2 F6 A5 for friendlies. Two other fixtures are listed, but
unreported.

"The town
is to be congratulated on the efforts made this season to give to supporters
a display worthy of the town." "Football in Epsom

of recent
years has been on the downward grade", but "a great advance has
been made" The ground at the Half Mile Bush is one of the

best and
driest in Surrey and "during the whole of the wet season has never been
unplayable". Gate money has shown "a wonderful

increase."
"There is plenty of talent in Epsom if opportunities are given to bring
it forward". "Epsom greatly felt the loss of their "star"
man

Priestley. A
Gregory is rather of the bustling type and can give as well as take a fair
legitimate charge. F.Dean (inside left) one of the

hardest
working men in the team, and centre half HJ Plume is the most consistent
player and as good a tackler as Epsom wish to have.

Goalkeeper
Ernest Hicks has always compelled the spectators to award him applause."
He has now earned a reputation in the SJL.

6/5/10 Edward
VII dies. Funeral appears not to be until 20/5/10.

May 10 Sutton
United become a senior club for next season.

25/5/10
Football club concert at the West Hill School room (kindly lent by Canon
Hunter) on Wednesday evening. It was "excellent"

despite
"a small attendance" on Wednesday evening. The West Ewell Glee
Society kindly assisted and appeared in the cantata "May Day"
with

soloist Miss
Weekley. All other sorts of entertainment too.

1910/11
season

Epsom playing
in light and dark blue: Sec FE Milligan, 1 Grove Road, Epsom

Epsom Athletic
in claret and sky blue: Sec, WA Garfield, 5 Albert Road.

Epsom Juniors
Cricket Club want fixtures with a contact for Billy Green at Kertch Cottage,
3 Albert Road. Other player WA Garfield lived at number 5.

Epsom in
Surrey Junior League Group 4 this season.

Epsom appear
to be playing at Half Mile Bush this season.

Epsom Cricket
Club has Arthur Holt, F.Cantwell, Bert Rosamond, Syd Skinner and Jimmy Gow in
their team this season.

Sutton United
playing at London Road ground, Sutton as a senior club. Sutton & Cheam
Weekly Record says that they return this season to Manor Road,

giving
considerable satisfaction to their supporters.

August 1910
Croydon Common playing at the Nest, Selhurst.

North Croydon
playing at Parchmore Road, Croydon but promoted from Surrey Junior League to
Southern Suburban League.

Selhurst also
at Parchmore Road, but N.Croydon have first refusal on ground. Selhurst
appear to have changed name from Selhurst Park.

Croydon FC are
at Thornton Road in Southern Suburban League "fast becoming a sports
neighbourhood" Reference to old days at

Dennett Road
and Brigstock Road.

Caterham Park
playing at Rectory Field, Caterham.

July 1910
Ashtead FC meeting has captain of First XI Alfred A J Revell - former Epsom
player in 1912/13.

July 1910
Medical Superintendant of Horton Asylum is JR Lord. Future President of club.
Sports Day held there on 16th July + concert on 5th August.

10/8/10 AGM of
Epsom Juniors FC, who elected the following officers: Captain, F.Garfield,
v-c F.Dunford, Committee William E Green, Frank Hicks,

DE.Tyler, R
Wood. Secretary and Treasurer was WA Garfield. It was decided to enter the
Surrey Minor Cup next year and change club

name to Epsom
Athletic. Auditors Frank Hicks and CT Wood. Secretary WA Garfield.

12/8/10 AGM of
Epsom FC on Friday evening at Technical Institute with Mr JW Gow Presiding. A
large number of players were present

including JH
Birch (Treasurer), FE Milligan (Secretary) and TE Collins (Asst Secretary).
Accounts showed a small deficit on the year.

During the
1909/10 season Epsom played 28 matches W16 D4 L8 with F 58 A 57. Hard to
believe when you look at the league table

which shows 10
defeats! Club also reached the final of the Surrey Junior Charity Cup. Ernest
W Hicks was elected captain

for the season
with Syd Skinner v-c and Joe Skinner captain of 2nd XI. JH Birch and FE
Milligan were re-elected to their positions

(Treas: &
Sec). Technical Institute was in Church Road, at junction with Depot Road.

Club was
playing at Half Mile Bush this year, and changing rooms were at the Kings
Arms pub.

22/08/10
Arthur Walters is unanimously re-elected President of Leatherhead FC.

3/9/10 Sutton
United Athletic Club's first game as a senior club Friendly v City of
Westminster FC at London Road. W2-0.

Sept 10 Epsom
White Rose are looking for matches on a Wednesday. Secretary Breeden 25 Miles
Road. They defeated a scratch team 5-1 on 7/9/10,

with goals
from Bryant (3), Breeden (2), and a new player did very well (Albert Green).

10/9/10
Reference to Ewell Epileptic Colony v Croydon Union. This colony was at the
site of St Ebba's Hospital.

Epsom Athletic
are not in a league this year but will play lots of friendlies.

10/9/10 Epsom
FC have their first match, which is refereed by Frank A Duplock, well known
local athlete and billiards player. Herald

doesn't
mention the opponents, but Advertiser says Epsom have lost to Crusaders (see
below comments). The score was 6-1. Attendance

was poor due
to the cricket season.

14/9/10 SCFA
34th AGM at Holborn Restaurant, London

15/9/10 Jimmy
(JP) Gow, older brother of Ernie gets married this day, and Ernest Hicks is
the best man. Honeymoon in Folkestone.

17/9/10 Herald
Preview for the season ahead says that Epsom have a fairly heavy programme
before them. SJL commitments and

friendlies
arranged with N.Croydon, East Croydon Albion, Belmont and Clapham United. D
Priestley (W?) now at Croydon Common,

while
R.Holmwood is in Canada after moving away. Also Captain RT Lawrence has been
obliged to retire after illness. New players

F.Scott
(inside forward), D.Bainbridge (left back), Henry Williams (right back) from
Ashtead, Ernest Hicks is the new captain. G.Wilkins is

listed,
but  a Wilkins  played a year or two ago. Not sure if they
are the same or different. 28 games are arranged, and reserves will

enter the SMC
again. Henry Williams is a player with two previous spells at Epsom clubs,
dating back to 1900 and Epsom East Street.

17/9/10 Epsom
lose to Lingfield in SJL 2-5. Game played at ERG as Half Mile Bush ground is
not yet available. (NR).

Sept 10
Reference to "THE EPSOM TEAM" losing their first two games by
substantial margins to Crusaders and Lingfield, with mention

of a good list
of fixtures this season. Clearly from this report, this was the main town
team. They appear to have been the only junior club.

Surrey Junior
Cup draw for 15/10/10 Westcott away in 1st round of Group O.

17/9/10 Old
Citizens practice match this day.

Sept 10
reference to an Epsom Downs United this month, but no connected names to any
of the Epsom sides. Possibly connected to J.Nightingall's XI.

24/9/10 Epsom
lose 3-0 to Ashtead at HMB in SJL. Herald missing for 1/10/10 so (NR) but
D&L Advertiser has one. Mellish scored Ashtead's first. Is this the
same

Mellish that
plays for Epsom Town in the mid 20's. If it isn't then it is definitely a
relative, as he joined Epsom Town from Ashtead.

Ernest Hicks
did well in goal HT 1-0 then Epsom injury left them with ten men.

1/10/10
Caterham Park 5-1 Epsom in SJL. Epsom were four short, and although two subs
were found, they played with 9 throughout.

Epsom had to
play with two halves and four forwards. HT was 3-0 and it was 5-0 before
Epsom scored from a rebound after the keeper had

saved the
Epsom outside left's shot. Game played at the Rectory Field, Caterham.

1/10/10 Epsom
Athletic drew 1-1 with Ashtead Reserves @ Epsom. HT 0-1. L.Cropley played for
Ashtead.

8/10/10 Epsom
due to be at home to Addiscombe in SJL but this was definitely NOT played. In
fact Addiscombe would never play a fourth

fixture and
would fold in November.

15/10/10 Epsom
win on "the village ground" at Westcott 3-2 in SJC 1. Trailed 2-1
at HT.

22/10/10 Epsom
Athletic win 5-0 @ Merton Park v Merton Boys. A small ground.

22/10/10
Guards Depot Res 4-1 Epsom @ Caterham. Yates and Terry came in for Rose and
Smith. Archer 1-0 (15), then 1-1 (20) and 1-2 (25)

which was the
HT score. Second half was much more in favour of the hosts who got two more
goals (55) and (90).

29/10/10
Croydon Glendale 1-0 Epsom in SJL HT 0-0. (NR)

29/10/10 Epsom
Athletic 2-0 up after ten minutes and beat Old Suttonians Reserves 3-2.

5/11/10 Epsom
travel to Ashtead in SJC 2 and win 1-0. "As is usual when these teams
meet, local excitement ran very high" Ernest

Hicks played
very well in goal. Miserable conditions though.

Herald says
Epsom's fifth straight match away from home. A great display from the Epsom
defence. Hicks won the toss, and Basford hit

the post for
Epsom in the first half, and three minutes later a ball in from H.Green hit
an Ashtead back and trickled into the goal. Wise had a second

disallowed
after 47. "A gruelling and exciting second half brought no addition to
the score." Hicks gave "a splendid exhibition" and all

players played
well for Epsom.

Advertiser
referred to the match and said that "in the opinion of the Ashteadites,
the result was a foregone conclusion, and they even

went so far as
to have funeral cards printed in memory of Epsom, besides arranging a
firework display to celebrate the home team's

victory"
"If rumour speaks correctly, not one of the Ashtead team have been able
to settle down to his work this week" An Epsom

supporter was
so overjoyed at the victory that he sent a poem in to the papers which read
as follows:

Sacred to the memory of Ashtead

Who died in the fight for the Cup

Still there's a talk of resurrection

For their protest has been sent up

(any protest failed)

It was very hard luck for their club, sirs

For they all laid the odds, to a man

Now they say that they cannot pay up, sirs

Or at least very few of them can

But the worst of their luck is to come, sirs

So sure of the victory were they

That they each begged or borrowed some money

To have a great firework display

But their fireworks, like them,
fizzled out, sirs

They had much overrated their strength

And it goes down in 1910 history

Old Epsom beat them by a length.

inc 5/11
reference to ESB Pld 7 W6 D1. Clever forward Weaver is about to have a trial
with a 1st Division Southern League club. Can only trace

two results
for them so far this season . Ground at Earlsfield enveloped in thick fog as
ESB win 3-0 v Sherwood. Third goal was a Rose

free kick from
30 yards out.

5/11/10
Reference to Wallington FC having their own ground in Hackbridge.

12/11/10 Fine
weather and "a large crowd of spectators" saw an even game between
Selhurst and Epsom, at Epsom. Selhurst went

a goal down
but equalised before half time "to the delight of some of the Ashtead
crowd who had come over to watch the match!"

Last minute
miss by the Epsom centre, who put it over the bar.

Herald says
Epsom were at full strength. First home match since 24th September. Holt 1-0
(5), but 1-1 after 8 minutes and no further scoring.

Hicks had
another good day and "can hardly improve on his display in the past
three weeks."

16/11/10 Lunar
eclipse. Many people watched.

16/11/10
Smoking concert for Epsom White Rose FC. About 50 present. AJ King in the
chair and Mr Milligan on the piano.

19/11/10
reported "Epsom have reason to be satisfied with the play of the
youngsters introduced into the team from the reserves."

JJ Skinner
improves each game, and Archer and Wise give great promise. Wise is only 5 ft
2 in and 8 stone, but does not stop him

beating
opponents. Hicks was missing this day so CE Smith went in goal as Brighton
Railway were defeated 3-1 in SJL at Half Mile Bush.

H.Green scored
after 5 minutes, then Sid Basford. Railway pulled one back, but another for
Green before HT was the final goal of the game.

Nov 1910
Surrey Junior Charity Cup No mention in 1st round, despite being finalists
the year before, yet they play Belmont (H) on 7/1/11.

26/11/10 Epsom
win 4-1 at Leatherhead Rose in SJC 3. Wise 1-0 (8), from Green cross, then
Basford got the next two (13) and (15)(from 30 yards),

HT was 3-0 and
H.Green 4-0 after 46 minutes. A late o.g. by Plume trying to keep the ball
out made it 4-1. Herald thinks that Leatherhead

Rose are not
strong enough to enter this competition. A bit harsh. Game played at Kingston
Road Rec. Leatherhead Advertiser says their goal

was a
beautiful shot, not an o.g.

26/11/10
Surrey Mirror refers to "plenty of exciting incidents" and a
"well-contested" game. They also believe that Basford got the
fourth goal.

Reference to
future player GS Whitehorn playing for Leatherhead F.A. this day along with
Nunns and Tinsley.

26/11/10
Reserves lose 3-5 to Sutton Manor Park Res @ HMB. Butterfield injured near
the end. HT 2-3 after being 2-1 up early.

Dec 10 Barry
Porter has disappeared from the Surrey line ups as well. No further reference
to him is found by me thus far.

3/12/10
Reference to a fixture at North Croydon v Epsom. Poss friendly. Certainly no
league game that day.

3/12/10 Epsom
Recreation Ground is "at the Alexandra Road Grounds"

December 10 A
proposal is submitted by SR Webb, Secretary of Banstead Institute for a
league to be set up for local clubs in the Sutton or Epsom districts.

Harkaway of
Herald tries to arrange a meeting, but nothing ever seems to happen, and the
clubs would have to wait another 10 years before it happened.

10/12/10
Possibility of many postponements this day as weather is very wet.

10/12/10
Garfield and H.Hogsden ensure a 2-0 lead for Epsom Athletic v Epsom
Territorials at HT, but F.Hogsden scored for ET and they drew 2-2.

10/12/10 Epsom
lose a friendly at home to Belmont 1-2. S.Skinner equalised an early Belmont
goal with a long shot that the keeper slipped

while trying
to reach. It was almost identical to Belmont's goal. Belmont had the wind
second half, but HT unknown.

10/12/10 Epsom
FC arrange a Smoking Concert at "Club HQ" King's Arms, East Street,
where there was a "merry gathering of footballers"

Mr Henry
Williams presided over a good attendance. During an interval, Mr C E Smith
proposed a toast to "the health of the Epsom

Football
Club" and referred to the satisfactory record that the club held during
the present season. Mr Ernest Hicks (captain)

briefly
responded, and the evening was brought to a close at about 11pm.

17/12/10
Friendly v East Croydon, but (NR). Was it played? Many games were p-p again
this week due to heavy rain.

24/12/10
Fixtures for Xmas have Epsom (H) v Tooting Graveney, and 26/12 (H) v Tooting
Wednesday. (NR's) Also a sort of friendly is arranged for

27/12 against
a sort of Ashtead team. Many Epsom and Ashtead players were in this side, but
it wasn't an official club match. 6-0 to Ashtead.

LineUp for the
"Epsom" side was Hicks, H.Williams, H.Skinner, Plume, Gayfer,
Skinner, Pring, W.Bradley, Hunt, Meadus, Wise. It wasn't

quite as one
sided as the score looked. A "very big crowd".

24/12/10
Reserves lose 13-2 at Rosehill v All Saints (Benhilton).

24/12/10 Epsom
Athletic led 2-0 but lose 2-3 to Merton Boys

26/12/10 Epsom
Athletic defeat Belvedere (Wimbledon) 6-2 in a one sided and uninteresting
encounter.

27/12/10 Old
Citizens win 1-0 at Reigate Priory in front of a medium attendance with a
slight fall of snow during the game. HT 1-0.

31/12/10
Brighton Railway defeat Epsom 4-0 in an away game in SJL. Table provided at
this stage. Epsom are bottom of 8 teams.

Record was W1
D1 L6 F8 A24. Correct!

4/1/11
Christchurch White Rose FC Annual supper at Clatford House, South Street,
Epsom. President AF Wootton donated the supper.

Secretary
Oliver Breedon announced accounts at 31/12/10 of 6s 9d in hand. There were 22
playing members and of 13 matches played

W8 D2 L3 F 42
A 21. An enjoyable programme  was
sustained by the Epsom Hand bell Ringers (including Oliver Breedon)., and
a

thought
reading from the Bros. Marshall.

Jan 11 Epsom
not listed in Surrey Midweek Cup or in Sutton Hospital Cup. Did they enter? -
Appears not. Only 11 entries in SHC.

Table Jan 21
shows Epsom have not played in SJL since 31/12.

7/1/11 Epsom
lose 1-3 at home to Belmont in the Surrey Junior Charity Cup 1st round in
front of "a good assembly of spectators" at the

Half Mile Bush
Ground.

1-0 down then
Epsom's centre forward equalised.

Jan 11 ESM are
Played 17 W13 D2 L2 F52 A21 with H Payne captain, although he doesn't appear
to play very often.

14/1/11 Epsom
Ath win 2-0 v Leatherhead Rose. To mispens in first half for Ath, who won
with two goals from their inside-right, probably F.Garfield.

14/1/11 Epsom
lose 5-3 at Banstead Institute in a "pleasantly contested game" at
Banstead.

21/1/11 Epsom
get a 1-1 draw at London Road, North Cheam v Sutton Pyros in SJC 4. Ground
also referred to previously as Gander Green

Lane, which
suggests it was at the junction of both roads, across the road from where St
Anthony's Hospital now is. Sutton Pyros would go on

become Brocks
Pyros, named after the firework factory there. Brocks Avenue, off Gander
Green Lane marks the site area.

Epsom were
slightly the better side says the Pyros report. Epsom were 1-0 up through an
Archer goal, but conceded a penalty before HT

which was 1-1.
Replay required and the winners will play Crusaders (A) at Raynes Park. All
Epsom's ties were away in this competition.

21/1/11 Epsom
Reserves are mentioned losing 10-2 to Leatherhead F.A. with Baker getting 6
goals for Leatherhead.

Jan 11
Reference to Harry Skinner, formerly Epsom FC and now captain of the Capital
and Counties Bank. Has also played for the A.F.A. for Surrey

v Middx and is
selected for the game v Sussex. Also plays for Richmond Association. Used to
play cricket for Epsom C.C. too.

21/1/11
reference to Mr John Nightingall, who often got a football team out for
friendlies, playing at South Hatch, up on the Epsom Downs.

28/1/11 St
Barnabas playing at Temple Road must be the forerunner of YMCA side. They
beat Epsom Athletic 1-0 in SMC due

to an own goal
by Lee.

28/1/11 Epsom
Reserves beat Leatherhead Rose Reserves 4-3 in Surrey Minor Cup with a late
winner.

28/1/11 Epsom
knocked out of SJC 4 in a replay by Sutton Pyros at Half Mile Bush Ground.
Epsom a little unfortunate says report.

Full team line
ups provided in report. WS Bashford was actually Basford.

This was a
quarter final, and Green, Holt, Williams and the two Skinners were the pick.

It was very
even says Herald. A good individual effort from Green put Epsom 1-0 up and
they led for a while before being pegged back

and defeated
with a late winner which was "somewhat lucky" as keeper Hicks
cleared the ball against his own player and into the net!

W Ede and the
Rev T Lister are expected back the following week for the home game with the
Guards Depot.

Lister was
also President of Epsom Brotherhood C.C.

4/2/11 Epsom
full back Henry Williams injured at work when molten lead squirted into his
eye causing "great pain!". Taken to Guy's

Hospital and
operated on that day. Now progressing favourably, but misses game v Guards
Depot Res.

4/2/11 Epsom
Athletic won 3-2 at Benhilton Guild despite a mispen in second half at Sutton
Rec.

Feb 11 Epsom
St Barnabas play at Temple Road this year, but have disappeared by the end of
1911/12, with reference instead to Epsom YMCA

who play at
Temple Road instead of EStB. They were two separate clubs.

11/2/11
Fixture list has Addiscombe v Epsom but they had resigned from the league in
November.

11/2/11 Epsom
Ath 8-1 v Leatherhead Rose Res. A sub was allowed in second half after an LR
player was injured. He then scored their goal. HT was

scored by
Gilliatt, and the captain scored a penalty (probably Dunford).

18/2/11 Epsom
edge Caterham Park out 3-2 in a SJL fixture in a pretty even struggle.
Epsom's outside right was the best player on the park says

the Caterham
report. Epsom took the lead with a player breasting the ball into the net
after the keeper had made a half save. HT was 1-1 and

after 60
minutes Caterham Park took the lead, but an Epsom penalty levelled it up and
Epsom scored the winner towards the end.

18/2/11 Epsom
Athletic are 2-0 up but lose 2-3 to All Saints Benhilton.

25/2/11 Epsom
lose 5-0 to Ashtead in the fourth meeting of the clubs this season. Ashtead
lead this sequence 3 wins to 1 with F14 A2.

This was an
SJL match.

25/2/11 Epsom
Ath drew 1-1 with Ashtead Reserves. One penalty each.

25/2/11 Epsom
St Barnabas 3-1 Dorking St Pauls in SMC 4 at Half Mile Bush.

4/3/11 Epsom
reserves host Epsom Athletic at Half Mile Bush but lose 3-1. E Ath captain
scored penalty first, but 1-1 by HT. Then Hogsden scored

and Ansell got
the third with an overhead kick.

4/3/11
Lingfield 7-1 Epsom in SJL. (NR).

4/3/11
reference to Epsom St Martins being unbeaten this season. This was their only
draw, and they needed a late equaliser from the outside right,

against New
Town in Sutton. FT 2-2 at Sutton Rec.

11/3/11 Epsom
FC calculated 3-3 home draw with Croydon Glendale. Originally meant to be
away to Selhurst Park. (SJL)

18/3 reported
in paper that the 11/3/11 games were affected by many players going to watch
Chelsea v Swindon!

Also a local
supporter writes to say that league football is killing the real sporting
side of the game. He is not on his own with this view back then.

18/3/11 Epsom
defeat Epsom St Barnabas 8-0 in a friendly. Outclassed from start to finish.
People expected this to be a lot closer.

18/3/11
Weybridge 3-0 Croydon Park in A.F.A. Final played at Old Citizens ground in
Ewell. This was the old Ewell ground at West Street

K.O. 4.20 as
Old Citizens had a game earlier that day. 300 spectators saw all the goals in
the second half

when kicking
uphill. OC were at home to Old Augustinians this day.

25/3/11 Epsom
due to play Clapham United in friendly this day. (NR). Was it played?

25/3/11
Charlie (CE) Holliday plays and scores for Epsom Athletic. A future Epsom
Town (and maybe Juniors) player in the early twenties.

Athletic
defeat Epsom St Barnabas 2-1 this day with a late winner from Webb.

29/3/11 AF
White plays for Townley Park v Old Malvernians in AFA Cup SF replay at
Tufnell Park - half back 1-1

1/4/11 ESM
defeat Cheam Common 27-0 @ ERG.

1/4/11 Old
Suttonians v Epsom (NR). Was it played? Probably not as another friendly is
arranged for 15th April.

8/4/11 Epsom's
last game of season was a 1-0 win at Selhurst Park in SJL. Played @ Selhurst,
but probably not the Nest as

Croydon Common
used it in those days.

April 11
Coldest April for 40 years says Herald.

15/4/11 Old
Suttonians v Epsom (NR). Was it played?

April 11
reference to WA Garfield who is Secretary of Epsom Athletic C.C.

April 11
Herald review of season covers Epsom Athletic Pld 29 (I have 22 fixtures
listed and only 19 results) W17 D5 L7. They have beaten Sutton

Manor Park
(x3), Headley (x2), Old Suttonians, Belvedere (Wimbledon), Hyperion,
Leatherhead Rose, Epsom Reserves, Wallington Res, Benhilton

Guild, Epsom
White Rose, Epsom?? and Rayleigh. Drew with Ashtead Res (x2), ESB, Banstead
Institute, and East Surrey Regiment.

Review of Old
Citizens F.C. Pld 24 W11 D2 L11 F49 A53. A and B teams have also had full
seasons.

They play at
Ewell FC's old ground. Sec AG Reveirs 150 Knights Hill, West Norwood. They
are not in any leagues.

April 11
reference to Frank A Duplock who it appears was a very good athlete before
becoming a billiards player.

April 11
reference to Sutton United playing at London Road this season.

April 11
former England International and Ewell FC player P.M. Walters is a
vice-president of Ashtead F.C. and was at their Annual Dinner to celebrate

their
successful season. Won SJL and Dorking Leagues.

3/5/11 3rd
annual reunion of Ewell Old Boys - Ewell School. Games were played at the
cricket and football fields, with a football match

between
Gibraltar and Rest of Ewell, won 2-1 by Gibraltar. West Street was actually
Gibraltar Lane in those days.

May 11
reference to Epsom Recreation Ground being bought in Sept 1898. Area of
ground was 15 acres, 3 rods, and 38 (or 58?) poles. The

application to
build a pavilion is granted. JW Gow was Chairman of the Epsom Recreation
Ground Committee. "The most beautiful

recreation
ground in the county" with upwards of 1,000 children there daily during
the summer, but with no adequate shelter in the

event of a
storm. During 1910/11 there were 91 football matches, 140 cricket matches and
17 hockey matches played on it.

June 1911
Derby Day affected by thunder and lightning. A boy and horse were killed at
Buckle's Gap.

June 1911
reference to Alf Green, uncle of future Epsom Secretary William E.Green. Had
spent 28 years at Epsom C.C. and is now 44 and playing

for Manor
Asylum in connection with his employment. Picture
19/8/11 p2 Herald.

1911/12
season

SCFA Handbook
says Epsom playing in light and dark blue: Sec FE Milligan, 1 Grove Road,
Epsom.

7/9/11 AGM
Thursday evening at Technical Institute. Presided over by Walter J Ede,
Secretary FE Milligan, Treasurer JH Birch.

Deficit
reported of £10.19s.2 1/2d Ernest Hicks was captain. Colours apparently
changed from claret and sky blue to white, but not

in line with
SCFA handbook, which says light and dark blue. JH Birch retired as Treasurer.
The club leave Half Mile Bush to play at

Epsom
Recreation Ground for 1911/12 season. Officers elected as President W Keswick
MP. V-p's all re-elected. C or J Batchelor

was elected
captain with Walter J Ede as vice captain, J Wise as Secretary, with FE
Milligan remaining a Committee member

along with GO
Fuller, who would become Secretary later this season. Epsom will enter Surrey
Junior Cup this year.

The club
nearly didn't start this year. Finances will not allow Epsom to remain at
Half Mile Bush, which indicates that it was a private

pitch.
Advertiser says "I am surprised the club have not gone there before as
the ground at Half Mile Bush was never largely patronised,

and therefore
the Committee must have been put to a considerable expense every week."

Reported that
the club will just play friendlies only this year, and Surrey Minor Cup too.

Epsom Athletic
in claret and sky blue: Sec, WA Garfield, 5 Albert Road. Most of their
players all play for the cricket team too.

Football team
plays friendlies only this year before joining Dorking League next season.

Epsom
Wednesday in red and green: Sec, F Lock, 39 High Street. Name changed from
Epsom White Rose F.C. this year.

Reference to
Leatherhead A.F.A. playing at Fetcham Grove again this year with dressing
rooms at the Running Horse Pub. Their second season.

Sept 11
Croydon Charity Cup - no Epsom or Ewell entries.

Sept 11 Future
Ewell player A Hewett selected for London v Birmingham @ Tottenham on
2/10/11.

6/9/11 Epsom
Wednesday practice match.

Sept 11 Mr
Greengrass funeral at Epsom Cemetery. First person to drive a car through
Epsom High Street in 1890. Also had a motor car business in

Epsom. Born in
Dover but lived in Epsom for last thirty years.

No Epsom sides
in Surrey Junior League Group 4.

9/9/11 A
former Epsom player Arthur Holt scores HT on his debut for Ashtead as they
beat Baroda 7-0 this day @ Ashtead.

SJC 1 Draw
sees Epsom v Dorking Reserves

Sept 11
reference to South Tooting FC used to be called Waterfall FC.

Sept 11 ESM
average age is 16. Secretary WR Sutton, The Willows.

23/9/11
Friendly at Leatherhead Rose is scheduled for this day according to the
D&L Advertiser. Was it played?

30/9/11
Friendly win 3-1 v Mr Webb's XI @ ERG. A poor game with high wind responsible
for some of it. Defence played well. HT 3-0.

Oct 11
reference to Epsom Gymnasium at the Parade, Epsom. Not there for much longer
though.

7/10/11
Picture of new Epsom Captain Walter J Ede in Surrey Herald this day. Joined
from Worthing Reserves.

This picture
is not of a good quality and I need to go back to Colindale for this.

He is
establishing a good spirit among the players, and if this continues, they
should be able to go back to the SJL next season. "Admirably built for a

footballer".
He was captain of Worthing Reserves for two years. "He fills best the
position of half back", but the important position of centre half is
already

well filled by
HJ Plume, so has willingly filled any position in the team that needed
strengthening. Also plays cricket for Epsom St Barnabas.

Reference to
the club having some new officers working enthusiastically to put the club on
a sound footing.

11/10/11 Epsom
Wednesday have entered the Surrey Midweek Cup.

14/10/11 Epsom
Athletic mispen in 0-4 defeat to All Saints (Benhilton).

14/10/11 Epsom
defeat Dorking Res 2-1 but are fortunate to do so, as a draw was fairer.
Epsom have a better team than "anyone a few

weeks ago
expected it to be." Herald states that it is possible to charge
admission at ERG.

14/10/11 Epsom
St Barnabas win 15-0 @ Manor Asylum and have now Played 3 Won 3 F26 A2. The
other two results are not recorded.

They lose 2-3
to Epsom Athletic on 21/10/11. Future Epsom Town player Charlie Holliday
plays for Epsom Athletic.

21/10/11 ESM
beat Sutton County 5-0 with A.Greentree arriving 15 minutes late. 10 started
the game.

Nov 11 no
Epsom or Ewell sides in Epsom Hospital Cup this year.

2/11/11
Assyrians defeat Epsom Manor 4-0 with WH Ollis getting HT.

4/11/11 Epsom
defeat Leatherhead Rose 4-1 in Surrey Junior Cup 2. Not three goals better.
H.Green got all 4 including a penalty

in good
weather and in front of a good attendance. Epsom won the toss and had the
wind at their backs and Green scored after 15 minutes

before a
harshly given penalty for a charge ensured a 2-0 lead at HT. The second half
was very even before Green completed his HT with a

shot that the
keeper Davis miskicked. Rose scored to reduce the arrears and pressed for a
while, but Epsom and Green's fourth came as a

result of a
last minute breakaway.

4/11/11 ESB
due to play Sherwood at Earlsfield, but the pitch was not yet ready so played
at Epsom. Best performance this year. Billy Green got the

fifth from 25
yards. HT 1-0.

Herald says
lots of good halves at Epsom, but not enough forwards.

Nov 11 Herald
says that former players Arthur Holt and Syd Skinner may play for Ashtead v
Epsom in SJC 3, while Henry Williams is ex-Ashtead.

11/11/11 Epsom
are due to play Belmont this day but (NR). It was won by Epsom but no further
details. See 2/12 comments.

11/11/11 Epsom
Athletic nearly end unbeaten record of Benhilton Guild but draw 1-1.
Drizzling rain.

11/11/11 ESM
play at Mr Nightingall's ground in South Hatch and beat Great Bookham 4-1.
They are now Pld 7 W6 D1 F40 A5.

This indicates
that they may have beaten Epsom YMCA 4-0 on 28/10, as this is the only result
I don't have yet. Of course they may have played

someone else
that day instead.

11/11/11
A.F.A. Cup Old Citizens v Woolwich Poly at Gibraltar Lane. Predicted line up
is: FN Wood, RE Richardson, D.Rupsdale, WR Amis,

PJ Peacock, AW
Edmondson, B.Field, WFJ Thomson, AL Diss, EA Knight, RF Branch.

Nov 11 Epsom
St Barnabas want games and have their own private ground and dressing room.
Contact: AH Tinker, High Street, Epsom.

18/11/11 ESM
win 3-2 at Worcester Park III. Only played with ten throughout. Greentree
scored in first minute. HT 1-1.

18/11/11 ESB
lose to All Saints (Benhilton) 2-1. Because of the weather at Rose Hill, only
8 All Saints players and 9 from ESB turned up!

25/11/11 Epsom
St Barnabas lose 5-0 or 6-0 to Leatherhead Rose. I have 6-0 but Graham
Mitchell's Leatherhead records says 5-0.

25/11/11
Ashtead defeat Epsom in SJC 3. "The rivalry between these clubs is very
great and on occasion leads to some of the players

displaying
some amount of unkind feeling towards each other." "A large number
of spectators". Syd Skinner missing for Ashtead but

Williams
missing for Epsom. Downhill first half, Drew scored after a half save from a
Wise shot after 5 minutes, but when Ashtead

equalised a
few minutes later, Epsom fell off badly and lost 5-1. "Epsom have not
given so poor an exhibition this year". Defence was ok,

but Epsom lack
forwards says Herald. H.Green was quiet but had little service, while former
player Arthur E Holt scored for Ashtead.

HT was unknown
but at least 2-1 to Ashtead.

November 11
Epsom Rugby Club formed. First game v
Epsom College Reserve side W27-8 on 9/12/11.

Dec 11
reference to Horton Asylum xmas dinner with Medical Superintendent as Dr
J.R.Lord future President of Epsom Town.

It appears
that he has been there for a while.

2/12/11 Epsom
lead 1-0 at HT @ Belmont with a weakened side, but lost 3-1. Belmont thus
avenged their only loss this season "four

weeks
earlier" (actually three).

2/12/11 Paine,
Blott and Taylor injured and missing for ESB this day.

2/12/11
Greentree was out for ESM but Gow proved a good sub in a game with no fouls
as Dorking High School are beaten 6-0.

9/12/11 Epsom
led 2-0 but lost 5-3 at Coombe v Coombe Park. Fuller played well in a game
they did not deserve to lose.

16/12/11
Wimbledon Clevedon only brought 6 to play ESM but 5 subs were found including
Plume, Fuller and Blott "late members of the Epsom team".

16/12/11 Epsom
lose 1-0 to an 80th minute goal at Sutton Manor Park.

26/12/11 Ewell
OB 2-2 Epsom OB. Poor weather but no little interest at Ewell.

Jan 12
Reference to Merton FC playing at the John Innes Sports Ground in Watery
Lane. It still exists. They hadn't been there too long.

JANUARY 1912
Surrey Mirror is not at Surrey History Centre. Check at Colindale for Epsom
Ath and Epsom.

6/1/12 Epsom
draw 1-1 with Epsom St Barnabas in a friendly. Epsom were one short but the
sub played well, while ESB were a couple

short, but
subs were found for them. Billy (WE) Green scored after 10 minutes for ESB HT
0-1 but in second half,

Wise crossed
for H Green to equalise for Epsom. A very fast and even game.

13/1/12 Epsom
Athletic win easily at Sutton v Old Suttonians Res. W5-1 Carter (3) and Moore
(2). An easy win.

13/1/12 Epsom
defeat Epsom St Barnabas 3-0 after a goalless first half in another friendly.
Green (pen), an o.g. by Sparrow, and Revell

were the
scorers. Hicks and Hide (debut) and Tinsley and Newman all played for ESB.
1-0 would have been fairer.

27/1/12 SMC 2
this day sees Epsom Ath v Leatherhead Rose W9-0 and Epsom (St Barnabas) v
Ashtead L0-1.

Jan 12 Croydon
and Brighton Railway both playing at Mitcham Road. Reference to being like
old times to see a SSC tie in Croydon

with memories
of the old Dennett Road days. Many spectators from those days were present.

3/2/12
reported in Herald that "The Epsom club can be justly proud of the fact
that it has not been beaten on its own ground this season.

The team is
now one of all round excellence, and though it is in no league, the matches
are of an interesting character."

3/2/12 Epsom v
Coombe Park. Earlier in the season, Epsom lost 5-3 there after leading 2-0.
(NR) for either game yet.

3/2/12 Epsom
St Martins win 5-0 v Sutton County School at ERG. "ESM played fairly
well considering that they had had no game for six weeks."

This means
that provisional away matches on 6/1 v Walton United, 13/1 v Kingswood Res,
20/1 v Tolworth, and 27/1 v Epsom YMCA did not take

place, and
possibly a couple of weeks over and before xmas.

The ESM
current record is Pld 14 W13 D1 F74 A11, and they play Worcester Park III on
10/2 having beaten them earlier in the season 3-2 (pre Jan).

10/2/12 Epsom
3-0 Wimbledon St Marks after a 0-0 HT. Epsom are still unbeaten at home,
although the visitors were better in the second

half despite
conceding three as Whitehorn in goal for Epsom stopped shot after shot in
fine style. WE Green, then H.Green (2) were

the scorers.
Buckland (back) was the best player on the field, while Ede and Archer did
well as halves. Revell was ok up front.

10/2/12 Epsom
Athletic draw 1-1 aet with Ashtead Res and replay is listed as at Epsom on
17/2, so this may have been a second replay, as the

original game
was scheduled for 3/2/12, and ET was played in this tie. Check! Late
equaliser from F.Hogsden (88). HT 0-0

It's also
possible that Ashtead's first team was at home that day too, and that the
game on 3/2 was postponed..

10/2/12 Epsom
St Martins 2-2 with Worcester Park III @ Temple Road. R.Cooper (capt)
missing. 1-0 up through an o.g. but HT was 1-1. H Cooper

scored in
second half, but after 70 minutes the referee sent off the visiting centre
half, and the team walked off. Game abandoned!

10/2/12 Also
Sutton United lose 11-0 this day at Metrogas in South London Charity Cup SF.

13/2/12 Long
Grove Asylum v City Life Association. They are a life assurance company but
are beaten 8-2.

14/2/12 Epsom
Weds 4-2 Banstead Asylum @ Banstead. Scorer Cowlard, and others unknown. HT
1-1.

17/2/12 Epsom
win 2-0 at Manor Asylum in an enjoyable game with tea and hospitality
afterwards. W Green and H.Green scored the

goals while
Poulton the Manor gk was magnificent. Archer played well at half with
Buckland and Drew safe at back as usual.

JW Wise was
captain for the first time as Ede was missing, as was Grose, Williams, and
Jeeves. Epsom played with ten men throughout.

24/2/12 Epsom
Athletic lose 1-0 to Brockham in SMC 4 (last 16). HT 0-0. Goal was a long
shot from 30 yards out with 20 minutes left.

24/2/12 Epsom
St Martins lose first game of season 8-2 at Leatherhead St Johns. Now Pld 16
W13 D2 L1 F78 A21. Correct.

2/3/12 Epsom
are due to play Epsom St Barnabas again, and expected line up is as follows:
GS Whitehorn, FG Drew, G.Buckland,

F.Archer, WJ
Ede, F.Grose, HW Jeeves, H Williams, H.Green, AJ Revell, JW Wise. (NR) of
game.

2/3/12 ESM
beat Sutton Pioneers 5-1 @ ERG. 1-0 down early and 2-1 HT due to two from
Cropley. HT for Cooper in second half, and game

abandoned for
heavy rain after 60 minutes.

9/3/12 Epsom
FC Club President W Keswick MP dies aged 78. Funeral in Bookham.

16/3/12 ESM
win 7-1 at Tolworth. Johnson scored early, then 1-1, before a H.Cooper (pen)
2-1HT. H.Cooper completed HT and B.Green (2), Greentree.

20/3/12 Epsom
Weds win 1-0 v District Railway (Fulham) @ Epsom. Archer (pen) in first ten
minutes. Epsom W only had ten in second half.

23/3/12 Epsom
Rec is Alexandra Rec, although later years refer to them as different places.
Present day Alexandra

Rec does have
two halves to it though, which may have added to the confusion.

23/3/12
Walton Heath defeat Epsom Athletic with a late winner. 3-2. HT 0-1 down.

27/3/12 Epsom
Weds defeat Croydon Invicta 3-0 @ Croydon. Scorers WE Green (2), and
J.Cowlard. HT 3-0.

30/3/12
picture in papers of opening of ERC pavilion. It looks very similar to that
which burned down in the 80's at Alexandra Rec.

30/3/12 Before
ESM's 6-0 win v Dorking CLB this day, they were Pld 18 W15 D2 L1 F90 A23.
Therefore game v Dorking High School on

23/3/12 did
not take place. ESM had played Dorking CLB twice before, a 6-1 win and a
draw. Dates unknown but pre-Jan.

30/3/12 Narrow
1-0 win @ Epsom v Croydon Adult School. Scored by Mountford in first half.

30/3/12
Although only ten men play all game, Epsom defeat Wimbledon St Mark's 4-1,
with 2 from H.Green, and other goals

from Tinsley
and Billy Green.

5/4/12 Epsom
FC are entered in a 6 a side competition at Woking FC this day.

They beat
Pyrford by one point to nil (a corner) then beat Woking II by 4 points to nil
(one goal from H.Green) then lost to

Camberley St
Georges 7 pts to 4. W Green scored then C St G equalised, and a corner and
led 5-4 at HT. Hon Sec of Epsom played

in this match
instead of the injured Buckland, and had a great chance to score right at the
end, but it was saved. 800 watched, and

Epsom and
Ashtead raced each other over there and supported each other all day.

6/4/12 Epsom
FC defeat Croydon Reserves on Easter Saturday @ ERG. Best game of the season
says papers. "A good crowd". H.Green 1-0

then 1-1, then
two from Weaver in his first game of the season inc one pen. HT 3-1 then 3-2
then H.Green again. Buckland missed

his first game
of the season injured.

April 12
former Epsom players Arthur Holt and Harry Skinner are at Ashtead this season
and will go on to play for West Norwood.

6/4/12 Davison
scores an 85th minute winner v Great Bookham. 6 reserves played this day.

8/4/12 Epsom
St Martins have now scored 100 goals after a 3-2 win over Ashtead OB's on
Easter Monday. Now Pld 21 W18 D2 L1 F100 A25. Correct.

13/4/12
Neither ESM or Epsom Athletic had an opponent turn up this week, so they
played each other at ERG! R.Wood scored in

first half. HT
0-1, then Basford (on as a sub) for ESM equalised, but Ansell scored the
winner for Epsom Athletic in the last minute. Also

Bert Wise
saved a penalty from F.Garfield in second half. 3 subs started for ESM in
first half but second half line up is listed on the spreadsheet.

April 12
Confirmed that Epsom St Barnabas play at Temple Road. It is their ground.

13/4/12 Epsom
were due to play Crusaders this day, but the opponents were unable to raise a
team.

14/4/12
Titanic disaster in Atlantic Ocean.

20/4/12 Epsom
due to play Guildford Res this day. (NR).

20/4/12 Epsom
St Martins were due to play at Temple Road as Epsom and Epsom Athletic have
priority at ERG, but neither game appears to

have taken
place, so ESM played Mill Green there and won 7-1. Scorers Green (2),
H.Cooper (2), Hulett, Johnson, Davison. The visitors first

defeat of the
season. HT 4-0.

27/4/12
Smoking concert at Spread Eagle at 8pm on a Saturday evening under the
auspices of the Epsom FC. Mr R.G.Hue Williams

presided and
supported by WJ Wilson Secretary of SCFA. He said it was the first time he'd
ever been to a football gathering at Epsom.

"Epsom
had not a club worthy of it, and had never had one." The FA had extended
the season by a week so that Titanic fund matches

could be
played, and hoped that Epsom would arrange a match if they had not already
done so. FA also donated 200 guineas to Titanic

fund. Mr Hue
Williams also spoke a few words. Entertainment provided by Messrs George
Furniss, R Bowles, Bernard Bainbridge,

R de Wesselow,
Edgar (EE) Jeffery (a former player), WTC Lock, C Jeaves "etc." Mr
H Glenister ably presided at the piano!

Tickets
provided from JH Birch at Station Road, or Hon Sec G.O. Fuller

Reference to
the club having dropped out of the Charity Competition for the first time
this year.

Henry Keswick
(President) was unable to be present and telegraphed from Scotland. Apologies
also received from JH Bridges and SJ Eggar.

Bridges was
the Ewell President for the fifteen seasons of its life.

Chairman
stated that the club had played 21 W13 D2 L6 this year. I have 15 results W9
D2 L4.

Epsom remained
unbeaten at home all season.

Mr J Gow
senior proposed the health of Mr Wilson and Mr Hue-Williams. He said the
Chairman was well known in Leatherhead and

was becoming
so in Epsom. It helped that he was an old footballer said Gow.
"Arrangements for the concert which was thoroughly enjoyed

by all
present, were made by the energetic Hon. Secretary Mr G.O. Fuller."

4/5/12 Herald
reviews the season, and describes it as "The wet season"

Epsom St
Martins, formed last year Pld 23 W19 D2 L2 F108 A28. Correct all the way from
first mention on 3/2/12. Have never failed to score since

they were
formed. RH Cooper (41), A.Greentree (19), Albert Green (17), H Davison (8),
BK Johnson (7), plus 1 o.g. and the other 15 goals shared

between 8
players. Average age of the squad is 17. R Cooper is captain.

Herald
recommends that Epsom enter the Dorking & District League. Not sure it
can though, as they are a Junior club, not a minor one.

18/5/12 Epsom
becomes the first automated telephone exchange in the British Isles.

1912/13 season

Epsom listed
as playing in white: Sec WE Green Keach Cottage, Albert Road (was Kertch
Cottage, 3 Albert Road)

Epsom Athletic
in claret and sky blue: Sec, WA Garfield, 5 Albert Road.

Epsom
Wednesday in red and green: Sec, F Lock, 39 High Street.

By Oct 1912, HJ Buttell 27 Pound Lane, Epsom.

Aug 1912 Epsom
YMCA Secretary George Willis, Waterloo Road, Epsom Average age of club is 22
and they play in green and white.

Epsom St
Barnabas, seem to have disappeared. Epsom YMCA remain, but are a more
prominent side this year.

Epsom St
Martins played in blue and gold: Sec, WR Sutton, Woodview, then The Willows,
Epsom (phone Epsom 433)

Epsom St
Barnabas still have a cricket team and Billy and Bert Green play in it, along
with J Bradley, who I believe was future Epsom Town

Chairman
Hugh's elder brother, who worked at St Barnabas as an organist.

21/5/12 Epsom
FC AGM on Tuesday evening at the Technical Institute. Mr GO Fuller resigned
as Secretary and was replaced by

two new
Secretaries, WE Green, and F Blott. A vote of thanks for Mr Fuller. Mr Henry
Keswick was elected President,

replacing his
deceased father. JH Birch Elected Treasurer, with Mr W Ede as captain, and H
Green as vice-captain. Accounts

presented
showed a balance in hand for the first time in the history of the club. It
was decided to apply for admittance to Southern

Suburban
League (accepted by time of report on 24/5/12), and to enter for the Surrey
Junior Cup.

June 12
reference to Ewell Recreation Ground and people being reluctant to put goal
posts up as is done at Epsom Recreation Ground.

26/6/12
Alexandra Day. 50 years to the day that she arrived in England says Herald.
Epsom Council would eventually name Epsom Rec after her.

July 12 AJ
Revell has an operation for appendicitis. Has played for Ewell, Ashtead and
Epsom amongst others. Should be fine.

1912/13 Sutton
United's first season at Adult School Ground.

North Croydon
playing at Parchmore Road this season.

Sept 12 Sutton
Hospital Cup draw sees Epsom v Belmont in first round. 10 entries, and most
of the others have byes. Winners are

away to Old
Suttonians in QF.

Sept 12 New
law advised whereby the keeper is no longer allowed to handle the ball
outside the penalty area. A good idea says Herald.

Herald refers
to prospects for the new season and explains that Leatherhead are to play
their games this season at Elmer Meadow in the

Dorking &
District League.

Mitcham
Wanderers start this year and their ground is at the Cranmers, Mitcham
Common.

Epsom Colony
start this year and eventually become St Ebba's.

14/9/12
Wimbledon's first ever match at Plough Lane sees a 2-0 loss in the FAC to
Tooting FC.

21/9/12
Reference to a Ewell Old Citizens match, but venue and further details
unknown.

Sept 12 Surrey
Junior Cup draw sees Epsom away to Westcott on 19/10/12.

18/9/12 SCFA
AGM at Holborn Restaurant, with President Percy Brandon presiding.

21/9/12 Club
game this day for Old Citizens. They play at West Street.

21/9/12 Epsom
win 7-0 at Ashtead. Report says that game was very one sided and the score by
no means represents their superiority.

In fact the
score could have been doubled. Scorers were Revell (3), H.Green (2), and
W.Green (2).

Epsom weren't
happy that Ashtead put out virtually a reserve XI. IT was Ashtead Reserves as
their first team were getting beaten 8-0 by North

Croydon this
day.

21/9/12 ESM
beat Thornville 3-0, and report refers to a Thornville penalty miss. One ESM
goal was a penalty from Hulett, while Gow and Gibson

got the others.

25/9/12 Epsom
Wednesday draw 1-1 at Sutton Rec v Sutton Adult School. HT 1-1 Sc. WE.Green

28/9/12 Epsom
St Martins were due to play at Temple Road, but Sutton Manor Park scratched
to Epsom Athletic, so the game was played at ERG.

W2-1 v
Addiscombe Wands Res Visitors were 2 short, so Skinner (Epsom Ath) and
Elliott played. 0-1 15 mins, then Orford equalised. HT 1-1, then

H.Cooper got
the winner.

28/9/12 First
match of the season in SJL saw Epsom lose 3-0 to Crusaders. 1-0 down after 20
minutes and 3-0 down by HT against the

wind, but
didn't improve after the break. Plume made his first appearance of the season
and was in fine form as was Drew. A new player

was tried in
Jenkins who should be a good acquisition.

2/10/12 Epsom
Wednesday win 2-1 away at Dorking Congregational Wednesday. W Green scored
both goals. Clearly there

was a
connection between Epsom and Epsom Wednesdays, although some YMCA players
also played on Weds.

Epsom Weds had
to play second half with ten men as a player had to leave early to catch a
train! Epsom held on to their HT 2-1 lead.

5/10/12 Epsom
YMCA home ground is at Temple Road, Epsom. They beat Ross United 9-1 here
this day.

Team line up
was Wood, Daniells, A.Breeden, Jervis, Morgan, Taylor, Cooke, Skinner,
Basford, Vaughan, Mountford.

Herald says
they are new, but there was an earlier one a couple of years previously.

5/10/12 Epsom
Ath lost 5-2 at Brockham in their first Dorking & Dist. League match.
Cattle were in the field all week, and ground was in "a disgraceful

state".
Ref wasn't there so the Brockham Secretary did the job, and made a few odd
decisions says report. 0-2 down, then two from F.Garfield HT 2-2.

5/10/12
Reigate Priory 2-1 Old Citizens. HT 1-0 and Old Citizens scored a late
consolation.

5/10/12 Epsom
St Martin's 12-0 Clarence III (Maples). One sided. Gow got 5. HT unk. Hulett
scored from half way line after keeper misjudged the flight.

Ernie Gow is
the youngest son of Councillor J Gow. Ernie has an elder brother J.Gow.

5/10/12 Epsom
defeat Belmont in Sutton Hospital Cup. Nunns and Revell scoring after a
goalless first half. Plume was the best

player on the
field, and Nunns was carried off about ten minutes from time, but the ten men
continued to attack..

It was a well
contested game. Buckland came in for Nunns who moved forward to inside left.
Nunns 1-0 then 1-1 5 minutes later.

Herald says
H.Green is too selfish, while Nunns was the pick of the forwards.

12/10/12 YMCA
get fortunate 1-1 draw at All Saints Benhilton. Game referred to an Epsom
centre forward kicking an All Saints player

on 4 distinct
occasions leading to an unpleasant element in the game towards the close.

12/10/12 Epsom
v Worcester Park. Was this played? Probably not.

More likely
that Epsom played at Summerstown Reserves this day instead in SSL, but I
don't think Epsom had a game this day, as Billy

Green turned
out for ESM this day. See below.

12/10/12 Epsom
St Martins win 6-0 @ ERG v Wimbledon Park Old Boys who arrived at the
expected finish time, and were 4 short. Billy Green "of

Epsom
1sts" played as did Elliott, Blott and a Horton player made up the
numbers. Only 30 mins each way and HT was 2-0. H.Cooper scored 4.

L.Cropley did
well in his trial and deserves another one says Herald.

16/10/12 Epsom
Weds were due to go to play Croydon Invicta, but they scratched so Epsom
played at Sutton Manor Park Res

and won 2-0
with goals from F.Archer and W.Green. Archer was the Epsom Wednesday Captain.

Oct 12 Epsom
Wednesday Secretary was HJ Buttell, 27 Pound Lane, Epsom, and he appealed for
more games on their open dates.

Oct 12
Suffragettes try to set fire to Epsom Grand Stand but it burns itself out
before it reaches the flammable materials placed there.

19/10/12
Reference in the YMCA report to the fact that they had a cup match the
previous week. Was this the All Saints game?

19/10/12
Friendly between YMCA and Epsom Ath ends with Athletic winning 6-2 at Temple
Road. Report refers to the old club and the

new club, and
it looks like YMCA were the new club. Also refers to ill feeling between the
"rival supporters" for no apparent reason.

19/10/12 Epsom
St Martins beat Great Bookham 3-1. Hulett scored first with a twice taken
penalty, which was retaken because of encroachment by

Dilley of the
defending team!! HT 1-1 then two from H.Cooper.

19/10/12 Epsom
win at Westcott in Group O of Surrey Junior Cup. No mention of Ewell, and
neither Epsom nor Ewell were in the Surrey

Junior League
group 3 or group 4 this year.

19/10/12 Epsom
win 7-1 and went up the slope in the first half, but went a goal down before
Revell equalised. HT 1-1 and 6 goals in the

second half.
H.Green got HT, Wise got 2 and Grose also scored, while Billy Green was poor
and missed many chances.

19/10/12
Woking News and Mail advises a Surrey Minor Cup draw with Epsom v Carshalton
being a first round tie and three other clubs receiving byes.

They were
Banstead Institute, Sutton Manor Park, Woodcote. However, we don't appear to
have a Reserve team so I am not sure if thiss tie was played.

22/10/12 Late
W.Green equaliser sees EW get a 2-2 draw v Great Bookham at the Epsom Rec.

26/10/12 Both
keepers played well in poor conditions, and Ernest Hicks turned out for YMCA,
and it is hoped he will be able to turn

out regularly.
2-2 draw with Belmont, although Belmont started with 8 men "and one
supply was available". YMCA should have won.

26/10/12 Epsom
were due to play Carshalton Athletic in SSL this day, but (NR). Was this played?

28/10/12 Dr
Roberts scored the first goal for Horton Asylum as they defeated Norbury Park
Res 5-0 at Epsom. 3-0 HT

30/10/12 EW
draw 2-2 with Banstead Institute at Epsom Rec. Banstead were one short but
found a good substitute in Muggeridge who scored!

First half
quite even, but second half it was all Epsom Weds. W Ayling (EW) and Banstead
keeper were best two on the pitch.

Oct 12
"Gaming" on Ewell Rec. 2 West Street lads ran off when spotted on
footpath to Kingston Road.

2/11/12 Sutton
Manor Park v Epsom YMCA (NR)

2/11/12 Epsom
Athletic lose 2-0 to Walton Heath in Dorking League. HT 0-1. McEwan injured
(15). 10 men. Brown and Fisher were very good. The

second goal
was "a beauty" 82 minutes.

2/11/12 Epsom
St Martins 8-0 Sutton Crusaders who were three short, but "found good
subs". HT 2-0 "ESM defenders have yet to realise that it is the

job of the
forwards who ought to accomplish the scoring!"

2/11/12 Epsom
defeat Telford 4-0 in a friendly. H.Green HT and Revell were the scorers.

6/11/12 Good
3-1 win for EW at Sutton & District Postal, thanks to two goals for
Yeates, and one from W.Green.

9/11/12 Old
Kingstonians beat Kingston 4-1 in Amateur Cup. Clubs would merge after the
war.

9/11/12 Epsom
draw 1-1 with Leatherhead in SJC 2. Epsom did most of the pressing in the
first half with the wind, but Leatherhead came

back in the
second half. A Revell was late and left out, so Buckland played even though
he was due to be watching. HT 1-0 up.

A draw was
fair. Leatherhead went up the slope with the wind in the first half. The
centre forward scored for Epsom (presume Green). Former

Epsom Thursday
player Fred Taylor scored for Leatherhead. D&L Advertiser said there was
"a large gathering of spectators".

9/11/12
reported that although Epsom "has failed as yet to gather in SSL points,
it has a team which ought to hold its own with most of

the sides that
it meets." "Grose is a player of much intelligence and plays a
delightfully fair game." Epsom need a good outside right,

and Herald
can't understand why Billy Green hasn't been given a try on the other wing.

9/11/12 Epsom
St Martins have a promising centre half in Johnson. It is the club's third
season and the 0-0 draw at Epsom Colony was the first time

in their
history that they have failed to score. Game was at the Colony ground in Hook
Road. Current record for ESM - Pld 7 W6 D1 F34 A2.

9/11/12 Epsom
Athletic defeat Old Suttonians 2-0 in an even game. Schafer 1-0 before HT,
and Foulger in second half. Brown in goal played well.

inc 9/11/12
Epsom Athletic Played 4 W1 D1 L2 F5 A9.

13/11/12 EW
and Carshalton Weds draw 2-2 in Surrey Midweek Cup. Unable to play extra time
due to bad light. EW lost the replay on 20/11.

EW mispen at
0-0 in 1st half.

16/11/12 Epsom
Athletic 3-1 Epsom YMCA in SMC 2. HT for T.Day who was then presented with a
silver teapot after the game.

16/11/12 ESM
win 5-1 @ Dundonald Rec v Wimbledon St Andrews Athletic. 1-0 down early but
2-1 by HT and game finished in semi-darkness.

16/11/12 Epsom
v Leatherhead Rose is p-p for the SJC replay with Leatherhead.

16/11/12 Epsom
win SJC replay at Leatherhead 1-0 after a 1-1 draw the week before. HT 0-0
but with the slope at Leatherhead

Epsom were
better in second half, and H.Green put keeper and ball in the net after a
Revell shot was half saved. After 80 minutes,

Plume broke
his nose. Defence was sound "as usual" and Grose at left half was
the best player on the pitch.

Epsom were the
superior team says Herald "and quite deserving of their victory".
Rough play noted on the part of two or three players

from the
opposition, and Herald also referred to the "too partisan"
supporters there.

This was the
first match ever played at the Elmer Meadow ground. Leatherhead suffered an
injury after 15 minutes. 10 men. A late goal.

23/11/12 YMCA
lost 3-4 at Temple Road to Leatherhead Rose. "From the spectators point
of view, there was not a dull moment"

YMCA were new
this season, and Herald said it was their best performance of the season.

23/11/12 ESM
4-1 Norbury Athletic. Very interesting clean game. "A fair number of
spectators". 1-0 down early again, but Hulett penalty  by HT.

23/11/12
Wimbledon Albion 1-1 Epsom Athletic @ Prince George's Recreation Ground. 1-0
down in first minute but Wood equalised in second half.

23/11/12 Epsom
have a fair amount of the play but crash 5-1 at Carshalton Athletic in SSL.
1-0 would have been fairer says Herald. HT was

only 1-0 but 4
goals in 7 minutes made it 4-1. Epsom were 4-0 down at one point.

27/11/12 EW
lost 2-0 to Banstead Asylum at their ground which had a slope. Owing to
Croydon Invicta scratching, they are at

Nightingales
next week. This must have been some sort of league format, but no tables yet.

30/11/12 Epsom
lose at Ashtead in SJC 3. An end to end game between the local rivals. First
goal was an o.g. by Buckland, but in the

second half,
Ashtead got better. Whitehorn (gk), Drew, Daniells, Wise and Russell were the
best Epsom players.

30/11/12 ESM
5-1 Anerley Arcadians @ ERG. Orford & Sutton out. HT 0-0 then Green (3)
and Gow (2). Anerley only had 9 so Dunford and Foulger

of Epsom
Athletic played as subs. No game for Epsom Athletic this day. H Restall came
in for Orford.

30/11/12
Epsom Athletic are due to play at Ashtead Reserves but no result as yet. From
looking at the table later in the season, it appears that the two

teams also
met on 21/12 with Epsom Athletic winning one 2-0 and drawing the other 1-1.
Not sure yet which was which, but the first result which appeared

was the 2-0,
so I believe this was played on 30/11. The 1-1 draw may not have been played
on 21/12, it could have been played in January as the 1-1 did

not appear in
the table until 18/1, but I think it was just reported late.

6/12/12
Reference to Epsom Recreation Ground in papers. There was a meeting of the
Rec Ground Committee, where a letter was

received from
Epsom St Martin's referring to the insufficiency of the wire netting as balls
were being kicked out of the ground. It was

resolved that
the Surveyor will erect galvanised wire netting at a cost of £2.17s.6d. Also
50 roses to be planted in the grounds. This

Committee also
seemed to be responsible for the Stew Pond area too, which is to be partially
enclosed for skating this winter.

7/12/12 Epsom
Athletic 0-0 Headley in SMC 3 @ ERG. No extra time played, probably because
Headley arrived 20 minutes late and the game finished

in the dark!
Epsom Ath originally due to play Leatherhead Rose in Dorking League.

7/12/12 ESM
win 3-0 at Epsom Colony. A very comfortable win this time.

7/12/12 Epsom
draw with Old Suttonians 1-1 at Sutton in Sutton Hospital Cup. Epsom went a
goal down and then missed a penalty,

but were still
1-1 by HT. No extra time played. Replay required - see 28/12/12.

Dec 12 Epsom
sides are not in the Croydon & District or Thornton Heath & District
Leagues or Surrey Junior League.

14/12/12 ESM
8-1 Wimbledon Park Old Boys @ ERG. OB's were one short throughout, and ESM
were 2-0 up after 2 minutes. HT 5-0 then 5-1.

14/12/12
probably or 21/12/12 possibly Headley defeat Epsom Ath in SMC replay.

21/12/12
fixtures scheduled for ESM v Sutton Crusaders (A) and Epsom Athletic v
Ashtead. (NR's) see 30/11.

No mention of
any Epsom games on 14/12 or 21/12.

26/12/12 Epsom
look to have a fixture away to Roseleigh (name of team not clear in paper,
and NR.)

26/12/12 Epsom
Wednesday drew 2-2 with Epsom Athletic @ ERG for the Epsom & Ewell
Cottage Hospital. Poor weather and a small attendance, as

the game was
kicked of by HW Saunders (Chairman of Epsom Urban Council).

26/12/12 Ewell
OB's 5-1 Epsom OB's. Game played on the Old Citizens Ground, in Ewell Village
and was a ten a side game with "a fair sprinkling of

spectators".
Priestley played for Ewell despite having played for the Epsom club not long
before going to Croydon Common, where he is doing well.

Game refereed
by H Sanders an SCFA referee.

Old Citizens
were an A.F.A. side, that were using the old Ewell FC ground at West Street.
They didn't appear to continue after the war,

but had been
around for a few years playing there. Herald didn't carry their

results
between 1909-14, although they did carry their fixtures. They had three teams
playing there and appeared to play friendlies only,

as they were
not in the Southern Amateur Lge. They moved straight in the season following
the Ewell demise in February 1905.

28/12/12
"A good number of spectators" saw Epsom St Martins beat YMCA 7-0 at
Epsom Rec this day. ESM were at full strength while "YMCA

were without
Basford and Winter, they included WE Green, and F Hicks so there was no
weakness through their absence, as both

Green and
Hicks were members of Epsom FC". Green and Hicks started shortly after
everyone else so YMCA started with 9 briefly.

Reference to
it being a pity that ESM didn't enter the Surrey Minor Cup. They would next
year.

28/12/12 Epsom
default against Old Suttonians in Sutton Hospital Cup 2nd round. Only 3
arrived from Epsom. Herald states that it is very

unsporting
that no-one let the opposition know, who made the journey. An Epsom
correspondent writes: "What is the matter with

the Epsom
FC?" Last Saturday they were due to play Old Suttonians in the Sutton
Hospital Cup at Epsom Recreation Ground.

They say that
the Epsom players were not notified by the club officials and were unaware
that there was a game. "It is

extraordinary
that there should be such a fiasco in connection with a Cup
competition". "There must be something radically

wrong with the
management of the club to permit of such a very unsatisfactory state of
things as occurred on Saturday".

Jan 13 Epsom
St Martins now claim that they are the strongest side in Epsom. Herald says
"what do Epsom Athletic, or Epsom "The Town club" have

to say about
this?"

Jan 13 Surrey
Junior Charity Cup 1st round draw Ashtead v Epsom

4/1/13 Ashtead
defeat Epsom 4-2 after a goalless first half. Ede played well for Epsom.

Epsom FC state
that the previous week was due to "a combination of unfortunate and
unforeseen circumstances, and the club genuinely

regrets what
occurred." A much better team played v Ashtead, but it still wasn't good
enough.

4/1/13 ESM
referred to Greentree and Jaquest debuts for the club "they deserve
further games". Gow got HT, and reference of their

record was
made. Played 14, W13, D1 F72 A6. Very impressive.

4/1/13 Epsom
Athletic lose 1-4 to Leatherhead in Dorking League. HT 0-3

Jan 13
reference to a local player HW Skinner playing for London in F.A. Amateur
trial v Southern Counties @ Stamford Bridge. Restricted to

Amateurs who
had not been capped previously.

11/1/13 Epsom
due to play at Worcester Park in SSL.

Also
Leatherhead records show that Leatherhead Rose had a friendly at home to
Epsom this day, but this doesn't look like it was played.

Jan 13
reference to Kingston FC and Old Kingstonians, the latter of whom play at
Norbiton. Dinton Road? Quite probably.

11/1/13 ESM
beat Epsom Gas Works 5-2 despite being 2-0 down in terrible conditions.
H.Cooper got HT, and ref ended the game

after 20
minutes of the second half because of the constant downpour. 65 minutes. W
Smith is known as "Alphabet" Smith. Maybe

because he has
three (at least) initials?

11/1/13 Epsom
YMCA lose 2-0 at Epsom Colony, but only had 9 players.

18/1/13 a
little bad feeling between YMCA and ESM who win 5-3 at Temple Road. Basford
and Green both scored, Basford was a

future
Secretary of Epsom Town FC. While Green's brother Billy also did that job.

Herald remarks
before the game that YMCA will be a little stronger than usual as they are
receiving assistance from some Epsom FC players. This is

strongly
denied by a supporter Harold S Jones, yet WR Sutton, the Epsom St Martin
Secretary disputes the comments from the supporter, and

states that
Hicks, Terry, Basford, Vaughan and Breedon are all former Epsom FC players,
and Winter and Daniells helped out this year.

Apparently
Winter played for Epsom v Horton Asylum last Saturday week (but when?
Worcester Park last week 11th? And Ashtead the week before.

Maybe played
on 28th Dec or poss new years day.) and Daniells played for Worcester Park
last week. No report of either game in papers I've seen.

Harold S
Jones countered by stating that Winter works for Horton, and played because
Epsom were short. Quite heated discussion for a week or two.

The friendly
at Horton definitely took place, but the date is still unknown.

18/1/13
Reference to South Tooting playing at "Lonesome". Club disappeared
after the war, and just Tooting Town remained.

18/1/13 Epsom
Colony lose 1-0 to Sutton Crusaders. Was this a Thornton Heath League match?

18/1/13
reported "Epsom Juniors require home and away matches on
Wednesdays". "Most dates open age 17, weak - Apply JH Skelton

Hon Sec, 20
Harris (Harries?, Harriers?) Cottages Epsom Common."

This was NO
connection to the Epsom Juniors that was allegedly founded in 1917. In season
1913/14 they

became Epsom
Wednesday United with the same Secretary JH Skelton, and many similar
players. This is now the third club I've found

that formed as
Epsom Juniors. Strange!

22/1/13 Epsom
Juniors 5-0 Epsom Ramblers. Scorers: E.Terry (2), B.Skelton (2), Aldridge.
Line Up: J Toms, H Mears, F Langrish,

A Channell,
S.Skinner, P.Marshall, J.Aldridge, R.Boras, E.Terry, B.Skelton, Bailey

25/1/13 Epsom
Colony drew 2-2 with Norbury Athletic at the Colony Ground at St Ebba's
"A game brimful of incident" Colony mispen at

0-1 down in
1st half, well saved. Trailed 0-1 at HT but two quick goals had Colony
leading, with an equaliser on 75 minutes for Norbury.

Was this
Thornton Heath League?

28/1/13 Sutton
Adult School 1-3 Epsom Juniors. Game played like all others this season on a
Wednesday.

1/2/13 Epsom
Athletic defeat Epsom St Martins 3-0 at ERC in poor conditions before a good
number of spectators. First defeat for ESM

in  their 18th match of the season says
Advertiser, but Herald says it was their 19th match. Albert Green and Billy
Green on opposite sides.

Table inc 1/2
balances and Epsom Athletic are Pld 9 W3 D2 L4. F13 A19.

1/2/13 Epsom
due to play away to Crusaders this day in SSL.

5/2/13 Epsom
Juniors 0-0 Sutton Adult School. LineUp: Toms, Mears, Langrish, B.Skelton,
J.Weaver, A.Channel, A Hooper, J.Skelton, S.Skinner

(possibly
Syd?), E.Terry, J.Aldridge. Also this week Nightingale's Res 3-0 Epsom
Juniors Res.

8/2/13 ESM
inflict only second defeat on St John's College, Leatherhead Res. Apparently,
the college were the first team to beat ESM

last season,
and by a score of 8-2.

12/2/13 Epsom
Juniors v Ashtead Weds due this day. (NR)

15/2/13 Poor
conditions at ERG as ESM played a return match with Norbury Athletic. Must
have been a league match. Drew 3-3

First match
earlier this season was a 4-1 win for ESM, but a draw was fair this time.
Looks like both matches may have been played at Epsom.

15/2/13 Epsom
due to play at home to Worcester Park in SSL.

19/2/13 Ewell
Wednesday 1-3 Epsom Juniors. HT 0-1. P.Marshall in the first half, and
E.Terry (2) in the second for the Juniors. LineUp: Toms, Mears,

Langrish,
Channel, A.Harper, B.Skelton, J.Aldridge, P.Marshall, R.Buck, E.Terry,
J.Skelton (also hon. Sec) Looking for a game on Easter Monday.

22/2/13 ESM
play at Temple Road for a change, instead of ERC. Still won 3-2 v Assyrians.
"A good crowd".

26/2/13
Reference to a match in Ewell between the Ewell Old Boys and another team
brought down by Mr Priestley which won 5-2.

Venue unknown
though.

26/2/13 Epsom
Juniors 9-0 Belmont Old Boys. Scorers not listed but LineUp: Toms, Mears,
Langrish, B.Skelton, A.Harper, S.Skinner, A.Harper,

P.Marshall,
Terry, J.Skelton, R.Buck. Juniors Reserves lost 5-0 at Nightingale's Res the
same day.

1/3/13
J.Hulett is unavailable this day and may have to leave the club. However, he
plays later in the season!

5/3/13 Epsom
Juniors due to play v Sutton Wanderers at home this day.

8/3/13 Epsom
FC due to play Baroda in Southern Suburban League.

8/3/13 Epsom
St Martins defeat Rutlish OB (Wimbledon) 4-2. Cropley and G.Powley were
loaned to the visitors. HT 2-0 then 2-2 before ESM

got two more
through A.(Bert) Green and V.Gibson. ESM record for the season is now W20 D2
L1 F106 A26 in all comps says Herald.

March 13
League Table inc 8/3/13 has Epsom in Southern Suburban League Division 1
West. Currently bottom.

March 13
A.Hewett - future Epsom St Martin's and Ewell FC player sent off for Crystal
Palace at Merthyr. Suspended 14 days from 17/3/13.

12/3/13
Belmont Old Boys 3-0 Epsom Juniors. HT 0-0

March 13
Sutton Hospital Cup SF's have no Epsom or Ewell teams left in. Epsom
defaulted in round 2. Only 16 entries.

15/3/13 Epsom
FC are due to be at home to Summerstown Res in SSL this day.

March 13
reference to Ewell Rec. Quite small - only children allowed to play cricket
there for this reason. A pond was nearby. Also

reference to
the Rectory Ground in Ewell which was in the grounds of St Mary's Church
Rectory.

15/3/13 Epsom
St Martin's have no game this day, but are (H) to Brixton (Crowndale) on 21/3
Good Friday, (H) to Park Villa (Chelsea) on 22/3 and

21/3/13 to
24/3/13 Old Citizens Easter Tour

22/3/13
Westcott probably beat Epsom Athletic this day in DL but result is unknown.

21/3/13 W11-1
v Brixton (Crowndale), 22/3/13 W 5-0 v Park Villa (Chelsea) but abandoned
after 55 minutes, and 24/3/13 v Lincoln's Inn Reserves (H) on

Easter Monday.
W7-1! The Easter Monday game saw a "large crowd" at Epsom
Recreation Ground.

29/3/13
Ashtead Res (Mr A Maynard's XI) 5-2 Epsom St Martin's. 3-0 down after 15
minutes and HT 4-0. Mellish HT for Ashtead. ESM unchanged from

game on Easter
Monday.

29/3/13
Brockham arrive at Epsom Ath with only ten men and are easily beaten 4-0 with
two goals in each half. Last league game of season for Epsom Ath.

2/4/13 Sutton
Wednesday 4-0 Epsom Juniors who only travelled with 8 and borrowed 3 subs.
The 8 Epsom players were Langrish, H.Mears,

G.Goacher,
sub, B.Skelton, sub, Skinner, Marshall, Terry, sub, J Skelton

5/4/13 Epsom
St Martins were due to play Anerley Areadians but they did not show. Probably
Thornton Heath League.

8/4/13 Epsom
Juniors 6-0 Leatherhead Juniors. HT 2-0 and scorers were A.Harper (2),
Breedon (3), Terry. LineUp: Goacher, Langrish, Mears,

B.Skelton,
Skinner, A.Channel, J.Skelton, A.Harper, E.Terry, A.Breedon, J.Aldridge

12/4/13 poss
friendly Epsom v Mitcham United

15/4/13 Epsom
Juniors 7-2 Ashtead Wednesday. HT 5-0. Terry (3), Breedon (4). LineUp:
Goacher, Langrish, Mears, Marshall, Channel, B.Skelton,

J.Skelton,
S.Skinner, E.Terry, A.Breedon, J.Aldridge

19/4/13
F.A.Cup Final Day

19/4/13 Last
game of season for Epsom St Martins as they gain revenge for their defeat to
Ashtead Res with a 1-0 win. H Cooper injured 1st half, and

was a
passenger. Winning goal was an own goal, but it was well deserved said
Herald.

Apr 13 A bus
service is to run from Clapham Junction to Epsom via Ewell every 11 minutes
on Saturdays and Sundays.

3/5/13 Herald
reviews the local clubs, but doesn't review Epsom FC. They appear to have
lasted the season, but

they would not
resurface next season.

Epsom Athletic
Pld 27 W14 D5 L8 F53 A47. Dorking & District League 4th with 12 points
and 3rd round in SJC but beaten by Headley after a replay.

Club is
entering these two competitions again.

Epsom St
Martins Pld 29 W25 D2 L2 F138 A32. Compares well against their two previous
seasons of existence (1911/12 Pld 23 W19 D2 L2 F108

A28) and
(1910/11 Pld 21 W20 D1 L0 F166 A23). Epsom St
Martins were not in a league this year. 16
hat tricks, 9 from H.Cooper, 4 for Bert Green,

2 for Gow and
1 for Gibson. Also Gibson has scored 5 once, and Gow twice. I can't trace
these yet, but H.Cooper did on Good Friday. Leading

scorers
H.Cooper 48, EJ Gow 30, Albert Green 25. Not one penalty was conceded by
Epsom St Martins. BK Johnson was captain, and Bert Wise

was
vice-captain.

10/5/13 Herald
states "The Epsom Juniors have every cause to be pleased with their
first season". Played 13 W6 L6 D1 F36 A22. Scorers

were E.Terry
13, A Breedon 9, J Skelton 3, R.Buck, J.Aldridge, P.Marshall, A Harper, and
B.Skelton 2, and A.Randle 1.

They become
Epsom Wednesday United next season.

Epsom Colony
was the Ewell Epileptic Colony - now St Ebba's. It was opened in 1903.

1913/14
season

No reference
to an Epsom FC this season, but there was an Epsom St Martins, Epsom
Athletic, Epsom YMCA, Epsom Colony,

and Horton and
Long Grove Asylums, all with football teams, plus Epsom Wednesday United and
Epsom and Ewell Wednesday sides.

NO AGM as
Epsom FC do not restart the season. Minor status teams only in Epsom.

Epsom Athletic
played in claret and blue: Sec RA Hoare, 36 Hook Road. Epsom St Martins
played in blue and gold: Sec,

WR Sutton, The
Willows, Epsom (phone Epsom 433), then WE Green, Albert Road.

Epsom
Wednesday played in red and green: Sec, F Lock, 41 High Street, Epsom. Epsom
YMCA played in green and white:

Sec, G Willis,
YMCA, Epsom. Then, RG James, 177 Hook Road, then HE Crosby, Ashbourne House,
Waterloo Road.

1913/14 season
sees Sutton United playing at The Find, Grove Road after a dispute with the
Sutton Adult School who wanted to run their

own team at
the Adult School Ground in Gander Green Lane. They return after the war.

Caterham Park
were playing at The Rectory Field in 1914, while the Guards Depot were at the
Depot Ground, Caterham this year.

4/6/13
Suffragette Emily Davison throws herself in front of the King's horse at the
Derby, and dies on 8/6/13.

15/6/13
Funeral of Emily Davison in Morpeth, Northumberland.

July 1913 JH
Skelton is now Secretary of Epsom Wednesday United. This is the new name of
Epsom Juniors, and do not appear to be connected to

the Epsom
Juniors that will form in 1917/.

July 1913
School Sports day at Temple Road. Reg Coleman, did well. Is this the future
player R.Coleman?

2/8/13 Billy
(WE) Green, J Hulett, Albert Green, and H Bradley (future Chairman? - quite
possibly?) playing for Epsom St Barnabas at cricket.

20/8/13
Reference to Hewett playing for C.Palace in a practice match at the Herne
Hill Track. Was a regular this season. Was this

A.Hewett who
went on to play for Ewell. They were both strikers. Yes.

13/9/13 Bert
Green injured 50 mins and out for a few weeks for Epsom St Martins in 2-2
draw with Wimbledon Albion.

17/9/13 36th
AGM of SCFA at Holborn restaurant

17/9/13 Epsom
Wednesday lose 7-6 to Horley Wednesday in Redhill Wednesday League. Played at
Gatwick. Epsom were 6-5 up near the end.

Carter scored
4 for Horley Weds.

20/9/13 Old
Citizens Club Match.

20/9/13 Epsom
Athletic lose their opening game of the Dorking League season 3-9 at home to
North Holmwood. They play at the Flint Hill Ground.

Sept 13
Changes in the laws include a player must be ten yards away from a free kick
instead of the current 6. Those who persistently infringe are to

be sent off
for unsporting conduct!

Sept 13 Epsom
St Martins enter Thornton Heath & District League. Opponents are Kenley
Elmwood, Mitcham Road OB's, Croydon St Peter's United,

Old Portlians,
Sutton Manor Park, Mitcham Gas Works Res, Upper Mitcham OB's, Sutton
Crusaders. 9 teams in total.

Friendlies
arranged with Wimbledon Albion, Mitcham St Peter's, Norbury Ath. Selhurst
Clevedon, Epsom Athletic, Epsom Colony, and Epsom YMCA.

New members
E.Dilley (brother of Millwall pro), and Billy Green, who in the early part of
1912/13 played for Epsom FC and after for Epsom Athletic.

O.Orford is
away but will return by around Xmas.

Epsom Athletic
have lost G.Schafer, A Davis, E Fisher, and W Garfield is not often available
either. New members are E Hunt, J Wise (Epsom FC),

E Broadhead,
Seymour, J Daniells (Epsom FC), and E Read and will play at Epsom Recreation
Ground in  a division of 10 in the
Dorking & District

League. New
Secretary RA Hoare and Capt F Dunford. However on 27/9 Wise makes debut for
Epsom St Martins instead.

It is clear
that there is no longer an Epsom FC anymore. Would not exist again until 1934
after Epsom Town rename their club.

27/9/13 Epsom
Athletic are lucky to win this match with the game decided by a goal mouth
scramble. Scorer unknown. Hot day.

Oct 13
reference to Croydon FC playing at Mitcham Road

Tooting FC
appear to be at Gorringe Park this year, as they hold two trials there.

Oct 13 Ewell
Wednesday Secretary W Benger, Kingston Road, Ewell.

4/10/13 Old
Citizens outclassed 7-0 at Reigate Priory. HT 0-5. Only played with ten.

8/10/13 Epsom
Weds appear to have lost two matches this day. 3-0 to Carsh Ath and 2-1 to
Belmont Weds. Possibly the Belmont game

was v Epsom
Wednesday United.

11/10/13 ESM
beat Old Portlians in Addiscombe 4-2 in THL. Poor game though. HT 2-1 up.

11/10/13 Epsom
Athletic are due to travel to Mickleham this day in Dorking League. (NR) but
calculated 3-0 win.

11/10/13 Alex
White playing for Townley Park this day despite being at least 37. They lose
5-1 @ Reigate Priory. HT 0-0.

18/10/13
Herald reports "The Epsom town football club has not survived the summer
months, nor has the Epsom Hockey Club."

"Epsom
has always had an unenviable notoriety for the short life of its athletic
clubs."

18/10/13 ESM
lose 2-0 in Wandle Park to Mitcham Road OB's. HT 0-1 "A splendid
game"

18/10/13 no
league game for Epsom Athletic this day. Opponents Dorking Res were in the
Surrey Minor Cup instead.

1/11/13 ESM
win 11-2 at Mitcham Gas Works Res (NR). Played at Mitcham Common.

5/11/13 Epsom
Weds draw 3-3 away to Dorking Congregational Weds in RWL. Played at Flint
Hill Ground, North Holmwood.

8/11/13 Epsom
Athletic win 5-0 at Headley. Originally due to play at Dorking Res but p/p
for SJC tie.

inc 1/11/13
Epsom Athletic Played 4 W2 L2 F10 A14.

8/11/13 Old
Citizens Res lose 3-1 at home to Oxted in Surrey AFA Senior Cup.

12/11/13
Epsom Wed are in 3rd place of Redhill Wed League after a 2-0 win over Redhill
Wed at Redhill FC. Pld 4 W2 D1 L1. I calculate F14 A11. Yes.

15/11/13 Epsom
YMCA v Belmont p-p. Waterlogged at Temple Road.

15/11/13
"A good number of spectators" as Epsom Athletic defeat Ewell Adult
School 1-0 in SMC 2 with a second half Radford penalty.

They were due
to play at Westcott (A) in Dorking League originally.

19/11/13 Epsom
Weds suffer first home defeat for 3 seasons to an 87th minute loss v Guards
Depot in Redhill Weds League. Game 5.

22/11/13
Norbury visit Epsom St Martins and are 3 short. 2 subs play for them, Wise
and Gardner, then after Bert Green opened the scoring, he

was injured
and both teams played the  remainder
with ten. Wise scored for the opposition. Hulett mispen (SAVE) at 5-2 in
second half.

22/11/13 Epsom
Athletic lose 2-0 at Dorking Reserves @ Pixham Lane. Ht 1-0 and a late second
goal.

inc 22/11
Epsom Athletic Pld 6 W3 L3 F15 A16.

29/11/13 Ewell
Adult School lose 3-0 to Minerva. Played at Coombe Road.

6/12/13 3
local players HW (Harry Skinner, Arthur Holt, and Billie (W) Russell play for
West Norwood v Dorking in SSC @ Dorking.

Also reference
to Syd Skinner, Harry's brother, doing well there.

6/12/13 A good
crowd watched the Surrey Minor Cup 3 draw with Epsom St Martins and Epsom
Athletic @ Epsom Recreation Ground.

A good crowd
saw Harding score for Athletic, but Hewett equalised in 1st half. HT 1-1 FT
1-1. No extra time played.

13/12/13
Replay ends 1-1 again @ Epsom Recreation Ground. A "good sized
crowd" saw the match go to extra time. May scored for ESM HT 1-0,

then Thomsett
equalised in the second half. No addition in extra time and second replay
required.

2 spectators
write in and are critical of Epsom St Martins offside trap. ESM are a
slightly weaker side as some of their players are ineligible, having

had matches in
the Junior Cup.

20/12/13 ESM v
Epsom Athletic in second replay sees a 2-1 win for ESM. Johnson is (captain).
They started one short and went 1-0 down before

RH Cooper
arrived, then Hewett equalised. 1-1 HT, then Green scored after a Cropley
shot was half saved.

EJ Gow is
Ernie Gow. All 3 games were exceedingly clean says Herald, but H Cooper
writes to say that the earlier writers were a bit biased against

ESM.

Dec 13 Now Syd
Skinner brother of Harry and both ex-Epsom FC is also playing for West
Norwood.

26/12/13
Friendly arranged between ESM and Acton St Matthews but never played,
possibly because of SMC tie the next day v Sutton Manor Park.

27/12/13 SMC 4
ESM away at Sutton Manor Park. Lost 2-3.

31/12/13 Epsom
Weds lose 3-1 at Reigate E.C. Game 6 of RWL. Table inc 14/1 has Epsom Weds
Pld 6 W2 D1 L3 F15 A15. Correct.

Jan 1914
Future Ewell FC Secretary W Ellis plays for Ewell Guild along with C Rhodes,
P.Elson, and E Read, all future Ewell players.

17/1/14 It is
clear that Epsom Athletic are playing in the Dorking & District League
this year. They draw this day 1-1 with Westcott. E Brown

pensave in
second half. Record is now Pld 9 W4 D2 L3 F19 A18. Correct.

Jan 14
reference to Belmont who play in a very open position on the Banstead Downs.
Surely not Merland Rise area?

21/1/14
Leatherhead Juniors win 7-0 @ Ewell Wednesday. HT 0-1 and Fred Taylor got 4
for Leatherhead, despite in no way being a Junior!

24/1/14 Epsom
YMCA lose 2-1 to New Malden Police, and there is a reference to a
"Basford" missing who was one of their better

players.
Almost certainly Sid Basford. Played at New Malden Rec.

24/1/14 Epsom
Athletic's game at Ashtead Res in Dorking League is lost 5-0 despite another
note I have indicating that it was p/p.

31/1/14 Future
player J.E.C. Maxted playing for Redhill this season.

31/1/14
Another future Epsom player F.E Kent is with Mickleham this day. Left half.

7/2/14 Epsom
Athletic 1-6 Dorking Reserves in Dorking League. HT reported as 0-2 not 0-3.

14/2/14 Epsom
St Martin's win 2-0 and gain another couple of points in the Thornton Heath
League Division 2. Mitcham Road OB are top, and other

teams listed
are Sutton Manor Park, Sutton Crusaders, Upper Mitcham OB, Elmwood Kenley,
Croydon St Peter's and Mitcham Gasworks. 9

teams in
total, so one is missing, possibly Clevedon (Selhurst).

18/2/14
Redhill Early Closers defeat Epsom Weds 7-3 on a heavy ground in RWL - Game 8
League table including this date says Played 9 W2 D2 L5

F22 A29 but
is wrong. A loss is missing at home to Dorking Congregational between 28/1
and 11/2 . I have three fixtures and two

friendly
results for Epsom Weds during that time, but the dates could be a week out as
the Herald was sometimes (not always) a week late reporting them.

21/2/14 YMCA
draw 2-2 with Mickleham. Started with 8 players but subs were found.

21/2/14 Epsom
Athletic fail to appear at Leatherhead in Dorking League, says Leatherhead
papers. Points awarded to Leatherhead

inc 28/2
Table Epsom Wednesday table says Pld 9 W2 D2 L5 F21 A26. The table with F22
A29 was clearly wrong. This means that the match with Dorking

Congregational
was probably a 4-3 loss and record was almost certainly F21 A26.

Feb 14 New
school to be built in West Street, Ewell. Ewell Castle?

Feb 14 Spring
Hotel sold at auction for £2,400. Much less than expected sale price
apparently.

4/3/14 Epsom
Weds are due to play Redhill Weds in RWL, but table inc this day seems to
indicate that it was not played. Also Epsom Weds appear to

have lost 5-0
to Belmont Wednesday this day.

11/3/14 Did
Epsom Weds play Horley Weds this day in RWL?

14/3/14 Awful
weather many postponements.

14/3/14
Westcott defeat Epsom Athletic 3-1 in Dorking League. Originally due to play
Wimbledon Albion (A).

21/3/14 ESM
win THL game 3-0 v Sutton Crusaders. Sutton had 8 for the first half.

21/3/14 Epsom
Athletic beat Brockham 4-1 in Dorking League. Brockham were one short.
Dorking Advertiser says it was 3-1 but this would be

unlikely as it
would unbalance the table.

27/3/14 Sutton
United captain Charlie Chippendale (30) killed by the Eastbourne Express at
Streatham while working on lines. Buried at

Benhilton
churchyard in  front of "enormous
crowds" on 4/4/14. "Probably never before had such a crowd been
seen at a funeral" say Sutton

papers.
Benefit match held on 25/4 Sutton 0-2 Carshalton F.C.

28/3/14 Alex
White is no longer playing for Tufnell Park. Not really surprising as he
would have been at least 38 by now.

Apr 1914 the
1894 Derby winner Ladas dies and is buried at Durdans.

8/4/14 Epsom
Weds are due to play Guards Depot Res (A) this day. Table inc 1/4 has Epsom
Weds Played 11 W4 D2 L5 F27 A28 with just this match

remaining to
play. 2 wins missing v Horley Wed and Redhill Wed F6 A2. Guards Depot are
already Champions and have two matches left, one against Epsom.

It is quite
likely that they were unplayed.

Apr 14
Reference to Epsom Rovers C.C. playing at Epsom Recreation Ground "as
last year" for their oncoming season. Future Epsom Town players

would play for
this side in the twenties and thirties.

10/4/14
"A large crowd" for the game between ESM and Elmwood Kenley which
ESM won 2-1.

12/4/14
Founder and sole proprietor of Croydon Advertiser Jesse W Ward dies aged 80.

May 1914
Surrey Herald reviews the local clubs. No reference to the Epsom Town club,
which folded in summer 1913.

Epsom St
Martins W21 D5 L4 F104 A38. Finished second in Thornton Heath League Division
2 with 23 points out of 32. Most exciting was their

battle with
Epsom Athletic in the Surrey Minor Cup 3rd round, where they advanced 2-1
after two 1-1 ties. Bert Green was also selected to represent

the Thornton
Heath League, v Croydon Common Res, and he scored the first goal in a 3-2
defeat. All players are looking forward to next season says

Herald!

1914/15 season

Epsom Athletic
played in claret and blue: Sec RA Hoare, 36 Hook Road.

Epsom
Wednesday in red and green: Sec, F Lock, 39 or 41 High Street.

Clearly
appears no connection between Epsom and Epsom Wednesday in these pre-war
years.

Epsom St
Martins: Secretary: WE Green

Epsom YMCA
played in green and white: Sec, HE Crosby, Ashbourne House, Epsom

7/7/14 AGM of
Redhill Wednesday League at Watkins Hotel, Redhill.

15/7/14 WE
Green elected as a playing member of Sutton United along with F.Dunford, who
are both reported as having come from Epsom

July 14 Queens
Head pub completely rebuilt. A 26 foot deep well was found just under a
doorstep during demolition!

August 14
Carshalton Athletic are elected to the Southern Suburban League Premier
Division.

4/8/14 World
War 1 starts when Britain declares war on Germany following assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 26th June 1914.

28/8/14 Epsom
St Martins are listed in the Sutton Hospital Cup draw, but no other Epsom or
Ewell sides are.

They are drawn
at home to Carshalton Athletic (probably reserves now) in a draw made up of
14 teams.

29/8/14 Sutton
United practice match includes Dunsford and Green "Green on the right is
speedy and reliable". This was William Green.

3/9/14
Redhill Wednesday League agrees to suspend activities as many teams would be
struggling for players. "Should national affairs take a satisfactory
turn

and there is
sufficient time, the League may be restarted later in the season."

Sept 14
Croydon & District League suspends football activities until xmas, but
doesn't reform until after the war.

Both of the
above were clearly based on thinking that the war would be a very quick
affair. How wrong they would be.

Sept 14 former
Epsom player Harry (HW) Skinner is named Captain of West Norwood for the
season. Arthur (AE) Holt is also there.

12/9/14
Skinner guests for Nunhead in their 2-1 friendly win over Clapton at Browns
Ground the day after the Isthmian League suspends operations.

Skinner would
be named vice Captain of Nunhead after the war.

Sept 14
Skinner and Holt enlist for active service abroad.

16/9/14 37th
AGM of SCFA at Holborn Restaurant - P Brandon Presided. All cup competitions
suspended, although no reference to

the Surrey
Junior League.

Sept 14
Croydon FC playing at Mitcham Road suspend activities for the duration of the
war.

Sept 14
Carshalton Athletic and Sutton United appear to have suspended activities
during the war, but Carsh have a friendly at xmas

planned for
the Carshalton Recreation Ground because many of their players were back on
leave. Not sure if it was played though.

1914 not
clear when but Ernie Brown returned from the war by train after injury.
Apparently he was cheered off the hospital train, which pulled up in a
West

Street siding
even though there were sidings at West Ewell too. This was reported in a
historical article by Jeremy Harte in the Epsom Herald dated

September 20th
2000.

Feb 15
Brigadiers Challenge Cup match at Epsom Recreation Ground saw Leath Co 5-3
Ashtead Co.

6/2/15
Reference to an Army Cup Final this day at Epsom Recreation Ground. 3rd
company of 1st battalion v 20th Battalion. Score unknown.

April 15
reference to Evening Continuity Classes at Ewell with Principal DWG Jones.

April 15
reference to a "Hewett" still playing for C.Palace this season.
Holmesdale.net says it was Charles Hewitt no connection to A.Hewett.

1915/16
season

12/6/15
Stafford Road Recreation Ground opens in Wallington.

19/7/15 FA
meet and decide no competitions or Internationals are to be played in this
season, although leagues that are still running are allowed to

remain in operation, but only on Saturday
afternoons and with no prizes or medals.

27/8/15
reported that W Pye was added to Epsom's War Roll of Honour whilst with the
Devonshire Regiment. Father of long time supporter Jeff.

Nov 15 Frank
(FA) Duplock captains Epsom Conservative Club to retain the Aston Challenge
Billiards Shield.

14/12/15 S
Buxton head master of Ewell School retires after 30 years and is replaced by
David WG Jones. WM Walters, father of the

famous players
AM and PM Walters makes a presentation. AM and PM must have gone there. Ewell
School was in West Street.

26/12/15
Boxing Day match at Epsom Recreation Ground. Congregational Sunday School
Guild v a team of students who attended evening classes.

The Guild won
7-2 with Rev AM Chirgwin scoring five! And Cooper getting the other two. W
Street (2) for the students.

15/4/16
Canadian AA (Epsom) lost 5-3 to Thornville with a return match planned for
Easter Monday 24/4/16 originally planned for Epsom but played at

Ashtead.
Thornville won 3-2.

22/4/16 Easter
Saturday saw Thornville play Australian Division (Epsom) and won 4-2 at
Madiera Road, Mitcham. Return due for

29/4/16 at
Woodcote Camp, Epsom, but not reported. Only apparent wartime football
reported.

1916/17 season

1916/17 Future
committee member J Gow is on council of Epsom Town Tribunal. This appears to
have been a wartime "court" or similar.

Aug 16 Croydon
Common FC fold as they are unable to get the Nest this year.  Crystal Palace are at Herne Hill at this
point.

They
eventually are wound up on 15/3/17

8/7/16 Sports
Day for Co-operative Society at Epsom Recreation Ground

4/11/16 Epsom Aircraft Factory played a friendly at
Leatherhead All Saints on Kingston Road Recreation Ground. Lost 9-0 although
many had just finished their night shift!

09/12/16 A
return match was scheduled but no D&L Advertiser for 16/12/16 is online.

Dec 16 Former
Ewell FC and England full International football player Arthur Melmoth (AM)
Walters is summoned for obscuring his licence plate on

his vehicle.
It was inspected outside the court, and the case was dismissed, as it was
"a very near thing". At the time, he lived at Charterhouse,

Charterhouse
Square, Finsbury.

30/12/16
Ewell Evening Classes FC played Sutton Athletic on the Ewell Recreation
Ground and won 6-1. "Pete" Elson was home on leave and scored,

as did W Ellis
and W Richards. LineUp: DWG Jones (gk), Stevenson, W Richards, J Larby, G
Chouls, T Ellis, William Ellis, Axtell, EH Bishop,

A Elson, R
Howell.

6/1/17 EEC FC
v Old Suttonians W9-3. LineUp: G Barnes, W Richards, R Essery, F Lowe, G
Chouls, J Larby, Howell, S Ellis, Stevenson, EH Bishop,

W Ellis.
Scorers Bishop (5), R Howell (2), W Ellis, + o.g.

20/1/17 EEC FC
2-1 Leatherhead All Saints. HT 0-1, but W Ellis equalised and R Howell got
the winner. LineUp: Jones Richards, Larby, Ellis,

Stevenson,
Essery, Howell, Moore, Bishop, Deane, Ellis.

1/2/17 Funeral
of Mr William Green (60) from Kertch Cottage, Albert Road. Brother of Alf who
is much younger, and connected with the cricket club,

although he
would die in the near future. He leaves 6 sons including Bert (in India) and
Billy (WE) Green (future Secretary) who is in Egypt.

7/4/17 Last
game of the season for EEC FC v Sutton Athletic @ Ewell Rec "Quite a
fair number of spectators". A Coleman early goal was

disallowed for
offside, then 0-1. HT 0-1 then 0-2. Coleman then scored, but Sutton still won
3-1. LineUp: Jones, Richards, H Edwards, Howell,

Stevenson (no
initial ever given, but referred to as "Mr Stevenson") F Cooper, G
Chouls, W Ellis, B Purcy, J Larby. Collection for Epsom & Ewell

Cottage
Hospital raised £1.

Apr 17 Report
advised in the Surrey Herald regarding a Scottish player Tom Robertson who
attempted to charge the former England

International
Percy Walters and just bounced straight off. The report is apparently in the
Athletic News.

28/5/17 Biggest
ever gathering at Epsom Recreation Ground for an athletics / sports
gathering.

1917/18 season

1917/18
alleged founded date - as Epsom Juniors but proven to be wrong.

1924 report
into the club history "Six years ago a football club was formed in Epsom
with the title of "Epsom Juniors". It played a

few matches in
the first season, and then in 1919 joined the Surrey Junior League, finishing
bottom. For two years the club

did moderately
well in the Sutton & District League, and the name of the club was then
changed to Epsom Town and new blood was

introduced,
leading to last year's League Championship plus Leatherhead Hospital Shield,
and Epsom Hospital Cup, and finalists in the

Surrey Junior
Cup in 1923/24.

12/1/23
reported in Illustrated Sutton & Epsom Mail "Notes from
Secretary". Confirming the foundation date of the club

as March 1918
and explaining the circumstances. Written by EL (Len) Miller who was the
original Secretary. Copy taken

"In
March 1918, the Epsom Juniors Football Club first saw the daylight. It was
the outcome of a discussion between three

schoolboys
who wished to form a cricket club and it started as such, among its members
being Mr H Absalom and

Mr C Bance
(now of the St Barnabas FC), Mr C Sperring (E?), Mr R Sperring, and myself
who have still remained faithful.

In our first
season we had 11 members, and won six out of the eight games which we played.
When the football season

arrived we
decided to start a football club and use the Epsom Recreation Ground as our
Headquarters. Out great rivals

were St
Martins Guild, whom after two attempts we beat 4-0, and so became, as we so
proudly termed it in those

days
"top dogs". Flushed with this success, we next year entered the
post war Surrey Junior League, and although we

lost every
game except one, and having only 12 men signed on, we never missed a game,
played a man short, or

played an
ineligible player. Our average age was then between 16 and 17. This League, I
might say, gave us the

experience we
needed, and which has stood us in such good stead since. It was during this
season that H.Keeling,

J.Parr,
C.Aldridge, R.Aldridge, RW Calcutt, P.Weller, and SH Collis, now all well
known local footballers, joined us.

Although
finishing bottom of the League, we were not disheartened, and next season
applied and were elected to the

First
Division of the newly formed Sutton and District League, but only met with
partial success, and next season had

difficulty in
gaining admission to the same division. Again we could not do right, and met
with numerous accidents to

players, and
finished in the bottom half of the League. This brings us to the present
season. Determined that we should

at last meet
with success and bring Epsom's name forward from its obscure position in the
football world, we changed

our name and
shouldered the burden of the Epsom Town Football Club. We cast about to
vastly strengthen our team,

and enlisted
such players as Barton, Pentycross, Day, Wesson, and Tratthern, all
first-class junior players. Capable

reserves for
the first team were found, and both teams are at present going strong."

Epsom
Advertiser has no record of them until 1919/20.

Surrey Herald
has no record of them until the summer of 1919, where they appear as a
cricket eleven!. No Leagues restarted until 1919

when Epsom
Juniors joined the Surrey Junior League, while a reformed Ewell FC (junior
status) played friendlies only in 1919/20.

June 17
Future Committee member and future vice-president Frank A Duplock organises
sports day for convalescent soldiers at the Epsom Rec. Ground.

28/12/17 John
Tasker Embleton, father of Percy and Arthur Embleton dies aged 78 at
Beaumont, Epsom Road. He was an engraver in Covent Garden.

Jan 18 Future
Committee member David WG Jones is head master at Ewell Boys School.

Jan 18 Gunner
AW Breeden writes home from the front. It is shown in the local papers.

14/1/18
reference to Epsom St Martins losing 0-3 to All Saints Leatherhead.

1918/19 season

Home Ground:

No games traced yet. Certainly no League
structure as Surrey Junior League was still closed down.

March 1918
Formation date of Epsom Juniors as a cricket club. No trace of any cricket
matches during this summer although even Epsom CC hadn't reformed

at this point
and there was no coverage of Epsom cricket in the Advertiser. Herald still to check for 1918.

18/5/18 Epsom
defeat Pay Records 3-2 at Epsom in the Anglo American Baseball League.
Effectively this was the Canadian Convalescent Camp at Woodcote

who played on
where I believe the Epsom cricket ground is now.

25/5/18
Baseball team lost 6-5 to the US Army in front of 3,000 at Stamford Bridge.
C.Blackadar played in this game. He will be involved with Epsom Juniors

later on.

1/6/18 W10-2 v
Canadian Records @ Epsom - Baseball

8/6/18 Epsom
defeat US Navy at Baseball 10-5. Game played at the Highbury Ground, Arsenal
FC and over 3,000 were present.

10/6/18 Future
Press Secretary David WG Jones joins the army. He is the village schoolmaster
at this time. Presented with wrist watch.

15/6/18 Epsom
beat Sunningdale 5-4 at Epsom in a game watched by Princess Louise, Queen
Victoria's sixth child (1848-1939). Wikipedia states that at the

age of 70 she
began to retire from public life so this must have been one of her last away
from Kensington Palace as she was 70 on 18th March.

23/8/18 Epsom
lost 2-1 to the US Army at Stamford Bridge in a baseball match.

Many other
baseball reports in Epsom Advertiser but I think I've put enough here
already.

Oct 18
reference to the Canadian Football League and first game of season saw Epsom
Woodcote 7-2 Canadian Pay Office @ Epsom Cricket Ground.

Horne (c-f)
got 5 and their Chairman is Lieut Collins with Secretary Sergt F Warren. Also
reference to inter-divisional comps within Woodcote on Weds.

Nov 18 no
mention as of this date about Epsom St Martins. Apparently Epsom Juniors
would play three friendlies against them this season, winning one 4-0

but there is
no mention in papers of any of these matches throughout this season. They are
certainly not in any Croydon leagues - maybe a Kingston one?

Nov 18 Former
Ewell President John Henry Bridges is one of three nominated for office of
High Sherriff of Surrey.

Dec 18 Redhill
restart with their traditional friendly on Boxing Day against Reigate Priory.
1-1 draw - 1,000 spectators. Other friendlies

follow during
the rest of the season.

Jan 19 Park
Bowling Club reform with former Epsom player Harry (HW) Skinner as vice
captain behind another former player JW Gow who was Captain.

22/1/19 SCFA
reform with meeting at the Oval.

Surrey County
FA reformed in Jan 1919 with the plan for a few charity matches only.

28/2/19
Brighton Railway FC reform after the war

28/3/19 rep
Epsom Recreation Ground is allowed to be used for football by the Council, so
that the Canadian Military Association can

use them.
Permission granted for two months but it doesn't actually happen because of
certain conditions required by the Council. Part of it had been dug over

for vegetables.

March 1919
Dorking FC reform at Pixham Lane, although not officially until 10/8/. Sec I
Walker 28 Wathen Road. Meeting at Red

Lion Hotel.

April 1919 saw
a Sutton United reunion "after 4 1/2 years". Played friendly
against a Wimbledon Silver Badge FC

4/4/19
Reported that the Council's Sub-Committee were considering demolishing the
Clock Tower for a War Memorial, but

townspeople
opposed it, and the idea was dropped.

12/5/19 Future
Epsom Town Chairman Hugh Bradley is elected pro-tem Secretary as Old
Suttonians restart after the war. Meeting at the County

School in
Sutton.

16/5/19
reported that Epsom Corinthians Cricket Club are looking for friendlies.

Billy and
uncle Alf Green are playing for Epsom Rovers C.C. this day. The Epsom Juniors
CC will eventually be absorbed into this club.

26/5/19 SCFA
Meeting at 42 Russell Square suggests the formation of a new "Senior
League" for County clubs. Apparently most

Secretaries in
the Weybridge district were still in India! Provisional dates were advised
for a Surrey Senior Cup. Council also

annulled any
pre-war suspensions that were still in existence.

Reference at
the meeting to Croydon FC the oldest club in the borough, and one of the
oldest in Surrey is reforming.

30/5/19
reported that there is a fixture on 31/5/19 between Epsom Corinthian v Epsom
Juniors but no report of this game follows, although they do meet two

weeks later
(see 1919/20 season..

June 19
Mention of the restart of the Redhill Wednesday League, but it never gets
going. It was the League that Epsom Wednesday were in pre-war.

1919/20 saw
the reformation of Ewell FC playing friendlies only, while Epsom Juniors
entered the Surrey Junior League. See 1919/20 season.