1916–17 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1916–17 season
Chairman	J. H. Fielding
Manager	James Howie
Stadium	Kensal Rise
1916–17 London Combination	10th
Top goalscorer	George Dale, Walter Lawrence,Vincent Hassan 10
Highest home attendance	6,000 (Nov 18 1916) Vs Chelsea , (Apr 28 1917) Vs Millwall
Lowest home attendance	700 (Mar 10 1917) Vs Crystal Palace
Biggest win	4-0 (Jan 6 1917) Vs Southampton
Biggest defeat	1-7 (Dec 2 1916) Vs Portsmouth, (Dec 30 1916) Vs Fulham
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The 1916-17 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 29th season of existence and their 2nd season in The London Combination, a competition made up of reserve and senior teams founded during World War I. QPR finished 10th in the league during the campaign.

League standings

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Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
4	Tottenham Hotspur	40	24	5	11	112	64	2.800	53
5	The Arsenal	40	19	10	11	62	47	1.550	48
6	Fulham	40	21	3	16	102	63	2.550	45
7	Luton Town	39	20	3	16	101	82	2.589	43
8	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	68	72	1.789	35
9	Southampton	39	13	8	18	57	80	1.461	34
10	Queens Park Rangers	39*	10	9	20	48	86	1.230	29

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	Durston	Loney	Somerville	Dale	Mitchell	Green	Nisbet	Birch	Pennifer	Fox	Hooper	Matthews, A.	Lewis	Draper	Hicks	Donald	Baldock	Winyard	Thompson, B.	Lawrence	Wright	Brown	Hassan	Goddard	Wake	Grendon	Howie (G)	Simons	Whyman	Thompson, A. (G)	Butler, F.	Denoon	Whiting	White	Broster	Hughes	Drysdale/Birkett/Virtue/Lawford(G)	Saxon/Beale/Beckerley/Barlow(G)	Berrington/Kirk/Needham/Crossley(G)	Salmon/Shult/Thwaites/James(G)	Tebay/Wise/Marshall(G)	Wren/Soffe/Strickland (G)	Richards/Kinlin/Fleming(G)	Toms (G)	Wash (G)
Sep 2 1916	H	Luton	L	0-2	1-4	Dale		9	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11																											10
Sep 9 1916	A	Reading	W	2-1	3-2	Pennifer, Smith (og), Matthews	2,000	8	1	2		6	5	4	7		9	11	3	8	10
Sep 16 1916	H	Millwall	L	0-1	0-4		4,000	9	1	2		6	5		7		4	11		8	10	3																								9
Sep 23 1916	A	Watford	L	0-0	0-2		1,000	13	1			6	5				9	7	3		8	2	10	11																							4
Sep 30 1916	H	Clapton Orient	D	0-0	0-0		3,000	11	1	2		10	5				9	11	4		8	3	7		6
Oct 7 1916	A	Fulham	L	0-0	0-2		5,000	13	1	3		11	5					7		10	6	2			4																							8	9
Oct 14 1916	A	Southampton	L	1-1	1-2	Fox		13				10	5					11	2		4	3			6	1	9																					8	7
Oct 21 1916	H	West Ham	L	0-1	0-4		3,000	13		2		8	5				9	11	6		4	3		7		1	10
Oct 28 1916	A	Tottenham	W	2-3	5-4	Elliott (og), Dale, Salmon 2, Mitchell	4,000	13		2		9	5	4				11				3		7	6	1		10																				8
Nov 4 1916	H	Crystal P	W	1-0	1-0	Lawrence	1,500	10	1	2		9	5	4				11			8	3		7				10	6
Nov 11 1916	A	Brentford	W	2-1	4-1	Lawrence 3, Dale	2,000	9	1	2		9	5	4				11				3		7	8			10	6
Nov 18 1916	H	Chelsea	L	1-1	1-2	Dale	6,000	11		2		9	5					11				3		7	8			10	6																					1	4
Nov 25 1916	A	Luton	L	0-4	0-6		3,000	11	1				5	4					2		11							10	6																7	9						3	8
Dec 2 1916	H	Portsmouth	L	1-2	1-7	Kinlin		11	1				5																6	7	8	11															2	3	4	9	10
Dec 9 1916	A	Millwall	L	0-0	1-2	Hassan	5,000	11					5													1		7			10		4	6	8	11									2	3	9
Dec 23 1916	A	Clapton Orient	L	0-0	1-2	Mitchell (pen)		11					5									3				1		10	11		8		6	4			2	7									9
Dec 25 1916	H	Arsenal	L	2-1	2-3	Dale, Hassan	3,000	12				9	5						2			3			10	1					8	11	6	4											7
Dec 26 1916	A	Arsenal	D	0-0	0-0		4,500	11					5									3			9	1		10	6		8	11		4			2		7
Dec 30 1916	H	Fulham	L	1-1	1-7	Lawrence	3,000	13				9	5						2			3				1		10	6		8	11		4																			7
Jan 6 1917	H	Southampton	W	2-0	4-0	Hassan 2, Lawrence, Baldock	1,000	11	1	2			5									3			9			10	6		8	11					4	7
Jan 13 1917	A	West Ham	L	0-2	3-5	Dale, Whyman, Lawrence	5,000	12		2		9	5									3			7			10			8	11		4			6			1
Jan 20 1917	H	Tottenham	D	0-1	1-1	Hassan	1,200	10					9									3			7			10	6		8	11		4			2			1								5
Jan 27 1917	A	Crystal P	L	0-2	0-4		1,500	12					5									3			7			10			8	11		2	4					1								6	9
Feb 3 1917	H	Brentford	W	2-0	2-0	Whiting, Hassan	1,000	10		2			5									3			7			10			8			4			6			1	9									11
Feb 10 1917	A	Chelsea	L	0-0	0-3		4,000	10				9	5									3			7			10	6		8	11		4			2			1
Feb 17 1917	H	Watford	W	0-0	2-1	Lawrence, Hassan		10		2			5									3			7			10	6		8	11		4						1	9
Feb 24 1917	A	Luton	L	0-1	0-2			11				8	5								10	3			4				6			11							7	1	9											2
Mar 3 1917	A	Fulham	D	0-0	0-0		3,000	11		2		7	5									3						10	6		8			4			11			1	9
Mar 10 1917	H	Crystal P	W	2-1	3-2	Lawrence, Hassan 2	700	11		2		11	5									3						10	6		8			4						1	7										9
Mar 17 1917	A	Millwall	L	0-0	0-1		5,000	11		2		10	5									3			7				6		8	11		4						1	9
Mar 24 1917	H	Brentford	D	2-1	2-2	Dale, Barlow		11				10	5									3			11				6					2					7	1	9				4	8
Mar 31 1917	A	Watford	W	2-1	2-1	Grimsdell (og), Goddard	500	10		2		10	5								8	3			7							11		4			6			1						9
Apr 6 1917	H	Chelsea	D	1-1	2-2	Hassan, Baldock	3,500	10					5								7	3			9			10	6		8			4						1		2					11
Apr 7 1917	H	Luton	D	1-2	2-2	Dale 2 (1 pen)	3,000	10		2		9	5								7	3									8			4			10			1			6				11
Apr 9 1917	A	Chelsea	L	0-2	1-3	Lawrence	7,000	10					5									3			9			10	6		8			4					7	1		2					11
Apr 14 1917	H	Fulham	W	1-0	2-0	Dale, Baldock	1,500	10		2		10	5								7	3			9				6		8			4						1								11
Apr 19 1917	A	Brentford	D	0-0	0-0		1,000	10		2		10	5								7	11			9				6		8									1		3			4
Apr 21 1917	A	Crystal P	L	0-2	0-3			10		2		10	5								7	3			11				6		8									1					4	9
Apr 28 1917	H	Millwall	D	0-0	0-0		6,000	10				10	5								7	3							6					4			11			1	9	2		8

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Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	London Combination Appearances	London Combination Goals
GK		Jack Durston	11
GK		Jock Denoon	19
GK		William Winyard	8
DF		Basil Loney	22
DF		Billy Draper	34
DF		Joe Wingrove
DF		Harry Pullen
DF		Joseph Wilde
DF		Tom Millington
DF		Francis Wright	23
DF		Jack White	4
DF		Bill Hooper	8
DF		George Somerville	1
DF		H. Green	6
MF		Lewis Lewis	17
MF		G. Hughes	1
MF		Jack Gregory
MF		Archie Mitchell	39	2
MF		John Baldock	24	3
MF		Jack Broster	1
MF		Alf Whyman	11	1
MF		George Fox	12	1
MF		Bill Wake	3
MF		F. Butler	4
MF		John Brown	1
MF		John Pennifer	6	1
MF		David Nisbet	3
MF		Vincent Hassan	22	10
FW		Walter Lawrence	20	10
FW		David Donald	6
FW		Jimmy Birch	1
FW		Billy Thompson	2
FW		Fred Grendon	21
FW		George Dale	27	10
FW		Tommy Simons	1
FW		Alfred Hicks	2
FW		A R Matthews	3	1
FW		Tommy Goddard	13	1
FW		George Whiting	8	1
Guest		Drysdale, J (Driver)	1
Guest		Saxon, Victor (Capt)	1
Guest		Berrington, Alf	1
Guest		Salmon, E (Pte)	3	2
Guest		Tebay, Albert	2
Guest		Wren, A W	1
Guest		Richards, George	1
Guest		Toms, Jack	2
Guest		Birkett (Bomber)	1
Guest		Wash, J (Air-Mech)	2
Guest		Beale, Leo (Air-Mech)	1
Guest		Kirk, T (Pte)	1
Guest		Shult (Pte)	1
Guest		Wise, E A	1
Guest		Soffe (P.C.)	1
Guest		Kinlin, Richard (Pte)	1	1
Guest		Virtue, G (Pte)	2
Guest		Beckerley, Fred	1
Guest		Howie, David	2
Guest		Needham (Pte)	2
Guest		Thompson, Andy	2
Guest		Thwaites, Arthur	2
Guest		Marshall, J	1
Guest		Strickland (Air-Mech)	1
Guest		Fleming (Pte)	1
Guest		Lawford, B (Pte)	3
Guest		Barlow, L (Sgt)	3	1
Guest		Crossley, T	3
Guest		James, Oscar	1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Green, H		cs1916
Bennett, F		cs1916
A R Matthews	The Army (Lt)	Sep1916
Lewis Lewis	Boscombe	Sep1916
Walter Lawrence	Crystal P	Oct1916
William Winyard	Millwall	Oct1916
Francis Wright		Nov1916
Vincent Hassan		Dec1916
Tommy Goddard	Dulwich Hamlet	Dec1916
Fred Grendon	Northampton	Dec1916	Loan
F Butler		Dec1916
John Brown	Reading	Dec 2,1916
Jock Denoon	Chelsea	Jan 12, 1917
George Whiting	Blackpool	Feb1917
Hughes, G		Apr1917
Jack White		Apr1917
George Fox	Fulham	cs1917
Thurman, Harry		cs1917

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
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
Humphreys, Arthur	Hampstead Town	cs1915		cs 16
Linkson, Oscar	Shelbourne	cs1915		Aug 16	Died in WW1
George Somerville		Feb1916		Sep 16
David Nisbet	London Caledonians	cs1915		Sep 16
Alfred Hicks	Ilford	Oct1915		Oct 16	Clapton Orient
A R Matthews	The Army (Lt)	Sep1916		Oct 16	The Army
Green, H		cs1916		Dec-16
John Brown,	Reading	Dec 2,1916		Dec 16	Southampton
John Pennifer	Hampstead Town	July1913		Dec 16	Luton
Blake, Freddie *	Ilford	Jan1914		Dec 16	Clapton Orient
George Fox	Hampstead Town	Mar1915		Dec 16	Fulham
Higgins, Dan *	Kingston-on-Thames	Jan1913		Dec 16	Retired (war injury)
Bill Hooper	Hampstead Town	Feb1916		Jan 17
William Winyard	Millwall	Oct1916		Apr 17	Clapton Orient

References

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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.