1916–17 Dumbarton F.C. season
Appearance
1916–1917 season | ||
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Manager | James Collins | |
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton | |
Scottish League | 10th | |
Top goalscorer | League: Cairney/ Lister (13) All: Cairney/ Lister (13) | |
Highest home attendance | 8,000 | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 | |
Average home league attendance | 3,160 | |
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The 1916–17 season was the 40th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.
Scottish League
[edit]This was the third season of war-time football, where the playing of all other national competitions, including the Scottish Cup, were suspended. Dumbarton finished 10th out of 20 in the league, with 35 points, 29 behind champions Celtic.[1]
19 August 1916 League | Queen's Park | 1–0[2][3] | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Cowan ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Stevenson |
26 August 1916 League | Dumbarton | 2–1[4][5] | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
Travers ![]() Catterson ![]() |
Pringle ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: T Robertson |
2 September 1916 League | Rangers | 6–0[6][7] | Dumbarton | Ibrox Park |
Duncan,C ![]() ![]() ![]() Duncan,s ![]() Cairns ![]() Logan ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: T Robertson |
9 September 1916 League | Dumbarton | 2–1[8][9] | Hibernian | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() Lister ![]() |
Muirhead ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: P Grant |
16 September 1916 League | Airdrie | 2–1[10][11] | Dumbarton | Broomfield Park |
Yarnell ![]() ![]() |
Thom ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Binnie |
23 September 1916 League | Dumbarton | 3–1[12][13] | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
Lister ![]() ![]() Thom ![]() |
Finlayson ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Dryburgh |
30 September 1916 League | Falkirk | 2–3[14][15] | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Simpson ![]() McCulloch ![]() |
Lister ![]() ![]() Garry ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: T Robertson |
7 October 1916 League | Dumbarton | 1–4[16][17] | Morton | Boghead Park |
Lister ![]() |
Parker ![]() McNab ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: P Grant |
14 October 1916 League | Raith Rovers | 0–3[18][19] | Dumbarton | Starks Park |
Lister ![]() ![]() Thom ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: T Dougray |
21 October 1916 League | Partick Thistle | 6–0[20][21] | Dumbarton | Firhill Park |
Harris ![]() ![]() McMullen ![]() Branscombe ![]() Morgan ![]() Bowie ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J Dickson |
28 October 1916 League | Dumbarton | 1–1[22][23] | Aberdeen | Boghead Park |
Garry ![]() |
Wylie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: M Dickie |
4 November 1916 League | Ayr United | 3–1[24][25] | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
Middleton ![]() Marshall ![]() Crombie ![]() |
Ritchie,W ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: G McKenzie |
11 November 1916 League | Dumbarton | 4–3[26][27] | Dundee | Boghead Park |
Lister ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() |
Brown ![]() Troupe ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 |
18 November 1916 League | Hamilton | 3–1[28][29] | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
McLennan ![]() McNeil ![]() McNamee ![]() |
Raeside ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Kirkland |
25 November 1916 League | Dumbarton | 1–1[30][31] | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() |
McPhail ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Jackson |
2 December 1916 League | Hearts | 0–1[32][33] | Dumbarton | Tynecastle Stadium |
Ritchie,W ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Kirkland |
9 December 1916 League | Dumbarton | 2–3[34][35] | Third Lanark | Boghead Park |
Semple ![]() Lister ![]() |
McLean ![]() Bisset ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Stevenson |
16 December 1916 League | Dumbarton | 2–1[36][37] | Partick Thistle | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() Lister ![]() |
Harris,N ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Allan |
23 December 1916 League | Clyde | 2–2[38][39] | Dumbarton | Shawfield Stadium |
McGowan ![]() ![]() |
McKim ![]() Reid ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: T McMillan |
30 December 1916 League | Dumbarton | 0–2[40][41] | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
McDiarmid ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Kelso |
1 January 1917 League | Dumbarton | 2–2[42][43] | Raith Rovers | Boghead Park |
Lister ![]() Thom ![]() |
Abbot ![]() Lindsay ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Edward |
2 January 1917 League | Third Lanark | 1–1[44][45] | Dumbarton | Cathkin Park |
McLean ![]() |
Thom ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: T Dougray |
6 January 1917 League | Dumbarton | 5–1[46][47] | Clyde | Boghead Park |
Cairney ![]() McKim ![]() |
Jackson ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: T Dougray |
20 January 1917 League | Celtic | 1–1[48][49] | Dumbarton | Celtic Park |
McCall ![]() |
Cairney ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: T McMillan |
27 January 1917 League | Hibernian | 3–1[50][51] | Dumbarton | Easter Road Stadium |
Kilpatrick ![]() ![]() Campbell ![]() |
Cairney ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J Dickson |
3 February 1917 League | Dumbarton | 4–1[52][53] | Hearts | Boghead Park |
Cairney ![]() Ritchie,W ![]() Thom ![]() |
Gallacher ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A Allan |
10 February 1917 League | Motherwell | 3–0[54][55] | Dumbarton | Fir Park |
Ferguson ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Referee: A Kirkland |
17 February 1917 League | Dumbarton | 0–3[56][57] | Rangers | Boghead Park |
Cairns ![]() Bell ![]() Cross ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: T Dougray |
24 February 1917 League | Dumbarton | 3–1[58][59] | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
Cairney ![]() Garry ![]() Thom ![]() |
Crigan,W ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A Edward |
10 March 1917 League | Aberdeen | 2–4[62][63] | Dumbarton | Pittodrie Stadium |
Wylie,J ![]() Miller ![]() |
Cairney ![]() ![]() ![]() Reid ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
24 March 1917 League | Kilmarnock | 0–0[66][67] | Dumbarton | Rugby Park |
Attendance: 2,000 |
31 March 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1-1[68][69] | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
Cairney ![]() |
Reid ![]() |
Attendance: 2,000 |
7 April 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1-3[70][71] | Celtic | Boghead Park |
Ritchie,W ![]() |
Brown ![]() McColl ![]() Dodds ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000 |
14 April 1917 League | Morton | 3–1[72][73] | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Stevenson ![]() ![]() McNab ![]() |
Stewart ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
21 April 1917 League | Dumbarton | 1-1[74][75] | Airdrie | Boghead Park |
McKim ![]() |
Kennedy ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
[edit]Dumbarton won the trophy for the first time by beating Dumbarton Harp in the final.
12 May 1917 Semi Final | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
Thom ![]() Ritchie ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Yarnell ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 |
19 May 1917 Final | Dumbarton | 3–0 | Dumbarton Harp | Boghead Park |
Reid ![]() Stewart ![]() Cairney ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 |
Player statistics
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish League | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Thomas Hamilton[78] | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
John Miller | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Felix Gunn[79] | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() |
Bob McGrory[80] | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Archibald Ritchie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John Semple | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() |
George Baird[81] | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Fraser[82] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Thomas Raeside | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Hugh Cairney[83] | 24 | 13 | 24 | 13 | |
FW | ![]() |
Robert Catterson[84] | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Ted Garry | 21 | 3 | 21 | 3 | |
FW | ![]() |
James Lister | 23 | 13 | 23 | 13 | |
FW | ![]() |
John McKim[85] | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 | |
FW | ![]() |
Robert Reid[86] | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
William Ritchie | 36 | 6 | 36 | 6 | |
FW | ![]() |
James Stewart | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Joseph Tait[87] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Alexander Thom[88] | 36 | 10 | 36 | 10 | |
FW | ![]() |
Pat Travers | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
Source:[89]
Transfers
[edit]
Players in[edit]
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Players out[edit]
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Source:[90]
In addition James Arnott, John Chalmers, Alfred Gettins, Peter McFie and Arthur Murphy all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.
References
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