1896–97 Scottish Cup

1896–97 Scottish Cup
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Heart of Midlothian
Champions	Rangers
Runners-up	Dumbarton
	← 1895–96 1897–98 →

The 1896–97 Scottish Cup was the 24th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers when they beat Dumbarton 5-1 in the final.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	9 January 1897	16	32 → 16
Second Round	23 January 1897	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	13 February 1897	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	13 March 1897	2	4 → 2
Final	20 March 1897	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	4 – 0	Hurlford
Arthurlie	4 – 2	Celtic
Blantyre	5 – 0	Bathgate
Dumbarton	2 – 1	Raith Rovers
Duncrab Park	1 – 10	Hibernian
Dundee	7 – 1	Inverness Thistle
Falkirk	2 – 0	Orion
Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Clyde
Leith Athletic	5 – 1	Dunblane
Lochgelly United	1 – 2	King's Park
Greenock Morton	3 – 1	St Johnstone
Motherwell	3 – 3	Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	2 – 4	Rangers
St Bernard's	2 – 1	Queen's Park
St Mirren	5 – 1	Renton
Third Lanark	8 – 1	Newton Stewart

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Kilmarnock	5 – 2	Motherwell

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	4 –1	Blantyre
Arthurlie	0 – 2	Greenock Morton *
Dumbarton	4 – 4	Leith Athletic
Dundee	4 – 2	King's Park *
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Falkirk *
Rangers	3 – 0	Hibernian
St Bernard's	5 – 0	St Mirren
Third Lanark	5 – 2	Heart of Midlothian

Match Declared Void

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Arthurlie	1 –5	Greenock Morton
Leith Athletic	3 – 3	Dumbarton
Dundee	5 – 0	King's Park
Kilmarnock	7 – 3	Falkirk

Second round second replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	3 – 2	Leith Athletic

Quarter Final

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	2 – 0	St Bernard's
Dundee	0 – 4	Rangers
Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Third Lanark
Greenock Morton	2 – 2	Abercorn

Quarter Final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Abercorn	2 – 3	Greenock Morton

Semi-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton	4 – 3	Kilmarnock
Greenock Morton	2 – 7	Rangers

Final

20 March 1897

Rangers	5–1	Dumbarton
Millar 42' 74' Hyslop 55' McPherson 69' A. Smith 71'		W. Thomson

Hampden Park

Attendance: 15,000[1][2]

Teams


Dumbarton:
GK		John Docherty
RB		Andrew Mauchlen
LB		Alex Miller
RH		John Gillan
CH		Daniel Thomson
LH		Albert Saunderson
OR		William Speedie
IR		Robert Hendry
CF		Lewis Mackie
IL		William Thomson
OL		Jack Fraser


Rangers:
GK		Matthew Dickie
RB		Nicol Smith
LB		Jock Drummond
RH		Neilly Gibson
CH		Andrew McCreadie
LH		David Mitchell
OR		Tommy Low
IR		John McPherson
CF		Jimmy Millar
IL		Tommy Hyslop
OL		Alec Smith

References

Scottish Cup Final 1897 [Rangers team], FitbaStats
Rangers 5 - 1 Dumbarton, The Sons Archive (archived version, 2017)

RSSF Scottish Cup 96-97

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[1] Scottish Cup Final 1897 [Rangers team], FitbaStats

[2] Rangers 5 - 1 Dumbarton, The Sons Archive (archived version, 2017)

Scottish Cup
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List of finals Winning managers Scottish Qualifying Cup

1896–97 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Belgium Denmark England Netherlands Ireland Scotland
Domestic cups	England Ireland Scotland Sweden '96 '97 Wales

1896–97 in Scottish football
« 1895–96 1897–98 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Abercorn Celtic Clyde Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Dumbarton Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Renton
Other teams	Queen's Park