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
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Runners Up
Home colours

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
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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.
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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.
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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.