In 1892, though, Sharpe could never get into form and he was dropped from the Surrey side long before the season ended.
We are making for the Surrey side, apparently.
After the near catastrophic 1948/49 season he also helped the Surrey side to record a top ten finish in each of the following three seasons.
He was also part of the Surrey side that dominated the county championship with seven consecutive titles from 1952 to 1958.
With pockets bulging he took a 'bus, which dropped him at the corner of his little street on the Surrey side.
The lock is on the southern Surrey side of the river.
Or in some back street on the Surrey side?
Even so, he was an essential member of the Surrey side for many years.
And so, at long last it seemed, he came to the end of the bridge on the Surrey side.
But the trouble with him is, he was born on the Surrey side, and not so very long ago neither.