1880–81 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1880–81 season was the eighth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1880–81 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupRunners Up

Scottish Cup

Following some easy wins in the early rounds, and two impressive away victories in the quarter and semi finals, against Rangers and local rivals Vale of Leven respectively, Dumbarton reach their first Scottish Cup final. In the first playing of the final, Queen's Park defeated Dumbarton by the odd goal in three, but after a successful protest due to 'crowd encroachment', a replay was ordered. However despite good play in the second game, Dumbarton were well beaten losing 1-3.[1]

11 September 1880 Cup R1 Dumbarton 7-0[2][3] Helensburgh Victoria Boghead Park
2 October 1880 Cup R2 Dumbarton 2-1[4][5] Jamestown Boghead Park
Lindsay McCrimmon Attendance: 5,000
23 October 1880 Cup R3 Dumbarton 7-1[6][7] Falkirk Boghead Park






 Attendance: 600
13 November 1880 Cup R4 Dumbarton 9-0[8][9] Glasgow University Boghead Park
Kennedy,A
McKinnon
McDougall  OG'
Lindsay
Meikleham

scrimmage
4 December 1880 Cup R5 St Mirren 1-5[10][11] Dumbarton Paisley
25 December 1880 Cup R6 Rangers 1-3[12][13] Dumbarton Kinning Park
Steele Meikleham
Lindsay
McKinnon 		Attendance: 4,500
5 February 1881 Cup SF Vale of Leven 0-2[14][15] Dumbarton Alexandria
Lindsay  10'
Kennedy,A  35'		 Attendance: 8,000
26 March 1881 Cup Final Dumbarton 1-2[16]
VOID[17]		 Queen's Park Kinning Park
McAulay Key  15', 60' Attendance: 20,000
9 April 1881 Cup Final Dumbarton 1-3[18][19] Queen's Park Kinning Park
Meikleham  55' Smith  10'
Kerr 		Attendance: 10,000
Referee: D Hamilton

Glasgow Charity Cup
Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Dumbarton were again invited to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but were heavily defeated in the semi final by Rangers.

16 April 1881 SemiFinal Dumbarton 0-8[20] Rangers Hampden Park
Hill  2'
Struthers

McKinley
Steele
Pringle
scrimmage 		Attendance: 4,000

Friendlies

Dumbarton's fixture list for the season included home and away ties against the Ayrshire Cup holders, Beith and the first club 'tour' of the north of England was undertaken during the New Year holidays with a further match being played against Blackburn Rovers during the Easter break. In all, 19 'friendly' matches were played during the season, of which 13 were won, 2 drawn and 4 lost, scoring 62 goals and conceding 26.

28 August 1880 Friendly South Western 1-4 Dumbarton Glasgow
 (OG)
4 September 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 7-1 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
18 September 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 6-1 Beith Boghead Park
Lindsay
Brown
25 September 1880 Friendly Portland (Kilmarnock) 4-1 Dumbarton Hamilton Park, Kilmarnock
Harrison  30'
Wilson 		 90'
9 October 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 2-2 Kilbirnie Boghead Park
Lindsay
Lang
 30'
16 October 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 6-1 Pollokshields Athletic Boghead Park
Miller  20'
Meikleham
Lindasay
Lang 		Murray
30 October 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 9-1 Abercorn Boghead Park
McKinnon
Miller
Kennedy,A
scrimmage
McAulay



6 November 1880 Friendly 3rd LRV 2-3 Dumbarton Cathkin Park

27 November 1880 Friendly Queen's Park 3-1 Dumbarton Hampden Park
McNeil
Ker 		Kennedy,A Attendance: 5,000
11 December 1880 Friendly Dumbarton 6-0 Helensburgh Boghead Park
Brown
Hutcheson


1 January 1881 Friendly Blackburn Rovers 1-4 Dumbarton Alexandra Meadows
Douglas Meikleham  20', 21'
Lindsay
McAulay 		Referee: T Sutton
3 January 1881 Friendly Darwen 2-3 Dumbarton Barley Bank
Rostron Lindsay
Lang 		Attendance: 4,500
Referee: T Hindle
4 January 1881 Friendly Sheffield 1-0 Dumbarton Brammall Lane
Barber  1' Attendance: 600
Referee: R Sorby
12 February 1881 Friendly Dumbarton 1-0 Rangers Levengrove Park, Dumbarton
Meikleham
19 March 1881 Friendly Dumbarton 2-0 Jamestown Boghead Park
Kennedy Attendance: 3,000
2 April 1881 Friendly Renfrew 0-4 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Renfrew
23 April 1881 Friendly Blackburn Rovers 4-0 Dumbarton Ewood Park
Hargreaves
Beverley
Avery 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: T Sutton
30 April 1881 Friendly Vale of Leven 1-2 Dumbarton Alexandria
7 May 1881 Friendly Beith 1-1 Dumbarton Beith

Player statistics

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were James Liddle, James McAulay and Michael Paton.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
John Kennedy[21] GK 8 0
Jock Hutcheson DF 8 0
Archie Lang DF 7 0
Michael Paton DF 1 0
J Anderson[22] MF 8 0
Peter Miller MF 8 0
Robert Brown FW 5 0
Dunn[23] MF 2 0
Andrew Kennedy[24] FW 6 2
James Liddell FW 5 0
Joe Lindsay FW 8 5
James McAulay FW 5 0
William McKinnon FW 8 3
James Meikleham[25] FW 6 3
Tom Veitch[26] FW 3 0

Source:[27]

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

International trial matches were played on 26 February and 5 March 1881 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Jock Hutcheson, Andrew Kennedy, John Kennedy, Joe Lindsay, James McAulay, William McKinnon, James Meikleham and Peter Miller all took part.

As a result Dumbarton's Joe Lindsay[28] picked up his second and third caps playing for Scotland against England and Wales respectively. McKinnon was selected as a reserve.

Representative Match

Robert Brown, John Kennedy, Joe Lindsay, William McKinnon and Peter Miller were all selected to play in the Scotch Counties team which played Birmingham & District on 19 February 1881. The 'Scotch' men won 6-0 with both Brown and Lindsay scoring twice.

References
  1. Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
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  10. "St Mirren 1 - 5 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (04/12/1880)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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  17. This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup Final but the result was successfully protested by Dumbarton to the S.F.A..
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  19. "Dumbarton 1 - 3 Queen's Park, Saturday, April 9th, 1881". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  20. "Dumbarton 0 - 8 Rangers, Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup (16/04/1881)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  21. "John Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  22. "Anderson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  23. "Dunn - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  24. "Andrew Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  25. "James Meikleham - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  26. "Tom Veitch - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  27. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  28. "Joseph Lindsay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2019.


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