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1883–84 Scottish Cup

Field	Value
title	1883–84 Scottish Cup
image	Scottish cup.jpg
caption	The Scottish Cup trophy
country	Scotland
num_teams	132
defending_champions	Dumbarton
winners	Queen's Park
(seventh title)
second	Vale of Leven
matches	127
goals	712
prev_season	1882–83
next_season	1884–85

(seventh title)

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.

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.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs	Original	Byes
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	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.

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Teams

All 132 teams entered the competition in the first round.

Ayrshire	Glasgow and district	Lanarkshire	Northern Counties	Renfrewshire	Dunbartonshire	Edinburghshire	Perthshire	Southern Counties	Stirlingshire

First round

Matches

Glasgow and district

Cowlairs received a bye to the second round.

Renfrewshire district

Ayrshire district

Dunbartonshire district

Lanarkshire district

Vale of Avon received a bye to the second round. (void)

Stirlingshire district

Edinburghshire district

Newcastleton received a bye to the second round. Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round. (void)

Wood
Ronaldson
Lees

Northern Counties

Coupar Angus received a bye to the second round.

Perthshire district

Southern Counties

Drumlanrig Rangers received a bye to the second round.

Replays

Dunbartonshire district

Lanarkshire district

Edinburghshire district

Northern Counties

Southern Counties

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Second round

Matches

Glasgow and District

Renfrewshire district

Morton received a bye to the third round.

Ayrshire district

Cumnock received a bye to the third round.

Grier
Wark
McLaughland

Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

Vale of Leven received a bye to the third round.

Lanarkshire district

Hamilton Academical received a bye to the third round.

Edinburghshire district

St Bernard's received a bye to the third round.

Aitken
Waugh
Douglas

Perthshire and Northern Counties

Southern Counties

Replay

Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

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Third round

Matches

Perthshire and Northern Counties

Dunblane received a bye to the fourth round.

Glasgow, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire district

Pollokshields Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.

Hamilton
McGregor
McHardy
Gossland

Edinburgh and Lanarkshire district

Edinburgh University and Royal Albert received a bye to the fourth round.

Lee
Brogan
McGhee

Southern Counties

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

(Void) (Void)

Replays

Perthshire and Northern Counties

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

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Fourth round

Arthurlie received a bye to the fifth round.

Matches

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Fifth round

Battlefield, Cambuslang, Cartvale, Hibernian and Queen's Park received a bye to the quarter-finals.

Matches

McHardy
Pringle
Gossland

Replay

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Quarter-finals

Matches

Inglis
Heggie
Pringle
Gossland

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Semi-finals

Matches

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Final

Main article: 1884 Scottish Cup final

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.

References

"Scottish FA Cup final results".
"Northern 0 - 1 Rangers, Scottish Cup (08/09/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"Dumbarton 1 - 2 Renton". The Sons Archive.
(10 September 1883). "Heart of Midlothian v. Brunswick". Glasgow Herald.
(24 September 1883). "Protested Cup tie - Tollcross v Airdrie". Glasgow Herald.
(18 September 1883). "SFA Minutes 1881–84". Scottish Football Association.
(18 September 1883). "SFA Minutes 1881–84". Scottish Football Association.
Mathers, Stewart. (2017). "The Beautiful Dribbling Game: The Scottish F.A. Challenge Cup in the 19th Century". Amazon.
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"Kilmarnock 3 - 0 Hurlford United, Scottish Cup (29/09/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
(3 October 1883). "report". Athletic News.
"Hibernian 10 - 1 Edina, Scottish Cup (06/10/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"Rangers 5 - 2 Falkirk, Scottish Cup (20/10/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"Heart of Midlothian 1 - 4 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (20/10/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"Thornliebank 2 - 1 Kilmarnock, Scottish Cup (03/11/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"St Bernard's 0 - 3 Rangers, Scottish Cup (01/12/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"Cambuslang 1 - 5 Rangers, Scottish Cup (22/12/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"Hibernian 6 - 1 Battlefield, Scottish Cup (22/12/1883)". Fitbastats.com.
"Vale of Leven 3 - 0 Rangers, Scottish Cup (19/01/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Hibernian 1 - 5 Queen's Park, Scottish Cup (02/02/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Vale of Leven Football in the 1880s".

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