1887 Scottish Cup final

April 2019 April 2019 1887 Scottish Cup final 1886–87 Scottish Cup Hibernian 2 Dumbarton 1 12 February 1887 Hampden Park Crosshill 15,000 1886 1888 The 1887 Scottish Cup final was the 14th final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1886–87 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played at the second Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) on 12 February 1887 and was watched by a crowd of 15,000 spectators. The final was contested by the 1883 winners Dumbarton and Hibernian who had never won the competition before.https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup-matches/?mid=91671 Scottish Cup Matches Scottish Football Association 29 April 2019Hibernians v. Dumbarton. Scottish Cup–Final Tie. The Scotsman, 14 February 1887, scan via London Hearts Supporters ClubFinal Tie For Scottish Cup. Dumbarton v. Edinburgh Hibernians. The Glasgow Herald, 14 February 1887, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club This was only the third Scottish Cup final not to feature a team from Glasgow after the 1883 and 1885 finals. Background Dumbarton had reached the final on three previous occasions losing after a replay twice to Queen's Park in 1881 and 1882 before beating Vale of Leven after a replay to lift the trophy in 1883. Hibernian had been relatively successful in the Scottish Cup after reaching the fifth round on their first appearance in 1877–78. Their best performance prior to 1886–87 had come in the three previous seasons when they were knocked in the semi-finals. No team from Edinburgh – or indeed the East of Scotland – had previously reached the final. The two teams had been drawn to face each other on three previous occasions. Dumbarton beat Hibernian 6–2 three times – although one was successfully protestedhttp://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=85203 Hibernian 2 - 6 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (03/12/1881) Fitbastats.com 29 April 2019 – in 1879–80http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=38116 Dumbarton 6 - 2 Hibernian, Scottish Cup (03/01/1880) Fitbastats.com 29 April 2019 and 1881–82http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=38097 Hibernian 2 - 6 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (24/12/1881) Fitbastats.com 29 April 2019 before Hibernian came out on top after a replay in 1885–86.http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=38082 Hibernian 4 - 3 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (12/12/1885) Fitbastats.com 29 April 2019 Route to the final 1886–87 Scottish Cup Hibernian RoundOppositionScoreFirst roundDurhamstown Rangers6–1Second roundMossend Swifts1–1Second round replayMossend Swifts3–0Third roundHeart of Midlothian5–1Fourth roundbyeFifth roundQueen of the South Wanderers7–3Quarter-final3rd Lanark RV2–1Semi-finalVale of Leven3–1 Dumbarton RoundOppositionScoreFirst roundVale of Leven Hibernians5–0Second roundYoker4–0Third roundTollcrossw/oFourth roundbyeFifth roundDundee Harpw/oQuarter-finalHurlford0–0Quarter-final replayHurlford1–2 (match void)AQuarter-final second replayHurlford3–1Semi-finalQueen's Park2–0 Notes disc A A-Result declared void and a replay was ordered. Dumbarton's route to the final was not without controversy. It walked over Harp of Dundee in the fifth round; Dumbarton had been drawn at home, but accepted an £18 inducement to travel to Harp,Notes from the west Courier & Argus 7 January 1887 4 as Harp could not afford to travel to Dumbarton. One of the consequences was that Harp conceded the tie and agreed the match should be a friendly,Football Lennox Herald 11 December 1886 2 but advertised the match as a Cup tie, which ended 2–2.Dundee notes Courier & Argus 10 December 1886 4 Dumbarton lost 2–1 to the Ayrshire minnows of Hurlford at home in the quarter-final, but put in a protest on the basis that the pitch was too slippery for effective play; the Scottish FA favoured the bigger club so much that it declared the tie to have been null and void in its entirety, and even censured Hurlford for insisting on playing,Football notes Dumbarton Herald 12 January 1887 2 so Hurlford did not even have the benefit of a replay at home.Dumbarton's protest against Hurlford Paisley Daily Express 12 January 1887 3 The Scottish FA's dismissal of a Hurlford counter-protest was generally considered unfair;"Athlete" Sport and Pastime Rutherglen Reformer 4 February 1887 7 the counter-protest was heard the same night as the Scottish FA considered a protest by Queen's Park against Dumbarton's rough play in the semi-final.Athletic jottings Glasgow Evening Post 4 February 1887 1 Match details 12 February 1887 15:00 Hibernian 2–1 Dumbarton *Montgomery 65 Groves 67 Aitken 59 Hampden Park, Crosshill 15,000 http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=38076 Hibernian 2 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (12/02/1887) Fitbastats.com 29 April 2019http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/game.php?gameid=38076 Hibernian 2 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (12/02/1887) Fitbastats.com 29 April 2019http://www.sonsarchive.com/matchdetails.php?id=79 Hibernian 2-1 Dumbarton, Saturday, February 12th, 1887 The Sons Archive 29 April 2019 008000 008000 008000 FFFFFF 008000 Hibernian_whitehalf ADD8E6 ADD8E6 FFFFFF FFFFFF ADD8E6 Dumbarton Hibernian:GK John TobinFB James LundieFB Barney FaganHB James McGheeHB Peter McGinnHB James McLarenRW Patrick LaffertyRW Willie GrovesFW James MontgomeryLW George SmithLW Philip ClarkDumbarton:GK James McAulayFB Jock HutchesonFB R. FergusHB Peter MillerHB Thomas McMillanHB Leitch KeirRW Robert P. BrownRW William RobertsonCF Jake MaddenLW Ralph AitkenLW J. Jamieson The ground filled up long before kick-off, one of the trains being so filled with spectators that it required two engines, and an estimated 2,000 spectators broke in without paying.Football notes Edinburgh Evening News 14 February 1887 4 The Hibernian supporters were distinguishable by wearing green favours with "Hurry Up Hibs" on them. A harum-scarum first half saw a distinct lack of accurate shooting, with Tobin making one save, M'Aulay none; but Dumbarton started the second better, perhaps riled by supporters' shots of "play the Hurlford" which greeted the players on their return to the pitch.Hibernians v Dumbarton - Scottish Cup final tie Scotsman 14 February 1887 10 Miller soon grazed the post, and Aitken opened the scoring for the county side after 59 minutes with a "swift shot" over Tobin's head. Madden came close to doubling the lead, also hitting the post, almost straight from the kick-off, but Hibernian equalized in the 65th minute thanks to an error by M'Aulay, who dropped a Clark shot at the feet of Montgomery, who tapped homeFinal for Scottish Cup Glasgow Herald 14 February 1887 10 Straight from the kick-off, Groves won the ball back for Hibernian, and dribbled down the centre of the pitch; he and Lafferty manoeuvred the ball between themselves, and the Dumbarton players stopped playing, claiming offside. However the resulting goal - credited to Groves by the Glasgow media,Saturday's football Glasgow Herald 14 February 1887 10 Lafferty by the EdinburghFootball and athletic notes Edinburgh Evening Dispatch 14 February 1887 4 - was given, and Hibernian saw out the game, to the great jubilation of the majority of the crowd, as many of those present were Irish Glaswegians supporting "the wearers of the green".Scottish Cup (Final Tie) Glasgow Evening Post 12 February 1887 3 The match was the last Cup tie in which Dumbarton played in "the Blackburn Rovers style of quartern colours", as from the next season it adopted "black and gold vertical-striped shirts, very smart-looking and attractive".Football notes Dumbarton Herald 31 August 1887 2 References Association football Scotland Category:Scottish Cup finals Scottish Cup Final 1887 Scottish Cup Final 1887 Final Category:1880s in Glasgow Category:Govanhill and Crosshill Category:February 1887 in the United Kingdom