A Leyton Orient Diary - the early years to 1950.

Previous Page Next page London Challenge Cup. 1925/26 Season (31 games) Clapton Orient - 2 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Shea, Hannaford) Queens Park Rangers - 1 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Millfields Road 14th September 1925 Lineup: Wood, MacKechnie, Rosier, Dixon, Harrold, Galbraith, Gavigan, Shea, Tonner, Yardley, Hannaford. - Shea’s goal was a re-bound from a penalty he had missed (if that was the case) - QPR’s goal was an own goal from Orient’s Harrold - it was Harrold’s debut Clapton Orient - 3 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Henderson, Shea, Tonner). Millwall - 3 London Challenge Cup Round 2 Millfields Road 28th September 1925. Millwall - 2 Clapton Orient - 1 (Hannaford) London Challenge Cup Round 2 Replay The [Old] Den 19th October 1925 Attendance: Unknown. Lineup: Wood, McKechnie, Rosier, Dixon, Townrow, Galbraith, Gavigan, Shea, Broadbent, Henderson, Hannaford - Gate amounts: £350. - “The Clapton Orient players narrowly escaped serious injury travelling to the match. Adjacent to the Millwall ground entrance is a low bridge, under which the driver of their omnibus attempted to pass. The players on the top deck realised the situation in time, crouching down below the seats, but considerable damage was done to the rear portion of the vehicle.” - Daily Mirror. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. London Challenge Cup. 1926/27 Season (36 games) Clapton Orient - 1 (Unknown scorer once thought to be Cock) London Caledonians - 1 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Millfields Road 21st September 1926 London Caledonians - 1 Clapton Orient - 2 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Broadbent x2) London Challenge Cup Round 1 Replay Caledonian Park, Tuffnell Park. 4th October 1926 Clapton Orient - 3 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Cock x2, Broadbent) West Ham United - 2 London Challenge Cup Round 2 Millfields Road 18th October 1926 Attendance: Unknown - Gate amount: £190. Clapton Orient - 4 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Broadbent x2, Gavigan, Cock). Charlton Athletic - 1 London Challenge Cup Semi-Final Upton Park, West Ham 1st November 1926 Chelsea - 2 Clapton Orient - 1 (Unknown scorer once thought to be Yardley) London Challenge Cup Final Highbury, Arsenal 15th November 1926 Attendance: 4,589 Lineup: Wood, Rosier, Evans, Spence, Townrow, Galbraith, Gavigan, Yardley, Cock, Broadbent, Cockindale. - The game had originally been scheduled to be played at Arsenal’s Highbury(??) For “failure to play full strength in competition matches,” Orient were fined £5 in early November. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. London Challenge Cup. 1927/28 Season (38 games) Clapton Orient - 2 (Unknown scorer once thought to be Kerr, Collins) The Arsenal - 1 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Millfields Road 17th October 1927 - Early in the second half, Arsenal’s Baker received a knee injury and had to leave the field, leaving them with 10 men for the rest of the game. Leyton - 4 Clapton Orient - 2 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Dennison, Kerr) London Challenge Cup Round 2 Army Sports Ground (Leyton Cricket Ground) 24th October 1927 - Wood saved a penalty from Leyton’s Preston, but he scored the rebound making it 3-2. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. London Challenge Cup. 1928/29 Season (41 games) Clapton Orient - 1 (Unknown scorer once thought to be Crilly, og) Crystal Palace - 1 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Millfields Road 15th October 1928 Crystal Palace - 1 Clapton Orient - 2 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Whipp, Williams) London Challenge Cup Round 1 Replay Selhurst Park 22nd October 1928 Clapton Orient - 1 (Unknown scorer once thought to be Turnbull) Millwall - 3 London Challenge Cup Round 2 Millfields Road 29th October 1928 Lineup: (Advertised as) Slater, MacDoland, Gay, Lawrence, Galbraith, Duffy, Collins, Whipp, Turnbull, Dennison, Corkindale. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. London Challenge Cup. 1929/30 Season (43 games) Clapton Orient - 2 (Unknown scorers once thought to be Mills, Menlove) Tottenham Hotspur - 1 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Millfields Road 14th October 1929 Chelsea - 3 Clapton Orient - 0 London Challenge Cup Round 2 Stamford Bridge 28th October 1929 Attendance: 1,510 Lineup: Slater, Morley, Lyons, Lawrence, Galbraith, Grimsdell, Jack, Sanders, Edmonds, Tricker, Hoar. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. 22 Nov 1930 v Brentford match at Wembley. Line ups. 6 Dec 1930 v Southend match at Wembley. Line ups. London Challenge Cup. 1930/31 Season (44 games) Arsenal - 3 Clapton Orient - 0 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Highbury 13th October 1930 Lineup: Wood, Morley, Evans, Lawrence, Broadbent, Bolton, Garbutt, Edmonds, Sanders, Fletcher, Townley. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. London Challenge Cup. 1931/32 Season (45 games) Clapton Orient - 0 Queens Park Rangers - 5 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Lea Bridge Stadium 12th October 1931 Lineup: Blackwell, Jones, ?, Lang, Fowler, Hayward, J?, ?, Imrie, Duldey, Roberts. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. London Challenge Cup. 1932/33 Season (46 games) Clapton Orient - 0 Fulham - 2 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Lea Bridge Stadium 10th October 1932 Lineup: Bruce, Jones, Ellis, Vango, Smith, Wright, Le May, Phillips (G. R.), Imrie, Fletcher, Hales. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. London Challenge Cup. 1933/34 Season (47 games) Clapton Orient - 1 (Morris) West Ham United - 3 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Lea Bridge Stadium 9th October 1933 1934/35 Season (48 games) Arsenal - 3 Clapton Orient - 1 (Foster) London Challenge Cup Round 1 Highbury 8th October 1934 Attendance: 2,000 1935/36 Season (50 games) Clapton Orient - 3 (McAleer, Taylor, Foster) West Ham United - 0 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Lea Bridge Stadium 3rd October 1935 Lineup: Wall, Woods, Herod, Trodd, Hurst, Reed, Taylor (H), Quinn, Foster, Pateman, McAleer Brentford - 3 Clapton Orient - 1 (Foster) London Challenge Cup Round 2 Griffin Park 21st October 1935 Lineup: Walls, Hurst, Woods, Trodd, Taylor, Edwards, Foster, Quinn, Hammond, Campbell, Mayson. 1936/37 Season (52 games) Arsenal - 1 Clapton Orient - 1 (Banfield) London Challenge Cup Round 1 Highbury 5th October 1936 Lineup: Iceton, Rossiter, Hearty, Taylor (H), Cable, Heinemann, Miles, Fletcher, Hammond, Banfield, Wells. Clapton Orient - 0 Arsenal - 1 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Replay Lea Bridge Stadium 12th October 1936 Lineup: Iceton, Rossiter, Hearty, Brown, Cable, Heinemann, Miles, Fletcher, Fisher, Banfield, Codling. - After extra time 1937/38 Season (53 games) West Ham United - 5 Clapton Orient - 0 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Upton Park 4th October 1937 Lineup: Iceton, Calder, Rumbold, Landells, Bartlett, Dodgin, McCombe, Lane, Rossiter, Shankley, Tidman. - Future O’s manager, Benny Fenton, made his West Ham debut, scoring a hat trick. 1938/39 Season (54 games) Enfield - 3 Clapton Orient - 2 (Preston OG, Walters) London Challenge Cup Round 1 Southberry Road 3rd October 1938 - O’s Rennie scored an own goal No competition from 1939/40 to 1945/46 1946/47 Season (57 games) Leyton - 1 Leyton Orient - 1 (Liddle pen) London Challenge Cup Round 1 Hare and Hounds Ground 14th October 1946 Lineup: Hall, Fullbrook, Farley, Deer, Fenton, Ballard, Jenkins, Merritt, Seigel, Cross, Liddle Leyton Orient - 4 (Pullen x2, Hunt, Merritt) Leyton - 1 London Challenge Cup Round 1 Replay Brisbane Road 23rd October 1946 Lineup: Hall, Fullbrook, Farley, Beer, Fenton, Ballard< Baynam, Merritt, Hunt, Bacon, Pullen Leyton Orient - 1 (Fullbrook) Brentford - 2 London Challenge Cup Round 2 Brisbane Road 30th October 1946 - As well as scoring for the O’s, Fullbrook netted an own goal. Information provided by club historian Davis Watson. This from club historian Davis Watson “ In May 1933, Orient finished 20th in Division Three South, missing out on re-election on goal difference, with manager Jimmy Seed resigning soon after. The club were then hit with a suspension by the Football League for failing to pay a £2,000 debt. A series of fun- draisers were organised, including many at The George in Glyn Road, which was owned by club director George Harris - only £500 of the required £2,000 was raised. Then, a £2,000 cheque was sent to the club by the Prince of Wales, who would become King Edward VIII (famous for his abdication) in two and a half years. The Prince had a long association with the club due to his being the first member of the royal family to attend a Football League match when he watched Orient face Notts County in April 2021. His visit was down to his admiration for the club's involvement in World War One; they were the first club to fully enlist and lost three players in the Battle of the Somme. As well as donations from Millwall and Charlton Athletic, a £400 donation was sent in from Arthur Phillips, a director of the Godfrey Phillips Tobacco Company, who had supported the club since his youth. The club's debts were duly paid with money left over. Thanks to the generosity of the Prince of Wales and Arthur Phillips the club survived and remains as strong as ever today under the watch of Chairman Nigel Travis, who's 2017 purchase of club saved them from the same fate they nearly succumbed to in 1933. Previous page. Next page.