1945–46 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

.1945–46 season
Chairman	Charles W Fielding
Manager	Dave Mangnal
Stadium	Loftus Road
Third Division South (North Region) First Half Season	Champions
Third Division South (North Region) Second Half Season	Champions
FA Cup	Fifth round
Third Division South (North Region) Second Half Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: William Heathcote 18 All: Frank Neary 23
Highest home attendance	20,080 v Crystal Palace (5 January 1946)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 v Mansfield (2 March 1946)
Biggest win	6-0 v Clapton Orient (22 April 1946) v Notts County (3 Nov 1945)
Biggest defeat	1-3 v Brentford (9 February 1946)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1945-46 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 55th season of existence and their first back in the English Third Division, though the league was divided following the end of World War II. QPR won the division championship in the league campaign and won the Third Division second half cup, and were eliminated in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Season summary

Whilst the pre-WW2 scheduling and divisions had still not returned for the 1945-46 English Football Season, the 44 clubs in the top two divisions of the 1938–39 season would play in the Football League North and Football League South without promotion and relegation from the previous peacetime season. Queens Park Rangers excelled in both first half and second half of the league, losing 6 games all season but falling late on in both cup competitions. ^[1]

League standings

Main article: Football League North and South

First Half Season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	20	14	4	2	50	15	32
2	Norwich City	20	11	4	5	54	31	26
3	Port Vale	20	9	6	5	34	25	24

Second Half Season (Cup Tournament)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	16	11	3	2	38	11	25	Qualified
2	Walsall	16	10	4	2	34	18	24	Qualified
3	Mansfield Town	16	8	4	4	24	15	20

Results

QPR scores given first

  Win  Draw  Loss

First Half Season

Date	Opponents	Venue	Outcome	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Allen	Rose	Jefferson	Gillies	Ridyard	Mallett	Neary	Daniels	Heathcote	Somerfield (G)	Crack (G)	Hatton	Swinfen	Abel	Farrow	Daragon	Brown	Salmon (G)	Heath	Smith, L. (G)	Wrigglesworth (G)	Stock	Jones, G.	Alexander	Addinall	Whitehead	Pattison	Smith, A.	Blizzard	Lennon	Webb	Hamilton (G)	Smith, E.	Shaw	Boxshall	Hibbs	Compton (G)	Peppitt (G)	Johnston (G)
25 Aug 1945	Southend	Away	W	2-1	2-1	Crack 2	8000	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1 Sept 1945	Southend	Home	W	2-1	4-1	Mallett, Hatton 2, Neary	8360	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		11	10
5 Sept 1945	Clapton Orient	Away	W		2-0	Crack, Heathcote	4000	2	1	2			5	6	7	4	9	8	11	10	3
8 Sept 1945	Walsall	Home	W	1-0	4-0	Neary 3, Heathcote	8000	1	1	2			5	10	7	4	9	8				3	6	11
12 Sept 1945	Mansfield	Away	W	4-0	6-2	Neary 2, Mallett 2, Heathcote, Somerfield	7000	1		2			5	10	7	4	9	8				3	6		1	11
15 Sept 1945	Walsall	Away	D	1-1	1-1	Salmon	7000	1	1	2	3		5	8		4	9	7					6			10	11
19 Sept 1945	Clapton Orient	Home	W		3-0	Heathcote 2, Mallett	6485	1	1	2			5	8		4	9					3	6			10		7	11
22 Sept 1945	Port Vale	Away	D	0-0	0-0		8000	1	1	2	3		5	8	7	4	9						6			10	11
29 Sept 1945	Port Vale	Home	W	1-1	4-1	Mallett, Heathcote, Abel, Neary	13750	1	1	2	3		5	8	7	4	9	10				11	6
6 Oct 1945	Ipswich Town	Home	W	0-0	2-0	Heathcote, Mallett	18000	1	1	2	3		5	8	7	4	9	10				11	6
13 Oct 1945	Ipswich Town	Away	L	1-1	1-2	Mallett	16000	1	1	2			5	8		4	9	10				3	6							7	11
20 Oct 1945	Northampton	Away	W	2-0	2-0	Neary, Heathcote	9000	1	1	2	3			8	10	4	9						6									5	7	11
27 Oct 1945	Northampton	Home	W	3-0	4-1	Heathcote 3, Addinall	9000	1	1	2	3		5	8	7	4	9						6										10		11
3 Nov 1945	Notts County	Home	W	5-0	6-0	Neary 2, Heathcote 4	15000	1	1	2	3		5	8	7	4	9						6										10		11
10 Nov 1945	Notts County	Away	W	0-0	1-0	Heathcote	23186	1	1	2	3		5	8	7	4	9						6											11		10
1 Dec 1945	Watford	Away	W	1-0	2-0	Whitehead, Neary	11215	1	1	2	3		5	8	10	4	9						6							7				11
25 Dec 1945	Norwich City	Away	D		1-1	Ridyard	20082	1	1	2	3		5	8		4						11	6							10			9					7
26 Dec 1945	Norwich City	Home	L		1-2	Neary	19000	1	1	2	3		5	8	9	4						11	6							10								7
29 Dec 1945	Mansfield	Home	W	0-1	3-2	Ridyard, Heathcote 2	9965	1	1	2	3		5	8		4	9													10							11		6	7
1 Jan 1946	Watford	Home	D	0-1	1-1	Ridyard	6400	1	1	2	3		5																												4	6	7	8	9	10	11

Second Half Season

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Allen	Rose	Jefferson	Gillies	Ridyard	Mallett	Neary	Daniels	Heathcote	Hatton	Swinfen	Abel	Farrow	Brown	Salmon (G)	Heath	Stock	Jones, G.	Alexander	Addinall	Whitehead	Pattison	Smith, A.	Blizzard	Hamilton (G)	Boxshall	Chapman	Mangnall	Reay	Parkinson	McEwan	Powell
12 Jan 1946	Ipswich Town	Home	W	3-0	4-1	Stock 2, Heath, Mallett	12000	1	1	2				10		4					6			11	9		3					7	8		5
19 Jan 1946	Ipswich Town	Away	L	0-1	0-1		9508	4		2	3		5	8		4					6	1			9							7	10			11
2 Feb 1946	Bristol City	Away	L	0-1	0-2		10800	8	1	2	3		5	8		4	9				6				7				11		10
16 Feb 1946	Southend	Home	W	3-0	4-0	Mallett, Stock 2, Heath	7000	8	1		3		5	8		4			7					10	9					11					6		2
23 Feb 1946	Mansfield	Away	D	0-0	0-0		5000	8	1		3		5	8		4	9							10	7					11					6		2
2 Mar 1946	Mansfield	Home	W	1-0	3-0	Heath, Boxshall	5000	6	1		3		5	8		4					6			9						11				7			2	10
9 Mar 1946	Watford	Away	W	2-1	3-1	Pattison, Heath 2	8665	4	1		3		5	8		4					6			9						11				7			2	10
16 Mar 1946	Watford	Home	W	1-0	2-1	Heath, McEwan	8838	2	1	2	3		5	8		4					6			9						11								10	7
23 Mar 1946	Port Vale	Home	W	4-1	4-2	Heath 2, McEwan, Neary	10000	2	1	2			5	10	7	4					6			9						11							3		8
30 Mar 1946	Port Vale	Away	W	0-0	2-0	OG, Neary	10000	1	1	2			5	10	7	4					6			9						11							3		8
6 Apr 1946	Notts County	Home	W	0-1	3-1	Mallett, Neary, Chapman	15000	1	1	2			5	10	7	4								9						11					6		3		8
13 Apr 1946	Notts County	Away	W	2-0	3-0	Pattison 2, McEwan	9000	1	1	2			5	8	7	4		10						3						11									9	6
17 Apr 1946	Southend	Away	D	0-0	0-0			1	1	2			5	8	9	4		10	3		6									11									7
19 Apr 1946	Bristol City	Home	W	2-1	4-2	Hatton, Pattison, McEwan, Neary	17500	1	1	2			5	8	9	4		10	3											11									7	6
20 Apr 1946	Clapton Orient	Away	D	0-0	0-0		14000	1	1	2			5	8		4					6			10				9		11									7	3
22 Apr 1946	Clapton Orient	Home	W	3-0	6-0	Heathcote, Pattison 2, Neary 2, OG	17000	1	1	2				10	7	4	9				6									11					5				8	3

Second Half Season (Cup Tournament)

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Allen	Rose	Ridyard	Mallett	Neary	Daniels	Heathcote	Pattison	Chapman	Parkinson	McEwan	Powell
27 Apr 1946	Semifinal First Leg	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-0	1-1	Heathcote	13000	1	2	5	10	7	4	9	11	6		8	3
1 May 1946	Semifinal Second Leg	AFC Bournemouth	Home	0-0	0-1 (Sudden Death)		15000	1	2	5	8	7	4	9	11	6	10		3

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Allen	Rose	Jefferson	Ridyard	Mallett	Neary	Daniels	Heathcote	Swinfen	Abel	Farrow	Brown	Heath	Smith, L. (G)	Stock	Addinall	Whitehead	Pattison	Blizzard	Reay
17 Nov 1945	First Round First leg	Barnet	Away	4-0	6-2	Heathcote, Mallett 2, Neary 3	6800	1	2		5	8	7	4	9	3		6						11		10
24 Nov 1945	First Round Second leg	Barnet	Home	0-1	2-1	Swinfen, Neary	11600	1	2	3	5	8	7	4	9	10		6						11
8 Dec 1945	Second round First leg	Ipswich Town	Home	2-0	4-0	Neary, Stock, Addinall 2	12000	1	2	3	5	8	7	4				6				10	9	11
15 Dec 1945	Second round Second leg	Ipswich Town	Away	2-0	2-0	Daniels, Addinall	12000	1	2	3	5	8		4				6				10	9	11		7
5 Jan 1946	Third round First leg	Crystal Palace	Home	0-0	0-0		20080	1	2	3	5	8	7	4	9					6		10			11
9 Jan 1946	Third round Second leg	Crystal Palace	Away	0-0	0-0		26400	1	2	3	5	8	9	4						6		10		7	11
16 Jan 1946	Third round Replay	Crystal Palace	Craven Cottage	0-0	1-0	Addinall	23000		2	3	5	8		4				6	1			10	9		11	7
26 Jan 1946	Fourth round First leg	Southampton	Away	1-0	1-0	Addinall	19000	1	2	3	5	8	7	4				6				10	9	11
30 Jan 1946	Fourth round Second leg	Southampton	Home	4-1	4-3	Addinall 3, Stock	16000	1	2	3	5	8	7	4				6				10	9		11
9 Feb 1946	Fifth round First leg	Brentford	Home	1-2	1-3	Pattison	19885	1	2	3	5	8		4		7		6				10	9		11
14 Feb 1946	Fifth round Second leg	Brentford	Away	0-0	0-0		20000	1		3	5	8		4		7		6		10			9		11		2

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Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	Cup Tournament Goals	F.A Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Reg Allen	19		27			46
GK		Harry Brown	1		2			3
DF		Jack Rose	20		24			44
DF		Arthur Jefferson	15		18			33
DF		Des Farrow	14		20			34
DF		Bill Heath	3		14	8		17	8
DF		Matt Gillies	2					2
DF		Frederick Alexander	1		1			2
DF		Ted Reay			8			8
MF		Les Blizzard	2		4			6
MF		Alf Ridyard	19	3	27			46	3
MF		Joe Mallett	19	7	29	3	2	48	12
MF		Harry Daniels	19		29		1	48	1
MF		Billy Whitehead	4	1	5			9	1
MF		Albert Smith	1		1			2
MF		Ron Webb	1					1
MF		Ivor Powell			6			6
MF		Reg Chapman			7	1		7	1
MF		Alf Parkinson			4			4
FW		William Heathcote	17	18	7	2	1	24	21
FW		Frank Neary	15	12	17	6	5	32	23
FW		Alf Somerfield	7	1				7	1
FW		Samuel Abel	6	1	1			7	1
FW		Alec Stock	5	4	14		2	19	6
FW		Bert Addinall	4	1	8	8		12	9
FW		Leon Salmon	4	1				4	1
FW		Johnny Pattison	3		21	6	1	24	7
FW		Fred Crack	3	3				3	3
FW		Cyril Hatton	2	2	3	1		5	3
FW		Reg Swinfen	2		6	1		8	1
FW		Danny Boxshall	1		2	1		3	1
FW		Billy Wrigglesworth	1					1
FW		George Jones	1					1
FW		Syd Peppitt	1					1
FW		Les Smith	1					1
FW		Dave Mangnall			1			1
FW		Billy McEwan			10	4		10	4
FW		Eddie Smith	1					1
		James Lennon	1		1			2
		Joe Johnston	1					1
		Albert Shaw	1					1
		Richard Hibbs	1					1
		David Hamilton	1		2			3
		Les Crompton	1					1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Hatton, Cyril	Notts County	Aug1945	Loan
Levy, Len *
Hardy, Eric *
Hibbs, Richard *
Toulouse, Cyril *
Neary, Frank	Finchley
Lennon, James
Muchmore, Fred *
Danny Boxshall	Salem Athletic	Jan 1, 1946
Palmer, Wallace *		Jan 23, 1946
Birch, Jack *		Mar 2, 1946
Cyril Hatton	Notts County	Apr 9, 1946	£1,000
Stan Armitage	Charlton	June1946

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Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Morton, Geoff *		June 8, 1940		45	Chelmsford City
Gunner, Ronald *	Metropolitan Police	Mar1942		45	Metropolitan Police
Beadell, Ralph *		Sep 15, 1942		45
Sibley, Albert (Joe)	Southend	Mar1942	Loan	45	Southend	Loan
Burley, Ben	Darlington	Sep 21, 1942		45	Chelmsford City
Devine, John	Aberdeen	May 31, 1938	Free	cs 45
Francis, Edgar *	Hayes	July 12, 1939		cs 45	Southall
Bird, George *		Aug 26, 1944		cs 45	Hayes
Farmer, Alec	Yeovil & Petters U	Sep 2, 1933		cs 45	Retired (QPR Assistant Trainer)
Edwards, Ernest *		Oct 24, 1940		cs 45
Dumsday, John *		Apr 30, 1940		cs 45
DeBusser, Emiel *	Belgian Army	May 11, 1943		cs 45
Stevens, Ron	Luton	Apr 13, 1939		cs 45
Bentley, Denis *	Hounslow	Apr 15, 1939		cs 45
Mangnall, Dave	Millwall	May 16, 1939		cs 45	Retired (QPR manager)
Ling, Leonard *		Oct 15, 1940		cs 45
Webb, Jack *		Oct 15, 1940		cs 45
Griffiths, Joseph *		Oct 27, 1943		cs 45
King, Peter *		Jan 22, 1945		cs 45	Hayes
Dolding, Len *	Wealdstone	Mar 10, 1943		Jul 45	Chelsea
Gadsden, Ron *		Dec 3, 1942		Aug ? 45	Hayes
Hatton, Cyril	Notts County	Aug1945	Loan	Sep 45	Notts County	Loan
Gillies, Matt	Bolton	Mar1944	Loan	Sep 45	Bolton	Loan
Bonass, Albert	Chesterfield	May 26, 1939	£200	Oct 45	R.A.F., died in plane crash
Anderson, Fred *	Kensington Sports	Apr 4, 1940		Nov 45	Guildford City
Fitzgerald, Alf	Hearts	Apr 30, 1942		Nov 45	Aldershot
Moon, William *	Tufnell Park	May 11, 1945		Dec ? 45
Smith, Eddie (Ginger) *	Junior	Sep 28, 1944		46	Hayes
Shaw, Arthur *	Hounslow Town	cs1942		Jan 46	Hayes
Palmer, Wallace *		Jan 23, 1946		Mar ? 46
Stock, Alec	Charlton	Feb 25, 1938		Mar 46	Yeovil & Petters U (player/man.)
Brown, Harry		June 8, 1940		Apr 46	Notts County
Birch, Jack *		Mar 2, 1946		Apr ? 46
Len Levy *		Aug 21, 1945		June? 46	Guildford City
Sam Abel	Fulham	May 29, 1934	£400	June? 46	Retired
William Byrom	Burnley	May 18, 1939	Free	June 46	Rochdale
Kenith Wilson *		June 8, 1940		June? 46	Hayes ?
George Jones *		Sep 1, 1943		June? 46	Crystal P
William Daragon		Dec 18, 1944		June? 46
James Lennon		Sep 17, 1945		June? 46
Fred Alexander		Dec 15, 1943		June? 46	Dartford
Richard Hibbs *		Aug 23, 1945		June? 46

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References

1. Macey, Gordon (2009). Queens Park Rangers: A Complete Record. London: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. pp. 26, 348–349. ISBN   978-1-85983-714-6.
2. "barryhugmansfootballers". Barryhugmansfootballers.

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