1888–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1888–89 season was the 16th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1888–89 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupSemi Final

Scottish Cup

A successful run in the Scottish Cup brought Dumbarton to their eighth semi final and their first ever meeting with Celtic. On the day however the Glasgow side were to prove too strong and ran out 4-1 winners.[1]

1 September 1888 Cup R1Dumbarton13–1[2][3]Kirkintilloch CentralBoghead Park
Lapsley
Chapman
Dewar
Madden
 (OG)
Cup R2Dumbartonbye
13 October 1888 Cup R3Motherwell2-6[4][5]DumbartonRoman Road Park, Motherwell
Attendance: 3,500
3 November 1888 Cup R4Dumbarton9–0[6][7]Methlan ParkBoghead Park
Aitken  10'

scrimmage
Bell
Keir
Chapman
1 December 1888 Cup R5Dumbarton3–1[8][9]Mossend SwiftsBoghead Park
Madden  20'
Dewar
Bell 		 65'
15 December 1888 Cup R5Dumbarton2–2[10][11]St MirrenBoghead Park
Bell  85' Brown
Johnstone
22 December 1888 Cup R5RSt Mirren2–2[12][13]DumbartonWestmarch (stadium)
Brown  50'
Hannah  86' (OG)		 Dewar
Lapsley 		Attendance: 6,000
29 December 1888 Cup R5RDumbarton3–1[14][15]St MirrenIbrox Park
Aitken  43'
Bell 		Paterson  87' Attendance: 7,000
12 January 1889 Cup R6Dumbarton1–4[16][17]CelticBoghead Park
Madden  87'
Groves  62'
Dunbar 		Attendance: 6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

The trophy was lifted for the second time, beating their town rivals Dumbarton Athletic easily in the final.

Second roundDumbartonWalkoverDumbarton Thistle
8 December 1888 Third roundDumbarton5-0Vale of Leven WanderersBoghead Park
Bell
Lapsley

Chapman
19 January 1889 Semi FinalDumbarton3-1Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Miller
Keir
Chapman 		Attendance: 2,000
9 February 1889 FinalDumbarton6-2Dumbarton AthleticMillburn Park
Madden
Lapsley
Bell
Lindsay
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mr McLean

Greenock Charity Cup

An invitation to compete in the Greenock Charity Cup was accepted, but Dumbarton lost out to the hosts Morton in the final.

30 March 1889 First roundCarlton2-5DumbartonVolunteer Park, Greenock

Mills
14 May 1889 Semi Final1st RRV Greenock0-10DumbartonGreenock
Attendance: 1,000
1 June 1889 FinalMorton2-0DumbartonCappielow Park
Stewart  50'
Scott 		Attendance: 3,000

Friendlies

During the season, 28 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Dumbarton Athletic and Queen's Park. There were also matches against the current holders of the East of Scotland Shield (Mossend Swifts), the Lanarkshire Cup (Airdrie), the Renfrewshire Cup (St Mirren) and the Stirlingshire Cup (East Stirling), and a 3 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In England, matches were played against Sunderland and Sunderland Albion, and Dumbarton also gave the Welsh national team a tough work-out in a game at Boghead. In all, 9 matches were won, 7 drawn and 12 lost, scoring goals 74 and conceding 67.

11 August 1888 FriendlyLeith Athletic4–3DumbartonHawkhill
Dewar
Lawrie
Clements
Dewar  80' (OG)		 Madden  5'
scrimmage
18 August 1888 FriendlyVale of Leven2–2[18]DumbartonMillburn Park
McMillan
Rankin  70'		 Lindsay  57'
Madden  89'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Crerar
25 August 1888 FriendlyDumbarton0–3Queen's ParkBoghead Park
Berry  20', 30', 50' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Crerar
28 August 1888 FriendlyDumbarton4–0Union (Dumbarton)Boghead Park
8 September 1888 FriendlyDumbarton2–2St MirrenBoghead Park
McMillan  10'
Lapsley  30'		  42'
 70'		 Referee: A Holmes
15 September 1888 FriendlyDumbarton1–2CelticBoghead Park
Chapman  30' McCallum
29 September 1888 FriendlyDumbarton2–1Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Lapsley  3'
Madden  50'		  47' Referee: Mr Laird
6 October 1888 FriendlyDumbarton9–1ThornliebankBoghead Park
Bell
Chapman
Liddell
Lapsley
Referee: J Inglis
20 October 1888 FriendlyQueen's Park2–2[19]DumbartonRecreation Grounds, Glasgow
Eccles
Stewart 		Aitken  1'
scrimmage  9'		 Attendance: 10,000
27 October 1888 FriendlyDumbarton3–0ThistleBoghead Park
Lapsley  3'
Bell
10 November 1888 FriendlyDumbarton Athletic3–2DumbartonSt James' Park, Dumbarton
Latta  14', 73'
Henderson 		scrimmage
Aitken 		Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Rose
24 November 1888 FriendlyDumbarton1–1[20]Mossend SwiftsBoghead Park
Lapsley Inglis Referee: Mr Brock
31 December 1888 FriendlyStrathmore (Dundee)2–2DumbartonRollo's Pier, Dundee
Drabbie  5'
1 January 1889 FriendlyArbroath2–2DumbartonGayfield Park
Petrie
Willock 		Caird
Chaplin
2 January 1889 FriendlyForfar Athletic3–1DumbartonStation Park, Forfar
Bowman
Anderson 		Madden
2 February 1889 FriendlyRenton6–1DumbartonTontine Park
Campbell  20'

McNee 		Madden
16 February 1889 FriendlyHibernian4–3DumbartonEaster Road
Coyle
Burns
McGhee
Chapman
Lapsley
2 March 1889 FriendlyDumbarton6–1Dumbarton AthleticBoghead Park
Lapsley  1'
Madden  5'
McMillan  10'
Bell
Mair 		scrimmage  65' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mr Cochrane
9 March 1889 FriendlyEast Stirling7–1DumbartonMerchiston Park
McLauchlan  5'
Kirkwood  35', 47'
Dunn  46'
  42'
16 March 1889 FriendlyQueen's Park1–1DumbartonCathkin Park
Berry  55' Madden  20'
21 March 1889 FriendlyMontrose4–2DumbartonLinks Park
Kay
Keillor  70'		 Bell
Attendance: 2,000
23 March 1889 FriendlyCowlairs1–2DumbartonGourlay Park, Glasgow
Miller
Chapman
6 April 1889 FriendlyWelsh International XI0–3DumbartonCathkin Park
Chapman
Bell
Mair
13 April 1889 FriendlyHearts4–2DumbartonTynecastle Stadium
Scott
Baird
Jenkinson 		scrimmage
Madden
20 April 1889 FriendlySunderland Albion2–6DumbartonBlue House Field, Hendon
scrimmage  25'
 26'
scrimmage  48'
Lapsley
Mair 		Attendance: 5,000
27 April 1889 FriendlyDumbarton8–0DykebarBoghead Park
 60' 70'
Bell
Mair
Attendance: 2,000
4 May 1889 FriendlyAlbion Rovers4–1DumbartonMeadow Park, Coatbridge
Baird
Rourke  15'
Scott  75'		 Mair  5'
21 May 1889 FriendlyAirdrie1–3DumbartonSmiths Fields, Airdrie
Mitchell McLeod  10'
Stewart  44'
Lapsley
27 May 1889 FriendlySunderland4–3DumbartonNewcastle Road
Chapman  6'

Player statistics

Dumbarton continued to attract some of the best players in Scotland, and joining up this season were Dickie Boyle and Geordie Dewar.
Amongst those leaving was internationalist Peter Miller after a career with the club spanning over 13 seasons.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
James Bell GK 8 0
Dickie Boyle DF 2 0
John Hannah[21] DF 8 0
Duncan Stewart DF 5 0
Geordie Dewar MF 8 4
Robert Hannah[22] MF 1 0
Leitch Keir MF 7 1
Tom McMillan MF 8 0
Ralph Aitken FW 6 3
John Bell FW 7 7
John Chapman[23] FW 8 4
James Collins[24] FW 1 0
Edward Duffy[25] FW 1 0
William Lapsley[26] FW 8 7
John Madden FW 8 3
Alex Miller FW 2 0

Source:[27]

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

An international trial match was played on 16 February 1889 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1889 British Home Championship.

Geordie Dewar[28] was selected to take part and subsequently earned his second cap against England.

Representative matches

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire county matches as follows:

DateOpponentResultPlayers(Goals)
26 January 1889East of Scotland4-2Bell,Jas;Bell,Jn;Dewar;Stewart
26 January 1889Renfrewshire6-1Aitken;Madden(3);McMillan
23 February 1889Birmingham & District2-5Bell;Dewar;Madden(1);McMillan(1):Stewart
25 February 1889Liverpool District1-2Bell(1);Dewar;Madden;McMillan:Stewart
9 April 1889Scottish International XI1-2Bell(D);Madden(D);McMillan(D):Stewart(I)*
  • - 'D' played for Dumbartonshire ; 'I' played for Internationals

In addition Geordie Dewar was selected to play for a 'Counties' team against a Glasgow Select on 4 October 1888 - Glasgow won 9-0.

Reserve team

Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Linthouse, but in the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, the trophy was won for the first time by beating Vale of Leven in the final.

References
  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
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  3. "Dumbarton 13 - 1 Kirkintilloch Central, Saturday, September 1st, 1888". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. "Motherwell 2 - 6 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (13/10/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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  17. "Dumbarton 1 - 4 Celtic, Saturday, January 12th, 1888". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  18. Played to celebrate the opening of Vale's new ground.
  19. Played as part of the Glasgow International Exhibition.
  20. Was to have been the fifth round tie of the Scottish Cup but ground was declared unplayable. Players decided to play a friendly instead.
  21. "John Hannah - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  22. "Robert Hannah - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  23. "John Chapman - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  24. "James Collins - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  25. "Edward Duffy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  26. "William Lapsley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  27. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  28. "George Dewar". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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