1886–87 Dumbarton F.C. season

1886–87 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Runners Up

Season 1886–87 was the 14th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 14th time.

Overview

Dumbarton reached their fourth Scottish Cup final full of confidence, especially having defeated Queen's Park in the semi final, but it wasn't to be and Dumbarton lost out to the East of Scotland Shield holders Hibernian by the odd goal in three.^[1]

In the Dumbartonshire Cup, Dumbarton met their old rivals Renton in the third round and found them to be too good on the day.

It was much the same story in the Glasgow Charity Cup, where Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Queen's Park.

During the season, 26 'other' matches were played, including home and away ties against Rangers and 3rd LRV, matches against Lanarkshire Cup holders, Airdrie and Renfrewshire Cup holders, Abercorn and a two match north of Scotland tour in the New Year Holidays. In addition, four matches were played against English opposition, including a north of England tour during Easter. Overall, the results of these matches were disappointing based on Dumbarton's past successes, with 7 won, 6 drawn and 13 lost, scoring 51 goals and conceding 61.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1886-87 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 September 1886	R1	Vale of Leven Hibernian	H	5-0	Keir,W(2);Brown;Hartley;McMillan,J
2 October 1886	R2	Yoker	H	4-0	Brown(2);Jamieson(2)
	R3	Tollcross		WO
	R4			bye
4 December 1886	R5	Dundee Harp	A	2-2^[2]	Jamieson;unknown	6,000
25 December 1886	R6	Hurlford	A	0-0
22 January 1887	R6r	Hurlford	H	3-1	Keir,L;Madden;Jamieson
29 January 1887	SF	Queen's Park	A	2-1	Robertson(2)	3,000
12 February 1887	F	Hibernian	A	1-2	Aitken	15,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
	R1	Dumbarton Rock		WO
20 November 1886	R2	Yoker	A	9-0	Lapsley;Lindsay;Keir,L;McMillan(2);Keir,W(2);unknown(2)
11 December 1886	R3	Renton	H	1-2	unknown	4,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 April 1887	R1	Queen's Park	A	0-3		5,500

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 August 1886	St Bernard's	A	0-2
28 August 1886	Rangers	A	1-2	Aitken
4 September 1886	Accrington	A	1-3	Brown
18 September 1886	Renton	A	0-0		3,000
25 September 1886	Airdrie	H	5-1	Tate;Jamieson(2);Keir,W;Keir,L
9 October 1886	Vale of Leven	A	1-1	Robertson
16 October 1886	Cowlairs	A	0-7
23 October 1886	Tollcross	H	6-1^[3]	Jamieson(3);Robertson(2);McAulay	1,000
30 October 1886	Ayr	A	0-2
6 November 1886	Rangers	H	5-5	Keir,W;Lindsay;Jamieson;unknown(2)	2,000
13 November 1886	Partick Thistle	H	2-1	Jamieson;unknown	2,000
27 November 1886	3rd LRV	H	4-0	Madden(2);Robertson;Keir,W
3 January 1887	Our Boys Dundee	A	5-3	Madden(2);Jamieson(2);Hartley	3,000
4 January 1887	Arbroath	A	0-2
8 January 1887	Hurlford	H	1-2^[4]	Robertson
5 February 1887	Morton	A	0-1		3,000
19 February 1887	Thistle	A	2-3	unknown
26 February 1887	St Johnstone	A	3-3	Keir(2);unknown
5 March 1887	Battlefield	H	3-2	Jamieson(3)
19 March 1887	Port Glasgow	H	1-1	Madden
24 March 1887	Montrose	A	6-4	Aitken;Madden;OG;unknown(3)	2,500
26 March 1887	Abercorn	A	3-3	Madden;OG;unknown	4,000
3 April 1887	3rd LRV	A	1-2	Jamieson
8 April 1887	Accrington	H	1-5	unknown
9 April 1887	Preston North End	A	0-2		7,000
11 April 1887	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-3		5,000

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.^[5]

Player	Position^[6]	Appearances	Goals^[7]
Ralph Aitken	FW	2	1
Robert 'Plumber' Brown	FW	7	3
J Dennett	HB	1
R Fergus	BK	7
David Hartley	FW	5	1
Jock Hutcheson	BK	6
R Jamieson	FW	6	4
Leitch Keir	HB	7	1
W Keir	FW	2	2
William Lapsley	FW	1
John Madden	FW	4	1
James McAulay	GK	7
J McMillan	FW	1	1
Tom McMillan	HB	7
Peter Miller	HB	7
William Robertson	FW	6	2
Pete Tait	FW	1

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 5 March 1887 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1887 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir, James McAulay and Willie Robertson all took part.

Subsequently, four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland, as follows:

- Leitch Keir earned his third and fourth caps against England and Wales respectively. Keir scored in the 3-2 win over England.

- James McAulay earned his eighth and ninth caps against England and Wales respectively.

- Tom McMillan earned his first cap against Ireland.

- Willie Robertson earned his first and second caps against England and Wales respectively. Robertson scored in the 2-0 win over Wales.

County

Dumbarton players were selected to play in the Dumbartonshire representative matches as follows:

Date	Opponent	Result	Players(Goals)
16 October 1886	Lancashire	3-4	Brown;Hartley;Keir;McAulay;Robertson(2)
26 February 1887	Renfrewshire	3-1	Aitken(1);Hutcheson;Miller,P

In addition Leitch Keir was selected to play in the West of Scotland side which played an East of Scotland XI on 24 May 1887. The 'West' won 3-1.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton rejoined the Second Eleven Association and duly reached their third final in the Scottish Second XI Cup in four attempts before losing out to the holders, Abercorn, after a drawn match.

In addition, Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, and reached the semi final before losing to eventual winners, Renton.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
6 November 1886	R1	Clyde	A	5-1
27 November 1886	R2	Rangers	A	3-2
25 December 1886	R3	Hibernian	A	2-1
29 January 1887	R4	Queen's Park	A	3-2
12 February 1887	SF	Hearts	A	4-2
23 April 1887	F	Abercorn	A	2-2
3 May 1887	FR	Abercorn	A	2-4

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
22 January 1887	R1	Vale of Leven	A	1-1^[8]
26 February 1887	R2	Dumbarton Athletic	A	3-1
5 March 1887	SF	Renton	A	0-1

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ Dundee Harp scratched from the competition.
↑ This was to be the third round tie of the Scottish Cup but Tollcross could only muster 8 players, and therefore scratched from the competition. In order to avoid disappointing the crowd, a friendly was played with the Tollcross team being supplemented with 3 Dumbarton reserves.
↑ This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup sixth round replay but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the SFA.
↑ 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 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
↑ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorer of 1 of the 17 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches is unknown.
↑ Vale of Leven expected to play extra time after the game ended in a draw and did not appear for the replay, and so the tie was awarded to Dumbarton.

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