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1916–17 Dumbarton F.C. season

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.

Dumbarton
1916–1917 season
ManagerJames Collins
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League10th
Top goalscorerLeague: Cairney/ Lister (13)
All: Cairney/ Lister (13)
Highest home attendance8,000
Lowest home attendance2,000
Average home league attendance3,160

Scottish League edit

Main article: 1916–17 Scottish Football League

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   70' (pen) 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   (pen)
Cairns  
Logan  		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: T Robertson
9 September 1916 League Dumbarton 2–1[8][9] Hibernian Boghead Park
Thom  
Lister   35'		 Muirhead   50' 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   35'		 Finlayson   44' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Dryburgh
30 September 1916 League Falkirk 2–3[14][15] Dumbarton Brockville Park
Simpson   37'
McCulloch 		 Lister   35' 
Garry   50' (pen)		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: T Robertson
7 October 1916 League Dumbarton 1–4[16][17] Morton Boghead Park
Lister   4' Parker   20', 35'
McNab    75'		 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   57' (pen) Wylie   88' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: M Dickie
4 November 1916 League Ayr United 3–1[24][25] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Middleton   15'
Marshall   30'
Crombie   60'		 Ritchie,W   44' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: G McKenzie
11 November 1916 League Dumbarton 4–3[26][27] Dundee Boghead Park
Lister   15', 33'
Ritchie,W   52', 88'		 Brown   3', 59'
Troupe   13'		 Attendance: 3,000
18 November 1916 League Hamilton 3–1[28][29] Dumbarton Douglas Park
McLennan   5'
McNeil  
McNamee  		 Raeside   Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Kirkland
25 November 1916 League Dumbarton 1–1[30][31] Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Thom   88' McPhail   35' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Jackson
2 December 1916 League Hearts 0–1[32][33] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Ritchie,W   20' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: A Kirkland
9 December 1916 League Dumbarton 2–3[34][35] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Semple   60'
Lister   82'		 McLean   7', 31'
Bisset   12'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Stevenson
16 December 1916 League Dumbarton 2–1[36][37] Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Thom   18'
Lister   90'		 Harris,N   58' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Allan
23 December 1916 League Clyde 2–2[38][39] Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
McGowan    87' McKim  
Reid  		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: T McMillan
30 December 1916 League Dumbarton 0–2[40][41] Queen's Park Boghead Park
McDiarmid   30', 35' 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   8', 11', 30', 65'
McKim  		 Jackson   49' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: T Dougray
20 January 1917 League Celtic 1–1[48][49] Dumbarton Celtic Park
McCall   80' Cairney   60' 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   40', 60'
Ritchie,W   44'
Thom   49'		 Gallacher   25' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Allan
10 February 1917 League Motherwell 3–0[54][55] Dumbarton Fir Park
Ferguson   (pen)   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   10'
Garry   61'
Thom   65'		 Crigan,W   42' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Edward
3 March 1917 League Dumbarton 0-0[60][61] Hamilton Boghead Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: M Dickie
10 March 1917 League Aberdeen 2–4[62][63] Dumbarton Pittodrie Stadium
Wylie,J   2'
Miller   (OG)		 Cairney    30'  50'
Reid  		 Attendance: 2,000
17 March 1917 League Dundee 4–1[64][65] Dumbarton Dens Park
Brown    
Fisher  		 Gunn   Attendance: 3,000
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   55' Reid   60' (OG) Attendance: 2,000
7 April 1917 League Dumbarton 1-3[70][71] Celtic Boghead Park
Ritchie,W   1' Brown   13'
McColl   30'
Dodds   (pen)		 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   8' Kennedy   44' Attendance: 4,000
28 April 1917 League St Mirren 0–0[76][77] Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
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   13'
Ritchie   30'
Stewart   54'		 Yarnell   52' Attendance: 5,000
19 May 1917 Final Dumbarton 3–0 Dumbarton Harp Boghead Park
Reid   18'
Stewart   80'
Cairney   83'		 Attendance: 4,000

Player statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Thomas Hamilton[78] 10 0 10 0
GK   SCO John Miller 28 0 28 0
DF   SCO Felix Gunn[79] 13 1 13 1
DF   SCO Bob McGrory[80] 37 0 37 0
DF   SCO Archibald Ritchie 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO John Semple 34 1 34 1
MF   SCO George Baird[81] 14 0 14 0
MF   SCO Fraser[82] 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Thomas Raeside 34 1 34 1
FW   SCO Hugh Cairney[83] 24 13 24 13
FW   SCO Robert Catterson[84] 5 1 5 1
FW   SCO Ted Garry 21 3 21 3
FW   SCO James Lister 23 13 23 13
FW   SCO John McKim[85] 36 3 36 3
FW   SCO Robert Reid[86] 21 2 21 2
FW   SCO William Ritchie 36 6 36 6
FW   SCO James Stewart 7 1 7 1
FW   SCO Joseph Tait[87] 3 0 3 0
FW   SCO Alexander Thom[88] 36 10 36 10
FW   SCO Pat Travers 34 1 34 1

Source:[89]

Transfers edit

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 edit

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