1955–56 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers 1955-56 football season

Queens Park Rangers

1955-56 season

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)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1954–55

1956-57 →

Season summary

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
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]}

^[2]

Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

Third Division South

Date	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

^[3]^[2]

London Challenge Cup^[4]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A
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

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
31 October 1955	First Round	Orient	H	0-1		2790

^[5]

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
19 November 1955	First Round	Southend	A	0-2		15000

^[6]

Squad

Position	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	Total Appearances	Total Goals
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

Name	from	Date
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

Name	from	Date	Date	Club	Fee
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

^[7]

References

^ {{cite book |last1=Macey |first1=Gordon |title=Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record |date=1993 |publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd |isbn=978-1873626405 |location=london}}
^ ^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.

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South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford