# 1895–96 Dundee F.C. season

The 1895–96 season was the third season that Dundee competed at a Scotland national level, playing in Division One, finishing in 5th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 August | Celtic | H | 1–2 | McDonald | 10,000 |
| 2 | 17 August | St Bernard's | A | 2–4 | Dundas, Lonie | 2,500 |
| 3 | 24 August | Dumbarton | H | 4–1 | Gilligan (2), Dundas (2) | 2,000 |
| 4 | 31 August | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | Keillor, McGinn (o.g.) | 6,000 |
| 5 | 7 September | Clyde | A | 1–0 | McDonald | 5,000 |
| 6 | 14 September | Third Lanark | A | 4–3 | Lonie (4) | |
| 7 | 21 September | St Mirren | H | 1–1 | Richardson | 5,500 |
| 8 | 28 September | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | Lonie | 5,000 |
| 9 | 5 October | St Bernard's | H | 4–1 | Vail, Dundas, McDonald, Sawers | 6,000 |
| 10 | 12 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 5–0 | McDonald (2), Thomson, Vail, Sawers | 8,000 |
| 11 | 26 October | Celtic | A | 0–11 | | 10,000 |
| 12 | 2 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 7,000 |
| 13 | 23 November | Third Lanark | H | 2–0 | Longair, McDonald | 2,000 |
| 14 | 16 March | Rangers | H | 1–3 | Keillor | 2,000 |
| 15 | 7 December | Dumbarton | A | 2–1 | Vail, Thomson | 500 |
| 16 | 14 December | Clyde | H | 1–2 | Gilligan | 2,000 |
| 17 | 18 January | Hibernian | H | 1–3 | Vail | 5,000 |
| 18 | 29 February | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Keillor | 3,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Hibernian | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 24 |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 22 |
| 5 | Dundee | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 16 |
| 6 | St Bernard's | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 15 |
| 6 | Third Lanark | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 15 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 11 January | Greenock Morton | A | 3–2 | Keillor (2), Richardson | 3,000 |
| 2nd round | 25 January | Third Lanark | A | 1–4 | Keillor | 5,000 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Frank Barrett | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Black | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie Burgess | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Coventry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie Craig | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Johnny Darroch | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charles Dickson | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James Dundas | 20 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Frank Ferrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Ford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sandy Gilligan | 14 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Bill Hendry | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Sandy Keillor | 18 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | William Longair | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Lonie | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Low | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David McDonald | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Philip | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | William Richardson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Bill Sawers | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Wilf Toman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Vail | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |