1892–93 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1892–93 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Football League 7th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Lawrence Bell (9)
All: Lawrence Bell (11)
← 1891–92 1893–94 →

Season 1892–93 was the 20th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the third time, and the Scottish Cup for the 20th time.

Overview

As Dumbarton continued to maintain its amateur status, during the season the club lost the services of eight of its first team to the professional ranks of English clubs. For this reason, Dumbarton slipped to finish 7th in the Scottish League Championship with 17 points, 12 behind champions Celtic.[1]

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton were unsurprisingly defeated in the second round by Rangers.

Elsewhere, Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, defeating Levendale in the final, but lost out to Celtic in the semi final of the Glasgow Charity Cup.

During the season, 12 'other' matches were played, including fixtures against Linfield in Belfast, and Arsenal in London. Of these matches, 7 were won, 1 drawn and 4 lost, scoring 26 goals and conceding.

The loss of so many players made the decision in May 1893 for the club to adopt professionalism unavoidable.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1892-93 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
20 August 1892 St Mirren H 1-2 Gillan
3 September 1892 Rangers A 2-3 Hartley;Thomson,W 6,000
10 September 1892 Leith Athletic H 2-1 Bell,J(2) 1,500
24 September 1892 Third Lanark H 1-2 Hartley 1,500
1 October 1892 St Mirren A 2-3 Bell,J;Taylor
8 October 1892 Hearts A 3-1 Hartley(2);Bell,L 3,500
15 October 1892 Celtic H 0-3 3,000
22 October 1892 Abercorn H 5-1 Bell,J(2);Bell,L;McNaught;Hartley
5 November 1892 Third Lanark A 0-3 1,500
19 September 1892 Leith Athletic A 0-3 4,000
18 February 1893 Clyde A 2-1 Bell,L(2) 2,000
4 March 1893 Renton H 1-1 Bell,L
18 March 1893 Celtic A 1-5 Johnstone 8,000
1 April 1893 Hearts H 5-1 OG;Bell,J(2);Bell,L(2) 1,500
15 April 1893 Clyde H 3-1 Bell,L;Keir;Taylor 1,500
22 April 1893 Rangers H 3-0 Johnstone;Bell,L;Taylor
29 April 1893 Abercorn A 0-4
20 May 1893 Renton A 4-0 Campbell;Johnstone(2);Mair

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1892-93 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
17 December 1892 R1 Clyde A 6-1 McNaught(2);Bell, J(2);Bell,L(2) 1,500
21 January 1893 R2 Rangers H 0-1

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
28 January 1893 SF Vale of Leven H 1-1 Taylor
4 February 1893 SFr Vale of Leven A 6-2 Taylor(3);Bell,J;Bell,L;unknown 1,500
25 February 1893 F Levendale A 7-1 Bell,L(2);McNaught;Taylor;unknown(3) 1,500

Glasgow Charity Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
13 May 1893 SF Celtic A 0-0 5,000
17 May 1893 SFr Celtic A 1-3 unknown 6,000

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
13 August 1892 5th KRV A 3-2 unknown
27 August 1892 Ayr A 1-1 unknown
17 September 1892 Renton A 2-0[2] Miller;Smith 3,000
29 October 1892 Renton H 2-1 Hartley;Thomson
26 November 1892 Clyde A 1-4[3] Taylor
31 December 1892 Kirkcaldy A 5-1 Bell(2);Campbell;Ferrier;unknown
2 January 1893 Dunfermline A 5-0 unknown
3 January 1893 Hearts A 2-0 OG(2) 7,000
11 February 1893 Linfield A 2-4 Saunders;Gillan 3,500
11 March 1893 EnglandArsenal A 1-3 unknown 6,000
25 March 1893 Hibernian A 2-3 Bell;Campbell 3,000
29 May 1893 Renton H 1-0 Campbell

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 28 players during the season (5 more than the previous season) in 20 Scottish League and Cup matches, as detailed below. Alf Smith topped the 'selection' chart by playing in 19 of these matches.[4]

Player Position[5] Appearances Goals
Scotland John Barr GK 2
Scotland John Bell FW 15 9
Scotland Lawrence Bell FW 13 11
Scotland William Campbell FW 4 1
Scotland Carrick HB 1
Scotland Chisholm FW 1
Scotland Bob Ferrier FW 7
Scotland John Gillan HB 7 1
Scotland Abe Hartley FW 8 5
Scotland Robert Johnstone FW 6 4
Scotland Leitch Keir HB 15 1
Scotland Hugh Mair FW 2 1
Scotland Alex McDonald HB 5
Scotland John McLeod GK 18
Scotland Tom McMillan BK 18
Scotland James McNaught FW 13 3
Scotland Alex Miller HB 10
Scotland Billy Nash HB 5
Scotland Nelson HB 1
Scotland J Orr HB 1
Scotland William Robertson FW 2
Scotland A Saunderson FW 8
Scotland A Smith FW 3
Scotland Alf Smith BK 19
Scotland John Taylor FW 14 3
Scotland Daniel Thomson HB 9
Scotland William Thomson FW 11 1
Scotland Wilson FW 2

International

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Main article: Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Three Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland in the 1893 British Home Championship.

John Bell, John Taylor and William Thomson all earned their second caps against Wales.

In addition, John Bell and John Taylor earned their second 'League' caps in the Scottish League XI vs. the English League match - the game finishing in a 4-3 win for the English, with Taylor scoring one of the goals.

County

On 12 November 1892, John McLeod, Tom McMillan, William Thomson, John Taylor, Abe Hartley and James McNaught were all selected to play in the Dumbartonshire representative team against a Renfrewshire XI. The match was drawn 2-2 with Taylor scoring one of the goals.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton were defeated in the third round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Clyde, but again retained the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, beating Dumbarton Union in the final.

This was to be the final year of the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, and in the eight years of its existence, Dumbarton won the trophy five times.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result
7 September 1892 R1 Northern A 5-1
1 October 1892 R2 Battlefield A 5-2
22 October 1892 R3 Clyde A 1-2

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result
5 November 1892 R1 Clydebank H 4-1
26 November 1892 SF Vale of Leven H 8-2
21 January 1893 F Dumbarton Union A 8-3

See also

References

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External links

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  2. ↑ This match was to be a league fixture, but the referee failed to turn up, and so it was agreed that a friendly match be played
  3. ↑ This match was to be a first round tie of the Scottish Cup, but the pitch was unplayable. Nevertheless a friendly match was played
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  5. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two backs, three half backs and five forwards).
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