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

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	32
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Queen's Park
Runner-up	Celtic
← 1891–92 1893–94 →

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	26 November 1892	16	32 → 16
Second round	17 December 1892	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	21 January 1893	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	4 February 1893	2	4 → 2
Final	25 February 1893	1	2 → 1

Teams

Competing teams

Clubs exempt from preliminary rounds	Clubs qualified via preliminary rounds
Abercorn Cambuslang Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Northern Queen's Park Rangers Renton St Bernard's St Mirren 3rd Lanark RV	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Annbank Broxburn Shamrock Camelon Campsie Cowlairs Dunblane King's Park Monkcastle Motherwell Queen of the South Wanderers Royal Albert Stenhousemuir 5th Kirkcudbright RV

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 1892–93 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds

First round

First round results

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
26 November 1892	Celtic	3–1	Linthouse	Celtic Park, Glasgow
26 November 1892	Airdrieonians	3–6	3rd Lanark RV	Broomfield Park, Airdrie
26 November 1892	Motherwell	9–2 (protested)[note 1]	Campsie	Dalziel Park, Motherwell
26 November 1892	Aberdeen	4–6	St Mirren	Chanonry Grounds, Aberdeen
26 November 1892	Dunblane	0–3	Broxburn Shamrock	Duckburn Park, Dunblane
26 November 1892	Stenhousemuir	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
26 November 1892	Northern	1–3	Leith Athletic	Hyde Park, Glasgow
26 November 1892	Royal Albert	6–1	Cambuslang	Raploch Park, Larkhall
26 November 1892	Abercorn	6–0	Renton	Underwood Park, Paisley
26 November 1892	Albion Rovers	1–2	Kilmarnock	Meadow Park, Coatbridge
26 November 1892	St Bernard's	5–1	Queen of the South Wanderers	New Logie Green, Edinburgh
26 November 1892	Rangers	7–0	Annbank	Ibrox Park, Govan
26 November 1892	King's Park	6–1	Monkcastle	Forthbank Park, Stirling
26 November 1892	5th Kirkcudbright RV	5–3	Camelon	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
17 December 1892	Clyde	1–6[note 2]	Dumbarton	Barrowfield Park, Glasgow
21 January 1893	Cowlairs	1–4	Queen's Park	Gourlay Park, Glasgow

First round replays

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
17 December 1892	Motherwell	6–4	Campsie	Dalziel Park, Motherwell
17 December 1892	Heart of Midlothian	8–0	Stenhousemuir	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Source:^[1]

Second round

Second round results

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
17 December 1892	Leith Athletic	0–2	St Mirren	Beechwood Park, Edinburgh
17 December 1892	Celtic	7–0	5th Kirkcudbright RV	Celtic Park, Glasgow
17 December 1892	Royal Albert	1–1	St Bernard's	Raploch Park, Larkhall
17 December 1892	Abercorn	4–5	3rd Lanark RV	Underwood Park, Paisley
17 December 1892	Broxburn Shamrock	3–0	King's Park	Shamrock Park, Broxburn
24 December 1892	Motherwell	2–4	Heart of Midlothian	Dalziel Park, Motherwell
21 January 1893	Dumbarton	0–1	Rangers	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
28 January 1893	Kilmarnock	0–8	Queen's Park	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Second round replay

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
24 December 1892	St Bernard's	5–2	Royal Albert	New Logie Green, Edinburgh

Source:^[1]

Quarter-final

Quarter-final results

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
21 January 1893	Broxburn Shamrock	4–3	St Mirren	Shamrock Park, Broxburn
21 January 1893	Celtic	5–1	3rd Lanark RV	Celtic Park, Glasgow
28 January 1893	St Bernard's	3–2	Rangers	New Logie Green, Edinburgh
4 February 1893	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Queen's Park	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Quarter-final replay

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
11 February 1893	Queen's Park	5–2	Heart of Midlothian	Hampden Park, Glasgow

Source:^[1]

Semi-finals

Semi-final results

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
4 February 1893	Celtic	5–0	St Bernard's	Celtic Park, Glasgow
18 February 1893	Queen's Park	4–2	Broxburn Shamrock	Hampden Park, Glasgow

Source:^[1]

Final

Celtic	1 – 0	Queen's Park
Towie

25 February 1893

Ibrox Park, Govan

Attendance: 30,000^[2]

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).^[3][4]

Final replay

Queen's Park	2 – 1	Celtic
Sellar		Blessington

11 March 1893

Ibrox Park, Govan

Attendance: 15,000^[5][6]

Referee: R. F. Harrison

The winning goal was believed by some observers not to have fully entered the goal before being cleared, and Celtic protested but the score stood. Although their use would not have resolved that particular incident, this controversy and debate led to goal nets being introduced in the latter stages of the Scottish Cup from then on.^[7][8]

Teams

Celtic: GK Joseph Cullen RB Jerry Reynolds LB Dan Doyle RH Willie Maley CH James Kelly LH Tom Dunbar OR James Blessington IR Thomas Towie CF Jake Madden IL Sandy McMahon OL John Campbell Replay: Unchanged.[a]

Queen's Park: GK Andrew Baird RB Donald Sillars LB Bob Smellie RH John Gillespie CH Tom Robertson LH David Stewart OR William Gulliland IR Tom Waddell CF James Hamilton IL William Sellar OL William 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.^[3]

Notes

1. A protest by Campsie was upheld and a replay was ordered.
2. Match abandoned after 65 minutes due to crowd trouble. The result was allowed to stand.