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1899–1900 Rangers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Rangers
season	1899–1900
manager	William Wilton
chairman	James Henderson
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	First Ibrox Park
(until 9 December)
New Ibrox Park
(from 30 December)
league	Scottish Division One
league result	Winners
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Semi-finals
season topscorer
Robert Hamilton (23)
league topscorer
Robert Hamilton (17)
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prevseason	1898–99
nextseason	1900–01

(until 9 December) New Ibrox Park (from 30 December) Robert Hamilton (23) Robert Hamilton (17)

The 1899–1900 season was the 26th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 23 competitive matches during the 1899–1900 season. They finished top of the Scottish Division One with 15 wins from 18 matches, losing only once to Old Firm rivals Celtic.

The club again ended the season without the Scottish Cup after losing a semi-final replay to Celtic by 4–0, the original match was drawn 2–2.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1899	Third Lanark	A	5–1	16,000	Campbell (2), J.Millar, Hyslop, N.Smith
26 August 1899	Clyde	A	6–2	10,000	Hyslop (2), McPherson, A.Smith, Robertson, Untraced (1)
2 September 1899	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–3	20,000	Campbell (2), Hamilton (2)
9 September 1899	Kilmarnock	A	4–2	10,000	Campbell, A.Smith, McPherson, Hamilton
18 September 1899	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	15,000	Hamilton
25 September 1899	Hibernian	H	3–2	12,000	Hamilton, A.Smith, Wilkie
7 October 1899	Celtic	H	3–3	40,000	Graham (2), A.Smith
14 October 1899	Clyde	H	7–0	5,000	McPherson (3), A.Smith (2), Sharp, Hamilton
21 October 1899	Hibernian	A	2–0	16,000	A.Smith (2)
4 November 1899	Dundee	H	6–0	6,000	A.Smith (3), Hamilton, Wilkie, Watson (o.g.)
25 November 1899	St. Bernard's	H	4–3	5,000	McPherson (2), Hamilton, Robertson
2 December 1899	St Mirren	A	3–1		Hamilton (3)
9 December 1899	Kilmarnock	H	6–1	5,000	Wilkie (2), Hamilton (2), Robertson, Graham
16 December 1899	St Mirren	H	4–1	2,000	Neil (2, 1 pen.), A.Smith, Hamilton
1 January 1900	Celtic	A	2–3	20,000	A.Smith, Wilkie
6 January 1900	Third Lanark	H	2–1	4,000	Neil, McPherson
20 January 1900	Dundee	A	3–2	12,000	Hamilton (3)
3 February 1900	St. Bernard's	A	4–1	4,000	McPherson, Campbell, Gibson, Wilkie

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 January 1900	R1	Morton	H	4–2	7,000	McPherson (2), Wilkie, A.Smith
27 January 1900	R2	Maybole	H	12–0	3,000	Hamilton (4), Wilkie (3), A.Smith, Robertson
Hyslop, Neil, Gibson
17 February 1900	QF	Partick Thistle	A	6–1	10,000	Hamilton (2), A.Smith, McPherson, Wilkie, Graham
24 February 1900	SF	Celtic	H	2–2	33,000	A.Smith, McPherson
10 March 1900	SF R	Celtic	A	0–4	32,000

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
SCO Matthew Dickie	GK	22	0
SCO Neilly Gibson	MF	21	2
SCO Alex Smith	FW	21	17
SCO Robert Hamilton	FW	20	23
SCO Jacky Robertson	DF	20	4
SCO Jock Drummond	DF	19	0
SCO Robert Neil	DF	19	4
SCO James Graham	MF	18	4
SCO John McPherson	MF	17	13
SCO Jack Wilkie	FW	16	11
SCO Nicol Smith	DF	14	1
SCO David Crawford	DF	10	0
SCO James Millar	FW	8	1
SCO John Campbell	MF	7	6
SCO Billy Dunlop	DF	7	0
SCO Tommy Hyslop	FW	6	4
SCO Andrew Sharp	MF	3	1
SCO David Mitchell	MF		2	0
SCO John McKinlay	DF	2	0
SCO Billy Howden	GK	1	0

League table

References

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