1954–55 season | ||||
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Chairman | Albert Hittinger | |||
Manager | Jack Taylor | |||
Stadium | Loftus Road | |||
Football League Third Division South | 15th | |||
FA Cup | First Round | |||
London Challenge Cup | Round one | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Conway Smith 17 All: Conway Smith 18 | |||
Highest home attendance | 16,899 Vs Southampton (9 October 1954) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 6,461 Vs Shrewsbury Town (2 April 1955) | |||
Biggest win | 5–0 Vs Aldershot (7 September 1954) | |||
Biggest defeat | 1–5 Vs Coventry City (2 May 1955) | |||
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During the 1954–55 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in fifteenth place.[1]
League standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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13 | Northampton Town | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 73 | 81 | 0.901 | 46 |
14 | Aldershot | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 75 | 71 | 1.056 | 45 |
15 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 44 |
16 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 78 | 0.897 | 42 |
17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 57 | 65 | 0.877 | 42 |
Source: rsssf.com
Results
[edit]QPR scores given first
Win Draw Loss
Third Division South
[edit]Date[3][2] | Opponent | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 August 1954 | Watford | H | 2–1 | Cameron, Clark | 19686 |
24 August 1954 | Southend United | A | 2–2 | Cameron, Smith | 8505 |
28 August 1954 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | H | 2–2 | Smith 2 | 13665 |
30 August 1954 | Southend United | H | 1–1 | Shepherd | 11894 |
4 September 1954 | Brentford | A | 1–1 | Smith | 18756 |
7 September 1954 | Aldershot | H | 5–0 | Fidler 2, Smith 2 (2 pens), Petchey | 11045 |
11 September 1954 | Newport County | H | 2–0 | Shepherd, Rutter | 13188 |
15 September 1954 | Aldershot | A | 0–2 | 5169 | |
18 September 1954 | Exeter City | A | 1–2 | Cameron | 8911 |
22 September 1954 | Swindon | A | 0–2 | 6423 | |
25 September 1954 | Colchester United | H | 4–1 | Pounder, Clark, Cameron, Elder (og) | 11926 |
27 September 1954 | Swindon | H | 3–1 | Smith 2 (1 pen), Pounder | 8241 |
2 October 1954 | Norwich City | A | 1–1 | Smith | 20353 |
9 October 1954 | Southampton | H | 2–2 | Smith, Wilkins (og) | 16899 |
14 October 1954 | Millwall | A | 1–0 | Clark | 21062 |
23 October 1954 | Orient | H | 2–0 | Smith, Clark | 22114 |
30 October 1954 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–4 | Shepherd | 14825 |
6 November 1954 | Reading | H | 2–3 | Shepherd, Smith | 13399 |
13 November 1954 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–1 | 7372 | |
27 November 1954 | Bristol City | A | 1–1 | Tomkys | 17657 |
4 December 1954 | Torquay | H | 4–2 | Smith 2 (1 pen), Cameron 2 | 8339 |
18 December 1954 | Watford | A | 1–1 | Cameron | 11427 |
25 December 1954 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | Clark | 8718 |
26 December 1954 | Northampton Town | A | 3–1 | Angell, Clark 2 | 12623 |
1 January 1955 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | H | 1–1 | Angell | 9031 |
15 January 1955 | Brentford | H | 1–1 | Clark | 9835 |
22 January 1955 | Newport County | A | 0–4 | 5457 | |
29 January 1955 | Coventry City | A | 3–2 | Smith (pen), Cameron, Kerrins | 12523 |
5 February 1955 | Exeter City | H | 1–2 | Smith | 9626 |
12 February 1955 | Colchester United | A | 0–1 | 4903 | |
19 February 1955 | Norwich City | H | 2–1 | Angell, Cameron | 6530 |
26 February 1955 | Southampton | A | 2–2 | Clark, Shepherd | 12396 |
5 March 1955 | Millwall | H | 1–2 | Shepherd | 12036 |
12 March 1955 | Orient | A | 0–3 | 17513 | |
19 March 1955 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 3–2 | Clark 2, Shepherd | 9191 |
26 March 1955 | Reading | A | 1–3 | Kerrins | 6066 |
2 April 1955 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 2–0 | Clark, Cameron | 6461 |
8 April 1955 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–2 | Clark | 17238 |
9 April 1955 | Walsall | A | 1–4 | Smith | 13018 |
11 April 1955 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–0 | Clark | 8974 |
16 April 1955 | Bristol City | H | 1–1 | Shepherd (pen) | 12498 |
20 April 1955 | Gillingham | A | 1–3 | Pounder | 9528 |
23 April 1955 | Torquay | A | 2–3 | Longbottom, Cameron | 6146 |
25 April 1955 | Walsall | A | 1–1 | Cameron | 6523 |
30 April 1955 | Gillingham | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 9104 |
2 May 1955 | Coventry City | A | 1–5 | Clark | 7381 |
London Challenge Cup
[edit]Date[4] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 October 1954 | First Round | Fulham | A | 1–2 |
FA Cup
[edit]Date[5] | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 November 1954 | First Round | Walthamstow Avenue | H | 2–2 | Fidler, Smith | 16299 |
23 November 1954 | First Round Replay | Walthamstow Avenue | A | 2–2 | Fidler, Tomkys | 10500 |
29 November 1954 | First Round Second Replay | Walthamstow Avenue | * Highbury | 0–4 | 11939 |
Squad
[edit]Position | Nationality | Name | League
Appearances |
League Goals | F..A.Cup Appearances | F.A.Cup Goals | Total
Appearances |
Total Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | ![]() |
Harry Brown | 39 | 2 | 41 | |||
GK | ![]() |
Stan Gullan | 6 | 6 | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Alan Silver | 1 | 1 | ||||
DF | ![]() |
Tony Ingham | 38 | 3 | 41 | |||
DF | ![]() |
Keith Rutter | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | ||
DF | ![]() |
Pat Woods | 32 | 3 | 35 | |||
MF | ![]() |
Pat Kerrins | 15 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() |
Peter Angell | 41 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 3 | |
MF | ![]() |
Bobby Cameron | 44 | 13 | 3 | 47 | 13 | |
MF | ![]() |
George Petchey | 17 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() |
Brian Nicholas | 39 | 1 | 40 | |||
MF | ![]() |
Mike Powell | 36 | 3 | 39 | |||
FW | ![]() |
Conway Smith | 33 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 18 |
FW | ![]() |
Arthur Longbottom | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||
FW | ![]() |
Gordon Quinn | ||||||
FW | ![]() |
Ernie Shepherd | 40 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 8 | |
FW | ![]() |
Mike Tomkys | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
FW | ![]() |
Willie Clark | 39 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 15 | |
FW | ![]() |
Albert Pounder | 23 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 3 | |
FW | ![]() |
Tom Fidler | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
Transfers in
[edit]Name | from | Date | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
Keith Rutter | Methley United | July 1954 | |
Albert Rhodes | Worksop Town | December 1954 | |
Bill Temby | Dover | February 1955 |
Transfers out
[edit]Name | from | Date | Fee | Date | Club | Fee |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Gullan | Clyde | July 1949 | July 1955 | Tunbridge Wells | ||
Brian Nicholas | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | May 1949 | July 1955 | Chelsea |
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.
- ^ "in-memory-of-john-poppitt". indyrs.co.uk. 7 March 2014.