1912–13 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1912–13 season
Chairman	J. H. Fielding
Manager	James Cowan
Stadium	New Park Royal
Southern League Division One	4th
FA Cup	2nd Round
London Challenge Cup	2nd Round
Southern Professional Charity Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Birch 16 All: Jimmy Birch 19
Highest home attendance	20,000 (Dec 25 1912) Vs Southampton
Lowest home attendance	4,000 (Apr 10 1913) Vs Bristol R
Biggest win	4-0 (Apr 5 1913) Vs Coventry
Biggest defeat	1-4 (Mar 1 1913) Vs Swindon,( Mar 29 1913) Vs Brighton
Home colours Away colours
←  1911-12 1913–14  →

The 1912-13 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 25th season of existence and their 14th season in the Southern League Division One, the top non-league division of football in England at the time.

Season summary

In the 1912–13 season QPR continued play in the Southern League Division One and finished 4th. The team also won the Southern Professional Charity Cup.

Southern League Division One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle	38	22	6	10	77	36	2.139	50
2	Swindon Town	38	20	8	10	66	41	1.610	48
3	West Ham United	38	18	12	8	66	46	1.435	48
4	Queens Park Rangers	38	18	10	10	46	35	1.314	46
5	Crystal Palace	38	17	11	10	55	36	1.528	45
6	Millwall	38	19	7	12	62	43	1.442	45

Results

QPR scores given first

  Win  Draw  Loss

Southern League Division One

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	League Position	Shaw	Macdonald	Pullen	Ovens	Mitchell	Wake	Thompson	Revill	Birch	McKie	Barnes	Anderson	Thornton	Browning	Sangster	Whyman	Fidler	Gregory	Weblin	Gaul	Broster	Day	Nicholls	Higgins	Jackman	Wingrove	Ives
Sep 5 1912	H	Plymouth	W	2-0	2-1	Birch, McKie	10,000	6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sep 7 1912	H	Norwich	W	1-0	1-0	Birch	9,000	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		9		11	8	10
Sep 14 1912	A	Gillingham	D	0-0	0-0		7,000	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		9		11	8		10
Sep 21 1912	H	Northampton	W	1-1	3-2	Birch, Anderson, Browning	12,000	3	1	2	3	4	5	6			9		11	8		10	7
Sep 28 1912	A	Stoke	D	0-0	0-0		6,000	3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11			10
Oct 5 1912	A	Brentford	W	1-0	2-0	Birch, Revill	13,200	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11			10
Oct 12 1912	H	Millwall	D	0-1	1-1	Revill	16,000	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11			10
Oct 19 1912	A	Bristol R	L	0-1	0-3		5,000	6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11			10
Oct 26 1912	H	Swindon	W	1-0	2-0	Kay (og), Ovens	8,000	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11			10
Nov 2 1912	A	Portsmouth	D	1-1	1-1	Birch	12,000	4	1	2	3	4	5			8	9		11			10	7	6
Nov 9 1912	H	Exeter	W	1-0	2-1	Revill, Mitchell	8,000	3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11			10
Nov 16 1912	A	West Ham	L	0-0	0-1		10,000	4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11			10
Nov 23 1912	H	Brighton	D	0-0	0-0		11,000	4	1	2			5	6	7	8	9		11			10		4	3
Nov 30 1912	A	Coventry	D	0-0	1-1	Thompson	5,000	4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8		11					10		9
Dec 7 1912	H	Watford	W	2-0	2-0	Birch 2	8,000	4	1		3	4	5	6	7		8		11					10		9	2
Dec 14 1912	A	Merthyr Town	D	0-0	0-0		3,000	4	1		3		5	6	7		8		11			10		4		9	2
Dec 21 1912	H	Crystal P	W	2-0	2-0	Revill 2	10,000	3	1		3		5	6	7	10	8		11					4			2	9
Dec 25 1912	H	Southampton	W	1-0	1-0	Birch	20,000	2	1		3		5	6		10	8		11				7	4	2			9
Dec 26 1912	A	Southampton	W	0-0	1-0	McKie	7,000	2	1		3		5			10	8	9	11				7	4	2				6
Dec 28 1912	A	Norwich	L	0-1	0-2		6,000	2	1		3	4	5	6	7	10	8	9	11								2
Jan 4 1913	H	Gillingham	W	1-0	2-0	Birch, Barnes	7,000	2	1		3	4	5	6	7	10	8	9	11						2
Jan 25 1913	H	Stoke	W	0-0	1-0	Whyman	9,000	1	1		3		5	6	7	10	8		11					9	2				4
Feb 8 1913	H	Brentford	W	1-0	2-1	Birch, Richards (og)	16,000	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	10	8		11									9
Feb 15 1913	A	Millwall	L	0-1	1-2	Gaul	14,000	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8	10	11									9
Feb 22 1913	A	Northampton	D	0-0	0-0		6,000	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8	10	11					9
Mar 1 1913	A	Swindon	L	0-3	1-4	McKie	6,000	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8	10	11					9
Mar 8 1913	H	Portsmouth	D	0-1	1-1	Birch	8,000	3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8		11							10				9
Mar 15 1913	A	Exeter	L	1-3	1-3	Birch (pen)	6,000	5		2	3	4	5		7	10	8		11					6						9	1
Mar 21 1913	A	Reading	L	0-1	0-1		15,000	8	1		3	4	5	6	7		8											10		9		2	11
Mar 22 1913	H	West Ham	L	0-0	0-1		15,000	8	1	2	3		5	6	7	10	8	9	11					4
Mar 24 1913	H	Reading	D	0-0	1-1	Gaul	14,000	8	1		3	4	5		7		8	10						6				9				2	11
Mar 29 1913	A	Brighton	L	1-1	1-4	Birch	5,000	8	1		3	4	5		7	10	8							6				9					11	2
Apr 5 1913	H	Coventry	W	3-0	4-0	Gaul, Whyman, Birch, Revill	6,000	8	1		3	4	5			10	8		11					7			2	9	6
Apr 10 1913	H	Bristol R	W	0-0	2-0	Revill, Birch	4,000	8	1		3	4	5			10	8		11					7			2		6	9
Apr 12 1913	A	Watford	W	1-0	2-1	Gaul, Ovens	4,000	6	1		3	4	5			10	8		11					7			2	9	6
Apr 19 1913	H	Merthyr Town	W	1-0	4-1	Ives 2, Gaul, Revill	7,000	5	1		3	4	5			10	8							7			2	9	6						11
Apr 23 1913	A	Plymouth	L	0-1	0-2		10,000	6	1		3	4	5		7	10	8		11					6			2	9
Apr 26 1913	A	Crystal P	W	1-1	2-1	Birch, Gaul	8,000	4	1		3	2	5		7	10	8		11					4				9	6

^[1]

London Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Shaw	Macdonald	Fidler	Ovens	Whyman	Broster	Thompson	Anderson	Birch	Browning	Gregory	Pullen	Wake	Barnes	Mitchell	McKie
LCC 1	Sep 18	H	London Caledonians	W	3-0	5-1	Browning 3, Strang (og), Whyman	1,500	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
LCC 2	Oct 21	A	West Ham	L	0-0	0-2		4,000	1	2		4			7		9	10		3	6	11	5	8

Southern Professional Charity Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Shaw	Macdonald	Fidler	Ovens	Whyman	Broster	Thompson	Birch	Browning	Pullen	Wake	Revill	Barnes	Mitchell	Nicholls	Weblin	Day	Gaul
SCC 1	Nov 20 1912	A	Gillingham	W	1-0	1-0	Birch	1,000		2	3	4	8		7	9	10		6		11	5	1
SCC 2	Feb 13 1913	H	Crystal P	W	3-0	7-1	Revill, Whyman 3, Birch, Mitchell, Wake	3,000	1	2		4	9		7	8		3	6	10	11	5
SCC SF	Apr 3 1913	H	Exeter	W	2-0	2-0	Revill, Birch	2,500	1			4	6		7	8		3		10	11	5		2	9
SCC F	Apr 28 1913	the Den	Brighton	W	1-1	4-1"	Gaul, Birch 2, Mitchell (pen)	3,000	1			2	4	6	7	8		3		10	11	5				9

London Professional Charity Fund

Date

Venue

Opponent

Outcome

Half Time Score

Score

Scorers

Attendance

Shaw

Macdonald

Ovens

Whyman

Thompson

Birch

Browning

Pullen

Wake

Revill

Barnes

Oct 7 1912

A

Clapton Orient

W

1-0

2-1 (AET)

Birch, Barnes

4,000

1

2

4

5

7

9

10

3

6

8

11

Ealing Hospital Cup (Final)

Date

Venue

Opponent

Outcome

Half Time Score

Score

Scorers

Attendance

Shaw

Macdonald

Ovens

Birch

Browning

Pullen

Wake

Revill

Barnes

Mitchell

Sangster

Oct 30 1912

A

Brentford

L

0-0

0-1

2,000

1

2

4

9

10

3

6

8

11

5

7

FA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Shaw	Pullen	Ovens	Mitchell	Wake	Thompson	Revill	Birch	Barnes	Whyman	Fidler
Fifth round qualifying	Saturday 14 December 1912			Bye
First Round	11 January 1913	H	Halifax Town (Midland League)	W	2-2	4–2	Revill, Birch, Whyman, Ovens	9,000	1	3	4	5	6	7	10	8	11	9	2
Second Round	1 February 1913	A	Middlesbrough (First Division)	L	1-2	2-3	Birch 2 (1 pen)	27,774	1	3	4	5	6	7	10	8	11	9	2

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	Southern League Appearances	Southern League Goals	FA Cup Appearances	FA Cup Goals
GK		F.W Matthews
GK		Harry Jefferies
GK		Alfred Nicholls	1
GK		Charlie Shaw	37		2
DF		Billy Draper
DF		Joe Wingrove	1
DF		Harry Pullen	37		2
DF		Joseph Wilde
DF		Dan Higgins	2
DF		Gilbert Ovens	31	2	2	1
DF		Francis Weblin	9
DF		Joe Fidler	5		2
DF		John Macdonald	21
MF		Jack Gregory	4
MF		Archie Mitchell	38	1	2
MF		Jack Broster	7
MF		Alf Whyman	21	2	2	1
MF		Bill Wake	27		2
MF		Andy Thompson
MF		David Anderson	3	1
FW		Jimmy Birch	38	16	2	3
FW		Billy Thompson	30	1	2
FW		Ben Ives	1	2
FW		John Miller
FW		Herbert Strugnell
FW		William Gaul	12	6
FW		Jimmy Fortune
FW		Teddy Revill	26	8	2	1
FW		Billy Barnes	34	1	2
FW		Bob Browning	12	1
FW		Dan McKie	9	3
FW		Vincent Jackman	3
FW		James Sangster	4
FW		Richard Day	4
FW		Harry Thornton	1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Francis Weblin	West Norwood	cs1912
Jack Broster	Chorley	July 6, 1912
Billy Thompson	Haslingden	July 23, 1912
Jack Gregory	Willenhall Swifts	July 25, 1912
David Anderson	Preston	July 20, 1912
Joseph Wilde	Burnley	Aug 20, 1912
Brooks, George	Southall	Aug 31,1912
Bloom, H A *	Shepherd's Bush	Sep1912
Dan Higgins	Kingston-on-Thames	Jan1913
Scotchbrook, Ernest *		Feb1913
Bruton, A C *	Kilburn	Mar1913
Barron, Harrie *	Shelbourne	Mar1913
Lincoln, A J *		Mar1913
Willcox, Frederick *		Mar1913
Joe Wingrove	Uxbridge	Mar1913
Richard Day	Haslingden	Mar 7,1913
Ben Ives	Exeter	Apr 1, 1913	£300
John Miller	Vale of Leven	May 5, 1913
Jimmy Fortune	Barrow	May 6, 1913
Herbert Strugnell	Aston Villa	May 22, 1913
Andy Thompson	Gateshead	June 3, 1913
Ingham, James	Haslingden	June 16, 1913
Harry Jefferies	Aberdare	June 30, 1913
Billy Draper		cs1913
Read, Albert *	Uxbridge	cs1913
Saunders, John		cs1913
Cater, William	Kilburn	cs1913
Lockwood, James *	Ipswich Town	cs1913
Matthews, F W *	Hampstead Town	cs1913

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
Matthews, F W *	Harlesden	cs1911		cs 12	Hampstead Town
Syms, W *	Southall	cs1911		cs 12	Southall
Lawrence, Sidney *		Aug1911		cs 12
Robinson, Jimmy *	Stourbridge	May 12, 1911		cs 12
Gorman, William *	Wycombe Wanderers	July1911		cs 12	Wycombe
Baker, Billy *	Northfleet U	Aug1911		cs 12	Dartford
Hartwell, Ambrose	Bradford Park Avenue	May 21, 1909		Aug 12	Kidderminster	£30
Butterworth, Herbert	Oldham	Aug 8,1910		Aug 12	Millwall
Levi, Harold	Norwich	May 15, 1911		Sep 12	Gillingham
King, Alex	Southend	July 18, 1911		Sep 12	Chatham
Burke, William	Croydon Common	cs1912		Oct 12
Bloom, H A *	Shepherd's Bush	Sep1912		Nov 12
Marchant, George *	Tufnell Park	Mar1912		Dec 12	Hampstead Town
Joe Fidler	Fulham	May 18, 1906		Feb 13	Woolwich Arsenal
Bob Browning	Kettering Town	May 3, 1910		Feb 13	Southampton
David Anderson	Preston	July 20, 1912		Mar 13	Swansea Town
Radnage, Joe *	Shepherd's Bush	cs1909		Apr 13	Oxford City
Charlie Shaw	Port Glasgow Athletic	May 18, 1907		May 13	Celtic	£650
Handford, Ernest		cs1899		May 13	Retired
John Macdonald	Grimsby	Sep 9,1907		May 13	Retired
Billy Barnes	Luton	May 3, 1907		May 13	Southend	Free
Teddy Revill	Chesterfield	Aug 2,1911		May 13	Chesterfield
Brooks, George	Southall	Aug 31,1912		May 13
Dan McKie	Chorley	May 3, 1910		June 13	Merthyr Town
Bruton, A C *	Kilburn	Mar1913		cs 13
Scotchbrook, Ernest *		Feb1913		cs 13	Summerstown
Barron, Harrie *	Shelbourne	Mar1913		cs 13
Lincoln, A J *		Mar1913		cs 13
Willcox, Frederick *		Mar1913		cs 13

References

^{[2] [3]}

1. Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN   978-0-354-08552-6.
2. "Seasonal Stats - Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
3. Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers The Complete Record 1899-2009. Breedon Books Publishing Co Lt, 2009. ISBN   9781780914091.