# 1950–51 Dundee F.C. season

The 1950–51 season was the forty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 3rd place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would fail to make it out of the group stages in the League Cup, but would make it to the Quarter-finals in the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Gunn | 25,000 |
| 2 | 16 September | Rangers | A | 0–0 | | 40,000 |
| 3 | 23 September | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | Steel, Toner | 34,000 |
| 4 | 30 September | Greenock Morton | A | 3–2 | Mitchell (o.g.), Steel, Boyd | 15,000 |
| 5 | 7 October | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Toner | 24,000 |
| 6 | 14 October | Clyde | A | 1–2 | Gunn | 25,000 |
| 7 | 21 October | Celtic | A | 0–0 | | 30,000 |
| 8 | 28 October | Partick Thistle | H | 3–2 | Steel, Boyd, Gerrie | 25,000 |
| 9 | 4 November | Raith Rovers | A | 1–0 | Gerrie | 19,000 |
| 10 | 11 November | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | | 30,000 |
| 11 | 18 November | Third Lanark | A | 0–2 | | 14,000 |
| 12 | 25 November | St Mirren | H | 5–0 | Christie (2), Pattillo (2), Boyd | 20,000 |
| 13 | 2 December | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | | 31,000 |
| 14 | 9 December | East Fife | A | 3–1 | Williams, Hill, Pattillo | 8,000 |
| 15 | 16 December | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | Steel (2), Boyd | 13,000 |
| 16 | 23 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Pattillo | 22,147 |
| 17 | 30 December | Rangers | H | 2–0 | Gunn, Ewen | 37,400 |
| 18 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 30,000 |
| 19 | 2 January | Greenock Morton | H | 2–1 | Ziesing, Ewen | 35,000 |
| 20 | 6 January | Falkirk | A | 1–2 | Ziesing | 10,000 |
| 21 | 20 January | Celtic | H | 3–1 | Boyd (2), Ziesing | 28,000 |
| 22 | 17 February | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Copland, Shaw (o.g.) | 10,000 |
| 23 | 24 February | Third Lanark | H | 2–1 | Ewen, Andrews | 20,000 |
| 24 | 3 March | St Mirren | A | 2–2 | Ewen, Irvine | 10,000 |
| 25 | 17 March | East Fife | H | 2–4 | Ewen, Williams | 15,000 |
| 26 | 24 March | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | | 10,000 |
| 27 | 31 March | Clyde | H | 1–1 | Steel | 9,000 |
| 28 | 2 April | Raith Rovers | A | 2–0 | Williams, Hill | 15,000 |
| 29 | 7 April | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | Hill, Steel | 21,000 |
| 30 | 28 April | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Andrews | 20,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernian | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 26 | +52 | 48 |
| 2 | Rangers | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 38 |
| 3 | Dundee | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 38 |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 37 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 35 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 12 August | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | | 40,000 |
| 2 | 16 August | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Follon | 15,000 |
| 3 | 19 August | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | Gerrie, Rattray (2) | 18,000 |
| 4 | 26 August | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | | 25,000 |
| 5 | 30 August | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Rattray, Gerrie | 9,000 |
| 6 | 2 September | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | Boyd | 12,000 |

#### Group 2 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Hibernian | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 6.000 | 12 |
| St Mirren | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0.438 | 5 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.636 | 4 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0.533 | 3 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 27 January | Dundee United | H | 2–2 | Boyd, Ewen | 38,000 |
| 1R replay | 31 January | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | Steel | 22,000 |
| 2nd round | 10 February | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 | Boyd, Christie, Ewen | 29,972 |
| Quarter-finals | 10 March | Raith Rovers | H | 1–2 | Christie | 40,920 |

## 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 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Andrews | 16 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Beaton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alfie Boyd | 37 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Christie | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Copland | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | CAN | Jack Cowan | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Craig | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Ewen | 19 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gerry Follon | 35 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Fraser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gordon Frew | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Syd Gerrie | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Alistair Gunn | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hill | 22 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Massie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny McIlhatton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny Pattillo | 17 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Rattray | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| | GK | SCO | Gordon Rennie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Roy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Steel | 30 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Toner | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RSA | Stan Williams | 22 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Ken Ziesing | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |