1885–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1885–86 season was the 13th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1885–86 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupFifth Round

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton had an easy passage through the early rounds of the Scottish Cup before losing out to Hibernian, the East of Scotland Shield holders, in the fifth round after a 2-2 draw.[1]

19 September 1885 Cup Round 1Dumbarton3–1[2][3]Vale of Leven WanderersBoghead Park
Hartley
Wilson
Lindsay
3 October 1885 Cup Round 2Dumbarton7–0[4][5]Union (Dumbarton)Boghead Park

Aitken

Tait


24 October 1885 Cup Round 3Dumbarton3–0[6][7]ThistleBoghead Park
Tait  10'
Brown,R  86'
Liddell  88'
14 November 1885 Cup Round 4Dumbarton3–0[8][9]Partick ThistleBoghead Park
Aitken  62'
Lindsay  85'
5 December 1885 Cup Round 5Dumbarton2–2[10][11]HibernianBoghead Park
Tobin  (OG)
Brown  44'		 Wilson  10' (OG)
 85'		 Attendance: 2,000
12 December 1885 Cup Round 5RHibernian4–3[12][13]DumbartonEaster Road
McGhee  85'
Preston
Clark 		Hartley  5'
Brown  40'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mr Kennedy

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton failed to hold on to the Dumbartonshire Cup and were defeated at the semi-final stage by Dumbarton Athletic.

10 October 1885 Round 1Dumbarton7-0BonhillBoghead Park
Aitken
Brown
Tait

Liddell
McMillan
28 November 1885 Round 2Renton1-0[14]
VOID		DumbartonTontine Park
 65' Attendance: 4,000
26 December 1885 Round 2Dumbarton2-0RentonBoghead Park
scrimmage  40'
McKinnon  85'		 Attendance: 4,500
13 February 1886 Semi FinalDumbarton Athletic2-1DumbartonBurnside Park

 40'		 Liddell  75'

Glasgow Charity Cup

It was at the semi final stage of the Glasgow Charity Cup that Dumbarton also tasted defeat, this time to rivals Vale of Leven.

8 May 1886 Semi FinalVale of Leven1-0DumbartonCathkin Park
Coleman  75' Attendance: 6,000

Dumbartonshire Association Tournament

At the start of the season a tournament was played across the county in order to raise funds for the Dumbartonshire association. There were 8 invitees with the first rounds being played in two groups at Alexandria on 4 August and at Helensburgh a week later, where Dumbarton were due to have met Yoker, but their opponents having failed to turn up, the Dumbarton players entertained the crowd by playing a six-a-side match. The semi finals were played at Boghead where Dumbarton drew with Vale of Leven - the replay took place five days later. In the final against Dumbarton Athletic on 27 August Dumbarton won 2-0.

11 August 1885 Round 1DumbartonWOYokerHelensburgh
20 August 1885 Semi FinalDumbarton0-0Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Attendance: 500
25 August 1885 Semi Final ReplayVale of Leven0-1DumbartonAlexandria, West Dunbartonshire
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W Young
27 August 1885 FinalDumbarton2-0Dumbarton AthleticBoghead Park

Friendlies

Despite the growing competitive calendar, 22 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Rangers, Queens Park, Vale of Leven and Vale of Leven Wanderers, together with matches against Glasgow Cup holders Cambuslang, and Forfarshire Cup holders, Dundee Harp. In addition a four match tour of the north of Scotland was undertaken during the New Year holidays. In all, 14 were won, 5 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 72 goals and conceding 42.

22 August 1885 FriendlyMorton3-4DumbartonCappielow Park
Lindsay
Barrie
Nugent  55'		  18'
Miller
 65'
 89'		 Referee: Mr Gordon
29 August 1885 FriendlyDumbarton4-1RangersBoghead Park
Lindsay  20'
Hartley
scrimmage  60'
2 September 1885 FriendlyDumbarton5-0Vale of Leven WanderersBoghead Park
5 September 1885 FriendlyHearts1-2DumbartonTynecastle Stadium
Edmonstone Keir  10'
Gourlay 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: L Watt
26 September 1885 FriendlyPartick Thistle2-2DumbartonWhiteinch
Attendance: 4,000
17 October 1885 FriendlyDumbarton2-3Queen's ParkBoghead Park
Tait  85' McWhannel  2', 65'
Hamilton 		Attendance: 5,000
31 October 1885 FriendlyDumbarton2-2Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Lindsay  5'
Attendance: 3,500
7 November 1885 FriendlyDumbarton4-2RentonBoghead Park
Brown
Aitken
Tait
Lindsay 		McColl
 80'		 Attendance: 4,000
21 November 1885 FriendlyRangers2-5DumbartonKinning Park
McKenzie  25'
Heggie 		Aitken  26', 28'
 40'
 46'
 Attendance: 2,000
19 December 1885 FriendlyQueen's Park2-2DumbartonHampden Park
Somerville  33'
 Liddell
Gillespie  (OG)		 Attendance: 5,000
1 January 1886 FriendlyDundee Harp1-3DumbartonHarp Athletic Grounds, Dundee
Lees  1' Lindsay  20'
Aitken  38'
McKinnon  46'		 Attendance: 6,000
2 January 1886 FriendlyOur Boys Dundee2-4DumbartonWest Craigie Park, Dundee
Crichton  20'
Sandy  44'		 McMillan  25'
McKinnon
Aitken 		Attendance: 2,000
4 January 1886 FriendlyArbroath2-2DumbartonGayfield Park
Munro  (OG)
Aitken 		Attendance: 3,000
5 January 1886 FriendlyAberdeen0-7DumbartonRecreation Grounds, Aberdeen
McAulay  5'
Wood  44' (OG)



 60'
20 February 1886 FriendlySt Mirren0-4DumbartonWestmarch (stadium)



 60'
27 February 1886 FriendlyHibernian3-1DumbartonEaster Road
Smith  20' Aitken
6 March 1886 Friendly3rd LRV1-2DumbartonCathkin Park
Thomson  2' Brown
McMillan 		Attendance: 2,000
20 March 1886 FriendlyVale of Leven3-0DumbartonAlexandria
McColl
Coleman
Gillies 		Attendance: 2,000
17 April 1886 FriendlyDumbarton3-3CambuslangBoghead Park
Brown
Hartley 		scrimmage
Low
scrimmage 		Attendance: 1,500
22 April 1886 FriendlyVale of Leven Wanderers2-5DumbartonAlexandria



Attendance: 2,500
24 April 1886 FriendlyOur Boys Dundee4-5DumbartonWest Craigie Park, Dundee
Gloag  3'
Ramsay  35'
Mathieson
Sandy 		McKinnon  15'
Hartley
Lindsay
1 May 1886 FriendlyCambuslang3-4DumbartonWhitefield Park, Cambuslang

 33'
 McKinnon  60'
Paton
Lindsay
Brown  67'

Player statistics

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time was Tom McMillan.
At the same time two internationalists were lost from the club's squad:
- Robert 'Sparrow' Brown's club career spanned seven seasons, and in addition to his international caps was a member of the Scottish Cup winning side of 1882-82.
- Jock Hutcheson travelled south to jon Bolton Wanderers. He served the club for over a decade, and was also a member of the cup winning squad. He was perhaps unlucky not to earn a Scottish cap, having played in 4 international trials without success.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
James McAulay GK 6 0
Tom McMillan DF 6 0
Michael Paton DF 2 0
Hugh Wilson[15] DF 6 1
Leitch Keir MF 5 0
Peter Miller MF 6 0
Ralph Aitken FW 5 2
Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 6 3
J Gourlay[16] FW 1 0
David Hartley[17] FW 5 3
James Liddell FW 5 1
Joe Lindsay FW 5 2
William McKinnon FW 2 0
J McMillan[18] FW 1 0
Pete Tait[19] FW 5 1

Source:[20]

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

An international trial match was played on 13 March 1886 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1886 British Home Championship. James McAulay played for the 'Probables' and Ralph Aitken and Joe Lindsay for the 'Improbables'. The latter won by 6-3 with Lindsay scoring a hat-trick and Aitken getting another.

Subsequently, five Dumbarton players were selected to play, as follows:

- Ralph Aitken,[21] Michael Paton,[22] James McAulay[23] and Joe Lindsay[24] earned their first, fifth, seventh and eighth caps respectively against England.

- Leitch Keir[25] earned his second cap against Ireland.

Representative matches

Four representative matches were played during the season by the Dumbartonshire Football Association, and Dumbarton players were selected to play as follows:

DateOpponentResultPlayers(Goals)
5 September 1885Forfarshire2-2Hutcheson;Liddell;Wilson
30 January 1886Edinburgh1-1Aitken;Brown;Keir;Lindsay;McAulay;McMillan;Miller
13 March 1886Renfrewshire2-3Liddell
10 April 1886Renfrewshire2-3Aitken;Brown;Keir;McAulay;McMillan,T;Miller,P;Paton;Tate

In addition, the Scotland XI who played against Ireland (including Leitch Keir) subsequently played a friendly against Dundee Harp on 8 April 1886 - and lost 1-3.

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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 3 - 1 Vale of Leven Wanderers, Saturday, September 19th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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  9. "Dumbarton 3 - 0 Partick Thistle, Saturday, November 14th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  10. "Dumbarton 2 - 2 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (05/12/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  11. "Dumbarton 2 - 2 Hibernian, Saturday, December 5th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  12. "Hibernian 4 - 3 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (12/12/1885)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  13. "Hibernian 4 - 3 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 12th, 1885". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  14. This was the first playing of the Dumbartonshire Cup second round but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the Dumbartonshire Association.
  15. "Hugh Wilson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  16. "J Gourlay - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  17. "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  18. "J McMillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  19. "Pete Tait - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  20. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  21. "Ralph Aitken". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  22. "Michael Paton". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  23. "James McAulay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  24. "Joseph Lindsay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  25. "Leitch Keir". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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