MONTHLY ROUND-UP: SEPTEMBER 1865
The Metropolitan League’s inaugural season is set for a remarkable finish as the Old Westminsters and The Regent’s Park sit tied at the top of the standings with three games each to play. When the Regents were beaten by Angel it appeared as though their challenge may be fading, but they responded by winning both games against Clapham to close to just a single game behind the Westminsters ahead of the final meeting between the two this year. That game was postponed however, and has been rescheduled for the Saturday following the intended end of the season.
The race took another turn as September ended, when the Westminsters were beaten by Angel and the Regents edged a close game against Kensington, to leave both teams on seventeen wins and ten defeats for the year. Should both record identical results in their next two games, the championship will be decided by that final rearranged game between them.
The other four teams all have losing records for the year and look set to stay that way, but currently it is Angel and the City of London Club who share third place. That is because Clapham lost five games out of six in September to fall into fifth position, their excellent start to the year and apparent championship bid now a very distant memory. They may yet finish last, as they sit only a single game ahead of a Kensington team who they meet in the final game of the year.
