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Harry BROWN (goalkeeper)-Born at
Kingsbury, London. Joined Q.P.R.
in 1942 and played regularly in the
first team until he joined the
Services. Transferred to -Notts
County in 1946, and after 33 seasons
went to Derby County. Returned to
Q.P.R. in August, 1951. Played in
the famous fog-bound game a t
Tottenham-:Arsenal v Dynamos.
Pat WOODS (right back)-.Came to the
Rangers direct from school in the
summer of 1948. Worked on the
ground staff until old enough to
become a professional. Was a t first
a centre forward, but moved to full
back during his first season with the
Rangers. I s now looked upon as a
regular first team player.
Tony I N G W I (left back)-.Born a t
Harrogate. Joined Rangers from
Leeds United in June, 1950. Been a
regular first teamer since he arrived
a t Shepherds Bush.
George PETCHEY (right half)-A Lon-
doner by birth, he first signed a s a
professional in August, 1948, for
West Ham United. Joined Rangers
in July, 1953. He is a very strong
tackler.
Keith RU-R (centre half) - Signed
from Methley United. Was amateur
with Huddersfield Town. Has played
for Yorkshire Amateurs. Two
seasons ago played centre half in
the West Riding Representative
team against the South African
touring team. Can also play full
back.
Peter ANGELL (left half)-Joined the
Rangers from Slough Town in the
summer of 1953. Only played two
or three games in the Reserves
befoi-e gaining a regular position in
the first team. A player with x
future.
Albert POUNDER (outside right)-A
native of Charlton. Was professional
there for 4 years before coming to
the Rangers in February, 1953. I s
one of the tallest wingers in the
Third Division.
Conway SMITH (inside right)-.Born at
Huddersfield. The son of W. H.
Smith, the famous England and
Huddersfield Town outside left.
Joined Rangers from Huddersfield
Town on the last day for transfers, :
March, 1951.
I (Continued on page 8)

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CLUB COLOUES: Blue snd
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Directors:
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Secretary: F. Buckley
Hon. !L'reasurer: R. Blellor
Trainer: W. T h o m a s
SATURDAY, lUtlr l)ECJCILBk;H, 1055
In our notes in last Saturday's
programme we said, " On the law of
averages the tide must turn soon," and
it so happened that even while those
notes were being read our lads came
along with the best performance of the
season.
I
Four good goals scored and some
more missed, and all created by good
football; that was the nett result of the
game against Tranmere, but there is
more to it than even the result, for
several facts stand out from this game.
Perhaps first and foremost, the success
of King a t centre forward, brought in
two weeks ago in an emergency with the
very satisfying performance of scoring
three goals and seeing his team gain
three points, and this after a run of six
games without a win. Only the future
i will tell whether this is King's best
position, but certainly so far the experi-
ment has proved a n undoubted success.
The return of Ken Chaytor, who
showed something of the form of last
season, was a very welcome sign that
still another of our youngsters is ready
1 for the senior team. Also the first home
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appearance of Sammy Anderson must be
regarded a s very satisfactory indeed and,
taken all round, the game showed the
wisdom of the policy of giving youth its
chancc.
On the not-so-pleasant side was the
5,000 gate. We are wondering where
the remaining 10,000 spend their Satur-
day afternoons. It has been said that
the public will only follow a winning
team and yet it cannot be said that onr
home record is so bad.
We have been looking it up and here
it is over the last season and a half:
Played 33, won 18, drawn 9, lost 6, goals
for 66, against 36. Comparing the record
of Manchester United for instance, who
now top the First Division : Played 31,
won 20, drawn 6, lost 5, goals for 70,
against
- 42.
From these comparisons the winning
team argument doesn't sound so good
and we feel there must be something
other than this that is keeping the
customers away. We can understand a
drop in attendance from First Division
to Second, and a further drop in the
Third Division, but i t is difficult to
understand the huge drop from what our
gates used t o be and what they are now.
Today we give a welcome to Queens
Park Rangers who have come up from
the capital city to fill in what would
otherwise have been a blank date.
The Rangers are a very old club, being
founded in 1885, adopted professionalism
in 1898, and joined the Southern League
in 1899. Elected to the Football League
South in 1920, they were runners-up in
1946-47 and gained promotion in 1947-48.
The following season they finished 13th
in the Second Division. They were
relegated in 1951-52.
Paying their first-ever visit to Oldham
we hope the match will give some idea
of the relative strength of the two league
sections, and that they will take back
with them happy memories of Boundary
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D ~ S I O N(Northem) FlXTURE$t 1955-56 LEAGUE
Athletic scores first

~ u g .20-Bradford City .....................H

ZZ-Stock ort County (Yon.) .....A
27-~cun&or~e United .............. ..A Aug. 20-Bolton W. " A '1' ............
A 0--3
30-Stock~ort County (Tues.) ....H
.........;.................... 27-Manchester U. (60) H ... 2-4
Sept. 3-Rochdale A Sept. 3-Barroy, Ryerves ..................H 6-0
+Mansfield Town (Mon.) .......A
........................ 1bBury A (sc) ..................
A 1-1
. ,, .H 17-RocPdalea,Re;,erves (sc) .......H
.. .
- 10--Workington 6-0
12-Mansfield Town (Mon.) ......H 24-Everton A ....................... 2--1
17-York City .............................A
21-Wrexham (Wed.) .................A
Oct. I-Blackburn Rovezs ':A" ......
H
... 61
24--Derby County .......................H
27-Hartlepools United (Tues.) ...H
8-Man~hester~~C. A
18-~olton W. A (sc) .. (sc) A
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22-Barrow Rpseyes ..................A
H
0-4
1-4
3-2
Oct. 1-<rewe Alexandra ..................A 29-Burnley A ......................H 3-0
8--4rimsby Town .....................H Nov. &Burnley " A ........................A 2--2
1Whesterfleld ..........................A 12-Mancheater C. " A (sc) ......H 1-1
ZZ-Chester ................................ .H 19-Blackpool "A" .....................
H 2-0
29-Barrow ................................ .A 26-Everton "A" ....................... .H 1-0
Nov. SAccrington Stanley ...............H Dec. 3-Rochdale Res. ( ~ c ).............. A 2-0
12-Darlin ton .......................... A 10-Manch~ste~U. A " (sc) ...A
19--Brad. 5.
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2fi-South~ort
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(1st R. F.A. Cup) ...A
............................. A 17-Bury A (sc) ..................H
Dec. 3-Tranmere Rovers .................H
10--Queen's Park R. (fr'ndly) ...H
17-Bradford Cit6 ....................... A Jan.
24--ScuUthOr e luted ............... H
2-
7-Blackburn R. " A " ............
A
26-Halifax gown (Mon.: .........A 14-Boltonaa W.,,A " ..................H
27-Halifax
-. ------- Town (Tues.) ........H 2l-Bury A ...........................
A
31-Rochdale ...............................
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4--Preston N.E.
U;, " 4 .............
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7-Gateshead ............................
......................... .H 11-Manchester U. A ' " ............
14--Workin
21-York C e ? .........................
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..E. 1@-Rochdael Res. .....................
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2&Carlisle United .................... A Mar.
Feb. &Derby County ......................A -"
11-<rewe Alexandra ................ .H 17-
l&Grimsby Town .....................A 24-Rochdale Res. ......................
A
25--Chesterfield ........................ ..H 31-
Mar. 1--Chester .................................
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li+Barrow :..........................
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17-Gateshead 14- -
24-Darlington .......................... .HA 21-Blackpool " A " ....................
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31-Accrington Stanley ..............A
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7-Southport .............................
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21-Carlisle United ....................H
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WALS UP TO AND INCLUDING
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(including F.. C u p coi
rarhletic scores first)
Ianchester City,." B',' (sc) H ...
Janchester .,U. B
B"
(sc) ...
..................A Hobson, W. ..........
jl-~oltonW
&&Tanchest& U. "B" (sc) (post-
A
Walker, T. ...........
. poned) .:-................................
$dtockgort ,$!. "'A " (sc) .......A
H Neale, P. ............... --
A " (sc) ..............
Smith,L. ...............
k--~ochdfle
l-Bu . B " (sc) .,..................
A
H Travis, D. .......
8-~to?iport C. " A (sc) ......P Hardwick, G. Ii
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2SBolton W. B " .................. H VVhyte, A. .............
29-Burnley "B" .........................A
D'Arcy, E. ...........
,v. %Burnley "B"........................H
%Blackburn Rov. "B" ............
................... A McGlen, W. ..........
19-Blackpool "B"
26-Bury "B" .(sc), ,
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.A Chaytor, K. ..........
!c. 3-Accrington
.&Preston N.,E.
S. .‘ ;;; .............
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Garland, R.
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.7-Black ool B "
64-&ianctester, c.,;~
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Ai. Scrine, F. ..............
26-Rochdale A ...........
.H Crook, G. ..............
.n. 7-Manchester Utd. ("A " .........
A- O'Donnell, J. .........
1 4 S t o c k ort C "A
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.H King, D. ..............
28-M' ~ "B "
C h ~ s t eCity .........
A Brook, L. .............
~ e b . Gnu?& B ..........................
ll-Maiichester Yfd. " B " ........H
H Fawley, R.
25-Stockq?rt ,?. A " ...............
H Anderson, 2. ........
Mar. 3-Bury B ...........................
A Naylor, W. ...........
17-Accrington S " " ............
A Jackson, H. ..........
2 4 - ~ l a c k b u r ~ , ~*B
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mllie (centre f o r w a r d t B o r n Future Home Matches
I a t Larkhall, near Glasgow. Rangers
signed him from Petershill, a Glas- Saturday' December
gow junior club, in February, 1954. Athletic Res. V. Bury "A"
Several senior clubs were keen to KICK-OFF 2-15 p.m.
secure the signature of this player.
Saturday, December 24th-
Babby N
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Y1 Greenock. A clever ball player who
KICK-OFF 2-15 p.m.
as a schoolboy played for Scotland
against England and Ireland in 1947. Monday, December .26th-
Joined Rangers from Port Glasgow
Rovers, a Greenock juvenile team,
Athletic Res. v. ManChester City"A
in June, 1950. KICK-OFF 2-15 p.m.

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Ernie (outside left)--Born
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F'ulhash 16 1938 and has since seen
Oldham Athletic
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