1895–96 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1895–96 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division One 10th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Bell (7)
All: Bell (7)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

Season 1895–96 was the 23rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the sixth time, and the Scottish Cup for the 23rd time.

Overview

Dumbarton continued to struggle against the bigger and richer professional clubs and again finished 10th (and bottom) of the First Division with 8 points. In the subsequent 'election' process, Dumbarton failed to gain enough votes from the other clubs to maintain their place in the top league and were relegated to the Second Division, their place being taken by the Second Division champions Abercorn.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were defeated in the first round by Rangers, after a 1-1 draw.

Locally, after eight years as holders, Dumbarton lost in the final of the Dumbartonshire Cup to Renton.

During the season, 11 'other' matches were played, and results here were no better than those in the league and cups, with 3 won and 8 lost, scoring 16 goals and conceding 44.

Unfortunately the drop to the Second Division had a couple of important 'knock-on' effects. Firstly, Alex Lawrence of Dumbarton had to give up his presidency of the Scottish League as the post had to be held by a First Division club representative. In addition, with the loss of income from the 'big club' fixtutes, at the club's AGM on 29 July 1896, it was decided that Dumbarton would return to amateur status.

Note that during the season, 126 goals had been conceded in all matches, beating the previous record set in 1888.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
17 August 1895RangersH3-5Saunderson(2);Boyle
24 August 1895DundeeA1-4OG2,000
31 August 1895ClydeH5-4Hartley(2);Thomson,D;Bell;Weir
7 September 1895St Bernard'sA3-4Hartley;Thomson,D;Weir2,000
14 September 1895St MirrenH4-2Stevenson(2);Hartley;Saunderson
21 September 1895HibernianA2-7Weir(2)1,500
28 September 1895CelticH2-3Nash;Black4,000
5 October 1895Third LanarkA2-5Nash;Stevenson
19 October 1895HeartsH2-9Saunderson;Boyle1,200
26 October 1895St Bernard'sH4-3Weir(2);Bell;Gracie1,000
2 November 1895St MirrenA2-1Bell(2)
9 November 1895HibernianH1-3Bell
30 November 1895ClydeA1-5Woods
7 December 1895DundeeH1-2McIlhany
14 December 1895Third LanarkH2-4Bell(2)
21 December 1895CelticA0-31,300
4 January 1896RangersA1-3Saunderson2,000
15 February 1896HeartsA0-72,500

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1895-96 Scottish Cup
DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
18 January 1896R1RangersH1-1Woods
25 January 1896R1rRangersA1-3McIlhany6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 February 1896SFNewtown ThistleH5-1Malloy(2);Boyle;Nash;unknown
14 March 1896FRentonA0-34,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
12 October 1895Royal AlbertA1-5unknown
16 November 1895Newtown ThistleH2-1Weir;unknown
23 November 1895MotherwellA2-3Stevenson;unknown
1 January 1896ArbroathA0-3
2 January 1896Victoria UnitedA0-8
1 February 1896Leith AthleticA0-5
29 February 1896MortonA3-7Saunderson;unknown(2)
28 March 1896St MirrenA1-7unknown
11 April 1896HelensburghA4-3unknown
18 April 1896LinthouseA2-0Woods;unknown
25 April 1896RentonH1-2unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 29 players during the season in 20 Scottish League and Cup matches, as detailed below. This was 8 more players than the previous season, and a record for the club since the beginning of the Scottish League. Docherty, Hendry and Saunderson topped the 'selection' chart by each playing in 18 of these matches.[2]

Player Position[3] Appearances Goals
Scotland Bell FW 127
Scotland Black FW 21
Scotland William Boyle FW 32
Scotland Campbell BK 4
Scotland Robert Colquhoun GK 1
Scotland John Docherty GK 18
Scotland John Gillan HB 11
Scotland James Gracie FW 61
Scotland Jimmy Hartley FW 74
Scotland Hastings HB 2
Scotland Robert Hendry HB 18
Scotland Henry Malloy FW 4
Scotland McDaniel FW 1
Scotland Hugh McIlhany FW 82
Scotland McIntyre FW 1
Scotland John McNicol BK 5
Scotland Alex Miller[4] BK 16
Scotland Henry Mitchell BK 1
Scotland Morrice BK 1
Scotland Billy Nash HB 172
Scotland Thomas Reid FW 2
Scotland Richardson GK 1
Scotland A Saunderson FW 185
Scotland John Seaton FW 8
Scotland St Clair HB 8
Scotland James Stevenson FW 123
Scotland Daniel Thomson BK 172
Scotland Hugh F Weir FW 106
Scotland Samuel Woods FW 72

Reserve Team

Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Third Lanark.

Scottish Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
7 September 1895R1AbercornH5-4
5 October 1895R2Third LanarkA2-4

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
  4. ↑ The league match against Third Lanark on 5 October marked Alexander Miller's 100th appearance for the club in national competitions.

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