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
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League10th
Summer CupSecond Round
League Cup SouthPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Johnny Gould (19)
All: Johnny Gould (19)

Scottish Southern League
Main article: 1942–43 Southern Football League (Scotland)

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
Main article: 1942–43 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

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
Main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football)

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 TotalSouthern DivisionSummer CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK England ENG Billy Bly 70700000
GK Scotland SCO James Hornall[70] 1301300000
GK Scotland SCO David Watson[71] 190904060
DF Scotland SCO Andy Cheyne[72] 3803004040
DF Scotland SCO John Morgan[73] 30100020
DF Scotland SCO James Mulvaney[74] 80104030
DF Scotland SCO Willie Savage 3202900030
MF Scotland SCO John Craig 60003030
MF Scotland SCO Robert Dougall 3862964050
MF Scotland SCO John Easdale 10100000
MF Scotland SCO Hall[75] 10001000
MF Scotland SCO Douglas McBain 10001000
MF Scotland SCO Jackie Milne 2712113030
MF Scotland SCO William Smith[76] 20200000
MF Scotland SCO George Urquhart[77] 1601600000
FW England ENG Gilbert Alsop 21210000
FW Scotland SCO Johnny Gould 281925190030
FW Scotland SCO George Henderson[78] 21210000
FW Scotland SCO John Hepburn[79] 3992964162
FW Scotland SCO John Honeyman[80] 10100000
FW Scotland SCO George Jeffrey 10100000
FW Scotland SCO Gerry McAloon 151312120031
FW Scotland SCO Murdoch McCormack[81] 92514100
FW Scotland SCO Felix McGrogan 29132490054
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Parlane[82] 31310000
FW Scotland SCO Vince Pritchard[83] 28122192350
FW Scotland SCO Willie Reid[84] 3762754160
FW Scotland SCO Angus Stead[85] 53002231
FW Scotland SCO Robert Torrance[86] 2491444362
FW Scotland SCO Watson[87] 20200000
FW Scotland SCO Trialists 30300000

Source:[88]

Transfers

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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