1874–75 Scottish Cup

December 2021 September 2023 1874–75 Scottish Cup Scottish cup.jpg The Scottish Cup trophy Scotland 25 Queen's Park(second title) Renton 29 57 1873–74 1875–76 The 1874–75 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the second edition of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Teams from Edinburgh, Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire entered the competition for the first time and with 12 new teams entering the competition, a total of 25 were included in the first round draw.Potter David David W. Potter Jones Phil H. 2016 The History of the Scottish Cup: The Story of Every Season 1873–2016 Worthing Pitch Publishing 14–15 978-1-78531-214-4 The competition began with the first round match between Rangers and Oxford on 10 October 1874 and concluded with the final on 10 April 1875. After 27 matches and 56 goals scored, defending champions Queen's Park retained the trophy by defeating Dunbartonshire club Renton 3–0 at the original Hampden Park in the final.https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91261 Scottish Cup Matches Scottish Football Association 15 April 2019 Format Scottish Cup format As with the inaugural competition, the second edition of the Scottish Cup took on the format of a traditional knockout tournament, however, an odd number of teams entering the competition necessitated the introduction of byes for the first time. For the earlier rounds, the names of competing teams were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team for each tie was determined by the toss of a coin unless it was mutually agreed or only one of the two clubs drawn against one another had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the team who lost the toss would have the choice of ground for the replay. A similar procedure was used for subsequent rounds however, any club which had received a bye in the previous round would first be drawn against one of the winners of the previous round. The names of winning teams were placed into one lot for later rounds. The choice of venue for the final matches was reserved to the Scottish Football Association.http://www.scottishsporthistory.com/uploads/3/3/6/0/3360867/scottish_football_annual_1875.pdf Rules of the Scottish Football Association Scottish Football Association 14 October 1875 9 October 2019 Rules Like the inaugural competition, matches were played according to the rules of The Football Association, known as the Laws of the Game. Pitches could be no more than 200 yards by 100 yards and goals were marked by two upright posts at either end, 8 yards apart, with tape between them at 8 ft high. A coin toss decided the ends each team would shoot towards and which team kicked off. A goal was scored when the ball passed between the posts below the tape and ends were changed after each goal was scored. Players were considered "out of play" if they were nearer to the goal than their teammate when they kicked the ball unless there were at least three of their opponents between them and their own goal. Players who were out of play could not touch the ball or prevent any other players from doing so until they were back in play. The rules specifically forbade players from kicking and hacking their opponents as well as from wearing "projecting nails, iron plates or gutta percha" on the soles of their boots. Teams All 25 teams entered the competition in the first round. +Competing teams arranged by countyAyrshireDunbartonshireEdinburghGlasgowLanarkshireRenfrewshireKilmarnockDumbarton Helensburgh Renton Star of Leven Vale of Leven3rd Edinburgh RVAlexandra Athletic Blythswood Clydesdale Dumbreck Eastern Oxford Queen's ParkStandard Rangers Rovers Vale of Leven Rovers West End Western 3rd Lanark RV 23rd Renfrew RVHamiltonArthurlie Barrhead Calendar +1874–75 Scottish Cup calendarRoundFirst match dateFixturesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst round10 October 1874121125 → 13Second round21 November 187461113 → 7Quarter-finals19 December 18743107 → 4Semi-finals20 March 18752034 → 2Final10 April 18751002 → 1 First round Glasgow team Standard were the first team in the competition's history to receive a bye and advanced straight to the second round.2017 Scottish F.A. Cup 1873–2017: The Complete Results Cleethorpes Soccer Books 3–4 978-1-86223-366-9 The first round got underway on 10 October 1874 when Rangers and Oxford made their Scottish Cup debuts. Goals from McNeil and Gibb gave Rangers a 2–0 home win at Flesher's Haugh to see them through.http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php?gameid=80449 Rangers 2 – 0 Oxford, Scottish Cup (10/10/1874) Fitbastats.com 15 April 2019 Dumbarton and Kilmarnock recorded their first wins in the competition a week later while Helensburgh – who were also making their debut in the competition – defeated 3rd Edinburgh RV in a match played at a neutral venue in Glasgow.Mathers Stewart 2017 The Beautiful Dribbling Game: The Scottish F.A. Challenge Cup in the 19th Century Great Britain Amazon 14–17, 252–253 978-0-9956998-0-9 On the same day, Eastern secured their passage to the second round with a 3–0 win over 23rd Renfrew RV and the 3rd Lanark RV–Barrhead and Rovers–Hamilton ties both went to replays. The remaining matches were played on 24 October 1874. Holders Queen's Park defeated Western, Dumbreck won 5–1 against Alexandra Athletic, West End beat Star of Leven and 3rd Lanark RV won their replay against Barrhead. Before their match kicked off, Clydesdale protested against Ferguson, a professional runner, playing for Vale of Leven. The match ended 0–0 but Vale of Leven were disqualified before the replay. Hamilton's replay against Rovers ended 0–0 which meant a second replay was to be organised but Rovers advanced to the second round after Hamilton scratched. Blythswood also scratched from their tie with Renton.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphistfull.html Scotland – Cup Results 1873/74-1877/78 and 1889/90-1995/96 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 15 April 2019 +First round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue10 October 1874Rangers2–0OxfordFlesher's Haugh, Glasgow17 October 1874Dumbarton3–0ArthurlieMeadow Park, Dumbarton17 October 1874Eastern3–023rd Renfrew RVDixon's Park, Glasgow17 October 1874Rovers1–1HamiltonQueen's Park, Crosshill17 October 1874Helensburgh3–03rd Edinburgh RVNeutral venue, Glasgownote neutral Played at an unknown neutral venue.17 October 1874Kilmarnock4–0Vale of Leven RoversThe Grange, Kilmarnock17 October 18743rd Lanark RV0–0BarrheadCathkin Park, Crosshill24 October 1874Clydesdale0–0Vale of LevenKinning Park, Kinning Park24 October 1874Dumbreck5–1Alexandra AthleticIbroxhill, Govan24 October 1874West End3–0Star of LevenBurnbank Park, Glasgow24 October 1874Western0–1Queen's ParkRegent's Park, GlasgowRentonw/onote Blythswood scratched and Renton advanced to the second round.Blythswood +First round replaysDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue24 October 18743rd Lanark RV1–0BarrheadCathkin Park, Crosshill24 October 1874Hamilton0–0RoversSouth Avenue, HamiltonClydesdalew/onote Vale of Leven were disqualified and Clydesdale advanced to the second round.Vale of Leven +First round second replayDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRoversw/onote Hamilton scratched and Rovers advanced to the second round.Hamilton Sources: Second round With 13 teams remaining in the competition, Rovers received a bye to the quarter-finals. Queen's Park's 7–0 win over West End was the highest-scoring game in the 1874–75 competition and equalled the record for the biggest win they themselves had set in the previous season.http://www.fitbastats.com/queenspark/game.php?gameid=75020 Queen's Park 7 – 0 West End [sc], Scottish Cup (21/11/1874) Fitbastats.com 12 April 2019 Renton overcame Helensburgh while Kilmarnock lost 3–0 at home to Eastern.https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/kilmarnock-in-history-birth-of-the-ayrshire-cup/ Kilmarnock in History: Birth of the Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock FC John Livingston 24 March 2020 2 April 2020 Clydesdale defeated Dumbreck 1–0 but a successful protest from Drumbreck resulted in the SFA ordering the match to be replayed. It was almost two months before the replay took place and it ended in the same result as Clydesdale progressed.Mathers Stewart 2017 The Beautiful Dribbling Game Addendum: The Scottish F.A. Challenge Cup in the 19th Century Great Britain Amazon 978-0-9956998-0-9 Dumbarton advanced to the quarter-finals after a replay despite a protest from Rangers over the only goal in the match. They claimed the ball had gone "over the tape" rather than under and the goal shouldn't count however the referee – who was a member of Dumbarton – allowed it. 3rd Lanark RV also advanced to the quarter-finals after overcoming Standard in a replay following goalless draws in the original matches. +Second round resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue21 November 18743rd Lanark RV0–0StandardCathkin Park, Crosshill21 November 1874Clydesdale1–0(protested)note A protest by Dumbreck was upheld and a replay was ordered.DumbreckKinning Park, Kinning Park21 November 1874Kilmarnock0–3EasternThe Grange, Kilmarnock21 November 1874Queen's Park7–0West EndHampden Park, Crosshill21 November 1874Renton2–0HelensburghPublic Park, Renton28 November 1874Rangers0–0DumbartonFlesher's Haugh, Glasgow +Second round replaysDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue28 November 1874Standard0–23rd LanarkMossdale Park, Glasgow12 December 1874Dumbarton1–0RangersMeadow Park, Dumbarton16 January 1875Clydesdale1–0DumbreckKinning Park, Kinning Park Sources: Quarter-finals Only two matches were played in the quarter-finals after Rovers scratched their tie with Queen's Park and Clydesdale received a bye to the semi-finals. Both matches finished 1–0 to the home teams as Renton saw off Eastern on Boxing Day 1874 and Dumbarton defeated 3rd Lanark RV on 30 January 1875. +Quarter-final resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue26 December 1874Renton1–0EasternPublic Park, Renton30 January 1875Dumbarton1–03rd Lanark RVMeadow Park, DumbartonQueen's Parkw/onote Rovers scratched and Queen's Park advanced to the semi-finals.Rovers Sources: Semi-finals The two semi-finals produced a total of four replays between them. Renton had defeated Dumbarton 1–0 in the original fixture on 6 March 1875 but a protest from Dumbarton over a disputed goal saw a replay ordered. The replay, three weeks later, ended 1–1 at a neutral venue in Alexandria before Renton won the third match on 3 April. The other semi-final saw old rivals Queen's Park and Clydesdale face off in a replay of the previous season's final. A goalless draw at Kinning Park was followed by a 2–2 draw at Hampden Park before Queen's edged the second replay 1–0 away from home. +Semi-final resultsDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue6 March 1875Dumbarton1–0(protested)note A protest from Renton was upheld and a replay was ordered.RentonMeadow Park, Dumbarton20 March 1875Clydesdale0–0Queen's ParkKinning Park, Kinning Park +Semi-final replaysDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue27 March 1875Queen's Park2–2ClydesdaleHampden Park, Crosshill27 March 1875Renton1–1DumbartonNeutral venue, Alexandrianote neutral +Semi-final second replaysDateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue3 April 1875Clydesdale0–1Queen's ParkKinning Park, Kinning Park3 April 1875Dumbarton0–1RentonRopework Lane, Dumbarton Sources: Final 1875 Scottish Cup final After 26 matches played and 53 goals scored, the tournament culminated in the 1875 Scottish Cup Final on 10 April 1875. The match, played at the original Hampden Park in Crosshill, was watched by 7,000 spectators and refereed by A. Campbell of Clydesdale. As Hampden Park was the home of finalists Queen's Park, the match was one of a select few cup finals in Scotland that were not played on neutral territory.https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/archive/scottish-cup-history/scottish-cup-winners/ Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Football Association 8 October 2019 All three goals came in the final 15 minutes of the match courtesy of Scotland internationals Angus MacKinnon, Thomas Highet and Billy MacKinnon. Queen's Park won 3–0 to claim the trophy for the second consecutive season. 10 April 1875 15:00 Queen's Park 3–0 Renton *A. MacKinnon 75 Highet 80 B. MacKinnon Hampden Park Crosshill 7,000 A. Campbell (Clydesdale) http://www.fitbastats.com/queenspark/game.php?gameid=75024 Queen's Park 3 – 0 Renton, Scottish Cup (10/04/1875) Fitbastats.com 12 April 2019 See also 1874–75 in Scottish football Notes note References External links Season 1874-75 Queen's Park [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game Scottish Cup 1874/75, RSSSF Association football Scotland Category:Scottish Cup seasons Cup