# 1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 1949–50 season was the 66th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the Supplementary Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.

## Scottish League

If the 1948-49 league campaign was a disappointment, this season was to prove a disaster, with just 16 points being won and a 15th-place finish - a distant 31 behind champions Morton. Things might have been worse, however, with only 4 points separating them from relegation to Division C.

## Scottish Cup

Dumbarton lost out in the second round of the Cup to Stirling Albion, after two drawn games.

## Scottish League Cup

With two wins and a draw being taken from their 6 games in the sectional games of the League Cup, Dumbarton finished 3rd of 4 and failed to qualify for the next stage.

## Supplementary Cup

It was a first round exit in the B Division Cup, this time to Stenhousemuir.

## Stirlingshire Cup

Alloa were to prove too strong for Dumbarton in the first round clash of the county cup.

## Benefit Matches

Two 'benefit' matches were played against strong Rangers and Clyde sides, resulting in wins in both cases.

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | B Division | B Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Supplementary Cup | Supplementary Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Ian Ogilvie | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | George Paton | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Ferguson | 39 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jack McNee | 30 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Turnbull | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Donaldson | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Hepburn | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McGown | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie McLaren | 25 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Peden | 22 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Sharp | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Tait | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jackie Cantwell | 20 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Carson | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ian Cook | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Donegan | 35 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Roy Dunbar | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Rex Dunlop | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Donald Gillies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Goldie | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Grant | 25 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Johnston | 20 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Leitch | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Neil McLean | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Sheridan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Speirs | 22 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Stirling | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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### Transfers

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## Reserve team

Dumbarton played a reserve team for the first time in many seasons and competed in Division C (South West) finishing 18th and bottom, recording 6 wins and 8 draws from 34 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first team of Stranraer also competed in this league.
In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton were dumped out in the first round by Queen of the South.