1947–48 Scottish Cup

1947–48 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Runner-up	Greenock Morton
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 Scottish Cup was the 63rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Greenock Morton in the replayed final.^[1]^[2]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	0 – 2	Hibernian
Arbroath	9 – 1	Babcock & Wilcox
Ayr United	1 – 2	Greenock Morton
Berwick Rangers	2 – 4	Cowdenbeath
Dundee	2 – 4	Heart of Midlothian
East Fife	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
Inverness Caledonian	1 – 6	Falkirk
Motherwell	2 – 2	Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir
St Mirren	8 – 0	Shawfield Amateurs
Stranraer	0 – 1	Rangers
Clachnacuddin	0 – 2	St Johnstone

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Motherwell

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian
Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Queen of the South
Celtic	3 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Clyde	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
East Fife	5 – 1	St Johnstone
Hibernian	4 – 0	Arbroath
Montrose	2 – 0	Duns
Greenock Morton	3 – 2	Falkirk
Motherwell	1 – 0	Third Lanark
Nithsdale Wanderers	0 – 5	Aberdeen
Partick Thistle	4 – 3	Dundee United
Peterhead	1 – 2	Dumbarton
Queen’s Park	8 – 2	Deveronvale
Rangers	4 – 0	Leith Athletic
St Mirren	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Stirling Albion	2 – 4	Raith Rovers

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 0	Raith Rovers
Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell
Dumbarton	0 – 1	East Fife
Hibernian	4 – 2	Aberdeen
Montrose	2 – 1	Queen of the South
Greenock Morton	3 – 0	Queen’s Park
Rangers	3 – 0	Partick Thistle
St Mirren	2 – 1	Clyde

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	0 – 3	Greenock Morton
Celtic	4 – 0	Montrose
Hibernian	3 – 1	St Mirren
Rangers	1 – 0	East Fife

Semi-finals

27 March 1948

Greenock Morton	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Celtic

Attendance: 80,000

27 March 1948^[3]

Rangers	1 – 0	Hibernian
Willie Thornton

Hampden Park

Attendance: 143,570

Final

17 April 1948^[1]

Rangers	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Greenock Morton
Gillick	Soccerbase	Whyte

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 129,176

Teams


RANGERS:
GK		Bobby Brown
RB		George Young
LB		Jock Shaw
RH		Ian McColl
CH		Willie Woodburn
LH		Sammy Cox
RW		Eddie Rutherford
IR		Torrance Gillick
CF		Willie Thornton
IL		Willie Findlay
LW		Jimmy Duncanson
Manager:
Bill Struth


GREENOCK MORTON:
GK		Jimmy Cowan
RB		Jimmy Mitchell
LB		John Whigham
RH		Billy Campbell
CH		Alex Millar
LH		Jimmy Whyte
RW		John Hepburn
IR		Eddie Murphy
CF		Davie Cupples
IL		Tommy Orr
LW		Colin Liddell
Manager:
Jimmy Davies

Final (replay)

21 April 1948^[2]

Rangers	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Greenock Morton
Williamson	Soccerbase

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 133,750

Teams


RANGERS:
GK		Bobby Brown
RB		George Young
LB		Jock Shaw
RH		Ian McColl
CH		Willie Woodburn
LH		Sammy Cox
RW		Eddie Rutherford
IR		Torrance Gillick
CF		Willie Thornton
IL		Billy Williamson
LW		Jimmy Duncanson
Manager:
Bill Struth


GREENOCK MORTON:
GK		Jimmy Cowan
RB		Jimmy Mitchell
LB		John Whigham
RH		Billy Campbell
CH		Alex Millar
LH		Jimmy Whyte
RW		John Hepburn^[4]
IR		Eddie Murphy^[5]
CF		Davie Cupples
IL		Tommy Orr
LW		Colin Liddell
Manager:
Jimmy Davies

References

^ ^a ^b Thrills in Hampden Wind, The Glasgow Herald, 19 April 1948
^ ^a ^b Memorable Exhibition by Morton Centre Half, The Glasgow Herald, 22 April 1948
^ Glasgow (video footage), Pathé News Archive, 1 April 1948
^ John Hepburn at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
^ Eddie Murphy at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

[herald481st-1] Thrills in Hampden Wind, The Glasgow Herald, 19 April 1948

[herald48rep-2] Memorable Exhibition by Morton Centre Half, The Glasgow Herald, 22 April 1948

[3] Glasgow (video footage), Pathé News Archive, 1 April 1948

[4] John Hepburn at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

[5] Eddie Murphy at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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