1904–05 Scottish Cup

The 1904–05 Scottish Cup was the 32nd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Third Lanark when they beat Rangers 3–1 in a replay.

1904–05 Scottish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Third Lanark
Runner-up	Rangers
← 1903–04 1905–06 →

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	28 January 1905	16	32 → 16
Second round	11 February 1905	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	25 February 1905	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	25 March 1905	2	4 → 2
Final	8 April 1905	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Queens Park
Airdrieonians	7 – 0	St Johnstone
Arthurlie	0 – 0	Motherwell
Bathgate	2 – 1	Arbroath
Cowdenbeath	2 – 0	6th GRV
Dumfries	1 – 2	Celtic
Dundee	1 – 3	Hearts
Hibernian	1 – 1	Partick Thistle
Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Beith
Kirkcaldy United	3 – 1	Crieff Morrisonians
Lochgelly United	5 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Greenock Morton	2 – 0	Renton
Port Glasgow Athletic	3 – 0	Stranraer
Rangers	2 – 1	Ayr Parkhouse
St Mirren	1 – 0	Clyde
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Leith Athletic

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	3 – 1	Kilmarnock
Motherwell	1 – 0	Arthurlie
Partick Thistle	4 – 2	Hibernian

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 1	Bathgate*
Airdrieonians	3 – 0	Port Glasgow Athletic
Beith	4 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Celtic	3 – 0	Lochgelly United
Kirkcaldy United	0 – 1	Partick Thistle
Greenock Morton	0 – 6	Rangers
Motherwell	0 – 1	Third Lanark
St Mirren	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian

• Game Abandoned

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	6 – 1	Bathgate

Quarter-final

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	3 – 0	Partick Thistle
Rangers	5 – 1	Beith
St Mirren	0 – 0	Airdrieonians
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Aberdeen

Quarter-final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 1	St Mirren

Semi-finals

Celtic	0–2	Rangers
		Speedie 65' Robertson 79'

25 March 1905^[a]

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: T. Robertson

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Third Lanark	2–1	Airdrieonians
Wilson Johnston		Thomson

25 March 1905^[1]

Cathkin Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: J. Baillie

1. Game Abandoned on 80 minutes due to crowd disturbance, result stood.^[1][2]

Final

Third Lanark	0–0	Rangers

8 April 1905^[3]

Hampden Park

Attendance: 54,000^[4]

Referee: T. Robertson

Final replay

Third Lanark	3–1	Rangers
Wilson Johnston		Smith

15 April 1905^[5]

Hampden Park

Attendance: 30,000^[6]

Referee: J. Deans

Teams

Rangers: GK Tom Sinclair RB Alex Fraser LB Alex Craig RH George Henderson CH James Stark LH John Robertson OR Robert Hamilton IR Finlay Speedie CF Robert McColl IL Archie Kyle OL Alex Smith Replay: Tommy Low replaced Hamilton

Third Lanark: GK Jimmy Raeside RB Robert Barr LB William McIntosh RH James Comrie CH Tom Sloan LH John Neilson OR James Johnston IR Jack Kidd CF Thomas McKenzie IL Hughie Wilson OL David Munro Replay: Unchanged

See also

• 1904–05 in Scottish football

References

1. Football. | Scottish Cup–Semi-final Ties., The Glasgow Herald, 26 March 1905
2. The Quinn Affair, The Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1905, via The Celtic Wiki
3. Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 10 April 1905
4. Scottish Cup Final 1905, FitbaStats
5. Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905
6. Scottish Cup Final replay 1905, FitbaStats

External links

• Season 1904-05 Third Lanark [results list, including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
• Scottish Cup 1904/05, RSSSF