1950–51 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1950–1951 season

Manager

William Irvine

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League B Division

9th

Scottish Cup

First Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Jim Finnie (10)
All: Jim Finnie (10)

← 1949–50

1951–52 →

Season 1950–51 was the 74th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 45th time, the Scottish Cup for the 56th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 5th time.

Overview

The league campaign looked to be following those of recent years, with the first win registered after 8 attempts, however a late burst of 5 wins in the final 6 games saw Dumbarton finish in a creditable 9th place (out of 16) with 29 points, 16 behind champions Queen of the South.

The Scottish Cup saw Dumbarton exit early to St Johnstone in the first round.

In the League Cup, qualification from the sectional games still proved a problem, finishing 4th and last, with a win and two draws being taken from their 6 games.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Stirling Albion overcame Dumbarton in the semi final after two draws, but in a short-lived revival of the Stirlingshire Consolation Cup (a competition for those clubs eliminated early in the previous season's Stirlingshire Cup) Dumbarton finished as runners-up, again to Stirling Albion.

Note that William Irvine replaced William Guthrie as team manager at the beginning of the season.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1950–51 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 September 1950	Dundee United	H	1-1	Parlane	7,000
23 September 1950	Queen's Park	H	0-1		5,000
30 September 1950	Cowdenbeath	A	1-1	McKay	3,000
7 October 1950	Arbroath	H	0-2
14 October 1950	Ayr United	A	1-3	Finnie	9,000
21 October 1950	Stirling Albion	A	2-3	Parlane;OG	8,000
28 October 1950	Stenhousemuir	H	3-3	Parlane(2);McAra	4,000
4 November 1950	Queen of the South	A	2-1	Parlane;Johnston	7,500
11 November 1950	Albion Rovers	H	1-5	Smith	1,000
18 November 1950	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-2	Johnston	4,000
25 November 1950	Kilmarnock	A	3-1	Smith(2);Johnston	7,000
2 December 1950	Hamilton	A	1-0	Finnie	4,000
9 December 1950	Forfar Athletic	H	4-1	McKay(2);Johnston;Finnie	4,000
16 December 1950	St Johnstone	A	0-3		5,000
23 December 1950	Dundee United	A	2-3	Finnie(2)	8,500
30 December 1950	Alloa Athletic	A	2-2	Smith;Johnston	2,000
1 January 1951	Queen's Park	A	1-2	Donegan	8,000
2 January 1951	Cowdenbeath	H	1-0	Donegan
6 January 1951	Arbroath	A	2-3	Frame(2)	3,000
13 January 1951	Ayr United	H	2-0	Smith;Parlane	5,000
20 January 1951	Stirling Albion	H	4-0	Finnie(2);Parlane;Frame	7,000
10 February 1951	Queen of the South	H	0-1
17 February 1951	Albion Rovers	A	1-3	Shepherd
24 February 1951	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-2	Frame;Finnie
3 March 1951	Kilmarnock	H	2-1	McAteer;Tait
10 March 1951	Hamilton	H	2-1	Frame;Tait
17 March 1951	Forfar Athletic	A	4-1	Frame(3);Smith
24 March 1951	St Johnstone	H	2-1	Tait;Frame
31 March 1951	Alloa Athletic	H	4-3	Donegan;Finnie;Parlane;Tait
7 April 1951	Stenhousemuir	A	1-3	Smith

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1950–51 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 January 1951	1	St Johnstone	H	0-2		10,000

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1950–51 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1950	P	Ayr United	H	1-4	Johnston	5,000
16 August 1950	P	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-4	Miller
19 August 1950	P	Kilmarnock	H	1-0	McKay	5,000
28 August 1950	P	Ayr United	A	0-3		8,000
30 August 1950	P	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-1	McKay
2 September 1950	P	Kilmarnock	A	0-0		8,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
18 September 1950	1	Stenhousemuir	H	0-0
18 April 1951	1R	Stenhousemuir	A	3-1	Finnie;Parlane;Smith
28 April 1951	SF	Stirling Albion	A	0-0
11 May 1951	SFR	Stirling Albion	H	1-1	unknown
17 May 1951	SFR2	Stirling Albion	A	0-6

Stirlingshire Consolation Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 May 1951	SF	East Stirling	H	4-2	Finnie(4)
16 May 1951	F	Stirling Albion	A	1-6	Tait

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. George Paton and Jimmy Whyte were both to feature in all of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position^[2]	Appearances	Goals
Alec Braidwood	FW	10
Jack Cameron	DF	1
Tom Donegan	FW	15	3
George Ferguson	DF	34
Jim Finnie	FW	27	10
Jimmy Frame	FW	13	8
Bobby Gibson	FW	1
Tommy Irwin	MF	7
Willie Johnston	FW	26	6
Bobby McAra	FW	14	1
Thomas McAteer	FW	1	1
Don McDonald	MF	23
Billy McGuinness	FW	2
Bob McKay	FW	13	5
Willie McLaren	MF	4
Jack McNee	DF	36
Robert Miller	FW	3
Jimmy Parlane	FW	18	8
George Paton	GK	37
Jim Peden	MF	9
Thomas Ramsay	FW	3
John Sharp	MF	25
George Shepherd	FW	1	1
Duncan Smith	FW	23	7
Gordon Spiers	FW	3
Andy Tait	MF	22	4
Jimmy Whyte	MF	37

Reserve Team

For the second successive season, Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 15th out of 16, recording 7 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B two seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Hamilton.

Finally in the Reserve League Cup, with only a single win from 6 sectional matches, Dumbarton failed to qualify for the knock-out stages.

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).

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1950–51 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Stirlingshire Consolation Cup

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links