1910–11 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1910–1911 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 1st
Top goalscorer League: John Rowan (13)
All: John Rowan (15)
← 1909-10
1911-12 →

Season 1910–11 was the thirty-fourth season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the twelfth time, the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the ninth time and the Scottish Consolation Cup for the second time.

Overview

Despite a slow start to the campaign, Dumbarton were crowned champions of the Second Division with 31 points, which included a 100% home record.[1] However promotion to the 'top flight' was again denied in the subsequent 'election' process. There was disappointment also in the attempt to qualify for the Scottish Cup, by only reaching the third round of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to Galston, after two replays. The Scottish Consolation Cup however brought some cheer but Dumbarton eventually lost out in the final to St Johnstone.

Locally, due to league and national cup commitments, it was decided that the club would be unable to fulfil their obligations in the Dumbartonshire Cup competition, and Dumbarton withdrew after having played two games.

Elsewhere 6 'friendly' matches, including 'benefit' games, were played during the season, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1, scoring 13 goals and conceding 5.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August 1910Vale of LevenA1-14,000Rowan
27 August 1910Port Glasgow AthleticA0-21,500
17 September 1910St BernardsA1-21,500Crawford
24 September 1910Vale of LevenH1-04,000Hill
22 October 1910Albion RoversA0-3
29 October 1910Port Glasgow AthleticH2-12,000Brander;Rowan
5 November 1910Ayr UnitedH3-22,500Rowan(2);Brander
12 November 1910ArthurlieA3-1Rowan(2);Ritchie
19 November 1910Dundee HibsA3-0MacPherson;Rowan;Ritchie
3 December 1910AbercornA2-3Brander;Speedie
10 December 1910Albion RoversH2-0Rowan(2)
17 December 1910AbercornH4-12,000Brander(2);Rowan;Hill
31 December 1910ArthurlieH4-13,000Hill(2);Brander;MacPherson
7 January 1911Leith AthleticH2-01,500Brander;Speedie
4 February 1911CowdenbeathA3-2Menzies;Speedie;MacPherson
11 February 1911St BernardsH8-23,000Menzies(4);Herbert(2);Potter;Ritchie
25 February 1911Leith AthleticA3-13,000MacPherson(3)
25 March 1911CowdenbeathH2-02,500Ritchie;Hill
1 April 1911Ayr UnitedA1-5Hill
8 April 1911E StirlingA0-22,000
15 April 1911Dundee HibsH3-1Ritchie;MacPherson;Rowan
29 April 1911E StirlingH4-0Rowan(2);MacPherson;Hill

Scottish Qualifying Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
3 September 1910R2DykeheadA0-0
10 September 1910R2rDykeheadH1-0Watson
1 October 1910R3GalstonH2-23,000Hill;Ritchie
8 October 1910R3rGalstonA1-14,000Watson
15 October 1910R3rGalstonA0-33,000

Scottish Consolation Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
14 January 1911R1Wishaw ThistleA1-1MacPherson
21 January 1911R1rWishaw ThistleH3-2MacPherson(2);Speedie
28 January 1911R2DykeheadH4-1Hill(2);Speedie;MacPherson
4 March 1911R3AbercornH2-04,000Rowan;Speedie
11 March 1911R4HurlfordH6-1Speedie(2);Hill(2);Brander;MacPherson
18 March 1911SFForres MechanicsA5-1Potter;Crawford;Ritchie;Brander;MacPherson
22 April 1911FSt JohnstoneA1-26,000Rowan

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
26 November 1910PDumbarton HarpA1-23,000Potter
24 December 1910PRentonH4-1Speedie(2);MacPherson(2)

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 August 1910AbercornH2-0Hill;McCallum
17 August 1910Dumbarton HarpH4-12,000Brander;Grier;Hill;OG
23 August 1910ShettlestonA2-2Watson(2)
25 August 1910Vale of LevenA0-1
18 February 1911E StirlingH4-0[2]Ritchie(2);Menzies;Crawford
15 April 1911Glasgow PerthshireH1-1Muirhead

Appearances

Dumbarton used 23 players for the 34 Scottish League, Scottish Qualifying and Consolation Cup matches, as detailed below. Crawford topped the 'selection chart' by playing in 31 of these matches.[3]

Player Position[4] Appearances Goals
Scotland John Brander[5] FW 189
Scotland Clark MF 3
Scotland Cochrane DF 7
Scotland Crawford MF 312
Scotland John Dickie FW 4
Scotland Allister E Gordon DF 25
Scotland W Grier FW 4
Scotland Hendry MF 26
Scotland Johnny Hill[6] FW 2812
Scotland Tommy Hynds MF 4
Scotland Willie Lithgow DF 11
Scotland Herbert MacPherson[7] FW 2414
Scotland Joe McCormack GK 10
Scotland Alex Menzies FW 45
Scotland Robert Muirhead DF 29
Scotland Andrew Potter MF 30
Scotland Duncan Ritchie FW 247
Scotland John Rowan FW 2515
Scotland Sneddon FW 4
Scotland Finlay Speedie FW 2710
Scotland Thomas DF 1
Scotland Wallace GK 24
Scotland Watson FW 112

Reserve Team

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

Scottish Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
10 September 1910R2RangersH1-5

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ↑ This match was to be a Second Division tie but the referee declared the ground unplayable. Nevertheless the teams played a friendly instead.
  3. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).
  5. ↑ The match against Albion Rovers on 22 October was Brander's 100th 'cap' for the club in national competitions.
  6. ↑ The match against Wishaw Thistle on 14 January was Hill's 100th 'cap' for the club in national competitions.
  7. ↑ MacPherson's goal, the third in the match against Cowdenbeath on 4th February, was Dumbarton's 1,000th goal in all national competitions.

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