1892–93 Scottish Cup

1892–93 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	32
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Queen's Park
Runner-up	Celtic
	← 1891–92 1893–94 →

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.

Calendar

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

Competing teams
Clubs exempt from preliminary rounds	Clubs qualified via preliminary rounds
Abercorn Cambuslang Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Northern Queen's Park Rangers Renton St Bernard's St Mirren 3rd Lanark RV	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Annbank Broxburn Shamrock Camelon Campsie Cowlairs Dunblane King's Park Monkcastle Motherwell Queen of the South Wanderers Royal Albert Stenhousemuir 5th Kirkcudbright RV

Preliminary rounds

First round

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

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

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

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

25 February 1893

Celtic	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Towie

Ibrox Park, Govan

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

11 March 1893

Queen's Park	2 – 1	Celtic
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


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.

^ The FitbaStats website states that Michael Dunbar (brother of Tom) played in the first match, but other reports contradict this.^[3]

Notes

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

References

^ ^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.
^ Scottish Cup Final 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
^ ^a ^b Association Football: Scottish Cup Final, The Scotsman, 27 February 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)
^ A Serious Comedy. | Another Farce Final – Ibrox Unplayable. The Scottish Referee, 27 February 1893, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
^ Scottish Cup Final Replay 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
^ Queen's Park v Celtic [Queen's Park team], QPFC.com
^ Scottish Cup – Final, Glasgow Herald, 13 March 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)
^ A Cup of Tears. The Scottish Referee, 13 March 1893, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club

External links

Season 1892-93 Queen’s Park [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
Scottish Cup 1892/93, RSSSF

[11] The FitbaStats website states that Michael Dunbar (brother of Tom) played in the first match, but other reports contradict this.^[3]

[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.

[Mathers-3] 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.

[fscfc-4] Scottish Cup Final 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats

[cwikiscans-5] Association Football: Scottish Cup Final, The Scotsman, 27 February 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)

[6] A Serious Comedy. | Another Farce Final – Ibrox Unplayable. The Scottish Referee, 27 February 1893, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club

[7] Scottish Cup Final Replay 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats

[8] Queen's Park v Celtic [Queen's Park team], QPFC.com

[9] Scottish Cup – Final, Glasgow Herald, 13 March 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)

[10] A Cup of Tears. The Scottish Referee, 13 March 1893, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club

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