1949–50 Hibernian F.C. season explained

Club:	Hibernian
Season:	1949–50
Manager:	Hugh Shaw^[1]
League:	Scottish First Division
League Result:	2nd
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	SF
Cup2:	Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Runners-up
Prevseason:	1948–49
Nextseason:	1950–51
Highest Attendance:	65,840 (v Heart of Midlothian, 2 January)
Lowest Attendance:	4,000 (v Partick Thistle, 22 October)
Average Attendance:	27,823^[2] (up 2,157)

During the 1949–50 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

See main article: article and 1949–50 Scottish First Division.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 September	Raith Rovers	A	6–0		23,000
2	24 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–5		37,730
3	1 October	Aberdeen	H	2–0		22,000
4	15 October	Queen of the South	H	2–0		25,000
5	22 October	Partick Thistle	H	2–0		4,000
6	29 October	Celtic	A	2–2		45,000
7	5 November	Rangers	H	1–0		51,500
8	12 November	Motherwell	A	3–1		7,000
9	19 November	East Fife	H	4–1		30,000
10	26 November	Third Lanark	A	2–0		8,000
11	3 December	Dundee	A	2–1		28,000
12	10 December	Falkirk	H	5–1		20,000
13	17 December	St Mirren	A	3–1		10,000
14	24 December	Raith Rovers	H	4–2		20,000
14	31 December	Clyde	A	1–0		20,000
15	2 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2		65,840
17	3 January	Aberdeen	A	3–0		15,000
18	7 January	Stirling Albion	H	4–1		27,000
19	14 January	Queen of the South	A	2–2		10,500
20	21 January	Partick Thistle	A	2–2		30,000
21	4 February	Celtic	H	4–1		41,000
22	18 February	Motherwell	H	6–1		25,000
23	25 February	East Fife	A	1–1		15,000
24	4 March	Third Lanark	H	0–1		8,000
25	11 March	Dundee	H	4–2		33,000
26	18 March	Falkirk	A	2–1		10,000
27	25 March	St Mirren	H	5–0		25,000
28	1 April	Stirling Albion	A	5–3		12,000
29	8 April	Clyde	H	6–3		20,000
30	29 April	Rangers	A	0–0		115,000

Final League table

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1	Rangers	30	22	6	2	58	26	32	50
2	Hibernian	30	22	5	3	86	34	52	49
3	Heart of Midlothian	30	20	3	7	86	40	46	43

Scottish League Cup

See main article: article and 1949–50 Scottish League Cup.

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	13 August	Falkirk	H	1–0		36,000
G2	17 August	Third Lanark	A	2–0		25,000
G2	20 August	Queen of the South	A	2–1		15,000
G2	27 August	Falkirk	A	1–2		16,000
G2	31 August	Third Lanark	H	4–2		35,000
G2	3 September	Queen of the South	H	5–3		22,000

Group 2 final table

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1	Hibernian	6	5	0	1	15	8	7	10
2	Third Lanark	6	3	1	2	12	10	2	7
3	Falkirk	6	2	1	3	4	7	–3	5
4	Queen of the South	6	0	2	4	7	13	–6	2

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	17 September	Partick Thistle	A	2–4		30,000
QF L2	21 September	Partick Thistle	H	4–0		35,000
SF	8 October	Dunfermline Athletic	N	1–2		31,633

Scottish Cup

See main article: article and 1949–50 Scottish Cup.

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1949/1950 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manager History for Hibernian. . 27 May 2012 .
2. Web site: Average Home League Game Attendances . fitbastats.com . 4 November 2013.