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
Main article: 1888-89 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 R1 Dumbarton 13–1[2][3] Kirkintilloch Central Boghead Park
Lapsley
Chapman
Dewar
Madden
Collins
Cup R2 Dumbarton bye
13 October 1888 Cup R3 Motherwell 2-6[4][5] Dumbarton Roman Road Park, Motherwell
Attendance: 3,500
3 November 1888 Cup R4 Dumbarton 9–0[6][7] Methlan Park Boghead Park
Aitken  10'

scrimmage
Bell
Keir
Chapman
1 December 1888 Cup R5 Dumbarton 3–1[8][9] Mossend Swifts Boghead Park
Madden  20'
Dewar
Bell 		 65' Referee: Mr Brock
15 December 1888 Cup R5 Dumbarton 2–2[10][11] St Mirren Boghead Park
Bell  85' Brown
Johnstone
22 December 1888 Cup R5R St Mirren 2–2[12][13] Dumbarton Westmarch (stadium)
Brown  50'
Hannah  86' (OG)		 Dewar
Lapsley 		Attendance: 6,000
29 December 1888 Cup R5R Dumbarton 3–1[14][15] St Mirren Ibrox Park
Aitken  43'
Bell 		Paterson  87' Attendance: 7,000
12 January 1889 Cup R6 Dumbarton 1–4[16][17] Celtic Boghead 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 round Dumbarton Walkover Dumbarton Thistle
8 December 1888 Third round Dumbarton 5-0 Vale of Leven Wanderers Boghead Park
Bell
Lapsley

Chapman
19 January 1889 Semi Final Dumbarton 3-1 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Miller
Keir
Chapman 		Attendance: 2,000
9 February 1889 Final Dumbarton 6-2 Dumbarton Athletic Millburn Park
Madden  15'
Lapsley
Bell


Mair 		Lindsay  20'
 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 round Carlton 2-5 Dumbarton Volunteer Park, Greenock

Mills
14 May 1889 Semi Final 1st RRV Greenock 0-10 Dumbarton Greenock
Attendance: 1,000
1 June 1889 Final Morton 2-0 Dumbarton Cappielow 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 Friendly Leith Athletic 4–3 Dumbarton Hawkhill
Dewar
Lawrie
Clements
Dewar  80' (OG)		 Madden  5'
scrimmage
18 August 1888 Friendly Vale of Leven 2–2[18] Dumbarton Millburn Park
McMillan
Rankin  70'		 Lindsay  57'
Madden  89'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Crerar
25 August 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 0–3 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Berry  20', 30', 50' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Crerar
28 August 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 4–0 Union (Dumbarton) Boghead Park
8 September 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 2–2 St Mirren Boghead Park
McMillan  10'
Lapsley  30'		  42'
 70'		 Referee: A Holmes
15 September 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 1–2 Celtic Boghead Park
Chapman  30' McCallum
29 September 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Lapsley  3'
Madden  50'		  47' Referee: Mr Laird
6 October 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 9–1 Thornliebank Boghead Park
Bell
Chapman
Liddell
Lapsley
Referee: J Inglis
20 October 1888 Friendly Queen's Park 2–2[19] Dumbarton Recreation Grounds, Glasgow
Eccles
Stewart 		Aitken  1'
scrimmage  9'		 Attendance: 10,000
27 October 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 3–0 Thistle Boghead Park
Lapsley  3'
Bell
10 November 1888 Friendly Dumbarton Athletic 3–2 Dumbarton St James' Park, Dumbarton
Latta  14', 73'
Henderson 		scrimmage
Aitken 		Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Rose
24 November 1888 Friendly Dumbarton 1–1[20] Mossend Swifts Boghead Park
Lapsley Inglis Referee: Mr Brock
31 December 1888 Friendly Strathmore (Dundee) 2–2 Dumbarton Rollo's Pier, Dundee
Drabbie  5'
1 January 1889 Friendly Arbroath 2–2 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Petrie
Willock 		Caird
Chaplin
2 January 1889 Friendly Forfar Athletic 3–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Bowman
Anderson 		Madden
2 February 1889 Friendly Renton 6–1 Dumbarton Tontine Park
Campbell  20'

McNee 		Madden
16 February 1889 Friendly Hibernian 4–3 Dumbarton Easter Road
Coyle
Burns
McGhee
Chapman
Lapsley
2 March 1889 Friendly Dumbarton 6–1 Dumbarton Athletic Boghead Park
Lapsley  1'
Madden  5'
McMillan  10'
Bell
Mair 		scrimmage  65' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mr Cochrane
9 March 1889 Friendly East Stirling 7–1 Dumbarton Merchiston Park
McLauchlan  5'
Kirkwood  35', 47'
Dunn  46'
  42'
16 March 1889 Friendly Queen's Park 1–1 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Berry  55' Madden  20'
21 March 1889 Friendly Montrose 4–2 Dumbarton Links Park
Kay
Keillor  70'		 Bell
Attendance: 2,000
23 March 1889 Friendly Cowlairs 1–2 Dumbarton Gourlay Park, Glasgow
Miller
Chapman
6 April 1889 Friendly Welsh International XI 0–3 Dumbarton Cathkin Park
Chapman
Bell
Mair
13 April 1889 Friendly Hearts 4–2 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Scott
Baird
Jenkinson 		scrimmage
Madden
20 April 1889 Friendly Sunderland Albion 2–6 Dumbarton Blue House Field, Hendon
scrimmage  25'
 26'
scrimmage  48'
Lapsley
Mair 		Attendance: 5,000
27 April 1889 Friendly Dumbarton 8–0 Dykebar Boghead Park
 60' 70'
Bell
Mair
Attendance: 2,000
4 May 1889 Friendly Albion Rovers 4–1 Dumbarton Meadow Park, Coatbridge
Baird
Rourke  15'
Scott  75'		 Mair  5'
21 May 1889 Friendly Airdrie 1–3 Dumbarton Smiths Fields, Airdrie
Mitchell McLeod  10'
Stewart  44'
Lapsley
27 May 1889 Friendly Sunderland 4–3 Dumbarton Newcastle Road
Chapman  6'
 Attendance: 4,000

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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  7. "Dumbarton 9 - 0 Methlan Park, Saturday, November 3rd, 1888". The Sons Archive. 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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