1881–82 Dumbarton F.C. season

1881–82 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Runners Up

Season 1881–82 was the ninth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the ninth time.

Overview

Dumbarton reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the second consecutive season. During the early years of the Cup, lodging a protest to a cup result was common place, and this season Dumbarton required to defeat both Hibernian and Rangers twice following successful protests. The final opponents again were Glasgow giants Queen's Park, however after a 2-2 draw in the first game, Dumbarton succumbed 1-4 in the replay.^[1] It is worthy of note that the semi final 11-2 thrashing of Cartvale still stands as the highest score at that stage in the competition.

Dumbarton once again took part in the Glasgow Charity Cup during the season and after a fine replay victory over Rangers in the semi final, came up against their old local rivals Vale of Leven in the final. The game finished in a 2-2 draw, after which there was to be a half hour's extra time. Vale of Leven did not reappear, and the referee ordered Dumbarton to kick off, which they did and duly scored. However the Charity committee decided that a replay should be played, and despite having the majority of the game the 'Vale' won by the only goal.

During the season, 17 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, 3rd LRV and St Bernards (including a game to celebrate the opening of St Bernards new stadium at Powderhall), an 11-1 thrashing of Lanarkshire Cup holders, Thistle and three games against north of England opposition. Of these fixtures, 12 were won, 2 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 68 goals and conceding 22.

Note that Dumbarton kept a 100% home record during the season - this meant that the team maintained an unbeaten record on home soil stretching back to September 1879. In addition, 117 goals had been scored in all games played, the first time that Dumbarton had scored over 100 goals during a single season.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1881-82 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 September 1881	R1	Alclutha	H	9-0	unknown
1 October 1881	R2	Vale of Leven	A	2-0	OG;unknown	4,500
22 October 1881	R3	Jamestown	H	5-0	Brown(2);Miller,J;Watt;unknown	3,000
	R4			bye
24 December 1881	R5	Hibernian	A	6-2	McAulay;Brown;Meikleham(2);Hutcheson;Lindsay	4,000
4 February 1882	R6	Rangers	H	5-1	Brown;Miller,J;Lindsay,J(2);McKinnon	5,000
18 February 1882	SF	Cartvale	H	11-2	Kennedy,A;Lindsay(4);Meikleham(3);McAulay;Brown;OG
18 March 1882	F	Queen's Park	A	2-2	Brown;Meikleham	15,000
1 April 1882	Fr	Queen's Park	A	1-4	Miller, J	15,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 April 1882	SF	Rangers	A	2-2	Brown;Lindsay	5,000
29 April 1882	SFr	Rangers	A	4-0	Lindsay(3);Miller	3,000
20 May 1882	F	Vale of Leven	A	2-2	Miller;Lindsay	7,000
3 June 1882	Fr	Vale of Leven	A	0-1		10,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 September 1881	Vale of Leven	H	7-2	Lindsay(3);Brown(2);Miller,J;unknown
17 September 1881	Kilbirnie	A	4-0	Kennedy(2);Brown;Meikleham
8 October 1881	Thistle	H	11-1	Brown;unknown(10)
15 October 1881	3rd LRV	H	5-1	Brown(2);Miller,P;Miller,J;Lindsay
29 October 1881	South Western	A	0-0		1,000
5 November 1881	Hibernian	A	1-2	Swan
19 November 1881	3rd LRV	A	5-0	unknown
26 November 1881	Walsall Swifts	A	1-1	Meikleham	2,000
3 December 1881	Hibernian	A	6-2^[2]	Lindsay(4);Meikleham(2)	5,000
17 December 1881	Jamestown	A	4-1	Meikleham;unknown(3)
31 December 1881	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-5	Miller	5,000
1 January 1882	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-2	Lindsay(2);Meikleham	5,000
14 January 1882	Renfrew	H	9-0	unknown
21 January 1882	St Bernard's	H	5-0	Miller,J;unknown(4)	2,500
28 January 1882	Rangers	H	2-1^[3]	Meikleham,Kennedy	5,000
25 February 1882	Vale of Leven	A	0-2		2,000
11 March 1882	St Bernard's	A	4-2	Miller;Lindsay;Kennedy;Meikleham	500

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.^[4]

Player	Position^[5]	Appearances	Goals^[6]
Robert Brown	FW	8	6
Jock Hutcheson	BK	7	1
Andrew Kennedy	FW	8	1
John Kennedy	GK	8
Joe Lindsay	FW	8	7
James McAulay	HB	8	2
William McKinnon	FW	3	1
James Meikleham	FW	8	6
James Miller	FW	8	3
Peter Miller	HB	8
Michael Paton	BK	8
Swan	BK	1
W Watt	FW	4	1
Hugh Wilson	FW	1

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 4 March 1882 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Jock Hutcheson, Joe Lindsay, James McAulay and Peter Miller all took part.

As a result Dumbarton's James McAulay and Peter Miller earned their first caps playing for Scotland against Wales and England respectively. McAulay scored a goal in the 5-0 win over the Welsh.

County

Jock Hutcheson and James McAulay played in the Scotch Counties team which played Birmingham & District on 25 February 1882. The 'Scotch' men lost 1-3.

Reserve Team

As association football developed in Scotland, it was quite common when '1st XIs' played a fixture, a corresponding 'reserve' match would be played at the same time on the opposing side's ground. However it was not until 1882 that the first competition at national level for reserve sides made its debut - the Scottish Second XI Cup. Dumbarton went on to win the inaugural contest - their first national success.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
11 February 1882	R1	Partick	H	23-0
25 February 1882	R2	Queen's Park	A	2-2
4 March 1882	R2r	Queen's Park	H	4-0
27 March 1882	R3	Kilmarnock Athletic	H	3-0
8 April 1882	SF	Clyde	H	5-2
6 May 1882	F	Vale of Leven	A	3-0

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup 5th Round tie but the result was successfully protested by Hibernian to the S.F.A..
↑ This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup 6th Round tie but the result was successfully protested by Rangers to the S.F.A..
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ The usual formation would be 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards)
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 11 of the 41 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.

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