1915–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1915–16 season
Chairman	J. H. Fielding
Manager	James Howie
Stadium	Kensal Rise
1915–16 London Combination Principal	8th
1915–16 London Combination (Supplementary)	13th
Top goalscorer	Arthur Humphreys 9
Highest home attendance	6,000 (Oct 23 1915) vs Chelsea
Lowest home attendance	1,500 (Jan 1 1916) Vs Crystal P, (Mar 4 1916) Vs Clapton Orient
Biggest win	5-1 (Jan 1 1916) Vs Crystal
Biggest defeat	0-6 (Feb 12 1916) vs Watford
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1914-15 1916–17 →

Last updated September 19, 2025

The 1915-16 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 28th season of existence and their first season in The London Combination, a competition made up of reserve and senior teams founded during World War I. QPR finished 9th in the Principal league and 13th in the supplementary league during the campaign.

League table

London Combination Principal Tournament Table 1915/16

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
6	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	8	6	38	35	1.727	24
7	Brentford	22	6	8	8	36	40	1.636	20
8	Queens Park Rangers	22	8	3	11	27	41	1.227	19
9	Crystal Palace	22	8	3	11	35	55	1.590	19

London Combination (Supplementary) Table 1915/16

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
11	Arsenal	14	3	4	7	22	44	1.571	10
12	Luton Town	14	4	1	9	31	44	2.214	9
13	Queens Park Rangers	14	2	5	7	14	37	1.000	9
14	Reading	14	3	2	9	23	64	1.642	8

Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

London Combination Principal Tournament

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	League Position	Matthews, F.	Loney	Draper	Smith, A.	Mitchell	Gregory	Nisbet	Smith, B. (G)	Humphreys	Baldock	Fox	Linkson	Wake	Coleman	Nixon	Simons	Blake	Hunter (G)	Jefferies	Whyman	Elliott (G)	Nicholson (G)	Wingrove	Hicks	Dale	Matthews, H.	Poulton (G)	Bellamy (G)	Ives
Sep 4 1915	A	Millwall	L	1-1	1-3	Humphreys	7,000	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sep 11 1915	H	Croydon Common	W	1-0	2-1	Fox, Coleman	3,000	9	1	2			5	4	7		9	10	11	3	6	8
Sep 18 1915	A	Arsenal	L	1-1	1-2	Humphreys	8,000	10	1		3		5	4	7		9	10	11	2	6	8
Sep 25 1915	H	Brentford	L	0-0	1-2	Humphreys	3,500	9		2	3	4	5	10	7		9		11		6	8	1
Oct 2 1915	A	West Ham	L	0-2	1-2	Fox	4,000	10		2	3			5			7	4	11		6	8	1	10	9
Oct 9 1915	H	Tottenham	L	0-2	0-4		4,000	12	1	3	2		5	4			9		11		6	8		10		7
Oct 16 1915	A	Crystal P	L	0-0	0-1		1,000	12			3	4	5					10	11		6			9			1	2	7	8
Oct 23 1915	H	Chelsea	W	0-0	1-0	Coleman	6,000	12		2			5	10			9		11		6	8					1	4			3	7
Oct 30 1915	H	Fulham	W	1-1	2-1	Humphreys 2	3,000	10		2			5	4			9	10	11	3	6						1					7	8
Nov 6 1915	A	Clapton Orient	W	1-0	2-0	Dale, Simons	3,000	9		2			5					10	11	3	6			9			1	4				7	8
Nov 13 1915	H	Millwall	L	1-3	1-5	Baldock	3,000	10		2		4	5				9	10	11	3							1	6				7	8
Nov 20 1915	A	Croydon Common	W	1-0	1-0	Humphreys	1,000	10		2			5				9	10	11	3	6						1	4				7	8
Nov 27 1915	H	Arsenal	D	1-0	1-1	Hicks	2,000	9		2	3		5				9	4	11		6						1					8	10	7
Dec 4 1915	A	Brentford	L	0-1	0-4		1,200	10	1	2			5					4	11	3	6			9								7	10		8
Dec 11 1915	H	West Ham	D	1-0	1-1	Dale	2,000	10		2			5		7			10	11	3	6		1	9				4					8
Dec 18 1915	A	Tottenham	L	0-0	1-2	Simons	3,000	10		2			5		7			10	11	3	6		1	9				4					8
Dec 25 1915	A	Watford	L	1-1	1-5	Humphreys	500	10					3		7		9	4	11		6			10			1					8	5			2
Dec 27 1915	H	Watford	W	3-1	3-1	Humphreys, Nisbet 2	2,000	10		2			5		7		9	10		3	6						1	4					8				11
Jan 1 1916	H	Crystal P	W	3-0	5-1	Hughes (og), Baldock, Fox, Humphreys, Nisbet	1,500	9		2			5		7		9	10	11	3	6		1					4					8
Jan 8 1916	A	Chelsea *	L	1-3	1-5	Mitchell (pen)	10,000	10		2			5		7		9	10	11	3	6		1					4					8
Jan 15 1916	A	Fulham	W	1-0	1-0	Mitchell	5,000	8			3		5		7		9	6	11	2			1	10				4					8
Jan 22 1916	H	Clapton Orient	D	0-0	0-0		2,000	8		2	6		5		7		9	4	11	3			1									10	8

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London Combination (Supplementary) Tournament

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	League Position	Matthews, F.	Loney	Draper	Mitchell	Nisbet	Humphreys	Fox	Linkson	Wake	Nixon	Simons	Jefferies	Whyman	Hicks	Dale	Matthews, H.	Hooper	Somerville	Jackman (G)	Walsh (G)	Pullen	Donald	Birch	Wagstaffe (G)	Hughes	Thompson	McRae (G)	Broster
Feb 5 1916	H	Chelsea	L	0-0	0-3		3,000	13			3	5	10	9	11	2		1	4			8	6	7
Feb 12 1916	A	Watford	L	0-2	0-6		1,000	14			2			9	11		5			1			4	7	3	6	8	10
Feb 19 1916	H	Brentford	D	1-1	1-1	Simons	2,500	14			3	5		11	10		6		9	1		7	8		2	4
Mar 4 1916	H	Clapton Orient	D	1-0	1-1	Wagstaffe	1,500	13		4				9	11	2	6	1					5						3	7	8	10
Mar 11 1916	A	Tottenham	D	0-0	0-0		3,000	12		4					11	2	6	1	9			8							3	7	5		10
Mar 18 1916	H	Watford	D	1-0	2-2	Birch, Thompson	2,000	11			2	5			11		6			1						4			3	7	8			9	10
Mar 25 1916	A	Brentford	L	0-2	0-4		2,000	13	1	2		5			11		6		9			8			4	10			3	7
Apr 1 1916	H	Reading	L	2-5	2-6	Hicks, Mitchell	3,000	14		2	10	5		9	11		6			1	4	8			7				3
Apr 8 1916	A	Clapton Orient	D	1-0	1-1	Hicks	1,500	13		2		5			11		6			1	4	10	8						3	7				9
Apr 15 1916	H	Tottenham	L	1-1	1-3	Dale	4,000	14		2					11		6		9	1		10	8		4	5			3	7
Apr 21 1916	A	Millwall	L	2-4	2-6	Donald 2	5,000	14			2	5	10		11		6			1		9	8			4			3	7
Apr 22 1916	A	Reading	W	2-0	2-1	Fox, Simons		13			2	5			11		6		9	1	4	10	8						3	7
Apr 24 1916	H	Millwall	W	1-0	2-0	Broster, Simons	3,000	12		2		5			11		6		9	1		10	8						3	7						4
Apr 29 1916	A	Chelsea	L	0-1	0-3		12,000	13		2		5			11		6		9	1	4	10	8						3	7

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	London Combination Appearances	London Combination Goals
GK		Jack Durston
GK		Wilf Nixon	11
GK		F. Matthews	6
GK		Harry Jefferies	19
DF		Basil Loney	26
DF		Billy Draper	16
DF		Joe Wingrove	1
DF		Harry Pullen	11
DF		Joseph Wilde
DF		Tom Millington
DF		Bill Hooper	5
DF		George Somerville	6
DF		H. Green
DF		Oscar Linkson	17
DF		Smith, A G	4
MF		John Pennifer
MF		David Nisbet	14	1
MF		Jack Gregory	8
MF		Archie Mitchell	31	3
MF		John Baldock	19	2
MF		Jack Broster	1	1
MF		Alf Whyman	15
MF		George Fox	35	4
MF		Bill Wake	31
MF		H. Matthews	3
FW		David Donald	10	2
FW		Jimmy Birch	3	1
FW		Billy Thompson	2	1
FW		George Dale	24	3
FW		Tommy Simons	17	5
FW		Ben Ives	1
FW		Alfred Hicks	20	3
FW		Tim Coleman	6	2
FW		Arthur Humphreys	22	9
FW		T. Hughes	1
FW		Freddie Blake	1
GK	Guest	Smith, B	1
DF	Guest	Bellamy, George	1
MF	Guest (Gainsborough Trinity)	Hunter, Joe	1
MF	Guest (Dartford)	Elliott, J	1
FW	Guest (Tooting Town)	Nicholson, Ernest	1
FW	Guest (The Army)	Poulton, A (Pte)	1
FW	Guest	Jackman, Vincent	1
FW	Guest (The Army)	Walsh, H (Pte)	1
FW	Guest	Wagstaffe, George	1	1
FW	Guest (The Army)	McRae (Pte)	1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Smith, A G		cs1915
Oscar Linkson	Shelbourne	cs1915
Robinson, T	Catford Southend	cs1915
David Nisbet	London Caledonians	cs1915
Arthur Humphreys	Hampstead Town	cs1915
Wilf Nixon	Fulham	Sep 11,1915	Loan
Tim Coleman	Nottingham	Sep 11,1915	Loan
George Dale	Notts County	Oct1915	Loan
Harry Jefferies		Oct1915
Alfred Hicks	Ilford	Oct1915
Matthews, H W		Nov1915
Bill Hooper	Hampstead Town	Feb1916
George Somerville		Feb1916
Hughes, T		Mar1916
Green, H		cs1916
Bennett, F		cs1916

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
McLeod, Bob	Newport	May 4,1914		cs 15	Clyde
Weblin, Francis *	West Norwood	cs1912		cs 15
Nitschke, William *	Kilburn	cs1914		cs 15
Ovens, Gilbert	Chelsea	July 17,1911	Free	cs 15
Downing, Alfred		cs1914		cs 15
Amstad, Jonas		June1914		cs 15
Cannell, Alfred		July1914		cs 15
Keech, George *		Apr1915		cs 15
Tim Coleman	Nottingham	Sep 11,1915	Loan	Oct 15	Nottingham	Loan
McKinney, Edward	Broom Athletic	May 16,1914		Oct 15	Dipton U
Smith, A G		cs1915		Nov 15
Miller, John	Vale of Leven	May 5,1913		Dec 15	Dumbarton
Matthews, H W		Nov1915		Feb 16
Wilf Nixon	Fulham	Sep 11,1915	Loan	Mar 16	Fulham	Loan
Butler, Albert (Ben)	Hartlepools U	Sep 1,1913		May 16	Died in WW1
Matthews, F W *	Hampstead Town	cs1913		cs 16
Jefferies, Harry		Oct1915		cs 16
Payne, Arthur	Old Crusaders	Aug1914		cs 16
Robinson, T	Catford Southend	cs1915		cs 16
Hughes, T		Mar1916		cs 16
Cannell, Alfred		July1914		cs 16
Arthur Humphreys	Hampstead Town	cs1915		cs 16

References

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↑ 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.
↑ "Seasonal Stats - Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
↑ Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers The Complete Record 1899-2009. Breedon Books Publishing Co Lt, 2009. ISBN 9781780914091.

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[auto-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.

[:0-3] Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers The Complete Record 1899-2009. Breedon Books Publishing Co Lt, 2009. ISBN 9781780914091.

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