1898–99 Scottish Cup Explained

Scottish Cup
Year:1898–99
Country:Scotland
Defending Champions:Rangers
Winners:Celtic
Second:Rangers
Prev Season:1897–98
Next Season:1899–1900

The 1898–99 Scottish Cup was the 26th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The cup was won by Celtic when they beat holders Rangers 2–0 in the final at the second Hampden Park to claim victory in the competition for the second time.

Calendar

Round First match date Fixtures width=100Clubs
align=left First round align=left 14 January 1899 16 32 → 16
align=left Second round align=left 11 February 1899 8 16 → 8
align=left Quarter-finals align=left 18 February 1899 4 8 → 4
align=left Semi-finals align=left 11 March 1899 2 4 → 2
align=left Final align=left 22 April 1899 1 2 → 1

First round

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Airdrieonians3 – 3Arbroath
Ayr Parkhouse3 – 1Dundee
Clyde3 – 0Wishaw Thistle
East Stirlingshire4 – 1Dumbarton
Bo'ness3 – 3St Bernard's
Hibernian2 – 1Royal Albert
Forfar Athletic4 – 5West Calder
Greenock Morton3 – 1Annbank
Orion0 – 2Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle5 – 0Irvine
Port Glasgow Athletic3 – 2Renton
Queen's Park4 – 0Kilsyth Wanderers
Rangers4 – 1Heart of Midlothian
6th GRV1 – 8Celtic
St Mirren7 – 1Leith Athletic
Third Lanark4 – 1Arthurlie

First round replay

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Arbroath3 – 2Airdrieonians
St Bernard's4 – 2Bo'ness

Second round

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Ayr Parkhouse1 – 4Rangers
Celtic3 – 0St Bernard's
Clyde3 – 1Arbroath
East Stirlingshire1 – 1Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle2 – 2Greenock Morton
3 – 1West Calder
Queen's Park5 – 1Hibernian
St Mirren2 – 1Third Lanark

Second round replay

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Kilmarnock0 – 0East Stirlingshire
Greenock Morton1 – 2Partick Thistle

Second round second replay

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Kilmarnock4 – 2East Stirlingshire

Quarter-final

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Kilmarnock1 – 2St Mirren
Queen's Park2 – 4Celtic *
Port Glasgow Athletic7 – 3Partick Thistle
Rangers4 – 0Clyde

Quarter-final replay

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Celtic2 – 1Queen's Park

Semi-finals

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Celtic4 – 2Port Glasgow Athletic
St Mirren1 – 2Rangers

Final

Teams

Celtic:
GK Dan McArthur
RB James Welford
LB David Storrier
RH Barney Battles
CH Harry Marshall
LH Alex King
OR Johnny Hodge
IR John Campbell
CF John Divers
IL Sandy McMahon
OL Jack Bell
Rangers:
GK Matthew Dickie
RB Nicol Smith
LB Davie Crawford
RH Neilly Gibson
CH Bobby Neil
LHDavid Mitchell
OR John Campbell
IR John McPherson
CF Robert Hamilton
IL Jimmy Millar
OL Alec Smith

See also

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