1892–93 Scottish Cup

The 1892–93 Scottish Cup was the 20th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Queen's Park when they beat Celtic 2–1 in the final after a replay.

1892–93 Scottish Cup
CountryScotland
Defending championsCeltic
ChampionsQueen's Park
Runners-upCeltic

Calendar

RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubs
First Round26 November 18921632 → 16
Second Round17 December 1892816 → 80
Quarter-finals21 January 189348 → 4
Semi-finals4 February 189324 → 2
Final25 February 189312 → 1

First round

Home team Score Away team
Abercorn 6 – 0 Renton
Aberdeen 4 – 6 St Mirren
Airdrieonians 3 – 6 Third Lanark
Albion Rovers 1 – 2 Kilmarnock
Celtic 3 – 1 Linthouse
Clyde 4 – 1 Dumbarton *
Cowlairs 2 – 5 Queen's Park *
Dunblane 0 – 3 Broxburn Shamrock
Fifth KRV 5 – 3 Camelon
King's Park 6 – 2 Monkcastle
Motherwell 9 – 2 Campsie *
Northern 1 – 3 Leith Athletic
Rangers 7 – 0 Annbank
Royal Albert 6 – 1 Cambuslang
St Bernard's 5 – 1 Queen of the South Wanderers
Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian
  • Match declared void

First round replay

Home team Score Away team
Clyde 1 – 6 Dumbarton
Queen's Park 4 – 1 Cowlairs
Heart of Midlothian 8 – 0 Stenhousemuir
Motherwell 6 – 4 Campsie

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Abercorn 4 – 5 Third Lanark
Broxburn Shamrock 3 – 0 King's Park
Celtic 7 – 0 Fifth KRV
Kilmarnock 0 – 8 Queen's Park
Leith Athletic 0 – 2 St Mirren
Motherwell 2 – 4 Heart of Midlothian
Rangers 1 – 0 Dumbarton
Royal Albert 1 – 1 St Bernard's

Second round replay

Home team Score Away team
St Bernard's 5 – 2 Royal Albert

Quarter Final

Home team Score Away team
Broxburn Shamrock 4 – 3 St Mirren
Celtic 5 – 1 Third Lanark
Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Queen's Park
St Bernard's 3 – 2 Rangers

Quarter Final replay

Home team Score Away team
Queen's Park 5 – 2 Heart of Midlothian

Semi-finals

Home team Score Away team
Celtic 5 – 0 St Bernard's
Queen's Park 4 – 2 Broxburn Shamrock

Final

Celtic1 – 0Queen's Park
Towie
Attendance: 30,000[1]
Referee: R. F. Harrison

Match declared void due to frozen pitch (decided pre-match after inspection, but not announced to spectators until the second half).[2]

Final replay

Queen's Park2 – 1Celtic
Sellar Blessington
Attendance: 15,000[3][4]
Referee: R. F. Harrison

The winning goal was believed by some observers to have gone past the outside of post, and Celtic protested but the score stood. This controversy led to goal nets being introduced in the latter stages of the Scottish Cup from then on.[5]

Teams

Celtic:
GKJoseph Cullen
RBJerry Reynolds
LBDan Doyle
RHWillie Maley
CHJames Kelly
LHTom Dunbar
ORJames Blessington
IRThomas Towie
CFJake Madden
ILSandy McMahon
OLJohn Campbell
Replay:Unchanged[lower-alpha 1]
Queen's Park:
GKAndrew Baird
RBDonald Sillars
LBBob Smellie
RHJohn Gillespie
CHTom Robertson
LHAllan Stewart
ORWilliam Gulliland
IRTom Waddell
CFJames Hamilton
ILWilliam Sellar
OLWilliam Lambie
Replay:Robert McFarlane replaced Robertson
  1. The FitbaStats website states that Michael Dunbar (brother of Tom) played in the first match, but other reports contradict this[2].

See also

References

  1. Scottish Cup Final 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
  2. Association Football: Scottish Cup Final, The Scotsman, 27 February 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)
  3. Scottish Cup Final Replay 1893 [Celtic team], FitbaStats
  4. Queen's Park v Celtic [Queen's Park team], QPFC.com
  5. Scottish Cup – Final, Glasgow Herald, 13 March 1893] (via The Celtic Wiki)
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