LAST TIME WE MET ... NEWCASTLE 1 QPR 1
Harper; Simpson, S Taylor, Khizanishvili, Enrique; Guthrie (Lovenkrands, 88), Smith, Nolan, Butt (Gutierrez, 46); Ranger (Harewood, 61), Carroll.
Subs not used: Krul, Kadar, Donaldson, Geremi.
Substitute Marlon Harewood's first Newcastle goal rescued a point for the Coca-Cola Championship leaders after QPR threatened to dent their promotion charge.
The on-loan Aston Villa striker poked home Andy Carroll's 70th-minute header to cancel out Ben Watson's early opener and increase the Magpies' lead at the top of the table to three points.
However, the visitors will consider themselves unfortunate not to have left Tyneside with all three points on a night when the pace of winger Wayne Routledge and the movement of midfielder Ben Watson were simply too much for their hosts.
Danny Guthrie had a first-half penalty saved by Radek Cerny and Carroll and Kevin Nolan both went close with headers, but QPR also had their chances in front of a crowd of 38,923.
QPR took the lead with just seven minutes gone when Jose Enrique's poor clearance fell to Watson, who made ground to the edge of the box and fired home with the help of a deflection off Steven Taylor.
Newcastle should have been back on level terms with 19 minutes gone when defender Damion Stewart was penalised for handball in the box as he blocked Taylor's shot.
However, Guthrie's spot-kick was not well hit or placed and Cerny guessed correctly and saved comfortably as he dived to his right.
Guthrie passed up another opportunity 13 minutes before the break when, after being played in by Danny Simpson, he shot at Cerny from a tight angle when he perhaps should have squared for Carroll.
At last, the QPR goal was coming under sustained pressure and Gary Borrowdale had to hack a 33rd-minute Carroll header off the line before Nolan directed another effort at the keeper seconds later.
Caretaker boss Chris Hughton replaced skipper Nicky Butt with winger Jonas Gutierrez, back from a hamstring injury, at the break in an effort to inject some pace into his side, but it might have been 2-0 within three minutes of the restart.
Vine did well to get in a cross from the right after Harper had punched a corner away, and Stewart powered a header just wide of the post.
Newcastle responded in determined fashion, but were almost hit on the break with 59 minutes gone when Vine fired wide of Harper's right post after working his way into a promising position.
Carroll drove a 66th-minute free-kick straight at the keeper as the Magpies pressed once again, and he played a major role in the equaliser four minutes later, heading down Simpson's cross for Harewood to stab home at the far post.
The striker turned a 79th-minute Gutierrez cross across the face of goal, but Newcastle had to make do with a point on a frustrating night.
QPR v TOON ... THE HISTORY
2009/2010 Wed 30 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Q.P.R. Championship
1995/1996 Sat 06 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Q.P.R. Premiership
Sat 14 Oct Q.P.R. 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 04 Feb Q.P.R. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 05 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Q.P.R. Premiership
1993/1994 Sun 16 Jan Q.P.R. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership
Sat 16 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Q.P.R. Premiership
1988/1989 Sat 11 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Q.P.R. First Division
Sat 05 Nov Q.P.R. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1987/1988 Sat 09 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Q.P.R. First Division
Sat 21 Nov Q.P.R. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1986/1987 Sat 14 Feb Q.P.R. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Wed 03 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Q.P.R. First Division
1985/1986 Sat 18 Jan Q.P.R. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 31 Aug Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Q.P.R. First Division
1984/1985 Sat 13 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Q.P.R. First Division
Sat 22 Sep Q.P.R. 5 - 5 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1982/1983 Sat 15 Jan Q.P.R. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 28 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Q.P.R. Second Division
1981/1982 Wed 05 May Newcastle Utd. 0 - 4 Q.P.R. Second Division
Sat 05 Sep Q.P.R. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1980/1981 Sat 07 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Q.P.R. Second Division
Sat 13 Sep Q.P.R. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
1979/1980 Sat 26 Apr Q.P.R. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division
Sat 15 Dec Newcastle Utd. 4 - 2 Q.P.R. Second Division
1977/1978 Sat 22 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 3 Q.P.R. First Division
Sat 10 Dec Q.P.R. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1976/1977 Sat 23 Apr Q.P.R. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 27 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Q.P.R. First Division
1975/1976 Sat 03 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Q.P.R. First Division
Wed 07 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Q.P.R. F.A. Cup
Sat 03 Jan Q.P.R. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup
Tue 11 Nov Q.P.R. 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
Sat 27 Sep Q.P.R. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1974/1975 Mon 31 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Q.P.R. First Division
Tue 08 Oct Q.P.R. 0 - 4 Newcastle Utd. League Cup
Sat 21 Sep Q.P.R. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
1973/1974 Sat 22 Dec Q.P.R. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 29 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Q.P.R. First Division
1968/1969 Sat 21 Dec Q.P.R. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division
Sat 19 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Q.P.R. First Division