1890–91 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1890–91 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Football League	Champions
Scottish Cup	Runners Up
Top goalscorer	League: John Bell All: John Taylor
← 1889-90 1891-92 →

Season 1890–91 was the eighteenth season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the inaugural Scottish Football League and entering the Scottish Cup for the eighteenth time.

Overview

Dumbarton shared the first ever Scottish League Championship with Rangers, after a play-off decider finished 2-2. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Hearts in the final.^[1]

In other competitions, Dumbarton again retained the Dumbartonshire Cup (fourth time overall), beating Vale of Leven in the final, and also retained the Greenock Charity Cup, beating the hosts Morton in the final. The inaugural League Charity Cup was won by Dumbarton, beating Celtic in the final.

During the season, 8 'other' matches were played, of which 5 were won, 2 drawn and 1 lost, scoring 29 goals and conceding 12 in the process.

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1890	Cowlairs	H	1-1	3,000	Taylor
23 August 1890	3rd LRV	A	3-1	4,000	McMillan;Taylor;Bell
30 August 1890	Hearts	H	3-1	3,000	Taylor;Mair;Bell
13 September 1890	Rangers	H	5-1	4,000	Bell(3);Taylor;Mair
4 October 1890	Vale of Leven	A	3-1		Mair;OG;unknown
11 October 1890	Abercorn	H	5-1		Taylor(3);Galbraith(2)
25 October 1890	Cowlairs	A	6-1		Bell(2);Taylor;unknown(3)
27 December 1890	Abercorn	A	2-1	6,000	Taylor(2)
24 January 1891	Cambuslang	H	5-0		Bell(2);Thomson;Keir;McNaught
21 February 1891	Celtic	H	2-2	6,000	Boyle;Galbraith
28 February 1891	Vale of Leven	H	4-0		Boyle;Keir;Wilson;OG
7 March 1891	St Mirren	H	5-1		Bell(4);McNaught
21 March 1891	Cambuslang	A	2-2		Taylor;Bell
28 March 1891	3rd LRV	H	5-1		McLeod;Taylor;Hutcheson;Bell;OG
11 April 1891	Celtic	A	0-1	10,000
20 April 1891	Hearts	A	4-0	5,500	Bell(2);Taylor;Galbraith
25 April 1891	Rangers	A	2-4	12,000	Bell(2)
2 May 1891	St Mirren	A	4-2		Galbraith(2);Miller,J;Bell

In the decider, played at Cathkin Park on 21 May 1891 in front of 10,000 spectators, Dumbarton and Rangers drew 2-2, with Taylor and J. Miller scoring for Dumbarton. It was subsequently decided that the Championship be shared.

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 September 1890	R1	Smithston Hibernian	H	8-2		Taylor(2);Galbraith;McNaught;OG;unknown(3)
27 September 1890	R2	Hibernian	A	9-1	3,000	Taylor(3);Galbraith(2);Boyle;Mair;McNaught;Bell
18 October 1890	R3	Clydebank	H	6-0		Taylor(4);McMillan;Bell
8 November 1890	R4	Mossend Swifts	H	7-3		McNaught(2);McMillan;Miller,A;Taylor;Galbraith;Mair
6 December 1890	R5	5th KRV	H	8-0		Taylor(3);McNaught(2);Boyle;Galbraith;Bell
20 December 1890	R6	Celtic	H	3-0	10,000	Mair(2);Bell
17 January 1891	SF	Abercorn	H	3-1	10,000	Galbraith;McNaught;Bell
7 February 1891	F	Hearts	A	0-1	10,836

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 November 1890	R1	Duntocher Harp	A	10-2		Galbraith;Taylor;Bell;unknown(7)
13 December 1890	SF	Clydebank	A	4-1		Boyle;Mair;Taylor;OG
14 February 1891	F	Vale of Leven	H	4-1		Mair(2);Taylor;Bell

Greenock Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 April 1891	SF	Partick Thistle	A	2-0		Bell
6 June 1891	F	Morton	A	5-1	4,000	Galbraith;unknown(4)

League Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 May 1891	SF	Rangers	A	1-0	7,000	Taylor
10 June 1891	F	Celtic	A	3-0	8,000	Bell;Taylor(2)

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1890	Rangers	A	1-3[2]		unknown
20 August 1890	Leith Athletic	A	3-1	5,500	Wilson(2);Mair
29 November 1890	5th KRV	H	2-0[3]		Taylor;unknown
1 January 1891	Celtic	A	1-1	15,000	Taylor
2 January 1891	Arbroath	A	6-0		unknown
3 January 1891	King's Park	H	8-3		unknown
22 May 1891	Arbroath	A	2-2		unknown
23 May 1891	Aberdeen	A	6-2	5,000	Galbraith;Boyle Mallor;OG;unknown(2)

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 21 players during the season in 27 Scottish League, League Play Off and Cup matches, as detailed below. John Bell and John McLeod played in all of these matches.^[4]

Player	Position[5]	Appearances	Goals[6]
John Bell	FW	27	25
Dickie Boyle	HB	26	4
James Galbraith	FW	26	12
John Hannah	BK	9
W Henderson	FW	1
Alex Hutcheson	HB	6	1
Jones	HB	1
Leitch Keir	HB	21	2
Kerr	FW	1
Lang	HB	5
Hugh Mair	FW	16	7
McDonald	BK	3
John McLeod	GK	27	1
Tom McMillan	HB	20	3
James McNaught	FW	25	9
Alexander Miller	BK	24	1
James Miller	FW	2	2
John Taylor	FW	24	27
William Thomson	BK	2	1
D Watson	BK	26
Wilson	FW	5	1

County

A Dumbartonshire representative match was played against Renfrewshire on 15 November 1890 in which McLeod; Watson; McMillan; Boyle; Taylor; Galbraith; Mair and McNaught were all selected to play - Dumbarton county won 3-1.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton were knocked out at the second round stage of the Scottish Second XI Cup, but once again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Clydebank in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
13 September 1890	R1	Kirkintilloch Athletic	A	4-0
4 October 1890	R2	Queen's Park	A	0-9

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
8 November 1890	R1	Dalmuir Thistle	A	6-2
8 April 1891	SF	Vale of Leven	H	4-3
5 May 1891	F	Clydebank	A	4-0

See also

• 1890–91 in Scottish football

References

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive

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