# 1954–55 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1954–55 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in fifteenth place.
QPR lost to amateur club Walthamstow Avenue after two replays in the first round of the F.A. Cup

## League standings

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 13 | Northampton Town | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 73 | 81 | 0.901 | 46 |
| 14 | Aldershot | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 75 | 71 | 1.056 | 45 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 44 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 78 | 0.897 | 42 |
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 57 | 65 | 0.877 | 42 |

## Results

QPR scores given first
Win  Draw  Loss

### Third Division South

| Date | Opponent | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 21 August 1954 | Watford | H | 2–1 | Cameron, Clark | 19686 |
| 24 August 1954 | Southend United | A | 2–2 | Cameron, Smith | 8505 |
| 28 August 1954 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | H | 2–2 | Smith 2 | 13665 |
| 30 August 1954 | Southend United | H | 1–1 | Shepherd | 11894 |
| 4 September 1954 | Brentford | A | 1–1 | Smith | 18756 |
| 7 September 1954 | Aldershot | H | 5–0 | Fidler 2, Smith 2 (2 pens), Petchey | 11045 |
| 11 September 1954 | Newport County | H | 2–0 | Shepherd, Rutter | 13188 |
| 15 September 1954 | Aldershot | A | 0–2 | | 5169 |
| 18 September 1954 | Exeter City | A | 1–2 | Cameron | 8911 |
| 22 September 1954 | Swindon | A | 0–2 | | 6423 |
| 25 September 1954 | Colchester United | H | 4–1 | Pounder, Clark, Cameron, Elder (og) | 11926 |
| 27 September 1954 | Swindon | H | 3–1 | Smith 2 (1 pen), Pounder | 8241 |
| 2 October 1954 | Norwich City | A | 1–1 | Smith | 20353 |
| 9 October 1954 | Southampton | H | 2–2 | Smith, Wilkins (og) | 16899 |
| 14 October 1954 | Millwall | A | 1–0 | Clark | 21062 |
| 23 October 1954 | Orient | H | 2–0 | Smith, Clark | 22114 |
| 30 October 1954 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–4 | Shepherd | 14825 |
| 6 November 1954 | Reading | H | 2–3 | Shepherd, Smith | 13399 |
| 13 November 1954 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–1 | | 7372 |
| 27 November 1954 | Bristol City | A | 1–1 | Tomkys | 17657 |
| 4 December 1954 | Torquay | H | 4–2 | Smith 2 (1 pen), Cameron 2 | 8339 |
| 18 December 1954 | Watford | A | 1–1 | Cameron | 11427 |
| 25 December 1954 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | Clark | 8718 |
| 26 December 1954 | Northampton Town | A | 3–1 | Angell, Clark 2 | 12623 |
| 1 January 1955 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | H | 1–1 | Angell | 9031 |
| 15 January 1955 | Brentford | H | 1–1 | Clark | 9835 |
| 22 January 1955 | Newport County | A | 0–4 | | 5457 |
| 29 January 1955 | Coventry City | A | 3–2 | Smith (pen), Cameron, Kerrins | 12523 |
| 5 February 1955 | Exeter City | H | 1–2 | Smith | 9626 |
| 12 February 1955 | Colchester United | A | 0–1 | | 4903 |
| 19 February 1955 | Norwich City | H | 2–1 | Angell, Cameron | 6530 |
| 26 February 1955 | Southampton | A | 2–2 | Clark, Shepherd | 12396 |
| 5 March 1955 | Millwall | H | 1–2 | Shepherd | 12036 |
| 12 March 1955 | Orient | A | 0–3 | | 17513 |
| 19 March 1955 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 3–2 | Clark 2, Shepherd | 9191 |
| 26 March 1955 | Reading | A | 1–3 | Kerrins | 6066 |
| 2 April 1955 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 2–0 | Clark, Cameron | 6461 |
| 8 April 1955 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–2 | Clark | 17238 |
| 9 April 1955 | Walsall | A | 1–4 | Smith | 13018 |
| 11 April 1955 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–0 | Clark | 8974 |
| 16 April 1955 | Bristol City | H | 1–1 | Shepherd (pen) | 12498 |
| 20 April 1955 | Gillingham | A | 1–3 | Pounder | 9528 |
| 23 April 1955 | Torquay | A | 2–3 | Longbottom, Cameron | 6146 |
| 25 April 1955 | Walsall | A | 1–1 | Cameron | 6523 |
| 30 April 1955 | Gillingham | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 9104 |
| 2 May 1955 | Coventry City | A | 1–5 | Clark | 7381 |

### London Challenge Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 4 October 1954 | First Round | Fulham | A | 1–2 | | |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 20 November 1954 | First Round | Walthamstow Avenue | H | 2–2 | Fidler, Smith | 16299 |
| 23 November 1954 | First Round Replay | Walthamstow Avenue | A | 2–2 | Fidler, Tomkys | 10500 |
| 29 November 1954 | First Round Second Replay | Walthamstow Avenue | * Highbury | 0–4 | | 11939 |

## Squad

| Position | Name | League Appearances | League Goals | F..A.Cup Appearances | F.A.Cup Goals | Total Appearances | Total Goals |
| GK | Harry Brown | 39 | | 2 | | 41 | |
| GK | Stan Gullan | 6 | | | | 6 | |
| GK | Alan Silver | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| DF | Tony Ingham | 38 | | 3 | | 41 | |
| DF | Keith Rutter | 32 | 1 | | | 32 | 1 |
| DF | Pat Woods | 32 | | 3 | | 35 | |
| MF | Pat Kerrins | 15 | 2 | 1 | | 16 | 2 |
| MF | Peter Angell | 41 | 3 | 3 | | 44 | 3 |
| MF | Bobby Cameron | 44 | 13 | 3 | | 47 | 13 |
| MF | George Petchey | 17 | 1 | 2 | | 19 | 1 |
| MF | Brian Nicholas | 39 | | 1 | | 40 | |
| MF | Mike Powell | 36 | | 3 | | 39 | |
| FW | Conway Smith | 33 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 18 |
| FW | Arthur Longbottom | 11 | 1 | | | 11 | 1 |
| FW | Gordon Quinn | | | | | | |
| FW | Ernie Shepherd | 40 | 8 | 2 | | 42 | 8 |
| FW | Mike Tomkys | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| FW | Willie Clark | 39 | 15 | 1 | | 40 | 15 |
| FW | Albert Pounder | 23 | 3 | 1 | | 24 | 3 |
| FW | Tom Fidler | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |

## Transfers in

| Name | from | Date |
| Keith Rutter | Methley United | July 1954 |
| Albert Rhodes | Worksop Town | December 1954 |
| Bill Temby | Dover | February 1955 |

## Transfers out

| Name | from | Date | Fee | Date | Club |
| Stan Gullan | Clyde | July 1949 | | July 1955 | Tunbridge Wells |
| Brian Nicholas | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | May 1949 | | July 1955 | Chelsea |
| Bill Spence | Portsmouth | December 1951 | £8,000 | | Retired (injury) |