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1884–85 Scottish Cup

Field	Value
title	1884–85 Scottish Cup
image	Scottish cup.jpg
caption	The Scottish Cup trophy
country	Scotland
num_teams	132
defending_champions	Queen's Park
winners	Renton
(first title)
second	Vale of Leven
matches	147
goals	821
prev_season	1883–84
next_season	1885–86

(first title) The 1884–85 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 12th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Renton won the competition for the first tie after they defeated Vale of Leven in a replayed final.

Defending champions Queen's Park lost to Battlefield in the third round.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs	Original	Byes
First Round	13 September 1884	63	4	7	130 → 68
Second Round	4 October 1884	31	6	7	68 → 39
Third Round	25 October 1884	19	1	3	39 → 20
Fourth Round	15 November 1884	10	0	3	20 → 11
Fifth Round	6 December 1884	3	5	0	11 → 8
Quarter-finals	27 December 1884	4	0	0	8 → 4
Semi-finals	24 January 1885	2	0	1	4 → 2
Final	21 February 1885	1	0	1	2 → 1

Two teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay.
Four teams qualified for the third round after drawing their second round replay.
Two teams qualified for the fifth round after drawing their fourth round replay.

Teams

All 130 teams entered the competition in the first round.

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

First round

Matches

Glasgow and District

Dean Park received a bye to the second round.

Renfrewshire district

(Void)

McCartney
Stewart
McMinn

Ayrshire district

Maybole received a bye to the second round. (Void)

Dunbartonshire district

Lanarkshire district

(Void)

Stirlingshire district

Campsie Central received a bye to the second round.

Edinburghshire district

Heart of Midlothian received a bye to the second round.

Perthshire district

Northern Counties

Southern Counties

Replays

Glasgow and District

Renfrewshire district

(Void)

Ayrshire district

Dunbartonshire district

Lanarkshire district

Second replay

Renfrewshire district

;Notes

Sources:

Second round

Matches

Glasgow and District

Partick received a bye to the third round.

Morton
Gossland

Renfrewshire district

Cartvale and Morton received a bye to the third round.

Ayrshire district

Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

Lanarkshire district

Hamilton Academical received a bye to the third round. (Void)

Edinburghshire and Perthshire district

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

Northern Counties

Southern Counties

Vale of Nith received a bye to the third round.

Replays

Glasgow and District

Renfrewshire district

Graham
McKerrol

Lanarkshire District

Northern Counties

Second replay

Renfrewshire district

;Notes

Sources:

Third round

Matches

Glasgow, Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

Shaw
Own goal
Morton
Cook
Lawrie

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

Annbank received a bye to the fourth round. (Void)

Edinburghshire and Lanarkshire district

Forfarshire and Perthshire district

Southern Counties

Replays

Glasgow, Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

(Void)

Second replay

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

;Notes

Sources:

Fourth round

Matches

(Void)

Morton
McKenzie
Gossland

Replays

;Notes

Sources:

Fifth round

Battlefield, Renton, Thornliebank, Vale of Leven and the winners of the replayed Arbroath vs Rangers tie received a bye to the quarter-finals.

Matches

McGhee
McGrail
Clarke

Sources:

Quarter-finals

Matches

Cox
Lee
McGhee
Clarke
McKenzie
Peacock
Gossland

Replay

;Notes

Sources:

Semi-finals

Matches

McGinn
McGhee

Replay

Final

Main article: 1885 Scottish Cup final

Replay

A. McCall
A. McIntyre

References

(15 September 1884). "Queen's Park v Pollokshields". Glasgow Herald.
"Port Glasgow Athletic 6 - 1 1st Renfrew RV, Scottish Cup (13/09/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
(15 September 1884). "Football - Saturday". North British Daily Mail.
Mathers, Stewart. (2017). "The Beautiful Dribbling Game: The Scottish F.A. Challenge Cup in the 19th Century". Amazon.
"Third Lanark 2 - 2 Rangers, Scottish Cup (04/10/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Dumbarton 2 - 0 Albion, Saturday October 4th 1884". Sons Archive.
"Rangers 0 - 0 Third Lanark, Scottish Cup (11/10/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Port Glasgow Athletic 2 - 2 Thornliebank, Scottish Cup (18/10/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Thornliebank 1 - 0 [sic] Port Glasgow Athletic, Scottish Cup (25/10/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Pollokshields Athletic 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday October 25th 1884". Sons Archive.
"Third Lanark 0 - 3 Rangers, Scottish Cup (25/10/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Rangers 3 - 4 Arbroath, Scottish Cup (15/11/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Hibernian 4 - 0 Morton, Scottish Cup (06/12/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Hibernian 5 - 0 Annbank United, Scottish Cup (27/12/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Renton 5 - 3 Rangers, Scottish Cup (27/12/1884)". Fitbastats.com.
"Hibernian 2 - 3 Renton, Scottish Cup (24/01/1885)". Fitbastats.com.

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