1899–1900 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 1899–00 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 12th season of existence and their first season in the Southern League with the club having turned professional in May of the Previous season .

Queens Park Rangers
1899–1900 season
SecretaryGeorge H. Mousell
TrainerJock Campbell
StadiumKensal Rise Athletic Stadium
Southern League Division One8th
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Frank Bedingfield 17
All: Frank Bedingfield 21

Season summary

In the 1899–00 season QPR began play in the Southern League Division One and Finished 8th. whilst a ten-game FA Cup run (including defeating first division Wolverhampton Wanderers) ended in defeat at home to fellow Southern League team Millwall Athletic in the Last 16.

Southern League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tottenham Hotspur 28 20 4 4 67 26 2.577 44
2 Portsmouth 28 20 1 7 59 29 2.034 41 Directly elected into Division One
3 Southampton 28 17 1 10 70 33 2.121 35
4 Reading 28 15 2 11 41 28 1.464 32
5 Swindon Town 28 15 2 11 50 42 1.190 32
6 Bedminster 28 13 2 13 44 45 0.978 28 Left at end of season
7 Millwall Athletic 28 12 3 13 36 37 0.973 27
8 Queens Park Rangers 28 12 2 14 50 58 0.862 26
9 Bristol City 28 9 7 12 44 47 0.936 25
10 Bristol Rovers 28 11 3 14 46 55 0.836 25
11 New Brompton 28 9 6 13 39 49 0.796 24
12 Gravesend United 28 10 4 14 38 58 0.655 24
13 Chatham Town 28 10 3 15 38 58 0.655 23
14 Thames Ironworks 28 8 5 15 30 45 0.667 21 Relegation test matches
15 Sheppey United 28 3 7 18 24 66 0.364 13
16 Brighton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from league after 22 matches record expunged
17 Cowes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from league after 13 matches, record expunged

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 Clutterbuck Knowles McConnell Crawford Tennant Keech Smith Haywood Bedingfield Turnbull Cowie Skinner Gaylard Hitch Jordan, F. Evans White Hannah Musselwhite
Sep 2 1899 H Brighton U Null 4-0 6-0 Bedingfield, Cowie 4, Turnbull 6,000 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sep 9 1899 A Tottenham L 0-0 0-1 16,000 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sep 16 1899 H New Brompton W 0-0 2-0 Turnbull, Bedingfield 6,300 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3
Oct 7 1899 A Bristol C L 1-3 3-5 Bedingfield, Evans, Tennant 4,000 10 1 2 3 4 9 6 8 10 5 7 11
Oct 11 1899 A Gravesend U W 2-1 3-1 Bedingfield 2, Haywood 4,000 8 1 2 3 4 9 6 7 8 10 11 5
Oct 21 1899 A Southampton L 0-2 1-5 Crawford 5,000 10 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 5
Nov 11 1899 A Chatham L 0-5 3-5 Hitch, Cowie, Turnbull 3,000 13 1 2 3 4 6 8 7 11 5 10 9
Nov 25 1899 A Sheppey U L 1-1 1-3 Keech 2,000 15 1 2 3 6 4 7 11 5 9 10 8
Dec 2 1899 H Reading L 1-1 1-2 Cowie 6,000 15 1 2 3 4 6 8 7 11 5 9 10
Dec 16 1899 H Bristol R W 2-0 3-0 Haywood 2, White 4,000 15 1 3 4 7 8 9 11 6 2 5 10
Dec 23 1899 A Portsmouth L 0-3 1-5 Bedingfield 5,000 14 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 6 5 11
Dec 25 1899 H Thames Ironworks W 1-0 2-0 Bedingfield 2 5,500 10 1 2 3 4 8 9 7 11 6 5 10
Dec 30 1899 A Thames Ironworks W 0-1 2-1 White, Turnbull 4,000 9 1 2 3 4 6 10 9 7 5 8 11
Jan 6 1900 H Tottenham D 0-0 0-0 8,000 9 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 7 5 10 11
Jan 10 1900 A Brighton U Null 1-1 1-2 Bedingfield 1,000 9 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 7 5 10 11
Jan 13 1900 A New Brompton W 2-0 3-0 White 2, Evans 3,000 8 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 5 7 10 11
Jan 20 1900 H Gravesend U W 3-0 3-1 White, Bedingfield, Smith 3,000 6 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 5 10 11
Jan 24 1900 H Chatham W 3-3 5-3 Tennant 2, Bedingfield 2, White 4,000 11 1 3 4 9 6 7 10 2 5 11 8
Mar 3 1900 A Millwall Athletic W 2-0 3-1 Hannah, Tennant 2 6,000 10 1 3 4 9 6 7 10 2 5 8 11
Mar 5 1900 H Bristol C D 1-0 1-1 White 4,000 8 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 5 8 11
Mar 10 1900 H Sheppey U L 1-3 2-3 Bedingfield 2 (1 pen) 3,000 10 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 3 5 10 11
Mar 24 1900 A Reading L 0-1 0-2 1,000 11 1 3 4 6 8 10 11 2 5 9 7
Apr 7 1900 H Portsmouth L 1-2 2-4 Bedingfield (pen), Turnbull 3,000 10 1 2 3 4 11 9 8 6 5 10 7
Apr 14 1900 H Bedminster W 1-1 2-1 Bedingfield, Turnbull 2,500 9 1 2 3 7 4 9 10 6 8 11 5
Apr 16 1900 H Swindon L 3-1 3-5 Bedingfield 2, Turnbull 3,000 11 1 2 3 7 4 9 10 6 5 8 11
Apr 18 1900 A Swindon L 0-2 0-4 2,000 12 1 2 3 7 4 9 10 6 5 8 11
Apr 21 1900 A Bristol R L 0-1 0-1 2,000 12 1 2 3 7 5 4 9 10 6 8 11
Apr 23 1900 H Millwall Athletic W 2-0 2-0 Evans, Hannah 6,000 9 1 2 3 7 5 4 9 10 6 8 11
Apr 25 1900 A Bedminster L 0-2 1-4 Bedingfield 2,000 9 1 2 3 7 5 4 9 10 6 8 11
Apr 28 1900 H Southampton W 1-0 1-0 Keech 4,000 8 1 2 3 7 5 4 9 10 6 8 11

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Southern District Combination

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Millwall Athletic 16 12 2 2 30 10 26
2 Tottenham 16 10 3 3 41 19 23
3 Portsmouth 16 8 2 6 28 18 18
4 Woolwich Arsenal 16 8 1 7 29 22 17
5 Southampton 16 6 2 8 24 29 14
6 Bristol C 16 5 3 8 25 32 13
7 Reading 16 4 4 8 15 28 12
8 Chatham 16 5 2 9 12 37 12
9 Queens Park Rangers 16 4 1 11 19 28 9
Date Venue Opponent Result Half Time Score Full Time Score Scorers Attendance League Position Clutterbuck Skinner McConnell Keech Tennant Crawford Cowie Turnbull Bedingfield Haywood Smith Knowles Jordan, H. Evans Hitch White Hannah Leather Gaylard Musselwhite Kingaby Wallington
Sep 13 1899 A Southampton L 0-1 1-2 Bedingfield 2,000 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sep 25 1899 A Millwall Athletic L 0-3 0-3 4,000 1 3 2 6 5 4 11 10 9 8 7
Oct 4 1899 A Reading L 0-1 1-2 Bedingfield 1,500 1 3 5 4 11 9 8 7 2 6 10
Oct 23 1899 H Tottenham L 1-3 1-3 Haywood 2,000 9 1 3 6 4 10 9 8 7 2 11 5
Nov 13 1899 H Southampton W 1-0 2-0 Haywood, Turnbull 2,000 9 1 3 6 11 7 8 4 2 9 5 10
Nov 20 1899 A Tottenham L 0-1 1-3 Haywood 2,000 9 1 3 6 11 7 8 4 2 9 5 10
Jan 15 1900 H Millwall Athletic L 0-3 2-3 Bedingfield 2 1,000 9 1 3 6 7 4 9 8 2 5 10 11
Feb 5 1900 H Chatham W 3-1 4-1 Bedingfield, Hannah 2, Hitch 500 3 6 4 9 8 7 2 5 10 11 1
Feb 21 1900 H Portsmouth L 0-1 0-2 1,000 1 3 6 4 9 7 11 5 10 8 2
Mar 7 1900 A Chatham L 0-1 0-1 800 1 2 3 6 4 9 8 10 5 7 11
Mar 13 1900 A Portsmouth L 0-0 0-1 9 1 2 3 6 4 10 8 7 5 9 11
Mar 19 1900 A Woolwich Arsenal L 1-2 1-5 Haywood 9 1 3 6 4 11 7 2 10 5 9 8
Mar 26 1900 H Bristol C D 0-0 0-0 500 9 1 3 6 9 4 7 10 8 5 11 2
Apr 2 1900 H Reading W 0-0 2-0 Evans, White 600 9 1 6 3 4 7 10 2 9 5 8 11
Apr 4 1900 A Bristol C L 0-2 1-2 Evans 1,000 9 1 6 3 4 7 10 2 9 8 11 5
Apr 9 1900 H Woolwich Arsenal W 2-0 3-0 Bedingfield 3 400 9 1 6 3 4 7 10 9 2 5 8 11

FA Cup

Round Date Venue Opponent Outcome Half Time Score Score Scorers Attendance Clutterbuck Knowles McConnell Crawford Tennant Keech Smith Haywood Bedingfield Turnbull Cowie Skinner Gaylard Hitch Jordan, F. Evans White Hannah
Preliminary round Saturday, 23 September 1899 H London Welsh W 3-1 4-2 Bedingfield, Smith, Turnbull 2 4,987 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
First Qualifying round Saturday, 30 September 1899 H Fulham W 2-0 3-0 Haywood, Bedingfield, Turnbull 5,000 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2
Second Qualifying round Saturday, 14 October 1899 H West Hampstead W 2-0 5-0 Turnbull 3 (1 pen), Smith, Haywood 6,000 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 5
Third Qualifying round Saturday, 28 October 1899 A Wandsworth W 4-1 7-1 Keech 3, Evans 2, Hitch, Haywood 1,000 1 2 3 4 6 9 7 8 10 5 11
Fourth Qualifying round Saturday, 18 November 1899 H Civil Service W 1-0 3-0 Haywood, Hitch, Turnbull 3,000 1 2 3 6 4 8 10 11 5 7 9
Fifth Qualifying round Saturday, 9 December 1899 A Luton D 1-0 1-1 Evans 3,000 1 3 4 7 8 9 6 2 5 11 10
Fifth Qualifying round Replay Saturday, 13 December 1899 H Luton W 1-0 4-1 White, Haywood, Bedingfield, Smith 2,000 1 3 4 7 8 9 6 2 5 11 10
First round proper Saturday, 27 January 1900 H Wolverhampton (First Division) D 1-0 1-1 Haywood 10,000 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 7 5 10 11
First round proper replay Saturday, 31 January 1900 A Wolverhampton (First Division) W 0-0 1-0* Bedingfield 6,000 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 7 5 10 11
Second round Saturday, 10 February 1900 H Millwall Athletic (Southern League) L 0-0 0-2 12,000 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 5 10 11

Squad

Position Nationality Name Southern League Appearances Southern League Goals FA Cup Appearances FA Cup Goals Southern District Combination Appearances Southern District Combination Goals
GK Jack Leather 1
GK England Harry Clutterbuck 28 10 15
DF John Musselwhite 1 2
DF Scotland Alex McConnell 28 10 16
DF Hugh Gaylard 4 3 2
DF England Joe Knowles 22 7 10
MF Albert Edwards
MF England Alf Hitch 21 1 8 2 11
MF England Henry (Harry) Skinner 2
MF England William (Bill) Keech 24 2 8 3 14
MF Bill Tennant 12 5 3 4
MF Harry Jordan 1
MF Tom Smith 13 1 8 3 9
MF Scotland Andrew Cowie 11 2 4 8
MF Scotland Gavin Crawford 24 1 9 13
FW England Ernest Handford
FW Scotland Peter Turnbull 19 6 6 7 11 1
FW Frank Jordan 1 1
FW Bill Evans 9 3 4 3 10 2
FW Scotland [[|Bill White]] 20 7 5 1 11 1
FW England Herbert Kingaby 1
FW England Adam Haywood 17 3 10 6 11 4
FW Scotland Jimmy Hannah 17 2 3 10 2
FW England Frank Bedingfield 24 17 8 4 8 8
FW Edward Wallington 1

Transfers in

Name from Date Fee
Nicholson, L. * Feb1899
Bill Evans Shepherd's Bush Feb1899
Spackman, Harry * Wandsworth Apr1899
Henry (Harry) Skinner Uxbridge Apr1899
Gavin Crawford Millwall Athletic May 2,1899
Harry Clutterbuck Small Heath May 2,1899
Peter Turnbull Millwall Athletic May 2,1899
Jimmy Hannah Third Lanark May 4,1899
Adam Haywood Woolwich Arsenal May 4,1899
Bill Tennant Arthurlie May 4,1899
Alex McConnell Woolwich Arsenal May 4,1899
Joe Knowles South Shields May 8,1899
Alf Hitch Grays U May 15,1899
Frank Bedingfield Aston Villa May 15,1899
William (Bill) Keech Loughborough May 13,1899
Tom Smith Southampton May 18,1899
Ernest Handford cs1899
Andrew Cowie Manchester C July 14,1899
Haxton, A. Gravesend U Oct 28,1899
Bill White West Calder Swifts Nov 2,1899
Gooding, J. * cs1900
Albert Edwards Swindon 1900
Herbert Kingaby West Hampstead Mar1900

Transfers out

Name from Date Fee Date To Fee
Low, N. J. * cs1898 cs 99 Hammersmith Ath
Hughes, F * Feb1897 cs 99 West Hampstead
Rowlands * cs1898 cs 99
Carruthers, W. * Oct1898 cs 99
Dunstone, E. * Oct1898 cs 99
Williams * Nov1898 cs 99
Sargeant, F. * Dec1898 cs 99
Jones, E. * Dec1898 cs 99
Keeps * Nov1895 cs 99
Brooking, F. * cs1897 cs 99
Brooks, Samuel J. (Sammy) * London Welsh Jan1898 cs 99 Wales
Barfield * Swindon Town cs1898 cs 99
Montague, T. * Marylebone Schools cs1898 cs 99
Kerr * Third Lanark cs1898 cs 99
Montague, H. * Nov1898 cs 99
Mason, E. * cs1894 cs 99
Wallington, Arthur * cs1897 cs 99
Ayres * Sheppey U cs1898 cs 99
Albert Edwards Oct1898 cs 99
Carter * Nov1898 cs 99 Thames Ironworks
Ward, C. * Stanley Dec1898 cs 99
Nicholson, L. * Feb1899 cs 99
Spackman, Harry * Wandsworth Apr1899 Sep 99 Fulham
Spackman, Fred * Wandsworth Nov1898 Nov 99 Fulham
Herbert Kingaby West Hampstead Mar1900 Apr 00 West Hampstead
Jones, T. Dec1898 cs 00
Henry Handford cs1898 cs 00 Willesden Town
Hugh Gaylard Nov1898 Uxbridge cs 00 Richmond Association
Joe Knowles May 8,1899 South Shields cs 00 Retired
McKenzie, James P. * cs1890 cs 00
Adam Haywood May 4,1899 Woolwich Arsenal cs 00 New Brompton
Haxton, A. Oct 28,1899 Gravesend U cs 00
Edward Wallington Dec1891 Kensal cs 00
Hadwick, Edwin * Oct1897 Ilford cs 00

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.