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1886–87 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1886–87 season was the 14th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1886–87 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupRunners Up

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1886-87 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton reached their fourth Scottish Cup final full of confidence, especially having defeated Queen's Park in the semi-final, but it wasn't to be and Dumbarton lost out to the East of Scotland Shield holders Hibernian by the odd goal in three.[1]

11 September 1886 Cup round 1 Dumbarton 5–0[2][3] Vale of Leven Hibernian Boghead Park
Keir,W   46' 
Brown  
McMillan  
Hartley  		 Referee: J Turner
2 October 1886 Cup round 2 Dumbarton 4–0[4][5] Yoker Boghead Park
Brown   55' 
Jamieson   
Cup round 3 Dumbarton Walkover Tollcross
Cup round 5 Dumbarton Walkover Dundee Harp
25 December 1886 Cup round 6 Hurlford 0–0[6][7] Dumbarton Corsehill Park, Hurlford
8 January 1887 Cup round 6r Dumbarton 1–2[8][9]
VOID		 Hurlford Boghead Park
Robertson   30' scrimmage  
McKnight   55'
22 January 1887 Cup round 6r Dumbarton 3–1[10][11] Hurlford Boghead Park
Jamieson   55'
Keir   52'
Madden   75'		 Scobie   50'
29 January 1887 Cup Semi-final Queen's Park 1–2[12][13] Dumbarton Hampden Park
Hamilton   9' Robertson   75'  Attendance: 3,000
Referee: S Turner
12 February 1887 Cup Final Dumbarton 1–2[14][15] Hibernian Cathkin Park
Aitken   59' Montgomerie   65'
Groves   67'		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: R Brown

Dumbartonshire Cup

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Dumbarton met their old rivals Renton in the third round and found them to be too good on the day.

Round 1 Dumbarton Walkover Dumbarton Rock
20 November 1886 Round 2 Yoker 0-9 Dumbarton Holm Park, Yoker
Lapsley   30'
Lindsay  
Keir,L  
McMillan   
Keir,W   
 
 
11 December 1886 Round 3 Dumbarton 1-2 Renton Boghead Park
  89' Kelly  
 		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mr Mackenzie

Glasgow Charity Cup

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It was much the same story in the Glasgow Charity Cup, where Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to Queen's Park.

16 April 1887 First Round Dumbarton 0-3 Queen's Park Cathkin Park
Allan   20'
Lambie   30'
Watt   65'		 Attendance: 5,500

Friendlies

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During the season, 28 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away ties against Rangers and 3rd LRV, matches against Lanarkshire Cup holders, Airdrie and Renfrewshire Cup holders, Abercorn and a two match north of Scotland tour in the New Year Holidays. In addition, four matches were played against English opposition, including a north of England tour during Easter. In all, 9 were won, 7 drawn and 12 lost, scoring 61 goals and conceding 62.

14 August 1886 Friendly Bo'ness 0-4 Dumbarton Newtown Park, Bo'ness
  55'
 
 
 		 Referee: J Erskine
18 August 1886 Friendly Port Glasgow Athletic 3-6 Dumbarton Clune Park
Coogan   5' 
Dowling  		 Keir,W   12'
Wilson   13'
Kerr   27'
scrimmage  
 
 
21 August 1886 Friendly St Bernard's 2-0 Dumbarton Powderhall Stadium
Arthur  
Barnet  
28 August 1886 Friendly Rangers 2-1 Dumbarton Kinning Park
Peacock   22'
Heggie  		 Aitken   20'
4 September 1886 Friendly  Accrington 3-1 Dumbarton Thorneyholme Road
Bryce   5'
Yates   30'
Bonar  		 Brown   Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mr Rose
18 September 1886 Friendly Renton 0-0 Dumbarton Tontine Park
Attendance: 3,000
25 September 1886 Friendly Dumbarton 5-1 Airdrie Boghead Park
Tate   10'
Jamieson   
Keir,W  
Keir,L  		 Hasting   11'
9 October 1886 Friendly Vale of Leven 1-1 Dumbarton Alexandria
Murray   80' Robertson   10'
16 October 1886 Friendly Cowlairs 7-0 Dumbarton Gourlay Park, Cowlairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23 October 1886 Friendly Dumbarton 6-1[16] Tollcross Boghead Park
Jamieson   5'  
Robertson   
McAulay  		   Attendance: 1,000
30 October 1886 Friendly Ayr 2-0 Dumbarton Beresford Park
scrimmage  
Christie  
6 November 1886 Friendly Dumbarton 5-5 Rangers Boghead Park
scrimmage  
Lindsay  
Jamieson  
scrimmage  
scrimmage  		 Lawrie     80'  90'
Buchanan  		 Attendance: 2,000
13 November 1886 Friendly Dumbarton 2-1 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
 
Jamieson  		   Attendance: 2,000
27 November 1886 Friendly Dumbarton 4-0 3rd LRV Boghead Park
Madden   
Robertson  
Keir,W  
4 December 1886 Friendly Dundee Harp 2-2[17] Dumbarton East Dock Street Park, Dundee
scrimmage  
Lees  		 Jamieson  
Brown  		 Attendance: 6,000
3 January 1887 Friendly Our Boys Dundee 3-5 Dumbarton West Craigie Park, Dundee
Low  
McIntosh  
Grant  		 Madden    82'
Hartley  
Jamieson    85'		 Attendance: 3,000
4 January 1887 Friendly Arbroath 2-0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Buick  
Sim  
5 February 1887 Friendly Morton 1-0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
McKendrick   46' Attendance: 3,000
19 February 1887 Friendly Thistle 3-2 Dumbarton Beechwood Park, Glasgow
 
 
 		  
 
26 February 1887 Friendly St Johnstone 3-3 Dumbarton Recreation Grounds (Perth)
Menzies  
Ormond  
Scott  		   15'
Keir,L   17' 
5 March 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 3-2 Battlefield Boghead Park
Jamieson     89' scrimmage  
 
19 March 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 1-1 Port Glasgow Boghead Park
Madden    
24 March 1887 Friendly Montrose 4-6 Dumbarton Links Park
McDonald   
  65'
  80'		 Aitken  
scrimmage  
Madden  
 
 
 		 Attendance: 2,500
26 March 1887 Friendly Abercorn 3-3 Dumbarton Blackstoun Park, Paisley
Johnston  
scrimmage  
McCormick  		 Madden  
scrimmage  
 		 Attendance: 4,000
3 April 1887 Friendly 3rd LRV 2-1 Dumbarton Cathkin Park (1872–1903)
 
 		 Jamieson   Attendance: 3,000
8 April 1887 Friendly Dumbarton 1-5  Accrington Boghead Park
Madden   Conway    
 
Bonar  
9 April 1887 Friendly  Preston North End 2-0 Dumbarton Deepdale Stadium
Ross  
Goodall   35'		 Attendance: 7,000
11 April 1887 Friendly  Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Dumbarton Leamington Road
Fecitt   65'
Walton   70'
Townsley  		 Attendance: 5,000

Player statistics

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Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were John Madden and William Robertson.
At the same time 5-time internationalist Michael Paton was lost from the club's squad.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
  James McAulay GK 6 0
  R Fergus[18] DF 6 0
  Jock Hutcheson DF 5 0
  J Dennett[19] DF 1 0
  Tom McMillan MF 6 0
  Peter Miller MF 6 0
  Ralph Aitken FW 2 1
  Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 6 3
  David Hartley[20] FW 4 1
  R Jamieson[21] FW 5 3
  Leitch Keir FW 6 1
  W Keir[22] FW 1 2
  William Lapsley[23] FW 1 0
  John Madden FW 3 1
  John McMillan[24] FW 1 1
  William Robertson FW 6 3
  Pete Tait[25] FW 1 0

Source:[26]

International caps

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Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 5 March 1887 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1887 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir, James McAulay and Willie Robertson all took part.

Subsequently, four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland, as follows:

- Leitch Keir[27] earned his third and fourth caps against England and Wales respectively. Keir scored in the 3-2 win over England.

- James McAulay[28] earned his eighth and ninth caps against England and Wales respectively.

- Tom McMillan[29] earned his first cap against Ireland.

- Willie Robertson[30] earned his first and second caps against England and Wales respectively. Robertson scored in the 2-0 win over Wales.

Representative Matches

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Dumbarton players were selected to play for the Dumbartonshire county team as follows:

Date Opponent Result Players(Goals)
16 October 1886 Lancashire 3-4 Brown;Hartley;Keir;McAulay;Robertson(2)
26 February 1887 Renfrewshire 3-1 Aitken(1);Hutcheson;Miller,P

In addition Leitch Keir was selected to play in the West of Scotland side which played an East of Scotland XI on 24 May 1887. The 'West' won 3-1.

Reserve team

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Dumbarton rejoined the Second Eleven Association and duly reached their third final in the Scottish Second XI Cup in four attempts before losing out to the holders, Abercorn, after a drawn match.

In addition, Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, and reached the semi-final before losing to eventual winners, Renton.

References

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  1. ^ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ^ "Dumbarton 5 - 0 Vale of Leven Hibs, Scottish Cup (11/09/1886)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Dumbarton 5 - 0 Vale of Leven Hibernian, Saturday, September 11th, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Dumbarton 4 - 0 Yoker, Scottish Cup (02/10/1886)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Dumbarton 4 - 0 Yoker, Saturday, October 2nd, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Hurlford United 0 - 0 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (25/12/1886)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Hurlford 0 - 0 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 25th, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 2 Hurlford United, Scottish Cup (08/01/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  9. ^ This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup sixth round replay but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the SFA.
  10. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 1 Hurlford United, Scottish Cup (22/01/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Dumbarton 3 - 1 Hurlford United, Saturday, January 22nd, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Queen's Park 1 - 2 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (29/01/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Queen's Park 1 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 29th, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 2 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (12/02/1887)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Hibernian 2 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, February 12th, 1886". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  16. ^ This was to be the third round tie of the Scottish Cup but Tollcross could only muster 8 players, and therefore scratched from the competition. In order to avoid disappointing the crowd, a friendly was played with the Tollcross team being supplemented with 3 Dumbarton reserves.
  17. ^ Dumbarton were drawn to play Dundee Harp in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, but Harp subsequently withdrew from the competition. Nevertheless at the invitation of Harp, Dumbarton travelled to Dundee to play a friendly.
  18. ^ "R Fergus - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  19. ^ "J Dennett - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  20. ^ "David Hartley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  21. ^ "R Jamieson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  22. ^ "W Keir - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  23. ^ "William Lapsley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  24. ^ "J McMillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Pete Tait - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  26. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  27. ^ "Leitch Keir". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  28. ^ "James McAulay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  29. ^ "Thomas McMillan". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  30. ^ "William Robertson". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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