1885–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

1885–86 season

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Fifth Round

Season 1885–86 was the 13th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 13th time.

Overview

Dumbarton had an easy passage through the early rounds of the Scottish Cup before losing out to Hibernian, the East of Scotland Shield holders, in the fifth round after a 2-2 draw.^[1]

Locally, Dumbarton failed to hold on to the Dumbartonshire Cup and were defeated at the semi-final stage by Dumbarton Athletic.

It was at the semi final stage of the Glasgow Charity Cup that Dumbarton also tasted defeat, this time to rivals Vale of Leven.

At the start of the season a tournament was played across the county in order to raise funds for the Dumbartonshire association. There were 8 invitees with the first rounds being played in two groups at Alexandria on 4 August and at Helensburgh a week later, where Dumbarton were due to have met Yoker, but their opponents having failed to turn up, the Dumbarton players entertained the crowd by playing a six-a-side match. The semi finals were played at Boghead where Dumbarton drew with Vale of Leven - the replay took place five days later. In the final against Dumbarton Athletic on 27 August Dumbarton won 2-0.

Despite the growing competitive calendar, 23 'other' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Rangers, Queens Park and Vale of Leven, together with matches against Glasgow Cup holders Cambuslang, and Forfarshire Cup holders, Dundee Harp. In addition a four match tour of the north of Scotland was undertaken during the New Year holidays. Overall, of these matches, 14 were won, 5 drawn and 4 lost, scoring 72 goals and conceding 43.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 September 1885	R1	Vale of Leven Wanderers	H	3-1	Wilson;Lindsay;Hartley
3 October 1885	R2	Union	H	7-0	unknown
24 October 1885	R3	Thistle	H	3-0	Tait;Brown,R;Liddell
14 November 1885	R4	Partick Thistle	H	3-0	Aitken(2);Lindsay
5 December 1885	R5	Hibernian	H	2-2	Brown,R;OG	2,000
12 December 1885	R5r	Hibernian	A	3-4	Hartley(2);Brown,R	6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 October 1885	R1	Bonhill	H	7-0	Aitken;Tait;Brown;Liddell;McMillan;unknown(2)
26 December 1885	R2	Renton	H	2-0	McKinnon;unknown	4,500
13 February 1886	SF	Dumbarton Athletic	A	1-2	Lindsay

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 May 1886	SF	Vale of Leven	A	0-1		6,000

Dumbartonshire Association Tournament

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1885	Vale of Leven	H	0-0		500
25 August 1885	Vale of Leven	A	1-0	unknown	1,500
27 August 1885	Dumbarton Athletic	H	2-0	unknown

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 August 1885	Morton	A	4-3	Miller;unknown(3)
29 August 1885	Rangers	H	4-1	unknown
2 September 1885	Vale of Leven Wanderers	H	5-0	unknown
5 September 1885	Hearts	A	2-1	OG;Gourlay	2,000
26 September 1885	Partick Thistle	A	2-2	unknown	4,000
17 October 1885	Queen's Park	H	2-3	Tait;Aitken	5,000
31 October 1885	Vale of Leven	H	2-2	Lindsay(2)	3,500
7 November 1885	Renton	H	4-2	Brown;Aitken;Tait;Lindsay	4,000
21 November 1885	Rangers	A	5-2	Aitken(2);unknown(3)	615
28 November 1885	Renton	A	0-1^[2]		4,000
19 December 1885	Queen's Park	A	2-2	Liddell;OG	5,000
1 January 1886	Dundee Harp	A	3-1	Lindsay;Aitken;McKinnon	6,000
2 January 1886	Our Boys Dundee	A	4-2	McMillan;Aitken;McKinnon(2)	2,000
4 January 1886	Arbroath	A	2-2	OG;unknown	3,000
5 January 1886	Aberdeen	A	7-0	McAulay(2);OG;unknown(4)
20 February 1886	St Mirren	A	4-0	Aitken;unknown(3)
27 February 1886	Hibernian	A	1-3	Aitken	2,000
3 March 1886	3rd LRV	A	2-1	Brown;McMillan	2,000
20 March 1886	Vale of Leven	A	0-3		2,000
17 April 1886	Cambuslang	H	3-3	Hartley(2);Brown
22 April 1886	Vale of Leven Wanderers	A	5-2	unknown	2,500
24 April 1886	Our Boys Dundee	A	5-4	McKinnon;Hartley(3);Lindsay
1 May 1886	Cambuslang	A	4-3	McKinnon;Paton;Lindsay;Brown

Player statistics

Squad^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		James McAulay	6	0	6	0
	DF		Tom McMillan	6	0	6	0
	DF		Michael Paton	2	0	2	0
	DF		Hugh Wilson	6	1	6	1
	MF		Leitch Keir	5	0	5	0
	MF		Peter Miller	6	0	6	0
	FW		Ralph Aitken	5	2	5	2
	FW		Robert 'Plumber' Brown	6	3	6	3
	FW		J Gourlay	1	0	1	0
	FW		David Hartley	5	3	5	3
	FW		James Liddell	5	1	5	1
	FW		Joe Lindsay	5	2	5	2
	FW		William McKinnon	2	0	2	0
	FW		J McMillan	1	0	1	0
	FW		Pete Tait	5	1	5	1

International Caps

An international trial match was played on 13 March 1886 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1886 British Home Championship. Ralph Aitken, Joe Lindsay and James McAulay all took part.

Subsequently, five Dumbarton players were selected to play, as follows:

- Ralph Aitken, Michael Paton, James McAulay and Joe Lindsay earned their first, fifth, seventh and eighth caps respectively against England.

- Leitch Keir earned his second cap against Ireland. In addition, the Scotland XI who played against Ireland subsequently played a friendly against Dundee Harp on 8 April 1886 - and lost 1-3.

County

Four representative matches were played during the season by the Dumbartonshire Football Association, and Dumbarton players were selected to play as follows:

Date	Opponent	Result	Players(Goals)
5 September 1885	Forfarshire	2-2	Hutcheson;Liddell;Wilson
30 January 1886	Edinburgh	1-1	Aitken;Brown;Keir;Lindsay;McAulay;McMillan;Miller
13 March 1886	Renfrewshire	2-3	Liddell
10 April 1886	Renfrewshire	2-3	Aitken;Brown;Keir;McAulay;McMillan,T;Miller,P;Paton;Tate

Transfers

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time was Tom McMillan.
At the same time two internationalists were lost from the club's squad:
- Robert 'Sparrow' Brown's club career spanned seven seasons, and in addition to his international caps was a member of the Scottish Cup winning side of 1882-82.
- Jock Hutcheson served the club for over a decade, and was also a member of the cup winning squad. He was perhaps unlucky not to earn a Scottish cap, having played in 4 international trials without success.

Factfile

* In all games played, Dumbarton scored 104 goals - the second time that the 'century' had been broken during a single season.

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ This was the first playing of the Dumbartonshire Cup second round but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the Dumbartonshire Association.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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