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1900-01 London League (Division One)

MILLWALL ATHLETIC RESERVES
East Ferry Road
0 - 6
15 September 1900
Att: 1,500

Monteith

King

Pudan

Raisbeck

Paper

Yenson

Fair

Sexton

Corbett

Walker

Taylor

Even play characterised the opening portion of this match at Millwall, but eventually Jones scored three goals for the home side, who held this advantage at half-time. In the second King conceded a penalty for handball and Jones scored from the resulting kick for the 4th goal, Frost and Squires each added a goal and Millwall won by six to nil.

CLAPTON ORIENT
Millfields
0 - 1
29 September 1900

Announced line-ups in paper

Moore

King

Pudan

Paper

Neil

Yenson

Foss

Raisbeck

Walker

Taylor

Sexton

REPORT:

BRENTFORD RESERVES
Boston Park Cricket Ground
1 - 2 (Corbett)
18 October 1900

Monteith

King

Tranter

Fair

Neil

Pearce

Hunt

Corbett

Kaye

Walker

Fenton

REPORT:

BARNET
Memorial Grounds
2 - 0 (Raisbeck, Yenson)
20 October 1900

Match Void - Barnet resigned from the League

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Neil

Yenson

McEachrane

Corbett

Hitchen

Walker

Taylor

REPORT:

DEPTFORD TOWN
Memorial Grounds
3 - 1 (Yenson, Walker, Woods)
27 October 1900

Announced line-ups in paper

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Neil

Pearce

Yenson

Woods

Cooper

Walker

Taylor

It was a curious sort of game between West Ham United and Deptford in the London League. Four goals being scored in the first thirty minutes and the remaining time drawn a blank. The high wind that blew right across the ground caused the ball to play all manner of tricks, combination on both sides being at a discount. Yenson, Woods and Walker scored for West Ham, while Deptford's solitary point came from a mistake by Tranter. The two points will be very useful.

MILLWALL ATHLETIC RESERVES
Memorial Grounds
0 - 0
10 November 1900

Announced line-ups in paper

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Neil

Pearce

Yenson

Kelly

Walker

Hitchens

Taylor

REPORT:

BARNET
Away
3 - 1 (Unknown)
17 November 1900

Match Void - Barnet resigned from the League

Moore

Kelly

Pudan

Raisbeck

Smith

Pearce

Yenson

Birne

Walker

Hitchens

Taylor

REPORT:

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
National Athletic Ground, Kensal Rise
2 - 1 (Ratcliffe, Yenson)
8 December 1900

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Neil

Pearce

Yenson

Walker

Corbett

Ratcliffe

Taylor

West Ham United reserves took up a good team to Kensal Rise, and with the Rangers well represented, a capital game was the result. Both teams were very strong in the attack, and the backs had plenty of work to do. West Ham, however, as the game wore on, gradually asserted their superiority, and scored twice to their opponents once, winning a hotly contested game by two goals to one. Ratcliffe and Yenson were the goal scorers for West Ham.

BRENTFORD RESERVES
Memorial Grounds
3 - 1 (Fair, Paper, Corbett)
15 December 1900

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Fair

Raisbeck

Paper

Pearce

Yenson

Corbett

Ratcliffe

Taylor

West Ham United Reserves gained an easy victory over Brentford; but inasmuch as the visitors only came with seven men, it was certainly before the ball was kicked.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Memorial Grounds
2 - 1 (Corbett, Ratcliffe)
24  December 1900

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Neil

Pearce

Yenson

Walker

Corbett

Ratcliffe

Taylor

This, the first of the holiday matches, drew a very fair attendance to the Memorial Grounds, Canning Town. Originally scheduled to take place on Christmas Day. The play was just discernible through the fog. Some very equal exchanges opened the game following which a rush through by West Ham ended in Corbett shooting a goal, but a little later Moffat equalised the point by a grand shot. Just prior to half-time Moffat again found the net by a brilliant shot, but this was given "off-side", about which there was considerable doubt. after change of ends the play was very equal, but there was to much long kicking, dribbling being the great exception, and five minutes to close Ratcliffe scored, and gave West Ham the game by two goals to one.

LOWER CLAPTON IMPERIAL
Memorial Grounds
3 - 1 (Corbett 3)
29 December 1900

Abandoned 70 mins due to Fog - result stood

Moore

Allan

Tranter

Raisbeck

Pudan

Pearce

Yenson

Walker

Corbett

Hitchens

Taylor

There was only moderate attendance at Canning Town for this match, which unfortunately could not be finished owing to the late arrival of the Visitors. Corbett proved to be in rare humour for West Ham, and put on all three points registered by his side, two coming in the first half without response. The second half was most keenly contested. Downing putting one for the visitors, while Corbett scored his third goal for the home side. When play was stopped West Ham were leading three goals to one due to bad light. 

The result was later allowed to stand as Clapton arrived late for the kick-off.

WANDSWORTH
Memorial Grounds
5 - 0 (Corbett 2, Hitchens, Taylor, Walker)
12 January 1901

Moore

Allan

Tranter

Raisbeck

Neil

Pearce

Yenson

Walker

Corbett

Hitchens

Taylor

This match, Canning Town, did not attract very large attendance, and the home side had very much the best of the game. The visitors, however, played a far more attractive game than might have beenanticipated and the 'Syphons" had all their work cut out to obtain the two goals, by which they led at the interval. Hitchens and Taylor being the scorers. In the second half the visitors gave occasional flashes of decent play, but were outclassed by West Ham, who at one time kept up a perfect bombardment, which kept Jones busily employed. Corbett came along with a couple points, and Walker notched another, so that the finish West Ham wore victorious five goals to love. 

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Wandsworth:
Jones, Knighton, Hender, Cook, Clipsham, Cochrane, Bryson, Richards, McNay, Ward, Ballantyne

LOWER CLAPTON IMPERIAL
Child's Hill
6 - 0 (Reid 4, Hitchens, Kaye)
19 January 1901

10 minutes extra each half to balance unfinished match

Moore

Allan

Tranter

Fair

Raisbeck

Neil

Yenson

Walker

Reid

Kaye

Hitchens

This London League match was decided at Clapton, West Ham being very strongly represented. After ten minutes play Reid scored for the Hammers, repeating the performance five minutes later. The Clapton attack was feeble, and the halves and backs had little difficulty in checking it. Beforre the interval Hitchens added another goal for West Ham, and in the second moiety further points were registered by Kaye and Reid 2, West Ham winning by six goals to nil.
At the conclusion of the game an additional 20 minutes was played to settle the unfinished Leage tie at the Memorial Grounds (unfinished through fog). Nothing further was added and West Ham thus won by the original score 3 goals to 1.

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Lower Clapton Imperial:
Ward, Saunders, Adams, Smith A., Chambers, Little, Miller, Fisher, Rhyder, Downing, Tomlin

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Memorial Grounds
2 - 2 (Kaye 2)
23 February 1901

Moore

Gordon

Tranter

Raisbeck

Dove

Pearce

Yenson

Walker

Kaye

Hitchens

Fenton

REPORT:

WOOLWICH ARSENAL RESERVES
Memoriral Grounds
1 - 1 (Kaye)
9 March 1901

Announced line-ups in paper

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Gordon

Dove

Raisbeck

Yenson

Walker

Reid

Kaye

Fenton

REPORT:

DEPTFORD TOWN
Maze Hill
2 - 0 (Hitchens 2)
16 March 1901

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Dove

Pearce

Yenson

Walker

Reid

Hitchens

Fenton

The two sides met at the Maze Hill enclosure and a capital game was seen. Strachan, the Deptford goalkeeper, was suffering from the effects of a recent injury, and was not at all up to his usual form, but despite this only allowed one shot pass him in the first half, a long, oblique drive from the right. The second half was equally well contested, and again the visitors scored the only point, this time from free-kick, well taken by Tranter, and pounced upon by a right-winger, who drove the ball home, while Strachen was vainly appealing for offside The game ended as indicated, in win for West Ham two goals to love.

CLAPTON ORIENT
Memorial Grounds
2 - 1 (Hitchens, Reid)
23 March 1901

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Dove

Neil

Yenson

Walker

Reid

Kaye

Hitchens

REPORT:

FULHAM
Memorial Grounds
2 - 0 (Reid 2)
28 March 1901

Monteith

Pudan

Tranter

Raisbeck

Dove

Allan

Yenson

Walker

Reid

Kaye

Fenton

These teams met at the Memorial Grounds, Canning: Town, when, although a start was not made until 5 o'clock, only a couple of hundred spectators lined the ropes when Read started the ball against the wind for the home team. During the initial half play ruled fast and slightly in favour of the visitors. Nothing, however, was scored, and such was the case until within quarter of an hour from the finish, when Read, taking a grand pass from Fenton, opened the scoring accurately, and immediately headed a second one from corner, with the result that the United won by two goals nil.

WANDSWORTH
Ashen Grove Farm, Wimbledon Common
? - ?
6 April 1901

Line-up Unknown

REPORT:

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
White Hart Lane
0 - 0
8 April 1901

Announced line-ups in paper

Moore

Tranter

Pudan

Raisbeck

Hunt

Yenson

Kaye

Walker

Reid

Hitchens

Fenton

REPORT:

WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Manor Ground
0 - 4
13 April 1901

Moore

Pudan

Yenson

Mabbott

King

Neil

Nichols

Walker

Reid

Kikling

Fenton

REPORT:

FULHAM
Craven Cottage
1 - 0 ([og])
27 April 1901

Moore

Tranter

Raisbeck

Neil

Kaye

Pearce

Nichols

Walker

Reid

Hitchens

Fenton

REPORT:

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