1885–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1885–86 Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish Cup Fifth round _whitehalf _whiteborder _aeroblueborder 99CCFF 99CCFF ffffff FFFFFF 000066 1884–85 1886–87 The 1885–86 season was the 13th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level. Scottish Cup 1885-86 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. Smailes Gordon The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records Breedon Books 1995 Derby 1-85983-020-X W 19 September 1885 Cup round 1 3–1http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38077 Dumbarton 3 - 1 Vale of Leven Wndrs, Scottish Cup (19/09/1885) Fitbastats.com 22 June 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=66 Dumbarton 3 - 1 Vale of Leven Wanderers, Saturday, September 19th, 1885 The Sons Archive 22 June 2019 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Wanderers Hartley Wilson Lindsay Boghead Park W 3 October 1885 Cup round 2 7–0http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38078 Dumbarton 7 - 0 Union, Scottish Cup (03/10/1885) Fitbastats.com 22 June 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=67 Dumbarton 7 - 0 Union, Saturday, October 3rd, 1885 The Sons Archive 22 June 2019 Dumbarton Union (Dumbarton) Aitken Tait Boghead Park W 24 October 1885 Cup round 3 3–0http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38079 Dumbarton 3 - 0 Thistle, Scottish Cup (24/10/1885) Fitbastats.com 22 June 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=68 Dumbarton 3 - 0 Thistle, Saturday, October 24th, 1885 The Sons Archive 22 June 2019 Dumbarton Thistle Tait 10Brown, R 86Liddell 88 Boghead Park W 14 November 1885 Cup round 4 3–0http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38080 Dumbarton 3 - 0 Partick Thistle, Scottish Cup (14/11/1885) Fitbastats.com 22 June 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=69 Dumbarton 3 - 0 Partick Thistle, Saturday, November 14th, 1885 The Sons Archive 22 June 2019 Dumbarton Partick Thistle Aitken 62 70Lindsay 85 Boghead Park D 5 December 1885 Cup round 5 2–2http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38081 Dumbarton 2 - 2 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (05/12/1885) Fitbastats.com 22 June 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=70 Dumbarton 2 - 2 Hibernian, Saturday, December 5th, 1885 The Sons Archive 22 June 2019 Dumbarton Hibernian Tobin OGBrown 44 Wilson 10 OG 85 Boghead Park 2,000 L 12 December 1885 Cup round 5R 4–3http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38082 Hibernian 4 - 3 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (12/12/1885) Fitbastats.com 22 June 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=70 Hibernian 4 - 3 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 12th, 1885 The Sons Archive 22 June 2019 Hibernian Dumbarton McGhee 85Preston Clark Hartley 5Brown 40 Easter Road 6,000 Mr Kennedy Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton failed to hold on to the Dumbartonshire Cup and were defeated at the semi-final stage by Dumbarton Athletic. W 10 October 1885 Round 1 7–0 Dumbarton Bonhill Aitken Brown Tait Liddell McMillan Boghead Park 28 November 1885 Round 2 1–0This was the first playing of the Dumbartonshire Cup second round but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the Dumbartonshire Association.VOID Renton Dumbarton 65 Tontine Park 4,000 W 26 December 1885 Round 2 2–0 Dumbarton Renton scrimmage 40McKinnon 85 Boghead Park 4,500 L 13 February 1886 Semi-final 2–1 Dumbarton Athletic Dumbarton 40 Liddell 75 Burnside Park 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. L 8 May 1886 Semi-final 1–0 Vale of Leven Dumbarton Coleman 75 Cathkin Park 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. W 11 August 1885 Round 1 WO Dumbarton Yoker Helensburgh D 20 August 1885 Semi-final 0–0 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Boghead Park 500 W 25 August 1885 Semi-final Replay 0–1 Vale of Leven Dumbarton Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire 1,500 W Young W 27 August 1885 Final 2–0 Dumbarton Dumbarton Athletic Boghead 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. W 22 August 1885 Friendly 3–4 Morton Dumbarton Lindsay Barrie Nugent 55 18Miller 65 89 Cappielow Park Mr Gordon W 29 August 1885 Friendly 4–1 Dumbarton Rangers Lindsay 20Hartley scrimmage 60 Boghead Park W 2 September 1885 Friendly 5–0 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Wanderers Boghead Park W 5 September 1885 Friendly 1–2 Hearts Dumbarton Edmonstone Keir 10Gourlay Tynecastle Stadium 2,000 L Watt D 26 September 1885 Friendly 2–2 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Robertson Whiteinch 4,000 L 17 October 1885 Friendly 2–3 Dumbarton Queen's Park Tait 85 McWhannel 2 65Hamilton Boghead Park 5,000 D 31 October 1885 Friendly 2–2 Dumbarton Vale of Leven Lindsay 5 Boghead Park 3,500 W 7 November 1885 Friendly 4–2 Dumbarton Renton Brown Aitken Tait Lindsay McColl 80 Boghead Park 4,000 W 21 November 1885 Friendly 2–5 Rangers Dumbarton McKenzie 25Heggie Aitken 26 28 40 46 Kinning Park 2,000 D 19 December 1885 Friendly 2–2 Queen's Park Dumbarton Somerville 33 Liddell Gillespie OG Hampden Park 5,000 W 1 January 1886 Friendly 1–3 Dundee Harp Dumbarton Lees 1 Lindsay 20Aitken 38McKinnon 46 Harp Athletic Grounds, Dundee 6,000 W 2 January 1886 Friendly 2–4 Our Boys Dundee Dumbarton Crichton 20Sandy 44 McMillan 25McKinnon Aitken West Craigie Park, Dundee 2,000 D 4 January 1886 Friendly 2–2 Arbroath Dumbarton Munro OGAitken Gayfield Park 3,000 W 5 January 1886 Friendly 0–7 Aberdeen Dumbarton McAulay 5Wood 44 OG 60 Recreation Grounds, Aberdeen A Tullis W 20 February 1886 Friendly 0–4 St Mirren Dumbarton Aitken 60 Westmarch (stadium) L 27 February 1886 Friendly 3–1 Hibernian Dumbarton Smith 20 Aitken 15 Easter Road 2,000 W 6 March 1886 Friendly 1–2 3rd LRV Dumbarton Thomson 2 Brown McMillan Cathkin Park 2,000 L 20 March 1886 Friendly 3–0 Vale of Leven Dumbarton McColl Coleman Gillies Alexandria 2,000 D 17 April 1886 Friendly 3–3 Dumbarton Cambuslang Brown Hartley scrimmage Low scrimmage Boghead Park 1,500 W 22 April 1886 Friendly 2–5 Vale of Leven Wanderers Dumbarton Alexandria 2,500 W 24 April 1886 Friendly 4–5 Our Boys Dundee Dumbarton Gloag 3Ramsay 35Mathieson Sandy McKinnon 15Hartley Lindsay West Craigie Park, Dundee W 1 May 1886 Friendly 3–4 Cambuslang Dumbarton 33 McKinnon 60Paton Lindsay Brown 67 Whitefield Park, Cambuslang 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 join 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. PlayerPositionAppearancesGoalsSCO James McAulay1 GK60SCO Tom McMillan2 DF60SCO Michael Paton2 DF20SCO Hugh Wilsonhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5538 Hugh Wilson - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 7 June 20192 DF61SCO Leitch Keir3 MF50SCO Peter Miller3 MF60SCO Ralph Aitken4 FW52SCO Robert 'Plumber' Brown4 FW63SCO J Gourlayhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5546 J Gourlay - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 7 June 20194 FW10SCO David Hartleyhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5547 David Hartley - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 7 June 20194 FW53SCO James Liddell4 FW51SCO Joe Lindsay4 FW52SCO William McKinnon4 FW20SCO J McMillanhttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5548 J McMillan - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 7 June 20194 FW10SCO Pete Taithttp://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=5549 Pete Tait - Player Statistics The Sons Archive 7 June 20194 FW51 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 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,http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=112857 Ralph Aitken Scottishfa.co.uk 24 June 2019 Michael Paton,http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113329 Michael Paton Scottishfa.co.uk 14 June 2019 James McAulayhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113307 James McAulay Scottishfa.co.uk 13 June 2019 and Joe Lindsayhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113284 Joseph Lindsay Scottishfa.co.uk 14 June 2019 earned their first, fifth, seventh and eighth caps respectively against England. - Leitch Keirhttp://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=112831 Leitch Keir Scottishfa.co.uk 18 June 2019 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; Wilson30 January 1886Edinburgh1-1Aitken; Brown; Keir; Lindsay; McAulay; McMillan; Miller13 March 1886Renfrewshire2-3Liddell10 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. References Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1885–86 season