1883–84 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1883–84 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup First Round

Season 1883–84 was the 11th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 11th time.

Overview

After the success of the previous season, Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' in the Scottish Cup by losing to local rivals Renton.[1]

Dumbarton did no better in the Glasgow Charity Cup and lost at the semi final stage to 3rd LRV. A protest was lodged by Dumbarton after the game that their opponents had played several players from other teams - against SFA rules. However the basis of the objection was doomed to failure, due in part to the fact that the game had been refereed by the president of the SFA, and if the protest had been successful, Queen's Park's victory over Rangers would have had to be replayed, as the QP team was similarly sprinkled with 'guest' players - indeed it seemed that very few decisions went against Queens Park in those days!

Elsewhere however Dumbarton's fixture card was a busy one, with 31 'other' matches being played. In Scotland, the season began with a charity match against Rangers in aid of the Daphne Disaster Fund and then home and away fixtures against Queen's Park, Vale of Leven, Rangers, St Mirren (the Renfrewshire Cup holders) and St Bernards - all 10 of which were won, not to mention a 7-0 thumping of Ayrshire Cup holders Kilmarnock Athletic. In addition there were 12 matches played against English opposition, including home and away fixtures against Aston Villa, Walsall Swifts, Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Olympic, the 1882-83 FA Cup winners - the 6-1 win at Boghead was in fact recognised as the unofficial Championship of Great Britain. In all, of these matches, 23 were won, 1 drawn and 7 lost, scoring 95 goals and conceding 38.

It is also of interest to note that the defeat to Thornliebank in January 1884 was Dumbarton's first 'home' defeat at Boghead since its official opening in 1879 - a run of 54 wins and 2 draws.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1883-84 Scottish Cup
DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 September 1883R1RentonA1-2Keir3,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
19 April 1884SF3rd LRVA0-17,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
31 July 1883RangersA2-4Brown(P);Brown(S)2,500
4 August 1883Vale of LevenA2-1Brown;Lindsay
25 August 1883HeartsA3-3Brown;Lindsey;Anderson
1 September 1883EnglandBlackburn OlympicH6-1McArthur;Brown(P);Brown(S);Miller,J;unknown(2)3,000
17 September 1883EnglandWalsall SwiftsA2-0Kennedy;Miller3,500
22 September 1883Queen's ParkH3-2Miller(2);McKinnon
29 September 1883EnglandBlackburn RoversH2-1McKinnon;Brown3,000
6 October 1883Vale of LevenH3-0Lindsay(2);Brown(S)3,000
13 October 18833rd LRVA0-41,200
27 October 1883RangersH2-0Lindsay;McKinnon5,000
3 November 1883Queen's ParkA3-1McKinnon;Colville;Brown6,000
10 November 1883St MirrenH4-2Brown(S)(2);Brown(P);McKinnon
17 November 1883RangersA4-2McKinnon;Brown;Colville;unknown5,000
24 November 1883EnglandNotts ForestA3-2Keir;Hutton;Colville4,000
1 December 1883NorthernA5-1Lindsay(2);Brown(S)(2);Colville
8 December 1883Kilmarnock AthleticH7-0McKinnon(2);Kennedy;unknown(4)
15 December 1883EnglandWalsall SwiftsH4-0Brown(2);McKinnon;OG
22 December 1883CowlairsH2-1unknown
29 December 1883EnglandOld CarthusianA2-1McKinnon;Brown1,000
31 December 1883EnglandAston VillaA0-18,000
1 January 1884EnglandBlackburn RoversA1-2Brown10,000
2 January 1884EnglandAccringtonA4-0unknown3,000
12 January 1884ThornliebankH1-2Lindsay2,000
26 January 1884St Bernard'sA1-0unknown
2 February 1884EnglandNotts ForestH3-1Lindsay(2);Colville2,000
9 February 1884St MirrenA6-0unknown6,000
16 February 1884St Bernard'sH8-0McKinnon(3);Lindsay;Brown;Brown;McAulay;unknown
23 February 1884EnglandBlackburn OlympicA3-4Miller(3)4,000
15 March 1884ThistleH3-0unknown
22 March 1884Partick ThistleA1-2Lindsay4,000
12 April 1884EnglandAston VillaH5-0McKinnon(2);Lindsay;Miller,J;OG5,000

Appearances

Club

This shows appearances made for Dumbarton in Scottish Cup matches only.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals
Scotland R Anderson FW 1
Scotland Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 1
Scotland Robert 'Sparrow' Brown FW 1
Scotland Jock Hutcheson BK 1
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 11
Scotland Willie Lang BK 1
Scotland James Liddell FW 1
Scotland Joe Lindsay FW 1
Scotland James McAulay GK 1
Scotland James Miller FW 1
Scotland Peter Miller HB 1

International

An international trial match was played on 8 March 1884 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Jock Hutcheson, Joe Lindsay, James McAulay and Peter Miller all took part.

Subsequently, five Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the first official British Home Championship.

Robert 'Sparrow' Brown earned his first and second caps against Ireland and Wales respectively.

Joe Lindsay earned his fourth and fifth caps against England and Wales respectively, scoring a goal in the 4-1 win over the Welsh.

William McKinnon earned his third and fourth caps against England and Wales respectively.

James McAulay earned his fourth cap against England and Michael Paton earned his second cap against Wales.

County

On the same day as the international trial, Ralph Aitken, James Liddell, James Miller and W Watt played in the first team to represent the county of Dumbartonshire since 1876, against Glasgow - where Miller scored twice and Watt once in the 4-1 win.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Second XI Cup, and reached the final for the second time before losing out to the holders, Kilmarnock Athletic.

Scottish Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
29 September 1883R2ThistleA6-1
23 November 1883R33rd LRVH1-1
1 December 1883R3r3rd LRVA5-1
23 February 1884SFHurlfordH2-1
22 March 1884FKilmarnock AthleticH1-1
29 March 1884FrKilmarnock AthleticA1-3

See also

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. The usual formation would be 2-2-6 (two backs, two half backs and six forwards).

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