1893–94 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1893–94 season was the 21st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1893–94 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division One	5th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Johnstone (11) All: Robert Johnstone (11)
Home colours

Scottish League

The demand for league football nationally resulted in the creation of a new second division. Meanwhile, Dumbarton competed in their first season as a professional outfit. From now on it would be a 'big ask' for the club to compete with the larger outfits as they could not generate the required funds to attract the best talent. Nevertheless, a creditable 5th place in the First Division was achieved with 19 points, 10 behind champions Celtic.[1]

26 August 1893 Scottish League	Celtic	0-0[2][3]	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
				Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A McKenzie

2 September 1893 Scottish League	Dumbarton	1-5[4][5]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
	Ferrier		Oswald  75' McNab Crossan  86'	Referee: J Marshall

9 September 1893 Scottish League	Third Lanark	1-3[6][7]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	McInnes  35'		Johnstone  OG' McLeod,D  88'	Attendance: 4,000

16 September 1893 Scottish League	Dumbarton	1-1[8][9]	Dundee	Boghead Park
	Taylor		Dundas	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mr McLaughlin

23 September 1893 Scottish League	Rangers	4-0[10][11]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	McCreadie Marshall Smith  OG' Steel			Attendance: 4,000

30 September 1893 Scottish League	Dumbarton	2-2[12][13]	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Taylor Johnstone		Russell Chambers	Attendance: 1,000

7 October 1893 Scottish League	Renton	1-1[14][15]	Dumbarton	Tontine Park
	scrimmage  65'		Johnstone  30'

21 October 1893 Scottish League	Dumbarton	3-3[16][17]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Mirk  OG' Hendry Saunderson  89'		Bell McLean  45'	Referee: Mr Richardson

28 October 1893 Scottish League	Leith Athletic	2-4[18][19]	Dumbarton	Beechwood Park (Leith)
	Lee Henderson		Ferrier Campbell  OG'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Marshall

4 November 1893 Scottish League	St Bernard's	2-1[20][21]	Dumbarton	New Logie Green
	Laing Crossan		Johnstone

11 November 1893 Scottish League	St Mirren	1-2[22][23]	Dumbarton	Westmarch (stadium)
	McLean		Johnstone Taylor  90'	Referee: J Marshall

18 November 1893 Scottish League	Dumbarton	2-0[24][25]	Renton	Boghead Park
	Johnstone  20' Ferrier

9 December 1893 Scottish League	Dundee	4-0[26][27]	Dumbarton	West Craigie Park
	Thomson  25' Dundas Keiler			Attendance: 2,500

23 December 1893 Scottish League	Dumbarton	4-5[28][29]	Celtic	Boghead Park
	Johnstone Bell,L		Cassidy McMahon Blessington McMillan  OG'	Attendance: 6,000

20 January 1894 Scottish League	Dumbarton	2-0[30][31]	Rangers	Boghead Park
	Saunderson Bell,L			Referee: Mr Allison

3 February 1894 Scottish League	Dumbarton	3-1[32][33]	Leith Athletic	Boghead Park
	Ferrier  15' Taylor Johnstone		McFarlane  20'	Referee: J Marshall

17 March 1894 Scottish League	Dumbarton	2-1[34][35]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	Ferrier Bell,L		Stewart  15'	Referee: J Baillie

28 April 1894 Scottish League	Hearts	2-1[36][37]	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Taylor		Johnstone  15'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mr McLaughlin

Scottish Cup

After a first round win over local rivals Vale of Leven, Dumbarton were defeated in the second round by St Bernards.

25 November 1893 Cup R1	Vale of Leven	1–2[38][39]	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
	McColl  65'		Bell,L  25' Saunderson  80'

16 December 1893 Cup R2	Dumbarton	1–3[40][41]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
	Taylor		Scott  10' Wilson

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, defeating Duntocher Harp in the final.

30 December 1893 Semi Final	Vale of Leven	1–3	Dumbarton	Boghead Park
	Gallacher  86'		Taylor  35' Wilson  38' (OG) Saunderson  49'	Referee: Mr Allison

21 April 1894 Final	Dumbarton	4–1	Duntocher Harp	Castle Grounds, Dalmuir
	Campbell Bell,L  OG'			Attendance: 1,000 Referee: A McLean

Friendlies

During the season 17 'friendly' matches were played, including a 'mini' north of England tour during the New Year holidays. In all, 6 were won, 5 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 41 goals and conceding 39.

5 August 1893 Friendly	5th KRV	2–4	Dumbarton	Palmerston Park
	Henderson Morley		McCalley  (OG) Bell Campbell	Attendance: 1,000

12 August 1893 Friendly	Ayr	2–3	Dumbarton	Somerset Park

19 August 1893 Friendly	King's Park	5–2	Dumbarton	Forthbank Park
	McInnes Gray		Taylor Johnstone

19 October 1893 Friendly	Dundee Harp	3–2	Dumbarton	East Dock Street
	Brady Brannan		Taylor	Referee: Mr Campbell

1 January 1894 Friendly	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Dumbarton	Ewood Park
	Whitehead Hall Southworth  80'		Johnstone Bell	Attendance: 3,000

1 January 1894 Friendly	Darwen	2–1	Dumbarton	Darwen
	Orr Maxwell		Bell	Attendance: 3,000

13 January 1894 Friendly	Wishaw Thistle	4–4	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Wishaw
			Bell Taylor	Attendance: 1,000

10 February 1894 Friendly	Motherwell	2–3	Dumbarton	Dalziel Park (stadium)
	Allan  1' Lightbody  25'		Johnstone Andrews

24 February 1894 Friendly	Queen's Park	3–3	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Muir Waddell Lambie		Johnstone Andrews  85'

3 March 1894 Friendly	Morton	2–2	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	scrimmage McIntyre  75'		Campbell  46' Seaton  51'

10 March 1894 Friendly	Dumbarton	5–0	Battlefield	Boghead Park
	Saunderson Taylor Andrews

24 March 1894 Friendly	Renton	1–2	Dumbarton	Tontine Park
	Bell  20'		Campbell  12' Boyle  80'

31 March 1894 Friendly	Leith Athletic	4–1	Dumbarton	Beechwood Park (Leith)
	Walker Scott		Bell

14 April 1894 Friendly	St Bernard's	1–1	Dumbarton	New Logie Green
	Crossan		Campbell	Attendance: 2,000

12 May 1894 Friendly	E Stirling	2–1	Dumbarton	Merchiston Park
	McDonald Steel		Boyle	Attendance: 2,000

19 May 1894 Friendly	Partick Thistle	0–3	Dumbarton	Meadowside
			10' St Clair Campbell	Attendance: 1,000

26 May 1894 Friendly	Third Lanark	2–2	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park (1872–1903)
			Ferrier	Attendance: 1,000

Player statistics

Despite the switch to professionalism, Dumbarton struggled to hold on to their 'star' players and during the season lost, amongst others, internationalist John Taylor who moved to St Mirren.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Barr[42]	4	0	3	0	1	0
	GK		John McLeod	16	0	15	0	1	0
	DF		James McGregor[43]	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Tom McMillan	17	0	15	0	2	0
	DF		Alf Smith	19	0	17	0	2	0
	MF		Alex Lang[44]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Alex Miller	14	0	12	0	2	0
	MF		Billy Nash[45]	13	0	12	0	1	0
	MF		Albert Saunderson[46]	15	3	13	2	2	1
	MF		Daniel Thomson[47]	19	0	17	0	2	0
	MF		Wilson[48]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Billy Andrews[49]	12	0	10	0	2	0
	FW		Lawrence Bell	20	4	18	3	2	1
	FW		William Campbell[50]	11	1	11	1	0	0
	FW		Bob Ferrier	17	6	15	6	2	0
	FW		Robert Hendry[51]	2	1	2	1	0	0
	FW		Robert Johnstone[52]	17	11	15	11	2	0
	FW		David McLeod[53]	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW		John Taylor	14	5	13	4	1	1

Source:[54]

International caps

John Taylor[55] earned his third and fourth 'League' caps in Scottish League XI's against the Irish and English Leagues respectively - scoring a goal in the 6-2 win over the Irish.

Tom McMillan[56] also earned his first 'League' cap in the match against the Irish League.

Reserve team

Dumbarton were defeated in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Celtic.

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