1892–93 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1892–93 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish Football League

7th

Scottish Cup

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: Lawrence Bell (9)
All: Lawrence Bell (11)

← 1891–92

1893–94 →

Season 1892–93 was the 20th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the third time, and the Scottish Cup for the 20th time.

Overview

As Dumbarton continued to maintain its amateur status, during the season the club lost the services of eight of its first team to the professional ranks of English clubs. For this reason, Dumbarton slipped to finish 7th in the Scottish League Championship with 17 points, 12 behind champions Celtic.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were unsurprisingly defeated in the second round by Rangers.

Elsewhere, Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, defeating Levendale in the final, but lost out to Celtic in the semi final of the Glasgow Charity Cup.

During the season, 12 'other' matches were played, including fixtures against Linfield in Belfast, and Arsenal in London. Of these matches, 7 were won, 1 drawn and 4 lost, scoring 26 goals and conceding.

The loss of so many players made the decision in May 1893 for the club to adopt professionalism unavoidable.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1892-93 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1892	St Mirren	H	1-2	Gillan
3 September 1892	Rangers	A	2-3	Hartley;Thomson,W	6,000
10 September 1892	Leith Athletic	H	2-1	Bell,J(2)	1,500
24 September 1892	Third Lanark	H	1-2	Hartley	1,500
1 October 1892	St Mirren	A	2-3	Bell,J;Taylor
8 October 1892	Hearts	A	3-1	Hartley(2);Bell,L	3,500
15 October 1892	Celtic	H	0-3		3,000
22 October 1892	Abercorn	H	5-1	Bell,J(2);Bell,L;McNaught;Hartley
5 November 1892	Third Lanark	A	0-3		1,500
19 September 1892	Leith Athletic	A	0-3		4,000
18 February 1893	Clyde	A	2-1	Bell,L(2)	2,000
4 March 1893	Renton	H	1-1	Bell,L
18 March 1893	Celtic	A	1-5	Johnstone	8,000
1 April 1893	Hearts	H	5-1	OG;Bell,J(2);Bell,L(2)	1,500
15 April 1893	Clyde	H	3-1	Bell,L;Keir;Taylor	1,500
22 April 1893	Rangers	H	3-0	Johnstone;Bell,L;Taylor
29 April 1893	Abercorn	A	0-4
20 May 1893	Renton	A	4-0	Campbell;Johnstone(2);Mair

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1892-93 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 December 1892	R1	Clyde	A	6-1	McNaught(2);Bell, J(2);Bell,L(2)	1,500
21 January 1893	R2	Rangers	H	0-1

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 January 1893	SF	Vale of Leven	H	1-1	Taylor
4 February 1893	SFr	Vale of Leven	A	6-2	Taylor(3);Bell,J;Bell,L;unknown	1,500
25 February 1893	F	Levendale	A	7-1	Bell,L(2);McNaught;Taylor;unknown(3)	1,500

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 May 1893	SF	Celtic	A	0-0		5,000
17 May 1893	SFr	Celtic	A	1-3	unknown	6,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1892	5th KRV	A	3-2	unknown
27 August 1892	Ayr	A	1-1	unknown
17 September 1892	Renton	A	2-0^[2]	Miller;Smith	3,000
29 October 1892	Renton	H	2-1	Hartley;Thomson
26 November 1892	Clyde	A	1-4^[3]	Taylor
31 December 1892	Kirkcaldy	A	5-1	Bell(2);Campbell;Ferrier;unknown
2 January 1893	Dunfermline	A	5-0	unknown
3 January 1893	Hearts	A	2-0	OG(2)	7,000
11 February 1893	Linfield	A	2-4	Saunders;Gillan	3,500
11 March 1893	Arsenal	A	1-3	unknown	6,000
25 March 1893	Hibernian	A	2-3	Bell;Campbell	3,000
29 May 1893	Renton	H	1-0	Campbell

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 28 players during the season (5 more than the previous season) in 20 Scottish League and Cup matches, as detailed below. Alf Smith topped the 'selection' chart by playing in 19 of these matches.^[4]

Player	Position^[5]	Appearances	Goals
John Barr	GK	2
John Bell	FW	15	9
Lawrence Bell	FW	13	11
William Campbell	FW	4	1
Carrick	HB	1
Chisholm	FW	1
Bob Ferrier	FW	7
John Gillan	HB	7	1
Abe Hartley	FW	8	5
Robert Johnstone	FW	6	4
Leitch Keir	HB	15	1
Hugh Mair	FW	2	1
Alex McDonald	HB	5
John McLeod	GK	18
Tom McMillan	BK	18
James McNaught	FW	13	3
Alex Miller	HB	10
Billy Nash	HB	5
Nelson	HB	1
J Orr	HB	1
William Robertson	FW	2
A Saunderson	FW	8
A Smith	FW	3
Alf Smith	BK	19
John Taylor	FW	14	3
Daniel Thomson	HB	9
William Thomson	FW	11	1
Wilson	FW	2

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Three Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the 1893 British Home Championship.

John Bell, John Taylor and William Thomson all earned their second caps against Wales.

In addition, John Bell and John Taylor earned their second 'League' caps in the Scottish League XI vs. the English League match - the game finishing in a 4-3 win for the English, with Taylor scoring one of the goals.

County

On 12 November 1892, John McLeod, Tom McMillan, William Thomson, John Taylor, Abe Hartley and James McNaught were all selected to play in the Dumbartonshire representative team against a Renfrewshire XI. The match was drawn 2-2 with Taylor scoring one of the goals.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton were defeated in the third round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Clyde, but again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Dumbarton Union in the final.

This was to be the final year of the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, and in the eight years of its existence, Dumbarton won the trophy five times.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
7 September 1892	R1	Northern	A	5-1
1 October 1892	R2	Battlefield	A	5-2
22 October 1892	R3	Clyde	A	1-2

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
5 November 1892	R1	Clydebank	H	4-1
26 November 1892	SF	Vale of Leven	H	8-2
21 January 1893	F	Dumbarton Union	A	8-3

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 friendly match be played
↑ This match was to be a first round tie of the Scottish Cup, but the pitch was unplayable. Nevertheless a friendly match was played
↑ 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).

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1892–93 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Dumbartonshire Cup

Glasgow Charity Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Club

International

County

Reserve Team

Scottish Second XI Cup

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

See also

References

External links