1916–17 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1916–17 season
ChairmanJ. H. Fielding
ManagerJames Howie
StadiumKensal Rise
1916–17 London Combination10th
Top goalscorerGeorge Dale, Walter Lawrence,Vincent Hassan 10
Highest home attendance6,000 (Nov 18 1916) Vs Chelsea , (Apr 28 1917) Vs Millwall
Lowest home attendance700 (Mar 10 1917) Vs Crystal Palace
Biggest win4-0 (Jan 6 1917) Vs Southampton
Biggest defeat1-7 (Dec 2 1916) Vs Portsmouth, (Dec 30 1916) Vs Fulham

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. ^ a b 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.
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