1943–44 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1943–44 season
ChairmanCharles W Fielding
ManagerTed Vizard / Dave Mangnall (after 29 April 1944)
StadiumLoftus Road
London League3rd
League Cup (South) Group DGroup
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: William Heathcote 36
Highest home attendance15,000 v Arsenal
(26 February 1944)
Lowest home attendance4,000 v Clapton Orient
(11 December 1943)
v Fulham
(22 April 1944)
Average home league attendance7,419
Biggest win7–0 v Southampton
(30 October 1943)
Biggest defeat2–11 v Chelsea
(27 November 1943)

The 1943-44 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 53rd season of existence and their 2nd in the London League, part of the Wartime League. QPR finished 3rd in the league, and were eliminated in the group stage of the League Cup.[1]

League standings

London League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 30 19 8 3 71 36 46
2 West Ham United 30 17 7 6 74 39 41
3 Queen's Park Rangers 30 14 12 4 69 54 40

Results

League South

  Win   Draw   Loss

London League

Date Opponents Venue Outcome Half Time Score Full Time Score Scorers Attendance Position Brown, H. Abel Jefferson Smith Ridyard Mallett Swinfen DeBusser Heathcote Burley Pattison Rose Webb, R. Dolding Blizzard Parkinson Mangnall McEwan Griffiths Gadsden Pearson (G) Mason Evans (G) Hutchinson (G) Ramscar (G) Viellevoye Dukes (G) Sibley Bacon Somerfield (G) Lowes (G) Little (G) Hughes (G) Sheen (G) Fowler (G) Roxburgh (G) Martin (G) Greenwood (G) Gillies Dean (G) Jones, E. (G) De Lisle (G) Alexander Hardy (G) McLuckie (G) Shaw Parry (G)
August 28, 1943 Chelsea A W 0-1 3-1 Heathcote 2, De Busser 9469 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
September 4, 1943 Tottenham Hotspur H W 0-0 1-0 Heathcote 10700 3 1 7 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 2
September 11, 1943 Clapton Orient A W 3-2 Heathcote 2, Swinfen 3000 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 8 10
September 18, 1943 Watford H W 1- 3-1 Heathcote 2, Pattison 2 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 2 7 10
September 25, 1943 Portsmouth A D 0-1 1-1 McEwan 10000 2 1 3 4 5 6 9 11 2 10 7 8
October 2, 1943 Reading A D 0-0 0-0 9000 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 2 10 8
October 9, 1943 Millwall H W 0-0 2-0 Mangnall, Burley 9901 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 2 10 8
October 16, 1943 Aldershot H D 1-1 2-2 Mangnall, Heathcote 9391 1 1 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 2 8
October 23, 1943 Brighton A L 0-2 1-3 Heathcote 3500 3 1 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 2 7 8
October 30, 1943 Southampton H W 2-0 7-0 Heathcote 3, Pattison 2, McEwan, Griffiths 7060 1 1 3 4 5 6 9 11 2 8 7 10
November 6, 1943 West Ham United A D 1-0 1-1 Heathcote 16100 1 1 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 2 7 8
November 13, 1943 Arsenal A L 0-2 0-5 20014 4 1 3 2 4 5 6 7 9 11 8 10
November 20, 1943 Charlton Athletic A L 0-1 0-1 3896 4 1 3 2 4 6 9 11 5 7 8 10
November 27, 1943 Chelsea H L 1-6 2-11 Swinfen, Pearson 6000 9 3 5 9 11 8 6 4 10 1 2 7
December 4, 1943 Tottenham Hotspur A D 1-1 2-2 Heathcote 2 12485 9 1 7 3 4 5 6 9 2 10 8 11
December 11, 1943 Clapton Orient H W 3-0 6-2 Swinfen 2, Burley, Heathcote 2, OG 4000 6 7 3 4 6 10 9 11 2 5 8 1
December 18, 1943 Fulham A D 2-1 2-2 Sibley, Ramscar 6000 6 1 3 4 6 9 11 2 5 7 8 10
December 25, 1943 Brentford A W 2-0 5-2 Somerfield 2, Heathcote 2, Lowes 11200 6 1 3 6 4 9 2 11 5 7 10 8
December 27, 1943 Brentford H W 1-2 3-2 Swinfen, Heathcote, Somerfield 4 1 11 3 4 6 7 9 2 5 10 8
January 1, 1944 Watford A D 0-0 2-2 Somerfield, Heathcote 4483 4 1 3 2 4 6 9 11 5 10 8 7
January 8, 1944 West Ham United H W 2-0 3-0 Heathcote 2, Little 11944 4 1 3 4 5 6 9 11 2 10 8 7
January 22, 1944 Reading H W 1-0 2-0 Heathcote 2 4500 3 3 4 5 6 9 11 2 7 10 8 1
January 29, 1944 Millwall A W 1-3 4-3 Heathcote, Lowes, Somerfield, Burley 5000 2 1 3 4 6 9 11 2 5 10 8 7
February 5, 1944 Aldershot A W 2-1 3-1 Sheen, Lowes, Burley 5000 2 1 3 5 6 9 11 2 10 8 7 4
February 12, 1944 Brighton H W 1-0 1-0 Sheen 7200 2 1 3 4 5 6 9 11 2 7 10 8
April 1, 1944 Southampton A D 2-2 De Lisle, Heathcote 4000
April 10, 1944 Portsmouth H D 2-1 1-1 Mangnall 2 3 4 5 8 9 11 2 6 10 1 7
April 22, 1944 Fulham H D 0-0 3-3 Heathcote, Mallett, Jones 4000 2 3 4 11 2 9 7 1 5 6 8 10
April 29, 1944 Arsenal H D 1-1 1-1 Jones 10000 2 1 6 3 9 11 2 8 5 7 10 4
May 6, 1944 Charlton Athletic H D 3-3 Heathcote, Lowes 2 6000 3 1 3 4 6 9 11 2 10 8 5 7

League Cup South (Group D)

Date Opponents Venue Outcome Half Time Score Full Time Score Scorers Attendance Position Brown, H. Abel Smith Ridyard Mallett Swinfen Heathcote Burley Rose Mangnall Mason Ramscar (G) Sibley Somerfield (G) Sheen (G) Roxburgh (G) Martin (G) Greenwood (G) Gillies Dean (G) Jones, E. (G)
February 19, 1944 Clapton Orient A W 5-0 5-2 Swinfen 2, Burley 2, Sibley 2000 3 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 2 1 8 10
February 26, 1944 Arsenal H D 0-1 1-1 Swinfen 15000 3 1 3 4 6 7 9 11 2 5 8 10
March 4, 1944 Luton Town A W 4-0 4-3 Heathcote 3, Ramscar 3000 2 3 6 9 11 2 8 7 10 1 4 5
March 11, 1944 Clapton Orient H W 6-0 Dean 2, Swinfen 3, Sheen 7000 2 3 4 6 9 11 2 8 10 1 5 7
March 18, 1944 Arsenal A W 4-1 Heathcote, Jones, Swinfen, Sheen 17367 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 2 5 10 1 7
March 25, 1944 Luton Town H W 5-0 Heathcote 3, Swinfen, Jones 6000 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 2 1 10 5 7

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Squad

Position Nationality Name London League Appearances London League Goals League Cup South (Group 1) Apps League Cup South (Group 1) Goals Total

Appearances

Total Goals
GK Harry Brown 24 2 26
GK George Duke 1 1
GK William Hughes 1 1
GK Bill Mason 2 1 3
GK Alec Roxburgh 2 3 5
DF Arthur Jefferson 12 12
DF Jack Rose 25 6 31
DF Bill Parry 1 1
DF Fred Alexander 1 1
MF Alf Ridyard 19 1 20
MF Joe Mallett 30 1 5 35 1
MF Les Blizzard 1 1
MF Albert Sibley 2 1 2 1 4 2
MF Albert Smith 25 6 31
MF Ron Gadsden 7 7
MF Alfred ‘Nobby’ Parkinson 2 2
MF Fred Ramscar 3 1 1 1 4 2
MF W Dean 1 2 1 2
MF Eric Jones 3 2 2 2 5 4
MF Emuil De Busser 3 1 3 1
MF De Lisle 1 1 1 1
MF F Evans 1 1
MF Matt Gillies 3 3 5
MF Ron Greenwood 1 1
MF James Griffiths 3 1 3 1
MF R Hutchinson 1 1
MF C Little 4 1 4 1
MF Arnold Lowes 9 5 9 5
MF J Martin 1 1
MF Arthur Shaw 1 1
FW Billy McEwan 4 2 4 2
FW Johnny Pattison 9 3 9 3
FW Reg Swinfen 13 5 5 8 18 13
FW Dave Mangnall 13 3 4 17 3
FW Samuel Abel 25 6 31
FW Ben Burley 23 4 6 2 29 6
FW William Heathcote 28 29 5 7 33 36
FW John Sheen 3 2 5 2 8 4
FW Sid Bacon 1 1
FW Len Dolding 1 1
FW Edgar Hardy 1 1
FW Jimmy McLuckie 2 2
FW Stan Pearson 4 1 4 1
FW Alf Somerfield 9 5 1 10 5
FW J Webb 5 5
FW Hadelin Yielleyoye 1 1

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Transfers In

Name Signed from Transfer fee Date signed
Viellevoye, Hadelin * * Belgian Army Sep 1, 1943
Jones, George * Sep 1, 1943
Griffiths, Joseph * Oct 27, 1943
Alexander, Fred * Dec 15, 1943
Gillies, Matt Bolton Loan Mar1944

Transfers Out

Name Signed from Transfer fee Date signed Transferred to Transf.fee Transf.date
March, Dicky Crawcrook Albion Dec 3, 1931 Retired (QPR catering manag.) 43
Lowe, Harry Watford June 19, 1935 Retired (Chelsea scout) 44

References

  1. ^ a b Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record (Complete Record Series) First Edition (1st ed.). London: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 9781873626405.
  2. ^ "historicalkits". Historicalkits.co.uk.
  3. ^ "barryhugmansfootballers". barryhugmansfootballers.

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  1. ^ "Seasonal Stats - Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
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