1885–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1885–86 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupFifth Round

Season 1885–86 was the 13th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 13th time.

Overview

Dumbarton had an easy passage through the early rounds of the Scottish Cup before losing out to Hibernian, the East of Scotland Shield holders, in the fifth round after a 2-2 draw.[1]

Locally, Dumbarton failed to hold on to the Dumbartonshire Cup and were defeated at the semi-final stage by Dumbarton Athletic.

It was at the semi final stage of the Glasgow Charity Cup that Dumbarton also tasted defeat, this time to rivals Vale of Leven.

At the start of the season a tournament was played across the county in order to raise funds for the Dumbartonshire association. There were 8 invitees with the first rounds being played in two groups at Alexandria on 4 August and at Helensburgh a week later, where Dumbarton were due to have met Yoker, but their opponents having failed to turn up, the Dumbarton players entertained the crowd by playing a six-a-side match. The semi finals were played at Boghead where Dumbarton drew with Vale of Leven - the replay took place five days later. In the final against Dumbarton Athletic on 27 August Dumbarton won 2-0.

Despite the growing competitive calendar, 23 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Rangers, Queens Park and Vale of Leven, together with matches against Glasgow Cup holders Cambuslang, and Forfarshire Cup holders, Dundee Harp. In addition a four match tour of the north of Scotland was undertaken during the New Year holidays. Overall, of these matches, 14 were won, 5 drawn and 4 lost, scoring 72 goals and conceding 43.

Note that in all games played, 104 goals had been scored, the second time that Dumbarton had scored over 100 goals during a single season.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1885-86 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
19 September 1885 R1 Vale of Leven Wanderers H 3-1 Wilson;Lindsay;Hartley
3 October 1885 R2 Union H 7-0 unknown
24 October 1885 R3 Thistle H 3-0 Tait;Brown,R;Liddell
14 November 1885 R4 Partick Thistle H 3-0 Aitken(2);Lindsay
5 December 1885 R5 Hibernian H 2-2 Brown,R;OG 2,000
12 December 1885 R5r Hibernian A 3-4 Hartley(2);Brown,R 6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 October 1885 R1 Bonhill H 7-0 Aitken;Tait;Brown;Liddell;McMillan;unknown(2)
26 December 1885 R2 Renton H 2-0 McKinnon;unknown 4,500
13 February 1886 SF Dumbarton Athletic A 1-2 Lindsay

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 May 1886 SF Vale of Leven A 0-1

Dumbartonshire Association Tournament

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
20 August 1885 Vale of Leven H 0-0 500
25 August 1885 Vale of Leven A 1-0 unknown 1,500
27 August 1885 Dumbarton Athletic H 2-0 unknown

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
22 August 1885 Morton A 4-3 Miller;unknown(3)
29 August 1885 Rangers H 4-1 unknown
2 September 1885 Vale of Leven Wanderers H 5-0 unknown
5 September 1885 Hearts A 2-1 OG;Gourlay 2,000
26 September 1885 Partick Thistle A 2-2 unknown 4,000
17 October 1885 Queen's Park H 2-3 Tait;Aitken 5,000
31 October 1885 Vale of Leven H 2-2 Lindsay(2) 3,500
7 November 1885 Renton H 4-2 Brown;Aitken;Tait;Lindsay 4,000
21 November 1885 Rangers A 5-2 Aitken(2);unknown(3) 615
28 November 1885 Renton A 0-1[2] 4,000
19 December 1885 Queen's Park A 2-2 Liddell;OG 5,000
1 January 1886 Dundee Harp A 3-1 Lindsay;Aitken;McKinnon 6,000
2 January 1886 Our Boys Dundee A 4-2 McMillan;Aitken;McKinnon;unknown 2,000
4 January 1886 Arbroath A 2-2 OG;unknown 3,000
5 January 1886 Aberdeen A 7-0 McAulay(2);OG;unknown(4)
20 February 1886 St Mirren A 4-0 Aitken;unknown(3)
27 February 1886 Hibernian A 1-3 Aitken
3 March 1886 3rd LRV A 2-1 Brown;McMillan 2,000
20 March 1886 Vale of Leven A 0-3
17 April 1886 Cambuslang H 3-3 Hartley(2);Brown
22 April 1886 Vale of Leven Wanderers A 5-2 unknown 2,500
24 April 1886 Our Boys Dundee A 5-4 McKinnon;Hartley(3);Lindsay
1 May 1886 Cambuslang A 4-3 McKinnon;Paton;Lindsay;Brown

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.[3]

Player Position[4] Appearances Goals[5]
Scotland Ralph Aitken FW 5 2
Scotland Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 6 3
Scotland J Gourlay FW 1
Scotland David Hartley FW 5 3
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 5
Scotland James Liddell FW 5 1
Scotland Joe Lindsay FW 5 2
Scotland James McAulay GK 6
Scotland William McKinnon FW 2
Scotland J McMillan FW 1
Scotland Tom McMillan BK 6
Scotland Peter Miller HB 6
Scotland Michael Paton BK 2
Scotland Pete Tait FW 5 1
Scotland Hugh Wilson BK 6 1

International

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 13 March 1886 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1886 British Home Championship. Ralph Aitken, Joe Lindsay and James McAulay all took part.

Subsequently, five Dumbarton players were selected to play, as follows:

- Ralph Aitken, Michael Paton, James McAulay and Joe Lindsay earned their first, fifth, seventh and eighth caps respectively against England.

- Leitch Keir earned his second cap against Ireland.

County

Four representative matches were played during the season by the Dumbartonshire Football Association, and Dumbarton players were selected to play as follows:

Date Opponent Result Players(Goals)
5 September 1885 Forfarshire 2-2 Hutcheson;Liddell;Wilson
30 January 1886 Edinburgh 1-1 Aitken;Brown;Keir;Lindsay;McAulay;McMillan;Miller
13 March 1886 Renfrewshire 2-3 Liddell
10 April 1886 Renfrewshire 2-3 Aitken;Brown;Keir;McAulay;McMillan,T;Miller,P;Paton;Tate

See also

References

  1. ^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ^ This was the first playing of the Dumbartonshire Cup second round but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the Dumbartonshire Association.
  3. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ^ The usual formation would be 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards), although 2-3-5 was becoming a more common playing set-up.
  5. ^ Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 7 of the 21 goals scored in Scottish Cup matches are unknown.

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