1941–42 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1941–42 season
Chairman	Charles W Fielding
Manager	Ted Vizard
Stadium	Loftus Road
South Regional Championship	10th
Top goalscorer	League: All: Dave Mangnall 12
Highest home attendance	8,932 v Arsenal (28 February 1942)
Lowest home attendance	1,829 v Chelsea (17 January 1942)
Average home league attendance	4,795
Biggest win	5-0 v Watford (2 May 1942)
Biggest defeat	1-5 v Watford (1 November 1941)
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The 1941-42 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 51st season of existence and their second in the South Regional Championship, part of the Wartime League. QPR finished 10th in the league.

League standings

South Regional Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
9	Brentford	30	14	2	14	80	76	30
10	Queens Park Rangers	30	11	3	16	52	59	25
11	Fulham	30	10	4	16	79	99	24

Results

League South

  Win  Draw  Loss

League South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Mason	Swinfen	Abel	Lowe	Ridyard	Farmer	Mahon (G)	Armstrong	Davie (G)	Mallett	Pattison	March	Eastham (G)	Mangnall	Halford (G)	Jefferson	Paton (G)	Painter	Campbell	Kirkham (G)	Blizzard	Stock	Brown, H.	McEwan	McNickle (G)	Ling	Bonass	Dale (G)	Cottam	Harris (G)	Moore	Smith	Reay	Hatton	Heath	Sibley	Smale (G)
August 30th 1941	Brighton	A	W	2-1	5-2	Mahon,Davie 3, Pattison	3000	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
September 6th 1941	Brentford	H	L	1-3	3-4	Mallett, Halford, Mahon	8000	8	1	2	3	4	5		7			10		6	8	9	11
September 13th 1941	Crystal Palace	A	L	1-0	1-2	Halford	4500	11	1		2	4	5	3	7	10				6	8	9	11
September 20th 1941	Fulham	H	L	1-3	2-5	Eastham 2	5500	13	1		2		5	6				10		4	8	7	11	3	9
September 27th 1941	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	0-2	1-3	Mangnell	5955	13	1		2		5		11		9	10		4		7		3	8	6
October 4th 1941	Portsmouth	H	L	0-1	0-2		4000	14	1	2			5	6	11					4	10	9	7	3	8
October 11th 1941	Chelsea	H	W	0-1	2-1	Mahon, Mallett	6000	12	1		2		5	3	11			10		6	8	7					4	9
October 18th 1941	Charlton Athletic	A	D	0-0	0-0		5000	13	1		2		5					10		6	8	7	11	3			4	9
October 25th 1941	West Ham United	H	L	0-0	0-2		5300	13	1		2		5	3	11					6	8	7	10				4	9
November 1st 1941	Watford	H	L	0-2	1-5	Pattison	3000	14	1	2	3		5		7				11	6	8	10					4	9
November 8th 1941	Aldershot	A	L	0-1	1-4	Pattison	4000	16	1	2		8	5		7				11			10		3			4		6	9
November 15th 1941	Millwall	H	W	1-0	4-1	Stock 2, Mahon, Pattison	3500	14			2		5		10			4	11	3		7						8	6	9	1
November 22nd 1941	Arsenal	A	L	0-1	1-4	Pattison	7377	14			2		5		10				11	4		7		3				8	6	9	1
November 29th 1941	Clapton Orient	A	D	0-0	0-0		2000	13	1		2		5	4	10				11			8		3					6	9		7
December 6th 1941	Reading	A	D	0-1	2-2	Armstrong, Kirkham	4000	14	1		2	4	5			8			11					3				10	6	9		7
December 13th 1941	Brighton	H	W	3-0	3-0	Mangnell 2, Armstrong	3000	14		2			5	4	7	8			11			10							6		1		3	9
December 20th 1941	Brentford	A	L	0-2	3-4	Mangnell 2, Abel	3500	13	1		2		5	3				4	11		8	10						9	6						7
December 25th 1941	Crystal Palace	H	L	0-2	1-3	Harris	8500	14	1	2			5	4		8						10							6						11	3	7	9
December 27th 1941	Fulham	A	W	3-0	3-0	Moore, OG, Mangnall	3771	13	1	2		7	5	4				8				10				3			6						11				9
January 3rd 1942	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	1-0	1-0	Mallett	4500	12			2		5	4	11	9		8		3		10							6		1				7
January 10th 1942	Portsmouth	A	L	0-2	1-3	Mangnall	5000	13			2		5	4		9		8	11			10		3					6		1									7
January 17th 1942	Chelsea	H	L	0-2	1-3	Mangnall	1829	14					5	4		9		8	11			10		3					6		1									7	2
January 24th 1942	Charlton Athletic	A	L	1-3	1-3	Mangnall	2500	14					5	4		9		8	11			10		3					6		1									7	2
January 31st 1942	West Ham United	A	W	2-0	2-1	Armstrong, Farmer	5000	12				7	5	6		8		4		11		10		3				9			1										2
February 14th 1942	Aldershot	H	L	0-1	0-2		3086	13	1	7			5	6				4	11			9		3																8	2	10
February 21st 1942	Millwall	A	W	2-0	2-1	Hatton 2	1000	12	1				5	6				4	11			7		3																8	2	10	9
February 28th 1942	Arsenal	H	L	0-0	0-1		8932	12				2	5	6				4	11					3				9			1									8		10		7
March 7th 1942	Clapton Orient	H	W	0-1	2-1	Hatton, Mangnall	2000	12			3	2		5		4			11			8							6		1											10	9	7
March 14th 1942	Reading	H	W	3-0	4-0	Hatton 2, Mangnall 2	4000	10	1			4	5	6								8		3				9													2	10	11	7
May 2nd 1942	Watford	A	W	0-0	5-0	Heath 2, McEwan 2, Lowe	1721	10		2		7	5					4						3							1	8		10	11								9		6

London War Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Mason	Swinfen	Abel	Lowe	Ridyard	Farmer	Armstrong	Mallett	Pattison	March	Mangnall	Jefferson	Kirkham (G)	Brown, H.	McEwan	Bonass	Smith	Reay	Hatton	Heath	Sibley	Gunner	Edwards, E.	Delaney	Brown, B.	Gibbs-Kennet	Edwards, R.	Libby	Cheetham (G)
March 21st 1942	Millwall	A	D	1-1	2-2	Hatton 2	5000	1					6			11		8	3						2	10	9	7	4	5
March 28th 1942	Aldershot	A	W	1-0	2-0	Kirkham, Hatton	3000	1					6			11		8	3	9					2	10		7	4	5
April 4th 1942	Brentford	H	L	1-0	1-2	Kirkham	5000	1		2		5	6	8					3	9			11			10		7	4
April 6th 1942	Aldershot	H	L	0-2	1-2	Lowe		1		3	8	5	10				6						11						4		2	7	9
April 11th 1942	Brentford	A	L	0-0	0-1		7310		2	11			10		4		6				1			8			9	7						3	5
April 18th 1942	Millwall	H	W		2-0	Hatton 2	4500		2			5			4				3		1	8	11	6		10		7								9

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Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League South Appearances	League South Goals	London War Cup Apps	London War Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Bill Mason	19		4		23
GK		Harry Brown	11		2		13
DF		Arthur Jefferson	16		4		20
DF		Ted Reay	6	2	2		8	2
DF		E Edwards	1		2		3
DF		A Dale	1				1
DF		Louis Delaney			1		1
DF		R Edwards			1		1
DF		R Gunner			4		4
DF		J Libby			1		1
DF		Dicky March	13		2		15
DF		McNickle	1				1
MF		Alf Ridyard	29		3		32
MF		Joe Mallett	18	3	2		20	3
MF		Alec Farmer	20	1	5		25	1
MF		Richard Armstrong	10	3	1		11	3
MF		Campbell	5				5
MF		Jack Mahon	15	4			15	4
MF		George Eastham	9	2			9	2
MF		Les Blizzard	14				14
MF		Bertie Brown			1		1
MF		Alfred Cottam	1				1
MF		Edward Painter	3				3
MF		Tommy Paton	3				3
MF		Albert Sibley	3		5		8
MF		Albert Smith	6		2		8
FW		Billy McEwan	2	2	1		3	2
FW		Alec Stock	5	2			5	2
FW		Johnny Pattison	16	5			2
FW		Reg Swinfen	10		2		12
FW		Dave Mangnall	26	12	2		28	12
FW		Albert Bonass	5		3		8
FW		Samuel Abel	17	1	3		20	1
FW		Harry Lowe	11	1	1	1	12	2fm
FW		Jock Davie	2	3			2	3
FW		David Halford	6	2			6	2
FW		Leonard Ling	2				2
FW		Cyril Hatton	5	5	4	5	9	10
FW		John Kirkham	11	1	2	2	13	3
FW		Neil Harris	1	1			1	1
FW		John Moore	1	1			1	1
FW		Bill Heath	4	2	2		6	2
FW		Tommy Cheetham			1		1
FW		R Gibbs-Kennett			1		1
FW		Douglas Smale			2		2

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Transfers In

Name	Signed from	Transfer fee	Date signed
Blizzard, Les			July 1941
Painter, Edward	Swindon	Loan	Sep 1941
Campbell,			Oct 1941
Cottam, [Alfred *]	[Hull *]		Dec 1941
Moore, J[ohn *]	[Gateshead *]		Dec 1941
Heath, Bill *			Feb 1942
Hatton, Cyril	Notts County	Loan	Feb 1942
Sibley, Albert (Joe)	Southend	Loan	Mar 1942
Gunner, Ronald *	Metropolitan Police		Mar 1942
Brown, B[ertie *]	[Barrow *]		Apr 1942
Gibbs-Kennet, R *			Apr 1942
Delaney, Louis	Nunhead		Apr 1942
Edwards, R			Apr 1942
Fitzgerald, Alf	Hearts		Apr 30,1942

Transfers out

Name	Signed from	Transfer fee	Date signed	Transferred to	Transf.fee	Transf.date
McCarthy, Len	Portsmouth		June 1,1937	Retired *		1941
Bott, Wilf	Newcastle	£750	May 6,1936	Lancaster City		1941

References

1. 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.