1955–56 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season
Appearance
1955–56 season | ||||
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Chairman | Albert Hittinger | |||
Manager | Jack Taylor | |||
Stadium | Loftus Road | |||
Football League Third Division South | 18th | |||
FA Cup | First Round | |||
Southern Professional Floodlight Cup | Round One | |||
London Challenge Cup | Winners | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Conway Smith 19 All: Conway Smith 19 | |||
Highest home attendance | 11,885 Vs Southend (8 October 1955) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 3,910 Vs Newport County (11 February 1956) | |||
Biggest win | 6–2 Vs Colchester United (10 March 1956) | |||
Biggest defeat | 1–7 Vs Orient (3 March 1956) | |||
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During the 1955–56 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in eighteenth place.[1]
League standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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16 | Exeter City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 40 |
17 | Reading | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 70 | 79 | 0.886 | 39 |
18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 86 | 0.744 | 39 |
19 | Newport County | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 58 | 79 | 0.734 | 39 |
20 | Walsall | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 68 | 84 | 0.810 | 38 |
Source: [citation needed]
Results
[edit]QPR scores given first
Win Draw Loss
Third Division South
[edit]Date[3][2] | Opponents position prior to match (*) | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | QPR's Position (End of day) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 August 1955 | Brighton (-) | A | 1–1 | Clark | 14510 | 12 |
22 August 1955 | Brentford (22) | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 11688 | 12 |
27 August 1955 | Southampton (10) | H | 4–0 | Shepherd 2, Smith, Angell | 10672 | 10 |
30 August 1955 | Brentford (21) | A | 0–2 | 12947 | 12 | |
3 September 1955 | Shrewsbury (6) | A | 1–1 | Shepherd | 11233 | 14 |
5 September 1955 | Crystal Palace (15) | H | 0–3 | 9083 | 16 | |
10 September 1955 | Ipswich (13) | H | 1–1 | Clark | 11763 | 18 |
14 September 1955 | Crystal Palace (14) | A | 1–1 | Shepherd | 10543 | 17 |
17 September 1955 | Walsall (21) | A | 2–2 | Smith, Clark | 12427 | 17 |
19 September 1955 | Northampton (1) | A | 2–5 | Smith 2 | 9735 | 17 |
24 September 1955 | Torquay | H | 3–1 | Cameron 2, Smith | 10536 | 17 |
26 September 1955 | Swindon | H | 1–0 | Cameron | 5181 | 12 |
1 October 1955 | Newport (15) | A | 1–2 | Smith | 7375 | 16 |
8 October 1955 | Southend (4) | H | 1–2 | Shepherd | 11885 | 19 |
15 October 1955 | Exeter City (21) | A | 0–2 | 8741 | 21 | |
22 October 1955 | Orient (3) | H | 0–1 | 11856 | 21 | |
29 October 1955 | Colchester (16) | A | 1–4 | Clark | 7339 | 22 |
5 November 1955 | Norwich City (8) | H | 2–3 | Petchey, Smith | 10162 | 23 |
12 November 1955 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (18) | A | 0–1 | 6934 | 23 | |
26 November 1955 | Millwall (21) | A | 0–2 | 7602 | 23 | |
3 December 1955 | Reading (22) | H | 3–3 | Smith 2, Angell | 7088 | 23 |
17 December 1955 | Brighton (3) | H | 2–1 | Cameron, Clark | 7648 | 22 |
24 December 1955 | Southampton (14) | A | 0–4 | 9502 | 23 | |
26 December 1955 | Aldershot (16) | A | 2–1 | Smith 2 | 6366 | 21 |
27 December 1955 | Aldershot (16) | H | 2–2 | Cameron 2 | 8378 | 22 |
31 December 1955 | Shrewsbury(10) | H | 1–1 | Smith | 7779 | 21 |
7 January 1956 | Gillingham | H | 2–2 | Smith 2 | 7306 | 21 |
14 January 1956 | Ipswich Town (1) | A | 1–4 | Clark | 12168 | 23 |
21 January 1956 | Walsall (21) | H | 3–2 | Petchey 2, Pounder | 6591 | 20 |
28 January 1956 | Watford (19) | A | 1–0 | Angell | 5784 | 19 |
4 February 1956 | Torquay | A | 0–2 | 5176 | 19 | |
11 February 1956 | Newport County (15) | H | 0–0 | 3910 | 19 | |
18 February 1956 | Southend (8) | A | 1–5 | Smith | 6952 | 21 |
25 February 1956 | Exeter City (18) | H | 1–0 | Cameron | 6898 | 17 |
3 March 1956 | Orient (1) | A | 1–7 | Shepherd | 12614 | 20 |
10 March 1956 | Colchester (9) | H | 6–2 | Shepherd 2, Kerrins, Cameron, Smith, Petchey | 7954 | 18 |
17 March 1956 | Norwich City (7) | A | 0–1 | 13355 | 19 | |
24 March 1956 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (14) | H | 0–1 | 5832 | 21 | |
30 March 1956 | Coventry City (7) | H | 1–2 | Cameron | 10956 | 22 |
31 March 1956 | Gillingham | A | 2–0 | Clark, Cameron | 5462 | 20 |
3 April 1956 | Coventry City (5) | A | 1–4 | Clark | 16714 | 22 |
7 April 1956 | Millwall (21) | H | 4–0 | Shepherd, Ingham, Smith (pen), Clark | 13402 | 21 |
14 April 1956 | Reading (15) | A | 1–3 | Cameron | 4697 | 21 |
21 April 1956 | Watford (16) | H | 3–2 | Kerrins, Cameron, Angell | 7603 | 21 |
25 April 1956 | Swindon | A | 1–0 | Smith | 4617 | 20 |
28 April 1956 | Northampton(11) | H | 3–2 | Clark 2, Smith | 7157 | 19 |
London Challenge Cup
[edit]Date[4] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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3 October 1955 | First Round | Barnet | H | 3–1 | ||
17 October 1955 | Quarter-Finals | Millwall | A | 1–1 | ||
24 October 1955 | Quarter-Finals replay | Millwall | H | 4–0 | ||
1st November 1955 | Semi final | Arsenal | A | 2–1 | ||
15th November 1955 | Final | Brentford | H | 2–1 |
Southern Professional Floodlight Cup
[edit]Date[5] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 October 1955 | First Round | Orient | H | 0–1 | 2790 |
FA Cup
[edit]Date[6] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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19 November 1955 | First Round | Southend | A | 0-2 | 15000 |
Squad
[edit]Position | Nationality | Name | League
Appearances |
League Goals | Cup Appearances | F.A.Cup Goals | Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals | Total
Appearances |
Total Goals |
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GK | ![]() |
Ron Springett | 9 | 9 | |||||
GK | ![]() |
Harry Brown | 37 | 2 | 39 | ||||
DF | ![]() |
Tony Ingham | 41 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 1 | ||
DF | ![]() |
Keith Rutter | 21 | 21 | |||||
DF | ![]() |
Pat Woods | 38 | 2 | 40 | ||||
DF | ![]() |
Albert Rhodes | 4 | 4 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Bill Nelson | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||
MF | ![]() |
Pat Kerrins | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | |||
MF | ![]() |
George Crickson | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
MF | ![]() |
Peter Angell | 43 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 4 | ||
MF | ![]() |
Bobby Cameron | 43 | 13 | 2 | 45 | 13 | ||
MF | ![]() |
George Petchey | 41 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 4 | ||
MF | ![]() |
Jobey Dean | 12 | 12 | |||||
MF | ![]() |
Mike Powell | 25 | 25 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Conway Smith | 37 | 19 | 37 | 19 | |||
FW | ![]() |
Arthur Longbottom | 12 | 12 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
George Dawson | 1 | 1 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Mike Hellawell | 1 | 1 | |||||
FW | ![]() |
Ernie Shepherd | 32 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 9 | ||
FW | ![]() |
Gordon Quinn | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
FW | ![]() |
Billy McKay | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||
FW | ![]() |
Mike Tomkys | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||||
FW | ![]() |
Willie Clark | 38 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 11 | ||
FW | ![]() |
Albert Pounder | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |||
FW | ![]() |
Bill Temby | 2 | 2 |
Transfers in
[edit]Name | from | Date | Fee |
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Bill Nelson | West Ham | July 1955 | |
George Dawson | Motherwell | May 1955 | |
Hugh Rainey | Portsmouth | June 1955 | |
Billy McKay | Deal Town | July 1955 | |
Mike Hellawell | Salts FC. | August 1955 |
Transfers out
[edit]Name | from | Date | Fee | Date | Club | Fee |
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Brian Nicholas | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | May 1950 | July 1955 | Chelsea | £5,000 | |
Bill Nelson | West Ham | July 1955 | July 1956 | |||
Billy McKay | Deal Town | July 1955 | July 1956 | Dover Town | ||
Willie Clark | Petershill | February 1954 | July 1956 | Berwick Rangers | ||
Albert Pounder | Charlton | February 1954 | July 1956 | Sittingbourne |
References
[edit]- ^ Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. london: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1873626405.
- ^ a b Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
- ^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
- ^ "nonleaguematters". Non league Matters. 14 February 2022.
- ^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
- ^ Laschke, Ian (1979). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-08552-6.
- ^ "barryhugmansfootballers". barryhugmansfootballers.