1922–23 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 1922-23 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 32nd season of existence and their 3rd season in the Football League Third Division. QPR finished 11th in the league, and were eliminated by Sheffield United in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. ^{[1] [2]}

Queens Park Rangers

1922–23 season
Chairman	J. H. Fielding
Manager	Ned Liddell
Stadium	Loftus Road
Third Division South	11th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Dick Parker 16 All: Dick Parker 20
Highest home attendance	20,000 (26/8/1922) Vs Watford
Lowest home attendance	4,000 (21/3/1923) Vs Reading
Average home league attendance	10,810
Biggest win	4-0 (25/12/1922) Vs Luton Town
Biggest defeat	0-3 (2/4/1923) Vs Swansea Town
Home colours Away colours
←  1921-22 1923–24  →

League standings

Main article: 1922–23 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
9	Swindon Town	42	17	11	14	62	56	1.107	45
10	Watford	42	17	10	15	57	54	1.056	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	54	49	1.102	42
12	Charlton Athletic	42	14	14	14	55	51	1.078	42
13	Bristol Rovers	42	13	16	13	35	36	0.972	42

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results

QPR scores given first

  Win  Draw  Loss

Third Division South

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	League Position	Hill	Marsden	Bain	Gregory, J.	Burnham	Leach	Edgley	Birch	Parker	Chandler	Gregory, C.	John	Vigrass	Davis	Watson	Grimsdell	Rance	Butler	Lane	Hart	Watts	Gardner
26/8/1922	H	Watford	L	0-2	1 - 2	Birch	20,000	17	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
28/8/1922	A	Norwich City	D	1-0	1 - 1	Davis	10,000	18	1	2	3	6			7	8		9	11	4	5	10
2/9/1922	A	Watford	W	2-0	3 - 0	Davis, Chandler 2	10,783	9	1	2	3	6			7	8		9	11	4	5	10
4/9/1922	H	Norwich City	W	0-0	2 - 0	Gregory, C., Birch	8,000	3	1	2	3	6			7	8		9	11	4	5	10
9/9/1922	H	Gillingham	W	2-1	2 - 1	Birch 2	9,000	4	1	2	3	6			7	8		9	11	4	5	10
11/9/1922	A	Brentford	W	1-1	3 - 1	Parker 2 (1 pen), Birch	15,000	2	1	3		6			7	8	9	10	11	4	5		2
16/9/1922	A	Gillingham	W	0-0	1 - 0	Birch (pen)	8,000	2	1			6			7	8	9	10	11	4	5		2	3
23/9/1922	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	D	0-0	0 - 0		12,000	2	1	2	3	6			7	8	9	10	11	4	5
30/9/1922	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	L	0-1	0 - 2		11,000	3	1	2	3	6			7	8	9		11	4		10			5
7/10/1922	H	Swindon Town	L	0-1	0 - 2		12,000	5	1		3	6				8		9	11	4		10		2	5	7
14/10/1922	A	Swindon Town	L	0-0	0 - 1		8,000	8	1		3	6				8	9		11	4		10	2		5	7
21/10/1922	H	Charlton Athletic	L	1-1	1 - 2	Birch	11,000	10	1	2	3	6			7	8	9	10	11	4					5
28/10/1922	A	Charlton Athletic	D	0-0	1 - 1	Birch	10,000	11	1	2	3		6		7	8		10	11	4		9			5
4/11/1922	A	Aberdare Athletic	D	0-0	0 - 0		7,000	10	1	2	3				7	8			11	4		9			5		6	10
11/11/1922	H	Aberdare Athletic	W	2-0	4 - 1	Hart, Davis 3	8,000	10	1	2	3				7	8			11	4		9			5		6	10
18/11/1922	A	Newport County	L	0-1	0 - 1		8,000	11	1	2	3				7	8			11	4	6	9			5			10
25/11/1922	H	Newport County	D	1-0	1 - 1	Hart	5,000	9	1	2	3				7	8			11	4	6	9			5			10
9/12/1922	H	Brentford	D	0-0	1 - 1	Marsden (pen)	19,000	10	1	2	3				7	8		6	11		5	9	4					10
16/12/1922	H	Bristol City	L	0-2	1 - 2	Marsden (pen)	12,000	11	1	2	3	6					9	10	11	4	5	8				7
23/12/1922	A	Bristol City	L	1-1	2 - 3	Davis 2	15,000	12	1	2	3	6					9	10	11		4	8			5	7
25/12/1922	H	Luton Town	W		4 - 0	Parker 2, Birch 2	16,000	10	1	2	3					8	9	10	11	4	6				5	7
26/12/1922	A	Luton Town	L	0-0	0 - 1		11,000	11	1		3	6			11	8		10			4	9			5	7	2
30/12/1922	H	Portsmouth	L	0-0	0 - 1		9,000	13	1	2	3	6			11	8	9	10			4				5	7
6/1/1923	A	Portsmouth	D	1-0	1 - 1	Parker	11,851	14	1	2	3	6			11	7	9	10		4	5	8
20/1/1923	H	Millwall	L	2-2	2 - 3	Parker, Davis	10,000	15	1	2	3	6			11	7	9	10		4	5	8
27/1/1923	A	Millwall	D	0-0	0 - 0		20,000	14	1		3	5	6		11		9	10		4		8	2			7
10/2/1923	A	Plymouth Argyle	L	0-2	0 - 2		11,000	16	1	2	3	6			11	7	9	10		4	5	8
17/2/1923	H	Bristol Rovers	W	3-1	3 - 1	Parker, Davis, Chandler	9,000	14	1	2	3	6				7	9	10		4	5	8				11
3/3/1923	H	Reading	W	0-0	1 - 0	Davis	10,000	14	1	2	3	6			11	7	9	10		4	5	8
15/3/1923	H	Plymouth Argyle	L	1-1	2 - 3	Birch, Parker	4,000	16	1	2	3	6			11	7	9	10		4	5	8
17/3/1923	A	Southend United	L	0-1	0 - 2		7,000	17	1			6				7		10	9	4	5	8	2			11	3
21/3/1923	A	Reading	D	0-0	0 - 0		4,000	16	1	2	3	6				7	9	10		4	5	8				11
24/3/1923	H	Southend United	W	0-0	1 - 0	Davis	8,000	14	1	2		6			11		9	10		4	5	8				7			3
26/3/1923	A	Bristol Rovers	W	2-0	3 - 1	Parker, Chandler, Davis	18,000	13	1	2		6			11		9	10		4	5	8				7			3
30/3/1923	H	Swansea Town	W	1-0	2 - 1	Davis, Chandler	15,000	11	1	2	3	6			11		9	10		4	5	8				7
31/3/1923	A	Merthyr Town	W	0-0	1 - 0	Parker	5,000	11	1	2	3	6					9	10	11	4	5	8				7
2/4/1923	A	Swansea Town	L	0-2	0 - 3		23,000	12	1	2		3			11		9	6	10	4	5	8				7
7/4/1923	H	Merthyr Town	D	1-0	1 - 1	Vigrass	8,000	11	1	2	3	6			11		9	4			5	8				7				10
14/4/1923	A	Exeter City	W	0-1	2 - 1	Parker 2	6,000	12	1		3	6			11		9	4			5	8	2			7				10
21/4/1923	H	Exeter City	W	0-0	2 - 0	Parker 2	6,000	11	1	2	3	6			11	10	9	4			5	8				7
28/4/1923	A	Northampton Town	L	0-1	2 - 4	Parker 2	7,000	11	1		3		6		11	8	9	4			5	10	2			7
5/5/1923	H	Northampton Town	W	3-1	3 - 2	Chandler, Williams (og), Edgley	9,000	11	1	2	3				11	8		9		4	5	10				7	6

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FA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Hill	Marsden	Bain	Gregory, J.	Edgley	Birch	Parker	Chandler	John	Vigrass	Davis
Sixth round qualifying	Saturday 16 December 1922			BYE
First Round	13 January 1923	H	Crystal Palace (Second Division)	W	1-0	1–0	Gregory, J.	18,030	1	2	3	6	11	7	9	10	4	5	8
Second Round	3 February 1923	A	Wigan Borough (Third Division North)	W	1-1	4-2	Parker 2, Chandler, Birch	23,454	1	2	3	6	7	8	9	11	4	5	10
Third Round	24 February 1923	H	South Shields (Second Division)	W	1-0	3–0	Parker 2, Gregory, J.	15,099	1	2	3	6	11	7	9	10	4	5	8
Fourth Round	10 March 1923	H	Sheffield United (First Division)	L	0-0	0–1		20,007	1	2	3	6	11	7	9	10	4	5	8

London Professional Charity Fund

Date

Venue

Opponent

Outcome

Half Time Score

Score

Scorers

Attendance

Hill

Grimsdell

Bain

John

Vigrass

Gregory, J.

Butler

Birch

Chandler

Davis

Gregory, C.

Oct 9 1922

A

Brentford

L

1-0

1-2

Vigrass

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

London Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Hill	Bain	John	Vigrass	Gregory, J.	Butler	Birch	Chandler	Davis	Gregory, C.	Watson	Parker	Marsden	Burnham	Edgley
LCC 1	16 Oct 1922	H	Charlton	D	2-0	2-2	Birch, Parker	3,000	1	3	4	5	6	7	8	10		11	2	9
LCC 1 Rep	30 Oct 1922	A	Charlton	L	1-0	1-2	Birch		1	3	4	5			8	10	9	11			2	6	7

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	Div 3 South Appearances	Div 3 South Goals	F A Cup Appearances	F A Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Len Hill	42		4		46
GK		Bill Field
GK		Herbert Lock
DF		Edward Watson	8				8
DF		Reg John	33		4		37
DF		Ben Marsden	34	2	4
DF		Ken Bain	36		4		40
DF		George Hart
DF		Fred Watts	2
DF		Ernie Grimsdell	2				2
MF		Charlie Rance	13				13
MF		Jimmy Leach	1				1
MF		Bill Hurst
MF		John Vigrass	33	1	4		37	1
MF		Shirley Abbott
MF		Albert Read
MF		Jack Burnham	4				4
MF		Jack Gregory	33		4	2	37	2
MF		Harry Lane	5				5
FW		Jimmy Birch	32	11	4	1	36	12
FW		Harry Hart	5	2
FW		Arthur Davis	35	13	4		39	13
FW		Ernie Butler	21				21
FW		Dick Parker	28	16	4	4	32	20
FW		Jimmy Keen
FW		Harry Dobinson
FW		George Benson
FW		William Goodman
FW		Alex Ramsay
FW		Harry Edgley	33	1	4		37	1
FW		Jack Bradshaw
FW		Arthur Chandler	36	6	4	1
FW		Bill Gardner	2				2
FW		Clarence Gregory	24	1			24	1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Ernie Butler	Ebbw Vale	July 3, 1922
Jimmy Leach	Aston Villa	July 3, 1922
Findlater, Arthur *	Botwell Mission	July 3,1922
Dick Parker	Wallsend	Aug 1, 1922
Thomas, David *		Aug 22, 1922
William Goodman	Northfleet U	Aug 25, 1922
Ashby, H *	Tooting Town	Aug1922
Hemming, Alec	Guildford U	Aug 22,1922
Wallace, John	Rotherham County	Sep 2, 1922
Charlie Rance	Derby	Sep 21, 1922
Ferrari, Fred *	Barking Town	Oct 20, 1922
Bill Field	Oxford City	Nov 22, 1922
Gates, Basil *	London Caledonians	Jan 26, 1923
Bill Gardner	Spennymoor U	Mar 26, 1923
Allison, Thomas	Washington Colliery	Apr 5, 1923
Bailey, Sid *	Grays Athletic	Apr 21,1922
Moiser, Gilbert *	Wombwell	May 8, 1923
Shirley Abbott	Portsmouth	May 21, 1923
Arthur Davis	Aston Villa	May 21,1922	Free
Jimmy Keen	Newcastle	May 24, 1923
George Hart	Bedlington United	May 25, 1923
Bill Hurst	Derby	June 8, 1923
Harry Dobinson	Burnley	June 15, 1923
Mason, John	South Shields	June 28, 1923
George Benson	Stalybridge Celtic	June 28, 1923
Mason, John	South Shields	June 28, 1923

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
Jack Bradshaw	Aberdare Athletic	June 18,1921		cs 22	Chatham	Free
Prentice, Robert	Arcadians (Rsa)	July 21,1921		cs 22
Baines, Alexander		Aug 6,1921		cs 22
Pusey, C *	Harlesden Town	Aug 24,1921		cs 22
Mallett, A E *	Brentford	Aug 24,1921		cs 22
Luck, Charles *	Southend Corinthians	Oct 7,1921		cs 22
Baxter, Harry *	R.A.F.	Nov 8,1921		cs 22
Maidment, Jimmy *	Robert Thompson's	Aug1921		cs 22	South Shields	Free
Gilbert, Bert *	Harlesden Town	Aug 24,1921		cs 22	Civil Service
Bailey, Sid *	Grays Athletic	Apr 21,1922		cs 22	Northfleet U	Free
Cadwell, Albert *	Nunhead	Mar 2,1922		cs 22	Nunhead
Toby, Charles *	Bostall Heath	Mar1921		cs 22	Bostall Heath
Bell, Charlie	Barrow	May 30,1921		cs 22	Retired (Reading coach) Free
Albert Read	Tufnell Park	May 30,1921		July 22	Reading	Free
Grant, George	Millwall	Jul 14,1920		Aug 22	Northfleet U	Free
Ashford, Herbert	Brentford	Aug 28,1920		Aug 22	Notts County	Free
Herbert Lock	Glasgow Rangers	July 29,1921	Free	Sep 22	Southampton	Free
Hemming, Alec	Guildford U	Aug 22,1922		Sep 22
Barnes, Edward *	Charlton	June 9,1922		Nov 22	St Albans City
Clarence Gregory	Sunderland	May 31, 1922	£150	May 23	Wellington Town	Free
Edward Watson	Sunderland	May 30, 1921		June 23	Rochdale
Arthur Chandler	Handley Page	Aug 16, 1920		June 23	Leicester	£2,000
Harry Lane	Charlton	June 17, 1922		cs 23
Charlie Rance	Derby	Sep 21, 1922		cs 23	Retired
Ferrari, Fred *	Barking Town	Oct 20, 1922		cs 23	Barking Town
Jimmy Leach	Aston Villa	July 3, 1922		cs 23	Retired
Wallace, John	Rotherham County	Sep 2, 1922		cs 23
Hawkins, Alfred *	Grays Athletic	June 9, 1922		cs 23
Thomas, David *		Aug 22, 1922		cs 23

References

1. Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers The Complete Record 1899-2009. Breedon Books Publishing Co Lt, 2009. ISBN   9781780914091.
2. 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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1. "Seasonal Stats - Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 2025-05-27.