1890–91 Scottish Cup

1890–91 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Queen's Park
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Runners-up	Dumbarton
	← 1889–90 1891–92 →

The 1890–91 Scottish Cup was the 18th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Heart of Midlothian defeated Dumbarton 1–0 to win the trophy.

First round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	8 – 0
	2 – 8
Arthurlie	2 – 5	St Mirren
Ayr	Walkover
Ayr Parkhouse	6 – 1
	3 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
	1 – 4	Third Lanark
	3 – 4
Bridge of Allan	7 – 2
Broxburn	Walkover
Burnbank Swifts	11 – 0
	4 – 2	Bonnyrigg Rose
Caledonian	2 – 1	Victoria United
Cambuslang	3 – 1
Camelon	4 – 3	Alloa Athletic
Campsie	4 – 1	Laurieston
	3 – 6
Carlton	Walkover
	1 – 2	Albion Rovers
	Walkover
	5 – 3
Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers
Clackmannan	9 – 0
Clyde	7 – 2
Cowdenbeath	10 – 1
Cowlairs	1 – 3	Airdrieonians
	Walkover
	5 – 2
	0 – 4	Alloa
	0 – 5	Fifth KRV
Dundee Wanderers	3 – 3	Arbroath
Dunipace	Walkover
East Stirlingshire	8 – 2	Grangemouth
	7 – 3
Bo'ness	Walkover
Forfar Athletic	2 – 7	Dundee Our Boys
	0 – 13
Hamilton Academical	Walkover	Linthouse
Heart of Midlothian	7 – 2	Raith Rovers
Inveraray	4 – 1	Lochgilphead
Inverness Thistle	2 – 4	Inverness Caledonian
	1 – 1	Glasgow Hibernian
Kilmarnock	4 – 4
Kilsyth Wanderers	2 – 1	Renton
	3 – 4	Hibernian
	2 – 2
Lanemark	Walkover
Leith Athletic	3 – 2
	Walkover	Dundee Harp
Maryhill	Walkover
Mauchline	1 – 3
Maybole	3 – 4
	1 – 0	King's Park
Mid Annandale	15 – 1
Montrose	7 – 1
Greenock Morton	7 – 2
Mossend Swifts	Walkover
	3 – 7	Fairfield
Neilston	7 – 3	Bute Rangers
	0 – 9	Dumfries
Northern	5 – 0	Clydesdale *
	3 – 0
	1 – 6
Orion	1 – 5	Aberdeen
Penicuik Athletic	5 – 3
Port Glasgow Athletic	0 – 2
Royal Albert	5 – 4	Motherwell
	Walkover
Saltcoats Victoria	4 – 3
Slamannan	6 – 2	Gairdoch
	2 – 8	Dumbarton
St Bernard's	7 – 0	***
Stenhousemuir	Walkover	Vale of Leven
	9 – 2
St Johnstone	2 – 2	**
Stranraer	Walkover
Strathmore	Walkover	East End
Thistle	3 – 5	Queen's Park
	1 – 5
	6 – 0
	12 – 1	Grasshoppers
Vale of Bannock	Walkover	Falkirk
	Walkover
Wishaw Thistle	3 – 2	Partick Thistle

* Match Declared Void
- - St Johnstone Declared winner against Coupar after 2–2 draw
    - St Bernards Disqualified

Beith, Bellstane Birds, , and Edinburgh University received byes into the second round.

First Round replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Northern	7 – 1	Clydesdale
	6 – 2	Kilmarnock
Arbroath	4 – 1	Dundee Wanderers
	4 – 3
Glasgow Hibernian	5 – 1

Second round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	12 – 0
Aberdeen	8 – 0	Caledonian
	Walkover
Airdrieonians	3 – 1
Ayr Parkhouse	1 – 2
	6 – 2	Union
Beith	2 – 4	Cambuslang
Bridge of Allan	1 – 5	Vale of Leven
Broxburn	5 – 2	Clackmannan
Burnbank Swifts	2 – 1	*
Camelon	2 – 1	Alloa
Campsie	4 – 4	East Stirlingshire
Carlton	Walkover
Celtic	2 – 2
	3 – 5	Kilsyth Wanderers
Clyde	4 – 3
	0 – 11
	5 – 7	Cowdenbeath
	6 – 5	Dumfries
Dundee Harp	1 – 5	Arbroath
Dundee East End	4 – 2	St Johnstone
Fairfield	2 – 5	Royal Albert
Bo'ness	7 – 0	Bellstane Birds
Fifth KRV	9 – 1	Mid Annandale
Heart of Midlothian	Walkover
Hibernian	1 – 9	Dumbarton
Inveraray	4 – 2
Inverness Caledonian	Walkover
	2 – 5	Mossend Swifts
	0 – 3	Montrose
Leith Athletic	7 – 2	Falkirk
Linthouse	7 – 2	Maryhill
	4 – 3
Greenock Morton	3 – 2	Neilston
	2 – 2
Penicuik Athletic	3 – 4
Queen's Park	5 – 1	Northern
	1 – 3	Ayr
Saltcoats Victoria	3 – 2	Lanemark
Slamannan	5 – 2	*
St Mirren	5 – 1	Albion Rovers
Third Lanark	8 – 1
Wishaw Thistle	4 – 1	Glasgow Hibernian

Match Declared Void

Dundee Our Boys, Edinburgh University and Stranraer received byes into the third round.

Second round replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Burnbank Swifts	3 – 0
Slamannan	3 – 5
Campsie	1 – 3	E.Stirlingshire
	1 – 3	Celtic
	5 - 1

Third round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	8 – 0
	6 – 0	Broxburn
Cambuslang	1 – 2	St Mirren
Clyde	3 – 4	Ayr
Dumbarton	6 – 0
	Walkover	Stranraer
Edinburgh University	3 – 2	Cowdenbeath
East Stirlingshire	3 – 3	Camelon
Bo'ness	1 – 1	Mossend Swifts
Inverness Caledonian	6 – 2	Aberdeen
Kilsyth Wanderers	0 – 8	Vale of Leven
Leith Athletic	12 – 0
Linthouse	3 – 4	Abercorn
	0 – 3	Heart of Midlothian
	1 – 7	Burnbank Swifts
Montrose	4 – 1
Greenock Morton	10 – 0	Inveraray
Dundee Our Boys	4 – 0	East End
Queen's Park	6 – 0
Royal Albert	6 – 2	Saltcoats Victoria
Third Lanark	8 – 1
Wishaw Thistle	2 – 6	Celtic

Arbroath and Fifth KRV Receiver byes into the Fourth round.

Third round replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Camelon	6 – 10	East Stirlingshire
Mossend Swifts	9 – 1	Bo'ness

Fourth round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	8 – 0
Airdrieonians	1 – 2	St Mirren
Ayr	3 – 4	Heart of Midlothian
Dumbarton	7 – 3	Mossend Swifts
Edinburgh University	0 – 7	Queen's Park
East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Inverness Caledonian
Fifth KRV	6 – 2	Arbroath
Leith Athletic	3 – 1	Vale of Leven
Montrose	0 – 3	Third Lanark
Greenock Morton	6 – 4
Dundee Our Boys	1 – 3	Celtic
Royal Albert	1 – 0	Burnbank Swifts

Fifth Round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 2	Royal Albert *
Dumbarton	2 – 0	Fifth KRV *
Heart of Midlothian	5 – 1	Greenock Morton
St Mirren	2 – 3	Queen's Park

Match declared void

East Stirlingshire, Leith Athletic, Abercorn and Third Lanark received byes into the Quarter Final.

Fifth round replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Royal Albert	0 – 4	Celtic *
Dumbarton	8 – 0	Fifth KRV

Match abandoned

Fifth round second replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	2 – 0	Royal Albert

Quarter Final[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	3 – 0	Celtic
Heart of Midlothian	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Leith Athletic	2 – 3	Abercorn
Queen's Park	1 – 1	Third Lanark

Quarter Final replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Third Lanark	2 – 2	Queen's Park

Quarter Final second replay[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Queen's Park

Semi-finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	3 – 1	Abercorn
Third Lanark	1 – 4	Heart of Midlothian

Final[]

7 February 1891

Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Dumbarton

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