1949–50 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1949–50 season
ManagerGeorge Anderson
Division A6th
Scottish Cup1st round
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Syd Gerrie (13)
All: Syd Gerrie (15)

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.[1] 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.[2]

Scottish Division A

Main article: 1949–50 Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

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 Team
 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
Source: RSSSF[dead link‍]

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1949–50 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

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

Team
 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
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1949–50 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 Division A Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Ancell 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Andrews 17 2 15 2 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jimmy Archibald 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alec Beaton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alfie Boyd 37 5 29 5 2 0 6 0
GK Scotland SCO Bill Brown 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
DF Canada CAN Jack Cowan 23 0 21 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 29 1 22 1 1 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Ernie Ewen 13 3 8 1 2 0 3 2
DF Scotland SCO Gerry Follon 32 0 24 0 2 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Fraser 23 11 21 10 0 0 2 1
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Gallacher 23 0 16 0 1 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Syd Gerrie 31 15 25 13 2 1 4 1
FW Scotland SCO Alistair Gunn 34 5 27 5 2 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO George Hill 22 3 17 2 0 0 5 1
DF Scotland SCO Andy Irvine 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
GK Scotland SCO Johnny Lynch 26 0 20 0 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Alan Massie 8 0 6 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Johnny McIlhatton 7 0 5 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Johnny Pattillo 28 0 21 0 2 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Peter Rattray 17 5 15 5 0 0 2 0
GK Scotland SCO Jimmy Steadward 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO George Stewart 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex Stott 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Toner 12 4 10 3 2 1 0 0

See also

References

  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 1949-50". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2021.