Queens Park Rangers| 1915–16 season |
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| Chairman | J. H. Fielding |
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| Manager | James Howie |
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| Stadium | Kensal Rise |
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| 1915–16 London Combination Principal | 8th |
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| 1915–16 London Combination (Supplementary) | 13th |
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| Top goalscorer | Arthur Humphreys 9 |
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| Highest home attendance | 6,000 (Oct 23 1915) vs Chelsea |
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| Lowest home attendance | 1,500 (Jan 1 1916) Vs Crystal P, (Mar 4 1916) Vs Clapton Orient |
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| Biggest win | 5-1 (Jan 1 1916) Vs Crystal |
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| Biggest defeat | 0-6 (Feb 12 1916) vs Watford |
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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
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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
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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.
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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
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 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
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Sep 18 1915
|
A
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Arsenal
|
L
|
1-1
|
1-2
|
Humphreys
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8,000
|
10
|
1
|
|
3
|
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Sep 25 1915
|
H
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Brentford
|
L
|
0-0
|
1-2
|
Humphreys
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3,500
|
9
|
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
10
|
7
|
|
9
|
|
11
|
|
6
|
8
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Oct 9 1915
|
H
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Tottenham
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L
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0-2
|
0-4
|
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4,000
|
12
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
5
|
4
|
|
|
9
|
|
11
|
|
6
|
8
|
|
10
|
|
7
|
|
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|
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|
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| Oct 16 1915
|
A
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Crystal P
|
L
|
0-0
|
0-1
|
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1,000
|
12
|
|
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
11
|
|
6
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 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
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Clapton Orient
|
W
|
1-0
|
2-0
|
Dale, Simons
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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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[1]
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.