1892–93 Scottish Cup

The 1892–93 Scottish Cup was the 20th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Queen's Park when they beat Celtic 2–1 in the final after a replay.

1892–93 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Teams32
Defending championsCeltic
Final positions
ChampionsQueen's Park
Runner-upCeltic

Calendar

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Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
First round 26 November 1892 16 32 → 16
Second round 17 December 1892 8 16 → 80
Quarter-finals 21 January 1893 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 4 February 1893 2 4 → 2
Final 25 February 1893 1 2 → 1

Teams

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Competing teams
Clubs exempt from preliminary rounds Clubs qualified via preliminary rounds

Preliminary rounds

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First round

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First round results
Date Home team Score Away team Venue
26 November 1892 Celtic 3–1 Linthouse Celtic Park, Glasgow
26 November 1892 Airdrieonians 3–6 3rd Lanark RV Broomfield Park, Airdrie
26 November 1892 Motherwell 9–2
(protested)[note 1]
Campsie Dalziel Park, Motherwell
26 November 1892 Aberdeen 4–6 St Mirren Chanonry Grounds, Aberdeen
26 November 1892 Dunblane 0–3 Broxburn Shamrock Duckburn Park, Dunblane
26 November 1892 Stenhousemuir 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
26 November 1892 Northern 1–3 Leith Athletic Hyde Park, Glasgow
26 November 1892 Royal Albert 6–1 Cambuslang Raploch Park, Larkhall
26 November 1892 Abercorn 6–0 Renton Underwood Park, Paisley
26 November 1892 Albion Rovers 1–2 Kilmarnock Meadow Park, Coatbridge
26 November 1892 St Bernard's 5–1 Queen of the South Wanderers New Logie Green, Edinburgh
26 November 1892 Rangers 7–0 Annbank Ibrox Park, Govan
26 November 1892 King's Park 6–1 Monkcastle Forthbank Park, Stirling
26 November 1892 5th Kirkcudbright RV 5–3 Camelon Palmerston Park, Dumfries
17 December 1892 Clyde 1–6[note 2] Dumbarton Barrowfield Park, Glasgow
21 January 1893 Cowlairs 1–4 Queen's Park Springvale Park, Glasgow
First round replays
Date Home team Score Away team Venue
17 December 1892 Motherwell 6–4 Campsie Dalziel Park, Motherwell
17 December 1892 Heart of Midlothian 8–0 Stenhousemuir Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Source:[1]

Second round

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Second round results
Date Home team Score Away team Venue
17 December 1892 Leith Athletic 0–2 St Mirren Beechwood Park, Edinburgh
17 December 1892 Celtic 7–0 5th Kirkcudbright RV Celtic Park, Glasgow
17 December 1892 Royal Albert 1–1 St Bernard's Raploch Park, Larkhall
17 December 1892 Abercorn 4–5 3rd Lanark RV Underwood Park, Paisley
17 December 1892 Broxburn Shamrock 3–0 King's Park Shamrock Park, Broxburn
24 December 1892 Motherwell 2–4 Heart of Midlothian Dalziel Park, Motherwell
21 January 1893 Dumbarton 0–1 Rangers Boghead Park, Dumbarton
28 January 1893 Kilmarnock 0–8 Queen's Park Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Second round replay
Date Home team Score Away team Venue
24 December 1892 St Bernard's 5–2 Royal Albert New Logie Green, Edinburgh

Source:[1]

Quarter-final

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Quarter-final results
Date Home team Score Away team Venue
21 January 1893 Broxburn Shamrock 4–3 St Mirren Shamrock Park, Broxburn
21 January 1893 Celtic 5–1 3rd Lanark RV Celtic Park, Glasgow
28 January 1893 St Bernard's 3–2 Rangers New Logie Green, Edinburgh
4 February 1893 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Queen's Park Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Quarter-final replay
Date Home team Score Away team Venue
11 February 1893 Queen's Park 5–2 Heart of Midlothian Hampden Park, Glasgow

Source:[1]

Semi-finals

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Semi-final results
Date Home team Score Away team Venue
4 February 1893 Celtic 5–0 St Bernard's Celtic Park, Glasgow
18 February 1893 Queen's Park 4–2 Broxburn Shamrock Hampden Park, Glasgow

Source:[1]

Final

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Celtic1 – 0Queen's Park
Towie  
Attendance: 30,000[2]
Referee: R. F. Harrison

Match declared void due to frozen pitch (decided pre-match after inspection, but not announced to spectators until the second half).[3][4]

Final replay

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Queen's Park2 – 1Celtic
Sellar    Blessington 
Ibrox Park, Govan
Attendance: 15,000[5][6]
Referee: R. F. Harrison

The winning goal was believed by some observers not to have fully entered the goal before being cleared, and Celtic protested but the score stood. Although their use would not have resolved that particular incident, this controversy and debate led to goal nets being introduced in the latter stages of the Scottish Cup from then on.[7][8]

Teams

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Celtic:
GK Joseph Cullen
RB Jerry Reynolds
LB Dan Doyle
RH Willie Maley
CH James Kelly
LH Tom Dunbar
OR James Blessington
IR Thomas Towie
CF Jake Madden
IL Sandy McMahon
OL John Campbell
Replay: Unchanged.[a]
Queen's Park:
GK Andrew Baird
RB Donald Sillars
LB Bob Smellie
RH John Gillespie
CH Tom Robertson
LH David Stewart
OR William Gulliland
IR Tom Waddell
CF James Hamilton
IL William Sellar
OL William Lambie
Replay: Robert McFarlane replaced Robertson.
  1. ^ The FitbaStats website states that Michael Dunbar (brother of Tom) played in the first match, but other reports contradict this.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ A protest by Cowlairs was upheld and a replay was ordered.
  2. ^ Match abandoned after 65 minutes due to crowd trouble. The result was allowed to stand.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Mathers, Stewart (2017). The Beautiful Dribbling Game: The Scottish F.A. Challenge Cup in the 19th Century. Great Britain: Amazon. pp. 197–201, 328–329. ISBN 978-0-9956998-0-9.
  2. ^ Scottish Cup Final 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
  3. ^ a b Association Football: Scottish Cup Final, The Scotsman, 27 February 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)
  4. ^ A Serious Comedy. | Another Farce Final – Ibrox Unplayable. The Scottish Referee, 27 February 1893, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ^ Scottish Cup Final Replay 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
  6. ^ Queen's Park v Celtic [Queen's Park team], QPFC.com
  7. ^ Scottish Cup – Final, Glasgow Herald, 13 March 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)
  8. ^ A Cup of Tears. The Scottish Referee, 13 March 1893, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
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