1895–96 Dumbarton F.C. season

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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

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Main article: 1895-96 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
17 August 1895 Rangers H 3-5 Saunderson(2);Boyle
24 August 1895 Dundee A 1-4 OG 2,000
31 August 1895 Clyde H 5-4 Hartley(2);Thomson,D;Bell;Weir
7 September 1895 St Bernard's A 3-4 Hartley;Thomson,D;Weir 2,000
14 September 1895 St Mirren H 4-2 Stevenson(2);Hartley;Saunderson
21 September 1895 Hibernian A 2-7 Weir(2) 1,500
28 September 1895 Celtic H 2-3 Nash;Black 4,000
5 October 1895 Third Lanark A 2-5 Nash;Stevenson
19 October 1895 Hearts H 2-9 Saunderson;Boyle 1,200
26 October 1895 St Bernard's H 4-3 Weir(2);Bell;Gracie 1,000
2 November 1895 St Mirren A 2-1 Bell(2)
9 November 1895 Hibernian H 1-3 Bell
30 November 1895 Clyde A 1-5 Woods
7 December 1895 Dundee H 1-2 McIlhany
14 December 1895 Third Lanark H 2-4 Bell(2)
21 December 1895 Celtic A 0-3 1,300
4 January 1896 Rangers A 1-3 Saunderson 2,000
15 February 1896 Hearts A 0-7 2,500

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1895-96 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
18 January 1896 R1 Rangers H 1-1 Woods
25 January 1896 R1r Rangers A 1-3 McIlhenny 6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 February 1896 SF Newtown Thistle H 5-1 Malloy(2);Boyle;Nash;unknown
14 March 1896 F Renton A 0-3 4,000

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
12 October 1895 Royal Albert A 1-5 unknown
16 November 1895 Newtown Thistle H 2-1 Weir;unknown
23 November 1895 Motherwell A 2-3 Stevenson;unknown
1 January 1896 Arbroath A 0-3
2 January 1896 Victoria United A 0-8
1 February 1896 Leith Athletic A 0-5
29 February 1896 Morton A 3-7 Saunderson;unknown(2)
28 March 1896 St Mirren A 1-7 unknown
11 April 1896 Helensburgh A 4-3 unknown
18 April 1896 Linthouse A 2-0 Woods;unknown
25 April 1896 Renton H 1-2 unknown

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 12 7
Scotland Black FW 2 1
Scotland William Boyle FW 3 2
Scotland Campbell BK 4
Scotland Robert Colquhoun GK 1
Scotland John Docherty GK 18
Scotland John Gillan HB 11
Scotland James Gracie FW 6 1
Scotland Jimmy Hartley FW 7 4
Scotland Hastings HB 2
Scotland Robert Hendry HB 18
Scotland Henry Malloy FW 4
Scotland McDaniel FW 1
Scotland Hugh McIlhany FW 8 2
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 17 2
Scotland Thomas Reid FW 2
Scotland Richardson GK 1
Scotland A Saunderson FW 18 5
Scotland John Seaton FW 8
Scotland St Clair HB 8
Scotland James Stevenson FW 12 3
Scotland Daniel Thomson BK 17 2
Scotland Hugh F Weir FW 10 6
Scotland Samuel Woods FW 7 2

Reserve Team

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

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result
7 September 1895 R1 Abercorn H 5-4
5 October 1895 R2 Third Lanark A 2-4

See also

References

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  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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