Southern League Champions 1911-12 Season

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Southern League Champions 1911-12 Season

Back row, left to right: H. Saltwell (Director), J. H. Fielding (Chairman), E. Hart (Director), W. L. Wood (Secretary).
Middle row: J. Cowan (Manager), H. Butterworth, W. Wake, J. Macdonald, C. Shaw, J. Fidler, A. Mitchell, W. Draper (Trainer).
Front row: A. R. Smith, E. J. Revill, D. McKie, H. Thornton. W. Barnes.

Rangers became the Southern League Division 1 Champions 1911-12 with 21 wins, 11 draws & 6 defeats. For 59 goals & 35 goals against. Top goal scorers were Dan Mckie & Eddie Revill both with 16 goals and finishing with 53 points.Plymouth finished in second place with 52 points.
The largest home gate of the season was 26,000 against Southampton played at the White City ending 1-1. Reports of a 62,000 attendance are probably exagerated

Charlie Shaw (Goalkeeper)

Joe Fidler (Left- Back)

John Macdonald (Right-Back)

Played at White City Stadium. Friday 5th April 1912. Report from the Western Times Saturday 6th April 1912.

Archie Mitchell (Centre-Half)

Billy Barnes (Left-Wing)

Rangers played a friendly at Boscombe F.C. who became Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Football Club in 1923.

Programme & Menu from the Official Opening of Pontypridd Football Club on Monday September the 4th 1911.
Rangers had played their opening league match against Plymouth at Park Royal winning 1-0 two days before playing Pontypridd.

Dan McKie Charity Shield Medal 1911-12 Season

Dan McKie can be seen in the team photo at the top of the page. Front Row.Seated centre.

Edward J. Revill Medal Collection

Edward J. Revill can be seen in the team photo at the top of the page. Front Row.Seated second left.

Queen's Park Rangers Southern League Champions Medal 1911-12

On Saturday 4th May 1912 Rangers played Blackburn Rovers in the Charity Shield at White Hart Lane.
It ended in a 2-1 win for Blackburn Rovers.
The proceeds from the game £265.10s.11d were donated to the Titanic Disaster Fund.

Queen's Park Rangers Charity Shield Medal 1911-12

Queen's Park Rangers King Edwards Ealing Hospital Cup Winners Medal 1911-12 season.

Queen's Park Rangers Professional Football Charity Fund Winners Medal 1911-12 season.

Arthur "Nipper" Smith can be seen in the team photo at the top of the page. Front Row.Seated first left.

The Arthur "Nipper" Smith Medal Collection

Left to Right:
Charity Shield Medal 1911-12, Southern League Champions Medal 1911-12,King Edwards Ealing Hospital Cup Winners Medal 1911-12 and the Inter Association Medal between a combined London team against a Birmingham combined team.

Arthur "Nipper" Smith can be seen in the team photo at the top of the page. Front Row,seated first left.

1911/12 F.A. Charity Shield
Saturday 4th May 1912

Venue: White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur FC

Blackburn Rovers 2
(Aitkenhead 2)
Queens Park Rangers 1
(Revill)

Half-time 1-1
Attendance: 7,100

The Charity Shield match was between the 1911/12 Football League champions, Blackburn Rovers, and 1911/12 Southern League champions Queens Park Rangers. The match was played at the end of the season in which they won their titles although it was originally scheduled for the start of the 1912/13 season. However, following the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 the match was brought forward to allow the proceeds to be donated to the Titanic Relief Fund.

Blackburn Rovers: A Robinson, R Crompton, A Cowell, A Walmsley, P Smith, W Bradshaw, J Simpson, E Latheron, W Aitkenhead, J Clennell, W Anthony.

Queens Park Rangers: C Shaw, J MacDonald, H Pullen, A Whyman, A Mitchell, W Wake, A Smith, E Revill, D McKie, H Thornton, W Barnes.

Rangers went on a end of season tour to Germany.
This is a poster advertising the match against 1.F.C Nurnberg Saturday 18th May 1912.