1891–92 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1891–92 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Football League Champions
Scottish Cup Seventh Round
Top goalscorer League: John Bell (19)
All: John Bell (21)

Season 1891–92 was the 19th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the second time, and the Scottish Cup for the 19th time.

Overview

Dumbarton retained the Scottish League Championship with 37 points, 2 ahead of runners-up Celtic. In the process a 100% home record in league fixtures was maintained.[1] In addition John Bell finished as league top goalscorer for the second season running, with 19 goals to his credit.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to their old rivals Queen's Park in the seventh round, after a 2-2 draw.

In other competitions, Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, again beating Vale of Leven in the final, but in the Greenock Charity Cup were defeated by the hosts Morton in the final. After a gap of three years, Dumbarton were again invited to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup, but lost out to Celtic in the semi final.

During the season, 6 'other' matches were played, including an 8-0 thrashing of Celtic. Of these matches, 3 were won, 1 drawn and 2 lost, scoring 22 goals and conceding 14.

Note that the overall unbeaten home record extended into a second successive season. In addition, Dumbarton scored 124 goals in all matches during the season, the fifth season in a row and the seventh time in the club's history that the 'century' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
15 August 1891CambuslangA2-0Taylor;Thomson,W
22 August 1891AbercornH8-1Bell;unknown(7)3,000
29 August 1891HeartsA1-3OG7,000
5 September 1891RangersA3-1Taylor(3)5,000
12 September 1891Leith AthleticH6-0Taylor(2);Miller,J(2);McNaught;Bell
19 September 1891HeartsH5-1NcNaught;Miller,J(2);Bell(2)3,000
26 September 1891CelticA0-212,000
3 October 1891Vale of LevenA2-1Miller,J;OG
17 October 1891Third LanarkH2-0Miller,J(2)
24 October 1891St MirrenH4-2Taylor(2);Miller,J;McMillan1,500
31 October 1891Leith AthleticA3-1Bell;McMillan;OG5,000
7 November 1891RentonA3-2Thomson,W;McMillan;Taylor3,000
14 November 1891ClydeH8-2OG;Taylor(3);Bell(3);McNaught1,500
5 December 1891Third LanarkA5-2Bell(3);McNaught;Thomson,W
12 December 1891Vale of LevenH8-0Taylor(2);Miller,J(2);Thomson,W;McDonald;McNaught(2)
26 December 1891RentonH2-1McNaught;Bell
19 March 1892St MirrenA3-2OG;Bell(2)
26 March 1892CambuslangH5-2McLeod(2);Miller,J(2);Bell
23 April 1892CelticH1-0Miller,J12,000
30 April 1892ClydeA1-4Bell6,000
4 May 1892RangersH6-0Bell(3);Miller,J;Thomson,W;Galbraith1,000
7 May 1892AbercornA1-1Thomson,W

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1891-92 Scottish Cup
DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
28 November 1891R5ThistleH4-0Taylor;Bell(2);Miller,J
19 December 1891R6Third LanarkA3-1Miller,J;Taylor(2)4,000
23 January 1892R7Queen's ParkH2-2Boyle;Miller,J
30 January 1892R7rQueen's ParkA1-4Taylor15,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
12 March 1892SFMethlan ParkH9-0Thomson(2);McLeod(2);Johnston;Taylor;McNaught;Keir;OG
16 April 1892FVale of LevenH2-0Miller,J;unknown3,000

Greenock Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
14 May 1892SFDykebarA1-0unknown
28 May 1892FMortonA1-4unknown

Glasgow Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
21 May 1892SFCelticA1-3Miller,J10,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 August 18915th KRVA3-3McNaught;Bell;Miller
12 August 1891AirdrieA0-22,000
1 January 1892CelticA8-0Taylor(3);Thomson(2);Bell;McMillan;McNaught15,000
2 January 1892HeartsA1-7Thomson10,000
4 January 1892AberdeenA6-1Thomson(2);Wilson(2);Reid;OG
9 April 1892RangersH4-1[2]Boyle(2);Taylor;Bell

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 24 players during the season (2 more than the previous season) in 26 Scottish League and Cup matches, as detailed below. Dickie Boyle was the only player to feature in all of these matches.[3]

Player Position[4] Appearances Goals[5]
Scotland John Barr GK 5
Scotland John Bell FW 2321
Scotland W Bell FW 1
Scotland Black FW 1
Scotland Dickie Boyle HB 261
Scotland Buchan FW 1
Scotland James Galbraith FW 71
Scotland John Gillan HB 2
Scotland Hodge FW 1
Scotland Richard Hunter BK 1
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 23
Scotland Alex Lang HB 1
Scotland Alex McDonald HB 91
Scotland John McIndewar FW 1
Scotland John McLeod GK 222
Scotland Tom McMillan HB 203
Scotland James McNaught FW 257
Scotland Alex Miller BK 21
Scotland John Miller FW 2417
Scotland Richmond BK 7
Scotland Alf Smith BK 10
Scotland John Taylor FW 2118
Scotland William Thomson FW 245
Scotland Daniel Watson BK 9
Scotland A N Other FW 1

International

Four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the 1892 British Home Championship.

John Bell earned his second cap against England, and John McLeod earned his fourth cap in the same game. Bell scored Scotland's goal in the 4-1 defeat.

John Taylor and William Thomson both earned their first caps against Wales, with Thomson scoring a goal in the 6-1 win.

In addition, John Bell, Dickie Boyle, John McLeod and John Taylor were all selected to play in the first Scottish League XI against the English League - the game finishing in a 2-2 draw, with Bell scoring one of the goals.

Other Representative

On 30 May 1892, a Scottish League select played a Scottish Alliance XI. John Miller was selected to play in the 'League' team and scored twice in the 4-3 win.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton reached the semi final of the Scottish Second XI Cup before losing out to Annbank after a 2-2 draw, but again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Smithston Hibs in the final.

Scottish Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
12 September 1891R1RangersH2-1
3 October 1891R2CowlairsH5-2
31 October 1891R3E StirlingH10-3
21 November 1891R4CelticH4-1
5 December 1891R55th KRVA5-1
9 January 1892SFAnnbankA2-2
30 January 1892SFrAnnbankA1-2

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResult
6 February 1892R1ClydebankA4-4
13 February 1892R1rClydebankH8-1
21 May 1892SFVale of LevenH4-1
30 May 1892FSmithston HibernianH6-3

See also

References

  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. This match was to be a league fixture, but the referee failed to turn up, and so it was agreed that a Dumbarton official stand in. However the League authorities subsequently ordered a replay.
  3. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
  5. Due to the limited reporting of football at the time, the scorers of 7 of the 88 goals scored in Scottish League and Cup matches are unknown.

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