1950–51 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1950–51 season
Chairman	Albert Hittinger
Manager	Dave Mangnall
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Second Division	16th
FA Cup	Third Round
London Challenge Cup	Quarter Finalist
Top goalscorer	League: Bert Addinall 17 All: Bert Addinall 18
Highest home attendance	21,696 v Manchester City (2 Sept 1950)
Lowest home attendance	11,095 v Leicester City (23 Dec 1950)
Biggest win	7–1 v Grimsby Town (30 Sept 1950)
Biggest defeat	0–7 v Barnsley (4 Nov 1950)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1950-51 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 60th season of existence and their 3rd in the Football League Second Division. QPR finished 16th in their league campaign, and were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup. During this campaign, eventual record appearance holder Tony Ingham was signed from Leeds United.

League standings

Main article: 1950–51 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
14	Leicester City	42	15	11	16	68	58	1.172	41
15	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	74	68	1.088	40
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	10	17	71	82	0.866	40
17	Notts County	42	13	13	16	61	60	1.017	39
18	Swansea Town	42	16	4	22	54	77	0.701	36

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

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Results

QPR scores given first

  Win  Draw  Loss

Second Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Position	Saphin	Powell, G.	Heath	Nelson	Woodward	Parkinson	Waugh	Hatton	Addinall	Mills	Shepherd	Farrow	Wardle	Nicholas	Chapman	Gullan	Stewart	Clayton	Duggan	Poppitt	McKay	Ingham	Cameron	Davies, E.	Muir	Smith
19 Aug 1950	Chesterfield	Home	1-0	1–1	C. Hatton	18381	12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
24 Aug 1950	Notts County	Home	1-0	1–0	C. Hatton	15962	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	10	9	8	11
31 Aug 1950	Notts County	Away	2-2	3–3	A. Addinall (2), G. Wardle	33631	14	1	2	3	4		5		10	9	8	11	6	7
2 Sept 1950	Manchester City	Home	0-1	1–2	C. Hatton	21696	15	1	2	3					10	9	8	11	6	7	4	5
6 Sept 1950	Bury	Away	0-1	1–0	A. Addinall	8888	16	1	2	3					10	9	8	11	6	7	4	5
9 Sept 1950	Coventry City	Away	0-0	0–3		22298	12		2	3					10	9	8		6	7	4	5	1	11
16 Sept 1950	Cardiff City	Home	0-2	3–2	C. Hatton (pen), B. Heath, G. Wardle	19236	15		2	3						9	8	11	6	7		5	1		4	10
23 Sept 1950	Birmingham City	Away	2-2	1–1	A. Addinall	26583	13		2	3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1
26 Sept 1950	Leicester City	Away	1-1	2–6	A. Addinall, E. Shepherd	28911	12			3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1				2
30 Sept 1950	Grimsby Town	Home	5-1	7–1	A. Addinall (2), C. Hatton (2), E. Shepherd (3)	16311	11			3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1				2
7 Oct 1950	West Ham United	Away	0-1	1–4	A. Addinall	26375	13			3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1				2
14 Oct 1950	Swansea City	Home	0-0	1–1	A. Addinall	19256	12			3	4				10	9	8	11	6			5	1			7	2
21 Oct 1950	Luton Town	Away	0-1	0–2		15692	15			3	4					9	10	11	6			5	1			7	2	8
28 Oct 1950	Leeds United	Home	2-0	3–0	E. Shepherd, C. Hatton (pen), Mills	15935	12			3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1				2
4 Nov 1950	Barnsley	Away	0-2	0–7		17927	15			3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1				2
11 Nov 1950	Sheffield United	Home	1-0	2–1	C. Hatton, G. Wardle	16299	14			3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1				2
18 Nov 1950	Hull City	Away	1-2	1–5	C. Hatton	33866	14			3	4				10	9	8	11	6	7		5	1				2
25 Nov 1950	Doncaster Rovers	Home	0-1	1–2	C. Hatton	16861	16			3	4				10	9	8	11	6			5	1				7		2
2 Dec 1950	Brentford	Away	0-2	1–2	A. Addinall	23121	17			3	4		8		10	9		11	6	7		5	1						2
9 Dec 1950	Blackburn Rovers	Home	1-1	3–1	A. Addinall (2), C. Hatton (pen)	13585	16				4	5	8	7	10	9		11	6				1				2		3
16 Dec 1950	Chesterfield	Away	1-2	1–3	A. Addinall	7421	16				4	5	8	7	10	9		11	6				1				2		3
23 Dec 1950	Leicester City	Home	1-0	3–0	A. Addinall, C. Hatton, E. Shepherd	11095	16				4	5	8	7	10	9		11	6				1				2		3
25 Dec 1950	Preston North End	Home	0-3	1–4	B. Waugh	16881	16					5	8	7	10	9		11	6		4		1				2		3
26 Dec 1950	Preston North End	Away	0-0	0–1		38993	16	1		3		5	8	7		9		11	6		4					10	2
13 Jan 1951	Coventry City	Home		3–1	A. Addinall, C. Hatton (pen), E. Shepherd	17380	16	1				5	4	7	10	9		11	6							8	2		3
20 Jan 1951	Cardiff City	Away	1-3	2–4	E. Shepherd (2)	21017	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	6							10	2		3	8
27 Jan 1951	Brentford	Home	0-1	1–1	E. Davies	26290	17	1				5	4	7		10		11							6	8	2		3		9
3 Feb 1951	Birmingham City	Home	1-0	2–0	D. Farrow (pen), E. Shepherd	12295	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6		2		3			8
17 Feb 1951	Grimsby Town	Away		2–2	D. Farrow, E. Shepherd	14005	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6	8	2		3
24 Feb 1951	West Ham United	Home	2-2	3–3	L. Clayton, D. Farrow, Duggan	21444	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6	8	2		3
3 Mar 1951	Swansea City	Away	0-0	0–1		18611	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6	8	2		3
10 Mar 1951	Luton Town	Home	0-0	1–1	E. Shepherd	13708	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6	8	2		3
17 Mar 1951	Leeds United	Away	0-1	2–2	E. Shepherd, C. Smith	18094	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6		2		3				8
23 Mar 1951	Southampton	Home	1-0	2–0	D. Farrow, C. Smith	19814	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6		2		3				8
24 Mar 1951	Barnsley	Home	0-0	2–1	B. Waugh, C. Smith	15868	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6		2		3				8
26 Mar 1951	Southampton	Away	0-1	2–2	A. Addinall (2)	20875	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6	8	2		3
31 Mar 1951	Sheffield United	Away	0-2	0–2		16035	17	1				5	4	7		9		11	10						6		2		3				8
4 Apr 1951	Manchester City	Away		2–5	C. Hatton, C. Smith	21573	17	1		3		5	4	7	10	9		11	6								2						8
7 Apr 1951	Hull City	Home	1-0	3–1	D. Farrow (2), C. Smith	14628	17					5	4	7	9			11	10				1		6		2		3				8
14 Apr 1951	Doncaster Rovers	Away	1-0	2–0	L. Clayton, C. Smith	16344	15					5	4	7	9			11	10				1		6		2		3				8
25 Apr 1951	Blackburn Rovers	Away		1–2	C. Hatton	9770	17					5	4	7	9			11	10				1		6		2		3				8
5 May 1951	Bury	Home	0-2	3–2	C. Hatton, E. Shepherd, C. Smith	11244	16					5	4	7	9			11	10				1		6		2		3				8

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	Saphin	Heath	Woodward	Parkinson	Waugh	Hatton	Addinall	Shepherd	Nicholas	Duggan	Poppitt
6 Jan 1951	Third Round	Millwall (Third Division South)	H	1-1	3–4	Parkinson (2), A. Addinall	25777	1	3	5	8	7	4	9	11	6	10	2

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London Challenge Cup

Date [3]	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 October 1950	First Round	Dulwich Hamlet	A	2–2
16 October 1950	First Round Replay	Dulwich Hamlet	H	2–1
23 October 1950	Quarter-Finals	Brentford	A	0–1

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	F..A.Cup Appearances	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK		Stan Gullan	22				22
GK		Reg Saphin	20		1		21
GK		Dave Underwood
DF		Des Farrow	39	6			39	6
DF		John Poppitt	33		1		34
DF		Tony Ingham	23				23
DF		Bill Heath	21	1	1		22	1
MF		Alf Parkinson	27		1	2	28	2
MF		Horace Woodward	25		1		26
MF		Dave Nelson	18				18
MF		Lew Clayton	16	2			16	2
MF		Reg Chapman	16				16
DF		George Powell	8				8
MF		Brian Nicholas	5		1		6
MF		Bobby Cameron	1				1
FW		Ernie Shepherd	41	14	1		42	14
FW		Bert Addinall	38	17	1	1	39	18
FW		Cyril Hatton	27	16	1		28	16
FW		Billy Waugh	25	2	1		26	2
FW		Don Mills	18	1			18	1
FW		George Wardle	14	3			14	3
FW		Ted Duggan	12	1	1		13	1
FW		Conway Smith	9	7			9	7
FW		George Stewart	1				1
FW		Billy Muir	1				1
FW		Johnny McKay	1				1
FW		Eddie Davies	1	1			1	1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Pat Woods	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 1950
Billy Waugh	Luton	July1950	£6,000
Ernie Shepherd	Hull	July1950
Lew Clayton	Barnsley	Aug 15, 1950	£3,000
John Poppitt	Derby County	Sep 6, 1950
George Hitch		Dec1950
Mike Powell	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	Jan 23, 1951
Glyn Davies		Mar1951
Conway Smith	Huddersfield Town	Mar 16, 1951
William Hill	Uxbridge Town	April 1951
Tony Richardson	Slough Sports Club	April 1951

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Stan Hudson	West Ham United	September 1948		July 1950	Retired
Reg Dudley	Millwall	Dec1946		July 1950	Watford	£200
David Aitchison	Erith Technical Institute	Sep 26, 1949		July 1950	Ramsgate
Tommy Best	Cardiff City	December 1949		July 1950	Hereford United
Albert Smith	Shirley Jnrs	May 24, 1939		August 1950	Ashford Town
Frank Neary	Leyton Orient	October 1949	£7,000	August 1950	Millwall	£6,000
Charlie (Midge) Hill	Torquay	Mar 16, 1949		September 1950	Swindon
Stan Hudson		Sep 25, 1948		Sep? 50	Retired (illness, d. June 51)
Charlie Hill	Torquay United	March 1949		September 1950	Swindon Town
Don Mills	Maltby Main	Aug 17, 1946		February 1951	Cardiff City	£12,500

References

1. 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.
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.
3. "nonleaguematters". Non league Matters. 14 February 2022.

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