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1943–44 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

{{Short description|The 1943–44 season was the 4th year of wartime football affected for Queens Park Rangers.[1]}}

The 1943–44 season was the 5th year of wartime football affected for Queens Park Rangers.{{Infobox football club season

| club = Queens Park Rangers

| season = 1943–44

| chairman =

| manager = Ted Vizard / Dave Mangnall (after 29 April 1944)

| league = London League

| league result = Finished 3rd -Highest in-season position 1st (October 16th 1943 to October 23rd 1943 & October 30th 1943)

| season topscorer = William Heathcote 36

| pattern_la1 = _thinbluehoops

| pattern_b1 = _thinbluehoops

| pattern_ra1 = _thinbluehoops

| pattern_sh1 =

| pattern_so1 = _bluehorizontal

| leftarm1 =

| body1 =

| rightarm1 =

| shorts1 =

| socks1 = 000000

| pattern_la2 =

| pattern_b2 = _collarwhite

| pattern_ra2 =

| pattern_sh2 =

| pattern_so2 =

| leftarm2 = FF0000

| body2 = FF0000

| rightarm2 = FF0000

| shorts2 =

| socks2 = 000000

| prevseason = 1942–43

| nextseason = 1944–45

| highest attendance = 15000 February 26th 1944 Vs Arsenal

| lowest attendance = 4000 December 11th 1943 Vs Clapton Orient, April 22nd 1944 Vs Fulham

| stadium = Loftus Road

| largest loss = 2–11 November 27th 1943 Vs Chelsea

| largest win = 7–0 October 30th 1943 Vs Southampton

| cup2 = League Cup (South) Group D

| cup2 result = Group

| cup3 =

| cup3 result =

| average attendance = 7,419

}}

League standings

= London League =

class="wikitable"

!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

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

= London League =

class="wikitable"

! Date

OpponentsVenueOutcome

!Half Time Score

Full Time ScoreScorersAttendance

!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)

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|August 28, 1943

|Chelsea

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|W

|0-1

|3-1

|Heathcote 2, De Busser

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|September 4, 1943

|Tottenham Hotspur

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|W

|0-0

|1-0

|Heathcote

|10700

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|September 11, 1943

|Clapton Orient

|A

|W

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|3-2

|Heathcote 2, Swinfen

|3000

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|September 18, 1943

|Watford

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|1-

|3-1

|Heathcote 2, Pattison

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|September 25, 1943

|Portsmouth

|A

|D

|0-1

|1-1

|McEwan

|10000

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|October 2, 1943

|Reading

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|D

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|0-0

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|9000

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|October 9, 1943

|Millwall

|H

|W

|0-0

|2-0

|Mangnall, Burley

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|October 16, 1943

|Aldershot

|H

|D

|1-1

|2-2

|Mangnall, Heathcote

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bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

|October 23, 1943

|Brighton

|A

|L

|0-2

|1-3

|Heathcote

|3500

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|October 30, 1943

|Southampton

|H

|W

|2-0

|7-0

|Heathcote 3, Pattison 2, McEwan, Griffiths

|7060

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|November 6, 1943

|West Ham United

|A

|D

|1-0

|1-1

|Heathcote

|16100

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bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

|November 13, 1943

|Arsenal

|A

|L

|0-2

|0-5

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bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

|November 20, 1943

|Charlton Athletic

|A

|L

|0-1

|0-1

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bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

|November 27, 1943

|Chelsea

|H

|L

|1-6

|2-11

|Swinfen, Pearson

|6000

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|December 4, 1943

|Tottenham Hotspur

|A

|D

|1-1

|2-2

|Heathcote 2

|12485

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|December 11, 1943

|Clapton Orient

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|W

|3-0

|6-2

|Swinfen 2, Burley, Heathcote 2, OG

|4000

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|December 18, 1943

|Fulham

|A

|D

|2-1

|2-2

|Sibley, Ramscar

|6000

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|December 25, 1943

|Brentford

|A

|W

|2-0

|5-2

|Somerfield 2, Heathcote 2, Lowes

|11200

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|December 27, 1943

|Brentford

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|1-2

|3-2

|Swinfen, Heathcote, Somerfield

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|January 1, 1944

|Watford

|A

|D

|0-0

|2-2

|Somerfield, Heathcote

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|January 8, 1944

|West Ham United

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|2-0

|3-0

|Heathcote 2, Little

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|January 22, 1944

|Reading

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|W

|1-0

|2-0

|Heathcote 2

|4500

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|January 29, 1944

|Millwall

|A

|W

|1-3

|4-3

|Heathcote, Lowes, Somerfield, Burley

|5000

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|February 5, 1944

|Aldershot

|A

|W

|2-1

|3-1

|Sheen, Lowes, Burley

|5000

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|February 12, 1944

|Brighton

|H

|W

|1-0

|1-0

|Sheen

|7200

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|April 1, 1944

|Southampton

|A

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|April 10, 1944

|Portsmouth

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|2-1

|1-1

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|April 22, 1944

|Fulham

|H

|D

|0-0

|3-3

|Heathcote, Mallett, Jones

|4000

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|April 29, 1944

|Arsenal

|H

|D

|1-1

|1-1

|Jones

|10000

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|May 6, 1944

|Charlton Athletic

|H

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|3-3

|Heathcote, Lowes 2

|6000

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= League Cup South (Group D) =

class="wikitable"

!Date

OpponentsVenueOutcome

!Half Time Score

Full Time ScoreScorersAttendance

!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)

bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|February 19, 1944

Clapton OrientAW

|5-0

5-2Swinfen 2, Burley 2, Sibley2000

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bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

|February 26, 1944

ArsenalHD

|0-1

1-1Swinfen15000

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|March 4, 1944

Luton TownAW

|4-0

4-3Heathcote 3, Ramscar3000

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|March 11, 1944

Clapton OrientHW

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6-0Dean 2, Swinfen 3, Sheen7000

|2

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bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|March 18, 1944

ArsenalAW

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4-1Heathcote, Jones, Swinfen, Sheen17367

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|10

|1

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|7

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|March 25, 1944

Luton TownHW

|

5-0Heathcote 3, Swinfen, Jones6000

|2

|

|3

|4

|

|6

|8

|9

|11

|2

|

|1

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|

|

|10

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|

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|5

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|7

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Squad

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! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Name

!London League Appearances

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!League Cup South (Group 1) Apps

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! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Total

Appearances

! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" |Total Goals

GK

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Harry Brown

|24

|

|2

|

|26

|

GK

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|George Duke

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

GK

|{{flagicon|WAL}}

|William Hughes

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

GK

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Bill Mason

|2

|

|1

|

|3

|

GK

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Alec Roxburgh

|2

|

|3

|

|5

|

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Arthur Jefferson

|12

|

|

|

|12

|

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Jack Rose

|25

|

|6

|

|31

|

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Bill Parry

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Fred Alexander

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Alf Ridyard

|19

|

|1

|

|20

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Joe Mallett

|30

|1

|5

|

|35

|1

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Les Blizzard

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Albert Sibley

|2

|1

|2

|1

|4

|2

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Albert Smith

|25

|

|6

|

|31

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Ron Gadsden

|7

|

|

|

|7

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Alfred ‘Nobby’ Parkinson

|2

|

|

|

|2

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Fred Ramscar

|3

|1

|1

|1

|4

|2

MF

|

|W Dean

|

|

|1

|2

|1

|2

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Eric Jones

|3

|2

|2

|2

|5

|4

MF

|{{flagicon|BEL}}

|Emuil De Busser

|3

|1

|

|

|3

|1

MF

|

|De Lisle

|1

|1

|

|

|1

|1

MF

|

|F Evans

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

MF

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|Matt Gillies

|3

|

|3

|

|5

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Ron Greenwood

|

|

|1

|

|1

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|James Griffiths

|3

|1

|

|

|3

|1

MF

|

|R Hutchinson

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

MF

|

|C Little

|4

|1

|

|

|4

|1

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Arnold Lowes

|9

|5

|

|

|9

|5

MF

|

|J Martin

|

|

|1

|

|1

|

MF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Arthur Shaw

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|Billy McEwan

|4

|2

|

|

|4

|2

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|Johnny Pattison

|9

|3

|

|

|9

|3

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Reg Swinfen

|13

|5

|5

|8

|18

|13

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Dave Mangnall

|13

|3

|

|4

|17

|3

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Samuel Abel

|25

|

|6

|

|31

|

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Ben Burley

|23

|4

|6

|2

|29

|6

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|William Heathcote

|28

|29

|5

|7

|33

|36

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|John Sheen

|3

|2

|5

|2

|8

|4

FW

|

|Sid Bacon

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Len Dolding

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

FW

|

|Edgar Hardy

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|Jimmy McLuckie

|2

|

|

|

|2

|

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Stan Pearson

|4

|1

|

|

|4

|1

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Alf Somerfield

|9

|5

|1

|10

|5

|

FW

|

|J Webb

|5

|

|

|

|5

|

FW

|{{flagicon|BEL}}

|Hadelin Yielleyoye

|1

|

|

|

|1

|

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Transfers In

class="wikitable"

|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

class="wikitable"

|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

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{{Queens Park Rangers F.C. seasons}}

{{1943–44 in English football}}

Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. seasons

Queens Park Rangers