1930–31 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1930–31 season
Chairman	Charles W Fielding
Manager	Bob Hewison, resigns Mar 26th; John Bowman appointed Mar 26th, 1931
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Third Division South	8th
FA Cup	Round 3
Top goalscorer	League: George Goddard 23; All: George Goddard 27
Highest home attendance	14,501 25/12/1930 vs Notts County
Lowest home attendance	6,193 2/5/1931 vs Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
Average home league attendance	8,795
Biggest win	7–1 vs Newport County 6/12/1930
Biggest defeat	0–6 vs Northampton Town 28/2/1931
Home colours	Away colours

The 1930–31 Queens Park Rangers season was the club's 40th season of existence and their 11th season in the Football League Third Division. QPR finished 8th in the league, and were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
6	Northampton Town	42	18	12	12	77	59	1.305	48
7	Luton Town	42	19	8	15	76	51	1.490	46
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	20	3	19	82	75	1.093	43
9	Fulham	42	18	7	17	77	75	1.027	43
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	15	13	14	72	73	0.986	43

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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	Cunningham	Nixon	Harris	Smith	Armstrong	Whatmore	Legge	Burns	Goddard	Hoten	Daniels	Pollard	Rounce	Wiles, G.	Embleton	Coward	Ferguson	Wiles, H.	Pierce	Sales	Pickett	Sheppard	Howe	Stephenson	Vango	Tutt	Lewis, D.
30/8/1930	H	Thames AFC	W	1–0	3 – 0	Hoten 2, Goddard	13,103	3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
3/9/1930	A	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	L	0–0	0 – 2		6,665	6	1		3	4	5	6	7		9	10	11	2	8
6/9/1930	A	Norwich City	D	0–1	1 – 1	Goddard	12,472	7	1			4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	2		3
11/9/1930	H	Watford	L	1–2	2 – 3	Daniels, Goddard	8,114	16	1	2		4	5	6		8	9	10	11	3			7
13/9/1930	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	W	4–0	4 – 1	Coward, Burns, Rounce 2	6,582	7	1	3		4	5			6			11	2	10			7	8	9
17/9/1930	A	Watford	W	1–0	4 – 0	Wiles, H., Daniels, Coward, Rounce	6,606	4	1	2		4	5			6			11	3	10			7	8	9
20/9/1930	H	Walsall	W	1–0	3 – 0	Ferguson, Wiles, H., Burns	9,214	3	1	3		4	5			6			11	2	10			7	8	9
27/9/1930	A	Coventry City	L	0–2	0 – 2		12,529	6	1	2		4	5			6	9		11		10	3		7	8
4/10/1930	H	Fulham	L	0–1	0 – 2		14,280	9	1	2		4	5			6			11		10	3		7	8	9
11/10/1930	A	Swindon Town	L	1–2	1 – 4	Coward	6,151	15	1	2			5	6				10	11		8			7		9	3	4
18/10/1930	A	Torquay United	L	0–2	2 – 6	Burns, Wiles, H.	5,123	16		2			5	6		8			11		10			7		9	3	4	1
25/10/1930	H	Northampton Town	L	0–0	0 – 2		8,362	17		2			5	6		8			11	3				7		9		4	1	10
1/11/1930	A	Brentford	L	1–3	3 – 5	Sheppard, Nixon (pen), Coward	10,857	17		2			5	6		8				3	10			7				4	1	9	11
8/11/1930	H	Crystal Palace	W	2–0	4 – 0	Rounce 3 (1 pen), Coward	12,040	17	1		3		5	6		8				2	10			7				4		9	11
15/11/1930	A	Southend United	L	0–2	0 – 2		5,060	18	1		3		5	6						2	10			7				4		9	11	8
22/11/1930	H	Luton Town	W	1–0	3 – 1	Burns, Rounce, Sheppard	6,388	18	1		3		5	6		8				2	10			7				4		9	11
6/12/1930	H	Newport County	W	3–0	7 – 1	Rounce, Burns 2, Armstrong, Goddard 3	6,566	17	1		3		5	6		8	9			2	10			7				4			11
13-Dec-30	A	Gillingham			PP
17/12/1930	A	Gillingham	D	0–0	2 – 2	Goddard, Howe	2,204	14	1		3		5	6			9			2				7	8			4		10	11
20/12/1930	H	Exeter City	W	3–0	7 – 2	Goddard 4, Rounce 2, Coward	7,333	12	1		3	5		6		8	9			2	10			7				4			11
25/12/1930	H	Notts County	W		4 – 1	Burns 3, Goddard	14,501	9	1		3	5		6		8	9			2	10			7				4			11
26/12/1930	A	Notts County	L	0–2	0 – 2		13,696	11	1		3	5		6		8	9			2	10			7	11			4
27/12/1930	A	Thames AFC	L	0–0	0 – 1		3,899	12	1		3	5		6		8	9		11	2	10			7				4
3/1/1931	H	Norwich City	W	0–0	3 – 1	Goddard 2, Rounce	6,553	11	1		3	5		6		8	9	11		2	10					7		4
10-Jan-31	A	Bristol Rovers			pp
14/1/1931	A	Bristol Rovers	L	0–2	0 – 3		3,669	12	1		3			6	7		9	10		2	8							4					5	11
17/1/1931	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	D	1–0	1 – 1	Rounce	10,532	16	1		3	5		6	7	8	9			2	10							4			11
24/1/1931	A	Walsall	W	1–0	2 – 0	John (og), Hoten	4,573	11	1		3	5			7	8	9	11			10				6		2	4
31/1/1931	H	Coventry City	W	1–0	2 – 0	Howe, Rounce	7,180	11	1		3	5		10			9				8	2		7	6			4			11
7/2/1931	A	Fulham	W	1–0	2 – 0	Goddard, Coward	18,955	9	1		3	5				8	9				10	2		7	6			4			11
14/2/1931	H	Swindon Town	L	1–2	1 – 2	Daniels	7,914	12	1		3	5		10			9		11		8	2		7	6			4
21/2/1931	H	Torquay United	L	0–1	1 – 2	Burns	9,830	13	1		3		5	6		8	9				10	2		7				4			11
28/2/1931	A	Northampton Town	L	0–2	0 – 6		5,198	13	1		3	4	5	6	7	8	9			2	10										11
7/3/1931	H	Brentford	W	1–0	3 – 1	Howe, Goddard 2	10,331	13	1			4	5			8	9			2	10	3	7		6						11
14/3/1931	A	Crystal Palace	L	0–1	0 – 4		14,316	14	1			4	5			8	9			2	10	3	7		6						11
21/3/1931	H	Southend United	L	0–2	0 – 2		7,114	14	1		2		5				9					3		7	6			4		10	11	8
28/3/1931	A	Luton Town	L	0–1	1 – 5	Sheppard	6,035	15					5			8	9			2	10	3		7	6			4	1	11
3/4/1931	H	Clapton Orient	W	3–1	4 – 2	Whatmore, Sheppard, Goddard 2 (1 pen)	7,374	14			3	4	5	6		8	9				10	2		7					1	11
4/4/1931	H	Bristol Rovers	W	0–0	2 – 0	Rounce, Goddard	8,628	13			3	4	5	6		8	9				10			7			2		1	11
6/4/1931	A	Clapton Orient	W	1–1	3 – 2	Wiles, H., Goddard, Rounce	5,804	13			3		5	6		8	9			2	10					7		4	1	11
11/4/1931	A	Newport County	W	2–1	3 – 2	Goddard 2, Sheppard	2,899	11			3			6		8	9			2						7		4	1	10	11		5
18/4/1931	H	Gillingham	W	0–0	1 – 0	Wiles, H.	6,890	11			3		5	6		8				2	10			7		9		4	1	11
25/4/1931	A	Exeter City	L	0–1	0 – 2		3,280	12			3		5	6	9	8				2	10			7				4	1	11
2/5/1931	H	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	W	3–0	3 – 0	Howe, Lewis, Rounce	6,193	8			3		5	6	9						10	2		7				4	1		11				8

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F A Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Cunningham	Harris	Smith	Armstrong	Whatmore	Burns	Goddard	Pollard	Rounce	Coward	Sales	Pickett	Howe
FA Cup 1	29/11/1930	H	Thames (Third Division South)	W	3–0	5–0	Burns 2, Goddard 2 (1 pen), Rounce	9,000		3		5	6	8	9	2	10	7	4	1	11
FA Cup 2	13/12/1930	A	Crewe Alexandra (Third Division North)	W	2–1	4–2	Goddard 2, Howe, Rounce	8,200	1	3		5	6	8	9	2	10	7	4		11
FA Cup 3	10/1/1931	A	Bristol Rovers (Third Division South)	L	0–3	1–3	Coward	24,000	1	3	5		6	8	9	2	10	7	4		11

London Professional Charity Fund

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Sheppard	Pickett	Nixon	Pierce	Sales	Armstrong	Whatmore	Coward	Rounce	Wiles, H.	Daniels
October 20, 1930	H	Chelsea	W	3–0	0-0	Wiles H. 2, Sheppard			10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11

London Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Outcome	Half Time Score	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Cunningham	Hall	Pollard	Yates	Eggleton, J.	Harris	Wiles, G.	Sheppard	Lewis, D.	Ferguson	Hoten
LCC 1	Oct 16 1930	A	Ilford	L	0–1	0–1			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

Friendlies^[3]

16 August 1930	H	Hoops v Blues (H)
23 August 1930	H	Hoops v Blues (H)
10 February 1931	H	London University (H)
15-Apr-31	A	Wycombe Wanderers

Squad

Position	Name	Div 3 South Appearances	Div 3 South Goals	F A Cup Appearances	F A Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Thomas Pickett	11		1		12
GK	Joey Cunningham	31		2		33
DF	Jimmy Armstrong	30	1	2		32	1
DF	Tom Nixon	11	1			11	1
DF	George Wiles	13				13
DF	Bernie Harris	28		3		31
DF	Bob Pollard	28		3		31
DF	Alf Vango	2				2
DF	Norman Smith	24		1		25
DF	Bill Pierce	4				4
MF	Billy Coward	29	7	3	1	32	8
MF	Harry Wiles	11	5			11	5
MF	Arthur Sales	28		3		31
MF	Jim Lewis	1	1			1	1
MF	Bert Stephenson	2				2
MF	Sid Embleton	3				3
FW	George Goddard	28	23	3	4	31	27
FW	George Rounce	35	16	3	2	38	18
FW	Harold Howe	18	4	3	1	21	5
FW	Ernie Whatmore	31	1	3		34	2
FW	Walter Tutt	1				1
FW	Chris Ferguson	15	1			15	1
FW	Ralph Hoten	8	3			8	3
FW	Jackie Burns	33	10	3	2	36	12
FW	Albert Legge	9				9
FW	Arthur Daniels	14	3			14	3
FW	Bill Sheppard	14	5			14	5

Transfers in

Name	from	Date	Fee
Sid Embleton	Walthamstow Avenue	July 3, 1930
Smith, Norman	Sheffield W	Aug 15, 1930	£300
Curwen, Billy	Luton	Sep 1930
Kendrick, Horace *	Leamington Town	Sep 3, 1930
Eggleton, Albert *	Canterbury Waverley	Sep 8, 1930
Tutt, Wally	Canterbury Waverley	Sep 8, 1930
Brunning, Arthur *		Sep 11, 1930
Morton, William	Blyth Spartans	Nov 17, 1930
Ferrari, Fred	Mansfield	Jan1931
Alf Vango	Walthamstow Avenue	Jan 14 1931
Len Featherby	Reading	May 16, 1931
Bill Haley	Fulham	May 23, 1931
Stan Cribb	West Ham	June 8, 1931
Tommy Wyper	Charlton	June 13, 1931
Fred Marlow		June 24, 1931

Transfers out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	To	Fee
Potter, Victor *	Ilford	Sep 4, 1928		30
Nickless, Fred *	Maidenhead United	Jan 16, 1929		30	Windsor & Eton
Anglish, Albert *	Southall	June 28, 1929		30	Southall
Moffat, Harold	Walsall	May 7, 1929		cs 30	Workington
Hebden, George	Gillingham	Nov 23, 1929		cs 30	Retired
Young, Bert	Newport	June 28, 1929		July 30	Bristol R
Kendrick, Horace *	Leamington Town	Sep 3, 1930		Oct 30	Leamington Town
Curwen, Billy	Luton	Sep 1930		Oct 30	Thames
Morton, William	Blyth Spartans	Nov 17, 1930		Jan 31	Craghead U
Alf Vango	Walthamstow Avenue	Jan 14, 1931		Feb 1931	Chelmsford	Loan
Jack Burns	Crypto	May 14, 1927		May 31	Brentford
Arthur Daniels	Watford	June 5, 1930	£100	May 31		Free
Albert Legge	Charlton	May 24, 1930		cs 31	Wellington Town
George Collins	Leyton	Sep 6 1928		cs 31	Fulham	Free

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.
^ "QPR Programme Guide". www.qpr-prog.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-02-18.

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

[: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] "QPR Programme Guide". www.qpr-prog.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-02-18.

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