Draft:1945–46 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
.1945–46 season
Manager	Dave Mangnal
Stadium	Loftus Road
Third Division South (North Region)	First Half First Second Half First
Second Half 1st	Semi Finalist
1945–46 FA Cup	Fifth round
Third Division South (North Region) Second Half Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: William Heathcote 18; All: Frank Neary 23
Highest home attendance	20080 Vs Crystal Palace (5 Jan 1946)
Lowest home attendance	5000 Vs Mansfield (2 Mar 1946)
Biggest win	6-0 Vs Clapton Orient (22 Apr 1946) , Notts County (3 Nov 1945)
Biggest defeat	1-3 Vs Brentford (9 Feb 1946)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1944–45 1946–47 →

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Season summary

Whilst the pre ww2 scheduling and Divisions had still not returned for the 1945-46 English Football Season the 44 clubs in the top two divisions of the 1938–39 season would play in the Football League North and Football League South without promotion and relegation from the previous peacetime season. Qpr excelled in both First half and second half of the league losing 6 games all season but Falling late on in both cup competions.

League standings

Third Division South (North Region)

First Half Season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	20	14	4	2	50	15	32
2	Norwich City	20	11	4	5	54	31	26
3	Port Vale	20	9	6	5	34	25	24

Third Division South (North Region)

Second Half Season (Cup Tournament)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	16	11	3	2	38	11	25	Qualified
2	Walsall	16	10	4	2	34	18	24	Qualified
3	Mansfield Town	16	8	4	4	24	15	20

Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

Third Division South (North Region)

First Half Season

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Score	Scorers	Attendance
25 Aug 1945	Southend	Away	W	2-1	Crack 2	8000
1 Sept 1945	Southend	Home	W	4-1	Mallett, Hatton 2, Neary	8360
5 Sept 1945	Clapton Orient	Away	W	2-0	Crack, Heathcote	4000
8 Sept 1945	Walsall	Home	W	4-0	Neary 3, Heathcote	8000
12 Sept 1945	Mansfield	Away	W	6-2	Neary 2, Mallett 2, Heathcote, Somerfield	7000
15 Sept 1945	Walsall	Away	D	1-1	Salmon	7000
19 Sept 1945	Clapton Orient	Home	W	3-0	Heathcote 2, Mallett	6485
22 Sept 1945	Port Vale	Away	D	0-0		8000
29 Sept 1945	Port Vale	Home	W	4-1	Mallett, Heathcote, Abel, Neary	13750
6 Oct 1945	Ipswich Town	Home	W	2-0	Heathcote, Mallett	18000
13 Oct 1945	Ipswich Town	Away	L	1-2	Mallett	16000
20 Oct 1945	Northampton	Away	W	2-0	Neary, Heathcote	9000
27 Oct 1945	Northampton	Home	W	4-1	Heathcote 3, Addinall	9000
3 Nov 1945	Notts County	Home	W	6-0	Neary 2, Heathcote 4	15000
10 Nov 1945	Notts County	Away	W	1-0	Heathcote	23186
1 Dec 1945	Watford	Away	W	2-0	Whitehead, Neary	11215
25 Dec 1945	Norwich City	Away	D	1-1	Ridyard	20082
26 Dec 1945	Norwich City	Home	L	1-2	Neary	19000
29 Dec 1945	Mansfield	Home	W	3-2	Ridyard, Heathcote 2	9965
1 Jan 1946	Watford	Home	D	1-1	Ridyard	6400

Third Division South (North Region)

Second Half Season

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	F – A	Scorers	Attendance
12 Jan 1946	Ipswich Town	Home	W	4-1	Stock 2, Heath, Mallett	12000
19 Jan 1946	Ipswich Town	Away	L	0-1		9508
2 Feb 1946	Bristol City	Away	L	0-2		10800
16 Feb 1946	Southend	Home	W	4-0	Mallett, Stock 2, Heath	7000
23 Feb 1946	Mansfield	Away	D	0-0		5000
2 Mar 1946	Mansfield	Home	W	3-0	Heath, Boxshall	5000
9 Mar 1946	Watford	Away	W	3-1	Pattison, Heath 2	8665
16 Mar 1946	Watford	Home	W	2-1	Heath, McEwan	8838
23 Mar 1946	Port Vale	Home	W	4-2	Heath 2, McEwan, Neary	10000
30 Mar 1946	Port Vale	Away	W	2-0	OG, Neary	10000
6 Apr 1946	Notts County	Home	W	3-1	Mallett, Neary, Chapman	15000
13 Apr 1946	Notts County	Away	W	3-0	Pattison 2, McEwan	9000
17 Apr 1946	Southend	Away	D	0-0
19 Apr 1946	Bristol City	Home	W	4-2	Hatton, Pattison, McEwan, Neary	17500
20 Apr 1946	Clapton Orient	Away	D	0-0		14000
22 Apr 1946	Clapton Orient	Home	W	6-0	Heathcote, Pattison 2, Neary 2, OG	17000

Third Division South (North Region)

Second Half Season (Cup Tournament)

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
27 Apr 1946	Semifinal First Leg	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-1	Heathcote	13000
1 May 1946	Semifinal Second Leg	AFC Bournemouth	Home	0-1 (Sudden Death)		15000

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
17 Nov 1945	First Round First leg	Barnet	Away	6-2	Heathcote, Mallett 2, Neary 3	6800
24 Nov 1945	First Round Second leg	Barnet	Home	2-1	Swinfen, Neary	11600
8 Dec 1945	Second round First leg	Ipswich Town	Home	4-0	Neary, Stock, Addinall 2	12000
15 Dec 1945	Second round Second leg	Ipswich Town	Away	2-0	Daniels, Addinall	12000
5 Jan 1946	Third round First leg	Crystal Palace	Home	0-0		20080
9 Jan 1946	Third round Second leg	Crystal Palace	Away	0-0		26400
16 Jan 1946	Third round Replay	Crystal Palace	Craven Cottage	1-0	Addinall	23000
26 Jan 1946	Fourth round First leg	Southampton	Away	1-0	Addinall	19000
30 Jan 1946	Fourth round Second leg	Southampton	Home	4-3	Addinall 3, Stock	16000
9 Feb 1946	Fifth round First leg	Brentford	Home	1-3	Pattison	19885
14 Feb 1946	Fifth round Second leg	Brentford	Away	0-0		20000

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Squad

Position	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	Cup Tournament Goals	F.A Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Reg Allen	19		27			46
GK	Harry Brown	1		2			3
DF	Jack Rose	20		24			44
DF	Arthur Jefferson	15		18			33
DF	Des Farrow	14		20			34
DF	Bill Heath	3		14	8		17	8
DF	Matt Gillies	2					2
DF	Frederick Alexander	1		1			2
DF	Ted Reay			8			8
MF	Les Blizzard	2		4			6
MF	Alf Ridyard	19	3	27			46	3
MF	Joe Mallett	19	7	29	3	2	48	12
MF	Harry Daniels	19		29		1	48	1
MF	Billy Whitehead	4	1	5			9	1
MF	Albert Smith	1		1			2
MF	Ron Webb	1					1
MF	Ivor Powell			6			6
MF	Reg Chapman			7	1		7	1
MF	Alf Parkinson			4			4
FW	William Heathcote	17	18	7	2	1	24	21
FW	Frank Neary	15	12	17	6	5	32	23
FW	Alf Somerfield	7	1				7	1
FW	Samuel Abel	6	1	1			7	1
FW	Alec Stock	5	4	14		2	19	6
FW	Bert Addinall	4	1	8	8		12	9
FW	Leon Salmon	4	1				4	1
FW	Johnny Pattison	3		21	6	1	24	7
FW	Fred Crack	3	3				3	3
FW	Cyril Hatton	2	2	3	1		5	3
FW	Reg Swinfen	2		6	1		8	1
FW	Danny Boxshall	1		2	1		3	1
FW	Billy Wrigglesworth	1					1
FW	George Jones	1					1
FW	Syd Peppitt	1					1
FW	Les Smith	1					1
FW	Dave Mangnall			1			1
FW	Billy McEwan			10	4		10	4
FW	Eddie Smith	1					1
	James Lennon	1		1			2
	Joe Johnston	1					1
	Albert Shaw	1					1
	Richard Hibbs	1					1
	David Hamilton	1		2			3
	Les Crompton	1					1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date
Alf Somerfield	Guest	July 1945
Frank Neary	Fulham	July 1945
Matt Gillies	Guest	July 1945
George Jones	Guest	July 1945
Fred Crack	Guest	July 1945
Leon Salmon	Guest	July 1945
Frederick Alexander	Guest	July 1945
Syd Peppitt	Guest	July 1945
Alec Stock	Guest	July 1945
Samuel Abel	Guest	July 1945
Ron Webb	Guest	July 1945
James Lennon	Guest	July 1945
Joe Johnston	Guest	July 1945
Albert Shaw	Guest	July 1945
Richard Hibbs	Guest	July 1945
David Hamilton	Guest	July 1945
Les Crompton	Guest	July 1945
Billy Wrigglesworth	Guest	July 1945
Leslie Smith	Guest	July 1945
Eddie Smith	Guest	July 1945
Bill Heath	I C juniors	September 1945
Danny Boxshall	Army	January 1946
Cyril Hatton	Notts County	April 1946
Stan Armitage	Charlton Athletic	June 1946
Reg Saphin	Walthamstow Avenue	June 1946

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Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee

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References

^ Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. London: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1873626405.
^ ^a ^b "barryhugmansfootballers". Barryhugmansfootballers.

[auto3-1] Macey, Gordon (1993). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. London: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1873626405.

[:0-2] "barryhugmansfootballers". Barryhugmansfootballers.

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