1881–82 Scottish Cup

1881–82 Scottish Cup

The Scottish Cup trophy
Country	Scotland
Teams	147
Defending champions	Queen's Park
Champions	Queen's Park (sixth title)
Runners-up	Dumbarton
Matches played	138
Goals scored	691 (5.01 per match)
← 1880–81 1882–83 →

The 1881–82 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the ninth season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. A total of 147 teams entered the competition, five more than the previous record set in 1879–80. For the second season in a row, defending champions Queen's Park played Dumbarton in the final. After the original match finished in a 2–2 draw on 18 March 1882, Queen's Park won the trophy for a sixth time with a 4–1 win in the replay 1 April 1882.^[1][2]

Calendar[]

As with the previous competitions, the eighth edition of the Scottish Cup took on the format of a traditional knockout tournament.^[2] 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.^[3]

Round	First match date	Fixtures			Clubs
		Original	Byes	Replays
First Round	27 August 1881	68	11	5	147 → 79
Second Round	1 October 1881	35	9	5	79 → 45
Third Round	22 October 1881	18	9	7	45 → 27
Fourth Round	12 November 1881	11	5	2	27 → 16
Fifth Round	3 December 1881	8	0	2	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	31 December 1881	4	0	1	8 → 4
Semi-finals	18 February 1882	2	0	0	4 → 2
Final	18 March 1882	1	0	1	2 → 1

• Both Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities were given byes to the third round.
• Two teams qualified for the third round after drawing their second round replay.

Teams[]

All 147 teams entered the competition in the first round.

Angus and Perthshire	Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire		Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire	Fife and Lothian	Glasgow		Lanarkshire	Renfrewshire
Arbroath Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Strathmore	Ayr Beith Coylton Coila Kilmarnock	Lanemark Lugar Boswell Mauchline Stranraer 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV	Bridge of Allan Dumbarton Falkirk Grasshoppers Helensburgh King's Park Renton Vale of Leven	Edinburgh University Heart of Midlothian Hibernian St Bernard's	Alexandra Athletic Clyde Clydesdale Cowlairs Glasgow University Northern Oxford	Partick Partick Thistle Pollokshields Athletic Queen's Park Rangers South Western Thistle 3rd Lanark RV	Airdrie Airdrieonians Cambuslang Hamilton Academical Royal Albert West Benhar	Abercorn Arthurlie Barrhead Johnstone Morton Port Glasgow Athletic St Mirren Thornliebank

First round[]

Airdrie, Annbank, Clarkston, Dunblane, Dundee Harp, Dunfermline, Helensburgh Victoria, Luton and Queen of the South Wanderers received a bye to the second round. Glasgow University and Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Second Replay[]

Sources:^[21][22][23]

Second round[]

Brunswick, Cartvale, Johnstone, Kilbirnie, Petershill, Stranraer and Strathmore received a bye to the third round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Notes

Sources:^[21][22][23]

Third round[]

Edinburgh University, Glasgow University, Helensburgh, Hibernian, Kilmarnock Athletic, Milton of Campsie, Queen's Park, Thistle and Thornliebank received a bye to the fourth round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Second Replay[]

Sources:^[21][22][23]

Fourth round[]

Beith, Dumbarton, Shotts, South Western and Vale of Teith received a bye to the fifth round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Sources:^[21][22][23]

Fifth round[]

Matches[]

Replays[]

Sources:^[21][22][23]

Quarter-finals[]

Matches[]

Replay[]

Sources:^[21][22][23]

Semi-finals[]

Matches[]

Sources:^[21][22][23]

Final[]

Original match[]

Replay[]

See also[]

• 1881–82 in Scottish football

References[]