1882–83 Scottish Cup

1882–83 Scottish Cup

The Scottish Cup trophy
Country	Scotland
Teams	125
Defending champions	Queen's Park
Champions	Dumbarton (first title)
Runners-up	Vale of Leven
Matches played	148
Goals scored	834 (5.64 per match)
← 1881–82 1883–84 →

The 1882–83 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 10th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Dumbarton won the cup for the first, and so far only, time when they beat Vale of Leven 2–1 in a replayed final.^[1][2]

Defending champions Queen's Park were knock-out by eventual winners Dumbarton in the quarter-finals.

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	9 September 1882	59	7	7	125 → 67
Second Round	30 September 1882	32	3	6	67 → 36
Third Round	21 October 1882	16	4	4	36 → 22
Fourth Round	11 November 1882	11	0	1	22 → 11
Fifth Round	2 December 1882	3	5	2	11 → 8
Quarter-finals	23 December 1882	4	0	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	24 February 1883	2	0	2	4 → 2
Final	31 March 1883	1	0	1	2 → 1

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

Teams[]

All 125 teams entered the competition in the first round.

Aberdeenshire, Angus and Perthshire	Ayrshire and Buteshire	Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire	Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire	Fife and Lothian	Glasgow		Lanarkshire	Renfrewshire
Aberdeen Arbroath Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Strathmore	Ayr Beith Bute Rangers Kilmarnock Lugar Boswell Mauchline	5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV	Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Falkirk King's Park Renton Vale of Leven	Edinburgh University Heart of Midlothian Hibernian St Bernard's	Alexandra Athletic Clyde Cowlairs Glasgow University Northern 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 Johnstone Morton Port Glasgow Athletic St Mirren Thornliebank

First round[]

Apsley, Aberdeen, King's Park, Queen of the South Wanderers and Vale of Leven received a bye to the second round. Glasgow University and Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Notes

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Second round[]

Falkirk received a bye to the third round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Notes

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Third round[]

Edinburgh University, Glasgow University, Hibernian and Hurlford received a bye to the fourth round.

Matches[]

Replays[]

Second replay[]

Notes

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Fourth round[]

Matches[]

Replay[]

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Fifth Round[]

Dumbarton, Kilmarnock Athletic, Partick Thistle, Pollokshields Athletic and 3rd Lanark RV received a bye to the quarter-finals.

Matches[]

Replays[]

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Quarter-finals[]

Matches[]

Replays[]

Second replay[]

Third replay[]

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Semi-finals[]

Matches[]

Replays[]

Sources:^{[26][27][28][29]}

Final[]

Replay[]

See also[]

• 1882–83 in Scottish football

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