1886–87 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1886–87 season was the 14th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1886–87 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupRunners Up

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton reached their fourth Scottish Cup final full of confidence, especially having defeated Queen's Park in the semi final, but it wasn't to be and Dumbarton lost out to the East of Scotland Shield holders Hibernian by the odd goal in three.[1]

11 September 1886 Cup Round 1Dumbarton5–0[2][3]Vale of Leven HibernianBoghead Park
Keir,W  46'
Brown
McMillan
Hartley 		Referee: J Turner
2 October 1886 Cup Round 2Dumbarton4–0[4][5]YokerBoghead Park
Brown  55'
Jamieson
Cup Round 3DumbartonWalkoverTollcross
Cup Round 5DumbartonWalkoverDundee Harp
25 December 1886 Cup Round 6Hurlford0–0[6][7]DumbartonCorsehill Park, Hurlford
8 January 1887 Cup Round 6rDumbarton1–2[8][9]
VOID		HurlfordBoghead Park
Robertson  30' scrimmage
McKnight  55'
22 January 1887 Cup Round 6rDumbarton3–1[10][11]HurlfordBoghead Park
Jamieson  55'
Keir  52'
Madden  75'		 Scobie  50'
29 January 1887 Cup Semi FinalQueen's Park1–2[12][13]DumbartonHampden Park
Hamilton  9' Robertson  75' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: S Turner
12 February 1887 Cup FinalDumbarton1–2[14][15]HibernianCathkin Park
Aitken  59' Montgomerie  65'
Groves  67'		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: R Brown

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton met their old rivals Renton in the third round and found them to be too good on the day.

Round 1DumbartonWalkoverDumbarton Rock
20 November 1886 Round 2Yoker0-9DumbartonHolm Park, Yoker
Lapsley  30'
Lindsay
Keir,L
McMillan
Keir,W

11 December 1886 Round 3Dumbarton1-2RentonBoghead Park
 89' Kelly
Attendance: 4,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

It was much the same story in the Glasgow Charity Cup, where Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Queen's Park.

16 April 1887 First RoundDumbarton0-3Queen's ParkCathkin Park
Allan  20'
Lambie  30'
Watt  65'		 Attendance: 5,500

Friendlies

During the season, 26 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away ties against Rangers and 3rd LRV, matches against Lanarkshire Cup holders, Airdrie and Renfrewshire Cup holders, Abercorn and a two match north of Scotland tour in the New Year Holidays. In addition, four matches were played against English opposition, including a north of England tour during Easter. In all, 7 were won, 7 drawn and 12 lost, scoring 51 goals and conceding 60.

21 August 1886 FriendlySt Bernard's2-0DumbartonPowderhall Stadium
Arthur
Barnet
28 August 1886 FriendlyRangers2-1DumbartonKinning Park
Peacock  22'
Heggie 		Aitken  20'
4 September 1886 FriendlyAccrington3-1DumbartonThorneyholme Road
Bryce  5'
Yates  30'
Bonar 		Brown Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mr Rose
18 September 1886 FriendlyRenton0-0DumbartonTontine Park
Attendance: 3,000
25 September 1886 FriendlyDumbarton5-1AirdrieBoghead Park
Tate  10'
Jamieson
Keir,W
Keir,L 		Hasting  11'
9 October 1886 FriendlyVale of Leven1-1DumbartonAlexandria
 80' Robertson  10'
16 October 1886 FriendlyCowlairs7-0DumbartonGourlay Park, Cowlairs
23 October 1886 FriendlyDumbarton6-1[16]TollcrossBoghead Park
Jamieson  5'
Robertson
McAulay 		Attendance: 1,000
30 October 1886 FriendlyAyr2-0DumbartonBeresford Park
scrimmage
6 November 1886 FriendlyDumbarton5-5RangersBoghead Park
scrimmage
Lindsay
Jamieson

Lawrie  80' 90'
Buchanan 		Attendance: 2,000
13 November 1886 FriendlyDumbarton2-1Partick ThistleBoghead Park

Jamieson 		Attendance: 2,000
27 November 1886 FriendlyDumbarton4-03rd LRVBoghead Park
Madden
Robertson
Keir,W
4 December 1886 FriendlyDundee Harp2-2[17]DumbartonEast Dock Street Park, Dundee
scrimmage
Lees 		Jamieson
Brown 		Attendance: 6,000
3 January 1887 FriendlyOur Boys Dundee3-5DumbartonWest Craigie Park, Dundee
Low
McIntosh
Grant 		Madden  82'
Hartley
Jamieson  85'		 Attendance: 3,000
4 January 1887 FriendlyArbroath2-0DumbartonGayfield Park
Buick
Sim
5 February 1887 FriendlyMorton1-0DumbartonCappielow Park
McKendrick  46' Attendance: 3,000
19 February 1887 FriendlyThistle3-2DumbartonBeechwood Park, Glasgow
26 February 1887 FriendlySt Johnstone3-3DumbartonRecreation Grounds (Perth)
Menzies
Ormond
Scott 		 15'
Keir,L  17'
5 March 1887 FriendlyDumbarton3-2BattlefieldBoghead Park
Jamieson  89' scrimmage
19 March 1887 FriendlyDumbarton1-1Port GlasgowBoghead Park
Madden
24 March 1887 FriendlyMontrose4-6DumbartonLinks Park
McDonald
 65'
 80'		 Aitken
scrimmage
Madden


Attendance: 2,500
26 March 1887 FriendlyAbercorn3-3DumbartonBlackstoun Park, Paisley
Johnston
scrimmage
McCormick 		Madden
scrimmage
Attendance: 4,000
3 April 1887 Friendly3rd LRV2-1DumbartonCathkin Park (1872–1903)

 Jamieson Attendance: 3,000
8 April 1887 FriendlyDumbarton1-5AccringtonBoghead Park
Madden Conway

Bonar
9 April 1887 FriendlyPreston North End2-0DumbartonDeepdale Stadium
Ross
Goodall  35'		 Attendance: 7,000
11 April 1887 FriendlyBlackburn Rovers3-0DumbartonLeamington Road
Fecitt  65'
Walton  70'
Townsley 		Attendance: 5,000

Player statistics

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were John Madden and William Robertson.
At the same time 5-time internationalist Michael Paton was lost from the club's squad.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
James McAulay GK 7 0
R Fergus[18] DF 7 0
Jock Hutcheson DF 6 0
J Dennett[19] DF 7 0
Tom McMillan MF 7 0
Peter Miller MF 7 0
Ralph Aitken FW 2 1
Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 7 4
David Hartley[20] FW 5 1
R Jamieson[21] FW 6 4
Leitch Keir FW 7 1
W Keir[22] FW 2 2
William Lapsley[23] FW 1 0
John Madden FW 4 1
J McMillan[24] FW 1 1
William Robertson FW 6 2
Pete Tait[25] FW 1 0

Source:[26]

International caps
Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 5 March 1887 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1887 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir, James McAulay and Willie Robertson all took part.

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

- Leitch Keir[27] earned his third and fourth caps against England and Wales respectively. Keir scored in the 3-2 win over England.

- James McAulay[28] earned his eighth and ninth caps against England and Wales respectively.

- Tom McMillan[29] earned his first cap against Ireland.

- Willie Robertson[30] earned his first and second caps against England and Wales respectively. Robertson scored in the 2-0 win over Wales.

Representative Matches

Dumbarton players were selected to play for the Dumbartonshire county team as follows:

DateOpponentResultPlayers(Goals)
16 October 1886Lancashire3-4Brown;Hartley;Keir;McAulay;Robertson(2)
26 February 1887Renfrewshire3-1Aitken(1);Hutcheson;Miller,P

In addition Leitch Keir was selected to play in the West of Scotland side which played an East of Scotland XI on 24 May 1887. The 'West' won 3-1.

Reserve team

Dumbarton rejoined the Second Eleven Association and duly reached their third final in the Scottish Second XI Cup in four attempts before losing out to the holders, Abercorn, after a drawn match.

In addition, Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, and reached the semi final before losing to eventual winners, Renton.

References
  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. "Dumbarton 5 - 0 Vale of Leven Hibs, Scottish Cup (11/09/1886)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. "Dumbarton 5 - 0 Vale of Leven Hibernian, Saturday, September 11th, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. "Dumbarton 4 - 0 Yoker, Scottish Cup (02/10/1886)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  5. "Dumbarton 4 - 0 Yoker, Saturday, October 2nd, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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  7. "Hurlford 0 - 0 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 25th, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. "Dumbarton 1 - 2 Hurlford United, Scottish Cup (08/01/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  9. This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup sixth round replay but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the SFA.
  10. "Dumbarton 3 - 1 Hurlford United, Scottish Cup (22/01/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. "Dumbarton 3 - 1 Hurlford United, Saturday, January 22nd, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  12. "Queen's Park 1 - 2 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (29/01/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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  16. This was to be the third round tie of the Scottish Cup but Tollcross could only muster 8 players, and therefore scratched from the competition. In order to avoid disappointing the crowd, a friendly was played with the Tollcross team being supplemented with 3 Dumbarton reserves.
  17. Dumbarton were drawn to play Dundee Harp in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, but Harp subsequently withdrew from the competition. Nevertheless at the invitation of Harp, Dumbarton travelled to Dundee to play a friendly.
  18. "R Fergus - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  19. "J Dennett - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  20. "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  21. "R Jamieson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  22. "W Keir - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  23. "William Lapsley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  24. "J McMillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  25. "Pete Tait - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  26. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  27. "Leitch Keir". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  28. "James McAulay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  29. "Thomas McMillan". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  30. "William Robertson". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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