that same year, royal ordnance factories challenged their former colleagues woolwich arsenal in a local derby, on 25 april 1895; by now the side had moved to a new ground in maze hill near greenwich. ordnance won the match 1–0, which was halted 15 minutes before time owing to bad light. later that year, on 7 september, royal ordnance factories were the first to team to ever play thames ironworks fc (who would later become west ham united) at thames ironworks' hermit road ground; the game ended 1–1.