1944–45 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 1944-45 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 54th season of existence and their 3rd and final season in the London League, part of the Wartime League. QPR finished 9th in the league campaign, and were eliminated in the group stage of the League Cup. ^[1]

Queens Park Rangers

1944–45 season
Chairman	Charles W Fielding
Manager	Dave Mangnall
Stadium	Loftus Road
London League	9th
League Cup (South) Group D	Group
Top goalscorer	League: All: William Heathcote 23
Highest home attendance	30,000 v Tottenham (24 February 1945)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 v Clapton Orient (5 February 1944)
Average home league attendance	8,702
Biggest win	7-1 v Luton Town (27 November 1943)
Biggest defeat	0-5 v West Ham United (10 March 1945)
Home colours Away colours
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League standings

London League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
8	Arsenal	30	14	3	13	77	67	31
9	Queen's Park Rangers	30	10	10	10	70	61	30
10	Watford	30	11	6	13	66	84	28

Results

League South

  Win  Draw  Loss

London League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Cruikshank (G)	Gillies	Abel	Gunner	Ferrier (G)	Mallett	Jones, E. (G)	Swinfen	Heathcote	Fitzgerald	Burley	Duke (G)	Rose	Smith, A.	Ridyard	Sibley	Brown, H.	Robinson (G)	Gregory	Dawes (G)	Bain (G)	Brook (G)	Shaw	Cheetham (G)	Attwell (G)	Stock	Daniels	Laidman (G)	Smith, E.	Dean (G)	Farrow	Farmer	Ludford (G)	Daragon	Lowes (G)	Chalkley (G)	Forsyth (G)	Alexander	Phillips (G)	Somerfield (G)	Jefferson	Nevins (G)	Henley (G)	Tennant (G)	Knight (G)	Taylor (G)	Addinall	King, P.	Dukes (G)
August 26, 1944	Crystal Palace	A	L	2-1	4-7	Heathcote 3, Fitzgerald	7000	12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
September 4, 1943	Southampton	H	L	1-3	4-5	Sibley, Fitzgerald, Heathcote, Jones	5000	16			3			6	7		9	10	11	1	2	4	5	8
September 11, 1943	Fulham	A	D	1-2	2-2	Fitzgerald 2	8000	15			3			6	7		9	10	11		2	4	5	8	1
September 18, 1943	West Ham United	H	L	0-1	0-1		8000	16			3			6			9	10	11	1	2	4	5	7		8
September 25, 1943	Arsenal	A	L	0-1	0-2		15336	18						6			9		11		2	4	5			7	1	3	8	10
October 2, 1943	Reading	A	D	0-1	1-1	Mallett	6510	15			3			6	7		9		11		2		5	8			1		4		10
October 9, 1943	Millwall	H	W	3-1	4-1	Bain, Ridyard, Sibley, Cheetham	6000	13		2	3			6	7				11			4	5	8			1		10			9
October 16, 1943	Clapton Orient	A	W	2-0	3-0	Mallett, Heathcote, Burley	3000	12		2	3			6	7		9		11				5	8			1	4	10
October 23, 1943	Brentford	A	L	1-1	1-3	Jones	16000	12		4	3			6	7		9		11		2		5	8			1						10
October 30, 1943	Brighton	H	W	2-0	4-0	Jones 2, Attwell, E smith	6000	12		4	3			6	7		9		11		2	8	5				1						10
November 6, 1943	Portsmouth	A	L	1-2	1-4	Burley	10000	13		2	3			6	7		9		11			8	5				1		4				10
November 13, 1943	Aldershot	A	D	0-0	1-1	Heathcote	3000	12		4				6			9				2		5				1	3						7	8	10	11
November 20, 1943	Charlton Athletic	A	W	0-0	2-1	Heathcote 2	6500	12		4				6			9				2		5	7			1	3					10		8			11
November 27, 1943	Luton Town	H	W	2-0	7-1	Abel, Heathcote 3, Mallett Daniels 2	5000	11		4	11			10			9				2		5	7			1	3							8				6
December 4, 1943	Crystal Palace	H	D	0-0	0-0		8661	11		4				10			9				2			7			1	3					6		8					5	11
December 11, 1943	Southampton	A	W	3-1	5-4	Heathcote, Mallett, Daniels 2, Abel	9300	10		4	11			10			9				2		5				1	3					6		8							7
December 18, 1943	Fulham	H	D	2-2	4-4	Heathcote 3, Darragan	10000	10						10			9				2		5	7			1	3			8		6		4							11
December 25, 1943	Tottenham Hotspur	H	D	0-0	0-0		13011	10		4				10			9		11		2		5	7			1	3					6		8
December 27, 1943	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L		2-4	Abel, Lowes	16958	10			11			10			9				2		5	7			1	3					6		8								4
January 1, 1944	West Ham United	A	L	1-2	2-4	Daniels, Shaw	9000	11			3			10			9						5	7	1						4		6		8							11		2
January 8, 1944	Arsenal	H	W	0-1	3-2	Heathcote 2, Sibley	10000	10			3			10			9				2		5	7			1						6		8							11			4
January 22, 1944	Reading	H	W	3-0	5-1	Sibley, Somerfield, Daniels, Mallett 2	6272	9			3			10							2			7			1					9			8										4	5	6	11
January 29, 1944	Millwall	A	D	1-2	3-3	Heathcote 2, Daniels	3000	9		4	3			10			9		11		2		5	7			1						6		8
February 5, 1944	Clapton Orient	H	D	1-0	3-3	Shaw 2, Mallett	2000	9		4	3			10			9	6	11		2		5				1				7				8
February 12, 1944	Brentford	H	D	0-0	1-1	Darragon	5000	9		4	3			8							2		5								10	7							6			11												1	9
April 1, 1944	Brighton	A	D	1-1	1-1	Shaw	4000	9		4	7			8			9				2		5					3			10				6							11												1
April 10, 1944	Portsmouth	H	W	0-0	1-0	Heathcote	5000	9		4	3			8			9				2		5		1						10				6		11					7
April 22, 1944	Aldershot	H	W	1-0	3-0	Addinall 2, Gillies	5000	8		4	3			6							2		5								10				8							11												1	9	7
April 29, 1944	Charlton Athletic	H	L	1-0	2-3	Addinall, Shaw	7000	8		4	3			6							2		5		1						10				8							11													9	7
May 6, 1944	Luton Town	A	L	0-2	1-2	Addinall	2500	9			3			6			9				2		5								7				8					4		11													10		1

League Cup South (Group D)

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Gillies	Abel	Mallett	Heathcote	Fitzgerald	Burley	Duke (G)	Rose	Smith, A.	Ridyard	Sibley	Brown, H.	Gregory	Daniels	Daragon	Lowes (G)	Forsyth (G)	Jefferson	Nevins (G)	Henley (G)	Tennant (G)	Knight (G)
February 3, 1945	Tottenham Hotspur	A	D	0-0	1-1	Heathcote	20,331	4	7	10	9	8			2		5			1				6	3	11
February 10, 1945	Aldershot	H	W	0-1	2-1	Daniels, Ridyard	7700		7	6	9	4	10		2		5		1		8				3	11
February 17, 1945	West Ham United	H	D	1-1	1-1	Heathcote	17000	4		10	9	7	11		2		5		1						3		6	8
February 24, 1945	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	0-0	1-0	Heathcote	30000	4	3	6	9	10			2		5	7	1		8	11
March 3, 1945	Aldershot	A	W		2-0	Gillies, OG	4000	4		6	9				2		5		1		8	11	7		3				10
March 10, 1945	West Ham United	A	L	0-2	0-5		20000	4	7	6	9	10	11		2		5		1		8				3

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Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	London League Appearances	London League Goals	League Cup South (Group D) Apps	League Cup South (Group D) Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Harry Brown	4		5		9
GK		George Duke	2				2
GK		Harry Dukes	1				1
GK		George Taylor	3				3
GK		Ernie Gregory	19		1		20
DF		Arthur Jefferson			5		5
DF		Fred Dawes	11				11
DF		Fred Laidman	1				1
DF		Alec Farmer	1				1
DF		R Gunner	1				1
DF		Jack Rose	25		6		31
DF		Alfred Chalkley	1				1
DF		Henry Ferrier	1				1
DF		Fred Alexander	1				1
DF		Jimmy Forsyth	2		1		3
MF		Alf Ridyard	27	1	6	1	33	2
MF		Joe Mallett	30	7	6		36	7
MF		Alec Stock	1				1
MF		Albert Sibley	17	4	1		18	5
MF		Les Henley			1		1
MF		Albert Smith	7				7
MF		Reg Attwell	12	1			12	1
MF		Fred Ramscar
MF		W Dean	1				1
MF		Eric Jones	9	4			9	4
MF		P King	2				2
MF		Matt Gillies	19	1	5	1	24	2
MF		Peter Robinson	2				2
MF		Albert Tennant			1		1
MF		Des Farrow	2				2
MF		W Phillips	1				1
MF		Arnold Lowes	1	1	1		2	1
MF		Arthur Shaw	10	5			10	5
FW		George Ludford	1				1
FW		E Smith	2	1			2	1
FW		Reg Swinfen	1				1
FW		Laurie Nevins			2		2
FW		Samuel Abel	24	3	4		28	3
FW		Ben Burley	13	2	4		17	2
FW		William Heathcote	23	20	6	3	29	23
FW		Tommy Cheetham	5	1			5	1
FW		Arnold Knight			1		1
FW		Alf Somerfield	1	1			1	1
FW		Harry Daniels	18	7	4	1	22	8
FW		Bert Addinall	5	4			5	4
FW		William Bain	5	1			5	1
FW		Harold Brook	1				1
FW		W Darragon	18	7	4		22	7
FW		Alfred Fitzgerald	5	4	5		10	4

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Transfers In

Name	Signed from	Transfer fee	Date signed
Bird, George *			Aug 26, 1944
Farrow, Des	Leicester		Aug 28, 1944
Smith, Eddie (Ginger) *	Junior		Sep 28, 1944
Daragon, William *			Dec 18, 1944
King, Peter *			Jan 22, 1945
Addinall, Albert			Mar 15, 1945

Transfers Out

Name	Signed from	Transfer fee	Date signed	Transferred to	Transf.fee	Transf.date
Mason, Bill	Fulham		July1933	Retired		44
McColgan, John	Plymouth		May 12, 1939			44
Bacon, Stan *			Oct 7, 1940	Hayes (via the Army)		44
Hammond, Albert *			Mar 30, 1940			44
Warburton, Arthur	Fulham		June 3, 1938	Rochdale		Apr 44
Viellevoye, Hadelin *	Belgian Army	-	Sep 1, 1943			Aug 44
King, Alan *	Acton Invicta		cs1942	Hayes (via the Army)		45
Gregory, Ernie	West Ham	Loan	Sep1944	West Ham		Feb 45

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.

^[1]

1. "Seasonal Stats - Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 2025-05-27.