Queens Park Rangers
Barnes made his debut on 2 September 1907. During his time at QPR he appeared in the teams in both the 1908 and 1912 FA Charity Shield matches, after winning two Southern League titles. 1908 was the first time the match was held. He also represented the league in a match against the Scottish Football League.
During the 1908–09 season for Queens Park Rangers, Barnes was the team's top scorer having scored ten goals in both league and cup competitions. Although the team finished in fifteenth place in the Southern League, they finished in second place in the Western Football League.
Barnes was named in a list of the top 100 Queens Park Rangers players of all time, constructed by the club's historian in 2007.
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