1883–84 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1883–84 season was the 11th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1883–84 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupFirst Round

Scottish Cup

After the success of the previous season, Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' in the Scottish Cup by losing to local rivals Renton.[1]

8 September 1883 Cup R1 Renton 2-1[2][3] Dumbarton Tontine Park

Keir Attendance: 3,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

Dumbarton's fortunes were no better in the Glasgow Charity Cup where they lost at the semi final stage to 3rd LRV. A protest was lodged by Dumbarton after the game that their opponents had played several players from other teams - against SFA rules. However the basis of the objection was doomed to failure, due in part to the fact that the game had been refereed by the president of the SFA, and if the protest had been successful, Queen's Park's victory over Rangers would have had to be replayed, as the QP team was similarly sprinkled with 'guest' players - indeed it seemed that very few decisions went against Queens Park in those days!

19 April 1884 SemiFinal Dumbarton 0-1 3rd LRV Hampden Park
Crawford  1' Attendance: 7,000

Friendlies/other matches

Notwithstanding the early cup exit, Dumbarton's fixture card was a busy one.

The season began with a charity match against Rangers in aid of the Daphne Disaster Fund. This was followed in Scotland with home and away fixtures against Queen's Park, Vale of Leven, Rangers, St Mirren (the Renfrewshire Cup holders) and St Bernards - all 10 of which were won, in addition to a 7-0 thumping of Ayrshire Cup holders Kilmarnock Athletic.

There were also 12 'friendly' matches played against English opposition, including home and away fixtures against Aston Villa, Walsall Swifts, Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Olympic, the 1882-83 FA Cup winners. The 6-1 win at Boghead against 'Olympic' was at the time recognised as the unofficial Championship of Great Britain.

In all, 23 matches were won, 1 drawn and 7 lost, scoring 95 goals and conceding 38.

31 July 1883 Benefit Rangers 4-2 Dumbarton Kinning Park
scrimmage
Christie
McHardy
scrimmage
Brown(P)
Brown(S)
Attendance: 2,500
4 August 1883 Friendly Vale of Leven 1-2 Dumbarton Alexandria
Brown(P)
Lindsay
25 August 1883 Friendly Hearts 3-3 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Waugh
Wood
Douglas
Brown(P)
Lindsay
Anderson
1 September 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 6-1 Blackburn Olympic Boghead Park
McArthur
Brown(P)
Brown(S)
Miller,J

Attendance: 3,000
17 September 1883 Friendly Walsall Swifts 0-2 Dumbarton The Chuckery
Kennedy  44'
Miller,P  70'
Attendance: 3,500
22 September 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 3-2 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Miller  20', 46'
McKinnon  45'
Miller  15'
29 September 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 2-1 Blackburn Rovers Boghead Park
McKinnon
Brown
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: T Lawrie
6 October 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 3-0 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Lindsay
Brown(S)
Attendance: 3,000
13 October 1883 Friendly 3rd LRV 4-0 Dumbarton Cathkin Park



Attendance: 1,200
27 October 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 2-0 Rangers Boghead Park
Lindsay
McKinnon
Attendance: 5,000
3 November 1883 Friendly Queen's Park 1-3 Dumbarton Titwood Park, Strathbungo
Christie McKinnon
Colville
Brown
Attendance: 6,000
10 November 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 4-2 St Mirren Boghead Park
Brown(S)
Brown(P)
McKinnon

Referee: W McIntosh
17 November 1883 Friendly Rangers 2-4 Dumbarton Kinning Park
McHardy
McGregor
McKinnon
Brown
Colville
Attendance: 5,000
24 November 1883 Friendly Notts Forest 2-3 Dumbarton Park Side, Nottingham
Widowsen Keir
Hutton
Colville
Attendance: 4,000
1 December 1883 Friendly Northern 1-5 Dumbarton Hyde Park (Glasgow)
Lindsay
Brown(S)
Colville
8 December 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 7-0 Kilmarnock Athletic Boghead Park
McKinnon
Kennedy



15 December 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 4-0 Walsall Swifts Boghead Park
Brown
McKinnon
Higgins  (OG)
29 December 1883 Friendly Old Carthusian 1-2 Dumbarton Kennington Oval
Wilson McKinnon
Brown
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: C Alcock
31 December 1883 Friendly Aston Villa 1-0 Dumbarton Wellington Road (Perry Barr)
Whateley Attendance: 8,000
1 January 1884 Friendly Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Dumbarton Leamington Road
Douglas  15', 85' Brown Attendance: 10,000
2 January 1884 Friendly Accrington 0-4 Dumbarton Thorneyholme Road
Brown(S)  35'


Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mr Lewis
12 January 1884 Friendly Dumbarton 1-2 Thornliebank Boghead Park
Lindsay Law
Bonar
Attendance: 2,000
12 February 1884 Friendly Dumbarton 3-1 Notts Forest Boghead Park
Colville  15'
Lindsay  40', 55'
Miller,P  50' (OG) Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Young
9 February 1884 Friendly St Mirren 0-6 Dumbarton Westmarch, Paisley





Attendance: 6,000
16 February 1884 Friendly Dumbarton 8-0 St Bernard's Boghead Park
McKinnon
Lindsay
Brown{P}
Brown(S)
McAulay
23 February 1884 Friendly Blackburn Olympic 4-3 Dumbarton Hole-i'-th'-Wall, Blackburn
Dewhurst
Parker
Matthews
Miller Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mr Critchley
22 March 1884 Friendly Partick Thistle 2-1 Dumbarton Inchview, Glasgow

Lindsay Attendance: 4,000
12 April 1884 Friendly Dumbarton 5-0 Aston Villa Boghead Park
McKinnon
Lindsay
Miller
 (OG)
Attendance: 5,000

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 1 0
Jock Hutcheson DF 1 0
Willie Lang[4] DF 1 0
Leitch Keir MF 1 1
Peter Miller MF 1 0
R Anderson[5] FW 1 0
Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 1 0
Robert 'Sparrow' Brown FW 1 0
James Liddell FW 1 0
Joe Lindsay FW 1 0
James Miller[6] FW 1 0

Source:[7]

International caps

An international trial match was played on 8 March 1884 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland against Ireland, England and Wales in the inaugural British Home Championship. Joe Lindsay, James McAulay, William McKinnon and Peter Miller were all selected to play for the 'Probables' against an 'Improbable' XI which included 'Sparrow' Brown and Jock Hutcheson. The game ended in a 2-2 draw with McKinnon scoring one of the 'Probables' goals.

Subsequently, the following Dumbarton players were selected:

- Robert 'Sparrow' Brown[8] earned his first and second caps against Ireland and Wales respectively.

- Joe Lindsay[9] earned his fourth and fifth caps against England and Wales respectively, scoring a goal in the 4-1 win over the Welsh.

- William McKinnon[10] earned his third and fourth caps against England and Wales respectively.

- James McAulay[11] earned his fourth cap against England and Michael Paton[12] earned his second cap against Wales.

Reserve team

Dumbarton reached the final of the Scottish Second XI Cup for the second time in three seasons before losing out to the holders, Kilmarnock Athletic.

On the same day as the international trial, a Dumbartonshire XI played against a Glasgow XI to raise funds for the Second Eleven Association. Ralph Aitken, James Liddell, James Miller and W Watt played, with Miller scoring twice and Watt once in the 4-1 win.

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. "Renton 2 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (08/09/1883)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. "Renton 2 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, September 8th, 1883". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. "Willie Lang - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "Anderson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. "James Miller - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  7. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  8. "Robert Brown". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. "Joseph Lindsay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  10. "William McKinnon". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  11. "James McAulay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  12. "Michael Paton". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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