1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1887–88 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Second Round
← 1886-87 1888-89 →

Season 1887–88 was the 15th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 15th time.

Overview

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]

In the Dumbartonshire Cup, it was a similar story, with an easy win in the second round followed by a defeat by Renton in the third round.

A good win in the first round of the Glasgow Charity Cup against 3rd LRV brought some cheer, but Cambuslang were to prove too strong in the semi final replay, after a 1-1 draw.

Dumbarton's fixture list during the season grew to its biggest so far with 44 'other' 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 Renfreshire 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, of these games, 23 were won, 4 drawn and 17 lost, scoring 134 goals and conceding 102.

Note that two records were broken during the season, first the total number of goals scored in all games was 159, beating the previous record set in season 1885-86 - and 112 goals had been conceded in all matches, the first time that Dumbarton had conceded 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	Attendance	Scorers
1 September 1887	R1	Dunbritton	H	10-0		unknown
24 September 1887	R2	Vale of Leven	H	1-5	3,000	Aitken

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 November 1887	R2	Methlan Park	H	9-0		unknown
10 December 1887	R3	Renton	A	0-1

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 April 1888	R1	3rd LRV	A	5-0	2,000	Madden(2);Dewar;OG;unknown
4 May 1888	SF	Cambuslang	A	1-1	2,000	unknown
9 May 1888	SFr	Cambuslang	A	0-3	1,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1887	Dundee Wanderers	A	5-1		unknown
20 August 1887	St Bernards	A	4-5		Robertson;Jamieson(2);OG
23 August 1887	Shettleston	A	2-1		Keir(2)
25 August 1887	Northern	H	5-1		Bell;Low;Lapsley;Jamieson;unknown
27 August 1887	Queen's Park	A	3-5	4,000	Aitken;Jamieson;Bell
3 September 1887	Mauchline	H	8-1		Bell(4);Mair;Lapsley;Jamieson;unknown
10 September 1887	Hibernian	H	4-2		Jamieson;Bell;Low;Aitken
17 September 1887	Rangers	A	3-2	1,000	Jamieson;Aitken;Lapsley
1 October 1887	Albion Rovers	H	7-2	1,000	Aitken(2);Bell(3);Low;Lindsay
8 October 1887	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	2,000	Aitken(2)
15 October 1887	Partick Thistle	A	3-4		Jamieson(2);Aitken
22 October 1887	Motherwell	A	1-1		MacPherson
29 October 1887	Athenians	H	8-1		Mair(2);Bell(2);Jamieson;Aitken;Lapsley;unknown
5 November 1887	Clyde	A	2-1	2,000	Jamieson;unknown
12 November 1887	Vale of Leven	H	2-2	2,000	Dewar;unknown
3 December 1887	Morton	H	0-4
17 December 1887	Morton	A	5-0		Aitken;Bell;Dewar;unknown(2)
24 December 1887	Port Glasgow	H	4-0		unknown
31 December 1887	Dundee Wanderers	A	5-4	2,000	Dewar;Lapsley;OG;unknown(2)
2 January 1888	Arbroath	A	3-2		unknown
3 January 1888	Montrose	A	5-1		unknown
4 January 1888	Aberdeen	A	12-3		Bell(2);Aitken;Low(2);Dewar;Barr;OG;unknown(4)
7 January 1888	Hibernian	A	1-5		Bell
14 January 1888	Clyde	A	1-3		Dewar
21 January 1888	St Mirren	A	0-1
4 February 1888	Cowlairs	H	5-0		Bell(2);Madden;Lapsley;Dewar
11 February 1888	3rd LRV	A	1-2		Lapsley
18 February 1888	3rd LRV	H	3-1		Galbraith;McMillan;Lapsley
25 February 1888	Kings Park	A	4-2		unknown
3 March 1888	Vale of Leven	A	3-1	4,000	Bell(3)
10 March 1888	Rangers	H	4-4	3,000	Aitken(2);Bell;Dewar
22 March 1888	Montrose	A	4-3	2,500	unknown
24 March 1888	Grangemouth	A	3-1		unknown
30 March 1888	Preston North End	A	0-7	7,000
31 March 1888	Burnley	A	2-1	5,000	Low;unknown
2 April 1888	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	6,000	Lapsley
4 April 1888	Aston Villa	A	1-4		unknown
7 April 1888	Queen's Park	A	2-6	2,000	Aitken;unknown
14 April 1888	Cowlairs	A	0-2	1,000
21 April 1888	Partick Thistle	H	1-2		Low
27 April 1888	Preston North End	H	0-1	4,000
28 April 1888	Hearts	A	2-1		Dewar;unknown
5 May 1888	Abercorn	A	2-3		Low(2)
19 May 1888	Port Glasgow	A	2-5		unknown

Appearances

Club

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

Player	Position[3]	Appearances	Goals[4]
Ralph Aitken	FW	1	1
John Bell	FW	2
J Dennett	HB	1
R D Hunter	BK	2
R Jamieson	FW	2
Leitch Keir	HB	2
William Lapsley	FW	2
J Low	FW	2
Mair	FW	1
McLuskey	GK	2
McNee	HB	1
Peter Miller	HB	2
Duncan Stewart	BK	2

International

Four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the 1888 British Home Championship.

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

Leitch Keir earned his fifth cap against England.

County

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire representative matches 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;McLeod(1);McMillan
25 March 1888	Lanarkshire	1-2	Low

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

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.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
10 September 1887	R1	3rd LRV	H	5-0
1 October 1887	R2	Vale of Leven	A	0-4

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
3 December 1887	SF	Renton	A	0-1

See also

• 1887–88 in Scottish football

References

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive
• Duncan Stewart (London Hearts Profile)

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