1882–83 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1882–83 season was the tenth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton
1882–83 season
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish CupWinners

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1882-83 Scottish Cup

Following two seasons as runners-up, it was 'third time lucky' for Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup where they were at last crowned Scottish champions. On the road to the final Dumbarton disposed of the holders, Queen's Park in the quarter-final and after a 2-2 draw, defeated their old rivals Vale of Leven in the final.[1]

Cup R1 Dumbarton walkover Kilmarnock Thistle Boghead Park
30 September 1882 Cup R2 Dumbarton 8-1[2][3] King's Park Boghead Park
21 October 1882 Cup R3 Dumbarton 8-1[4][5] Jamestown Boghead Park
Lindsay
Anderson
Brown(S)
Miller,J

11 November 1882 Cup R4 Thornliebank 0-3[6][7] Dumbarton Thornliebank
Lindsay

Attendance: 2,000
3 February 1883 Cup R6 Dumbarton 3-1[8][9] Queen's Park Boghead Park
Brown(P)
McKinnon 		Kay Attendance: 10,000
24 February 1883 Cup SF Dumbarton 1-0[10][11]
VOID		 Pollokshields Athletic Hampden Park
scrimmage Attendance: 7,000
17 March 1883 Cup SF Dumbarton 5-0[12][13] Pollokshields Athletic Boghead Park
McKinnon
McArthur
Paton 		Attendance: 3,000
31 March 1883 Cup Final Dumbarton 2-2[14][15] Vale of Leven Hampden Park
Paton 33'
McArthur 45'		 Johnston 35'
McRae 75'		 Attendance: 15,000
7 April 1883 Cup Final Dumbarton 2-1[16][17] Vale of Leven Hampden Park
Brown(P) 47'
Brown(S) 52'		 Friel 85' Attendance: 15,000

Glasgow Charity Cup
Main article: Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Queen's Park got some revenge for their Scottish Cup exit by beating Dumbarton in the semi-final.

28 April 1883 Semifinal Queen's Park 2-1 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Gray
Allan 		Weir Attendance: 5,000

Friendlies

During the season, 18 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Hearts, Rangers, St Bernards and Cowlairs, a win over Ayrshire Cup holders Kilmarnock Portland, and a north of England 'tour' which took in three matches during the New Year holidays. In all, 13 were won, 2 drawn and 3 lost, scoring 53 goals and conceding 18.

2 September 1882 Friendly Dumbarton 4-1 Hearts Boghead Park
16 September 1882 Friendly Rangers 1-1 Dumbarton Kinning Park
Corbett 43' scrimmage Attendance: 3,000
23 September 1882 Friendly Dumbarton 4-0 3rd LRV Boghead Park
scrimmage 30'
Hutton
Miller 75'
Brown(S) 90'
7 October 1882 Friendly St Mirren 1-4 Dumbarton Greenhill, Paisley
scrimmage 20'
14 October 1882 Friendly Dumbarton 3-1 Portland (Kilmarnock) Boghead Park
McArthur

28 October 1882 Friendly Vale of Leven 1-0 Dumbarton Alexandria
Kennedy Attendance: 4,000
18 November 1882 Friendly Dumbarton 3-1 Northern Boghead Park
25 November 1882 Friendly Dumbarton 4-0 St Bernard's Boghead Park
23 December 1882 Friendly Dumbarton 3-1 Rangers Boghead Park

MacNab
Gossland Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Bryce
30 December 1882 Friendly EnglandBlackburn Rovers 1-3 Dumbarton Leamington Road
Duckworth Lindsay 14'
Brown
McKinnon 		Attendance: 2,000
1 January 1883 Friendly EnglandBolton Wanderers 0-2 Dumbarton Pike's Lane
Weir
Lindsay 		Attendance: 5,000
2 January 1883 Friendly EnglandHalliwell 1-10 Dumbarton Bennett's, Halliwell
Atherton 2' McKinnon 1'
Brown
Entwhistle (OG)
Lindsay

Attendance: 5,000
Referee: S Wood
6 January 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 2-1 Cowlairs Boghead Park

 Attendance: 2,000
13 January 1883 Friendly St Bernard's 5-2 Dumbarton Powderhall
Lang (OG)
Charlton
McNaughton
McBeth 		Weir
McBeth
20 January 1883 Friendly Dumbarton 4-1 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Weir 5'

 Friel
10 February 1883 Friendly Partick 0-2 Dumbarton Inchview, Partick
McArthur 44'
Kerr 75'
3 March 1883 Friendly Hearts 0-0 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
10 March 1883 Friendly Cowlairs 3-2 Dumbarton Gourlay Park, Cowlairs

Player statistics

Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time was Robert 'Plumber' Brown.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland James McAulay GK 7 0
Scotland Jock Hutcheson DF 6 0
Scotland Michael Paton DF 4 2
Scotland Tom Veitch[18] DF 2 0
Scotland Leitch Keir MF 6 0
Scotland Willie Lang[19] MF 4 0
Scotland Peter Miller MF 7 0
Scotland R Anderson[20] FW 3 3
Scotland Robert 'Plumber' Brown FW 7 2
Scotland Robert 'Sparrow' Brown FW 7 2
Scotland Joe Lindsay FW 7 2
Scotland George McArthur[21] FW 7 4
Scotland William McKinnon FW 3 3
Scotland James Miller[22] FW 7 1

Source:[23]

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

An international trial match was played on 3 March 1883 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. Joe Lindsay, James McAulay, William McKinnon and Peter Miller played for the 'Probables' against Robert 'Plumber' Brown, James Miller and Michael Paton for the 'Improbables. Lindsay scored one of the 'Probables goals in their 4-3 win.

Subsequently, William McKinnon,[24] earned his first and second caps and both James McAulay[25] and Peter Miller[26] earned their second and third caps against England and Wales respectively. In addition Michael Paton[27] earned his first international cap for Scotland against England.

Representative Matches

Scotch Counties played a trial match against a Glasgow XI on 6 January 1883 to decide on the team to play Lancashire, with Robert 'Sparrow' Brown and William McKinnon playing - the result being a 4-4 draw. The following week, Brown, McKinnon and Peter Miller played for the 'Counties' against Lancashire - drawing 3-3.

On the same day as the Lancashire match, James McAulay, James Miller and Jock Hutcheson played for Scotch Counties in a trial match against a Glasgow XI, this time to consider the team to play against Birmingham & District. The result was a 4-0 win with Miller scoring one of the goals. On 27 January 1883, Jock Hutcheson, James McAulay, William McKinnon, James Miller and Peter Miller all played for the 'Counties' against Birmingham & District - drawing 2-2 with James Miller scoring one of the goals.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Second XI Cup, anxious to repeat their success of the previous season. Reports on these matches are sketchy, no doubt due to the overwhelming local interest in the Scottish Cup progress at the same time, but Dumbarton lost out at the semi-final stage to eventual winners Kilmarnock Athletic.

On 3 March 1883 a Dumbartonshire B XI played against a Glasgow B XI to raise funds for the Second Eleven Association. R Lindsay, Tom Veitch, G Galbraith, James Liddell, McIntyre and R Anderson were all selected to play for 'Dumbarton' in a 1-1 draw.

References
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  11. This was the first playing of the Scottish Cup semi final but the result was successfully protested by Pollokshields to the S.F.A.
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  21. "George McArthur - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  22. "James Miller - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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  25. "James McAulay". Scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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