1930–31 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton 1930–1931 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1930â31 season was the 54th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

ManagerDonald Colman

StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two10th

Scottish CupFirst Round

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Dumbarton
1930â1931 season
Manager	Donald Colman
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	10th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Willie Parlane (22) All: Willie Parlane (22)
â 1929â30 1931â32 â

Scottish League

In their ninth consecutive season in the Second Division, things were looking bright for Dumbarton's league challenge, as at the turn of the year they were lying only a point behind a promotion place. However a run of 5 straight defeats in January 1931 snuffed out these hopes and in the end Dumbarton finished a midtable 10th out of 20, with 38 points - 23 behind champions Third Lanark.^[1]

9 August 1930 League	Forfar Athletic	3â0 ^[2]^[3]	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Kilgour 1' (pen.) Black 30', 75'			Attendance: 1,500 Referee: H McLaughlin

16 August 1930 League	Dumbarton	3â1 ^[4]^[5]	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Shaw 14', 85' Parlane,W 19'		Galloway 33'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: H McArthur

23 August 1930 League	Third Lanark	1â0 ^[6]^[7]	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
	Breslin 61'			Referee: C McGreachan

30 August 1930 League	Dumbarton	3â2 ^[8]^[9]	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	Haddow 15' Parlane,W 38', 55'		Munro 33', 72'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Rowe

6 September 1930 League	Armadale	3â4 ^[10]^[11]	Dumbarton	Volunteer Park, Armadale
	Polland,J 10' 23' Russell 20' (pen.)		Cameron 8' Shaw 28' Parlane,W 52' Parlane,J 90'	Referee: J Coll

13 September 1930 League	Dumbarton	4â1 ^[12]^[13]	Montrose	Boghead Park
	Parlane,W 2', 80' Malloy 13', 30'		Scoullar 20' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: R Seith

20 September 1930 League	Clydebank	1â4 ^[14]^[15]	Dumbarton	Clydeholm Park
	McLeod 55'		Malloy 2' Parlane,W	Referee: J Leggatt

27 September 1930 League	Dumbarton	5â0 ^[16]^[17]	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Parlane,J 4' Malloy 44' Parlane,W 48', 49' Haddow			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: T Kilbride

4 October 1930 League	Stenhousemuir	3â3 ^[18]^[19]	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Walker 43', 77' Brown 75'		Parlane,W 14' Murdoch 16' (OG) Haddow 54'	Referee: W Whiteside

11 October 1930 League	Dumbarton	1â0 ^[20]^[21]	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Parlane,W 10'			Attendance: 4,000 Referee: G Robertson

18 October 1930 League	Dumbarton	3â1 ^[22]^[23]	Bo'ness	Boghead Park
	Haddow 25' Parlane,J 55' Parlane,W 78'		Parlane,A 52' (OG)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Leggatt

25 October 1930 League	Arbroath	3â1 ^[24]^[25]	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	McAteer 48', 61' Flannigan 83'		Parlane,J 20'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J Grant

1 November 1930 League	Dumbarton	4â1 ^[26]^[27]	Dundee United	Boghead Park
	Parlane,W 16', 58', 81' Shaw 26'		McCallum 5'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Leggatt

8 November 1930 League	Dunfermline Athletic	2â1 ^[28]^[29]	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Hamilton 47' Rarity,W 54'		Parlane,J 20'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: H McArthur

15 November 1930 League	Queen of the South	3â0 ^[30]^[31]	Dumbarton	Palmerston Park
	McDonald 6' Rutherford 45' McColl 80'			Referee: J McKay

29 November 1930 League	Dumbarton	1â0 ^[32]^[33]	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Lennie 35'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: A McLean

6 December 1930 League	St Bernard's	2â2 ^[34]^[35]	Dumbarton	Royal Gymnasium Ground
	Sweeney Eadie 60'		Parlane,J 70' Barrie 87'	Referee: G McCutcheon

13 December 1930 League	Dumbarton	3â2 ^[36]^[37]	King's Park	Boghead Park
	Haddow 20' (pen.) McNiven 22' Parlane,W 85'		Jamieson 37', 60'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Jamieson

20 December 1930 League	Dumbarton	2â2 ^[38]^[39]	Forfar Athletic	Boghead Park
	Malloy 25' (pen.) Parlane,W 75'		Bathgate 12' Black 70'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: A Robertson

27 December 1930 League	Raith Rovers	2â0 ^[40]^[41]	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Jarvis 47' Junior 75'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: R Cooper

1 January 1931 League	Dumbarton	0â2 ^[42]^[43]	Clydebank	Boghead Park
			Thomson 18', 40'	Attendance: 3,000

3 January 1931 League	Dumbarton	2â4 ^[44]^[45]	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	Haddow (pen.) Shaw		Dewar McFarlane McNiven (OG) Lynas 85'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: J Leggatt

5 January 1931 League	East Stirling	7â1 ^[46]^[47]	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Turnbull 5' Latimer 30', 42' Renwick McMillan 65' Fraser 68' (pen.)		Lennie 85'	Referee: R Seith

10 January 1931 League	St Johnstone	4â1 ^[48]^[49]	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Cameron 4', 64' Miller 5'		Haddow 69'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J Rowan

24 January 1931 League	Dumbarton	6â2 ^[50]^[51]	Armadale	Boghead Park
	Parlane,W 20' Parlane,J 25' Lennie 37' Malloy 50' Findlay 55' (OG) Haddow		Stout 6' McDonald 21'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: G McCutcheon

31 January 1931 League	Dumbarton	0â0 ^[52]^[53]	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
				Referee: W Smith

7 February 1931 League	Dumbarton	4â1 ^[54]^[55]	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Parlane,W 32' Haddow 55' Malloy		Jessieman (pen.)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: J Burdon

14 February 1931 League	Alloa Athletic	2â0 ^[56]^[57]	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Borland 10' Shankley			Referee: A McLean

21 February 1931 League	Bo'ness	4â4 ^[58]^[59]	Dumbarton	Newtown Park, Bo'ness
	Heeps Lumsden		Parlane,W Haddow McNiven 49' Parlane,J	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: W Dawson

28 February 1931 League	Dumbarton	3â1 ^[60]^[61]	Arbroath	Boghead Park
	Haddow 4' Young 53', 65'		Farquhar 75'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: W Murray

7 March 1931 League	Dundee United	1â1 ^[62]^[63]	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Hay 80'		Parlane,J 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Whiteside

21 March 1931 League	Dumbarton	1â2 ^[64]^[65]	Queen of the South	Boghead Park
	Shaw		Rutherford 20' Macdonald	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: P Kilbride

28 March 1931 League	Montrose	2â1 ^[66]^[67]	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Junior 3' McKnight		Parlane,W	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Leggatt

4 April 1931 League	Brechin City	2â2 ^[68]^[69]	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Moffat 22' Boag 90'		Malloy 46' Parlane,W 80'	Referee: W Whitside

11 April 1931 League	Albion Rovers	1â1 ^[70]^[71]	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Fraser 50'		Malloy 75'	Referee: J Robertson

13 April 1931 League	Dumbarton	0â1 ^[72]^[73]	Brechin City	Boghead Park
			Cowley 81'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: J Burdon

18 April 1931 League	Dumbarton	0â3 ^[74]^[75]	St Bernard's	Boghead Park
			Robertson Walls 65', 70'	Referee: C McGreachan

25 April 1931 League	King's Park	0â2 ^[76]^[77]	Dumbarton	Forthbank Park
			Young 11' Malloy	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: A McLean

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Aberdeen.

17 January 1931 Cup R1	Aberdeen	6â1^[78]^[79]	Dumbarton	Pittodrie Park
	Yorston 23', 32' McLean 35' Love (pen.) McDermid		Shaw	Attendance: 10,570 Referee: W Quinn

Dumbartonshire Cup

Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Cup, again beating Clydebank in the final, with Willie Parlane scoring all five goals.

22 April 1931 Final	Dumbarton	5â0	Clydebank	Boghead Park
	Parlane.W			Attendance: 1,000

Friendlies

Elsewhere 3 friendly matches were played, including a match against a Rangers XI and two trial matches for the Dumbartonshire Juniors. Of these matches, there was 1 win and 2 losses, scoring 4 goals for the loss of 4.

12 August 1930 Friendly	Dumbarton	1â3	Rangers	Boghead Park
	Malloy 81'		McGowan 18' McMillan 20'	Attendance: 3,000

9 September 1930 Friendly	Dumbarton	1â2	Dumbartonshire Junior XI	Boghead Park
	Halliday		Gallacher Malloy	Attendance: 600

29 April 1931 Friendly	Dumbarton	4â0	Dumbartonshire Junior XI	Boghead Park
	Parlane,J McLachlan Kelso

Player statistics

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Alex Fraser^[80]	4	0	4	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	William Gilmour^[81]	35	0	34	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Kelso	39	0	38	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Parlane^[82]	23	0	23	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Daniel Muir	24	0	23	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Adair^[83]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	William Barrie^[84]	4	1	4	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	Thomas Cameron^[85]	20	1	19	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Clark^[86]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Johnny Granger	10	0	10	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Stewart Lennie^[87]	25	3	24	3	1	0
	MF	SCO	Charles McLurg^[88]	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	James McNeish^[89]	8	0	8	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John McNiven^[90]	19	2	18	2	1	0
	MF	SCO	James Miller	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Johnny Parlane^[91]	32	8	31	8	1	0
	MF	SCO	Thomas Pye^[92]	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	James Stewart^[93]	8	0	8	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Wilson^[94]	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Trialists	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Forbes^[95]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny Haddow^[96]	35	13	34	13	1	0
	FW	SCO	Hurrell^[97]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alistair McLachlan^[98]	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	William Molloy	38	12	37	12	1	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Parlane	37	22	36	22	1	0
	FW	SCO	Sharp^[99]	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Norman Shaw^[100]	28	7	27	6	1	1
	FW	SCO	Benjamin Swanson^[101]	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Young^[102]	11	3	11	3	0	0

Source:^[103]

International Caps

Stewart Lennie and Willie Parlane earned their first amateur caps playing for Scotland against Wales and England respectively in the Amateur Home Internationals.

Transfers

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Players in

Player	From	Date
William Gilmour	Clydebank	12 Aug 1930
Thomas Cameron	Croy Celtic	28 Aug 1930
Alistair McLachlan	Amateur	2 Sep 1930
Alex Parlane	Amateur	2 Sep 1930
Andrew Young	Clyde	20 Feb 1931
James McNish	Maryhill Hibs	26 Feb 1931
Thomas Pye	Dunblane Rovers	16 Apr 1931
William Barrie	Arthurlie

Players out

Player	To	Date
James Miller	Swansea City	13 Jun 1930
James Brannan	Bo'ness	21 Jun 1930
James Warden	Third Lanark	7 Aug 1930
Archibald McNish	Freed	30 Oct 1930
James Stewart	Freed	5 Dec 1930
Alex Fraser	Bo'ness	19 Dec 1930
Benjamin Swanson	Freed	25 Jan 1931
Thomas Cameron	Freed	5 Feb 1931
Robert Speedie	King's Park

In addition William Hyslop, William Kirk, William Livingston and Archibald McLardie all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.

Source:^[104]