The Mitcham Korfball Club was started in 1946, according to this article from the Mitcham News and Mercury, 9th June 1961

The man who brought the game of korfball to Surrey, Mr Frederick James Lincoln (aged 55), Carlingford Gardens, Mitcham, died last week.

Over 100 people, including many korfball players, attended the cremation at the Streatham Crematorium on Friday.

Mr Lincoln organised Mitcham’s first korfball team about 15 years ago after seeing the game played on the first Hengelo – Mitcham interchange visit.

Soon two other teams followed and the Mitcham Korfball Club was formed.

Mr Lincoln, always “very enthusiastic about korfball,” did not play but he refereed the game for several years.

His wife Mildred said this week: “He was a popular man with many friends.”