1896–97 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Defending championsHeart of Midlothian
Final positions
ChampionsRangers
Runner-upDumbarton

The 1896–97 Scottish Cup was the 24th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The cup was won by Rangers when they beat Dumbarton (by then a lower division club, and playing in their last major final to date) in the final the second Hampden Park by a 5–1 scoreline to claim the trophy for the second time.

Calendar

RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubs
First round9 January 18971632 → 16
Second round23 January 1897816 → 8
Quarter-finals13 February 189748 → 4
Semi-finals13 March 189724 → 2
Final20 March 189712 → 1

First round

Home team Score Away team
Abercorn 4 – 0 Hurlford
Arthurlie 4 – 2 Celtic
Blantyre 5 – 0 Bathgate
Dumbarton 2 – 1 Raith Rovers
Duncrub Park 1 – 10 Hibernian
Dundee 7 – 1 Inverness Thistle
Falkirk 2 – 0 Orion
Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 Clyde
Leith Athletic 5 – 1 Dunblane
Lochgelly United 1 – 2 King's Park
Greenock Morton 3 – 1 St Johnstone
Motherwell 3 – 3 Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle 2 – 4 Rangers
St Bernard's 2 – 1 Queen's Park
St Mirren 5 – 1 Renton
Third Lanark 8 – 1 Newton Stewart

First round replay

Home team Score Away team
Kilmarnock 5 – 2 Motherwell

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Abercorn 4 –1 Blantyre
Arthurlie 0 – 2 Greenock Morton *
Dumbarton 4 – 4 Leith Athletic
Dundee 4 – 2 King's Park *
Kilmarnock 3 – 1 Falkirk *
Rangers 3 – 0 Hibernian
St Bernard's 5 – 0 St Mirren
Third Lanark 5 – 2 Heart of Midlothian
  • Match Declared Void

Second round replay

Home team Score Away team
Arthurlie 1 –5 Greenock Morton
Leith Athletic 3 – 3 Dumbarton
Dundee 5 – 0 King's Park
Kilmarnock 7 – 3 Falkirk

Second round second replay

Home team Score Away team
Dumbarton 3 – 2 Leith Athletic

Quarter-final

Home team Score Away team
Dumbarton 2 – 0 St Bernard's
Dundee 0 – 4 Rangers
Kilmarnock 3 – 1 Third Lanark
Greenock Morton 2 – 2 Abercorn

Quarter-final replay

Home team Score Away team
Abercorn 2 – 3 Greenock Morton

Semi-finals

Home team Score Away team
Dumbarton 4 – 3 Kilmarnock
Greenock Morton 2 – 7 Rangers

Final

Rangers5–1Dumbarton
Millar 42' 74'
Hyslop 55'
McPherson 69'
A. Smith 71'
W. Thomson
Attendance: 15,000[1][2]

Teams

Rangers:
GKMatthew Dickie
RBNicol Smith
LBJock Drummond
RHNeilly Gibson
CHAndrew McCreadie
LHDavid Mitchell
ORTommy Low
IRJohn McPherson
CFJimmy Millar
ILTommy Hyslop
OLAlec Smith
Dumbarton:
GKJohn Docherty
RBAndrew Mauchlen
LBAlex Miller
RHJohn Gillan
CHDaniel Thomson
LHAlbert Saunderson
ORWilliam Speedie
IRRobert Hendry
CFLewis Mackie
ILWilliam Thomson
OLJack Fraser

See also

References

  1. Scottish Cup Final 1897 [Rangers team], FitbaStats
  2. Rangers 5 - 1 Dumbarton, The Sons Archive (archived version, 2017)

RSSF Scottish Cup 96-97

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