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1955–56 Scottish Cup
The 1955–56 Scottish Cup was the 71st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Heart of Midlothian who defeated Celtic in the final. The final was a repeat of the 1907 final and was Hearts' first appearance in the final since that date.
First round
Home team Score Away team Whithorn 7 – 0 Vale of Leithen Babcock & Wilcox 2 – 5 Clachnacuddin Buckie Thistle 2 – 1 Rothes Chirnside United 1 – 9 Elgin City Duns 3 – 0 Deveronvale Edinburgh University 0 – 7 Inverness Thistle Eyemouth United 5 – 1 Brora Rangers Forres Mechanics 3 – 2 Glasgow University Fraserburgh 3 – 1 Aberdeen University Gala Fairydean 2 – 1 Peterhead Huntly 4 – 2 Civil Service Strollers Lossiemouth 7 – 0 Wick Academy Murrayfield Amateurs 2 – 2 Shawfield Amateurs Nairn County 1 – 4 Inverness Caledonian Newton Stewart 3 – 5 Peebles Rovers Ross County 4 – 2 Coldstream Selkirk 3 – 2 Burntisland Shipyard St Cuthbert Wanderers 3 – 1 Vale of Atholl Tarff Rovers 2 – 2 Girvan Amateurs Wigtown & Bladnoch 0 – 7 Keith
Replays
Home team Score Away team Girvan Amateurs 0 – 1 Tarff Rovers Shawfield Amateurs 2 – 1 Murrayfield Amateurs
Second round
Home team Score Away team Peebles Rovers 4 – 3 Eyemouth United Clachnacuddin 3 – 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers Gala Fairydean 6 – 2 Shawfield Amateurs Huntly 2 – 4 Forres Mechanics Inverness Thistle 5 – 2 Buckie Thistle Keith 2 – 0 Elgin City Lossiemouth 3 – 1 Duns Ross County 3 – 2 Tarff Rovers Whithorn 2 – 3 Selkirk
Third round
Home team Score Away team Berwick Rangers 3 – 0 Fraserburgh Dumbarton 5 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Forres Mechanics 2 – 4 Clachnacuddin Gala Fairydean 4 – 5 Montrose Inverness Thistle 1 – 1 Peebles Rovers Keith 2 – 4 East Stirlingshire Lossiemouth 1 – 0 Selkirk Ross County 2 – 3 Stranraer
Replays
Home team Score Away team Peebles Rovers 2 – 1 Inverness Thistle
Fourth round
Home team Score Away team Albion Rovers 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers 5 – 1 Lossiemouth Brechin City 1 – 1 Peebles Rovers Cowdenbeath 6 – 0 Montrose Dundee United 4 – 1 Dumbarton East Stirlingshire 0 – 2 Arbroath Forfar Athletic 5 – 2 Stranraer Greenock Morton 5 – 2 Clachnacuddin
Replays
Home team Score Away team Alloa Athletic 4 – 0 Albion Rovers Peebles Rovers 4 – 4 Brechin City
Second replays
Home team Score Away team Peebles Rovers 0 – 0 Brechin City
Third replays
Home team Score Away team Brechin City 6 – 2 Peebles Rovers
Fifth round
Home team Score Away team Airdrieonians 7 – 1 Hamilton Academical Ayr United 5 – 2 Berwick Rangers Brechin City 1 – 1 Arbroath Clyde 5 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Dundee United 2 – 2 Dundee East Fife 1 – 3 Stenhousemuir Falkirk 0 – 3 Kilmarnock Hearts 3 – 0 Forfar Athletic Hibernian 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Celtic Motherwell 0 – 2 Queen's Park Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Queen of the South 3 – 1 Cowdenbeath Rangers 2 – 1 Aberdeen St Mirren 6 – 0 Third Lanark Stirling Albion 2 – 1 St Johnstone
Replays
Home team Score Away team Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Hibernian Arbroath 2 – 3 Brechin City Dundee 3 – 0 Dundee United
Sixth round
Home team Score Away team Airdrieonians 4 – 4 St Mirren Ayr United 0 – 3 Celtic Dundee 0 – 1 Rangers Hearts 5 – 0 Stirling Albion Kilmarnock 2 – 2 Queen of the South Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Brechin City Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Queen's Park Stenhousemuir 0 – 1 Clyde
Replays
Home team Score Away team Queen of the South 2 – 0 Kilmarnock Queen's Park 1 – 2 Raith Rovers St Mirren 1 – 3 Airdrieonians
Quarter-finals
Home team Score Away team Celtic 2 – 1 Airdrieonians Hearts 4 – 0 Rangers Queen of the South 2 – 4 Clyde Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Partick Thistle
Semi-finals
Replay
Crawford
References
[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphist.html List of Scottish Cup Finals at RSSSF]
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