1943–44 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1943–44 was the 67th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level and the fifth season of special wartime football during World War II.

Overview

Dumbarton had their best performance to date in the Scottish Southern League by finishing 5th out of 16 with 32 points - 18 behind champions Rangers. Indeed, for two weeks in October 1943 Dumbarton topped the league. The league results included a first ever league win over Celtic at Celtic Park.

The league results were not however matched in the cups, where Dumbarton failed to qualify from their section in the League Cup South.

In addition, Dumbarton suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Clyde in the first round of the Summer Cup.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Southern League

Main article: Southern Football League (Scotland)

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1943	Airdrie	H	3-1	Reid;Stead;Milne,Jk	4,000
21 August 1943	Third Lanark	A	3-2	Hepburn;Brooks;Stead	4,000
28 August 1943	St Mirren	H	2-1	Hepburn;Brooks	5,000
4 September 1943	Celtic	A	4-1	Lipton(2);Reid;Hepburn	9,000
11 September 1943	Falkirk	H	2-3	Brooks;Milne,Jk	5,500
18 September 1943	Hibernian	A	3-4	Milne,Jk;Brooks;Stead	12,000
25 September 1943	Motherwell	H	4-2	Brooks(3);Milne,Jk	4,000
2 October 1943	Partick Thistle	A	6-2	Brooks(3);Stead(2);Brawley	10,000
9 October 1943	Queen's Park	H	2-1	Milne,Jk;Torrance	3,000
16 October 1943	Hamilton	H	3-2	Brooks;Stead;Torrance	5,000
23 October 1943	Albion Rovers	A	1-0	Brooks	6,000
30 October 1943	Morton	H	1-4	Brooks	6,000
6 November 1943	Hearts	A	0-3		12,000
13 November 1943	Clyde	H	1-0	Brooks	5,000
20 November 1943	Rangers	A	0-2		20,000
27 November 1943	Airdrie	A	3-1	Reid(2);Milne,Jk	3,000
4 December 1943	Third Lanark	H	2-3	Brooks(2)	4,000
11 December 1943	St Mirren	A	2-5	Brooks;Trialist	3,000
18 December 1943	Celtic	H	1-1	Douglas	7,000
25 December 1943	Hibernian	H	1-1	Brooks	3,500
1 January 1944	Falkirk	A	0-4		5,000
3 January 1944	Rangers	H	1-1	Brooks	8,000
8 January 1944	Motherwell	A	0-2		3,000
15 January 1944	Partick Thistle	H	2-2	Milne;Jk;Milne,Jn	5,000
22 January 1944	Queen's Park	A	0-0		5,000
29 January 1944	Hamilton	A	1-0	Brooks	3,000
5 February 1944	Albion Rovers	H	2-2	Pritchard(2)	3,000
12 February 1944	Morton	A	1-3	Milne,Jk	5,000
19 February 1944	Hearts	H	2-1	Craig;OG	3,500
26 February 1944	Clyde	A	1-4	Milne,Jk	5,000

League Cup South

Main article: 1943–44 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 March 1944	P	Queen's Park	H	1-4	Milne,Jk	4,000
11 April 1944	P	Clyde	A	1-0	Pritchard	10,000
18 March 1944	P	St Mirren	A	2-2	Brooks(2)	8,000
25 March 1944	P	Queen's Park	A	2-0	Brooks;Reid	10,000
1 April 1944	P	Clyde	H	1-3	OG	6,000
8 April 1944	P	St Mirren	H	2-1	Brooks;Pritchard	3,500

Summer Cup

Main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football)

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 June 1944	1(1)	Clyde	H	2-4	Pritchard;Brawley	3,000
10 June 1944	1(2)	Clyde	A	0-6		6,000

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 38 League, Cup and League Cup matches, as detailed below. George Brooks and Andrew McAlpine both featured in all of these matches. Note that unnamed trialist(s) played in five matches.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
James Anderson	FW	5
Brendan Bell	GK	18
Andrew Boyd	FW	1
Tom Brawley	MF	26	2
George Brooks	FW	38	24
Andy Cheyne^[3]	DF	30
John Craig	MF	30	1
Bobby Donaldson	MF	1
Frank Douglas	FW	15	1
John Hepburn	FW	28	3
Alex Kay	DF	1
Thomas Lipton	FW	8	2
Andrew McAlpine	MF	38
Douglas McBain	MF	3
Ian McColl	FW	1
Murdoch McCormack	FW	5
Jackie Milne	MF	36	10
John Milne	FW	2	1
John Morgan	DF	2
James Mulvaney	DF	13
A Vincent Pritchard	FW	9	5
Willie Reid	MF	28	5
Angus Stead	FW	24	6
Robert Torrance	FW	9	2
Robert Wallace	DF	22
David Watson	GK	20

Reserve Team

Dumbarton continued to run a Second XI during the season.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to St Mirren, and finished as runners-up in the Glasgow & District Reserve League (First Series).

References

↑ 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 defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).
↑ The Summer Cup tie against Clyde on 10 June marked Andy Cheyne's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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