# 1929–30 Dundee F.C. season

The 1929–30 season was the thirty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 14th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the Quarter-finals before being knocked out by Heart of Midlothian in a replay.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 August | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | Townrow, O'Hare | |
| 2 | 17 August | Falkirk | H | 0–0 | | |
| 3 | 24 August | Motherwell | A | 0–3 | | |
| 4 | 31 August | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | Townrow | 17,000 |
| 5 | 7 September | St Mirren | A | 0–3 | | |
| 6 | 14 September | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | |
| 7 | 21 September | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Pryde | 6,000 |
| 8 | 28 September | Kilmarnock | H | 2–2 | Thomson, Ferguson | |
| 9 | 5 October | Queen's Park | H | 1–0 | Ferguson | |
| 10 | 12 October | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–2 | | |
| 11 | 19 October | Hibernian | H | 4–0 | McNab, McCarthy, Thomson, Robertson | 5,000 |
| 12 | 26 October | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 20,000 |
| 13 | 2 November | Clyde | H | 0–1 | | |
| 14 | 9 November | Greenock Morton | A | 1–2 | O'Hare | |
| 15 | 16 November | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | Campbell, O'Hare, Feeney | |
| 16 | 23 November | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–2 | Campbell | |
| 17 | 30 November | Ayr United | A | 2–2 | Feeney, Campbell | |
| 18 | 7 December | Rangers | A | 1–4 | Feeney | 12,000 |
| 19 | 14 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–0 | McNab, Campbell, O'Hare | 8,000 |
| 20 | 21 December | Partick Thistle | H | 2–4 | Campbell (2) | |
| 21 | 25 December | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | O'Hare | |
| 22 | 28 December | Falkirk | A | 2–5 | Milne (2) | |
| 23 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 0–3 | | 20,000 |
| 24 | 2 January | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Robb (o.g.) | 10,000 |
| 25 | 4 January | Motherwell | H | 0–3 | | |
| 26 | 11 January | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | Campbell | 16,000 |
| 27 | 25 January | St Mirren | H | 1–3 | Nelson | |
| 28 | 8 February | Celtic | H | 2–2 | Campbell, Milne | 10,000 |
| 29 | 22 February | Queen's Park | A | 1–2 | Campbell | |
| 30 | 8 March | Clyde | A | 1–1 | Campbell | |
| 31 | 12 March | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–2 | O'Hare, Campbell, Troup | |
| 32 | 15 March | Greenock Morton | H | 3–2 | Troup (2), Ritchie | |
| 33 | 22 March | Airdrieonians | A | 2–3 | Robertson, Campbell | |
| 34 | 29 March | Cowdenbeath | H | 3–0 | Ritchie, Troup, O'Hare | |
| 35 | 5 April | Ayr United | H | 3–0 | Campbell (3) | |
| 36 | 19 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | | 5,500 |
| 37 | 21 April | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | O'Hare, McNab | |
| 38 | 23 April | Rangers | H | 1–3 | Troup | 5,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Airdrieonians | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 36 |
| 13 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 76 | 81 | −5 | 35 |
| 14 | Dundee | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 34 |
| 15 | Queen's Park | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 34 |
| 16 | Cowdenbeath | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 64 | 74 | −10 | 33 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 18 January | Greenock Morton | H | 2–0 | Campbell (2) | |
| 2nd round | 1 February | St Johnstone | H | 4–1 | Campbell (2), Milne, O'Hare | |
| 3rd round | 15 February | Airdrieonians | H | 0–0 | | |
| 3R replay | 19 February | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | | |
| 3R 2nd replay | 24 February | Airdrieonians | N | 2–1 | Robertson, O'Hare | |
| Quarter-finals | 1 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | Campbell, Robertson | 31,000 |
| QF replay | 5 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 32,000 |

## 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 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Blyth | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Finlay Brown | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Campbell | 39 | 20 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | George Dempster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Owen Feeney | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hughie Ferguson | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Gilmour | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Hopewell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Lynch | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom McCarthy | 45 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Colin McNab | 44 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Milne | 16 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Tom Murray | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Nelson | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie O'Hare | 41 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Bill Proctor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Pryde | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Ritchie | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Robertson | 41 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock Thomson | 33 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Frank Townrow | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Troup | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 |