1943–44 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1943–44 season was the fifth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Dumbarton

1943–1944 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League	5th
Summer Cup	First Round
League Cup South	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: George Brooks (20) All: George Brooks (24)
Highest home attendance	8,000
Lowest home attendance	3,000
Average home league attendance	4,770

Scottish Southern League

Dumbarton had their best performance to date in their fourth season in the Scottish Southern League. Indeed, for two weeks in October 1943 Dumbarton topped the league. However with only two wins recorded after the New Year it was a 5th place finish out of 16 that was achieved with 32 points - 18 behind champions Rangers. Nevertheless the league results included a first ever league win over Celtic at Celtic Park.

14 August 1943 League	Dumbarton	3–1[1][2]	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Stead  46' Reid  48' Milne  53'		Aitken  20'	Attendance: 4,000

21 August 1943 League	Third Lanark	2–3[3][4]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Fraser  16' Jones  78'		Hepburn  15' Brooks  75', 80'	Attendance: 4,000

28 August 1943 League	Dumbarton	2–1[5][6]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Hepburn  77' Brooks  78'		Linwood  85'	Attendance: 5,000

4 September 1943 League	Celtic	1–4[7][8]	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	Gallacher  84'		Lipton  8', 22' Hepburn  25' Reid  65'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: C R Blues

11 September 1943 League	Dumbarton	2–3[9][10]	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Brooks  12' Milne  86' (pen)		Ogilvie  55' Fitzsimmons  75' Inglis  87'	Attendance: 5,500

18 September 1943 League	Hibernian	4–3[11][12]	Dumbarton	Easter Road Stadium
	Smith  16', 41', 49' (pen) Caskie  43'		Milne  39' (pen) Brooks  58' Stead  64'	Attendance: 12,000

25 September 1943 League	Dumbarton	4–2[13][14]	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	Brooks  26', 72', 80' Milne  60' (pen)		Gillan  63' Gibson  89'	Attendance: 4,000

2 October 1943 League	Partick Thistle	2–6[15][16]	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Leitch  60', 89'		Brooks  24', 47', 85' Brawley  25' Stead  37', 86'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: W Webb

9 October 1943 League	Dumbarton	2–1[17][18]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Milne  14' Torrance  20'		Aitkenhead  62'	Attendance: 3,000

16 October 1943 League	Dumbarton	3–2[19][20]	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Torrance  17' Brooks  60' Stead  70'		Hood  1' Robinson  55'	Attendance: 5,000

23 October 1943 League	Albion Rovers	0–1[21][22]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
			Brooks  40'	Attendance: 6,000

30 October 1943 League	Dumbarton	1–4[23][24]	Morton	Boghead Park
	Brooks  52'		Maxwell  32', 63' White  35' Campbell  47'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: J R Boyd

6 November 1943 League	Hearts	3–0[25][26]	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Miller  11' Gillies  53' Kelly  65'			Attendance: 12,000

13 November 1943 League	Dumbarton	1–0[27][28]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Brooks  75'			Attendance: 5,000

20 November 1943 League	Rangers	2–0[29][30]	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Duncanson  18', 46'			Attendance: 20,000

27 November 1943 League	Airdrie	1–3[31][32]	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	O'Sullivan  75'		Milne  13' (pen) Reid  28', 84'	Attendance: 3,000

3 December 1943 League	Dumbarton	2–3[33][34]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	Brooks  48', 58'		Henderson  64', 88' McLean  86'	Attendance: 4,000

11 December 1943 League	St Mirren	5–2[35][36]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Stenhouse  7', 55', 75' Junior  50' Kelly  85' (pen)		Trialist  80' Lipton  89'	Attendance: 3,000

18 December 1943 League	Dumbarton	1–1[37][38]	Celtic	Boghead Park
	Douglas  46'		McDonald  79' (pen)	Attendance: 7,000

25 December 1943 League	Dumbarton	1–1[39][40]	Hibernian	Boghead Park
	Brooks  35'		Cuthberson  12'	Attendance: 3,500

1 January 1944 League	Falkirk	4–0[41][42]	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Fitzsimmons  16', 70' Napier  24' Brady  48'			Attendance: 5,000

3 January 1944 League	Dumbarton	1–1[43][44]	Rangers	Boghead Park
	Brooks		Smith	Attendance: 8,000

8 January 1944 League	Motherwell	2–0[45][46]	Dumbarton	Fir Park
	Main  17' Gillan  40'			Attendance: 3,000

15 January 1944 League	Dumbarton	2–2[47][48]	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Milne,Jk  60' (pen) Milne,Jn  79'		Newall  32' Glover  52'	Attendance: 5,000

22 January 1944 League	Queen's Park	0–0[49][50]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
				Attendance: 5,000

29 January 1944 League	Hamilton	0–1[51][52]	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
			Brooks  53'	Attendance: 3,000

5 February 1944 League	Dumbarton	2–2[53][54]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Pritchard  53', 60'		Mooney  5' McDonald  87'	Attendance: 3,000

12 February 1944 League	Morton	3–1[55][56]	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Henderson  5' McKenzie  67' Kelly  86'		Milne  39'	Attendance: 5,000

19 February 1944 League	Dumbarton	2–1[57][58]	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Blyth  22' (OG) Craig  55'		Blyth  54'	Attendance: 3,500

26 February 1944 League	Clyde	4–1[59][60]	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Wallace  20' Mills  28' Johnstone  30', 82'		Milne  25'	Attendance: 5,000

League Cup South

Despite an unbeaten away record, Dumbarton failed to qualify from their section in the League Cup South.

4 March 1944 Group D	Dumbarton	1–4[61]	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Milne  55'		Jordan  10' Gallacher  58' Aitkenhead  85' Harris  88'	Attendance: 4,000

11 March 1944 Group D	Clyde	0–1[62]	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
			Pritchard  47'	Attendance: 10,000

18 March 1944 Group D	St Mirren	2–2[63]	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Linwood  65' Kennedy  78'		Brooks  73', 76'	Attendance: 8,000

25 March 1944 Group D	Queen's Park	0–2[64]	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
			Reid  52' Brooks  86'	Attendance: 10,000

1 April 1944 Group D	Dumbarton	1–3[65]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Hickie  10' (OG)		Wallace  30' Agnew  53', 83'	Attendance: 6,000

8 April 1944 Group D	Dumbarton	2–1[66]	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Pritchard  10' Brooks  40'		Linwood  88'	Attendance: 3,500

Summer Cup

Dumbarton suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Clyde in the first round of the Summer Cup.

3 June 1944 Cup 1(1)	Dumbarton	2–4[67]	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Pritchard  47' Brawley  61'		Johnstone  1' Gillies  33', 59', 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Webb

10 June 1944 Cup 1(2)	Clyde	6–0[68] (10–2 agg.)	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Gillies  10', 25', 36' Johnstone  30', 73', 86'			Attendance: 6,000

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern Division		Summer Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Brendan Bell	18	0	12	0	2	0	4	0
	GK		David Watson[69]	20	0	18	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Andy Cheyne[70]	30	0	22	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		Alex Kay[71]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		John Morgan[72]	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		James Mulvaney[73]	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Robert Wallace[74]	22	0	16	0	1	0	5	0
	MF		Tom Brawley[75]	26	2	22	1	2	1	2	0
	MF		John Craig[76]	30	1	24	1	1	0	5	0
	MF		Bobby Donaldson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Andrew McAlpine[77]	38	0	30	0	2	0	6	0
	MF		Douglas McBain	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jackie Milne	37	10	29	9	2	0	6	1
	MF		Willie Reid[78]	28	5	23	4	0	0	5	1
	FW		James Anderson[79]	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
	FW		Andrew Boyd[80]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		George Brooks[81]	38	24	30	20	2	0	6	4
	FW		Frank Douglas[82]	15	1	14	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		John Hepburn[83]	28	3	20	3	2	0	6	0
	FW		Thomas Lipton[84]	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ian McColl[85]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Murdoch McCormack[86]	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Milne[87]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Vince Pritchard[88]	9	5	2	2	2	1	5	2
	FW		Angus Stead[89]	24	6	22	6	0	0	2	0
	FW		Robert Torrance[90]	9	2	6	2	1	0	2	0
	FW		Trialists	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0

Source:[91]

Transfers

Players in Player From Date Brendon Bell Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 7 Jul 1943 George Brooks Benburb 7 Jul 1943 Thomas Lipton St Anthony's 9 Aug 1943 Andrew McAlpine Fauldhouse United 25 Aug 1943 Robert Wallace Hamilton Academical 2 Oct 1943 Frank Douglas Renfrew 8 Dec 1943 James Anderson Partick Thistle 5 Feb 1944 Albert McLean Glasgow Perthshire 18 Mar 1944 Bobby Donaldson Bathgate Thistle (loan) 22 Apr 1944 James Hoy Glasgow Perthshire 22 Apr 1944 Alex Kay (loan) 25 May 1944 Tom Brawley Stoke City Ian McCall Vale of Leven (loan) Andrew Boyd {loan} John Milne {loan} David Watson

Players out Player To Date James Hornell Released 8 Jul 1943 Willie Reid Cowdenbeath (loan) 3 Aug 1943 John Morgan Released 11 Dec 1943 Murdoch McCormack Released 11 Dec 1943 Douglas McBain Amateur 12 Apr 1944

In addition George Henderson and John Honeyman both played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:[92]

Reserve team

Dumbarton continued to run a Second XI during the season.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to St Mirren, and finished as runners-up in the Glasgow & District Reserve League (First Series).

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