1942–43 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1942–43 season was the fourth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Dumbarton

1942–1943 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League	10th
Summer Cup	Second Round
League Cup South	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Gould (19) All: Johnny Gould (19)

Scottish Southern League

Each season in which Dumbarton had played in the Scottish Southern League saw an improvement in results and the third season was no different, by finishing 10th out of 16 with 28 points - 22 behind champions Rangers. The positive league results included a first home league win over Celtic since 1892.

8 August 1942 League	Celtic	2–2[1][2]	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	McAulay  13' Delaney  85'		Dougall  15' (pen) Gould  80'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J R Boyd

15 August 1942 League	Dumbarton	4–0[3][4]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Parlane,J  12' Gould  27', 72' Reid  57'			Attendance: 4,000

22 August 1942 League	Partick Thistle	2–1[5][6]	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Gourlay  15', 44'		Dougall  73' (pen)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: M C Dale

29 August 1942 League	Dumbarton	1–4[7][8]	Hibernian	Boghead Park
	McGrogan  70'		Cuthbertson  23', 37' Anderson  35' Williams  80'	Attendance: 6,500

5 September 1942 League	Falkirk	5–4[9][10]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Campbell  8', 43', 50' Fitzsimmons  15' Ogilvie  40'		Gould  7', 70' McGrogan  48', 72'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Braidwood

12 September 1942 League	Dumbarton	5–3[11][12]	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	Pritchard  19', 83' Reid  56', 84' Gould  53'		Main  16', 89' Mathie  29'	Attendance: 4,000

19 September 1942 League	Morton	1–3[13][14]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Divers  32'		Pritchard  39' Hepburn  42' Reid  60'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J M Martin

26 September 1942 League	Dumbarton	1–2[15][16]	Rangers	Boghead Park
	Pritchard  52'		Duncanson  48' Gillick  85'	Attendance: 10,000

3 October 1942 League	Albion Rovers	3–4[17][18]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Murphy  19' Wilkie  34' Bell  44'		Gould  11', 35' Milne  56' Pritchard  88'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Davidson

10 October 1942 League	Dumbarton	2–2[19][20]	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Gould  11' Pritchard  38'		McKillop  16' Miller  66'	Attendance: 3,000

17 October 1942 League	Hamilton	2–1[21][22]	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Wilson  5' Barraclough  62'		Gould  26'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Godfrey

24 October 1942 League	Clyde	6–2[23][24]	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Wallace  9', 28', 50' Mills  25' Taylor  57' Johnstone  68'		Gould  5', 70'	Attendance: 4,000

31 October 1942 League	Dumbarton	3–3[25][26]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Reid  10' Hepburn  24' Henderson  70'		Kyle  40', 51' Dixon  87'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M C Dale

7 November 1942 League	Airdrie	1–0[27][28]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Flavell  84'			Attendance: 3,000

14 November 1942 League	Dumbarton	5–3[29][30]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	McGrogan  20' Gould  34' McAloon  46', 76' Hepburn 54'		Proudfood  32' McLean  39' Connor  62'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: P Craigmyle

21 November 1942 League	Dumbarton	4–2[31][32]	Celtic	Boghead Park
	McGrogan  17' McAloon  19', 80' Torrance  75'		McLaughlin  50' McGowan  87'	Attendance: 7,000

28 November 1942 League	St Mirren	5–2[33][34]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Linwood  2', 44', 65' Stenhouse  35' Deakin  88'		McAloon  50', 73'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Horsburgh

5 December 1942 League	Dumbarton	4–1[35][36]	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	McGrogan  15', 82' Torrance  40' McAloon  83'		Peat  88'	Attendance: 2,500

12 December 1942 League	Hibernian	4–1[37][38]	Dumbarton	Easter Road Stadium
	Smith,G  26', 78' Baxter  41' Cuthbertson  86'		McAloon  30'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Jackson

19 December 1942 League	Dumbarton	0–3[39][40]	Morton	Boghead Park
			Garth  43' Adams  70' Crum  83'	Attendance: 2,000

26 December 1942 League	Motherwell	0–2[41][42]	Dumbarton	Fir Park
			Alsop  84' McAloon  87'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Webb

1 January 1943 League	Dumbarton	2–2[43][44]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Dougal  15' (pen) McGrogan  50'		Kane Fitzsimmons	Referee: J S Cox

2 January 1943 League	Dumbarton	6–1[45][46]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Gould  4', 63' McAloon  25', 39' Hepburn  32' Torrance  53'		Findlay  26'	Attendance: 2,500

9 January 1943 League	Rangers	1–0[47][48]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Duncanson  44'			Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Godfrey

16 January 1943 League	Hearts	0–1[49][50]	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
			Torrance  82'	Attendance: 5,000

23 January 1943 League	Dumbarton	2–2[51][52]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Dougall  22' (pen) Pritchard  44'		Wilson  14' Lowe  19'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R G Benzie

30 January 1943 League	Dumbarton	6–2[53][54]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Gould  23', 48', 57' Pritchard  46' Hepburn  49' Dougall  73' (pen)		Agnew  12' Johnstone  55'	Attendance: 3,000

6 February 1943 League	Queen's Park	4–2[55][56]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Kyle  2' Aitken  10', 71' Liddell  64'		Hepburn  18' Dougall  84' (pen)	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Jackson

13 February 1943 League	Dumbarton	3–3[57][58]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	McAloon  17', 88' Pritchard  77'		Gallacher  20' Divers  41', 75'	Attendance: 2,500

20 February 1943 League	Third Lanark	7–3[59][60]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Connor  17', 32', 60' Proudfoot  34' Watson  38' Newman  42' Cairns  64'		McCormack  53' Gould  55', 77'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: R Calder

League Cup South

Dumbarton continued to find it difficult to find success in the League Cup South where again they failed to negotiate the sectional stage of the competition - gaining just a single draw from six matches.

27 February 1943 Group A	Albion Rovers	2–1	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
	Lyon  44', 68'		Hepburn  87'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: P Craigmyle

6 March 1943 Group A	Dumbarton	3–3[61]	Morton	Boghead Park
	McGrogan  31', 60', 89'		Crum  18', 30' Kelly  50'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Cameron

13 March 1943 Group A	Falkirk	7–2[62]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Inglis  7', 58', 68' Dawson  39' Ogilvie  42', 73' Rice  70'		McAloon  79' McGrogan  83'	Attendance: 3,000

20 March 1943 Group A	Dumbarton	1–2[63]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Torrance  60'		Lyon  37' Mudie  40'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: C R Bines

27 March 1943 Group A	Morton	5–2[64]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Garth  26' Kelly  30' Simpson  32', 37', 83'		Torrance  11' Hepburn  59'	Attendance: 6,000

3 April 1943 Group A	Dumbarton	1–3[65]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Stead  78' (pen)		Inglis  1', 40' Stewart  80' (pen)	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: M C Dale

Summer Cup

Dumbarton reached the second round of the Summer Cup before losing to eventual winners St Mirren.

29 May 1943 Cup 1(1)	Dumbarton	6–2[66]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Stead  30', 75' Hepburn  51' Reid  80' Torrance  85', 87'		Wilson  20', 45'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Webb

5 June 1943 Cup 1(2)	Hamilton	2–1[67] (4–7 agg.)	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Whiteford  72' Duffy  73'		McCormack  57'	Attendance: 2,000

12 June 1943 Cup 2(1)	St Mirren	6–3[68]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Stenhouse  7' Linwood  12', 23', 35', 42', 51'		Torrance  54' Pritchard  65', 80'	Attendance: 2,500

19 June 1943 Cup 2(2)	Dumbarton	1–1[69] (4–7 agg.)	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Pritchard  12'		Linwood  10'	Attendance: 5,000

Friendly

10 April 1943 Friendly	Wishaw	2–2	Dumbarton	Wishaw

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern Division		Summer Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Billy Bly	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		James Hornall[70]	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		David Watson[71]	19	0	9	0	4	0	6	0
	DF		Andy Cheyne[72]	38	0	30	0	4	0	4	0
	DF		John Morgan[73]	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		James Mulvaney[74]	8	0	1	0	4	0	3	0
	DF		Willie Savage	32	0	29	0	0	0	3	0
	MF		John Craig	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
	MF		Robert Dougall	38	6	29	6	4	0	5	0
	MF		John Easdale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hall[75]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Douglas McBain	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Jackie Milne	27	1	21	1	3	0	3	0
	MF		William Smith[76]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		George Urquhart[77]	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Gilbert Alsop	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Johnny Gould	28	19	25	19	0	0	3	0
	FW		George Henderson[78]	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Hepburn[79]	39	9	29	6	4	1	6	2
	FW		John Honeyman[80]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Jeffrey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Gerry McAloon	15	13	12	12	0	0	3	1
	FW		Murdoch McCormack[81]	9	2	5	1	4	1	0	0
	FW		Felix McGrogan	29	13	24	9	0	0	5	4
	FW		Jimmy Parlane[82]	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Vince Pritchard[83]	28	12	21	9	2	3	5	0
	FW		Willie Reid[84]	37	6	27	5	4	1	6	0
	FW		Angus Stead[85]	5	3	0	0	2	2	3	1
	FW		Robert Torrance[86]	24	9	14	4	4	3	6	2
	FW		Watson[87]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Trialists	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Source:[88]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Willie Savage Queen of the South (guest) 14 May 1942 Andy Cheyne Motherwell 23 May 1942 Willie Reid Cowdenbeath (guest) 1 Jun 1942 Jimmy Parlane Manchester City (guest) 12 Aug 1942 John Morgan Vale of Leven 3 Sep 1942 Alexander Filshie 2 Oct 1942 Douglas McBain Blantyre Engineering 22 Oct 1942 Murdoch McCormack Hibernian 22 Oct 1942 Andrew Boyd Amateur 24 Oct 1942 Robert Torrance Wishaw 10 Nov 1942 David Watson Benburb 23 Dec 1942 James Mulvaney Newarthill Hearts 9 Jan 1943 John Craig Wishaw 16 Jan 1943 Angus Stead Partick Thistle 17 Mar 1943 Gilbert Alsop Walsall (guest) William Bly Hull City (guest) John Easdale Liverpool (guest) John Honeyman Maryhill Harp Jackie Milne Middlesbrough George Urquhart Arbroath

Players out Player To Date William Smith Released 19 Jan 1943 Felix McGrogan Third Lanark Robert Chalmers Dundee United Edward Currie St Mirren

In addition John McBride and David Corbett both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[89]

Reserve team

For the first time since 1922, Dumbarton played a reserve team, and found a measure of success.

While they suffered a second round exit to Airdrie in the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton finishing as runners-up in the First Series of the Glasgow & District Reserve League and reached the final of the Glasgow & District Reserve League Cup before losing out to Motherwell.

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