1922–23 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1922–23 season
Chairman	J. H. Fielding
Manager	Ned Liddell
Stadium	Loftus Road
Third Division South	11th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Dick Parker 16; All: Dick Parker 20
Highest home attendance	20,000 (26 August 1922) Vs Watford
Lowest home attendance	4,000 (21 March 1923) Vs Reading
Average home league attendance	10,810
Biggest win	4–0 (25 December 1922) Vs Luton Town
Biggest defeat	0–3 (2/4/1923) Vs Swansea Town
Home colours	Away colours

The 1922–23 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 32nd season of existence and their 3rd season in the Football League Third Division. QPR finished 11th in the league, and were eliminated by Sheffield United in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.^[1]^[2]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
9	Swindon Town	42	17	11	14	62	56	1.107	45
10	Watford	42	17	10	15	57	54	1.056	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	54	49	1.102	42
12	Charlton Athletic	42	14	14	14	55	51	1.078	42
13	Bristol Rovers	42	13	16	13	35	36	0.972	42

Source:

Results

QPR scores given first

Win Draw Loss

Third Division South

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Half Time Score	Full Time Score	Scorers	Attendance	League Position
26 August 1922	H	Watford	L	0–2	1–2	Birch	20,000	17
28 August 1922	A	Norwich City	D	1–0	1–1	Davis	10,000	18
2 September 1922	A	Watford	W	2–0	3–0	Davis, Chandler 2	10,783	9
4 September 1922	H	Norwich City	W	0–0	2–0	Gregory, C., Birch	8,000	3
9 September 1922	H	Gillingham	W	2–1	2–1	Birch 2	9,000	4
11 September 1922	A	Brentford	W	1–1	3–1	Parker 2 (1 pen), Birch	15,000	2
16 September 1922	A	Gillingham	W	0–0	1–0	Birch (pen)	8,000	2
23 September 1922	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	D	0–0	0–0		12,000	2
30 September 1922	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	L	0–1	0–2		11,000	3
7 October 1922	H	Swindon Town	L	0–1	0–2		12,000	5
14 October 1922	A	Swindon Town	L	0–0	0–1		8,000	8
21 October 1922	H	Charlton Athletic	L	1–1	1–2	Birch	11,000	10
28 October 1922	A	Charlton Athletic	D	0–0	1–1	Birch	10,000	11
4 November 1922	A	Aberdare Athletic	D	0–0	0–0		7,000	10
11 November 1922	H	Aberdare Athletic	W	2–0	4–1	Hart, Davis 3	8,000	10
18 November 1922	A	Newport County	L	0–1	0–1		8,000	11
25 November 1922	H	Newport County	D	1–0	1–1	Hart	5,000	9
9 December 1922	H	Brentford	D	0–0	1–1	Marsden (pen)	19,000	10
16 December 1922	H	Bristol City	L	0–2	1–2	Marsden (pen)	12,000	11
23 December 1922	A	Bristol City	L	1–1	2–3	Davis 2	15,000	12
25 December 1922	H	Luton Town	W		4–0	Parker 2, Birch 2	16,000	10
26 December 1922	A	Luton Town	L	0–0	0–1		11,000	11
30 December 1922	H	Portsmouth	L	0–0	0–1		9,000	13
6 January 1923	A	Portsmouth	D	1–0	1–1	Parker	11,851	14
20 January 1923	H	Millwall	L	2–2	2–3	Parker, Davis	10,000	15
27 January 1923	A	Millwall	D	0–0	0–0		20,000	14
10 February 1923	A	Plymouth Argyle	L	0–2	0–2		11,000	16
17 February 1923	H	Bristol Rovers	W	3–1	3–1	Parker, Davis, Chandler	9,000	14
3 March 1923	H	Reading	W	0–0	1–0	Davis	10,000	14
15 March 1923	H	Plymouth Argyle	L	1–1	2–3	Birch, Parker	4,000	16
17 March 1923	A	Southend United	L	0–1	0–2		7,000	17
21 March 1923	A	Reading	D	0–0	0–0		4,000	16
24 March 1923	H	Southend United	W	0–0	1–0	Davis	8,000	14
26 March 1923	A	Bristol Rovers	W	2–0	3–1	Parker, Chandler, Davis	18,000	13
30 March 1923	H	Swansea Town	W	1–0	2–1	Davis, Chandler	15,000	11
31 March 1923	A	Merthyr Town	W	0–0	1–0	Parker	5,000	11
2 April 1923	A	Swansea Town	L	0–2	0–3		23,000	12
7 April 1923	H	Merthyr Town	D	1–0	1–1	Vigrass	8,000	11
14 April 1923	A	Exeter City	W	0–1	2–1	Parker 2	6,000	12
21 April 1923	H	Exeter City	W	0–0	2–0	Parker 2	6,000	11
28 April 1923	A	Northampton Town	L	0–1	2–4	Parker 2	7,000	11
5 May 1923	H	Northampton Town	W	3–1	3–2	Chandler, Williams (og), Edgley	9,000	11

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FA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Sixth round qualifying	Saturday 16 December 1922			BYE
First Round	13 January 1923	H	Crystal Palace (Second Division)	W	1–0	1–0	Gregory, J.	18,030
Second Round	3 February 1923	A	Wigan Borough (Third Division North)	W	1–1	4–2	Parker 2, Chandler, Birch	23,454
Third Round	24 February 1923	H	South Shields (Second Division)	W	1–0	3–0	Parker 2, Gregory, J.	15,099
Fourth Round	10 March 1923	H	Sheffield United (First Division)	L	0–0	0–1		20,007

London Professional Charity Fund

Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance
9 October 1922	A	Brentford	L	1–0	1–2	Vigrass

London Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance
LCC 1	16 October 1922	H	Charlton	D	2–0	2–2	Birch, Parker	3,000
LCC 1 Rep	30 October 1922	A	Charlton	L	1–0	1–2	Birch

Squad

Position	Name	Div 3 South Appearances	Div 3 South Goals	F A Cup Appearances	F A Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Len Hill	42		4		46
GK	Bill Field
GK	Herbert Lock
DF	Edward Watson	8				8
DF	Reg John	33		4		37
DF	Ben Marsden	34	2	4
DF	Ken Bain	36		4		40
DF	George Hart
DF	Fred Watts	2
DF	Ernie Grimsdell	2				2
MF	Charlie Rance	13				13
MF	Jimmy Leach	1				1
MF	Bill Hurst
MF	John Vigrass	33	1	4		37	1
MF	Shirley Abbott
MF	Albert Read
MF	Jack Burnham	4				4
MF	Jack Gregory	33		4	2	37	2
MF	Harry Lane	5				5
FW	Jimmy Birch	32	11	4	1	36	12
FW	Harry Hart	5	2
FW	Arthur Davis	35	13	4		39	13
FW	Ernie Butler	21				21
FW	Dick Parker	28	16	4	4	32	20
FW	Jimmy Keen
FW	Harry Dobinson
FW	George Benson
FW	William Goodman
FW	Alex Ramsay
FW	Harry Edgley	33	1	4		37	1
FW	Jack Bradshaw
FW	Arthur Chandler	36	6	4	1
FW	Bill Gardner	2				2
FW	Clarence Gregory	24	1			24	1

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Ernie Butler	Ebbw Vale	3 July 1922
Jimmy Leach	Aston Villa	3 July 1922
Findlater, Arthur *	Botwell Mission	3 July 1922
Dick Parker	Wallsend	1 August 1922
Thomas, David *		22 August 1922
William Goodman	Northfleet U	25 August 1922
Ashby, H *	Tooting Town	Aug1922
Hemming, Alec	Guildford U	22 Aug 1922
Wallace, John	Rotherham County	2 September 1922
Charlie Rance	Derby	21 September 1922
Ferrari, Fred *	Barking Town	20 October 1922
Bill Field	Oxford City	22 November 1922
Gates, Basil *	London Caledonians	26 January 1923
Bill Gardner	Spennymoor U	26 March 1923
Allison, Thomas	Washington Colliery	5 April 1923
Bailey, Sid *	Grays Athletic	21 Apr 1922
Moiser, Gilbert *	Wombwell	8 May 1923
Shirley Abbott	Portsmouth	21 May 1923
Arthur Davis	Aston Villa	21 May 1922	Free
Jimmy Keen	Newcastle	24 May 1923
George Hart	Bedlington United	25 May 1923
Bill Hurst	Derby	8 June 1923
Harry Dobinson	Burnley	15 June 1923
Mason, John	South Shields	28 June 1923
George Benson	Stalybridge Celtic	28 June 1923
Mason, John	South Shields	28 June 1923

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
Jack Bradshaw	Aberdare Athletic	18 June 1921		cs 22	Chatham	Free
Prentice, Robert	Arcadians (Rsa)	21 July 1921		cs 22
Baines, Alexander		6 Aug 1921		cs 22
Pusey, C *	Harlesden Town	24 Aug 1921		cs 22
Mallett, A E *	Brentford	24 Aug 1921		cs 22
Luck, Charles *	Southend Corinthians	7 Oct 1921		cs 22
Baxter, Harry *	R.A.F.	8 Nov 1921		cs 22
Maidment, Jimmy *	Robert Thompson's	Aug1921		cs 22	South Shields	Free
Gilbert, Bert *	Harlesden Town	24 Aug 1921		cs 22	Civil Service
Bailey, Sid *	Grays Athletic	21 Apr 1922		cs 22	Northfleet U	Free
Cadwell, Albert *	Nunhead	2 Mar 1922		cs 22	Nunhead
Toby, Charles *	Bostall Heath	Mar1921		cs 22	Bostall Heath
Bell, Charlie	Barrow	30 May 1921		cs 22	Retired (Reading coach) Free
Albert Read	Tufnell Park	30 May 1921		22 July	Reading	Free
Grant, George	Millwall	14 Jul 1920		22 Aug	Northfleet U	Free
Ashford, Herbert	Brentford	28 Aug 1920		22 Aug	Notts County	Free
Herbert Lock	Glasgow Rangers	29 July 1921	Free	22 Sep	Southampton	Free
Hemming, Alec	Guildford U	22 Aug 1922		22 Sep
Barnes, Edward *	Charlton	9 June 1922		22 Nov	St Albans City
Clarence Gregory	Sunderland	31 May 1922	£150	23 May	Wellington Town	Free
Edward Watson	Sunderland	30 May 1921		23 June	Rochdale
Arthur Chandler	Handley Page	16 August 1920		23 June	Leicester	£2,000
Harry Lane	Charlton	17 June 1922		cs 23
Charlie Rance	Derby	21 September 1922		cs 23	Retired
Ferrari, Fred *	Barking Town	20 October 1922		cs 23	Barking Town
Jimmy Leach	Aston Villa	3 July 1922		cs 23	Retired
Wallace, John	Rotherham County	2 September 1922		cs 23
Hawkins, Alfred *	Grays Athletic	9 June 1922		cs 23
Thomas, David *		22 August 1922		cs 23

References

^ Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers The Complete Record 1899–2009. Breedon Books Publishing Co Lt, 2009. ISBN 9781780914091.
^ ^a ^b 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.

^[1]

^ "Seasonal Stats – Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

[:0-1] Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers The Complete Record 1899–2009. Breedon Books Publishing Co Lt, 2009. ISBN 9781780914091.

[auto-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] "Seasonal Stats – Files". QPRnet. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

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