1888–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1888–89 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
Home colours

The 1888–89 season was the 16th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1888-89 Scottish Cup

A successful run in the Scottish Cup brought Dumbarton to their eighth semi final and their first ever meeting with Celtic. On the day however the Glasgow side were to prove too strong and ran out 4-1 winners.^[1]

Dumbarton v Kirkintilloch Central

1 September 1888 Cup R1	Dumbarton	13–1[2][3]	Kirkintilloch Central	Boghead Park
	Lapsley Chapman Dewar Madden Collins

Dumbarton v

Cup R2

Dumbarton

bye

Motherwell v Dumbarton

13 October 1888 Cup R3	Motherwell	2-6[4][5]	Dumbarton	Roman Road Park, Motherwell
				Attendance: 3,500

Dumbarton v Methlan Park

3 November 1888 Cup R4	Dumbarton	9–0[6][7]	Methlan Park	Boghead Park
	Aitken 10' scrimmage Bell Keir Chapman

Dumbarton v Mossend Swifts

1 December 1888 Cup R5	Dumbarton	3–1[8][9]	Mossend Swifts	Boghead Park
	Madden 20' Dewar Bell		65'	Referee: Mr Brock

Dumbarton v St Mirren

15 December 1888 Cup R5	Dumbarton	2–2[10][11]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Bell 85'		Brown Johnstone

St Mirren v Dumbarton

22 December 1888 Cup R5R	St Mirren	2–2[12][13]	Dumbarton	Westmarch (stadium)
	Brown 50' Hannah 86' (OG)		Dewar Lapsley	Attendance: 6,000

Dumbarton v St Mirren

29 December 1888 Cup R5R	Dumbarton	3–1[14][15]	St Mirren	Ibrox Park
	Aitken 43' Bell		Paterson 87'	Attendance: 7,000

Dumbarton v Celtic

12 January 1889 Cup R6	Dumbarton	1–4[16][17]	Celtic	Boghead Park
	Madden 87'		Groves 62' Dunbar	Attendance: 6,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

The trophy was lifted for the second time, beating their town rivals Dumbarton Athletic easily in the final.

Dumbarton v Dumbarton Thistle

Second round

Dumbarton

Walkover

Dumbarton Thistle

Dumbarton v Vale of Leven Wanderers

8 December 1888 Third round	Dumbarton	5-0	Vale of Leven Wanderers	Boghead Park
	Bell Lapsley Chapman

Dumbarton v Vale of Leven

19 January 1889 Semi Final	Dumbarton	3-1	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Miller Keir Chapman			Attendance: 2,000

Dumbarton v Dumbarton Athletic

9 February 1889 Final	Dumbarton	6-2	Dumbarton Athletic	Millburn Park
	Madden 15' Lapsley Bell Mair		Lindsay 20'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mr McLean

Greenock Charity Cup

An invitation to compete in the Greenock Charity Cup was accepted, but Dumbarton lost out to the hosts Morton in the final.

Carlton v Dumbarton

30 March 1889 First round	Carlton	2-5	Dumbarton	Volunteer Park, Greenock
	Mills

1st RRV Greenock v Dumbarton

14 May 1889 Semi Final	1st RRV Greenock	0-10	Dumbarton	Greenock
				Attendance: 1,000

Morton v Dumbarton

1 June 1889 Final	Morton	2-0	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Stewart 50' Scott			Attendance: 3,000

Friendlies

During the season, 28 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Dumbarton Athletic and Queen's Park. There were also matches against the current holders of the East of Scotland Shield (Mossend Swifts), the Lanarkshire Cup (Airdrie), the Renfrewshire Cup (St Mirren) and the Stirlingshire Cup (East Stirling), and a 3 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In England, matches were played against Sunderland and Sunderland Albion, and Dumbarton also gave the Welsh national team a tough work-out in a game at Boghead. In all, 9 matches were won, 7 drawn and 12 lost, scoring goals 74 and conceding 67.

Leith Athletic v Dumbarton

11 August 1888 Friendly	Leith Athletic	4–3	Dumbarton	Hawkhill
	Dewar Lawrie Clements Dewar 80' (OG)		Madden 5' scrimmage

Vale of Leven v Dumbarton

18 August 1888 Friendly	Vale of Leven	2–2[18]	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
	McMillan Rankin 70'		Lindsay 57' Madden 89'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Crerar

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

25 August 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	0–3	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
			Berry 20', 30', 50'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Crerar

Dumbarton v Union (Dumbarton)

28 August 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	4–0	Union (Dumbarton)	Boghead Park

Dumbarton v St Mirren

8 September 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	2–2	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	McMillan 10' Lapsley 30'		42' 70'	Referee: A Holmes

Dumbarton v Celtic

15 September 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–2	Celtic	Boghead Park
	Chapman 30'		McCallum

Dumbarton v Vale of Leven

29 September 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	2–1	Vale of Leven	Boghead Park
	Lapsley 3' Madden 50'		47'	Referee: Mr Laird

Dumbarton v Thornliebank

6 October 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	9–1	Thornliebank	Boghead Park
	Bell Chapman Liddell Lapsley			Referee: J Inglis

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

20 October 1888 Friendly	Queen's Park	2–2[19]	Dumbarton	Recreation Grounds, Glasgow
	Eccles Stewart		Aitken 1' scrimmage 9'	Attendance: 10,000

Dumbarton v Thistle

27 October 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	3–0	Thistle	Boghead Park
	Lapsley 3' Bell

Dumbarton Athletic v Dumbarton

10 November 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton Athletic	3–2	Dumbarton	St James' Park, Dumbarton
	Latta 14', 73' Henderson		scrimmage Aitken	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Rose

Dumbarton v Mossend Swifts

24 November 1888 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–1[20]	Mossend Swifts	Boghead Park
	Lapsley		Inglis	Referee: Mr Brock

Strathmore (Dundee) v Dumbarton

31 December 1888 Friendly	Strathmore (Dundee)	2–2	Dumbarton	Rollo's Pier, Dundee
	Drabbie		5'

Arbroath v Dumbarton

1 January 1889 Friendly	Arbroath	2–2	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Petrie Willock		Caird Chaplin

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

2 January 1889 Friendly	Forfar Athletic	3–1	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Bowman Anderson		Madden

Renton v Dumbarton

2 February 1889 Friendly	Renton	6–1	Dumbarton	Tontine Park
	Campbell 20' McNee		Madden

Hibernian v Dumbarton

16 February 1889 Friendly	Hibernian	4–3	Dumbarton	Easter Road
	Coyle Burns McGhee		Chapman Lapsley

Dumbarton v Dumbarton Athletic

2 March 1889 Friendly	Dumbarton	6–1	Dumbarton Athletic	Boghead Park
	Lapsley 1' Madden 5' McMillan 10' Bell Mair		scrimmage 65'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mr Cochrane

East Stirling v Dumbarton

9 March 1889 Friendly	East Stirling	7–1	Dumbarton	Merchiston Park
	McLauchlan 5' Kirkwood 35', 47' Dunn 46'		42'

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

16 March 1889 Friendly	Queen's Park	1–1	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Berry 55'		Madden 20'

Montrose v Dumbarton

21 March 1889 Friendly	Montrose	4–2	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Kay Keillor 70'		Bell	Attendance: 2,000

Cowlairs v Dumbarton

23 March 1889 Friendly	Cowlairs	1–2	Dumbarton	Gourlay Park, Glasgow
			Miller Chapman

Welsh International XI v Dumbarton

6 April 1889 Friendly	Welsh International XI	0–3	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
			Chapman Bell Mair

Hearts v Dumbarton

13 April 1889 Friendly	Hearts	4–2	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Scott Baird Jenkinson		scrimmage Madden

Sunderland Albion v Dumbarton

20 April 1889 Friendly	Sunderland Albion	2–6	Dumbarton	Blue House Field, Hendon
			scrimmage 25' 26' scrimmage 48' Lapsley Mair	Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v Dykebar

27 April 1889 Friendly	Dumbarton	8–0	Dykebar	Boghead Park
	60' 70' Bell Mair			Attendance: 2,000

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

4 May 1889 Friendly	Albion Rovers	4–1	Dumbarton	Meadow Park, Coatbridge
	Baird Rourke 15' Scott 75'		Mair 5'

Airdrie v Dumbarton

21 May 1889 Friendly	Airdrie	1–3	Dumbarton	Smiths Fields, Airdrie
	Mitchell		McLeod 10' Stewart 44' Lapsley

Sunderland v Dumbarton

27 May 1889 Friendly	Sunderland	4–3	Dumbarton	Newcastle Road
			Chapman 6'	Attendance: 4,000

Player statistics

Dumbarton continued to attract some of the best players in Scotland, and joining up this season were Dickie Boyle and Geordie Dewar.
Amongst those leaving was internationalist Peter Miller after a career with the club spanning over 13 seasons.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
James Bell	GK	8	0
Dickie Boyle	DF	2	0
John Hannah[21]	DF	8	0
Duncan Stewart	DF	5	0
Geordie Dewar	MF	8	4
Robert Hannah[22]	MF	1	0
Leitch Keir	MF	7	1
Tom McMillan	MF	8	0
Ralph Aitken	FW	6	3
Jack Bell	FW	7	7
John Chapman[23]	FW	8	4
James Collins[24]	FW	1	0
Edward Duffy[25]	FW	1	0
William Lapsley[26]	FW	8	7
John Madden	FW	8	3
Alex Miller	FW	2	0

Source:^[27]

International caps

Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

An international trial match was played on 16 February 1889 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1889 British Home Championship.

Geordie Dewar^[28] was selected to take part and subsequently earned his second cap against England.

Representative matches

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire county matches as follows:

Date	Opponent	Result	Players(Goals)
26 January 1889	East of Scotland	4-2	Bell,Jas;Bell,Jn;Dewar;Stewart
26 January 1889	Renfrewshire	6-1	Aitken;Madden(3);McMillan
23 February 1889	Birmingham & District	2-5	Bell;Dewar;Madden(1);McMillan(1):Stewart
25 February 1889	Liverpool District	1-2	Bell(1);Dewar;Madden;McMillan:Stewart
9 April 1889	Scottish International XI	1-2	Bell(D);Madden(D);McMillan(D):Stewart(I)*

• - 'D' played for Dumbartonshire ; 'I' played for Internationals

In addition Geordie Dewar was selected to play for a 'Counties' team against a Glasgow Select on 4 October 1888 - Glasgow won 9-0.

Reserve team

Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Linthouse, but in the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, the trophy was won for the first time by beating Vale of Leven in the final.

References

1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
2. "Dumbarton 13 - 1 Kirkintilloch Cent, Scottish Cup (01/09/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
3. "Dumbarton 13 - 1 Kirkintilloch Central, Saturday, September 1st, 1888". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
4. "Motherwell 2 - 6 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (13/10/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
5. "Motherwell 2 - 6 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 13th, 1888". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
6. "Dumbarton 9 - 0 Methlan Park, Scottish Cup (03/11/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
7. "Dumbarton 9 - 0 Methlan Park, Saturday, November 3rd, 1888". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
8. "Dumbarton 3 - 1 Mossend Swifts, Scottish Cup (01/12/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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10. "Dumbarton 2 - 2 St Mirren, Scottish Cup (15/12/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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12. "St Mirren 2 - 2 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (22/12/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
13. "St Mirren 2 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, December 22nd, 1888". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
14. "Dumbarton 3 - 1 St Mirren, Scottish Cup (29/12/1888)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
15. "Dumbarton 3 - 1 St Mirren, Saturday, December 29th, 1888". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
16. "Dumbarton 1 - 4 Celtic, Scottish Cup (12/01/1889)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
17. "Dumbarton 1 - 4 Celtic, Saturday, January 12th, 1888". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
18. Played to celebrate the opening of Vale's new ground.
19. Played as part of the Glasgow International Exhibition.
20. Was to have been the fifth round tie of the Scottish Cup but ground was declared unplayable. Players decided to play a friendly instead.
21. "John Hannah - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
22. "Robert Hannah - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
23. "John Chapman - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
24. "James Collins - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
25. "Edward Duffy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
26. "William Lapsley - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
27. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
28. "George Dewar". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.