1897–98 Dumbarton F.C. season

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.

Dumbarton
1897–98 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupFirst Round

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by St Bernards, after a 1–1 draw.

Main article: 1897–98 Scottish Cup
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

Dumbartonshire Cup

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.

2 September 1897 Friendly Renton 0–2 Dumbarton Tontine Park
Reid
Mackie
4 September 1897 Friendly Stenhousemuir 4–4 Dumbarton Ochilview Park


11 September 1897 Friendly Queen's Park 2–4 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Berry 40'
Lambie 		McFarlane 30', 45'
Speedie
Ritchie (OG)
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 85'		 Speedie
Mackie
9 October 1897 Friendly Falkirk 1–2 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Forbes 85' Morrice 7'
Reid 8'
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
30 October 1897 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Renton Boghead Park
13 November 1897 Friendly Dumbarton 0–1 St Mirren Boghead Park
Brown 40'
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
18 December 1897 Friendly Clyde 5–4 Dumbarton Barrowfield Park




 Reid


25 December 1897 Friendly Dumbarton 2–9 Kilmarnock Boghead Park







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 (OG)
(OG)		 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 80' (OG) McNab
Speedie 20'
Littlejohn 65'
 Referee: Mr Sharp
5 March 1898 Friendly Dumbarton 9–1 Kilmarnock Athletic Boghead Park
19 March 1898 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Morton Boghead Park
Speedie
Edgar
11 April 1898 Friendly St Bernard's 5–0 Dumbarton New Logie Green
Allan 1'
Newman 2'
Coltherd 10'		 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
Scotland John Docherty[5] GK 2 0
Scotland Samuel Skinner[6] DF 2 0
Scotland Daniel Thomson[7] DF 2 0
Scotland Morrice[8] MF 2 0
Scotland James Richmond[9] MF 2 0
Scotland William Thomson MF 2 0
Scotland Daniel Coll[10] MF 2 0
Scotland Alexander Gillies[11] MF 2 1
Scotland Hugh Murphy[12] MF 2 1
Scotland Thomas Reid[13] MF 2 0
Scotland Willie Speedie[14] MF 2 0

International caps
Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

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
  1. "St Bernard's 1 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (08/01/1898)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. "St Bernard's 1 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 8th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. "Dumbarton 1 - 3 St Bernard's, Scottish Cup (15/01/1898)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. "Dumbarton 1 - 3 St Bernard's, Saturday, January 15th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. "John Docherty - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. "Samuel Skinner - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. "Daniel Thomson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  8. "Morrice - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. "James Richmond - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. "Daniel Coll - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  11. "Alexander Gillies - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  12. "Hugh Murphy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  13. "Thomas Reid - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  14. "Willie Speedie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  15. "William Thomson". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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