1903–04 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 1903–04 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 16th season of existence and their 5th season in the Southern League Division One, the top non-league division of football in England at the time. Qpr also competed in the 1904–05 Western Football League. and completed their 5th season in the London League Premier Division

Queens Park Rangers
1903–04 season
ManagerCharles Miles
StadiumKensal Rise Athletic Stadium
Southern League Division One5th
FA CupQ3
Western Football League Division One6th
London League Premier Division4th
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: John Blackwood 18
Highest home attendance15,000 (Oct 17 1903) Vs Southampton F.C.
Lowest home attendance3,500 (Apr 9 1904) Vs Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Biggest win6-1 (Dec 19 1903) vs Portsmouth F.C.
Biggest defeat0-4 (Feb 27 1904) Vs Millwall F.C.

Season summary

In the 1903–04 season QPR continued play in the Southern League Division One and Finished 5th whilst in the Western league, Qpr finished 6th.

Southern League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Southampton 34 22 6 6 75 30 2.500 50
2 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 11 7 54 37 1.459 43
3 Bristol Rovers 34 17 8 9 64 42 1.524 42
4 Portsmouth 34 17 8 9 41 38 1.079 42
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 15 11 8 53 37 1.432 41

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 Collins Archer Newlands Bowman Hitch Freeman Cross Milward Brown Blackwood Wilson Hamilton Bull Abbott McGowan Murphy White Banner McCairns Lyon Downing Edwards, A. Mays Leather Skilton
Sep 5 1903 H Brentford F.C. W 0-0 1-0 Brown 10,000 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sep 12 1903 A West Ham United F.C. L 0-0 0-1 6,000 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 7
Sep 19 1903 H Tottenham Hotspur F.C. W 0-0 2-0 McGowan, Abbott 6,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 11 9 7 6 8 10
Sep 26 1903 A Luton Town F.C. L 0-0 0-1 6,000 10 1 2 3 4 5 9 7 6 8 10 11
Oct 3 1903 H New Brompton W 1-0 3-0 McGowan 2, Milward 7,000 7 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 11 7 6 10
Oct 10 1903 A Kettering T L 1-0 1-2 Milward 2,000 11 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 11 6 10 9
Oct 17 1903 H Southampton F.C. L 0-1 0-3 15,000 12 1 2 3 4 5 9 11 7 6 8 10
Oct 24 1903 A Fulham F.C. D 2-2 2-2 Murphy (pen), McGowan 16,000 11 1 4 5 11 7 6 10 9 3 8 2
Nov 7 1903 A Swindon Town F.C. D 0-1 1-1 Blackwood 8,000 11 1 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 2 6
Nov 14 1903 H Northampton Town F.C. W 2-0 4-1 Milward, Blackwood 3 5,000 9 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 9 6
Nov 21 1903 H Reading F.C. D 1-1 1-1 Blackwood 10,000 9 1 2 3 4 5 11 8 10 7 9 6
Nov 28 1903 A Wellingborough Town F.C. D 1-1 1-1 Murphy 4,000 8 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 7 9 6 11
Dec 5 1903 H Bristol Rovers F.C. W 1-0 2-1 Blackwood, Hamilton 5,000 8 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 6
Dec 12 1903 A Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. W 1-1 3-1 Blackwood, Milward 2 5,000 8 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 6
Dec 19 1903 H Portsmouth F.C. W 2-1 6-1 Hitch, Blackwood 3, Murphy 2 8,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 6
Dec 28 1903 A Northampton Town F.C. L 0-2 1-2 Wilson 3,000 8 1 2 3 7 8 10 11 9 5 4 6
Jan 2 1904 A Brentford F.C. W 2-0 4-1 Murphy (pen), Milward 2, Blackwood 5,000 7 1 2 3 8 10 11 7 9 5 6 4
Jan 9 1904 H West Ham United F.C. W 2-1 2-1 Murphy, Milward 6,000 7 1 2 3 5 8 10 11 7 9 4 6
Jan 16 1904 A Tottenham Hotspur F.C. D 1-0 2-2 Blackwood 2 12,000 6 1 2 3 5 8 10 11 7 9 4 6
Jan 30 1904 A New Brompton L 0-1 0-2 1,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 6
Feb 6 1904 H Kettering T W 1-0 2-0 Murphy, Blackwood 4,000 5 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 6
Feb 13 1904 A Southampton F.C. L 0-1 1-2 Blackwood 7,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 6
Feb 20 1904 H Fulham F.C. D 1-1 1-1 Cross 12,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 9 6
Feb 27 1904 A Millwall F.C. L 0-1 0-4 8,000 7 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 9 6 8
Mar 5 1904 H Swindon Town F.C. W 0-0 1-0 Blackwood 5,000 7 1 2 3 4 7 8 10 11 6 9 5
Mar 12 1904 H Plymouth Argyle F.C. W 1-0 1-0 Abbott 6,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 6 8
Mar 17 1904 H Luton Town F.C. W 0-0 2-1 Milward, Brown (pen) 4,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 6
Mar 19 1904 A Reading F.C. D 1-0 1-1 Blackwood 5,000 4 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 6
Mar 26 1904 H Wellingborough Town F.C. W 1-0 3-0 Bowman, Milward, Blackwood 10,000 5 2 3 5 8 9 10 11 4 6 7 1
Apr 2 1904 A Bristol Rovers F.C. D 1-1 1-1 Cross 7,000 5 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 6 9
Apr 9 1904 H Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. D 0-1 1-1 Milward 3,500 5 1 3 5 8 9 10 11 7 4 2 6
Apr 13 1904 A Plymouth Argyle F.C. D 1-1 1-1 Brown 6,000 6 1 2 3 8 5 7 9 11 4 10 6
Apr 16 1904 A Portsmouth F.C. D 0-0 0-0 6,000 5 1 2 3 7 5 8 9 11 10 4 6
Apr 30 1904 H Millwall F.C. W 1-0 2-1 Murphy, Skilton 7,000 5 1 2 4 5 8 11 10 3 7 6 9

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Western Football League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
6 Queens Park Rangers 16 5 5 6 15 21 0.714 15
7 Reading 16 4 4 8 16 26 0.615 12
8 Bristol Rovers 16 4 3 9 29 29 1.000 11
Date Venue Opponent Result Half Time Score Full Time Score Scorers Attendance League Position Collins Archer Newlands Bowman Hitch Freeman Cross Milward Brown Blackwood Wilson White Banner Hamilton Abbott Murphy Bull McGowan Downing Musselwhite Edwards, A. Leather Lyon Mays Fox Rance Ryder
Sep 7 1903 A Bristol R W 0-1 2-1 Murphy, Milward 1 3 4 6 11 10 2 5 7 8 9
Sep 14 1903 H Plymouth D 1-1 1-1 McGowan 3,000 1 2 4 5 9 3 7 8 11 6 10
Sep 23 1903 A Portsmouth L 0-1 0-3 4,000 3 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 8 11 6 10
Oct 5 1903 A Tottenham L 0-1 0-3 6,000 1 2 4 7 11 3 5 8 9 6 10
Oct 12 1903 H Portsmouth D 1-1 1-1 Blackwood 4,000 5 1 3 2 4 5 7 9 10 11 8 6
Oct 19 1903 A Brentford L 0-1 0-1 2,000 6 1 2 5 6 11 3 7 8 9 4 10
Nov 2 1903 A Southampton L 0-2 1-5 Milward 7 1 3 7 8 9 11 2 10 4 5 6
Nov 9 1903 H Tottenham W 0-0 2-0 Blackwood 2 3,000 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 8 9 6
Nov 16 1903 H West Ham * Null 1-0 2-2 Blackwood, Fair (og) 2,000 4 2 3 12 6 7 8 10 11 5 9 4 1
Dec 26 1903 A Reading L 0-1 0-3 7,000 1 2 3 4 8 10 11 5 7 9 6
Jan 18 1903 H Southampton D 0-0 0-0 1,000 7 1 2 3 5 8 11 7 9 10 6 4
Feb 24 1903 A Plymouth W 0-0 1-0 Mays 3,000 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 6 8
Feb 29 1903 H Brentford D 0-0 0-0 1,000 6 1 2 7 9 11 3 4 10 5 6 8
Apr 1 1903 H Reading D 0-0 0-0 9,000 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 9 6 3
Apr 5 1903 H Bristol R W 3-0 3-0 Abbott, Brown, Hitch 2,000 1 2 4 5 9 11 3 7 10 6 8
Apr 11 1903 H West Ham W 2-1 3-1 Bowman, Brown 2 1,000 5 1 7 9 5 4 6 10 11 2 8 3
Apr 14 1903 A West Ham L 1-2 1-2 Mays 600 6 6 7 4 8 11 5 3 1 10 2 9

London League Premier Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Millwall 12 11 1 0 38 8 23
2 Tottenham 12 7 1 4 23 14 15
3 Woolwich Arsenal 12 6 2 4 24 19 14
4 Queens Park Rangers 12 5 2 5 18 23 12
5 Brentford 12 2 3 7 16 19 7
6 Fulham 12 3 1 8 10 29 7
7 West Ham 12 2 2 8 14 31 6
Date Venue Opponent Result Half Time Score Full Time Score Scorers Attendance League Position Collins Archer Newlands Bowman Hitch Freeman Cross Milward Brown Blackwood Wilson White Banner Hamilton Abbott Murphy Bull McGowan Downing Edwards, A. Leather Lyon Mays Handford, E. Ryder
Sep 1 1903 H Fulham W 1-0 2-0 Brown, Blackwood 8,000 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Dec 25 1903 H Millwall L 0-0 0-2 10,000 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 7 9 6
Jan 11 1903 A Woolwich Arsenal L 1-1 2-6 McGowan, White 3,000 1 2 3 4 8 9 11 5 7 10 6
Feb 1 1903 H West Ham W 2-1 5-1 Brown 3, Milward, Cross 2,000 1 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 3 6 11
Feb 15 1903 H Tottenham L 0-2 0-3 3,000 1 3 4 5 8 9 11 2 7 6 10
Mar 7 1903 A Tottenham W 2-1 3-1 Brown, Abbott 2 2,000 1 3 7 9 11 5 8 10 4 6 2
Mar 14 1903 A Brentford L 0-0 0-4 2,000 1 5 10 3 2 8 9 4 6 7 11
Mar 21 1903 H Woolwich Arsenal W 1-1 3-1 Blackwood, Brown 2 (1 pen) 4 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 6
Mar 28 1903 A West Ham D 1-0 1-1 Mays 600 4 2 7 5 8 3 4 11 6 9 1 10
Apr 4 1903 A Millwall L 0-2 0-3 5,000 4 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 9 6 1
Apr 18 1903 H Brentford W 1-1 2-1 Edwards, Banner 2,000 4 1 2 3 7 5 9 4 11 10 6 8
Apr 25 1903 A Fulham D 0-0 0-0 1,000 4 1 3 5 6 11 2 7 4 10 8 9

Southern Professional Charity Cup

Round Date Venue Opponent Outcome Half Time Score Score Scorers Attendance Collins Newlands Bowman Hitch Brown Hamilton Bull Abbott McGowan White Banner McCairns
One Sep 30 1903 A Reading L 0-0 0-1 3,000 1 2 4 5 11 7 8 10 3 6 9

FA Cup

Round Date Venue Opponent Outcome Half Time Score Score Scorers Attendance Collins Newlands Bowman Hitch Brown Wilson Hamilton Bull McGowan Murphy McCairns Lyon
FACup Q3 Oct 31 1903 H Fulham (Southern League) D 1-0 1-1 Murphy 12,000 1 3 4 5 11 7 6 10 9 8 2
FAC Q3 R Nov 4 1903 A Fulham (Southern League) L 1-2 1-3 Brown 18,000 1 3 4 5 9 11 7 6 10 8 2

Squad

Position Nationality Name Southern League Appearances Southern League Goals FA Cup Appearances FA Cup Goals Western League Appearances Western League Goals London League Premier Appearances London League Premier Goals
GK Harry Collins 33 2 15 10
GK Jack Leather 1 1 2
DF Jack White 8 8 7 1
DF George Newlands 32 2 2 9
DF Frank Lyon 2 2 3 1
DF Seeley Fox 1
DF Arthur Archer 31 12 8
DF John Bowman 29 1 2 11 1 9
DF John Musselwhite 2
DF John Rance 1
MF Sam Downing 20 9 6
MF George Ryder 1 1
MF Albert Edwards 3 3 3 1
MF Alf Hitch 30 1 2 9 1 8
MF George (Paddy) Milward 30 11 6 2 8 1
MF John Hamilton 19 1 2 7 3
MF Ben Freeman 2 3 4
MF Albert Bull 13 2 7 6
MF Bill Banner 4 7 4 1
FW Neil Murphy 22 8 1 1 11 1 5 1
FW Fred Bevan
FW John Stewart
FW Percy Skilton 1 1
FW Billy Cross 13 2 9 5 1
FW Duncan Ronaldson
FW Harry Singleton
FW John Blackwood 24 18 6 3 6 2
FW Frank McGowan 7 4 2 5 1 4 1
FW Tommy Wilson 30 1 2 10 8
FW Tommy Mays 3 5 2 4 1
FW Albert Brown 12 3 1 1 7 3 7 7
FW Harry Abbott 4 2 9 1 3 2
FW Tommy McCairns 1 2

Transfers in

Name from Date Fee
Smith, W. cs1903
Frank McGowan Morpeth Harriers July1903
Neil Murphy Sheffield U Aug 4,1903
George Ryder Morpeth Harriers Dec1903
Potter, R. Bowes Park Albion Feb1904
Scott Apr1904
Seeley Fox Ealing Apr1904
Scott Apr1904
Percy Skilton Harrow Apr1904
John Cross Third Lanark May 4,1904
Fred Bevan Reading May 1,1904
Duncan Ronaldson Bury May 3,1904
John Stewart Hibernian May 4,1904
Harry Singleton New Brompton May 4,1904

Transfers out

Name from Date Fee Date To Fee
Wood Apr1903 cs 03 Willesden Town
Handford, Henry * Willesden Town Nov1902 cs 03
Clipsham, William Wandsworth May 5,1902 cs 03
Unwin, George Cambridge St.Mary's Sep 4,1902 cs 03 Grantchester
Prater, J. Dec1902 cs 03
Ward, Ernie Clapton Orient June1903 Aug 03 Clapton Orient
Pryce, John (Jack) Sheffield W June 29,1901 Oct 03 Brighton
Keech, Ben Irthlingborough cs1901 Nov 03 Willesden Town
Tommy McCairns Wellingborough May 3,1903 Dec 03 Brighton
Janes, William Grays U Sep 18,1902 Feb 04 Clapton Orient
Scott Apr1904 cs 04
Harry Abbott Blackburn May 14,1902 May 04 Bolton
Albert Brown Southampton Oct 24,1902 £96 May 04 Preston
Tommy Wilson Aston Villa May 12,1902 May 04 Bolton

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

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  1. ^ "Seasonal Stats - Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
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