1883–84 Scottish Cup

The 1883–84 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 11th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park won the competition for the seventh time after Vale of Leven could not field a team on the date fixed for the final due to player illness.

Reigning champions Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by neighbours Renton, becoming the first club not to make at least two successful defences of their title since its inception (Queen's Park and Vale of Leven each won three in a row, then Queen's Park won three more) and beginning a contrasting sequence whereby the winners changed each season for the next 13 years, until Rangers retained the trophy in 1898.

Calendar

RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst Round8 September 18836368132 → 70Second Round29 September 1883326170 → 38Third Round20 October 1883174438 → 21Fourth Round3 November 1883101021 → 11Fifth Round1 December 188335111 → 8Quarter-finals22 December 18834008 → 4Semi-finals19 January 18842004 → 2Final23 February 18841002 → 1

Edinburgh University were given a bye to the third round. Two teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay.

Notes

Teams All 132 teams entered the competition in the first round. AyrshireGlasgow and districtLanarkshireNorthern CountiesRenfrewshireAnnbank Ayr Beith Beith Thistle Cumnock Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Kilmarnock Portland Lugar Boswell Mauchline Maybole Stewarton CunninghameAlexandra Athletic Battlefield Clyde Cowlairs Dean Park Glencairn Granton Luton Mavisbank Northern Orchard Partick Partick Thistle Pilgrims Pollokshields Athletic Possilpark Queen's Park Rangers South Western Thistle Whitefield Whitehill 3rd Lanark RVAirdrie Airdrieonians Bellshill Cambuslang Clarkston Drumpellier Hamilton Academical Plains Blue Bell Royal Albert Shettleston Tollcross Vale of Avon West BenharAberdeen Angus Arbroath Balgay Coupar Angus Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Hibernian Dundee Our Boys Dundee West End Perseverance Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee)Abercorn Arthurlie Bute Rangers Caledonia Cartvale Clippens Glenpatrick Johnstone Johnstone Athletic Johnstone Rovers Kilbarchan Levern Linwood Lochwinnoch Lyle Athletic Northern (Greenock) Morton Netherlee Olympic Paisley Athletic Pollok Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Sir John Maxwell Southern (Greenock) Thornliebank West End Athletic Woodland YokerDunbartonshireEdinburghshirePerthshireSouthern CountiesStirlingshireDumbarton Dunbritton Jamestown Kilmaronock Thistle Levendale Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven WanderersBrunswick Dunfermline Edina Edinburgh University Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kinleith Newcastleton St Bernard's West CalderBreadalbane Dunblane Vale of Athole Vale of TeithDrumlanrig Rangers East End Rovers Moffat Newton Stewart Athletic Queen of the South Wanderers Vale of Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RVAlloa Athletic Campsie Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk King's Park Lenzie Stenhousemuir Strathblane Tayavalla

First round

Matches Glasgow and district Cowlairs received a bye to the second round.

Renfrewshire district

Ayrshire district

Dunbartonshire district

Lanarkshire district Vale of Avon received a bye to the second round.

Stirlingshire district

Edinburghshire district Newcastleton received a bye to the second round. Edinburgh University received a bye to the third round.

Northern Counties Coupar Angus received a bye to the second round.

Perthshire district

Southern Counties Drumlanrig Rangers received a bye to the second round.

Replays Dunbartonshire district

Lanarkshire district

Edinburghshire district

Northern Counties

Southern Counties

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Second round Matches Glasgow and District

Renfrewshire district Morton received a bye to the third round.

Ayrshire district Cumnock received a bye to the third round.

Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district Vale of Leven received a bye to the third round.

Lanarkshire district Hamilton Academical received a bye to the third round.

Edinburghshire district St Bernard's received a bye to the third round.

Perthshire and Northern Counties

Southern Counties

Replay Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire district

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Third round

Matches Perthshire and Northern Counties Dunblane received a bye to the fourth round.

Glasgow, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire district Pollokshields Athletic received a bye to the fourth round.

Edinburgh and Lanarkshire district Edinburgh University and Royal Albert received a bye to the fourth round.

Southern Counties

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

Replays Perthshire and Northern Counties

Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

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Fourth round Arthurlie received a bye to the fifth round.

Matches

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Fifth round Battlefield, Cambuslang, Cartvale, Hibernian and Queen's Park received a bye to the quarter-finals.

Matches

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Vale of Leven did not appear for the final in protest after a request made on the Wednesday before the match was due to take place for a postponement due to bereavement, illness and injury had been refused by the Scottish FA.

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