The 1886–87 Scottish Cup was the 14th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Hibernian won the competition for the first time after they beat Dumbarton 2–1 in the final.
Calendar
RoundFirst match dateFixturesClubsOriginalByesReplaysFirst Round11 September 18866756139 → 72Second Round2 October 1886344672 → 39Third Round23 October 1886183139 → 21Fourth Round6 November 1886511021 → 16Fifth Round27 November 188680316 → 8Quarter-finals25 December 18864028 → 4Semi-finals22 January 18872004 → 2Final12 February 18871002 → 1
Two teams qualified for the third round after drawing their second round replay.
Teams Of the 139 teams, all bar one entered the competition in the first round. Dykehead were admitted into the competition after the first round draw and entered in the second round. DunbartonshireEdinburghshireGlasgow and DistrictLanarkshireRenfrewshireBonhill Dumbarton Dumbarton Athletic Dumbarton Union Dunbritton Duntocher Jamestown Kirkintilloch Athletic Kirkintilloch Central Kirkintilloch Harp Lenzie Renton Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Hibernian Vale of Leven Wanderers YokerArmadale Bellstane Birds Bo'ness Broxburn Shamrock Broxburn Thistle Durhamstown Rangers Edina Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Mossend Swifts Newcastleton Norton Park St Bernard's West CalderBattlefield Blairvaddick Carrick Clyde Cowlairs Govan Athletic Kelvinside Athletic Linthouse Northern Partick ThistlePollokshields Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St Andrew's St Peter's Southern Athletic Thistle Westbourne Whitefield 3rd Lanark RVAirdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Cambuslang Hibernian Carfin Shamrock Clydesdale Drumpellier Dykehead Hamilton Academical Motherwell Royal Albert Rutherglen Shettleston Tollcross Wishaw SwiftsAbercorn Arthurlie Cartvale Greenock Rangers Johnstone Johnstone Harp Lochwinnoch Morton Neilston Pollokshaws Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Thornliebank Woodvale 1st Renfrew RVAyrshireFifeNorthern CountiesPerthshireSouthern CountiesStirlingshireAnnbank Ayr Ayr Rovers Cumnock Dalry Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Lanemark Lugar Boswell Maybole MonkcastleAlloa Athletic Burntisland Thistle Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline AthleticAberdeen Arbroath Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Harp Forfar Athletic Lindertis Orion Our Boys (Dundee) Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) WanderersCaledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Erin Rovers Fair City Athletic Oban Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St JohnstoneMoffat Nithsdale Queen of the South Wanderers Thornhill Vale of Annan Vale o' Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RVAvondale Camelon Campsie Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Grahamston King's Park Laurieston Longcroft Thistle Slamannan Vale of Bannock
First round
Matches Glasgow and District
Renfrewshire district
Ayrshire district
Dunbartonshire district
Edinburghshire district
Stirlingshire district
Fife district Cowdenbeath received a bye to the second round.
Lanarkshire district Cambuslang Hibernian received a bye to the second round.
Perthshire district Caledonian Rangers and Moffat received a bye to the second round.
Northern Counties
Southern Counties Moffat received a bye to the second round.
Replays Glasgow and District
Renfrewshire district
Edinburghshire district
Stirlingshire district
Lanarkshire district
Perthshire district
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Second round
Matches Glasgow and District
Edinburghshire district St Bernard's received a bye to the third round.
Stirlingshire district
Renfrewshire district
Ayrshire district
Dunbartonshire district
Fife district Alloa Athletic received a bye to the third round.
Lanarkshire district Tollcross received a bye to the third round.
Perthshire district Coupar Angus received a bye to the third round.
Northern Counties
Southern Counties
Replays Edinburghshire district
Ayrshire district
Fife district
Lanarkshire district
Perthshire district
Northern Counties
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Third round
Matches Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire district Carfin Shamrock received a bye to the fourth round.
Edinburghshire and Fife district
Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district Morton received a bye to the fourth round.
Perthshire and Northern Counties Arbroath received a bye to the fourth round.
Southern Counties
Replay Perthshire and Northern Counties
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Fourth round On the motion of Mr McCulloch of Dundee Harp, the Scottish FA decided to ensure that the fourth round would be the last round requiring byes and that there would be only five ties, all involving one of the five clubs that had received byes thus far. Consequently, Clyde, Dumbarton, Dunblane, Dundee Harp, Hibernian, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Port Glasgow Athletic, Queen's Park, Vale of Leven and 3rd Lanark RV all received a bye to the fifth round.
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Fifth round
Matches
Replays
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Quarter-finals
Matches
Replay
Second replay
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Semi-finals
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Final
References
External links Season 1886-87 Hibernian [results list], The Beautiful Dribbling Game Scottish Cup 1886/87, RSSSF