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1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1887–88 season was the 15th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1887–88 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupSecond Round

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1887-88 Scottish Cup

Following an easy first round victory, Dumbarton were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the second round stage by their old rivals Vale of Leven.[1]

1 September 1887 Cup round 1 Dumbarton 10–0[2][3] Dunbritton Boghead Park
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24 September 1887 Cup round 1 Dumbarton 1–5[4][5] Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Aitken   42'   10'
Cowan   45'
scrimmage   70'
 
 		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: T Park

Dumbartonshire Cup edit

Following an easy win in the second round, Dumbarton lost to Renton in the third round.

19 November 1887 Round 2 Dumbarton 9-0 Methlan Park Boghead Park
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10 December 1887 Round 3 Renton 1-0 Dumbarton Tontine Park
McCall  

Glasgow Charity Cup edit

A good win was achieved in the first round against 3rd LRV, but Cambuslang were to prove too strong in the semi-final replay, after a 1-1 draw.

25 April 1888 First Round Dumbarton 5-0 3rd LRV Cathkin Park
scrimmage  
Madden    
Lapsley  		 Attendance: 2,000
4 May 1888 Semi-final Cambuslang 1-1 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
scrimmage     Attendance: 2,000
9 May 1888 Semi-final replay Cambuslang 3-0 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Buchanan  
Smith  
Tate   (OG)		 Attendance: 1,000

Friendlies edit

Dumbarton's fixture list during the season grew to its largest so far with 43 'friendly' matches being played. This included home and away ties against Rangers, Hibernian, Vale of Leven, Partick Thistle, Morton, Port Glasgow and 3rd LRV, a match against Renfrewshire Cup holders Abercorn, and a 4 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In addition 6 matches were played against English opposition with mixed results. In all, 23 were won, 4 drawn and 16 lost, scoring 134 goals and conceding 98.

13 August 1887 Friendly Dundee Wanderers 1-5 Dumbarton Morgan Park, Dundee
   
 
 
 
 
20 August 1887 Friendly St Bernard's 5-4 Dumbarton Powderhall
Boyd   5'
Heggie   
scrimmmage  
Campbell  		 Gibson   (OG)
Robertson  
Jamieson   		 Referee: J Muirhead
23 August 1887 Friendly Shettleston 1-2 Dumbarton Carntyne Park, Glasgow
  Keir   
25 August 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 5-1 Northern Boghead Park
Bell  
Low  
Lapsley  
Jamieson  
 		  
27 August 1887 Friendly Queen's Park 5-3 Dumbarton Hampden Park
scrimmage   35'
Hamilton   40', 65'
Berry  
Harvie  		 Aitken   15'
Jamieson   20'
Bell  		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mr McCulloch
3 September 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 8-1 Mauchline Boghead Park
Bell     
Mair  
Lapsley  
Jamieson  
 		  
10 September 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 4-2 Hibernian Boghead Park
Jamieson   1'
Bell   2'
Lowe  
Aitken  		 McGhee  
Groves  		 Referee: Mr Boag
17 September 1887 Friendly Rangers 2-3 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
scrimmage   18'
Lawrie   85'		 Jamieson   10'
Aitken  
Lapsley  		 Attendance: 1,000
1 October 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 7-2 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Aitken   
Bell    
Low  
Lindsay  		  
Tate  		 Attendance: 1,000
8 October 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 2-2  Blackburn Rovers Boghead Park
Aitken   85', 90' Chadwick   15', 86' Attendance: 2,000
15 October 1887 Friendly Partick Thistle 4-3 Dumbarton Whiteinch, Glasgow
Buchanan   20'
Paul   44'
Stewart  
Marshall   80'		 Jamieson   30', 82'
Aitken   50'		 Attendance: 2,000
22 October 1887 Friendly Motherwell 1-1 Dumbarton Roman Road, Motherwell
McPherson   42'  
29 October 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 8-1 Athenians Boghead Park
Mair   15' 
scrimmage  
Jamieson  
Bell   
Aitken  
Lapsley  		 Chadwick  
5 November 1887 Friendly Clyde 1-1 Dumbarton Barrowfield Park
Finlay   70' Jamieson  
 		 Attendance: 2,000
12 November 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 2-2 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Dewar   70'
  90'		   8'
McLaren   60'		 Attendance: 2,000
3 December 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 0-4 Morton Boghead Park
  5'
  10'
  60'
 
17 December 1887 Friendly Morton 0-5 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Aitken   20'
Bell  
Dewar  
 
 
  50'
24 December 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 4-0 Port Glasgow Boghead Park
  10'
  50'
  55'
 
31 December 1887 Friendly Dundee Wanderers 4-5 Dumbarton Morgan Park, Dundee
Cooper   
Hendry  
 		 Dewar  
Lapsley  
 
 
Tosh   (OG)
2 January 1888 Friendly Arbroath 2-3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Crawford    Lapsley  
Low   
3 January 1888 Friendly Montrose 1-5 Dumbarton Links Park
  Liddell  
McIntosh   (OG)
 
 
 
4 January 1888 Friendly Aberdeen 3-12 Dumbarton Recreation Grounds, Aberdeen
  (OG)
Lumsden  
Clark  		 Bell   15' 
Aitken   18' 
Barr  
 
scrimmage  
Lowe   
Dewar  
 
 
7 January 1888 Friendly Hibernian 5-1 Dumbarton Easter Road
 
Coleman  
Gorevin   
Groves  		 Bell   80'
14 January 1888 Friendly Clyde 3-1 Dumbarton Barrowfield Park
Cherry  
 
Cochrane  		 Dewar  
21 January 1888 Friendly St Mirren 1-0 Dumbarton Westmarch (stadium)
Morton  
4 February 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 5-0 Cowlairs Boghead Park
Bell   20' 
Madden  
Aitken   49'
Dewar  		 Attendance: 1,500
11 February 1888 Friendly 3rd LRV 2-1 Dumbarton Cathkin Park (1872–1903)
McIntyre  
Stark   45'		 Lapsley  
18 February 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 3-1 3rd LRV Boghead Park
Galbraith  
McMillan   46'
Lapsley   51'		 Mailey   20'
25 February 1888 Friendly Kings Park 2-4 Dumbarton Stirling
Ferguson    Lapsley   65', 75'
McMillan  
Dewar  
3 March 1888 Friendly Vale of Leven 1-3 Dumbarton Alexandria
Forbes   7' Bell   55', 60'  Attendance: 4,000
10 March 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 4-5 Rangers Boghead Park
Bell   1'
Dewar   12'
Aitken   56', 80'		   18'
scrimmage   30'
 
  71'		 Attendance: 3,000
22 March 1888 Friendly Montrose 3-4 Dumbarton Links Park
 
 
 		  
 
 
 		 Attendance: 2,500
24 March 1888 Friendly Grangemouth 1-3 Dumbarton Muirhead Park, Grangemouth
scrimmage    
 
 
30 March 1888 Friendly  Preston North End 7-0 Dumbarton Deepdale
Gordon   10', 15', 80'
Dewhurst  
Ross
   55'
Drummond   83'		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mr Brownlow
31 March 1888 Friendly  Burnley 1-2 Dumbarton Turf Moor
McCrae   55' Lowe   2'
  30'		 Attendance: 5,000
2 April 1888 Friendly  Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Dumbarton Leamington Road
Chadwick   4'
Rushton  		 Lapsley   Attendance: 6,000
7 April 1888 Friendly Queen's Park 6-2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Hamilton,J   15'
Auld  
Allan   45'
Berry  
Gray  
Hamilton,A  		 scrimmage  
Madden  		 Attendance: 2,000
14 April 1888 Friendly Cowlairs 2-0 Dumbarton Gourlay Park, Cowlairs
Binks   44'
  89'		 Attendance: 1,000
21 April 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 1-2 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Low   45'  
 
24 April 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 3-0 Union (Dumbarton) Boghead Park
 
 
 
27 April 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 0-1  Preston North End Boghead Park
Goodall   Attendance: 4,000
28 April 1888 Friendly Hearts 1-2 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Sneddon    
Dewar  		 Referee: J Boag
5 May 1888 Friendly Abercorn 3-2 Dumbarton Recreation Grounds, Paisley
Allison  
scrimmage  
 		 Low   50' 
19 May 1888 Friendly Port Glasgow 5-2 Dumbarton Clune Park, Port Glasgow
Brown   5' 
Neill  
 
 		  
 

Player statistics edit

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were Duncan Stewart and John Bell.
At the same time the club's squad was depleted by the loss four internationalists:
- Robert 'Plumber' Brown and Joe Lindsay moved to local rivals Dumbarton Athletic. James McAulay emigrated to Burma and Billy Robertson also heading for 'pastures new'.
In addition after returning from a short spell with Bolton Wanderers, Jock Hutcheson left the club for the final time.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
  McLuskie[6] GK 2 0
  R D Hunter[7] DF 2 0
  Duncan Stewart DF 2 0
  J Dennett[8] MF 1 0
  Leitch Keir MF 2 0
  McNee[9] MF 1 0
  Peter Miller MF 2 0
  Ralph Aitken FW 1 1
  Jack Bell FW 2 0
  R Jamieson[10] FW 2 0
  William Lapsley[11] FW 2 0
  J Low[12] FW 2 0
  Hugh Mair[13] FW 1 0

Source:[14]

International caps edit

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 18 February 1888 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1888 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir was selected to take part.

Subsequently, four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland as follows:

- Geordie Dewar[15] and Duncan Stewart[16] earned their first caps and Ralph Aitken[17] earned his second cap against Ireland. Both Dewar and Aitken scored in the 10-2 win over the Irish.

- Leitch Keir[18] earned his fifth cap against England.

Representative matches edit

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire county XI's as follows:

Date Opponent Result Players(Goals)
22 October 1887 Lancashire 4-1 Jamieson(1);Keir;Stewart
28 January 1888 Edinburgh 4-1 Aitken(1);Bell(2);Dewar;Hunter
28 January 1888 Renfrewshire 2-1 Lapsley;McMillan
25 March 1888 Lanarkshire 1-4 Low

In addition:

- Leitch Keir was selected to play in a Scots Anglo XI against a Scots Welsh XI on 26 May 1888. The 'English' XI won 4-3.

- Geordie Dewar was selected to play in a Scottish Internationalists XI against Perthshire and Aberdeenshire on 20 and 21 April respectively.

Reserve team edit

Dumbarton were defeated in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Vale of Leven.

In the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, Dumbarton lost out in the semi-final to Renton.

References edit

  1. ^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ^ "Dumbarton 10 - 0 Dunbritton, Scottish Cup (01/09/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Dumbarton 10 - 0 Dunbritton, Thursday, September 1st, 1887". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 5 Vale of Leven, Scottish Cup (24/09/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 5 Vale of Leven, Saturday, September 24th, 1887". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "McLuskie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ "R D Hunter - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ "J Dennett - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  9. ^ "McNee - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  10. ^ "R Jamieson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ "William Lapsley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  12. ^ "J Low - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Hugh Mair - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  15. ^ "George Dewar". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Duncan Stewart". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Ralph Aitken". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Leitch Keir". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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