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1955–56 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

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Queens Park Rangers
1955-56 season
ChairmanBernard Baker
ManagerJack Taylor
StadiumLoftus Road
Football League Third Division South18th
FA CupFirst Round
Southern Professional Floodlight CupRound one
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)

Season summary[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

QPR scores given first

  Win   Draw   Loss



Third Division South[edit]

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

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Southern Professional Floodlight Cup[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
31 October 1955 First Round Orient H 0-1 2790

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FA Cup[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
19 November 1955 First Round Southend A 0-2 15000

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Squad[edit]

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 Tenby 2 2


References[edit]

  1. ^ {{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}}
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
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