1895–96 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1895–96 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division One	10th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Bell All: Bell
← 1894–95 1896-97 →

Season 1895–96 was the twenty-third season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the sixth time, and the Scottish Cup for the twenty-third time.

Overview

Dumbarton continued to struggle against the bigger and richer professional clubs and again finished 10th (and bottom) of the First Division with 8 points. In the subsequent 'election' process, Dumbarton failed to gain enough votes from the other clubs to maintain their place in the top league and were relegated to the Second Division, their place being taken by the Second Division champions Abercorn. Unfortunately this had the 'knock-on' effect of Alex Lawrence of Dumbarton having to give up his presidency of the Scottish League as the post had to be held by a First Division club representative. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were defeated in the first round by Rangers, after a 1-1 draw.^[1]

Locally, after eight years as holders, Dumbarton lost in the final of the Dumbartonshire Cup to Renton.

Elsewhere, 11 'other' matches were played, of which 3 were won and 8 lost, scoring 16 goals and conceding 44 in the process.

Due to financial constraints, at the club's AGM on 29 July 1896, it was decided that Dumbarton return to amateur status.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1895	Rangers	H	3-5		Saunderson(2);Boyle
24 August 1895	Dundee	A	1-4	2,000	OG
31 August 1895	Clyde	H	5-4		Hartley(2);Thomson,D;Bell;Weir
7 September 1895	St Bernards	A	3-4	2,000	Hartley;Thomson,D;Weir
14 September 1895	St Mirren	H	4-2		Stevenson(2);Hartley;Saunderson
21 September 1895	Hibernian	A	2-7	1,500	Weir(2)
28 September 1895	Celtic	H	2-3	4,000	Nash;Black
5 October 1895	Third Lanark	A	2-5		Nash;Stevenson
19 October 1895	Hearts	H	2-9	1,200	Saunderson;Boyle
26 October 1895	St Bernards	H	4-3	1,000	Weir(2);Bell;Gracie
2 November 1895	St Mirren	A	2-1		Bell(2)
9 November 1895	Hibernian	H	1-3		Bell
30 November 1895	Clyde	A	1-5		Woods
7 December 1895	Dundee	H	1-2		McIlhenny
14 December 1895	Third Lanark	H	2-4		Bell(2)
21 December 1895	Celtic	A	0-3	1,300
4 January 1896	Rangers	A	1-3	2,000	Saunderson
15 February 1896	Hearts	A	0-7	2,500

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 January 1896	R1	Rangers	H	1-1		Woods
25 January 1896	R1r	Rangers	A	1-3	6,000	McIlhenny

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 February 1896	SF	Newtown Thistle	H	5-1		Malloy(2);Boyle;Nash;unknown
14 March 1896	F	Renton	A	0-3	4,000

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
12 October 1895	Royal Albert	A	1-5	unknown
16 November 1895	Newtown Thistle	H	2-1	Weir;unknown
23 November 1895	Motherwell	A	2-3	Stevenson;unknown
1 January 1896	Arbroath	A	0-3
2 January 1896	Victoria United	A	0-8
1 February 1896	Leith Athletic	A	0-5
29 February 1896	Morton	A	3-7	unknown
28 March 1896	St Mirren	A	1-7	unknown
11 April 1896	Helensburgh	A	4-3	unknown
18 April 1896	Linthouse	A	2-0	Woods;unknown
25 April 1896	Renton	H	1-2	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 29 players during the season in 20 Scottish League and Cup matches, as detailed below. This was 8 more players than the previous season, and a record for the club since the beginning of the Scottish League. Docherty, Hendry and Saunderson topped the 'selection' chart by each playing in 18 of these matches.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
Bell	FW	12	7
Black	FW	2	1
William Boyle	FW	3	2
Campbell	BK	4
Colquhoun	GK	1
John Docherty	GK	18
John Gillan	HB	11
James Gracie	FW	6	1
Jimmy Hartley	FW	7	4
Hastings	HB	2
Robert Hendry	HB	18
Malloy	FW	4
McDavid	FW	1
Hugh McIlhenny	FW	8	2
McIntyre	FW	1
John McNicol	BK	5
Alexander Miller	BK	16
Mitchell	BK	1
Morrice	BK	1
Billy Nash	HB	17	2
Reid	FW	2
Richardson	GK	1
A Saunderson	FW	18	5
John Seaton	FW	8
St Clair	HB	8
James Stevenson	FW	12	3
Daniel Thomson	BK	17	2
H F Weir	FW	10	6
Samuel Woods	FW	7	2

Reserve Team

Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Third Lanark.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
7 September 1895	R1	Abercorn	H	5-4
5 October 1895	R2	Third Lanark	A	2-4

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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