1896–97 Scottish Cup

The 1896–97 Scottish Cup was the 24th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The cup was won by Rangers when they beat Dumbarton (by then a lower division club, and playing in their last major final to date) in the final the second Hampden Park by a 5–1 scoreline to claim the trophy for the second time.

1896–97 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Heart of Midlothian
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Dumbarton

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	9 January 1897	16	32 → 16
Second round	23 January 1897	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	13 February 1897	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	13 March 1897	2	4 → 2
Final	20 March 1897	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	4 – 0	Hurlford
Arthurlie	4 – 2	Celtic
Blantyre	5 – 0	Bathgate
Dumbarton	2 – 1	Raith Rovers
Duncrub Park	1 – 10	Hibernian
Dundee	7 – 1	Inverness Thistle
Falkirk	2 – 0	Orion
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Clyde
Leith Athletic	5 – 1	Dunblane
Lochgelly United	1 – 2	King's Park
Greenock Morton	3 – 1	St Johnstone
Motherwell	3 – 3	Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	2 – 4	Rangers
St Bernard's	2 – 1	Queen's Park
St Mirren	5 – 1	Renton
Third Lanark	8 – 1	Newton Stewart

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	5 – 2	Motherwell

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	4 –1	Blantyre
Arthurlie	0 – 2	Greenock Morton *
Dumbarton	4 – 4	Leith Athletic
Dundee	4 – 2	King's Park *
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Falkirk *
Rangers	3 – 0	Hibernian
St Bernard's	5 – 0	St Mirren
Third Lanark	5 – 2	Heart of Midlothian

• Match Declared Void

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arthurlie	1 –5	Greenock Morton
Leith Athletic	3 – 3	Dumbarton
Dundee	5 – 0	King's Park
Kilmarnock	7 – 3	Falkirk

Second round second replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	3 – 2	Leith Athletic

Quarter-final

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	2 – 0	St Bernard's
Dundee	0 – 4	Rangers
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Third Lanark
Greenock Morton	2 – 2	Abercorn

Quarter-final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	2 – 3	Greenock Morton

Semi-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	4 – 3	Kilmarnock
Greenock Morton	2 – 7	Rangers

Final

20 March 1897

Rangers	5–1	Dumbarton
Millar 42' 74' Hyslop 55' McPherson 69' A. Smith 71'		W. Thomson

Hampden Park

Attendance: 15,000

Teams

Rangers: GK Matthew Dickie RB Nicol Smith LB Jock Drummond RH Neilly Gibson CH Andrew McCreadie LH David Mitchell OR Tommy Low IR John McPherson CF Jimmy Millar IL Tommy Hyslop OL Alec Smith

Dumbarton: GK John Docherty RB Andrew Mauchlen LB Alex Miller RH John Gillan CH Daniel Thomson LH Albert Saunderson OR William Speedie IR Robert Hendry CF Lewis Mackie IL William Thomson OL Jack Fraser

See also

• 1896–97 in Scottish football

External links

• Season 1896-97 Rangers [results list,including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
• Scottish Cup 1896/97, RSSSF