1888–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1888–89 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup Semi Final

Season 1888–89 was the 16th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 16th time.

Overview

A successful run in the Scottish Cup, including a 13-1 defeat of Kirkintilloch Central in the first round (which still stands as Dumbarton's biggest ever win and the highest number of goals scored by one player in a single game), brought Dumbarton to the semi final and their first ever meeting with Celtic. On the day however the Glasgow side were to prove too strong and ran out 4-1 winners.[1]

In the Dumbartonshire Cup, the trophy was lifted for the second time, beating their nearest rivals Dumbarton Athletic easily in the final.

An invitation to compete in the Greenock Charity Cup was accepted, but Dumbarton lost out to the hosts Morton in the final.

During the season, 28 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Dumbarton Athletic and Queen's Park. There were also matches against the current holders of the East of Scotland Shield (Mossend Swifts), the Lanarkshire Cup (Airdrie), the Renfrewshire Cup (St Mirren) and the Stirlingshire Cup (East Stirling), and a 3 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In England, matches were played against Sunderland and Sunderland Albion, and Dumbarton also gave the Welsh national team a tough work-out in a game at Boghead. Overall, success was mixed, with 9 matches being won, 7 drawn and 12 lost, scoring goals 74 and conceding 67. Note that in all games played, 142 goals had been scored, the fourth time that Dumbarton had scored over 100 goals during a single season.

At the beginning of the season, Dumbarton appointed its first trainer, James Chapman from Broxburn. Then, at the season's conclusion, Dumbarton amalgamated with the town's other senior outfit, Dumbarton Athletic.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1888-89 Scottish Cup
DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 September 1888R1Kirkintilloch CentralH13-1Lapsley(6);Chapman(3);Dewar(2);Madden;OG
R2bye
13 October 1888R3MotherwellA6-2unknown3,500
3 November 1888R4Methlan ParkH9-0Bell,Jn(3);Keir;Chapman;Aitken;unknown(3)
1 December 1888R5Mossend SwiftsH3-1Dewar;Bell,Jn;Madden
15 December 1888R6St MirrenH2-2Bell,Jn(2)
22 December 1888R6rSt MirrenA2-2Dewar;Lapsley6,000
29 December 1888R6rSt MirrenA3-1Aitken(2);Bell,Jn7,000
12 January 1889SFCelticH1-4Madden6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
R2Dumbarton ThistleWO
8 December 1888R3Vale of Leven WanderersH5-0Bell;Chapman;Lapsley;unknown(2)
19 January 1889SFVale of LevenH3-1Miller;Keir;Chapman2,000
9 February 1889FDumbarton AthleticA6-2Madden;Lapsley;Bell;unknown(3)4,000

Greenock Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 March 18891CarltonA5-2unknown
14 May 1889SF1st RRV GreenockA10-0unknown
1 June 1889FMortonA0-23,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 August 1888Leith AthleticA3-4Madden;unknown(2)
18 August 1888Vale of LevenA2-2Lindsay;Madden4,000
25 August 1888Queen's ParkH0-3
8 September 1888St MirrenH2-2Lapsley(2)
15 September 1888CelticH1-2Chapman
29 September 1888Vale of LevenH2-1Lapsley;Madden
6 October 1888ThornliebankH9-1Bell(3);Chapman(3);Liddell;Lapsley;unknown
20 October 1888Queen's ParkA2-2Aitken;unknown10,000
27 October 1888ThistleH3-0Lapsley(2);Bell
10 November 1888Dumbarton AthleticA2-3Bell;Aitken3,000
24 November 1888Mossend SwiftsH1-1unknown
31 December 1888Strathmore (Dundee)A2-2unknown
1 January 1889ArbroathA2-2Caird;Chaplin
2 January 1889Forfar AthleticA1-3Madden
2 February 1889RentonA1-6Madden
16 February 1889HibernianA3-4Chapman;Lapsley;unknown
2 March 1889Dumbarton AthleticH6-1Lapsley;McMillan;Bell(2);Mair(2)2,000
9 March 1889East StirlingA1-7unknown
16 March 1889Queen's ParkA1-1Madden
21 March 1889MontroseA2-4Bell;unknown2,000
23 March 1889CowlairsA2-1Miller;Chapman
6 April 1889Welsh International XIA3-0Chapman;McLeod;Mair
13 April 1889HeartsA2-4OG;Madden
20 April 1889Sunderland AlbionA6-2Mair(2);Lapsley;unknown(3)
27 April 1889DykebarH8-0Bell(3);Mair;unknown(4)
4 May 1889Albion RoversA1-4unknown
21 May 1889AirdrieA3-1McLeod(2);Stewart
27 May 1889SunderlandA3-4Chapman;unknown(2)

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals[4]
Scotland Ralph Aitken FW 63
Scotland James Bell GK 8
Scotland John Bell FW 77
Scotland Dickie Boyle BK 2
Scotland John Chapman FW 84
Scotland James Collins FW 1
Scotland Geordie Dewar HB 84
Scotland Edward Duffy FW 1
Scotland John Hannah BK 8
Scotland Robert Hannah HB 1
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 71
Scotland William Lapsley FW 87
Scotland John Madden FW 83
Scotland Tom McMillan HB 8
Scotland Alex Miller FW 2
Scotland Duncan Stewart BK 5

International

An international trial match was played on 16 February 1889 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1889 British Home Championship.

Geordie Dewar was selected to take part and subsequently earned his second cap against England.

County

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

DateOpponentResultPlayers(Goals)
26 January 1889East of Scotland4-2Bell,Jas;Bell,Jn;Dewar;Stewart
26 January 1889Renfrewshire6-1Aitken;Madden(3);McMillan
23 February 1889Birmingham & District2-5Madden(1);McMillan(1)

In addition Geordie Dewar was selected to play for a 'Counties' team against a Glasgow Select on 4 October 1888 - Glasgow won 9-0.

Reserve Team

Although Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Linthouse, in the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, the trophy was won for the first time by beating Vale of Leven in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
29 September 1888R2LinthouseA4-5

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
15 December 1888R3JamestownA9-2
23 February 1889SFDumbarton AthleticH2-0
23 March 1889FVale of LevenA4-0

See also

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
  4. Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 9 of the 39 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.

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