A HISTORY OF SURREY 



Association had already a fairly long pro- 

 gramme to carry through. In addition to 

 the matches against Essex, Northampton- 

 shire, Sussex and Hampshire, there were two 

 inter-district matches and the All Surrey 

 and the West Surrey Tournament, East and 

 West Surrey, the two cup competitions and 

 the West Surrey Championship. At the end 

 of thb season Lockhart Ross gave up the cap- 

 taincy he had held for three years to E. J. D. 

 Mitchell, who after one season retired, to be 

 succeeded by the Rev. F. W. Pawson, the old 

 Cambridge blue, who for some years, indeed 

 until he left the county, took a keen and active 

 interest in the management of the associa- 

 tion, besides controlling the county eleven on 

 the field vnth distinct success. The absence 

 of any minute between 31 October 1888 and 

 16 October 1889 leaves a blank of a year in 

 the records. 



By the commencement of the nineties 

 Reigate Priory had come quite to the fore- 

 front of Surrey clubs. For a time it almost 

 monopolized the senior cup, winning it again 

 in 1 891 and 1892, besides taking part in the 

 final of 1890. The other senior clubs about 

 this time (in 1892) were Surbiton Hill, Barnes, 

 Godalming, Guildford, Leatherhead School, 

 St. Thomas' Hospital, Guy's Hospital, Wal- 

 ton, West Croydon, Old Cranleighans, Vam- 

 pires, Old Wilsonians, Weybridge, Ferry 

 Works and Guards Dep6t. The competitors 

 for the cup in the same year were St. Thomas' 

 Hospital, Old Cranleighans, Surbiton Hill, 

 Guildford, Reigate Priory, Walton, Vam- 

 pires, Guy's Hospital, Weybridge and 

 Ferry Works. As yet the Surrey Football 

 Association had not a sufficiency of clubs to 

 enable it to send its ovra delegate to the 

 Council of the Football Association. A step 

 in this direction was made in 1892, when 

 Surrey joined with Northamptonshire to 

 secure representation on the managing body 

 of the Football Association. In 1893 the 

 West Surrey League received the sanction 

 of the Football Association on condition 

 that all the competing clubs should belong 

 to the Surrey Football Association. 



Before this arrangement was made the 

 regulation providing that all the meetings 

 should be held in the western division of 

 Surrey had been modified in several special 

 cases. West Surrey, as a matter of fact, had 

 now lost a good deal of its preponderance on 

 the governing body. On giving up the posi- 

 tion of honorary secretary to undertake the 

 captaincy, Mr. Lockhart Ross handed over 

 the secretarial duties to Mr. W. T. Bark- 

 worth, who after three years' tenure of office 

 was succeeded by Mr. H. F. Highton. The 



latter's reign was short, as after one season he 

 in turn gave way to Col. A. M. Handley. 

 The result of all these different changes was 

 gradual removal of the sphere of influence 

 from the west. In 1 89 1 it was decided to 

 hold all meetings, except the annual general, 

 in London. This was only the prelude to a 

 complete removal. For some years past the 

 committee have had the power to hold the 

 meetings of the association, general or other- 

 wise, in any part of the county they may 

 think fit. One of the first indications of the 

 new policy was the decision of the committee 

 in 1898 toco-operate with the Middlesex and 

 London associations in the promotion of a 

 county championship for the south of 

 England. Two or three years later this action 

 took practical form in the institution of a 

 championship competition divided into two 

 sections, one for the south-eastern, the other 

 for the south-western counties. At this 

 time A. M. Daniel, of the Crusaders, was 

 captain of the county eleven in succession to 

 the Rev. F. W. Pawson. Mr. W. W. Read, 

 the well-known cricketer, himself a good foot- 

 baller when in regular practice, shared the 

 honorary secretaryship with Mr. C. E. S. 

 Hardman. Messrs. Read and Hardman were 

 succeeded in 1893 by Mr. J. P. Asher of 

 Guildford, who, with Mr. E. Carter, under- 

 took the duties for four years, that is up to 

 1897. Mr. A. M. Daniel gave up the 

 captaincy after one year to Mr. G. H. 

 Cotterill of Weybridge, for several years one 

 of the best of English forwards, and one of 

 the most popular members of the Corinthians 

 Club. Mr. Cotterill's influence did much 

 for Surrey during the term of his captaincy, 

 which was only too short. Altogether the 

 association considerably improved its posi- 

 tion during the first half of the nineties. 



Through the liberality of the Rev. G. 

 Godfrey Burr, the spring of 1894 saw 

 another trophy added to those at the dis- 

 posal of the association in the shape of a 

 shield for competition among the schools 

 belonging to the Croydon Elementary 

 Schools Football Association. A still more 

 important addition was made a year 

 later. This was a large silver shield pre- 

 sented by Mr. F. H. Roberts, of Redhill. 

 The committee had just decided to institute 

 a charity competition, and Mr. Roberts' 

 handsome gift was gratefully accepted for the 

 purpose. To what good use it has been ap- 

 plied wall be judged from the fact that during 

 the few years it has been held by the associa- 

 tion the charity matches which have been 

 played for the honour of holding it have 

 realized upwards of a thousand pounds for 



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