1875–76 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1875–76 season was the third Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Dumbarton

1875–76 season
Stadium	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
Home colours
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Scottish Cup

The semi-final of the Scottish Cup was reached for the second successive year before losing to 3rd LRV, after two 1-1 draws.^[1]

Dumbarton's score is shown first in each case.

Dumbarton in the 1875–76 Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Venue	Opponents	Score	Dumbarton scorers	Att.	Ref.
9 October 1875	First round	Levengrove Park, Lennoxtown (A)	Lennox	2–2	Denny, Unknown		[2]
16 October 1875	First round replay	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Lennox	1–0	Galbraith 85'		[3][4]
6 November 1875	Second round	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Renton Thistle	2–1	Galbraith, McAulay		[5][6]
27 November 1875	Third round	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Drumpellier	5–1	Boyd, McAulay (2), Meikleham, Anderson		[7][8]
	Quarter-final			Bye
8 January 1876	Semi-final	Cathkin Park, Crosshill (A)	3rd Lanark RV	1–1	Hartley		[9][10]
15 January 1876	Semi-final replay	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	3rd Lanark RV	1–1	Anderson 5'	2,500	[11][12]
22 January 1876	Semi-final second replay	Cathkin Park, Crosshill (A)	3rd Lanark RV	0–3			[13][14]

Friendlies

During the season, 7 'friendly' matches were reported to have been played, of which 5 were won and 2 drawn, scoring 22 goals and conceding just 3.

Dumbarton friendly matches

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Dumbarton scorers	Att.	Ref.
4 September 1875	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Lennox	3–0	McInnes, Meikleham, own goal
18 September 1875	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Alclutha	1–0	Unknown
25 September 1875	Ardenconnel Park, Helensburgh (A)	Helensburgh	2–2	Unknown
23 October 1875	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	St Andrew's	6–1	Unknown
30 October 1875	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Telegraphists	8–0	Unknown
29 January 1876	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Partick	2–0	Anderson, Boyd
5 February 1876	Broomfauld Park, Dumbarton (H)	Renton	0–0

Player statistics

Of note amongst those appearing in club colours for the first time this season was Peter Miller.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
J Baillie[15]	GK	3	0
Fowler[16]	GK	2	0
John Wood[17]	GK	2	0
John Bain[18]	DF	7	0
William McIntosh[19]	DF	4	0
A Michie[20]	DF	3	0
James Wood[21]	DF	2	0
James Boyd[22]	MF	7	1
Robert Johnston[23]	MF	7	0
William Anderson[24]	FW	7	2
Alex Galbraith[25]	FW	7	2
David Hartley[26]	FW	7	1
David McAulay[27]	FW	7	3
James Meikleham[28]	FW	7	1
Peter Miller	FW	1	0
T Munn[29]	FW	4	0

Source:^[30]

Representative game

As part of the growth of the sport in Scotland, inter-county matches began to be an established part of the football calendar with the 'cream' of each county being selected to play for their respective counties/cities. One of the earliest was a match played at Hampden Park on 29 April 1876 between Dumbartonshire and Glasgow for the benefit of the Western Infirmary. James Boyd and James Meikleham were selected from Dumbarton to play in the Dumbartonshire team, with Glasgow winning 2–0.