1897–98 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1897–98 Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish Cup First Round 1d1f4d 1d1f4d 1d1f4d ffffff 1d1f4d 1896–97 1898–99 The 1897–98 season was the 25th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup. Scottish Cup Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by St Bernards, after a 1–1 draw. 1897–98 Scottish Cup D 8 January 1898 Cup R1 1–1http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=37933 St Bernard's 1 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (08/01/1898) Fitbastats.com 21 July 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=253 St Bernard's 1 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 8th, 1898 The Sons Archive 21 July 2019 St Bernard's Dumbarton Chambers Murphy New Logie Green 3,500 Mr Robertson L 15 January 1898 Cup R1r 1–3http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=37934 Dumbarton 1 - 3 St Bernard's, Scottish Cup (15/01/1898) Fitbastats.com 21 July 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=254 Dumbarton 1 - 3 St Bernard's, Saturday, January 15th, 1898 The Sons Archive 21 July 2019 Dumbarton St Bernard's Gillies Buchanan Paton Boghead Park 6,000 Mr Donald Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Cup for the ninth time, beating Vale of Leven in the final. W 26 March 1898 Final 3–2 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Littlejohn 10Speedie Brien Tontine Park 3,000 Mr Dickson Friendlies In the absence of any league commitments, the Dumbarton committee had to work hard to bring together a fixture list which would meet the club's financial needs. During the season, 23 'friendly' matches were arranged, where there was much to be pleased about. There was an impressive unbeaten run of 9 games at the beginning of the season, several wins against league opposition and a successful 'mini' tour of the highlands during the New Year holidays. In all 13 were won, 4 drawn and 6 lost (4 against First Division teams and 2 against Second Division teams), scoring 69 goals and conceding 49. It is of note that following the Scottish Cup campaign against St Bernards, many of the Dumbarton team members went 'on strike' due to apparent promises made of bonuses for the cup matches. This resulted in a number of neighbouring clubs being called upon to provide 'guest' players to fulfil the match against Partick Thistle on 22 January. Fortunately matters were settled swiftly thereafter. W 2 September 1897 0–2 Friendly Renton Dumbarton Reid Mackie Tontine Park D 4 September 1897 4–4 Friendly Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Ochilview Park W 11 September 1897 2–4 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton Berry 40Lambie McFarlane 30 45Speedie Ritchie OG Hampden Park 2,000 W 18 September 1897 6–1 Friendly Dumbarton Vale of Leven Morrice Richmond Boghead Park D 2 October 1897 2–2 Friendly Leith Athletic Dumbarton Brown Harvie 85 Speedie Mackie Hawkhill Mr Peden W 9 October 1897 1–2 Friendly Falkirk Dumbarton Forbes 85 Morrice 7Reid 8 Brockville Park D 16 October 1897 2–2 Friendly Abercorn Dumbarton Nelson Speedie Murphy Underwood Park, Paisley Mr Wallace D 23 October 1897 1–1 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton Lambie Mauchan Hampden Park W 30 October 1897 2–1 Friendly Dumbarton Renton OG Boghead Park L 13 November 1897 0–1 Friendly Dumbarton St Mirren Brown 40 Boghead Park L 20 November 1897 2–1 Friendly Morton Dumbarton Dunlop Kennedy scrimmage Cappielow Park W 27 November 1897 1–3 Friendly Vale of Leven Dumbarton Watt Forrest Thomson Millburn Park L 18 December 1897 5–4 Friendly Clyde Dumbarton Reid Barrowfield Park L 25 December 1897 2–9 Friendly Dumbarton Kilmarnock Murphy Thomson,W Boghead Park W 1 January 1898 4–10 Friendly Inverness Clachnacuddin Dumbarton Inverness 3,500 Mr Colville W 3 January 1898 0–2 Friendly Aberdeen Dumbarton Ritchie OG OG Central Park, Aberdeen A Smith W 22 January 1898 1–3 Friendly Partick Thistle Dumbarton Massie McNab Littlejohn Meadowside 1,500 Mr Phillips L 5 February 1898 2–3 Friendly Dumbarton Celtic Mitchell Richmond Allan Blessington OG Boghead Park 4,000 W 19 February 1898 1–4 Friendly E Stirling Dumbarton Hastings 80 OG McNab Speedie 20Littlejohn 65 Merchiston Park Mr Sharp W 5 March 1898 9–1 Friendly Dumbarton Kilmarnock Athletic Boghead Park W 19 March 1898 2–1 Friendly Dumbarton Morton Speedie Edgar Boghead Park L 11 April 1898 5–0 Friendly St Bernard's Dumbarton Allan 1Newman 2 Coltherd 10 New Logie Green 1,000 W 16 April 1898 2–1 Friendly Dumbarton Airdrie Littlejohn Boghead Park Player statistics Amongst those players leaving the club was internationalist Leitch Keir. A servant to the club since its cup winning season of 1882–83, Keir decided to move on to Motherwell. Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches. PlayerPositionAppearancesGoalsSCO John Dochertyhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5630 John Docherty - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 20191 GK20SCO Samuel Skinnerhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5654 Samuel Skinner - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 2019 20 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190720184222/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5654 dead 2 DF20SCO Daniel Thomsonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5606 Daniel Thomson - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 2019 7 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190707115757/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php%3Fid%3D5606 dead 2 DF20SCO Morricehttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5637 Morrice - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 20193 MF20SCO James Richmondhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5660 James Richmond - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 2019 21 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190721180608/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5660 dead 3 MF20SCO William Thomson3 MF20SCO Daniel Collhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5657 Daniel Coll - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 2019 21 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190721180607/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5657 dead 3 MF20SCO Alexander Gillieshttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5658 Alexander Gillies - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 2019 21 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190721182443/http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php%3Fid%3D5658 dead 3 MF21SCO Hugh Murphyhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5659 Hugh Murphy - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 20193 MF21SCO Thomas Reidhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5638 Thomas Reid - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 20193 MF20SCO Willie Speediehttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5655 Willie Speedie - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 21 July 20193 MF20 International caps Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results William Thomsonhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113073 William Thomson Scottishfa.co.uk 1 July 2019 earned his third and fourth caps against Wales and Ireland respectively in the 1898 British Home Championship. Representative match A Dumbartonshire XI played against a Lanarkshire XI on 29 January 1898 in which Docherty, Daniel Thomson, William Thomson, Lewis Mackie and Speedie were all selected to play - Willie Speedie scored the Dumbarton county goal in the 1–1 draw. Reserve team Dumbarton lost in the first round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Queen's Park. References Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1897–98 season