1930–31 Dundee F.C. season
# 1930–31 Dundee F.C. season

The 1930–31 season was the thirty-sixth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 8th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round before being knocked out by Aberdeen in a replay.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 August | Clyde | H | 2–1 | Troup, Campbell | 12,000 |
| 2 | 16 August | East Fife | A | 2–1 | Campbell, Robertson | |
| 3 | 23 August | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 22,000 |
| 4 | 30 August | Greenock Morton | A | 1–2 | Campbell | |
| 5 | 6 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 4–2 | Ritchie, Blyth, Robertson, McNab | |
| 6 | 13 September | Queen's Park | A | 2–2 | Campbell (2) | |
| 7 | 20 September | Aberdeen | H | 4–2 | Campbell, Robertson (2), Ritchie | 13,000 |
| 8 | 27 September | Hibernian | A | 3–2 | Ritchie, Robertson, Campbell | 10,000 |
| 9 | 4 October | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | Robertson (2), Campbell | |
| 10 | 11 October | Kilmarnock | A | 2–1 | Ritchie, Campbell | |
| 11 | 18 October | Cowdenbeath | H | 2–0 | Troup, Robertson | |
| 12 | 25 October | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | Ritchie | |
| 13 | 1 November | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | McCarthy, Robertson | |
| 14 | 8 November | Ayr United | A | 6–2 | Troup (3), Robertson (3) | |
| 15 | 15 November | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | | |
| 16 | 22 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–3 | Ritchie | 10,000 |
| 17 | 6 December | Leith Athletic | H | 6–0 | Ritchie (3), Dempster (2), O'Hare | |
| 18 | 13 December | Partick Thistle | H | 0–0 | | |
| 19 | 20 December | Clyde | A | 2–2 | Dempster, Troup | |
| 20 | 27 December | East Fife | H | 2–0 | Dempster (2) | |
| 21 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 1–6 | Campbell | 22,000 |
| 22 | 3 January | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 17,000 |
| 23 | 5 January | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | Campbell | 4,000 |
| 24 | 10 January | Greenock Morton | H | 3–0 | Troup, Ritchie, Dempster | |
| 25 | 24 January | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | | |
| 26 | 7 February | Falkirk | A | 1–4 | Campbell | |
| 27 | 21 February | Cowdenbeath | A | 0–3 | | |
| 28 | 28 February | Queen's Park | H | 3–0 | Robertson (2), Dempster | |
| 29 | 7 March | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | |
| 30 | 9 March | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Campbell (2) | |
| 31 | 18 March | Ayr United | H | 5–2 | Ritchie, Balfour (4) | |
| 32 | 21 March | Airdrieonians | H | 0–1 | | |
| 33 | 25 March | Celtic | A | 2–2 | Troup, Balfour | 12,000 |
| 34 | 28 March | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | | |
| 35 | 4 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 11,500 |
| 36 | 18 April | Leith Athletic | A | 1–3 | Balfour | |
| 37 | 22 April | Celtic | H | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 38 | 25 April | Partick Thistle | A | 1–4 | Lynch | 5,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 79 | 63 | +16 | 41 |
| 7 | Cowdenbeath | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 41 |
| 8 | Dundee | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 39 |
| 9 | Airdrieonians | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 39 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 37 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st round | 17 January | Fraserburgh | H | 10–1 | Ritchie (2), Campbell, Gavigan, Troup, Blyth, McNab (2), Dempster (2) | |
| 2nd round | 31 January | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Campbell, Robertson | 17,000 |
| 3rd round | 14 February | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Campbell | 38,099 |
| 3R replay | 18 February | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 28,527 |

## 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 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Balfour | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Blyth | 35 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Finlay Brown | 41 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Campbell | 32 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | George Dempster | 13 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Gavigan | 33 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Gilmour | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Lynch | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 40 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom McCarthy | 34 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Colin McNab | 35 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Milne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Tom Murray | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie O'Hare | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Ritchie | 35 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Robertson | 35 | 15 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Smith | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scot Symon | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Troup | 39 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | John Whyte | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
