1950–51 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1950–1951 season
Manager William Irvine
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 9th
Scottish Cup First Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Jim Finnie (10)
All: Jim Finnie (10)
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Season 1950–51 was the 74th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 45th time, the Scottish Cup for the 56th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 5th time.

Overview

The league campaign looked to be following those of recent years, with the first win registered after 8 attempts, however a late burst of 5 wins in the final 6 games saw Dumbarton finish in a creditable 9th place (out of 16) with 29 points, 16 behind champions Queen of the South.

The Scottish Cup saw Dumbarton exit early to St Johnstone in the first round.

In the League Cup, qualification from the sectional games still proved a problem, finishing 4th and last, with a win and two draws being taken from their 6 games.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Stirling Albion overcame Dumbarton in the semi final after two draws, but in a short-lived revival of the Stirlingshire Consolation Cup (a competition for those clubs eliminated early in the previous season's Stirlingshire Cup) Dumbarton finished as runners-up, again to Stirling Albion.

Note that William Irvine replaced William Guthrie as team manager at the beginning of the season.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 September 1950Dundee UnitedH1-1Parlane7,000
23 September 1950Queen's ParkH0-15,000
30 September 1950CowdenbeathA1-1McKay3,000
7 October 1950ArbroathH0-2
14 October 1950Ayr UnitedA1-3Finnie9,000
21 October 1950Stirling AlbionA2-3Parlane;OG8,000
28 October 1950StenhousemuirH3-3Parlane(2);McAra4,000
4 November 1950Queen of the SouthA2-1Parlane;Johnston7,500
11 November 1950Albion RoversH1-5Smith1,000
18 November 1950Dunfermline AthleticH1-2Johnston4,000
25 November 1950KilmarnockA3-1Smith(2);Johnston7,000
2 December 1950HamiltonA1-0Finnie4,000
9 December 1950Forfar AthleticH4-1McKay(2);Johnston;Finnie4,000
16 December 1950St JohnstoneA0-35,000
23 December 1950Dundee UnitedA2-3Finnie(2)8,500
30 December 1950Alloa AthleticA2-2Smith;Johnston2,000
1 January 1951Queen's ParkA1-2Donegan8,000
2 January 1951CowdenbeathH1-0Donegan
6 January 1951ArbroathA2-3Frame(2)3,000
13 January 1951Ayr UnitedH2-0Smith;Parlane5,000
20 January 1951Stirling AlbionH4-0Finnie(2);Parlane;Frame7,000
10 February 1951Queen of the SouthH0-1
17 February 1951Albion RoversA1-3Shepherd
24 February 1951Dunfermline AthleticA2-2Frame;Finnie
3 March 1951KilmarnockH2-1McAteer;Tait
10 March 1951HamiltonH2-1Frame;Tait
17 March 1951Forfar AthleticA4-1Frame(3);Smith
24 March 1951St JohnstoneH2-1Tait;Frame
31 March 1951Alloa AthleticH4-3Donegan;Finnie;Parlane;Tait
7 April 1951StenhousemuirA1-3Smith

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
27 January 19511St JohnstoneH0-210,000

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
12 August 1950PAyr UnitedH1-4Johnston5,000
16 August 1950PDunfermline AthleticA1-4Miller
19 August 1950PKilmarnockH1-0McKay5,000
28 August 1950PAyr UnitedA0-38,000
30 August 1950PDunfermline AthleticH1-1McKay
2 September 1950PKilmarnockA0-08,000

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
18 September 19501StenhousemuirH0-0
18 April 19511RStenhousemuirA3-1Finnie;Parlane;Smith
28 April 1951SFStirling AlbionA0-0
11 May 1951SFRStirling AlbionH1-1unknown
17 May 1951SFR2Stirling AlbionA0-6

Stirlingshire Consolation Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 May 1951SFEast StirlingH4-2Finnie(4)
16 May 1951FStirling AlbionA1-6Tait

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 37 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. George Paton and Jimmy Whyte were both to feature in all of these matches.[1]

Player Position[2] Appearances Goals
Scotland Alec Braidwood FW 10
Scotland Jack Cameron DF 1
Scotland Tom Donegan FW 153
Scotland George Ferguson DF 34
Scotland Jim Finnie FW 2710
Scotland Jimmy Frame FW 138
Scotland Bobby Gibson FW 1
Scotland Tommy Irwin MF 7
Scotland Willie Johnston FW 266
Scotland Bobby McAra FW 141
Scotland Thomas McAteer FW 11
Scotland Don McDonald MF 23
Scotland Billy McGuinness FW 2
Scotland Bob McKay FW 135
Scotland Willie McLaren MF 4
Scotland Jack McNee DF 36
Scotland Robert Miller FW 3
Scotland Jimmy Parlane FW 188
Scotland George Paton GK 37
Scotland Jim Peden MF 9
Scotland Thomas Ramsay FW 3
Scotland John Sharp MF 25
Scotland George Shepherd FW 11
Scotland Duncan Smith FW 237
Scotland Gordon Spiers FW 3
Scotland Andy Tait MF 224
Scotland Jimmy Whyte MF 37

Reserve Team

For the second successive season, Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 15th out of 16, recording 7 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B two seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Hamilton.

Finally in the Reserve League Cup, with only a single win from 6 sectional matches, Dumbarton failed to qualify for the knock-out stages.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ↑ The usual formation would be 2-3-5 (two defenders, three midfielders and five forwards).

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