Date Opponents V Comp H-T F-T Pos. Att 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11     1916-17 ARSENAL WARTIMECAREER LONDON COMBINATION 1916-17
1 02/09/1916 West Ham United   A LC 0-0 1-2 8 3,000 Williamson Elkington Hutchins Allman Stapley Madge Rutherford F.Groves Weaver 1 Chipperfield Tyler 1     League League Friendlies   Team P W D L F A Pts
2 09/09/1916 Tottenham Hotspur   H LC 0-1 1-1 10 10,000 Williamson Shaw Bradshaw Allman Stapley Knowles Rutherford King 1 Weaver Chipperfield Elkington 2 Player Guest's Club Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls 1 West Ham United 40 30 5 5 110 45 65
3 16/09/1916 Crystal Palace   A LC 0-1 0-1 11 3,000 Williamson Shaw Hutchins Ducat Knowles Allman Rutherford Williams Cockle Tyler Elkington 3 MWA Allman   18   4   18   4   -   -   2 Millwall Athletic 40 26 6 8 85 48 58
4 23/09/1916 Brentford   H LC 0-0 0-0 11 6,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Allman Stapley Knowles Rutherford Weaver King Chipperfield Elkington 4 J Bailey   1   -   1   -   -   -   3 Chelsea 40 24 5 11 93 48 53
5 30/09/1916 Chelsea   A LC 0-1 0-3 12 12,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Allman Stapley Knowles Rutherford Williams King Hardinge Elkington 5 WJ Baker   4   -   4   -   -   -   4 Tottenham Hotspur 40 24 5 11 112 64 53
6 07/10/1916 Southampton   H LC 0-1 3-3 12 7,000 Williamson Little Bradshaw Allman Stapley Knowles Rutherford H.Groves King 2(1p) Williams Chipperfield 1 6 W Blackmore Southampton 1   -   1   -   -   -   5 THE ARSENAL 40 19 10 11 62 47 48
7 14/10/1916 Luton Town   H LC 0-1 2-1 10 5,000 Williamson Shaw Bradshaw Chipperfied Stapley Knowles Rutherford King 2 O'Neill Williams Baker 7 WN Blyth - 1   -   1   -   -   -   6 Fulham 40 21 3 16 102 63 45
8 21/10/1916 Portsmouth   A LC 0-0 0-1 11 5,000 Williamson Little Hutchins Allman Stapley Bradshaw Broderick King Elkington Williams Chipperfield 8 F Bradshaw - 31   -   58   1   2   1   7 Luton Town 39 20 3 16 101 82 43
9 28/10/1916 Millwall Athletic   H LC 1-0 1-0 10 8,000 Williamson Shaw Bradshaw Chipperfied 1 Liddle Stapley Weaver King Williams Hardinge Baker 9 MA Broderick   2   -   7   -   -   -   8 Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 68 72 35
10 04/11/1916 Watford   A LC 1-1 4-2 8 2,500 Williamson Little Hutchins Madge Liddle Allman Weaver 1 Williams 2 Hardinge Bradshaw Chipperfield 1 10 CS Buckley - 2   -   31   1   1   -   9 Southampton 39 13 8 18 57 80 34
11 11/11/1916 Clapton Orient   H LC 3-0 4-0 7 7,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Ducat 1 Liddle Stapley Weaver Williams Hardinge 1 Chipperfied 2 Elkington 11 JJ Chipperfield   29   12   48   20   -   -   10 Queen's Park Rangers 39 10 9 20 48 86 29
12 18/11/1916 Fulham   A LC 0-1 0-2 7 1,500 Williamson Shaw Hutchins Bradshaw Liddle Stapley Weaver Williams Hardinge Chipperfield Baker 12 HL Cockerill   8   1   8   1   -   -   11 Watford 39 8 9 22 69 115 25
13 25/11/1916 West Ham United   H LC 0-0 0-2 7 8,000 Williamson Shaw Bradshaw Madge Stapley Hardinge Rutherford Williams King Blyth Weaver 13 ES Cockle   1   -   5   -   -   -   12 Brentford 40 9 7 24 56 99 25
14 02/12/1916 Tottenham Hotspur   A LC 0-4 1-4 9 8,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Hardinge Liddle Stapley Weaver Hibbert King Williams 1 Baker 14 A Ducat Aston Villa 2   1   15   1   -   -   13 Portsmouth 40 9 4 27 58 117 22
15 09/12/1916 Crystal Palace   H LC 1-0 1-2 10 3,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Stapley Buckley Silto Weaver F.Groves King 1 Williams Chipperfield 15 J Elkington Tufnell Park 13   -   20   1   1   -   14 Clapton Orient 40 6 7 27 49 104 19
16 23/12/1916 Chelsea   H LC 1-0 2-1 8 4,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Allman Liddle McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Hardinge 1 Chipperfied 1 Elkington 16 JT Flanagan - 2   3   4   3   1   -   Crystal Palace v Luton Town, Queen's Park Rangers v Watford and Southampton v Crystal Palace not played.
17 25/12/1916 Queen's Park Rangers   A LC 1-2 3-2 8 3,000 Williamson Elkington Hutchins Grant Liddle McKinnon Rutherford 1 F.Groves Madge Chipperfied 2 H.Groves 17 GM Grant   12   -   22   -   -   -  
18 26/12/1916 Queen's Park Rangers   H LC 0-0 0-0 8 4,500 Williamson Elkington Bradshaw Allman Hutchins McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Hardinge Chipperfield H.Groves 18 FW Groves   27   6   53   12   2   1   Reading withdrew after 7 games and Portsmouth took over their playing record.
19 30/12/1916 Southampton   A LC 0-0 1-0 8 3,000 Williamson F.Groves Hutchins Madge Liddle Chipperfield Broderick Pearson H.Groves Allman 1 Blackmore 19 HG Groves   8   2   9   2   1   1  
20 06/01/1917 Luton Town   A LC 0-1 4-1 8 3,000 Williamson Shaw Hutchins 1p McKinnon Grant Chipperfield Rutherford 1 F.Groves Williams 1p Allman 1 Melville 20 HTW Hardinge   20   9   30   11   -   -  
21 13/01/1917 Portsmouth   H LC 0-0 1-0 8 2,500 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Chipperfied Grant McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Williams Allman 1 Wilkins 21 W Hibbert Newcastle United 1   -   1   -   -   -  
22 20/01/1917 Millwall Athletic   A LC 0-0 0-1 8 10,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Grant Liddle McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Williams Hardinge Chipperfield 22 AV Hutchins   32   2   32   2   -   -  
23 27/01/1917 Watford   H LC 0-1 1-1 8 2,300 Williamson Bradshaw Shaw Grant Liddle McKinnon Rutherford 1 F.Groves Williams Chipperfield Elkington 23 J Johnson Brentford 1   -   1   -   -   -  
24 03/02/1917 Clapton Orient   A LC 1-0 2-2 8 900 Williamson F.Groves Hutchins Grant Stapley McKinnon Rutherford 1 H.Groves 1 Madge Allman Wilkins 24 HE King   10   6   34   25   1   -  
25 10/02/1917 Fulham   H LC 1-2 3-2 8 4,800 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Grant Liddle Stapley Rutherford 1 F.Groves Spittle Chipperfied 2 Wilkins 25 F Knowles Manchester City 6   -   6   -   -   -  
26 17/02/1917 Chelsea   H LC 1-0 3-0 8 7,500 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Grant Buckley Chipperfield Rutherford 1 F.Groves 1 Spittle Hardinge 1 Wilkins 26 E Liddle   13   -   20   -   2   -  
27 24/02/1917 Southampton   A LC 1-0 2-0 7 3,000 Williamson Thomas Hutchins Wright Chipperfield F.Groves Slade H.Groves 1 Johnson Allman 1 Wilkins 27 R Little Hamilton 4   -   4   -   -   -  
28 03/03/1917 Clapton Orient   H LC 2-0 3-1 6 4,500 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Grant Stapley McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Hardinge 2 Flanagan 1 Wilkins 28 A McKinnon   20   -   27   -   1   -  
29 10/03/1917 West Ham United   A LC 1-1 3-2 6 6,500 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Chipperfied Grant McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Hardinge 1 Flanagan 2 Wilkins 29 W Madge   6   -   15   -   -   -  
30 17/03/1917 Crystal Palace   A LC 0-0 0-1 7 2,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Grant Stapley McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves H.Groves Chipperfield Wilkins 30 A Melville   1   -   1   -   -   -  
31 24/03/1917 Portsmouth   H LC 1-1 2-1 6 4,500 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Grant Stapley McKinnon F.Groves 1 Spittle 1 Hardinge Chipperfield Wilkins 31 R O'Neill   1   -   1   -   -   -  
32 31/03/1917 Chelsea   A LC 0-0 0-2 6 6,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Chipperfied Stapley McKinnon F.Groves H.Groves Hardinge Spittle Wilkins 32 RC Pearson Southampton 1   -   1   -   -   -  
33 06/04/1917 Tottenham Hotspur   A LC 0-0 0-0 6 9,000 Williamson Shaw Hutchins Cockerill Stapley McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Elkington Allman Wilkins 33 J Rutherford - 28   6   43   8   2   1  
34 07/04/1917 Southampton   H LC 2-0 2-2 6 6,500 Williamson Shaw Bradshaw Cockerill Stapley McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Hutchins 1 Hardinge 1 Wilkins 34 V Sanderson   1   1   1   1   -   -  
35 09/04/1917 Tottenham Hotspur   H LC 3-0 3-2 6 12,000 Williamson Shaw Hutchins Cockerill 1 Stapley McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Sanderson 1 Hardinge Wilkins 1 35 JE Shaw - 12   -   34   -   2   -  
36 14/04/1917 Clapton Orient   A LC 3-1 3-1 6 3,000 Williamson Little Bradshaw Cockerill Stapley McKinnon F.Groves 1 Allman Spittle Chipperfied 2 Wilkins 36 WA Silto Swindon 1   -   1   -   -   -  
37 21/04/1917 West Ham United   H LC 1-0 2-1 5 7,000 Williamson Shaw Bradshaw Chipperfied Liddle Cockerill Rutherford F.Groves Hardinge 1 Spittle 1 Wilkins 37 D Slade   1   -   1   -   -   -  
38 26/04/1917 Brentford   A LC 0-0 0-0 5 1,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Bailey McKinnon Cockerill Rutherford F.Groves Hardinge Elkington Wilkins 38 WA Spittle   7   2   7   2   -   -  
39 28/04/1917 Crystal Palace   H LC 2-0 4-0 5 4,500 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Cockerill Stapley McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves 3 Hardinge 1 Spittle Wilkins 39 WJ Stapley Glossop 24   -   24   -   -   -  
40 05/05/1917 Portsmouth   A LC 0-0 0-0 5 3,000 Williamson Bradshaw Hutchins Cockerill Liddle McKinnon Rutherford F.Groves Allman Chipperfield Wilkins 40 J Thomas   1   -   1   -   -   -  
02/12/1916 played at Highbury. 06/04/1917 played at Homerton, Clapton Orient. FA Tyler Catford Southend 2   -   13   2   1   -  
JA Weaver Croydon Common 10   2   10   2   -   -  
Home ground - Gillespie Road, Highbury W Wilkins   18   1   18   1   -   -  
Manager - James McEwen (Caretaker manager) D Williams Notts County 16   4   16   4   -   -  
Directors - Henry Norris (Chairman), William Hall, Jack Humble, George Davis, Charles Crisp, Walter Middleton, John Peters (Secretary). EC Williamson Croydon Common 40 (12) 47 * 40 (12) 47 * -   -  
Captain - Unknown CW Wright   1   -   1   -   -   -  
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