1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1887–88 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupSecond Round

The 1887–88 season was the 15th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1887-88 Scottish Cup

Following an easy first round victory, Dumbarton were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the second round stage by their old rivals Vale of Leven.[1]

1 September 1887 Cup Round 1 Dumbarton 10–0[2][3] Dunbritton Boghead Park
24 September 1887 Cup Round 1 Dumbarton 1–5[4][5] Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Aitken 42' 10'
Cowan 45'
scrimmage 70'

 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: T Park

Dumbartonshire Cup[]

Following an easy win in the second round, Dumbarton lost to Renton in the third round.

19 November 1887 Round 2 Dumbarton 9-0 Methlan Park Boghead Park
10 December 1887 Round 3 Renton 1-0 Dumbarton Tontine Park
McCall

Glasgow Charity Cup[]

A good win was achieved in the first round against 3rd LRV, but Cambuslang were to prove too strong in the semi final replay, after a 1-1 draw.

25 April 1888 First Round Dumbarton 5-0 3rd LRV Cathkin Park
scrimmage
Madden
Lapsley 		Attendance: 2,000
4 May 1888 Semi Final Cambuslang 1-1 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
scrimmage Attendance: 2,000
9 May 1888 Semi Final replay Cambuslang 3-0 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Buchanan
Smith
Tate (OG)		 Attendance: 1,000

Friendlies[]

Dumbarton's fixture list during the season grew to its largest so far with 43 'friendly' matches being played. This included home and away ties against Rangers, Hibernian, Vale of Leven, Partick Thistle, Morton, Port Glasgow and 3rd LRV, a match against Renfrewshire Cup holders Abercorn, and a 4 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In addition 6 matches were played against English opposition with mixed results. In all, 23 were won, 4 drawn and 16 lost, scoring 134 goals and conceding 98.

13 August 1887 Friendly Dundee Wanderers 1-5 Dumbarton Morgan Park, Dundee
20 August 1887 Friendly St Bernard's 5-4 Dumbarton Powderhall
Boyd 5'
Heggie
scrimmmage
Campbell 		Gibson (OG)
Robertson
Jamieson 		Referee: J Muirhead
23 August 1887 Friendly Shettleston 1-2 Dumbarton Carntyne Park, Glasgow
Keir
25 August 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 5-1 Northern Boghead Park
Bell
Low
Lapsley
Jamieson
27 August 1887 Friendly Queen's Park 5-3 Dumbarton Hampden Park
scrimmage 35'
Hamilton 40', 65'
Berry
Harvie 		Aitken 15'
Jamieson 20'
Bell 		Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mr McCulloch
3 September 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 8-1 Mauchline Boghead Park
Bell
Mair
Lapsley
Jamieson
10 September 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 4-2 Hibernian Boghead Park
Jamieson 1'
Bell 2'
Lowe
Aitken 		McGhee
Groves 		Referee: Mr Boag
17 September 1887 Friendly Rangers 2-3 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
scrimmage 18'
Lawrie 85'		 Jamieson 10'
Aitken
Lapsley 		Attendance: 1,000
1 October 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 7-2 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Aitken
Bell
Low
Lindsay
Tate 		Attendance: 1,000
8 October 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 2-2 EnglandBlackburn Rovers Boghead Park
Aitken 85', 90' Chadwick 15', 86' Attendance: 2,000
15 October 1887 Friendly Partick Thistle 4-3 Dumbarton Whiteinch, Glasgow
Buchanan 20'
Paul 44'
Stewart
Marshall 80'		 Jamieson 30', 82'
Aitken 50'		 Attendance: 2,000
22 October 1887 Friendly Motherwell 1-1 Dumbarton Roman Road, Motherwell
McPherson 42'
29 October 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 8-1 Athenians Boghead Park
Mair 15'
scrimmage
Jamieson
Bell
Aitken
Lapsley 		Chadwick
5 November 1887 Friendly Clyde 1-1 Dumbarton Barrowfield Park
Finlay 70' Jamieson
Attendance: 2,000
12 November 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 2-2 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Dewar 70'
90'		 8'
McLaren 60'		 Attendance: 2,000
3 December 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 0-4 Morton Boghead Park
5'
10'
60'
17 December 1887 Friendly Morton 0-5 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Aitken 20'
Bell
Dewar


50'
24 December 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 4-0 Port Glasgow Boghead Park
10'
50'
55'
31 December 1887 Friendly Dundee Wanderers 4-5 Dumbarton Morgan Park, Dundee
Cooper
Hendry
Dewar
Lapsley


Tosh (OG)
2 January 1888 Friendly Arbroath 2-3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Crawford Lapsley
Low
3 January 1888 Friendly Montrose 1-5 Dumbarton Links Park
Liddell
McIntosh (OG)
4 January 1888 Friendly Aberdeen 3-12 Dumbarton Recreation Grounds, Aberdeen
(OG)
Lumsden
Clark 		Bell 15'
Aitken 18'
Barr

scrimmage
Lowe
Dewar

7 January 1888 Friendly Hibernian 5-1 Dumbarton Easter Road

Coleman
Gorevin
Groves 		Bell 80'
14 January 1888 Friendly Clyde 3-1 Dumbarton Barrowfield Park
Cherry

Cochrane 		Dewar
21 January 1888 Friendly St Mirren 1-0 Dumbarton Westmarch (stadium)
Morton
4 February 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 5-0 Cowlairs Boghead Park
Bell 20'
Madden
Aitken 49'
Dewar 		Attendance: 1,500
11 February 1888 Friendly 3rd LRV 2-1 Dumbarton Cathkin Park (1872–1903)
McIntyre
Stark 45'		 Lapsley
18 February 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 3-1 3rd LRV Boghead Park
Galbraith
McMillan 46'
Lapsley 51'		 Mailey 20'
25 February 1888 Friendly Kings Park 2-4 Dumbarton Stirling
Ferguson Lapsley 65', 75'
McMillan
Dewar
3 March 1888 Friendly Vale of Leven 1-3 Dumbarton Alexandria
Forbes 7' Bell 55', 60' Attendance: 4,000
10 March 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 4-5 Rangers Boghead Park
Bell 1'
Dewar 12'
Aitken 56', 80'		 18'
scrimmage 30'

71'		 Attendance: 3,000
22 March 1888 Friendly Montrose 3-4 Dumbarton Links Park


Attendance: 2,500
24 March 1888 Friendly Grangemouth 1-3 Dumbarton Muirhead Park, Grangemouth
scrimmage

30 March 1888 Friendly EnglandPreston North End 7-0 Dumbarton Deepdale
Gordon 10', 15', 80'
Dewhurst
Ross
55'
Drummond 83'		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mr Brownlow
31 March 1888 Friendly EnglandBurnley 1-2 Dumbarton Turf Moor
McCrae 55' Lowe 2'
30'		 Attendance: 5,000
2 April 1888 Friendly EnglandBlackburn Rovers 2-1 Dumbarton Leamington Road
Chadwick 4'
Rushton 		Lapsley Attendance: 6,000
7 April 1888 Friendly Queen's Park 6-2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Hamilton,J 15'
Auld
Allan 45'
Berry
Gray
Hamilton,A 		scrimmage
Madden 		Attendance: 2,000
14 April 1888 Friendly Cowlairs 2-0 Dumbarton Gourlay Park, Cowlairs
Binks 44'
89'		 Attendance: 1,000
21 April 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 1-2 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Low 45'
24 April 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 3-0 Union (Dumbarton) Boghead Park
27 April 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 0-1 EnglandPreston North End Boghead Park
Goodall Attendance: 4,000
28 April 1888 Friendly Hearts 1-2 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Sneddon
Dewar 		Referee: J Boag
5 May 1888 Friendly Abercorn 3-2 Dumbarton Receation Grounds, Paisley
Allison
scrimmage
Low 50'
19 May 1888 Friendly Port Glasgow 5-2 Dumbarton Clune Park, Port Glasgow
Brown 5'
Neill


Player statistics[]

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were Duncan Stewart and John Bell.
At the same time the club's squad was depleted by the loss four internationalists:
- Robert 'Plumber' Brown and Joe Lindsay moved to local rivals Dumbarton Athletic. James McAulay emigrated to Burma and Billy Robertson also heading for 'pastures new'.
In addition after returning from a short spell with Bolton Wanderers, Jock Hutcheson left the club for the final time.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland McLuskie[6] GK 2 0
Scotland R D Hunter[7] DF 2 0
Scotland Duncan Stewart DF 2 0
Scotland J Dennett[8] MF 1 0
Scotland Leitch Keir MF 2 0
Scotland McNee[9] MF 1 0
Scotland Peter Miller MF 2 0
Scotland Ralph Aitken FW 1 1
Scotland John Bell FW 2 0
Scotland R Jamieson[10] FW 2 0
Scotland William Lapsley[11] FW 2 0
Scotland J Low[12] FW 2 0
Scotland Hugh Mair[13] FW 1 0

Source:[14]

International caps[]

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 18 February 1888 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1888 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir was selected to take part.

Subsequently, four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland as follows:

- Geordie Dewar[15] and Duncan Stewart[16] earned their first caps and Ralph Aitken[17] earned his second cap against Ireland. Both Dewar and Aitken scored in the 10-2 win over the Irish.

- Leitch Keir[18] earned his fifth cap against England.

Representative matches[]

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire county XI's as follows:

Date Opponent Result Players(Goals)
22 October 1887 Lancashire 4-1 Jamieson(1);Keir;Stewart
28 January 1888 Edinburgh 4-1 Aitken(1);Bell(2);Dewar;Hunter
28 January 1888 Renfrewshire 2-1 Lapsley;McMillan
25 March 1888 Lanarkshire 1-4 Low

In addition:

- Leitch Keir was selected to play in a Scots Anglo XI against a Scots Welsh XI on 26 May 1888. The 'English' XI won 4-3.

- Geordie Dewar was selected to play in a Scottish Internationalists XI against Perthshire and Aberdeenshire on 20 and 21 April respectively.

Reserve team[]

Dumbarton were defeated in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Vale of Leven.

In the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, Dumbarton lost out in the semi final to Renton.

References[]

  1. ^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ^ "Dumbarton 10 - 0 Dunbritton, Scottish Cup (01/09/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Dumbarton 10 - 0 Dunbritton, Thursday, September 1st, 1887". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 5 Vale of Leven, Scottish Cup (24/09/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 5 Vale of Leven, Saturday, September 24th, 1887". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "McLuskie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ "R D Hunter - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ "J Dennett - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  9. ^ "McNee - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  10. ^ "R Jamieson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ "William Lapsley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  12. ^ "J Low - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Hugh Mair - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  15. ^ "George Dewar". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Duncan Stewart". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Ralph Aitken". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Leitch Keir". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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