# 1955–56 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

During the 1955–56 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in eighteenth place. In November Qpr defeated Brentford 2-1 in the London Challenge Cup Final.

## League standings

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 16 | Exeter City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 40 |
| 17 | Reading | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 70 | 79 | 0.886 | 39 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 86 | 0.744 | 39 |
| 19 | Newport County | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 58 | 79 | 0.734 | 39 |
| 20 | Walsall | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 68 | 84 | 0.810 | 38 |

## Results

QPR scores given first
Win  Draw  Loss

### Third Division South

| Date | Opponents position prior to match (*) | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | QPR's Position (End of day) |
| 20 August 1955 | Brighton (-) | A | 1–1 | Clark | 14510 | 12 |
| 22 August 1955 | Brentford (22) | H | 1–1 | Cameron | 11688 | 12 |
| 27 August 1955 | Southampton (10) | H | 4–0 | Shepherd 2, Smith, Angell | 10672 | 10 |
| 30 August 1955 | Brentford (21) | A | 0–2 | | 12947 | 12 |
| 3 September 1955 | Shrewsbury (6) | A | 1–1 | Shepherd | 11233 | 14 |
| 5 September 1955 | Crystal Palace (15) | H | 0–3 | | 9083 | 16 |
| 10 September 1955 | Ipswich (13) | H | 1–1 | Clark | 11763 | 18 |
| 14 September 1955 | Crystal Palace (14) | A | 1–1 | Shepherd | 10543 | 17 |
| 17 September 1955 | Walsall (21) | A | 2–2 | Smith, Clark | 12427 | 17 |
| 19 September 1955 | Northampton (1) | A | 2–5 | Smith 2 | 9735 | 17 |
| 24 September 1955 | Torquay | H | 3–1 | Cameron 2, Smith | 10536 | 17 |
| 26 September 1955 | Swindon | H | 1–0 | Cameron | 5181 | 12 |
| 1 October 1955 | Newport (15) | A | 1–2 | Smith | 7375 | 16 |
| 8 October 1955 | Southend (4) | H | 1–2 | Shepherd | 11885 | 19 |
| 15 October 1955 | Exeter City (21) | A | 0–2 | | 8741 | 21 |
| 22 October 1955 | Orient (3) | H | 0–1 | | 11856 | 21 |
| 29 October 1955 | Colchester (16) | A | 1–4 | Clark | 7339 | 22 |
| 5 November 1955 | Norwich City (8) | H | 2–3 | Petchey, Smith | 10162 | 23 |
| 12 November 1955 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (18) | A | 0–1 | | 6934 | 23 |
| 26 November 1955 | Millwall (21) | A | 0–2 | | 7602 | 23 |
| 3 December 1955 | Reading (22) | H | 3–3 | Smith 2, Angell | 7088 | 23 |
| 17 December 1955 | Brighton (3) | H | 2–1 | Cameron, Clark | 7648 | 22 |
| 24 December 1955 | Southampton (14) | A | 0–4 | | 9502 | 23 |
| 26 December 1955 | Aldershot (16) | A | 2–1 | Smith 2 | 6366 | 21 |
| 27 December 1955 | Aldershot (16) | H | 2–2 | Cameron 2 | 8378 | 22 |
| 31 December 1955 | Shrewsbury(10) | H | 1–1 | Smith | 7779 | 21 |
| 7 January 1956 | Gillingham | H | 2–2 | Smith 2 | 7306 | 21 |
| 14 January 1956 | Ipswich Town (1) | A | 1–4 | Clark | 12168 | 23 |
| 21 January 1956 | Walsall (21) | H | 3–2 | Petchey 2, Pounder | 6591 | 20 |
| 28 January 1956 | Watford (19) | A | 1–0 | Angell | 5784 | 19 |
| 4 February 1956 | Torquay | A | 0–2 | | 5176 | 19 |
| 11 February 1956 | Newport County (15) | H | 0–0 | | 3910 | 19 |
| 18 February 1956 | Southend (8) | A | 1–5 | Smith | 6952 | 21 |
| 25 February 1956 | Exeter City (18) | H | 1–0 | Cameron | 6898 | 17 |
| 3 March 1956 | Orient (1) | A | 1–7 | Shepherd | 12614 | 20 |
| 10 March 1956 | Colchester (9) | H | 6–2 | Shepherd 2, Kerrins, Cameron, Smith, Petchey | 7954 | 18 |
| 17 March 1956 | Norwich City (7) | A | 0–1 | | 13355 | 19 |
| 24 March 1956 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. (14) | H | 0–1 | | 5832 | 21 |
| 30 March 1956 | Coventry City (7) | H | 1–2 | Cameron | 10956 | 22 |
| 31 March 1956 | Gillingham | A | 2–0 | Clark, Cameron | 5462 | 20 |
| 3 April 1956 | Coventry City (5) | A | 1–4 | Clark | 16714 | 22 |
| 7 April 1956 | Millwall (21) | H | 4–0 | Shepherd, Ingham, Smith (pen), Clark | 13402 | 21 |
| 14 April 1956 | Reading (15) | A | 1–3 | Cameron | 4697 | 21 |
| 21 April 1956 | Watford (16) | H | 3–2 | Kerrins, Cameron, Angell | 7603 | 21 |
| 25 April 1956 | Swindon | A | 1–0 | Smith | 4617 | 20 |
| 28 April 1956 | Northampton(11) | H | 3–2 | Clark 2, Smith | 7157 | 19 |

### London Challenge Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
| 3 October 1955 | First Round | Barnet | H | 3–1 |
| 17 October 1955 | Quarter-Finals | Millwall | A | 1–1 |
| 24 October 1955 | Quarter-Finals replay | Millwall | H | 4–0 |
| 1 November 1955 | Semi final | Arsenal | A | 2–1 |
| 15 November 1955 | Final | Brentford | H | 2–1 |

### Southern Professional Floodlight Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 31 October 1955 | First Round | Orient | H | 0–1 | | 2790 |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 19 November 1955 | First Round | Southend | A | 0-2 | | 15000 |

## Squad

| Position | Name | League Appearances | League Goals | Cup Appearances | Total Appearances | Total Goals |
| GK | Ron Springett | 9 | | | 9 | |
| GK | Harry Brown | 37 | | 2 | 39 | |
| DF | Tony Ingham | 41 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 1 |
| DF | Keith Rutter | 21 | | | 21 | |
| DF | Pat Woods | 38 | | 2 | 40 | |
| DF | Albert Rhodes | 4 | | | 4 | |
| MF | Bill Nelson | 9 | | 1 | 10 | |
| MF | Pat Kerrins | 20 | 2 | | 20 | 2 |
| MF | George Crickson | 3 | | 1 | 4 | |
| MF | Peter Angell | 43 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 4 |
| MF | Bobby Cameron | 43 | 13 | 2 | 45 | 13 |
| MF | George Petchey | 41 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 4 |
| MF | Jobey Dean | 12 | | | 12 | |
| MF | Mike Powell | 25 | | | 25 | |
| FW | Conway Smith | 37 | 19 | | 37 | 19 |
| FW | Arthur Longbottom | 12 | | | 12 | |
| FW | George Dawson | 1 | | | 1 | |
| FW | Mike Hellawell | 1 | | | 1 | |
| FW | Ernie Shepherd | 32 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 9 |
| FW | Gordon Quinn | 4 | | 1 | 5 | |
| FW | Billy McKay | 6 | | 1 | 7 | |
| FW | Mike Tomkys | 9 | | 2 | 11 | |
| FW | Willie Clark | 38 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 11 |
| FW | Albert Pounder | 19 | 1 | | 19 | 1 |
| FW | Bill Temby | 2 | | | 2 | |

## Transfers in

| Name | from | Date |
| Bill Nelson | West Ham | July 1955 |
| George Dawson | Motherwell | May 1955 |
| Hugh Rainey | Portsmouth | June 1955 |
| Billy McKay | Deal Town | July 1955 |
| Mike Hellawell | Salts FC. | August 1955 |

## Transfers out

| Name | from | Date | Date | Club | Fee |
| Brian Nicholas | Queens Park Rangers Juniors | May 1950 | July 1955 | Chelsea | £5,000 |
| Bill Nelson | West Ham | July 1955 | July 1956 | | |
| Billy McKay | Deal Town | July 1955 | July 1956 | Dover Town | |
| Willie Clark | Petershill | February 1954 | July 1956 | Berwick Rangers | |
| Albert Pounder | Charlton | February 1954 | July 1956 | Sittingbourne | |