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1917–18 season | |||
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Chairman | J. H. Fielding | ||
Manager | James Howie | ||
Stadium | Loftus Road | ||
1917–18 London Combination | 8th | ||
Top goalscorer | League: George Fox 8 All: George Dale 9 | ||
Highest home attendance | 6,000 (April 1 1918) Vs Chelsea | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,500 (April 6 1918) Vs Brentford | ||
Biggest win | 6-1 (Jan 19 1918) vs Clapton Orient | ||
Biggest defeat | 2-7 (Feb 2 1918) Vs Tottenham | ||
The 1917-18 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 30th season of existence and their 3rd season in The London Combination, a competition made up of reserve and senior teams founded during World War I. QPR finished 8th in the league during the campaign.
Pos [1] | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
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2 | West Ham United | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 103 | 51 | 2.861 | 49 |
3 | Fulham | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 60 | 2.083 | 47 |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 36 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 86 | 56 | 2.388 | 46 |
5 | The Arsenal | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 76 | 57 | 2.111 | 37 |
6 | Brentford | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 81 | 94 | 2.250 | 35 |
7 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 54 | 83 | 1.500 | 30 |
8 | Queens Park Rangers | 36 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 48 | 0.555 | 30 |
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Full Time Score | Scorers | Attendance |
Sep 1 1917 | Arsenal | A | L | 0-2 | 6,000 | |
Sep 8 1917 | West Ham | H | L | 0-3 | 5,000 | |
Sep 15 1917 | Fulham | A | L | 1-2 | Gregory | 4,000 |
Sep 22 1917 | Crystal P | H | W | 4-1 | Dale, Thurman, Fox 2 | |
Sep 29 1917 | Clapton Orient | H | W | 2-0 | Dale, Thurman | |
Oct 6 1917 | Millwall | A | L | 2-4 | Dale, Mitchell | 3,500 |
Oct 13 1917 | Tottenham | H | L | 2-3 | Thompson, Mitchell | 2,000 |
Oct 20 1917 | Chelsea | A | W | 2-1 | Dale 2 | 7,500 |
Oct 27 1917 | Arsenal | H | W | 2-0 | Mitchell, Brown | 5,000 |
Nov 3 1917 | West Ham | A | L | 0-4 | 4,500 | |
Nov 10 1917 | Fulham | H | L | 2-3 | Dale,Thurman | 3,000 |
Nov 17 1917 | Crystal P | A | L | 1-4 | Dale, | |
Nov 24 1917 | Clapton Orient | A | W | 2-1 | Fox, Campbell | |
Dec 1 1917 | Millwall | H | W | 1-0 | Brown, | 3,000 |
Dec 8 1917 | Tottenham | A | W | 1-0 | Smith | 3,000 |
Dec 15 1917 | Chelsea | H | L | 0-1 | 4,000 | |
Dec 22 1917 | Arsenal | A | L | 0-3 | 3,000 | |
Dec 25 1917 | Brentford | A | D | 1-1 | Walters | |
Dec 26 1917 | Brentford | H | L | 0-4 | ||
Dec 29 1917 | West Ham | H | D | 1-1 | Smith | 2,500 |
Jan 5 1918 | Fulham | A | L | 0-1 | 4,000 | |
Jan 12 1918 | Crystal P | H | W | 2-1 | Walters, Smith | 2,000 |
Jan 19 1918 | Clapton Orient | H | W | 6-1 | Brown, Dale, Fox 3, Walters | 2,000 |
Jan 26 1918 | Millwall | A | W | 1-0 | Mitchell | 4,000 |
Feb 2 1918 | Tottenham | H | L | 2-7 | Walters, Smith | 3,000 |
Feb 9 1918 | Brentford | A | L | 1-6 | Jones | 3,000 |
Feb 16 1918 | Arsenal | H | L | 0-3 | 3,500 | |
Feb 23 1918 | West Ham | A | L | 0-4 | 6,500 | |
Mar 2 1918 | Fulham | H | L | 0-1 | 3,500 | |
Mar 9 1918 | Crystal P | A | W | 2-0 | Maclinton, Jones | |
Mar 16 1918 | Clapton Orient | A | W | 1-0 | Grendon | |
Mar 23 1918 | Millwall | H | W | 4-1 | Maclinton, Walters 3 | 3,000 |
Mar 29 1918 | Chelsea | A | L | 0-1 | 3,000 | |
Mar 30 1918 | Tottenham | A | W | 2-1 | Fox, Smith | 5,000 |
April 1 1918 | Chelsea | H | L | 1-2 | Fox | 6,000 |
April 6 1918 | Brentford | H | L | 2-6 | Maclinton 2 | 1,500 |
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Full Time Score | Scorers | Attendance |
April 13 1918 | Crystal P | H | W | 2-Jan | Britton, Archibald | 1,000 |
April 20 1918 | Crystal P | A | L | 1.3 | Dale | |
April 27 1918 | Millwall | H | W | 4-Mar | Jefferson, Walters, Maclinton 2 | 2,000 |
May 4 1918 | Millwall | A | L | 1-Mar | Archibald |
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Position | Nationality | Name | London Combination Appearances | London Combination Goals | War Fund Cup Appearances | War Fund Cup Goals |
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GK | ![]() | Joe Merrick | ||||
GK | ![]() | Harry Gould | ||||
GK | ![]() | Jack Durston | ||||
GK | ![]() | Jock Denoon | 33 | 2 | ||
GK | Duffield | 2 | 2 | |||
DF | ![]() | Billy Draper | 29 | 4 | ||
DF | ![]() | Joe Wingrove | ||||
DF | ![]() | Harry Pullen | ||||
DF | Hawkins | 1 | ||||
DF | ![]() | Joseph Wilde | ||||
DF | ![]() | Tom Millington | ||||
DF | ![]() | J H Steer | 7 | 4 | ||
DF | ![]() | Francis Wright | 23 | 3 | ||
DF | H. Green | 1 | ||||
DF | Basil Loney | 16 | ||||
DF | A Read | 1 | ||||
DF | Jack White | 21 | ||||
MF | Griffen | 3 | ||||
MF | ![]() | Jack Gregory | 6 | 1 | ||
MF | ![]() | Archie Mitchell | 31 | 4 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() | John Baldock | 16 | 2 | ||
MF | ![]() | Jack Broster | ||||
MF | ![]() | Alf Whyman | 1 | |||
MF | ![]() | George Fox | 35 | 8 | 4 | |
MF | ![]() | Bill Wake | ||||
MF | ![]() | Sam Downing | 7 | 3 | ||
MF | ![]() | Frederick Congreve | ||||
MF | ![]() | F. Butler | ||||
MF | ![]() | W T Brown | ||||
MF | Kellar | 1 | ||||
MF | L Lewis | 4 | ||||
MF | Arthur Sanders | 1 | ||||
MF | Trindale | 1 | ||||
FW | ![]() | David Donald | ||||
FW | ![]() | Jimmy Birch | ||||
FW | ![]() | Jack Smith | 10 | 5 | ||
FW | ![]() | Billy Thompson | 3 | 1 | ||
FW | ![]() | Fred Grendon | 35 | 1 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() | George Dale | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
FW | ![]() | Bob Jefferson | 13 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() | George McClinton | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
FW | ![]() | Joe Walters | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
FW | ![]() | A E Brown | 14 | 3 | ||
FW | Jimmy Archibald | 4 | 2 | |||
FW | Britton | 1 | 1 | |||
FW | Sandy Campbell | 2 | 1 | |||
FW | John Coleman | 1 | ||||
FW | Harry Cousins | 3 | ||||
FW | Crosslands | 1 | ||||
FW | Edwards | 1 | ||||
FW | Hales | 1 | ||||
FW | Hanford | 1 | ||||
FW | Vincent Hassan | 3 | ||||
FW | J Jones | 2 | 2 | |||
FW | Munson | 1 | ||||
FW | Over | 2 | ||||
FW | Harry Thurman | 13 | 3 |
Name | from | Date | Fee |
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George Fox | Fulham | cs1917 | |
Thurman, Harry | cs1917 | ||
Joe Walter | Oldham | Sep1917 | |
W T Brown | Oct1917 | ||
Jack Smith | Third Lanark | Nov1917 | |
Cousins, T | Chelsea | Nov1917 | |
Bob Jefferson | Swindon | Dec1917 | Loan |
Duffield, J | Feb1918 | ||
J H Steer | Feb1918 | ||
Sam Downing | Mar1918 | ||
George McClinton | Mar1918 | ||
A E Brown | cs1918 |
Name | from | Date | Fee | Date | To | Fee |
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Duffield, J | Feb1918 | cs 18 | ||||
Hassan, Vincent | Dec1916 | cs 18 | ||||
Thurman, Harry | cs1917 | cs 18 | ||||
Cousins, T | Chelsea | Nov1917 | cs 18 |