1916–17 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town
1916–17 season
ChairmanEngland William Hardcastle
ManagerEngland Arthur Fairclough
Wartime League Midland Section
Sudsibiary Comepition		4th

6th
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: T. Hall (13)
Highest home attendance6,000 vs Bradford (Park Avenue) (26 December 1916)
Lowest home attendance1,000 vs Grimsby Town (3 February 1917)
Sheffield Wednesday (10 March 1917)
Biggest win4–1 vs Leicester Fosse (21 October 1916)
3–0 vs Rotherham County (17 February 1917)
3–0 vs Sheffield Wednesday (10 March 1917)
Biggest defeat1–4 vs Bradford City (14 October 1916)

Huddersfield Town's 1916–17 campaign saw Town continuing to play in the wartime football league. Town played in the Midland League and finished in 4th place, as well as 6th place in the Subsidiary Competition.

Results

Midland Division

Date Opponents Home/Away Result F - A Scorers Attendance
2 September 1916 Birmingham A 1 - 2 Elliott 12,500
9 September 1916 Hull City H 2 - 1 Holley, T. Hall 3,500
16 September 1916 Nottingham Forest A 1 - 0 Elliott 3,000
23 September 1916 Barnsley H 0 - 0 5,000
30 September 1916 Leeds City A 0 - 1 8,000
7 October 1916 Sheffield United H 2 - 1 T. Hall, Best 5,000
14 October 1916 Bradford City A 1 - 4 Elliott 3,000
21 October 1916 Leicester Fosse H 4 - 1 Mann, Connor (2), Moore 4,000
28 October 1916 Grimsby Town A 1 - 2 J. Baker 1,000
4 November 1916 Notts County H 1 - 0 Moore 3,000
11 November 1916 Rotherham County A 3 - 1 T. Hall, Mann, Moore 4,000
18 November 1916 Chesterfield Town H 2 - 1 Elliott, Mann 2,000
25 November 1916 Lincoln City H 3 - 1 T. Hall (2), Moore 2,000
2 December 1916 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 - 0 4,000
9 December 1916 Birmingham H 2 - 1 J. Baker, T. Hall 3,500
16 December 1916 Hull City A 1 - 0 T. Hall 1,500
23 December 1916 Nottingham Forest H 1 - 2 T. Hall ?
25 December 1916 Bradford (Park Avenue) A 2 - 1 Wilde, Fayers 3,000
26 December 1916 Bradford (Park Avenue) H 0 - 0 6,000
30 December 1916 Barnsley A 1 - 1 Moore ?
6 January 1917 Leeds City H 1 - 1 Moore (pen) 7,000
13 January 1917 Sheffield United A 0 - 1 5,000
20 January 1917 Bradford City H 0 - 0 ?
27 January 1917 Leicester Fosse A 0 - 2 ?
3 February 1917 Grimsby Town H 1 - 0 Wooding 1,000
10 February 1917 Notts County A 1 - 2 Mann 1,500
17 February 1917 Rotherham County H 3 - 0 T. Hall, F. Robinson (og), Elliott 1,500
24 February 1917 Chesterfield Town A 3 - 5 T. Hall (3, 1 pen) 1,500
3 March 1917 Lincoln City A 1 - 0 Mann 1,000
10 March 1917 Sheffield Wednesday H 3 - 0 Elliott, Wooding, Mann 1,000

Subsidiary competition

Date Opponents Home/Away Result F - A Scorers Attendance
17 March 1917 Bradford City H 0 - 0 3,000
24 March 1917 Leeds City A 2 - 0 Wooding (2) 4,000
31 March 1917 Bradford (Park Avenue) H 0 - 2 3,000
7 April 1917 Bradford City A 2 - 1 Elliott, T. Hall 3,000
14 April 1917 Leeds City H 0 - 1 3,000
21 April 1917 Bradford (Park Avenue) A 2 - 0 Mann, Elliott 3,000

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