1885–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

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

The 1885–86 season was the 13th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1885-86 Scottish Cup

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]

19 September 1885 Cup Round 1 Dumbarton 3–1[2][3] Vale of Leven Wanderers Boghead Park
Hartley
Wilson
Lindsay
3 October 1885 Cup Round 2 Dumbarton 7–0[4][5] Union (Dumbarton) Boghead Park

Aitken

Tait


24 October 1885 Cup Round 3 Dumbarton 3–0[6][7] Thistle Boghead Park
Tait 10'
Brown,R 86'
Liddell 88'
14 November 1885 Cup Round 4 Dumbarton 3–0[8][9] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Aitken 62'
Lindsay 85'
5 December 1885 Cup Round 5 Dumbarton 2–2[10][11] Hibernian Boghead Park
Tobin (OG)
Brown 44'		 Wilson 10' (OG)
85'		 Attendance: 2,000
12 December 1885 Cup Round 5R Hibernian 4–3[12][13] Dumbarton Easter Road
McGhee 85'
Preston
Clark 		Hartley 5'
Brown 40'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mr Kennedy

Dumbartonshire Cup[]

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

10 October 1885 Round 1 Dumbarton 7-0 Bonhill Boghead Park
Aitken
Brown
Tait

Liddell
McMillan
28 November 1885 Round 2 Renton 1-0[14]
VOID		 Dumbarton Tontine Park
65' Attendance: 4,000
26 December 1885 Round 2 Dumbarton 2-0 Renton Boghead Park
scrimmage 40'
McKinnon 85'		 Attendance: 4,500
13 February 1886 Semi Final Dumbarton Athletic 2-1 Dumbarton Burnside Park

40'		 Liddell 75'

Glasgow Charity Cup[]

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

8 May 1886 Semi Final Vale of Leven 1-0 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Coleman 75' Attendance: 6,000

Dumbartonshire Association Tournament[]

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.

11 August 1885 Round 1 Dumbarton WO Yoker Helensburgh
20 August 1885 Semi Final Dumbarton 0-0 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Attendance: 500
25 August 1885 Semi Final Replay Vale of Leven 0-1 Dumbarton Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W Young
27 August 1885 Final Dumbarton 2-0 Dumbarton Athletic Boghead Park

Friendlies[]

Despite the growing competitive calendar, 22 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Rangers, Queens Park, Vale of Leven and Vale of Leven Wanderers, 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. In all, 14 were won, 5 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 72 goals and conceding 42.

22 August 1885 Friendly Morton 3-4 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Lindsay
Barrie
Nugent 55'		 18'
Miller
65'
89'		 Referee: Mr Gordon
29 August 1885 Friendly Dumbarton 4-1 Rangers Boghead Park
Lindsay 20'
Hartley
scrimmage 60'
2 September 1885 Friendly Dumbarton 5-0 Vale of Leven Wanderers Boghead Park
5 September 1885 Friendly Hearts 1-2 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Edmonstone Keir 10'
Gourlay 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: L Watt
26 September 1885 Friendly Partick Thistle 2-2 Dumbarton Whiteinch
Attendance: 4,000
17 October 1885 Friendly Dumbarton 2-3 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Tait 85' McWhannel 2', 65'
Hamilton 		Attendance: 5,000
31 October 1885 Friendly Dumbarton 2-2 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Lindsay 5'
Attendance: 3,500
7 November 1885 Friendly Dumbarton 4-2 Renton Boghead Park
Brown
Aitken
Tait
Lindsay 		McColl
80'		 Attendance: 4,000
21 November 1885 Friendly Rangers 2-5 Dumbarton Kinning Park
McKenzie 25'
Heggie 		Aitken 26', 28'
40'
46'
 Attendance: 2,000
19 December 1885 Friendly Queen's Park 2-2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Somerville 33'
 Liddell
Gillespie (OG)		 Attendance: 5,000
1 January 1886 Friendly Dundee Harp 1-3 Dumbarton Harp Athletic Grounds, Dundee
Lees 1' Lindsay 20'
Aitken 38'
McKinnon 46'		 Attendance: 6,000
2 January 1886 Friendly Our Boys Dundee 2-4 Dumbarton West Craigie Park, Dundee
Crichton 20'
Sandy 44'		 McMillan 25'
McKinnon
Aitken 		Attendance: 2,000
4 January 1886 Friendly Arbroath 2-2 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Munro (OG)
Aitken 		Attendance: 3,000
5 January 1886 Friendly Aberdeen 0-7 Dumbarton Recreation Grounds, Aberdeen
McAulay 5'
Wood 44' (OG)



60'
20 February 1886 Friendly St Mirren 0-4 Dumbarton Westmarch (stadium)



60'
27 February 1886 Friendly Hibernian 3-1 Dumbarton Easter Road
Smith 20' Aitken
6 March 1886 Friendly 3rd LRV 1-2 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Thomson 2' Brown
McMillan 		Attendance: 2,000
20 March 1886 Friendly Vale of Leven 3-0 Dumbarton Alexandria
McColl
Coleman
Gillies 		Attendance: 2,000
17 April 1886 Friendly Dumbarton 3-3 Cambuslang Boghead Park
Brown
Hartley 		scrimmage
Low
scrimmage 		Attendance: 1,500
22 April 1886 Friendly Vale of Leven Wanderers 2-5 Dumbarton Alexandria



Attendance: 2,500
24 April 1886 Friendly Our Boys Dundee 4-5 Dumbarton West Craigie Park, Dundee
Gloag 3'
Ramsay 35'
Mathieson
Sandy 		McKinnon 15'
Hartley
Lindsay
1 May 1886 Friendly Cambuslang 3-4 Dumbarton Whitefield Park, Cambuslang

33'
 McKinnon 60'
Paton
Lindsay
Brown 67'

Player statistics[]

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time was Tom McMillan.
At the same time two internationalists were lost from the club's squad:
- Robert 'Sparrow' Brown's club career spanned seven seasons, and in addition to his international caps was a member of the Scottish Cup winning side of 1882-82.
- Jock Hutcheson travelled south to join Bolton Wanderers. He served the club for over a decade, and was also a member of the cup winning squad. He was perhaps unlucky not to earn a Scottish cap, having played in 4 international trials without success.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland James McAulay GK 6 0
Scotland Tom McMillan DF 6 0
Scotland Michael Paton DF 2 0
Scotland Hugh Wilson[15] DF 6 1
Scotland Leitch Keir MF 5 0
Scotland Peter Miller MF 6 0
Scotland Ralph Aitken FW 5 2
Scotland Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 6 3
Scotland J Gourlay[16] FW 1 0
Scotland David Hartley[17] FW 5 3
Scotland James Liddell FW 5 1
Scotland Joe Lindsay FW 5 2
Scotland William McKinnon FW 2 0
Scotland J McMillan[18] FW 1 0
Scotland Pete Tait[19] FW 5 1

Source:[20]

International caps[]

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. James McAulay played for the 'Probables' and Ralph Aitken and Joe Lindsay for the 'Improbables'. The latter won by 6-3 with Lindsay scoring a hat-trick and Aitken getting another.

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

- Ralph Aitken,[21] Michael Paton,[22] James McAulay[23] and Joe Lindsay[24] earned their first, fifth, seventh and eighth caps respectively against England.

- Leitch Keir[25] earned his second cap against Ireland.

Representative matches[]

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

In addition, the Scotland XI who played against Ireland (including Leitch Keir) subsequently played a friendly against Dundee Harp on 8 April 1886 - and lost 1-3.

References[]

  1. ^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 1 Vale of Leven Wndrs, Scottish Cup (19/09/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 1 Vale of Leven Wanderers, Saturday, September 19th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Dumbarton 7 - 0 Union, Scottish Cup (03/10/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Dumbarton 7 - 0 Union, Saturday, October 3rd, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 0 Thistle, Scottish Cup (24/10/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 0 Thistle, Saturday, October 24th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 0 Partick Thistle, Scottish Cup (14/11/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 0 Partick Thistle, Saturday, November 14th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Dumbarton 2 - 2 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (05/12/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Dumbarton 2 - 2 Hibernian, Saturday, December 5th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Hibernian 4 - 3 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (12/12/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Hibernian 4 - 3 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 12th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  14. ^ This was the first playing of the Dumbartonshire Cup second round but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the Dumbartonshire Association.
  15. ^ "Hugh Wilson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  16. ^ "J Gourlay - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  17. ^ "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  18. ^ "J McMillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Pete Tait - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  20. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  21. ^ "Ralph Aitken". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  22. ^ "Michael Paton". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  23. ^ "James McAulay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  24. ^ "Joseph Lindsay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Leitch Keir". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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