1950–51 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1950–51 season
ManagerGeorge Anderson
Division A3rd
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Steel (7)
All: Alfie Boyd (9)

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.[1] 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.[2]

Scottish Division A[edit]

Main article: 1950–51 Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

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[edit]

Pos Team
 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
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Main article: 1950–51 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 2[edit]

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[edit]

Team
 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
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 1950–51 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[edit]

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division A Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Andrews 16 2 15 2 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Alec Beaton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alfie Boyd 37 9 28 6 4 2 5 1
GK Scotland SCO Bill Brown 13 0 11 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Christie 16 4 13 2 3 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ernie Copland 7 1 5 1 1 0 1 0
DF Canada CAN Jack Cowan 33 0 25 0 3 0 5 0
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 34 0 25 0 4 0 5 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Craig 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ernie Ewen 19 7 15 5 4 2 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gerry Follon 35 1 27 0 4 0 4 1
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Fraser 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Gordon Frew 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Gallacher 19 0 13 0 1 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Syd Gerrie 10 4 5 2 0 0 5 2
FW Scotland SCO Alistair Gunn 13 3 13 3 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Hill 22 3 15 3 3 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Irvine 22 1 18 1 4 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Johnny Lynch 21 0 19 0 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alan Massie 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Johnny McIlhatton 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Johnny Pattillo 17 4 13 4 1 0 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Peter Rattray 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
GK Scotland SCO Gordon Rennie 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Roy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Steel 30 8 26 7 4 1 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Toner 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0
FW South Africa RSA Stan Williams 22 3 21 3 0 0 1 0
MF South Africa RSA Ken Ziesing 5 3 3 3 2 0 0 0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1950-51". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

External links[edit]

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