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1896–97 Rangers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Rangers
season	1896–97
mgrtitle	Match Secretary
manager	William Wilton
chrtitle	President
chairman	John Robertson Gow
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	Ibrox Park
league	Scottish League Division One
league result	3rd
cup1	Scottish Cup	cup1 result = Winners
season topscorer
John McPherson (15)
league topscorer
John McPherson,
Tommy Hyslop (11)
prevseason	1895–96
nextseason	1897–98

John McPherson (15) John McPherson, Tommy Hyslop (11)

The 1896–97 season was the 23rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 22 competitive matches during the 1896–97 season. They finished third in the Scottish League Division One with a record of 11 wins from 18 matches.

The club won the Scottish Cup that season. A 5–1 victory of Dumbarton on 20 March 1897 saw them win the trophy for only the second time in the club's history.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 August 1896	St. Mirren	H	5–1	8,000	Turnbull (2), Hyslop, R.Crawford, J.Miller
22 August 1896	Third Lanark	A	1–1	15,000	Gibson
29 August 1896	Dundee	H	3–1	13,000	Hyslop, D.Crawford, Burgess (og)
5 September 1896	Hibernian	A	3–4		J.Miller (2), Turnbull
12 September 1896	Heart of Midlothian	H	5–0	14,000	R.Crawford, A.Smith, Oswald, Hyslop, J.Miller
21 September 1896	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	7,000	Gibson
26 September 1896	Abercorn	A	9–2		J McPherson (5), Turnbull (2), J.Miller, R.Crawford
3 October 1896	Hibernian	H	4–3	20,000	Turnbull (3), A.McCreadie
10 October 1896	Celtic	A	1–1	24,000	J .McPherson
17 October 1896	Clyde	H	2–1	4,000	J.McPherson (2)
24 October 1896	Third Lanark	H	6–1	5,000	Low (3), J.McPherson (2), Oswald
7 November 1896	St. Mirren	A	2–2		A.Smith, Mitchell
28 November 1896	Dundee	A	2–3	10,000	J.Miller, A.Smith
5 December 1896	Clyde	A	7–2	4,000	Hyslop (4), Unknown (3)
12 December 1896	Abercorn	H	6–1	2,000	Turnbull (2), Hyslop (2), A.Smith, Unknown
19 December 1896	Celtic	H	2–0	15,000	Low, J.Miller
26 December 1896	St. Bernards	A	2–3	2,000	J.Miller, Hyslop
20 February 1897	St. Bernards	H	3–2		A.Smith, J.McPherson, Russell (og)

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 January 1896	R1	Partick Thistle	A	4–2	6,000	Hyslop (2), N.Smith, N.Gibson
23 January 1896	R2	Hibernian	H	3–0	22,000	Low (2), J.McPherson
13 February 1896	QF	Dundee	A	4–0	16,000	N.Gibson, Hyslop, A.McCreadie, J.Miller
13 March 1896	SF	Greenock Morton	A	7–2	12,000	J.McPherson (2), Low, N.Gibson, J.Miller, Hyslop,
A.Smith
20 March 1896	F	Dumbarton	N	5–1	15,000	J.Miller (2), Hyslop, J.McPherson, A.Smith

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
SCO Matthew Dickie	GK	23	0
SCO Alex Miller	DF	2	0
SCO Jock Drummond	DF	21	0
SCO Neilly Gibson	MF	22	5
SCO Andrew McCreadie	DF	23	2
SCO David Mitchell	MF	22	1
SCO R.Crawford	MF	7	3
SCO James Millar	FW	20	12
SCO Peter Turnbull	FW	11	10
SCO Tommy Hyslop	FW	22	15
SCO Alex Smith	MF	22	7
SCO David Crawford	DF	7	1
SCO Nicol Smith	DF	14	1
SCO Jimmy Oswald	FW	6	2
SCO John McPherson	MF	14	15
SCO Jimmy Jackson	DF	1	0
SCO Tommy Low	MF	14	7
SCO Hay	DF	1	0
SCO Robert Glen	DF	1	0

League table

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