Football tournament season
1883–84 Scottish Cup Country Scotland Teams 132 Defending champions Dumbarton Champions Queen's Park(seventh title) Runner-up Vale of Leven Matches played 127 Goals scored 712 (5.61 per match)
The 1883–84 Scottish Cup was the 11th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park won the competition for the seventh time after Vale of Leven could not field a team on the date fixed for the final due to player illness.[ 1]
Dumbarton became the first defending champions to unsuccessfully retain the cup after they were knocked out in the first round by Renton .
Calendar
Round
First match date
Fixtures
Clubs
Original
Byes
Replays
First Round
8 September 1883
63
6
8
132 → 70
Second Round
29 September 1883
32
6
1
70 → 38
Third Round
20 October 1883
17
4
4
38 → 21
Fourth Round
3 November 1883
10
1
0
21 → 11
Fifth Round
1 December 1883
3
5
1
11 → 8
Quarter-finals
22 December 1883
4
0
0
8 → 4
Semi-finals
19 January 1884
2
0
0
4 → 2
Final
23 February 1884[A]
1
0
0
2 → 1
Edinburgh University were given a bye to the third round.
Two teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay.
Notes
^ A -The date that the final was scheduled to be played.
Teams
All 132 teams entered the competition in the first round.
First round
Cowlairs, Coupar Angus, Drumlanrig Rangers, Newcastleton and Vale of Avon received a bye to the second round. Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round.
Matches
Abercorn v Levern
Airdrie v Tollcross
Alloa Athletic v Falkirk
Arbroath v Aberdeen
Arthurlie v Pollok
Battlefield v South Western
Benhar v Drumpellier
Cambuslang v Bellshill
Cartvale v West End Athletic
Clippens v Johnstone Athletic
Dunblane v Vale of Teith
Dunbritton v Vale of Leven Wanderers
Dundee Harp v Angus
Dundee Our Boys v Dundee West End
Dunipace v Campsie
East Stirlingsire v Tayavalla
Granton v Glencairn
Greenock Northern v Sir John Maxwell
Greenock Southern v Netherlee
Hamilton Academical v Airdrieonians
Heart of Midlothian v Brunswick
Hibernian v West Calder
Johnstone v Thornliebank
Kilbarchan v Paisley Athletic
Linwood v Woodland
Lugar Boswell v Ayr
Lyle Athletic v Johnstone Rovers
Mauchline v Annbank
Mavisbank v Dean Park
Maybole v Cumnock
Morton v Renfrew
Northern v Rangers
Partick v Queen's Park
Perseverance v Dundee Hibernian
Pollokshields Athletic v Thistle
Possilpark v Orchard
Queen of the South Wanderers v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
Renton v Dumbarton
Royal Albert v Shettleston
St Mirren v Caledonian
Stenhousemuir v Strathblane
Strathmore (Arbroath) v Balgay
Strathmore (Dundee) v Dundee East End
3rd Lanark RV v Clyde
Vale of Leven v Leverndale
Vale of Nith v Moffat
Whitehill v Alexandra Athletic
Yoker v Olympic
Dunfermline v St Bernard's
Edina v Kinleith
King's Park v Lenzie
Bute Rangers v Glenpatrick
Clarkston v Plains Bluebell
East End Rovers v Newton Stewart Athletic
Hurlford v Beith Thistle
Jamestown v Kilmarnock Thistle
Kilmarnock v Kilbirnie
Kilmarnock Athletic v Beith
Partick Thistle v Pilgrims
Port Glasgow Athletic v Lochwinnoch
Stewarton Cunninghame v Kilmarnock Portland
Vale of Athole v Breadalbane
Whitefield v Luton
Replays
Arbroath v Aberdeen
Balgay v Strathmore (Arbroath)
Benhar v Drumpellier
Tollcross v Airdrie
Vale of Leven Wanderers v Dunbritton
5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV v Queen of the South Wanderers
Perseverance v Dundee Hibernian
Notes
^ B -Played at Drumpellier.
^ C -The 7–7 draw between Queen of the South Wanderers and 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV is the highest scoring drawn match ever played in the Scottish Cup.
^ D -Both teams qualified for the second round.
Second round
Cumnock, Hamilton Academical, Morton, St Bernard's and Vale of Leven received a bye to the third round.
Matches
Abercorn v Paisley Athletic
Balgay v Strathmore (Dundee)
Battlefield v Whitefield
Cambuslang v Tollcross
Cartvale v Greenock Southern
Cowlairs v Granton
Drumlanrig Rangers v East End Rovers
Dunblane v Coupar Angus
Dundee Our Boys v Strathmore (Arbroath)
East Stirlingshire v Dunipace
Falkirk v Stenhousemuir
Jamestown v Dunbritton
Johnstone Rovers v Greenock Northern
Kilmarnock v Hurlford
Kilmarnock Athletic v Stewarton Cunninghame
Mauchline v Lugar Boswell
Moffat v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
Newcastleton v Heart of Midlothian
Olympic v Clippens
Partick Thistle v Orchard
Pollokshields Athletic v Mavisbank
Port Glasgow Athletic v Arthurlie
Rangers v Whitehill
Renton v King's Park
Royal Albert v Clarkston
3rd Lanark RV v Queen's Park
Thornliebank v Bute Rangers
Woodland v St Mirren
Hibernian v Edina
Arbroath v Perseverance
Benhar v Vale of Avon
Dundee Harp v Vale of Athole
Replay
Dunipace v East Stirlingshire
Third round
Dunblane, Edinburgh University, Pollokshields Athletic and Royal Albert received a bye to the fourth round.
Matches
Abercorn v Johnstone Rovers
Arbroath v Dundee Harp
Arthurlie v St Mirren
Battlefield v Jamestown
Cambuslang v Hamilton Academical
Cartvale v Cumnock
Cowlairs v Queen's Park
East End Rovers v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian
Morton v Kilmarnock Athletic
Olympic v Mauchline
Partick Thistle v East Stirlingshire
Rangers v Falkirk
St Bernard's v Benhar
Strathmore (Dundee) v Dundee Our Boys
Thornliebank v Kilmarnock
Vale of Leven v Renton
Replays
Dundee Harp v Arbroath
Dundee Our Boys v Strathmore (Dundee)
Morton v Kilmarnock Athletic
Thornliebank v Kilmarnock
Fourth round
Arthurlie received a bye to the fifth round.
Matches
Cartvale v Abercorn
Dunblane v Rangers
Hibernian v 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV
Kilmarnock Athletic v Cambuslang
Mauchline v Royal Albert
Partick Thistle v Queen's Park
Pollokshields Athletic v Dundee Our Boys
St Bernard's v Thornliebank
Vale of Leven v Dundee Harp
Battlefield v Edinburgh University
Fifth round
Battlefield, Cambuslang, Cartvale, Hibernian and Queen's Park received a bye to the quarter-finals.
Matches
Arthurlie v Vale of Leven
Mauchline v Pollokshields Athletic
St Bernard's v Rangers
Replay
Vale of Leven v Arthurlie
Quarter-finals
Matches
Cambuslang v Rangers
Hibernian v Battlefield
Queen's Park v Cartvale
Vale of Leven v Pollokshields Athletic
Semi-finals
Matches
Vale of Leven v Rangers
Hibernian v Queen's Park
Final
Vale of Leven did not appear for the final in protest after a request made on the Wednesday before the match was due to take place for a postponement due to bereavement, illness and injury had been refused by the Scottish FA.[ 1]
See also
References
External links
Domestic cups Non-Scottish competitions Related to national team Club seasons
Domestic cups International competitions