1882–83 Dumbarton F.C. season

1882–83 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Winners

Season 1882–83 was the tenth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the tenth time.

Overview

Following two seasons as runners-up, it was 'third time lucky' for Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup where they were at last crowned Scottish champions. On the road to the final Dumbarton disposed of the holders, Queen's Park in the quarter final and after a 2-2 draw, defeated their old rivals Vale of Leven in the final.^[1]

In the Glasgow Charity Cup, Queen's Park got revenge for their Scottish Cup exit by beating Dumbarton in the semi final.

During the season, 19 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Hearts, Rangers, St Bernards and Cowlairs, a win over Ayrshire Cup holders Kilmarnock Portland, and a north of England 'tour' which took in three matches during the New Year holidays. In all, of these matches, 14 were won, 2 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 54 goals and conceding 18.

Dumbarton's impressive 100% home record extented into a second successive season - and the unbroken 'unbeaten' run on home soil now extended for almost 4 seasons.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1882-83 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
	R1	Kilmarnock Thistle		WO
30 September 1882	R2	King's Park	H	8-1	unknown
21 October 1882	R3	Jamestown	H	8-1	Lindsay;Anderson(3);Brown,R(S);Miller,J;unknown(2)
11 November 1882	R4	Thornliebank	A	3-0	Lindsay;unknown(2)	2,000
	R5			bye
3 February 1883	R6	Queen's Park	H	3-1	Brown,R(P);McKinnon,W(2)	10,000
17 March 1883	SF	Pollokshields Athletic	H	5-0	McKinnon;McArthur(3);Paton	3,000
31 March 1883	F	Vale of Leven	A	2-2	Paton;McArthur	15,000
7 April 1883	Fr	Vale of Leven	A	2-1	Brown,R(P);Brown,R(S)	15,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 April 1883	SF	Queen's Park	A	1-2	Weir	5,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1882	Hearts	H	4-1	unknown
16 September 1882	Rangers	A	1-1	OG	3,000
23 September 1882	3rd LRV	H	4-0	Hutton;Miller;Brown;unknown
7 October 1882	St Mirren	A	4-0	unknown
14 October 1882	Kilmarnock Portland	H	3-1	McArthur;unknown(2)
28 October 1882	Vale of Leven	A	0-1		4,000
18 November 1882	Northern	H	3-1	unknown
25 November 1882	St Bernard's	H	4-0	unknown
23 December 1882	Rangers	H	3-1	MacNab;unknown(2)	2,000
30 December 1882	Blackburn Rovers	A	3-1	Lindsay;Brown;McKinnon	2,000
1 January 1883	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	Weir;Lindsay	5,000
2 January 1883	Halliwell	A	10-1	McKinnon(3);Lindsay(2);Brown(2);OG;unknown(2)	5,000
6 January 1883	Cowlairs	H	2-1	McAulay;unknown	2,000
13 January 1883	St Bernard's	A	2-5	unknown
20 January 1883	Vale of Leven	H	4-1	unknown
10 February 1883	Partick	A	2-0	McArthur;Kerr
24 February 1883	Pollokshields Athletic	A	1-0^[2]	unknown	7,000
3 March 1883	Hearts	A	0-0
10 March 1883	Cowlairs	A	2-3	unknown

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.^[3]

Player	Position^[4]	Appearances	Goals^[5]
R Anderson	FW	3	3
Robert 'Plumber' Brown	FW	7	2
Robert 'Sparrow' Brown	FW	7	2
Jock Hutcheson	BK	6
Leitch Keir	HB^[6]	6
Willie Lang	HB^[7]	4
Joe Lindsay	FW	7	2
George McArthur	FW	7	4
James McAulay	GK	7
William McKinnon	FW	3	3
James Miller	FW	7	1
Peter Miller	HB	7
Michael Paton	BK	4	2
Tom Veitch	BK	2

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 3 March 1883 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Robert 'Plumber' Brown, Joe Lindsay, James McAulay, Peter Miller and Michael Paton all took part.

As a result, William McKinnon, earned his first and second caps and both James McAulay and Peter Miller earned their second and third caps against England and Wales respectively. In addition Michael Paton earned his first international cap for Scotland against England.

County

Two matches were played by the Scotch Counties during the season.

On 13 January 1883, Robert 'Sparrow' Brown, William McKinnon and Peter Miller played against Lancashire - drawing 3-3, and on 27 January 1883, Jock Hutcheson, James McAulay, William McKinnon, James Miller and Peter Miller all played against Birmingham & District - with James Miller scoring one of the 'Scotch' men's goals in the 2-2 draw.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Second XI Cup, anxious to repeat their success of the previous season. Reports on these matches are sketchy, no doubt due to the overwhelming local interest in the Scottish Cup progress at the same time. The local press makes reference to a tie against Hurlford, which was to have been played on the same date as the 'senior' cup semi final against Pollokshields. It is likely this would have been postponed, but there are no subsequent records of the scores. In addition there is mention made of a subsequent cup tie against Kilmarnock Athletic, who were the ultimate winners of the trophy.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
27 January 1883	R2	South Western	H	11-0
10 February 1883	R3	Partick	H	4-1
1883	QF	Hurlford		W
1883	SF	Kilmarnock Athletic		L

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 semi final but the result was successfully protested by Pollokshields 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), although in the first final of the Scottish Cup a 2-3-5 formation was adopted.
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 12 of the 31 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.
↑ Leitch Keir played five games as a Half back and once as a Back.
↑ Willie Lang played three games as a Half back and once as a Back.

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