1915–16 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1915–1916 season

Manager

James Collins

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League

9th

Top goalscorer

League: Patrick O'Neill (14)
All: Patrick O'Neill (14)

Highest home attendance

7,000

Lowest home attendance

2,000

Average home league attendance

3,420

← 1914–15

1916–17 →

Season 1915–16 was the 39th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 17th time.

Overview

In their third season in succession in the 'top' Division, Dumbarton achieved their best league performance in over 20 years by finishing 9th out of 20, with 37 points, 30 behind champions Celtic.^[1]

Locally, while Dumbarton did not enter the Dumbartonshire Cup, this season saw the inaugural playing of the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup, however Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Clydebank.

During the season two 'friendlies' were also played, both being won, scoring 7 goals for the loss of none.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 August 1915	Rangers	H	1-3	Gettins	6,000
28 August 1915	Aberdeen	A	2-2	O'Neill;McGregor	4,000
4 September 1915	Ayr United	H	0-3		4,000
11 September 1915	Motherwell	A	1-4	Farrell	5,000
18 September 1915	Falkirk	H	3-1	Ritchie,W(2);O'Neill	4,000
25 September 1915	Kilmarnock	A	1-5	Ritchie,W	3,000
2 October 1915	Dundee	H	1-1	McGregor	3,000
9 October 1915	Queen's Park	H	2-4	O'Neill(2)	3,000
16 October 1915	St Mirren	A	2-1	Travers;Ritchie	5,000
23 October 1915	Airdrie	H	3-1	McGregor(3)	5,000
30 October 1915	Hibernian	A	1-1	O'Neill	3,000
6 November 1915	Clyde	H	2-1	Ritchie,W;McGregor	3,000
13 November 1915	Morton	A	1-3	Ritchie,W	3,000
20 November 1915	Third Lanark	H	1-1	Rowan	2,000
27 November 1915	Hearts	A	1-3	Ritchie,W	4,500
4 December 1915	Raith Rovers	H	1-0	Ritchie,W	3,000
11 December 1915	Partick Thistle	H	2-0	McGregor;Thom	2,000
18 December 1915	Hamilton	A	1-1	Ritchie,W	3,000
25 December 1915	Motherwell	H	0-0		2,000
1 January 1916	Raith Rovers	A	0-1		4,000
3 January 1916	Ayr United	A	1-3	Miller	3,000
8 January 1916	Celtic	H	1-2	Riddell	7,000
15 January 1916	Partick Thistle	A	0-0		10,000
22 January 1916	Morton	H	1-1	Thom	4,000
29 January 1916	Airdrie	A	1-2	McGregor	2,000
5 February 1916	Hearts	H	1-1	O'Neill	6,000
12 February 1916	Celtic	A	0-6		6,000
19 February 1916	Falkirk	A	2-1	O'Neill(2)	4,000
26 February 1916	Hamilton	H	7-0	Thom(4);Gilchrist;O'Neill;OG	2,000
4 March 1916	St Mirren	H	2-0	O'Neill;Thom	4,000
11 March 1916	Third Lanark	A	0-4		3,000
18 March 1916	Dundee	A	1-0	Riddell	6,000
1 April 1916	Queen's Park	A	2-0	Gilchrist;Thom	10,000
8 April 1916	Hibernian	H	2-1	McGregor;O'Neill	3,000
15 April 1916	Clyde	A	1-3	O'Neill	3,000
20 April 1916	Rangers	A	2-2	Ritchie,W;O'Neill	3,000
25 April 1916	Aberdeen	H	2-1	Riddell;McGregor	2,000
29 April 1916	Kilmarnock	H	1-1	O'Neill	3,000

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 May 1916	1	Clydebank	A	1-5	Ritchie

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 April 1916	Vale of Leven	H	1-0	Thom
20 May 1916	Clydebank	H	6-0	Arnott(2);Thom;O'Neill;Gilchrist;Ritchie	1,000

Player Statistics

Squad^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Thomas Hamilton	38	0	38	0
	DF		Felix Gunn	33	0	33	0
	DF		Tommy Kelso	10	0	10	0
	DF		Bob McGrory	37	0	37	0
	DF		Archibald Ritchie	1	0	1	0
	MF		John Chalmers	9	0	9	0
	MF		Ted Garry	18	0	18	0
	MF		Peter McFie	8	0	8	0
	MF		Arthur Murphy	16	0	16	0
	MF		James Riddell	31	3	31	3
	FW		James Arnott	1	0	1	0
	FW		William Farrell	21	1	21	1
	FW		Alfred Gettins	16	1	16	1
	FW		Thomas Gilchrist	19	2	19	2
	FW		Alex McGregor	35	10	35	10
	FW		John Miller	3	1	3	1
	FW		Patrick O'Neill	26	14	26	14
	FW		William Ritchie	35	10	35	10
	FW		John Rowan	2	1	2	1
	FW		Alexander Thom	38	8	38	8
	FW		Pat Travers	21	1	21	1

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
William Ritchie	Renton	28 Jul 1915
Felix Gunn	Parkhead	14 Aug 1915
Thomas Gilchrist	Rangers	16 Aug 1915
Tommy Kelso	Rangers (loan)	20 Oct 1915
Ted Garry	Derby County	16 Nov 1915
Alex McGregor	Celtic (loan)

Players out

Player	To	Date
John Miller	Airdrie (loan)	23 Mar 1916
James Ferguson	Cowdenbeath
James Thomson

Factfile

* This was the second season of war-time football, where the Scottish League was the only national competition which was played. All of the other national competitions, including the Scottish Cup, Second Division etc, were suspended.
* The league match against Queen's Park marked James Riddell's 100th appearance for the club in all national competitions - the 10th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

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.
↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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1915–16 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Other Matches

Player Statistics

Squad[2]

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Factfile

See also

References

External links

Squad^[2]