1949–50 Scottish Cup

The 1949–50 Scottish Cup was the 65th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated East Fife in the final.

1949–50 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	East Fife

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Albion Rovers
Brechin City	0 – 3	Celtic
Clachnacuddin	2 – 3	Stenhousemuir
Clyde	4 – 3	Newton Stewart
Cowdenbeath	1 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Dumbarton	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Dundee United	4 – 0	Ayr United
Dunfermline Athletic	5 – 3	Forfar Athletic
East Fife	4 – 0	Fraserburgh
Hearts	1 – 1	Dundee
Hibernian	0 – 1	Partick Thistle
Inverness Caledonian	0 – 1	Queen of the South
Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Stirling Albion
Motherwell	2 – 4	Rangers
Raith Rovers	3 – 0	Airdrieonians
Ross County	0 – 3	Greenock Morton
St Johnstone	7 – 3	Leith Athletic
St Mirren	1 – 2	Aberdeen
Stranraer	1 – 3	Falkirk
Third Lanark	2 – 1	Arbroath

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee	1 – 2	Hearts
Stirling Albion	3 – 1	Kilmarnock

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Third Lanark	1 – 1	Celtic
Partick Thistle	5 – 0	Dundee United
Aberdeen	3 – 1	Hearts
Falkirk	2 – 3	East Fife
Queen of the South	1 – 1	Greenock Morton
Raith Rovers	3 – 2	Clyde
Rangers	8 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Stenhousemuir	2 – 2	St Johnstone
Stirling Albion	2 – 2	Dumbarton

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	4 – 1	Third Lanark
Dumbarton	1 – 1	Stirling Albion
Greenock Morton	0 – 3	Queen of the South
St Johnstone	2 – 4	Stenhousemuir

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Stirling Albion	6 – 2	Dumbarton

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	0 – 1	Aberdeen
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 4	Stenhousemuir

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Partick Thistle	5 – 1	Stirling Albion
Queen of the South	3 – 3	Aberdeen
Rangers	1 – 1	Raith Rovers
Stenhousemuir	0 – 3	East Fife

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 2	Queen of the South
Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Rangers

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Rangers	2 – 0	Raith Rovers

Semi-finals

1 April 1950

Partick Thistle	1 – 2	East Fife

Attendance: 42,000

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1 April 1950

Rangers	1 – 1	Queen of the South

Attendance: 52,924

Replays

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5 April 1950

Rangers	3 – 0	Queen of the South

Attendance: 58,975

Final

22 April 1950

Rangers	3 – 0	East Fife
Thornton Findlay 1'	Soccerbase

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 118,262

Referee: Jack Mowat

Teams

RANGERS: GK Bobby Brown RB George Young LB Jock Shaw RH Ian McColl CH Willie Woodburn LH Sammy Cox RW Eddie Rutherford IR Willie Findlay CF Willie Thornton IL Jimmy Duncanson LW Willie Rae Manager: Bill Struth

EAST FIFE: GK Gordon Easson RB Willie Laird LB Sammy Stewart RH Jimmy Philp CH Willie Finlay LH George Aitken RW Bobby Black IR Charlie Fleming CF Henry Morris IL Allan Brown LW Davie Duncan Manager: Scot Symon

See also

• 1949–50 in Scottish football
• 1949–50 Scottish League Cup

External links

• Video highlights from official Pathé News archive