1914–15 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1914–1915 season
Manager	James Collins
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division One	13th
Top goalscorer	League: Gettins/ Travers (8) All: Gettins/ Travers (8)
Highest home attendance	10,000
Lowest home attendance	2,000
Average home league attendance	4,210
← 1913-14 1915-16 →

Season 1914–15 was the 38th season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 16th time.

Overview

Dumbarton finished 13th, out of 20, in the First Division with 34 points.^[1] The season coincided with the commencement of the Great War, and both the Second Division and all national Cup competitions would be suspended for the duration. It is worth noting that in May 1914 Dumbarton appointed their first ever club manager, James Collins.

Locally, the Dumbartonshire Cup returned to being played on a league basis followed by a final between the top two, and for the first time since the 1898-99 season Dumbarton were successful by beating Vale of Leven.

Elsewhere two benefit matches and a charity match were played, drawing 2 and losing the other, scoring 6 goals and conceding 7.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1914–15 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1914	Falkirk	A	3-1	6,000	McFie;Rowan;Gettins
22 August 1914	St Mirren	H	2-4	6,000	Steel;Travers
29 August 1914	Queen's Park	A	2-2	10,000	Rowan(2)
5 September 1914	Ayr United	H	1-2	4,000	Thom
12 September 1914	Morton	A	2-3	2,000	Rowan(2)
19 September 1914	Dundee	H	1-1	5,000	Watson
26 September 1914	Motherwell	A	3-2	5,000	McFie;Watson;Travers
3 October 1914	Hearts	H	3-2	6,000	Riddell;Rowan;Travers
5 October 1914	Dundee	A	0-0	5,000
10 October 1914	Hamilton	A	1-4	6,000	Rowan
17 October 1914	Airdrie	H	1-4	6,000	Riddell
24 October 1914	Clyde	A	1-2	3,000	McGregor
31 October 1914	Third Lanark	H	2-1	4,000	Watson;Thom
7 November 1914	Hibernian	A	2-2	3,000	Davidson;Gettins
14 November 1914	Rangers	H	1-1	10,000	Travers
21 November 1914	Aberdeen	A	0-0	6,000
28 November 1914	Celtic	H	1-4	4,000	Brown
5 December 1914	Partick Thistle	H	0-2	2,000
12 December 1914	Raith Rovers	A	2-1	1,000	Gettins;Brown
19 December 1914	Ayr United	A	1-2	4,000	Travers
26 December 1914	Clyde	H	2-1	4,000	Gettins;Thom
1 January 1915	Raith Rovers	H	3-1	2,000	Steel;Travers;McGregor
2 January 1915	St Mirren	A	1-1	4,000	Gettins
9 January 1915	Queen's Park	H	3-0	3,000	Riddell;McGregor;Brown
16 January 1915	Kilmarnock	H	0-4	3,000
23 January 1915	Rangers	A	0-1	8,000
30 January 1915	Aberdeen	H	3-2	3,000	Gettins;Travers;Thom
6 February 1915	Airdrie	A	1-4	2,000	Wilson
13 February 1915	Hamilton	H	0-1	4,000
20 February 1915	Celtic	A	0-1	7,000
27 February 1915	Morton	H	3-2	5,000	Ferguson;Travers;Thom
6 March 1915	Hearts	A	1-4	10,500	Murray
13 March 1915	Partick Thistle	A	2-1	8,000	Gettins;McGregor
20 March 1915	Hibernian	H	1-0	3,000	Gettins
3 April 1915	Kilmarnock	A	1-0	3,000	McGregor
10 April 1915	Motherwell	H	1-1	3,000	Thom
13 April 1915	Third Lanark	A	0-1	2,000
24 April 1915	Falkirk	H	0-1	4,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1914	P	Vale of Leven	H	0-0	3,000
27 March 1915	P	Vale of Leven	A	0-0	4,000
5 April 1915	P	Dumbarton Harp	H	3-1	2,000	Murray;Gettins;Travers
6 April 1915	P	Clydebank	H	6-2	1,000	Thomson(2);Gettins(2);Travers;Riddell
17 April 1915	P	Renton	H	0-2	2,000
19 April 1915	P	Dumbarton Harp	A	2-0		Harris;Thomson
21 April 1915	P	Clydebank	A	2-0		Gettins;Thomson
28 April 1915	P	Renton	A	1-3		unknown
1 May 1915	F	Vale of Leven	H	4-3		Thom(2);McGregor;Gettins

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1914	Dumbarton Harp	A	1-1		Hamill
9 September 1914	Third Lanark	H	3-4		unknown
15 May 1915	Dumbartonshire XI	H	2-2	1,000	Thom;O'Neill

Appearances

Dumbarton used 19 players for the 38 Scottish League matches, as detailed below. Thomas Hamilton was the only player to play in all of these matches.^[2]

Player	Position^[3]	Appearances	Goals
James Brown	FW	5	3
Alexander Davidson	MF	22	1
James Ferguson	FW	21	1
Alfred Gettins	FW	30	8
Thomas Hamilton	GK	38
William McAlpine	DF	3
Peter McFie	MF	22	2
Alex McGregor	MF	32	5
Bob McGrory	DF	35
John Murray	FW	6	1
James Riddell	MF	36	3
Archibald Ritchie	DF	29
John Rowan	FW	17	7
David Steel	FW	16	2
Alexander Thom	FW	35	6
James Thomson	DF	22
Pat Travers	FW	37	8
William Watson	FW	11	3
Andrew Wilson	FW	1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton scratched from the competition at the second round stage of the Scottish Second XI Cup.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
?	R1	Arthurlie	A	?
	R2	Queen's Park	H	scr

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 defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

Dumbarton F.C. seasons

1873–74
1874–75
1875–76
1876–77
1877–78
1878–79
1879–80
1880–81
1881–82
1882–83
1883–84
1884–85
1885–86
1886–87
1887–88
1888–89
1889–90
1890–91
1891–92
1892–93
1893–94
1894–95
1895–96
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15