1897–98 Dumbarton F.C. season

1897–98 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

First Round

Season 1897–98 was the 25th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup for the 25th time.

Overview

In the absence of any league commitments, the Dumbarton committee had to work hard to bring together a fixture list which would meet the club's financial needs.

Things were not helped by the briefest of involvements in the Scottish Cup, where Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by St Bernards, after a 1-1 draw.^[1]

Nevertheless, locally there was better news with Dumbarton winning the Dumbartonshire Cup for the ninth time, beating Vale of Leven in the final.

During the season, 23 'other' matches were arranged, where there was much to be pleased about. There was an impressive unbeaten run of 8 games at the beginning of the season, several wins against league opposition and a successful 'mini' tour of the highlands during the New Year holidays. Of these matches 13 were won, 4 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 69 goals and conceding 49.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1897–98 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 January 1898	R1	St Bernard's	A	1-1	Murphy	3,500
15 January 1898	R1r	St Bernard's	H	1-3	Gillies	6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 March 1898	F	Vale of Leven	A	3-2	Speedie(2);Littlejohn	3,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1897	Renton	A	2-0	Reid;Mackie
4 September 1897	Stenhousemuir	A	4-4	unknown
11 September 1897	Queen's Park	A	4-2	McFarlane(2);Speedie;OG	2,000
18 September 1897	Vale of Leven	H	6-1	Morrice(2);Richmond;unknown(3)
2 October 1897	Leith Athletic	A	2-2	Speedie;Mackie
9 October 1897	Falkirk	A	2-1	Morrice;Reid
16 October 1897	Abercorn	A	2-2	Speedie;Murphy
23 October 1897	Queen's Park	A	1-1	Mauchan
30 October 1897	Renton	H	2-1	unknown
13 November 1897	St Mirren	H	0-1
20 November 1897	Morton	A	1-2	unknown
27 November 1897	Vale of Leven	A	3-1	Watt;Forrest;Thomson
18 December 1897	Clyde	A	4-5	Reid;unknown(3)
25 December 1897	Kilmarnock	H	2-9	unknown
1 January 1898	Inverness Clachnacuddin	A	10-4	unknown	3,500
3 January 1898	Aberdeen	A	2-0	OG(2)
22 January 1898	Partick Thistle	A	3-1	McNab(2);Littlejohn	1,500
5 February 1898	Celtic	H	2-3	Mitchell;Richmond
19 February 1898	E Stirling	A	4-1	McNab;Speedie;Littlejohn;unknown
5 March 1898	Kilmarnock Athletic	H	9-1	unknown
19 March 1898	Morton	H	2-1	unknown
11 April 1898	St Bernard's	A	0-5		1,000
16 April 1898	Airdrie	H	2-1	unknown

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used the same 11 players for both Scottish Cup matches, as detailed below.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
Daniel Coll	FW	2
John Docherty	GK	2
Alexander Gillies	FW	2	1
Morrice	HB	2
Hugh Murphy	FW	2	1
Thomas Reid	FW	2
James Richmond	HB	2
Samuel Skinner	BK	2
Willie Speedie	FW	2
Daniel Thomson	BK	2
William Thomson	HB	2

County

A Dumbartonshire representative match was played against a Lanarkshire XI on 29 January 1898 in which Docherty, Daniel Thomson, William Thomson, Lewis Mackie and Speedie were all selected to play - Willie Speedie scored the Dumbarton county goal in the 1-1 draw.

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

William Thomson earned his third and fourth caps against Wales and Ireland respectively in the 1898 British Home Championship.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton lost in the first round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Queen's Park.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
?	R1	Queen's Park	H	?

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ 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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