Football tournament season
1883–84 Scottish Cup The Scottish Cup trophy
Country Scotland Teams 132 Defending champions Dumbarton Champions Queen's Park(seventh title) Runner-up Vale of Leven Matches played 127 Goals scored 712 (5.61 per match)
The 1883–84 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 11th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park won the competition for the seventh time after Vale of Leven could not field a team on the date fixed for the final due to player illness.[ 1]
Reigning champions Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by neighbours Renton , becoming the first club not to make at least two successful defences of their title since its inception (Queen's Park and Vale of Leven each won three in a row, then Queen's Park won three more) and beginning a contrasting sequence whereby the winners changed each season for the next 13 years, until Rangers retained the trophy in 1898 .
Round
First match date
Fixtures
Clubs
Original
Byes
Replays
First Round
8 September 1883
63
6
8
132 → 70
Second Round
29 September 1883
32
6
1
70 → 38
Third Round
20 October 1883
17
4
4
38 → 21
Fourth Round
3 November 1883
10
1
0
21 → 11
Fifth Round
1 December 1883
3
5
1
11 → 8
Quarter-finals
22 December 1883
4
0
0
8 → 4
Semi-finals
19 January 1884
2
0
0
4 → 2
Final
23 February 1884[A]
1
0
0
2 → 1
Edinburgh University were given a bye to the third round.
Two teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay. Notes
^ A -The date that the final was scheduled to be played.
All 132 teams entered the competition in the first round.
Glasgow and district [ edit ] Cowlairs received a bye to the second round.
Possilpark v Orchard
Dean Park v Mavisbank
Pollokshields Athletic v Thistle
3rd Lanark RV v Clyde
Northern v Rangers
Whitehill v Alexandra Athletic
Partick v Queen's Park
Battlefield v South Western
Granton v Glencairn
Luton v Whitefield
Partick Thistle v Pilgrims
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Abercorn v Levern
Kilbarchan v Paisley Athletic
Arthurlie v Pollok
St Mirren v Caledonia
Johnstone v Thornliebank
Linwood v Woodland
Greenock Northern v Sir John Maxwell
Netherlee v Greenock Southern
Lyle Athletic v Johnstone Rovers
Morton v Renfrew
Clippens v Johnstone Athletic
Cartvale v West End Athletic
Yoker v Olympic
Glenpatrick v Bute Rangers
Lochwinnoch v Port Glasgow Athletic
Annbank v Mauchline
Lugar Boswell v Ayr
Cumnock v Maybole
Kilmarnock Athletic v Beith
Kilmarnock v Kilbirnie
Kilmarnock Portland v Stewarton Cunninghame
Beith Thistle v Hurlford
Dunbartonshire district [ edit ] Vale of Leven v Leverndale
Renton v Dumbarton
Vale of Leven Wanderers v Dunbritton
Kilmaronock Thistle v Jamestown
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Vale of Avon received a bye to the second round.
Drumpellier v West Benhar
Hamilton Academical v Airdrieonians
Royal Albert v Shettleston
Airdrie v Tollcross
Cambuslang v Bellshill
Clarkston v Plains Blue Bell
Stirlingshire district [ edit ] Dunipace v Campsie
Alloa Athletic v Falkirk
East Stirlingshire v Tayavalla
Strathblane v Stenhousemuir
King's Park v Lenzie
Edinburghshire district [ edit ] Newcastleton received a bye to the second round. Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round.
Edina v Kinleith
Hibernian v West Calder
Heart of Midlothian v Brunswick
Dunfermline v St Bernard's
Coupar Angus received a bye to the second round.
Dundee Harp v Angus
Balgay v Strathmore (Arbroath)
Dundee West End v Dundee Our Boys
Perseverance v Dundee Hibernian
Arbroath v Aberdeen
Dundee East End v Strathmore (Dundee)
Perthshire district [ edit ] Dunblane v Vale of Teith
Vale of Athole v Breadalbane
Drumlanrig Rangers received a bye to the second round.
Vale of Nith v Moffat
Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
East End Rovers v Newton Stewart Athletic
Dunbartonshire district [ edit ] Dunbritton v Vale of Leven Wanderers
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] West Benhar v Drumpellier
Tollcross v Airdrie
Edinburghshire district [ edit ] Edina v Kinleith
Strathmore (Arbroath) v Balgay
Dundee Hibernian v Perseverance
Arbroath v Aberdeen
5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV v Queen of the South Wanderers
Notes
^ A -Glenpatrick were disqualified for not turning up.
[ 6] ^ B -A protest by Tollcross that the pitch markings were unclear was upheld and a replay was ordered.
[ 7] ^ C -A protest by Kinleith was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ D -The 7–7 draw between Queen of the South Wanderers and 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV is the highest-scoring drawn match ever played in the Scottish Cup.
^ E -Both teams qualified for the second round.
Sources:[ 8]
Glasgow and District [ edit ] Cowlairs v Granton
Battlefield v Whitefield
Pollokshields Athletic v Mavisbank
3rd Lanark RV v Queen's Park
Rangers v Whitehill
Partick Thistle v Orchard
Renfrewshire district [ edit ] Morton received a bye to the third round.
Cartvale v Greenock Southern
Port Glasgow Athletic v Arthurlie
Olympic v Clippens
Abercorn v Paisley Athletic
Thornliebank v Bute Rangers
St Mirren v Woodland
Johnstone Rovers v Greenock Northern
Cumnock received a bye to the third round.
Kilmarnock v Hurlford
Kilmarnock Athletic v Stewarton Cunninghame
Lugar Boswell v Mauchline
Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district [ edit ] Vale of Leven received a bye to the third round.
Renton v King's Park
Falkirk v Stenhousemuir
Jamestown v Dunbritton
East Stirlingshire v Dunipace
Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Hamilton Academical received a bye to the third round.
Cambuslang v Tollcross
Royal Albert v Clarkston
West Benhar v Vale of Avon
Edinburghshire district [ edit ] St Bernard's received a bye to the third round.
Newcastleton v Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian v Edina
Perthshire and Northern Counties [ edit ] Dunblane v Coupar Angus
Strathmore (Dundee) v Balgay
Dundee Our Boys v Strathmore (Arbroath)
Dundee Harp v Vale of Athole
Perseverance v Arbroath
Drumlanrig Rangers v East End Rovers
Moffat v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district [ edit ] Dunipace v East Stirlingshire
Notes
^ F -Thornliebank and Bute Rangers mutually agreed to stop the match after 75 minutes.
Sources:[ 8]
Perthshire and Northern Counties [ edit ] Dunblane received a bye to the fourth round.
Arbroath v Dundee Harp
Strathmore (Dundee) v Dundee Our Boys
[ edit ] Pollokshields Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.
Partick Thistle v East Stirlingshire
Rangers v Falkirk
Jamestown v Battlefield
Cowlairs v Queen's Park
Vale of Leven v Renton
Edinburgh and Lanarkshire district [ edit ] Edinburgh University and Royal Albert received a bye to the fourth round.
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian
St Bernard's v Benhar
Cambuslang v Hamilton Academical
East End Rovers v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district [ edit ] Morton v Kilmarnock Athletic
Olympic v Mauchline
Cartvale v Cumnock
Abercorn v Johnstone Rovers
Arthurlie v St Mirren
Thornliebank v Kilmarnock
Perthshire and Northern Counties [ edit ] Dundee Harp v Arbroath
Dundee Our Boys v Strathmore (Dundee)
Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district [ edit ] Morton v Kilmarnock Athletic
Thornliebank v Kilmarnock
Notes
^ G -A protest by Morton was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ H -A protest by Kilmarnock was upheld and a replay was ordered.
Sources:[ 8]
Arthurlie received a bye to the fifth round.
5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV v Hibernian
Cartvale v Abercorn
Dunblane v Rangers
Kilmarnock Athletic v Cambuslang
Mauchline v Royal Albert
Partick Thistle v Queen's Park
Pollokshields Athletic v Dundee Our Boys
St Bernard's v Thornliebank
Vale of Leven v Dundee Harp
Battlefield v Edinburgh University
Sources:[ 8]
Battlefield, Cambuslang, Cartvale, Hibernian and Queen's Park received a bye to the quarter-finals.
Arthurlie v Vale of Leven
Mauchline v Pollokshields Athletic
St Bernard's v Rangers
Vale of Leven v Arthurlie
Sources:[ 8]
Cambuslang v Rangers
Hibernian v Battlefield
Queen's Park v Cartvale
Vale of Leven v Pollokshields Athletic
Sources:[ 8]
Vale of Leven v Rangers
Hibernian v Queen's Park
Sources:[ 8]
Vale of Leven did not appear for the final in protest after a request made on the Wednesday before the match was due to take place for a postponement due to bereavement, illness and injury had been refused by the Scottish FA.[ 1]
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