1897–98 Dumbarton F.C. season
1897–98 season | ||
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Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | |
Scottish Cup | First Round | |
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The 1897–98 season was the 25th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.
Scottish Cup
Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by St Bernards, after a 1–1 draw.
8 January 1898 Cup R1 | St Bernard's | 1–1[1][2] | Dumbarton | New Logie Green |
Chambers ![]() | Murphy ![]() | Attendance: 3,500 |
15 January 1898 Cup R1r | Dumbarton | 1–3[3][4] | St Bernard's | Boghead Park |
Gillies ![]() | Buchanan ![]() ![]() Paton ![]() | Attendance: 6,000 |
Dumbarton won the Dumbartonshire Cup for the ninth time, beating Vale of Leven in the final.
26 March 1898 Final | Dumbarton | 3–2 | Vale of Leven | Tontine Park |
Speedie ![]() ![]() Littlejohn ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 |
Friendlies
In the absence of any league commitments, the Dumbarton committee had to work hard to bring together a fixture list which would meet the club's financial needs.
During the season, 23 'friendly' matches were arranged, where there was much to be pleased about. There was an impressive unbeaten run of 9 games at the beginning of the season, several wins against league opposition and a successful 'mini' tour of the highlands during the New Year holidays. In all 13 were won, 4 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 69 goals and conceding 49.
4 September 1897 Friendly | Stenhousemuir | 4–4 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
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11 September 1897 Friendly | Queen's Park | 2–4 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Berry ![]() Lambie ![]() | McFarlane ![]() Speedie ![]() Ritchie ![]() |
18 September 1897 Friendly | Dumbarton | 6–1 | Vale of Leven | Boghead Park |
Morrice ![]() ![]() Richmond ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
2 October 1897 Friendly | Leith Athletic | 2–2 | Dumbarton | Hawkhill |
Brown ![]() Harvie ![]() | Speedie ![]() Mackie ![]() |
9 October 1897 Friendly | Falkirk | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Forbes ![]() | Morrice ![]() Reid ![]() |
16 October 1897 Friendly | Abercorn | 2–2 | Dumbarton | Underwood Park, Paisley |
![]() ![]() | Speedie ![]() Murphy ![]() |
23 October 1897 Friendly | Queen's Park | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Lambie ![]() | Mauchan ![]() |
20 November 1897 Friendly | Morton | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Dunlop ![]() Kennedy ![]() | scrimmage ![]() |
27 November 1897 Friendly | Vale of Leven | 1–3 | Dumbarton | Millburn Park |
![]() | Watt ![]() Forrest ![]() Thomson ![]() |
25 December 1897 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2–9 | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
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1 January 1898 Friendly | Inverness Clachnacuddin | 4–10 | Dumbarton | Inverness |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mr Colville |
3 January 1898 Friendly | Aberdeen | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Aberdeen |
Ritchie ![]() ![]() | Referee: A Smith |
22 January 1898 Friendly | Partick Thistle | 1–3 | Dumbarton | Meadowside |
![]() | McNab ![]() ![]() Littlejohn ![]() | Attendance: 1,500 |
5 February 1898 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2–3 | Celtic | Boghead Park |
Mitchell ![]() Richmond ![]() | Allan ![]() ![]() ![]() |
19 February 1898 Friendly | E Stirling | 1–4 | Dumbarton | Merchiston Park |
Hastings ![]() | McNab ![]() Speedie ![]() Littlejohn ![]() ![]() | Referee: Mr Sharp |
5 March 1898 Friendly | Dumbarton | 9–1 | Kilmarnock Athletic | Boghead Park |
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11 April 1898 Friendly | St Bernard's | 5–0 | Dumbarton | New Logie Green |
Allan ![]() Newman ![]() ![]() ![]() Coltherd ![]() | Attendance: 1,000 |
16 April 1898 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
Littlejohn ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
Player statistics
Amongst those players leaving the club was internationalist Leitch Keir. A servant to the club since its cup winning season of 1882–83, Keir decided to move on to Motherwell.
Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.
Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
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![]() | GK | 2 | 0 |
![]() | DF | 2 | 0 |
![]() | DF | 2 | 0 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 0 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 0 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 0 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 0 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 1 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 1 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 0 |
![]() | MF | 2 | 0 |
International caps
William Thomson[15] earned his third and fourth caps against Wales and Ireland respectively in the 1898 British Home Championship.
Representative match
A Dumbartonshire XI played against a Lanarkshire XI on 29 January 1898 in which Docherty, Daniel Thomson, William Thomson, Lewis Mackie and Speedie were all selected to play - Willie Speedie scored the Dumbarton county goal in the 1–1 draw.
Reserve team
Dumbarton lost in the first round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Queen's Park.
References
- ^ "St Bernard's 1 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (08/01/1898)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "St Bernard's 1 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 8th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 3 St Bernard's, Scottish Cup (15/01/1898)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Dumbarton 1 - 3 St Bernard's, Saturday, January 15th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "John Docherty - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Samuel Skinner - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Daniel Thomson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Morrice - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "James Richmond - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Daniel Coll - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Alexander Gillies - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Hugh Murphy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Reid - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Willie Speedie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "William Thomson". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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