1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1887–88 Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish Cup Second Round _goldstripes_thin _goldstripes _goldstripes 000000 000000 000000 FFFFFF 000000 1886–87 1888–89 The 1887–88 season was the 15th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level. Scottish Cup 1887-88 Scottish Cup Following an easy first round victory, Dumbarton were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the second round stage by their old rivals Vale of Leven. Smailes Gordon The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records Breedon Books 1995 Derby 1-85983-020-X W 1 September 1887 Cup round 1 10–0http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38067 Dumbarton 10 - 0 Dunbritton, Scottish Cup (01/09/1887) Fitbastats.com 1 July 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=80 Dumbarton 10 - 0 Dunbritton, Thursday, September 1st, 1887 The Sons Archive 1 July 2019 24 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200924020113/http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=80 dead Dumbarton Dunbritton Boghead Park 3,500 L 24 September 1887 Cup round 1 1–5http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38068 Dumbarton 1 - 5 Vale of Leven, Scottish Cup (24/09/1887) Fitbastats.com 1 July 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=81 Dumbarton 1 - 5 Vale of Leven, Saturday, September 24th, 1887 The Sons Archive 1 July 2019 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Aitken 42 10Cowan 45scrimmage 70 Boghead Park 3,000 T Park Dumbartonshire Cup Following an easy win in the second round, Dumbarton lost to Renton in the third round. W 19 November 1887 Round 2 9-0 Dumbarton Methlan Park Boghead Park L 10 December 1887 Round 3 1-0 Renton Dumbarton McCall Tontine Park Glasgow Charity Cup A good win was achieved in the first round against 3rd LRV, but Cambuslang were to prove too strong in the semi-final replay, after a 1–1 draw. W 25 April 1888 First Round 5–0 Dumbarton 3rd LRV scrimmage Madden Lapsley Cathkin Park 2,000 Mr McFadden D 4 May 1888 Semi-final 1–1 Cambuslang Dumbarton scrimmage Aitken Cathkin Park 2,000 L 9 May 1888 Semi-final replay 3–0 Cambuslang Dumbarton Buchanan Smith Tate OG Cathkin Park 1,000 Mr Watt Friendlies Dumbarton's fixture list during the season grew to its largest so far with 43 'friendly' matches being played. This included home and away ties against Rangers, Hibernian, Vale of Leven, Partick Thistle, Morton, Port Glasgow and 3rd LRV, a match against Renfrewshire Cup holders Abercorn, and a 4 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In addition 6 matches were played against English opposition with mixed results. In all, 23 were won, 4 drawn and 16 lost, scoring 134 goals and conceding 98. W 13 August 1887 Friendly 1–5 Dundee Wanderers Dumbarton Morgan Park, Dundee L 20 August 1887 Friendly 5–4 St Bernard's Dumbarton Boyd 5Heggie scrimmage Campbell Gibson OGRobertson Jamieson Powderhall J Muirhead W 23 August 1887 Friendly 1–2 Shettleston Dumbarton Reid Keir 55 65 Carntyne Park, Glasgow W 25 August 1887 Friendly 5–1 Dumbarton Northern Bell Low Lapsley Jamieson Boghead Park L 27 August 1887 Friendly 5–3 Queen's Park Dumbarton scrimmage 35Hamilton 40 65Berry Harvie Aitken 15Jamieson 20Bell Hampden Park 4,000 Mr McCulloch W 3 September 1887 Friendly 8–1 Dumbarton Mauchline Bell Mair Lapsley Jamieson Boghead Park W 10 September 1887 Friendly 4–2 Dumbarton Hibernian Jamieson 1Bell 2Lowe 45Aitken 55 McGhee 15Groves 20 Boghead Park 3,000 Mr Boag W 17 September 1887 Friendly 2–3 Rangers Dumbarton scrimmage 18Lawrie 85 Jamieson 10Aitken Lapsley Ibrox Park 1,000 W 1 October 1887 Friendly 7–2 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Aitken Bell Low Lindsay Tate Boghead Park 1,000 D 8 October 1887 Friendly 2–2 Dumbarton ENGBlackburn Rovers Aitken 85 90 Chadwick 15 86 Boghead Park 2,000 J Boag L 15 October 1887 Friendly 4–3 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Buchanan 20Paul 44Stewart Marshall 80 Jamieson 30 82Aitken 50 Whiteinch, Glasgow 2,000 D 22 October 1887 Friendly 1–1 Motherwell Dumbarton McPherson 42 Roman Road, Motherwell W 29 October 1887 Friendly 8–1 Dumbarton Athenians Mair 15scrimmage Jamieson Bell Aitken Lapsley Chadwick Boghead Park W 5 November 1887 Friendly 1–2 Clyde Dumbarton Finlay 70 Jamieson Barrowfield Park 2,000 D 12 November 1887 Friendly 2–2 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Dewar 70 90 8McLaren 60 Boghead Park 2,000 L 3 December 1887 Friendly 0–4 Dumbarton Morton 5 10 60 Boghead Park W 17 December 1887 Friendly 0–5 Morton Dumbarton Aitken 20Bell Dewar 50 Cappielow Park Mr Walker W 24 December 1887 Friendly 4–0 Dumbarton Port Glasgow 10 50 55 Boghead Park W 31 December 1887 Friendly 4–5 Dundee Wanderers Dumbarton Cooper Hendry Dewar Lapsley Tosh OG Morgan Park, Dundee 2,000 W 2 January 1888 Friendly 2–3 Arbroath Dumbarton Crawford Lapsley Low Gayfield Park W 3 January 1888 Friendly 1–5 Montrose Dumbarton Liddell McIntosh OG Links Park W 4 January 1888 Friendly 3–12 Aberdeen Dumbarton OGLumsden Clark Bell 15Aitken 18Barr scrimmage Lowe Dewar Recreation Grounds, Aberdeen L 7 January 1888 Friendly 5–1 Hibernian Dumbarton Coleman Gorevin Groves Bell 80 Easter Road L 14 January 1888 Friendly 3–1 Clyde Dumbarton Cherry Cochrane Dewar Barrowfield Park L 21 January 1888 Friendly 1–0 St Mirren Dumbarton Morton Westmarch (stadium) W 4 February 1888 Friendly 5–0 Dumbarton Cowlairs Bell 20Madden Aitken 49Dewar Boghead Park 1,500 L 11 February 1888 Friendly 2–1 3rd LRV Dumbarton McIntyre Stark 45 Lapsley Cathkin Park (1872–1903) 1,000 W 18 February 1888 Friendly 3–1 Dumbarton 3rd LRV Galbraith McMillan 46Lapsley 51 Mailey 20 Boghead Park W 25 February 1888 Friendly 2–4 Kings Park Dumbarton Ferguson Lapsley 65 75McMillan Dewar Laurelhill Park, Stirling W 3 March 1888 Friendly 1–3 Vale of Leven Dumbarton Forbes 7 Bell 55 60 Alexandria 4,000 D 10 March 1888 Friendly 4–4 Dumbarton Rangers Bell 1Dewar 12Aitken 56 80 18scrimmage 30 71 Boghead Park 3,000 W 22 March 1888 Friendly 3–4 Montrose Dumbarton Links Park 2,500 W 24 March 1888 Friendly 1–3 Grangemouth Dumbarton scrimmage Muirhead Park, Grangemouth L 30 March 1888 Friendly 7–0 ENGPreston North End Dumbarton Gordon 10 15 80Dewhurst Ross 55Drummond 83 Deepdale 7,000 Mr Brownlow W 31 March 1888 Friendly 1–2 ENGBurnley Dumbarton McCrae 55 Lowe 2 30 Turf Moor 5,000 L 2 April 1888 Friendly 2–1 ENGBlackburn Rovers Dumbarton Chadwick 4Rushton Lapsley Leamington Road 6,000 L 7 April 1888 Friendly 6–2 Queen's Park Dumbarton Hamilton, J 15Auld Allan 45Berry Gray Hamilton, A scrimmage Madden Hampden Park 2,000 L 14 April 1888 Friendly 2–0 Cowlairs Dumbarton Binks 44 89 Gourlay Park, Cowlairs 1,000 L 21 April 1888 Friendly 1–2 Dumbarton Partick Thistle Low 45 Suter Boghead Park W 24 April 1888 Friendly 3–0 Dumbarton Union (Dumbarton) Boghead Park L 27 April 1888 Friendly 0–1 Dumbarton ENGPreston North End Goodall Boghead Park 4,000 W 28 April 1888 Friendly 1–2 Hearts Dumbarton Sneddon Dewar Tynecastle Stadium J Boag L 5 May 1888 Friendly 3–2 Abercorn Dumbarton Allison scrimmage Low 50 Recreation Grounds, Paisley L 19 May 1888 Friendly 5–2 Port Glasgow Dumbarton Brown 5Neill Clune Park, Port Glasgow Player statistics Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were Duncan Stewart and John Bell. At the same time the club's squad was depleted by the loss four internationalists: - Robert 'Plumber' Brown and Joe Lindsay moved to local rivals Dumbarton Athletic. James McAulay emigrated to Burma and Billy Robertson also heading for 'pastures new'. In addition after returning from a short spell with Bolton Wanderers, Jock Hutcheson left the club for the final time. Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches. PlayerPositionAppearancesGoalsSCO McLuskiehttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5561 McLuskie - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 1 July 20191 GK20SCO R D Hunterhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5558 R D Hunter - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 1 July 20192 DF20SCO Duncan Stewart2 DF20SCO J Dennetthttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5550 J Dennett - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 27 June 20193 MF10SCO Leitch Keir3 MF20SCO McNeehttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5562 McNee - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 1 July 20193 MF10SCO Peter Miller3 MF20SCO Ralph Aitken4 FW11SCO Jack Bell4 FW20SCO R Jamiesonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5552 R Jamieson - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 27 June 20194 FW20SCO William Lapsleyhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5554 William Lapsley - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 27 June 20194 FW20SCO J Lowhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5559 J Low - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 1 July 20194 FW20SCO Hugh Mairhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5560 Hugh Mair - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 1 July 2019 1 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190701144444/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php%3Fid%3D5560 dead 4 FW10 Source:McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton International caps Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results An international trial match was played on 18 February 1888 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1888 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir was selected to take part. Subsequently, four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland as follows: - Geordie Dewarhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113134 George Dewar Scottishfa.co.uk 1 July 2019 and Duncan Stewarthttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113051 Duncan Stewart Scottishfa.co.uk 1 July 2019 earned their first caps and Ralph Aitkenhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=112857 Ralph Aitken Scottishfa.co.uk 24 June 2019 earned his second cap against Ireland. Both Dewar and Aitken scored in the 10–2 win over the Irish. - Leitch Keirhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=112831 Leitch Keir Scottishfa.co.uk 18 June 2019 earned his fifth cap against England. Representative matches Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire county XI's as follows: DateOpponentResultPlayers (Goals)22 October 1887Lancashire4-1Jamieson (1); Keir; Stewart28 January 1888Edinburgh4-1Aitken (1); Bell (2); Dewar; Hunter28 January 1888Renfrewshire2-1Lapsley; McMillan25 March 1888Lanarkshire1-4Low In addition: - Leitch Keir was selected to play in a Scots Anglo XI against a Scots Welsh XI on 26 May 1888. The 'English' XI won 4–3. - Geordie Dewar was selected to play in a Scottish Internationalists XI against Perthshire and Aberdeenshire on 20 and 21 April respectively. Reserve team Dumbarton were defeated in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Vale of Leven. In the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, Dumbarton lost out in the semi-final to Renton. References Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1887–88 season