1955–56 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1955–56 season
ChairmanAlbert Hittinger
ManagerJack Taylor
StadiumLoftus Road
Football League Third Division South18th
FA CupFirst Round
Southern Professional Floodlight CupRound One
London Challenge CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Conway Smith 19
All: Conway Smith 19
Highest home attendance11,885 Vs Southend (8 October 1955)
Lowest home attendance3,910 Vs Newport County (11 February 1956)
Biggest win6–2 Vs Colchester United (10 March 1956)
Biggest defeat1–7 Vs Orient (3 March 1956)

During the 1955–56 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in eighteenth place.[1] In November Qpr defeated Brentford 2-1 in the London Challenge Cup Final.

League standings

Main article: 1955–56 Football League

Pos Team
 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]

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Results

QPR scores given first

  Win   Draw   Loss



Third Division South

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

Date[4] Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
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[5] Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
31 October 1955 First Round Orient H 0–1 2790

FA Cup

Date[6] Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
19 November 1955 First Round Southend A 0-2 15000

Squad

Position Nationality Name League

Appearances

League Goals Cup Appearances F.A.Cup Goals Southern Professional Floodlight Cup Goals Total

Appearances

Total Goals
GK England Ron Springett 9 9
GK England Harry Brown 37 2 39
DF England Tony Ingham 41 1 2 43 1
DF England Keith Rutter 21 21
DF England Pat Woods 38 2 40
DF England Albert Rhodes 4 4
MF England Bill Nelson 9 1 10
MF England Pat Kerrins 20 2 20 2
MF England George Crickson 3 1 4
MF England Peter Angell 43 4 2 45 4
MF Scotland Bobby Cameron 43 13 2 45 13
MF England George Petchey 41 4 2 43 4
MF England Jobey Dean 12 12
MF Northern Ireland Mike Powell 25 25
FW England Conway Smith 37 19 37 19
FW England Arthur Longbottom 12 12
FW Scotland George Dawson 1 1
FW England Mike Hellawell 1 1
FW Northern Ireland Ernie Shepherd 32 9 2 34 9
FW Northern Ireland Gordon Quinn 4 1 5
FW Scotland Billy McKay 6 1 7
FW Northern Ireland Mike Tomkys 9 2 11
FW Scotland Willie Clark 38 11 1 39 11
FW England Albert Pounder 19 1 19 1
FW England Bill Temby 2 2

Transfers in

Name from Date Fee
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 Fee 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

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References

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