Sat 18 October 1919
F.A. Amateur Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Wimbledon 6-1 Kingstonian (HT: 3-1)

Lane. 3,000.

F.A. AMATEUR CUP.
Another Heavy Defeat for Kingstonians.
Wimbledon's. 6-1 win.

Kingstonians secured another heavy defeat when, on Saturday, they visited Wimbledon to fulfil an engagement in the Amateur Cup competition, the home team winning by six goals to one. Nearly 3,000 people watched the game, in which there was much good football on both sides. The Wimbledon team was a greatly improved one upon that which effected a draw at Kingston earlier in the season, and they quite outplayed their opponents. The probable secret of their success was their superior training, which enabled them to maintain a pace that from early in the second half gradually but, surely wore down the Kingstonians, and practically ran them to a standstill.

An Early Handicap.
Owing to the late arrival of Wilson, Kingstonians played only four forwards during the first ten minutes or so, but even with this handicap they quite held their own at the time. The opening stages of the game provided some vigorous football, and both goalkeepers were called into action. Warner saved well a smart shot from near the corner flag by Heap, and following a couple of corners for Wimbledon Lane finished a smart forward movement with an excellent centre, which provided Mansey with a fine opening, but the Kingstonian forward was not quick enough, and Spiers frustrated his shot.

A little later Wright, by good footwork, got into a position from which a goal seemed certain, but again Spiers got between the ball and the goal, and a corner was the only result. About a quarter of an hour had elapsed when Wimbledon opened the scoring, some pretty combination by the forwards and a neat centre by Nash giving Corke the opportunity for a shot at close range which he turned to full account.

An Open Goal.
Play continued fairly even, and ten minutes later Kingstonians draw level. Lane, receiving from the wing, was met by a back, and the goalkeeper, some yards out of goal. Both the defenders came to the ground, and Lane, tipping the ball round them, had an absolutely open goal and scored easily. Some pretty short passing by the home forwards, and none too confident kicking by the Kingstonian backs, led to Warner having a number of shots to save, which he did excellently, and after some narrow escapes at both ands, Corke again scored, an almost perpendicular dropping shot slipping, between Warner's hands.

A combined movement by the Wimbledon forwards enabled Armitage to put the home team further ahead, and before the interval the same player again netted the ball, but offside had previously been given. At half time the score was :

Wimbledon 3 goals.
Kingsionians 1 goal.

The second half saw the greater co-ordination and superior staying powers of the home team gradually tell, and the efforts of the Kingstonians become more sporadic, and, lacking in unity, made little impression on the home defence. The Kingstonan halves, particularly Stentiford, work hard, and Lane made valiant efforts in the forward line, but individual efforts were of little avail against such excellent defenders as Wimbledon possessed. Warner saved many shots in a manner which drew applause from the spectators, but he was again twice beaten by Gillam.

Then followed a brief period in which Wimbledon were put on the defensive. Lane and Mansey had shots at goal, and on one occasion good work by these two players looked like materialising, but Taylor ran out and got to the ball a second before Mansey. Once, at the other end, Warner had left the goal to clear when Armitage hit the upright with a stinging shot, and the Kingstonian goal had several other narrow escapes ere at length, with it fast long shot, Heap sent the ball just under the bar, thus scoring Wimbledon's sixth and last goal.

Result :-
WIMBLEDON 6 goals.
KINGSTONIANS 1 goal.

The teams were:
Wimbledon: Taylor; Goodchild and Spiers; Knight, Keeble and Ainger ; Nash, Armitage, Gillam, Corke and Heap.
Kingstonians: Warner; Birch and Gibson; Stentiford, Yates and Wood; Mansey, Wright,
Millis, Lane and Wilson.

Report from Surrey Comet dated 22 Oct 1919- see report in original format.

Additional report from Surrey Advertiser dated 22 Oct 1919.


1. Charlie Warner
2. G.R. Birch
3. H. Gibson
4. George Stentiford
5. Jimmy Yates
6. Joe Wood
7. Harry mansey
8. Billy Wright
9. Henry Millis
10. E.E. Lane
11. Tom Wilson