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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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  79. ^ "Felix Gunn - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  80. ^ The league match against Aberdeen on 10 March marked Bob McGrory's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions.
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  82. ^ "Fraser - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  83. ^ "Hugh Cairney - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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