# 1949–50 Dundee F.C. season

The 1949–50 season was the forty-eighth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup, but would struggle in both competitions, finishing bottom of their group in the League Cup and being knocked out in a 1st round replay against Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 September | Stirling Albion | A | 2–2 | Fraser, Andrews | 15,000 |
| 2 | 17 September | Queen of the South | H | 3–0 | Boyd, Fraser (2) | 19,000 |
| 3 | 24 September | Aberdeen | A | 2–2 | Fraser, Rattray | 23,000 |
| 4 | 1 October | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Fraser (2), Boyd | 18,000 |
| 5 | 15 October | Clyde | H | 2–3 | Gunn, Boyd | 19,000 |
| 6 | 22 October | Celtic | H | 3–0 | Rattray, Gerrie, Gunn | 35,000 |
| 7 | 29 October | Partick Thistle | A | 3–2 | Rattray (2), Andrews | 20,000 |
| 8 | 5 November | Raith Rovers | H | 2–1 | Gerrie (2) | 20,000 |
| 9 | 12 November | Queen of the South | A | 1–1 | Gunn | 6,000 |
| 10 | 19 November | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Boyd, Gerrie | 13,000 |
| 11 | 26 November | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | Gunn | 35,000 |
| 12 | 3 December | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | Rattray | 28,000 |
| 13 | 10 December | East Fife | H | 1–0 | Gerrie | 22,000 |
| 14 | 17 December | Third Lanark | A | 0–1 | | 5,000 |
| 15 | 24 December | Stirling Albion | H | 4–1 | Toner (2), Stewart, Gerrie | 13,000 |
| 16 | 31 December | Rangers | A | 2–2 | Toner, Stewart | 35,000 |
| 17 | 2 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Gerrie | 32,000 |
| 18 | 3 January | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Gerrie, Hill | 20,000 |
| 19 | 7 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | Gerrie (2), Gunn | 33,500 |
| 20 | 14 January | Clyde | A | 0–1 | | 11,000 |
| 21 | 21 January | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 25,000 |
| 22 | 4 February | Partick Thistle | H | 1–0 | Cowie | 21,000 |
| 23 | 25 February | Falkirk | A | 2–2 | Fraser (2) | 10,000 |
| 24 | 4 March | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Fraser (2) | 13,000 |
| 25 | 11 March | Hibernian | A | 2–4 | Gerrie (2) | 33,000 |
| 26 | 18 March | East Fife | A | 0–1 | | 7,000 |
| 27 | 25 March | Third Lanark | H | 1–4 | Ewen | 11,000 |
| 28 | 8 April | Raith Rovers | A | 1–4 | Boyd | 10,000 |
| 29 | 17 April | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 32,000 |
| 30 | 22 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–6 | Gerrie, Hill | 19,447 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | East Fife | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 37 |
| 5 | Celtic | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 35 |
| 6 | Dundee | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 31 |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 29 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 26 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | Clyde | H | 1–1 | Ewen | 28,500 |
| 2 | 17 August | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 18,000 |
| 3 | 20 August | Partick Thistle | H | 5–2 | Hill, Stott (3), Gerrie | 25,000 |
| 4 | 27 August | Clyde | A | 0–2 | | 16,000 |
| 5 | 31 August | Motherwell | H | 0–1 | | 20,000 |
| 6 | 3 September | Partick Thistle | A | 2–4 | Ewen, Fraser | 40,000 |

#### Group 3 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Partick Thistle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1.400 | 9 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 7 |
| Clyde | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 5 |
| Dundee | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 3 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 28 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Gerrie | 39,568 |
| 1R replay | 6 February | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–2 (AET) | Toner | 29,000 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division A | Division A | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Ancell | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Andrews | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Archibald | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Beaton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alfie Boyd | 37 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | CAN | Jack Cowan | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 29 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Ewen | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Gerry Follon | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Fraser | 23 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Syd Gerrie | 31 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Alistair Gunn | 34 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hill | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Massie | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny McIlhatton | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny Pattillo | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Rattray | 17 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jimmy Steadward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Stewart | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Stott | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Toner | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |