1885–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1885–86 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
← 1884-85 1886-87 →

Season 1885–86 was the 13th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish 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 Dumbartonshire Association Tournament was played, apparently to raise funds for the county association, and while Vale of Leven were seen off in the semi final, after a drawn game, there are no records of the final being played against Dumbarton Athletic.

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 first 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

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	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1885	SF	Vale of Leven	H	0-0		500
25 August 1885	SFr	Vale of Leven	A	1-0	unknown	1,500

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	unknown
5 January 1886	Aberdeen	A	7-0	unknown
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]
Ralph Aitken	FW	5	2
Robert 'Plumber' Brown	FW	6	3
J Gourlay	FW	1
David Hartley	FW	5	3
Leitch Keir	HB	5
James Liddell	FW	5	1
Joe Lindsay	FW	5	2
James McAulay	GK	6
William McKinnon	FW	2
J McMillan	FW	1
Tom McMillan	BK	6
Peter Miller	HB	6
Michael Paton	FW	2
Pete Tait	FW	5	1
Hugh Wilson	BK	6	1

International

Five Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the 1886 British Home Championship.

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

Of the four representative matches played during the season by the Dumbartonshire Football Association, 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

There are no team details of the 2-1 win over Renfrewshire played on 10 April 1886.

See also

• 1885–86 in Scottish football

References

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive

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