1933–34 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 1933-34 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 43rd season of existence and their 14th season in the Football League Third Division. QPR finished 4th in the league, and were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup. The club moved back to Loftus Road from White City Stadium during the season due to financial difficulties.

Queens Park Rangers

1933–34 season
Chairman	Charles W Fielding
Manager	Mick O'Brien
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Third Division South	4th
Football League Third Division South Cup.	3rd Round
F A Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Blackman 24 All: Jack Blackman 31
Highest home attendance	19,347 Vs Leyton Orient (Mon 25 Dec 1933)
Lowest home attendance	3,050 Vs Brighton & Hove Albion (Thu 8 Mar 1934)
Average home league attendance	10,281
Biggest win	6-0 Vs Kettering Town. (Sat 25 Nov 1933)
Biggest defeat	0-5 Vs Reading (Sat 31 Mar 1934)
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League standings

Main article: 1933–34 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
2	Coventry City	42	21	12	9	100	54	1.852	54
3	Reading	42	21	12	9	82	50	1.640	54
4	Queens Park Rangers	42	24	6	12	70	51	1.373	54
5	Charlton Athletic	42	22	8	12	83	56	1.482	52
6	Luton Town	42	21	10	11	83	61	1.361	52

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Results

QPR scores given first

  Win  Draw  Loss

Third Division South

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Beecham	Barrie	Ashman	Rivers	Goodier	Blake	Emmerson	Eaton	Goddard	Devine	Clarke	March	Langford	Blackman	Allen	Russell	Brown	Mason	Farmer	Hammond	Jones
Sat 26 Aug 1933	H	Brighton and Hove Albion	W	2-0	2-0	Clarke 2	11,986	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Wed 30 Aug 1933	A	Swindon Town	L	1-0	1-3	Emmerson	9,342	12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sat 2 Sep 1933	A	Aldershot	L	0-2	1-3	Devine	6,020	15	1	2	3		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	4
Thu 7 Sep 1933	H	Swindon Town	W	1-0	1-0	Eaton	5,956	13	1	2	3		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	4
Sat 9 Sep 1933	H	Luton Town	W	1-0	2-1	Emmerson, Clarke	10,110	11	1	2	3		5	6	7	8	9		11	4	10
Sat 16 Sep 1933	A	Northampton Town	L	0-1	1-2	Devine	7,025	12	1	2	3		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	4
Sat 23 Sep 1933	H	Torquay United	W	0-0	2-0	Blackman, Emmerson	6,400	9	1	2	3		5	6	7	8		10	11	4		9
Sat 30 Sep 1933	A	Exeter City	D	1-0	1-1	Blackman	7,128	8	1	2	3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8
Sat 7 Oct 1933	A	Newport County	W	2-1	2-1	OG, Blackman	7,463	8	1	2	3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8
Sat 14 Oct 1933	H	Norwich City	W	3-1	5-2	Emmerson 2, Blackman 2, Clarke	8,573	2	1	2	3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8
Sat 21 Oct 1933	H	Cardiff City	W	1-0	4-0	Blake 2, Emmerson, Blackman	12,169	1	1	2	3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8
Sat 28 Oct 1933	A	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	L	2-2	2-3	Allen, Clarke	6,324	4	1		3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8	2
Sat 4 Nov 1933	H	Charlton Athletic	W	2-0	2-1	Blackman, Clarke	15,677	2	1	2	3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8
Sat 11 Nov 1933	A	Watford	D	0-0	0-0		14,299	5	1	2	3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8
Sat 18 Nov 1933	H	Reading	D	0-0	0-0		11,867	5	1	2	3		5	6	7			10	11	4		9	8
Sat 2 Dec 1933	H	Southend United	W	3-0	4-0	Brown, Devine, Emmerson, Blake	8,191	2	1	2	3		5	6	7			10		4		9	8		11
Sat 16 Dec 1933	H	Crystal Palace	W	1-0	2-1	Blackman, Blake	12,849	2	1	2	3		5	6	7	8		10		4		9			11
Sat 23 Dec 1933	A	Gillingham	W	1-1	4-1	Blackman 3, Eaton	6,979	2	1	2	3		5	6	7	8		10		4		9			11
Mon 25 Dec 1933	H	Leyton Orient	W		2-0	Blackman,Brown	19,347	2	1	2	3		5	6	7	8		10		4		9			11
Tue 26 Dec 1933	A	Leyton Orient	D		2-2	Blackman 2	6,274	2	1	2	3		5	6	7	8		10		4		9			11
Sat 30 Dec 1933	A	Brighton and Hove Albion	W	0-0	1-0	Blackman	6,579	1	1	2	3		5	6	7	8		10		4		9			11
Sat 6 Jan 1934	H	Aldershot	L	1-3	2-4	Devine, Blake	13,100	3	1	2	3		5	6	7	8		10		4		9			11
Thu 18 Jan 1934	A	Coventry City	W	0-0	1-0	Emmerson	9,703	2		2	3		5	6	7	8				4	10	9			11	1
Sat 20 Jan 1934	A	Luton Town	L	1-2	2-4	OG 2, Kingham 2	8,096	2		2	3		5	6	7	8				4	10	9			11	1
Wed 31 Jan 1934	H	Northampton Town	W	2-0	2-1	Brown 2	5,368	2		2	3		5	6	7			10		4		9	8		11	1
Sat 3 Feb 1934	A	Torquay United	D	0-0	1-1	Brown	3,153	3		2	3			6	7			10		4		9	8		11	1	5
Sat 10 Feb 1934	H	Exeter City	W	2-0	2-0	Emmerson, Blackman	12,380	2		2	3				7			10		4	6	9	8		11	1	5
Sat 17 Feb 1934	H	Newport County	W	0-1	2-1	Devine, Allen	7,278	2		2	3				7			10		4	6	9	8		11	1	5
Sat 24 Feb 1934	A	Norwich City	L	0-1	0-1		20,390	2		2	3		5		7			10		4	6	9	8		11	1
Sat 3 Mar 1934	A	Cardiff City	L	0-1	1-3	Brown	6,140	3		2	3		5	6	7			10		4		9	8		11	1
Sat 10 Mar 1934	H	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	W	0-0	1-0	Brown	7,149	2	1	2	3	6	5		7					4	10	9	8		11
Sat 17 Mar 1934	A	Charlton Athletic	W	1-0	2-1	Emmerson, Blackman	14,491	2	1	2	3			6	7			10		4		9	8		11		5
Sat 24 Mar 1934	H	Watford	D	0-0	0-0		8,205	2	1	2	3			6	7			10		4		9	8		11		5
Fri 30 Mar 1934	H	Bristol City	W	0-0	1-0	Blackman	12,912	2	1	2	3		5	6	7			10		4		9	8		11
Sat 31 Mar 1934	A	Reading	L	0-1	0-5		10,864	2	1	2	3		5	6	7			10		4		9	8		11
Mon 2 Apr 1934	A	Bristol City	W	2-0	2-0	Devine, Blackman	11,441	2	1	2	3			6	7			10		4		9	8		11		5
Sat 7 Apr 1934	H	Coventry City	L	0-0	0-1		9,562	3	1	2	3			6	7			10		4		9	8		11		5
Sat 14 Apr 1934	A	Southend United	W	1-0	2-0	Devine, Blackman	5,249	3	1	2	3			6				10		4		9	8		11		5	7
Wed 18 Apr 1934	A	Bristol Rovers	L	0-2	1-4	Hammond	4,875	4	1	2	3			6				10		4		9	8		11		5	7
Sat 21 Apr 1934	H	Bristol Rovers	W	0-0	1-0	March	6,248	3	1	2	3			6						4	10	9	8				5	7	11
Sat 28 Apr 1934	A	Crystal Palace	L	1-2	1-4	Blackman	7,777	4	1	2	3			6				8		4	10	9					5	7	11
Sat 5 May 1934	H	Gillingham	W	2-0	5-0	Blackman 3, Hammond, Devine	5,129	4	1	2	3			6				10		4		9	8				5	7	11

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F A Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Beecham	Barrie	Ashman	Rivers	Goodier	Blake	Emmerson	Eaton	Devine	Clarke	March	Blackman	Allen	Brown
FA Cup 1	Sat 25 Nov 1933	H	Kettering Town (Central Combination)	W	4-0	6-0	Blackman 2, Emmerson 2, Allen, Brown	10,000	1	2	3		5	6	7		10		4	9	8	11
FA Cup 2	Sat 9 Dec 1933	H	New Brighton AFC (Third Division North)	D	1-1	1-1	Blackman	12,000	1	2	3		5	6	7		10		4	9	8	11
FA Cup 2R	Wed 13 Dec 1933	A	New Brighton AFC (Third Division North)	W	3-0	4-0	Blackman 4	5,062	1	2	3		5	6	7	8	10		4	9		11
FA Cup 3	Sat 13 Jan 1934	A	Nottingham Forest (Second Division)	L	0-3	0-4		21,170	1	2	3		5	6	7	8	10		4	9		11

Division 3 South Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Barrie	Ashman	Rivers	Goodier	Blake	Emmerson	Eaton	Devine	Clarke	March	Langford	Allen	Russell	Brown	Mason	Farmer	Hammond
2	Wed 28 Feb 1934	H	Reading	W	1-0	2-0	Brown 2	3,070	2		4			7	8				6	10	3	11	1	5	9
3	Thu 8 Mar 1934	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	L	1-1	1-2	Hammond	3,050	2	3		5	6	7	8	10	11	4					1		9

London Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Mason	Russell	Hall	Bartlett	Farmer	Rivers	Goddard	Jones	Gofton	Langford	Clarke
1	December 9th 1933	H	Chelsea	L	0-1	1-2	Jones (pen)		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	Div 3 South Appearances	Div 3 South Goals	F A Cup Appearances	F A Cup Goals	Div 3 South Cup Appearances	Div 3 South Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Ernie Beecham	34		4				38
GK		Bill Mason	8				2		10
DF		Don Ashman	42		4		1		47
DF		Jimmy Allan	26	2	2	1	1		29	4
DF		Sidney Russell	1				1		2
DF		Wally Rivers	3				1		4
DF		Walter Barrie	41		4		2		47
DF		Ted Goodier	30		4				34
MF		Alec Farmer	12				1		13
MF		Joe Hammond	5	2			2	1	7	3
MF		Dicky March	40	1	4		1		45	1
MF		Albert Blake	38	5	4		1		43	5
MF		Walter Langford	9				1		10
MF		George Emmerson	37	10	4	2	2		43	12
MF		Frank Eaton	15	2	2		2		19	2
FW		Jack Blackman	36	24	4	7			40	31
FW		George Goddard	6				1		7
FW		Joe Devine	37	8	4		1		42	8
FW		Tommy Dutton
FW		Dick Brown	24	7	4	1	1	2	29	10
FW		George Clarke	15	6			1		16	5
FW		Charlie Jones	3						3

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Frank Eaton	Reading	July 1933
George Clarke	Crystal Palace	July 1933
Walter Rivers	Crystal Palace	May 22, 1933
Bill Mason	Fulham	July 1933
Albert Blake	Watford	Aug 1933	Free
Walter Langford	Leicester City	Aug 3,1933
Alec Farmer	Nottingham Forest	Sep 2, 1933
Terry McCarthy	Hanwell Town	Sep 9 1933
Bill Field	Hereford U	Oct 4 1933
Bill Ford	South Shields Corinthians	Dec 12, 1933
Ernest Scott		Dec 13 1933
Tommy Dutton	Leicester City	1934
Joe Hammond	London Paper Mill	Jan 13,1934
Watson, George	Shotton Colliery	Jan 24 1934

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
Gerry Keizer	Charlton	July 26 1932		1933	Ajax (Hol)
Dilling, A		1932		1933	Sutton United
Collins, Jimmy	Wimbledon	Oct 17 931		July 1933	Bradford C
Tom Nixon	Crawcrook Albion	1927		July 33	Crystal Palace
Jobson, Jack	Stockport	June 24 1932		July 1933	Gateshead
Hill, Joe	Barnsley	July 19 1932		July 1933	Stockport
Wiles, Harry	Sittingbourne	May 9 1929		July 1933	Walsall
Ferrari, Fred	Mansfield	Jan 1931		Sep 1933	Hillsborough Old Boys
Adlam, Leslie	Oldham	Nov 13 1931	£750	Dec 1933	Cardiff	Free
George Goddard	Redhill	1926		December 1933	Wolverhampton	£1,200
Leslie Adlam	Oldham Athletic	1931		December 1933	Cardiff City
Charlie Jones	North End	1932		1934
Ernest Scott		Dec 13 1933		Feb 1934
Hall, Ernie	Bedworth Town	May 6,1930		June 34	Chester
Eaton, Frank	Reading	July1933		June 34	Macclesfield

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.