1943–44 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1943–44 season
Chairman	Charles W Fielding
Manager	Ted Vizard / Dave Mangnall (after 29 April 1944)
Stadium	Loftus Road
London League	3rd
League Cup (South) Group D	Group
Top goalscorer	League: All: William Heathcote 36
Highest home attendance	15,000 v Arsenal (26 February 1944)
Lowest home attendance	4,000 v Clapton Orient (11 December 1943) v Fulham (22 April 1944)
Average home league attendance	7,419
Biggest win	7–0 v Southampton (30 October 1943)
Biggest defeat	2–11 v Chelsea (27 November 1943)
Home colours Away colours
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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. 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.