1896–97 Scottish Cup Explained

Scottish Cup
Year:1896–97
Country:Scotland
Defending Champions:Heart of Midlothian
Winners:Rangers
Second:Dumbarton
Prev Season:1895–96
Next Season:1897–98

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.

Calendar

Round First match date Fixtures width=100Clubs
align=left First round align=left 9 January 1897 16 32 → 16
align=left Second round align=left 23 January 1897 8 16 → 8
align=left Quarter-finals align=left 13 February 1897 4 8 → 4
align=left Semi-finals align=left 13 March 1897 2 4 → 2
align=left Final align=left 20 March 1897 1 2 → 1

First round

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Abercorn4 – 0Hurlford
Arthurlie4 – 2Celtic
Blantyre5 – 0Bathgate
Dumbarton2 – 1Raith Rovers
Duncrub Park1 – 10Hibernian
Dundee7 – 1Inverness Thistle
Falkirk2 – 0Orion
Heart of Midlothian2 – 0Clyde
Leith Athletic5 – 1Dunblane
Lochgelly United1 – 2King's Park
Greenock Morton3 – 1St Johnstone
Motherwell3 – 3Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle2 – 4Rangers
St Bernard's2 – 1Queen's Park
St Mirren5 – 1Renton
Third Lanark8 – 1Newton Stewart

First round replay

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Kilmarnock5 – 2Motherwell

Second round

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Abercorn4 –1Blantyre
Arthurlie0 – 2Greenock Morton *
Dumbarton4 – 4Leith Athletic
Dundee4 – 2King's Park *
Kilmarnock3 – 1Falkirk *
Rangers3 – 0Hibernian
St Bernard's5 – 0St Mirren
Third Lanark5 – 2Heart of Midlothian

Second round replay

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Arthurlie1 –5Greenock Morton
Leith Athletic3 – 3Dumbarton
Dundee5 – 0King's Park
Kilmarnock7 – 3Falkirk

Second round second replay

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Dumbarton3 – 2Leith Athletic

Quarter-final

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Dumbarton2 – 0St Bernard's
Dundee0 – 4Rangers
Kilmarnock3 – 1Third Lanark
Greenock Morton2 – 2Abercorn

Quarter-final replay

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Abercorn2 – 3Greenock Morton

Semi-finals

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Dumbarton4 – 3Kilmarnock
Greenock Morton2 – 7Rangers

Final

Teams

Rangers:
GK Matthew Dickie
RB Nicol Smith
LB Jock Drummond
RH Neilly Gibson
CH Andrew McCreadie
LHDavid 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

External links

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