1888–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1888–89 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Semi Final
← 1887-88 1889-90 →

Season 1888–89 was the 16th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 16th time.

Overview

A successful run in the Scottish Cup, including a 13-1 defeat of Kirkintilloch Central in the first round (which still stands as Dumbarton's biggest ever win and the highest number of goals scored by one player in a single game), brought Dumbarton to the semi final and their first ever meeting with Celtic. On the day however the Glasgow side were to prove too strong and ran out 4-1 winners.^[1]

In the Dumbartonshire Cup, the trophy was lifted for the second time, beating their closest rivals Dumbarton Athletic easily in the final.

An invitation to compete in the Greenock Charity Cup was accepted, but Dumbarton lost out to the hosts Morton in the final.

During the season, 28 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Dumbarton Athletic and Queen's Park. There were also matches against the current holders of the East of Scotland Shield (Mossend Swifts), the Lanarkshire Cup (Airdrie), the Renfrewshire Cup (St Mirren) and the Stirlingshire Cup (East Stirling), and a 3 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In England, matches were played against Sunderland and Sunderland Albion, and Dumbarton also gave the Welsh national team a tough work-out in a game at Boghead. Overall, success was mixed, with 9 matches being won, 7 drawn and 12 lost, scoring goals 74 and conceding 67.

Note that this season Dumbarton appointed the club's first trainer, James Chapman from Broxburn. In addition, at the end of the season, Dumbarton amalgamated with the town's other senior outfit, Dumbarton Athletic.

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1888	R1	Kirkintilloch Central	H	13-1	Lapsley(6);Chapman(3);Dewar(2);Madden;OG
	R2			bye
13 October 1888	R3	Motherwell	A	6-2	unknown	3,500
3 November 1888	R4	Methlan Park	H	9-0	Bell,Jn(3);Keir;Chapman;Aitken;unknown(3)
1 December 1888	R5	Mossend Swifts	H	3-1	Dewar;Bell,Jn;Madden
15 December 1888	R6	St Mirren	H	2-2	Bell,Jn(2)
22 December 1888	R6r	St Mirren	A	2-2	Dewar;Lapsley	6,000
29 December 1888	R6r	St Mirren	A	3-1	Aitken(2);Bell,Jn	7,000
12 January 1889	SF	Celtic	H	1-4	Madden	6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 December 1888	R1	Vale of Leven Wanderers	H	5-0	Bell;Chapman;Lapsley;unknown(2)
19 January 1889	SF	Vale of Leven	H	3-1	Miller;Keir;Chapman	2,000
9 February 1889	F	Dumbarton Athletic	A	6-2	Madden;Lapsley;Bell;unknown(3)	4,000

Greenock Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 March 1889	SF	Carlton	A	5-2	unknown
1 June 1889	F	Morton	A	0-2		3,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1888	Leith Athletic	A	3-4	Madden;unknown(2)
18 August 1888	Vale of Leven	A	2-2	Lindsay;Madden	4,000
25 August 1888	Queen's Park	H	0-3
8 September 1888	St Mirren	H	2-2	Lapsley(2)
15 September 1888	Celtic	H	1-2	Chapman
29 September 1888	Vale of Leven	H	2-1	Lapsley;Madden
6 October 1888	Thornliebank	H	9-1	Bell(3);Chapman(3);Liddell;Lapsley;unknown
20 October 1888	Queen's Park	A	2-2	Aitken;unknown	10,000
27 October 1888	Thistle	H	3-0	Lapsley(2);Bell
10 November 1888	Dumbarton Athletic	A	2-3	Bell;Aitken	3,000
24 November 1888	Mossend Swifts	H	1-1	unknown
31 December 1888	Strathmore (Dundee)	A	2-2	unknown
1 January 1889	Arbroath	A	2-2	Caird;Chaplin
2 January 1889	Forfar Athletic	A	1-3	Madden
2 February 1889	Renton	A	1-6	Madden
16 February 1889	Hibernian	A	3-4	Chapman;Lapsley;unknown
2 March 1889	Dumbarton Athletic	H	6-1	Lapsley;McMillan;Bell(2);Mair(2)	2,000
9 March 1889	East Stirling	A	1-7	unknown
16 March 1889	Queen's Park	A	1-1	Madden
21 March 1889	Montrose	A	2-4	Bell;unknown	2,000
23 March 1889	Cowlairs	A	2-1	Miller;Chapman
6 April 1889	Welsh International XI	A	3-0	Chapman;McLeod;Mair
13 April 1889	Hearts	A	2-4	OG;Madden
20 April 1889	Sunderland Albion	A	6-2	Mair(2);Lapsley;unknown(3)
27 April 1889	Dykebar	H	8-0	Bell(3);Mair;unknown(4)
4 May 1889	Albion Rovers	A	1-4	unknown
21 May 1889	Airdrie	A	3-1	McLeod(2);Stewart
27 May 1889	Sunderland	A	3-4	Chapman;unknown(2)

Appearances

Club

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

Player	Position[3]	Appearances	Goals[4]
Ralph Aitken	FW	6	3
James Bell	GK	8
John Bell	FW	7	7
Dickie Boyle	BK	2
J Chapman	FW	8	4
Collins	FW	1
Geordie Dewar	HB	8	4
Duffy	FW	1
John Hannah	BK	8
R Hannah	HB	1
Leitch Keir	HB	7	1
William Lapsley	FW	8	7
John Madden	FW	8	3
Tom McMillan	HB	8
Alexander Miller	FW	2
Duncan Stewart	BK	5

International

One Dumbarton player was selected to play for Scotland in the 1889 British Home Championship.

Geordie Dewar earned his second cap against England.

County

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire representative matches as follows:

Date	Opponent	Result	Players(Goals)
26 January 1889	East of Scotland	4-2	Bell,Jas;Bell,Jn;Dewar;Stewart
26 January 1889	Renfrewshire	6-1	Aitken;Madden(3);McMillan
23 February 1889	Birmingham & District	2-5	Madden;McMillan

In addition Geordie Dewar was selected to play for a 'Counties' team against a Glasgow Select on 4 October 1888 - Glasgow won 9-0.

Reserve Team

Although Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Linthouse, in the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, the trophy was won for the first time by beating Vale of Leven in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
29 September 1888	R2	Linthouse	A	4-5

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
15 December 1888	R1	Jamestown	A	9-2
23 February 1889	SF	Dumbarton Athletic	H	2-0
23 March 1889	F	Vale of Leven	A	4-0

See also

• 1888–89 in Scottish football

References

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive

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