First Spurs at the Boleyn

So for the last time the Hammers have played great rivals at the Boleyn Ground, so perhaps now is a good time to look back all the way to 1904 and the first meeting between the two clubs at the Boleyn Ground.
24th September 1904 was the date of only the clubs 3rd league match at their new home and after a 3-0 victory in the opener v Millwall and then a defeat to Queens Park Rangers it was North Londoners turn to visit.

The Hammers team that day is listed as

Mathew Kingsley, Signed from Newcastle and an ex England international, would leave for Q.P.R after just 30 games after being sent off for deliberately kicking an opponent.

Tom Bamlet,  Another from Newcastle though his tally of games for west Ham was just 18 before heading back to his native north east.

Dave Gardner, A Scotsman by birth but another ex Newcastle player in the ranks, this was his first season at the club, he would play 80 games before leaving in 1907

Frank Piercy, Another from the North East but this time Middlesborough, he had only just signed for the club, but he would stay after retirement, mainly coaching the reserves up until his untimely death in 1931. Awarded a testimonial after his death.

Thomas Allison, Born in Edinburgh but began his career with New Brighton on Merseyside, signed for the Hammers from reading in 1903 would stay for 6 years playing 165 games scoring 7 goals.

Jack Flynn,  Scored one of the first goals at the Boleyn in the opening day defeat of Millwall, only stayed the one season scoring 4 goals in 21 games

William McCartney, Signed From Manchester United, another who stayed just the one season missing only 6 games out of the 34 available scoring 3 goals. 

Jack Fletcher, Signed from Queens Park Rangers, another one season wonder playing 24 games scoring 4 goals

John Russell, Possibly the first player to wear the Number 6 shirt for West Ham at the Boleyn, another player to stay just the one season playing 17 games in all.

Charles Simmons, signed from West Brom, played all 34 games in the league scoring 8 goals, 

Billy Bridgeman, A local lad from Bow, Scored a hat-trick in the Boleyn curtain raiser game, in a friendly, and then followed it up by scoring twice, including the very first in a competitive game at the Boleyn, against Millwall in the 3-0 opening victory. A Centre Forward he would leave after 3 years for Chelsea, not before scoring 20 goals in 74 games. 

The Game itself seems to have been a tight affair spoilt possibly by the weather, the match reports give better detail of the game 

As described above the attendance was an improvement of what they were achieving at the Memorial Grounds and officially in club historical records the attendance is set at 16,000 but the reports from the day show 20,000 being at the game, which as evident below was the highest in their league for that day.

Finally the league table after the game was as follows

so after 3 games at the Boleyn they had managed a win a draw and a loss, possibly setting the tone for the next 112 years.