1881–82 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1881–82 season was the ninth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1881–82 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupRunners Up

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the second consecutive season. During the early years of the Cup, lodging a protest to a cup result was common place, and this season Dumbarton required to defeat both Hibernian and Rangers twice following successful protests. The final opponents again were Glasgow giants Queen's Park; however, after a 2–2 draw in the first game, Dumbarton succumbed 1–4 in the replay.[1]

10 September 1881 Cup R1Dumbarton9-1[2][3]AlcluthaBoghead Park
1 October 1881 Cup R2Vale of Leven0-2[4][5]DumbartonAlexandria
Crammer  5' (OG)
 88'		 Attendance: 4,500
22 October 1881 Cup R3Dumbarton5-0[6][7]JamestownBoghead Park
Brown
Miller,J
Watt
Attendance: 3,000
3 December 1881 Cup R5Hibernian2-6[8][9]
VOID		DumbartonEaster Road

 Lindsay
Meikleham 		Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mr Thomson
24 December 1881 Cup R5Hibernian2-6[10][11]DumbartonEaster Road
Byrne
Rourke 		McAulay  7'
Brown
Meikleham
Lindsay
Hutcheson 		Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mr Thomson
28 January 1882 Cup R6Dumbarton2-1[12][13]
VOID		RangersBoghead Park
Meikleham
Kennedy 		Pringle  80' Attendance: 5,000
4 February 1882 Cup R6Dumbarton5-1[14][15]RangersBoghead Park
Brown
Miller,J
Lindsay
McKinnon 		Hill Attendance: 5,000
18 February 1882 Cup SFDumbarton11-2[16][17]CartvaleBoghead Park
Kennedy  2'
Lindsay
Meikleham
McAulay
Brown
 (OG)		 Fulton
18 March 1882 Cup FinalDumbarton2-2[18][19]Queen's ParkCathkin Park
Brown
Meikleham 		Harrower  1', 35' Attendance: 15,000
1 April 1882 Cup Final replayDumbarton1-4[20][21]Queen's ParkCathkin Park
Miller,J Richmond  1'
Ker
Harrower
Kay 		Attendance: 15,000

Glasgow Charity Cup
Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Dumbarton once again took part in the Glasgow Charity Cup during the season and after a fine replay victory over Rangers in the semi final, came up against their old local rivals Vale of Leven in the final. The game finished in a 2–2 draw, after which there was to be a half hour's extra time. Vale of Leven did not reappear, and the referee ordered Dumbarton to kick off, which they did and duly scored. However the Charity committee decided that a replay should be played, and despite having the majority of the game the 'Vale' won by a single goal.

8 April 1882 SemiFinalDumbarton2-2[22]RangersHampden Park
Brown
Lindsay 		Ramsay
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: R Hendrie
29 April 1882 SemiFinal ReplayDumbarton4-0[23]RangersHampden Park
Lindsay  15' 30'
Miller,J 		Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Hendrie
20 May 1882 FinalDumbarton2-2Vale of LevenHampden Park
Miller
Lindsay 		Brown  8' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: J Wallace
3 June 1882 Final ReplayDumbarton0-1Vale of LevenHampden Park
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J Wallace

Friendlies

During the season 15 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, 3rd LRV and St Bernards (including a game to celebrate the opening of St Bernards new stadium at Powderhall), an 11–1 thrashing of Lanarkshire Cup holders, Thistle and three games against north of England opposition. In all, 10 were won, 2 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 61 goals and conceding 19.

3 September 1881 FriendlyDumbarton7-2Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Lindsay
Brown
Miller,J

17 September 1881 FriendlyKilbirnie0-4DumbartonStonyholm Park, Kilbirnie
Kennedy
Brown
Meikleham
8 October 1881 FriendlyDumbarton11-1ThistleBoghead Park
Brown









15 October 1881 FriendlyDumbarton5-13rd LRVBoghead Park
Brown
Miller,P
Miller,J
Lindsay
29 October 1881 FriendlySouth Western0-0DumbartonCopeland Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 1,000
5 November 1881 FriendlyHibernian2-1DumbartonEaster Road
Preston
Cox 		Brown Attendance: 4,500
Referee: T Purdie
19 November 1881 Friendly3rd LRV0-5DumbartonCathkin Park
 6'



 Attendance: 2,000
26 November 1881 FriendlyWalsall Swifts1-1DumbartonThe Chuckery
Lunn  30' Meikleham Attendance: 2,000
Referee: S Durban
17 December 1881 FriendlyJamestown1-4DumbartonJamestown
Meikleham

31 December 1881 FriendlyBlackburn Rovers5-1DumbartonLeamington Road
Hargreaves  1'
Miller,P  (OG)
Strachan
Duckworth
scrimmage 		Miller,J Attendance: 5,000
Referee: C Critchley
1 January 1882 FriendlyBolton Wanderers2-3DumbartonPike's Lane
Steel
Christie 		Lindsay
Meikleham		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: S Ormerod
14 January 1882 FriendlyDumbarton9-0RenfrewBoghead Park
21 January 1882 FriendlyDumbarton5-0St Bernard'sBoghead Park
Miller,J



Attendance: 2,500
25 February 1882 FriendlyVale of Leven2-0DumbartonAlexandria

 Attendance: 2,000
11 March 1882 FriendlySt Bernard's2-4DumbartonPowderhall

 Miller
Lindsay
Kennedy
Meikleham 		Attendance: 500

Player statistics

Of note amongst those donning the club colours for the first time was Leitch Keir.
Leaving the club, after a playing career spanning over six seasons which included an international cap for Scotland, was Archie Lang.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
John Kennedy[24] GK 8 0
Jock Hutcheson DF 8 1
Michael Paton DF 8 0
James McAulay MF 8 2
Peter Miller MF 8 0
Robert Brown FW 8 6
Andrew Kennedy[25] FW 8 1
Joe Lindsay FW 8 7
William McKinnon FW 3 1
James Meikleham[26] FW 8 6
James Miller[27] FW 8 3
W Watt[28] FW 4 1
Hugh Wilson[29] FW 1 0

Source:[30]

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

An international trial match was played on 4 March 1882 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Jock Hutcheson, Joe Lindsay, James McAulay and Peter Miller all took part.

As a result, Dumbarton's James McAulay[31] and Peter Miller[32] earned their first caps playing for Scotland against Wales and England respectively. McAulay scored a goal in the 5–0 win over the Welsh.

Representative match

Jock Hutcheson and James McAulay played in the Scotch Counties team which played Birmingham & District on 25 February 1882. The 'Scotch' men lost 1–3.

Reserve team

As association football developed in Scotland, it was quite common when '1st XIs' played a fixture, a corresponding 'reserve' match would be played at the same time on the opposing side's ground. However it was not until 1882 that the first competition at national level for reserve sides made its debut – the Scottish Second XI Cup. Dumbarton went on to win the inaugural contest, beating Vale of Leven 3–0 in the final – the club's first national success.

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