1891–92 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1891–92 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish Football League

Champions

Scottish Cup

Seventh Round

Top goalscorer

League: John Bell (19)
All: John Bell (21)

← 1890–91

1892–93 →

Season 1891–92 was the 19th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the second time, and the Scottish Cup for the 19th time.

Overview

Dumbarton retained the Scottish League Championship with 37 points, 2 ahead of runners-up Celtic. In the process a 100% home record in league fixtures was maintained.^[1] In addition John Bell finished as league top goalscorer for the second season running, with 19 goals to his credit.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to their old rivals Queen's Park in the seventh round, after a 2-2 draw.

In other competitions, Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, again beating Vale of Leven in the final, but in the Greenock Charity Cup were defeated by the hosts Morton in the final. After a gap of three years, Dumbarton were again invited to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup, but lost out to Celtic in the semi final.

During the season, 6 'other' matches were played, including an 8-0 thrashing of Celtic. Of these matches, 3 were won, 1 drawn and 2 lost, scoring 22 goals and conceding 14.

Note that the overall unbeaten home record extended into a second successive season. In addition, Dumbarton scored 124 goals in all matches during the season, the fifth season in a row and the seventh time in the club's history that the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1891-92 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 1891	Cambuslang	A	2-0	Taylor;Thomson,W
22 August 1891	Abercorn	H	8-1	Bell;unknown(7)	3,000
29 August 1891	Hearts	A	1-3	OG	7,000
5 September 1891	Rangers	A	3-1	Taylor(3)	5,000
12 September 1891	Leith Athletic	H	6-0	Taylor(2);Miller,J(2);McNaught;Bell
19 September 1891	Hearts	H	5-1	NcNaught;Miller,J(2);Bell(2)	3,000
26 September 1891	Celtic	A	0-2		12,000
3 October 1891	Vale of Leven	A	2-1	Miller,J;OG
17 October 1891	Third Lanark	H	2-0	Miller,J(2)
24 October 1891	St Mirren	H	4-2	Taylor(2);Miller,J;McMillan	1,500
31 October 1891	Leith Athletic	A	3-1	Bell;McMillan;OG	5,000
7 November 1891	Renton	A	3-2	Thomson,W;McMillan;Taylor	3,000
14 November 1891	Clyde	H	8-2	OG;Taylor(3);Bell(3);McNaught	1,500
5 December 1891	Third Lanark	A	5-2	Bell(3);McNaught;Thomson,W
12 December 1891	Vale of Leven	H	8-0	Taylor(2);Miller,J(2);Thomson,W;McDonald;McNaught(2)
26 December 1891	Renton	H	2-1	McNaught;Bell
19 March 1892	St Mirren	A	3-2	OG;Bell(2)
26 March 1892	Cambuslang	H	5-2	McLeod(2);Miller,J(2);Bell
23 April 1892	Celtic	H	1-0	Miller,J	12,000
30 April 1892	Clyde	A	1-4	Bell	6,000
4 May 1892	Rangers	H	6-0	Bell(3);Miller,J;Thomson,W;Galbraith	1,000
7 May 1892	Abercorn	A	1-1	Thomson,W

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1891-92 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 November 1891	R5	Thistle	H	4-0	Taylor;Bell(2);Miller,J
19 December 1891	R6	Third Lanark	A	3-1	Miller,J;Taylor(2)	4,000
23 January 1892	R7	Queen's Park	H	2-2	Boyle;Miller,J
30 January 1892	R7r	Queen's Park	A	1-4	Taylor	15,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 March 1892	SF	Methlan Park	H	9-0	Thomson(2);McLeod(2);Johnston;Taylor;McNaught;Keir;OG
16 April 1892	F	Vale of Leven	H	2-0	Miller,J;unknown	3,000

Greenock Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 May 1892	SF	Dykebar	A	1-0	unknown
28 May 1892	F	Morton	A	1-4	unknown

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 May 1892	SF	Celtic	A	1-3	Miller,J	10,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1891	5th KRV	A	3-3	McNaught;Bell;Miller
12 August 1891	Airdrie	A	0-2		2,000
1 January 1892	Celtic	A	8-0	Taylor(3);Thomson(2);Bell;McMillan;McNaught	15,000
2 January 1892	Hearts	A	1-7	Thomson	10,000
4 January 1892	Aberdeen	A	6-1	Thomson(2);Wilson(2);Reid;OG
9 April 1892	Rangers	H	4-1^[2]	Boyle(2);Taylor;Bell

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 24 players during the season (2 more than the previous season) in 26 Scottish League and Cup matches, as detailed below. Dickie Boyle was the only player to feature in all of these matches.^[3]

Player	Position^[4]	Appearances	Goals^[5]
John Barr	GK	5
John Bell	FW	23	21
W Bell	FW	1
Black	FW	1
Dickie Boyle	HB	26	1
Buchan	FW	1
James Galbraith	FW	7	1
John Gillan	HB	2
Hodge	FW	1
Richard Hunter	BK	1
Leitch Keir	HB	23
Alex Lang	HB	1
Alex McDonald	HB	9	1
John McIndewar	FW	1
John McLeod	GK	22	2
Tom McMillan	HB	20	3
James McNaught	FW	25	7
Alex Miller	BK	21
John Miller	FW	24	17
Richmond	BK	7
Alf Smith	BK	10
John Taylor	FW	21	18
William Thomson	FW	24	5
Daniel Watson	BK	9
A N Other	FW	1

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the 1892 British Home Championship.

John Bell earned his second cap against England, and John McLeod earned his fourth cap in the same game. Bell scored Scotland's goal in the 4-1 defeat.

John Taylor and William Thomson both earned their first caps against Wales, with Thomson scoring a goal in the 6-1 win.

In addition, John Bell, Dickie Boyle, John McLeod and John Taylor were all selected to play in the first Scottish League XI against the English League - the game finishing in a 2-2 draw, with Bell scoring one of the goals.

Other Representative

On 30 May 1892, a Scottish League select played a Scottish Alliance XI. John Miller was selected to play in the 'League' team and scored twice in the 4-3 win.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton reached the semi final of the Scottish Second XI Cup before losing out to Annbank after a 2-2 draw, but again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Smithston Hibs in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
12 September 1891	R1	Rangers	H	2-1
3 October 1891	R2	Cowlairs	H	5-2
31 October 1891	R3	E Stirling	H	10-3
21 November 1891	R4	Celtic	H	4-1
5 December 1891	R5	5th KRV	A	5-1
9 January 1892	SF	Annbank	A	2-2
30 January 1892	SFr	Annbank	A	1-2

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
6 February 1892	R1	Clydebank	A	4-4
13 February 1892	R1r	Clydebank	H	8-1
21 May 1892	SF	Vale of Leven	H	4-1
30 May 1892	F	Smithston Hibernian	H	6-3

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ This match was to be a league fixture, but the referee failed to turn up, and so it was agreed that a Dumbarton official stand in. However the League authorities subsequently ordered a replay.
↑ 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 scorers of 7 of the 88 goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.

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1891–92 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

Greenock Charity Cup

Glasgow Charity Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Club

International

Other Representative

Reserve Team

Scottish Second XI Cup

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

See also

References

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