1916–17 Dumbarton F.C. season

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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

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

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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' (pen) Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Stevenson
26 August 1916 League Dumbarton 2–1[4][5] St Mirren Boghead Park
Travers File:Soccerball shade.svg
Catterson File:Soccerball shade.svg
Pringle File:Soccerball shade.svg Attendance: 2,000
Referee: T Robertson
9 September 1916 League Dumbarton 2–1[8][9] Hibernian Boghead Park
Thom File:Soccerball shade.svg
Lister File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Muirhead File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: P Grant
28 October 1916 League Dumbarton 1–1[22][23] Aberdeen Boghead Park
Garry File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' (pen) Wylie File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: M Dickie
4 November 1916 League Ayr United 3–1[24][25] Dumbarton Somerset Park
Middleton File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Marshall File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'
Crombie File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Ritchie,W File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: G McKenzie
11 November 1916 League Dumbarton 4–3[26][27] Dundee Boghead Park
Lister File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 33'
Ritchie,W File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 88'
Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 59'
Troupe File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Attendance: 3,000
25 November 1916 League Dumbarton 1–1[30][31] Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Thom File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' McPhail File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Jackson
2 December 1916 League Hearts 0–1[32][33] Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Ritchie,W File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: A Kirkland
9 December 1916 League Dumbarton 2–3[34][35] Third Lanark Boghead Park
Semple File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Lister File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'
McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 31'
Bisset File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Stevenson
30 December 1916 League Dumbarton 0–2[40][41] Queen's Park Boghead Park
McDiarmid File:Soccerball shade.svg 30', 35' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: R Kelso
6 January 1917 League Dumbarton 5–1[46][47] Clyde Boghead Park
Cairney File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 11', 30', 65'
McKim File:Soccerball shade.svg
Jackson File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: T Dougray
20 January 1917 League Celtic 1–1[48][49] Dumbarton Celtic Park
McCall File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Cairney File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: T McMillan
3 February 1917 League Dumbarton 4–1[52][53] Hearts Boghead Park
Cairney File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 60'
Ritchie,W File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Thom File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'
Gallacher File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Allan
24 February 1917 League Dumbarton 3–1[58][59] Ayr United Boghead Park
Cairney File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Garry File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'
Thom File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Crigan,W File:Soccerball shade.svg 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
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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Reid File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (OG) Attendance: 2,000

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Ritchie File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'
Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'
Yarnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Attendance: 5,000

Player statistics

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

Source:[89]

Transfers

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.

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