1882–83 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1882–83 season was the tenth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton

1882–83 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Winners
Home colours

Scottish Cup

Following two seasons as runners-up, it was 'third time lucky' for Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup where they were at last crowned Scottish champions. On the road to the final Dumbarton disposed of the holders, Queen's Park in the quarter final and after a 2-2 draw, defeated their old rivals Vale of Leven in the final.[1]

Dumbarton v Kilmarnock Thistle

Cup R1

Dumbarton

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Kilmarnock Thistle

Boghead Park

Dumbarton v King's Park

30 September 1882 Cup R2	Dumbarton	8-1[2][3]	King's Park	Boghead Park

Dumbarton v Jamestown

21 October 1882 Cup R3	Dumbarton	8-1[4][5]	Jamestown	Boghead Park
	Lindsay Anderson Brown(S) Miller,J

Thornliebank v Dumbarton

11 November 1882 Cup R4	Thornliebank	0-3[6][7]	Dumbarton	Thornliebank
			Lindsay	Attendance: 2,000

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

3 February 1883 Cup R6	Dumbarton	3-1[8][9]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Brown(P) McKinnon		Kay	Attendance: 10,000

Dumbarton v Pollokshields Athletic

24 February 1883 Cup SF	Dumbarton	1-0[10][11] VOID	Pollokshields Athletic	Hampden Park
	scrimmage			Attendance: 7,000

Dumbarton v Pollokshields Athletic

17 March 1883 Cup SF	Dumbarton	5-0[12][13]	Pollokshields Athletic	Boghead Park
	McKinnon McArthur Paton			Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Vale of Leven

31 March 1883 Cup Final	Dumbarton	2-2[14][15]	Vale of Leven	Hampden Park
	Paton  33' McArthur  45'		Johnston  35' McRae  75'	Attendance: 15,000

Dumbarton v Vale of Leven

7 April 1883 Cup Final	Dumbarton	2-1[16][17]	Vale of Leven	Hampden Park
	Brown(P)  47' Brown(S)  52'		Friel  85'	Attendance: 15,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Queen's Park got some revenge for their Scottish Cup exit by beating Dumbarton in the semi final.

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

28 April 1883 SemiFinal	Queen's Park	2-1	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Gray Allan		Weir	Attendance: 5,000

Friendlies

During the season, 18 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Hearts, Rangers, St Bernards and Cowlairs, a win over Ayrshire Cup holders Kilmarnock Portland, and a north of England 'tour' which took in three matches during the New Year holidays. In all, 13 were won, 2 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 53 goals and conceding 18.

Dumbarton v Hearts

2 September 1882 Friendly	Dumbarton	4-1	Hearts	Boghead Park

Rangers v Dumbarton

16 September 1882 Friendly	Rangers	1-1	Dumbarton	Kinning Park
	Corbett  43'		scrimmage	Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v 3rd LRV

23 September 1882 Friendly	Dumbarton	4-0	3rd LRV	Boghead Park
	scrimmage  30' Hutton Miller  75' Brown(S)  90'

St Mirren v Dumbarton

7 October 1882 Friendly	St Mirren	1-4	Dumbarton	Greenhill, Paisley
	scrimmage		20'

Dumbarton v Portland (Kilmarnock)

14 October 1882 Friendly	Dumbarton	3-1	Portland (Kilmarnock)	Boghead Park
	McArthur

Vale of Leven v Dumbarton

28 October 1882 Friendly	Vale of Leven	1-0	Dumbarton	Alexandria
	Kennedy			Attendance: 4,000

Dumbarton v Northern

18 November 1882 Friendly	Dumbarton	3-1	Northern	Boghead Park

Dumbarton v St Bernard's

25 November 1882 Friendly	Dumbarton	4-0	St Bernard's	Boghead Park

Dumbarton v Rangers

23 December 1882 Friendly	Dumbarton	3-1	Rangers	Boghead Park
	MacNab		Gossland	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Bryce

Blackburn Rovers v Dumbarton

30 December 1882 Friendly	Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Dumbarton	Leamington Road
	Duckworth		Lindsay  14' Brown McKinnon	Attendance: 2,000

Bolton Wanderers v Dumbarton

1 January 1883 Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	Dumbarton	Pike's Lane
			Weir Lindsay	Attendance: 5,000

Halliwell v Dumbarton

2 January 1883 Friendly	Halliwell	1-10	Dumbarton	Bennett's, Halliwell
	Atherton  2'		McKinnon  1' Brown Entwhistle  (OG) Lindsay	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: S Wood

Dumbarton v Cowlairs

6 January 1883 Friendly	Dumbarton	2-1	Cowlairs	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 2,000

St Bernard's v Dumbarton

13 January 1883 Friendly	St Bernard's	5-2	Dumbarton	Powderhall
	Lang  (OG) Charlton McNaughton McBeth		Weir McBeth

Dumbarton v Vale of Leven

20 January 1883 Friendly	Dumbarton	4-1	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Weir  5'		Friel

Partick v Dumbarton

10 February 1883 Friendly	Partick	0-2	Dumbarton	Inchview, Partick
			McArthur  44' Kerr  75'

Hearts v Dumbarton

3 March 1883 Friendly

Hearts

0-0

Dumbarton

Tynecastle Stadium

Cowlairs v Dumbarton

10 March 1883 Friendly	Cowlairs	3-2	Dumbarton	Gourlay Park, Cowlairs

Player statistics

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time was Robert 'Plumber' Brown.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
James McAulay	GK	7	0
Jock Hutcheson	DF	6	0
Michael Paton	DF	4	2
Tom Veitch[18]	DF	2	0
Leitch Keir	MF	6	0
Willie Lang[19]	MF	4	0
Peter Miller	MF	7	0
R Anderson[20]	FW	3	3
Robert 'Plumber' Brown	FW	7	2
Robert 'Sparrow' Brown	FW	7	2
Joe Lindsay	FW	7	2
George McArthur[21]	FW	7	4
William McKinnon	FW	3	3
James Miller[22]	FW	7	1

Source:[23]

International Caps

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 3 March 1883 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Joe Lindsay, James McAulay, William McKinnon and Peter Miller played for the 'Probables' against Robert 'Plumber' Brown, James Miller and Michael Paton for the 'Improbables. Lindsay scored one of the 'Probables goals in their 4-3 win.

Subsequently, William McKinnon,[24] earned his first and second caps and both James McAulay[25] and Peter Miller[26] earned their second and third caps against England and Wales respectively. In addition Michael Paton[27] earned his first international cap for Scotland against England.

Representative Matches

Scotch Counties played a trial match against a Glasgow XI on 6 January 1883 to decide on the team to play Lancashire, with Robert 'Sparrow' Brown and William McKinnon playing - the result being a 4-4 draw. The following week, Brown, McKinnon and Peter Miller played for the 'Counties' against Lancashire - drawing 3-3.

On the same day as the Lancashire match, James McAulay, James Miller and Jock Hutcheson played for Scotch Counties in a trial match against a Glasgow XI, this time to consider the team to play against Birmingham & District. The result was a 4-0 win with Miller scoring one of the goals. On 27 January 1883, Jock Hutcheson, James McAulay, William McKinnon, James Miller and Peter Miller all played for the 'Counties' against Birmingham & District - drawing 2-2 with James Miller scoring one of the goals.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Second XI Cup, anxious to repeat their success of the previous season. Reports on these matches are sketchy, no doubt due to the overwhelming local interest in the Scottish Cup progress at the same time, but Dumbarton lost out at the semi final stage to eventual winners Kilmarnock Athletic.

On 3 March 1883 a Dumbartonshire B XI played against a Glasgow B XI to raise funds for the Second Eleven Association. R Lindsay, Tom Veitch, G Galbraith, James Liddell, McIntyre and R Anderson were all selected to play for 'Dumbarton' in a 1-1 draw.

References

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11. This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup semi final but the result was successfully protested by Pollokshields to the S.F.A..
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19. "Willie Lang - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
20. "Anderson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
21. "George McArthur - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
22. "James Miller - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
23. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
24. "William McKinnon". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
25. "James McAulay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
26. "Peter Miller". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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