1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1951–52 season was the 68th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Supplementary Cup, and the Festival of Britain Quaich. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.

Dumbarton

1951–1952 season
Manager	William Irvine
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division	10th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Supplementary Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Scott (14) All: Jimmy Scott (20)
Home colours

Scottish League

Another slow start to the league campaign, with only a single win from 9 attempts, meant that Dumbarton were never seen as challengers for the title but improving performances during the season resulted in a mid-table 10th-place finish with 28 points, 16 behind champions Clyde.

8 September 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	0-1[1][2]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
			Brown	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Brown

15 September 1951 Division B	Kilmarnock	2-1[3][4]	Dumbarton	Rugby Park
	Russell  21' Donaldson  51'		Donegan  70'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: W Brittle

22 September 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	1-2[5][6]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Forbes			Referee: H Phillips

29 September 1951 Division B	Hamilton	3-2[7][8]	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	McSeveney  13' Todd Mooney  67'		Scott  48' Forbes	Referee: W Davidson

6 October 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	1-0[9][10]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Smith			Referee: J Boyd

13 October 1951 Division B	St Johnstone	2-1[11][12]	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Cannon Buckley		Scott	Referee: R Main

20 October 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	0-0[13][14]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
				Referee: W Bowman

27 October 1951 Division B	Albion Rovers	1-1[15][16]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
	Maxwell  10'		Scott  30'	Referee: W Livingstone

3 November 1951 Division B	Cowdenbeath	2-2[17][18]	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	McKeown  79' Scott  86'		Tait  3', 37'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Jackson

10 November 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	3-1[19][20]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Murphy  6', 60' Frame  48'		McQuade  73'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: C Faultless

17 November 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	4-2[21][22]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Scott  12', 44', 52' Frame		Crawford  10' Stockdale  24'	Referee: D McKerracher

24 November 1951 Division B	Arbroath	1-2[23][24]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Murray  82'		Scott  50', 62'	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: A Gerrard

1 December 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	4-1[25][26]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Murphy  25' Scott  42',br>Frame  48'		McQueen  89'	Referee: S Hilton

8 December 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	2-2[27][28]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Frame  58', 70'		Ring  73' Robertson	Referee: J Mowat

15 December 1951 Division B	Dundee United	4-1[29][30]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	McKay  16' Cruickshanks  38'		Frame	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J Jackson

22 December 1951 Division B	Falkirk	1-1[31][32]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Dunlop  14'		Beaton  70'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: W Brown

29 December 1951 Division B	Dumbarton	4-2[33][34]	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	Frame  23' Smith  26' Forbes  62'		Anderson  6' Harvey	Referee: H Anderson

1 January 1952 Division B	Alloa Athletic	4-1[35][36]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Lister Cranston Newman		Beaton	Referee: R Smith

2 January 1952 Division B	Dumbarton	2-2[37][38]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Scott Murphy		McMullen Paterson  (pen)	Referee: W Brittle

5 January 1952 Division B	Queen's Park	0-1[39][40]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
			Tait  19'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: D Gerrard

12 January 1952 Division B	Dumbarton	3-1[41][42]	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	Frame  7' Murphy  17' McNee  (pen)		Peat  30'	Referee: J Jackson

19 January 1952 Division B	Dunfermline Athletic	3-2[43][44]	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Smith  12' Mays  34'		Finnie  17'	Referee: J Boyd

26 January 1952 Division B	Dumbarton	1-5[45][46]	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	McNee  7' (pen)		Moran  5' Young  42' Picken  50' Durie  56' (pen) Thomson	Referee: C Anderson

16 February 1952 Division B	Forfar Athletic	1-3[47][48]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Robertson  23'		Scott  80' McNee  (pen)	Referee: W Brown

27 February 1952 Division B	Ayr United	4-1[49][50]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Inglis Japp Robertson		Scott	Referee: C Faultless

1 March 1952 Division B	Dumbarton	0-1[51][52]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
			Murray  44'	Referee: H Anderson

8 March 1952 Division B	Stenhousemuir	1-1[53][54]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Aikman  43'		Finnie  55'	Referee: H Anderson

15 March 1952 Division B	Clyde	3-3[55][56]	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	McPhail  8', 9'		Beaton  60' Donegan  68', 78'	Referee: D McKerracher

22 March 1952 Division B	Dumbarton	2-1[57][58]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Shaw  31' Beaton		Downie	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: W Davidson

21 April 1952 Division B	Dumbarton	1-4[59][60]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Scott		Orr Maxwell

Scottish Cup

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Falkirk in the third round.

9 February 1952 Round 2	Dumbarton	1–0[61][62]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Scott  46'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W Brown

23 February 1952 Round 3	Dumbarton	1–3[63][64]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Scott  11'		Plumb  43' Campbell  64'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: H Phillips

Scottish League Cup

Qualification from the League Cup sectional games was again unfruitful, with Dumbarton finishing 4th and last, recording a win and a draw from their 6 games.

11 August 1951 Section 8	Dumbarton	1–4[65][66]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Frame  17' Finnie  (pen)		Lawrence  15' Cunningham  (pen) 57'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Bowman

15 August 1951 Section 8	Ayr United	5–0[67][68]	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Beattie  6' Telford  37', 39' Harder  54' Christie  (pen)			Referee: J Mowat

18 August 1951 Section 8	Dumbarton	1–0[69][70]	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	Beaton  25'			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: C Faultless

25 August 1951 Section 8	Forfar Athletic	1–1[71][72]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Cuncingham  12'		Scott  50'	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: J Jackson

29 August 1951 Section 8	Dumbarton	1–3[73][74]	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Finnie  20' (pen)		Beattie  15' telford Stockdale	Referee: P Fitzpatrick

1 September 1951 Section 8	Kilmarnock	2–0[75][76]	Dumbarton	Rugby Park
	Harvey  75' Mathie  80'			Attendance: 12,000 Referee: M Phillips

Supplementary Cup

After a year's absence, the Supplementary Cup returned for one last season, with Dumbarton reaching the second round before losing out to Alloa Athletic.

29 March 1952 First Round	Dumbarton	1–0	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	Frame			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Brittle

12 April 1952 Second Round	Alloa Athletic	4–3	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, alloa
	Taylor  22' Lister  45' Jarvie  49'		Scott  18' Donegan  50' (pen)	Referee: W Brown

Festival of Britain St Mungo Quaich

The season started brightly, with Dumbarton winning their first national silverware in 41 years, by triumphing in the St Mungo Quaich - a competition for B Division sides to celebrate the Festival of Britain.

25 July 1951 First Round	Dumbarton	2–1[77]	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	Finnie  26', 66'		Harvey  11'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W Brittle

28 July 1951 Second Round	St Johnstone	2–5[78]	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Buckley Peat		Beaton Finnie Shaw

1 August 1951 Semi final	Dumbarton	2–1[79]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Scott  63', 78'		Shields  49'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: C Faultless

6 August 1951 Final	Ayr United	1–2[80][81] (a.e.t.)	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Crawford  53'		Beaton  55' Finnie  119'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: J Mowat

Stirlingshire Cup

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Falkirk defeated Dumbarton in the semi final.

19 September 1951 First Round	Dumbarton	4–3	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Johnston  10' Irwin  44' Smith Finnie		McKay  30' Traynor

26 April 1952 Semi Final	Falkirk	3–0	Dumbarton	Brockville Park

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		B Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Supplementary Cup		FoB Quaich
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Wallace Murdoch[82]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		George Paton[83]	43	0	29	0	2	0	6	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Jack Cameron	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		George Ferguson	37	0	25	0	2	0	6	0	2	0	2	0
	DF		Flaherty[84]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Ally Johnstone[85]	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Jack McNee	43	3	30	3	2	0	5	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		John Stewart[86]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Tommy Irwin	20	0	13	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
	MF		Willie McLaren[87]	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jim Peden[88]	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John Sharp[89]	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hugh Shaw	41	2	28	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	4	1
	MF		Andy Tait[90]	32	3	24	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Jimmy Whyte	37	0	29	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
	FW		Eddie Beaton[91]	22	9	11	4	0	0	5	1	2	0	4	4
	FW		Tom Donegan	16	5	11	3	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0
	FW		Jim Finnie[92]	16	9	9	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	4	4
	FW		Jimmy Forbes[93]	21	3	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jimmy Frame	38	12	24	9	2	0	6	2	2	1	4	0
	FW		Willie Johnston[94]	6	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Gerry McCaffrey[95]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Peter Murphy[96]	19	6	17	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jimmy Scott	41	20	27	14	2	2	6	1	2	1	4	2
	FW		Duncan Smith	36	2	26	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	0

Source:[97]

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International

Andy Tait and Duncan Smith were selected to play for the Scottish League B XI against the Irish League B side on 15 April 1952 - Smith scored one of the goals in the 6-0 win.

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Ally Johnstone Clydebank 16 Jul 1951 Jimmy Scott Armadale Thistle 16 Jul 1951 Hugh Shaw Duntocher Hibs 16 Jul 1951 Jimmy Forbes Rangers (loan) 14 Sep 1951 Eddie Beaton Aberdeen (loan) 18 Sep 1951 Peter Murphy Clydebank 3 Oct 1951 Gerry McCaffrey Campsie BW 1 Mar 1952

Players out Player To Date Willie Johnstone Freed 30 Apr 1952 Ally Johnstone Freed 30 Apr 1952 Willie McLaren Freed 30 Apr 1952 John Sharp Freed 30 Apr 1952

Source:[99]

Reserve team

Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 12th out of 16, recording 11 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B three seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to Dundee United.

Finally in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton could only manage a win and a draw from their 6 sectional matches and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.

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