# List of minor Scottish Cup entrants (1873–1894)

This is a list of association football clubs which entered the Scottish Cup between 1873 and 1894, when the Scottish Qualifying Cup was introduced, and which lack the prominence for their Wikipedia pages.

## 1st Dumfries Rifle Volunteers F.C.
### History

The club was founded on 10 December 1881, out of the 1st Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers, a company in the Volunteer movement of the British Army. The Volunteers included sporting activities within their purview and newspapers often carried reports of such activities. The growth of football in Scotland, especially thanks to Queen's Park F.C., and the success of army teams in England such as the Royal Engineers A.F.C., encouraged regiments to form football clubs as part of the physical regimen. The 1st D.R.V. was re-organized under the Royal Scots Fusiliers in July 1881 and the football side seems to have emerged as a result of a larger pool of players, with 50 from which to choose.
The club tried to join the Scottish Football Association in June 1882, but was turned down for not having a private ground. It was finally admitted two months later, in time to enter the 1882–83 Scottish Cup. It had a lucky draw in the first round, as scheduled opponents Dumfries Academicals scratched. In the second, it was drawn to play one of the two strongest sides in the region, Queen of the South Wanderers, at Nunholm, and was 3–2 up at half-time, but lost 5–3.
The club did not enter the Churchill Cup for local sides, and seems to have given up the game, not renewing its Scottish FA membership at the end of the season. The Volunteer movement was already catered for by the 5th K.R.V. which had attracted a much greater membership – notably the 5th K.R.V.'s second XI had beaten the 1st D.R.V.'s first XI 5–1 in November 1882.

### Colours

The club's colours were black and yellow.

### Ground

The club played at Noblehill Park, near Dumfries.

## 10th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers F.C.
### History

The 10th L.R.V. was a volunteer regiment football club, based in south-west Glasgow. It was founded in 1884, after most of the volunteer sides in Glasgow had ceased playing senior football. The 10th was formed out of the Glasgow Highlanders, which had been founded in 1868. The regiment had briefly played football when called the 105th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers in the mid-1870s.
The club optimistically joined the Scottish Football Association in 1885, but scratched from its Scottish Cup entry when drawn to face St Andrew's. Perhaps accepting it was out of its depth in a nearly-professional age, the club did not renew its Scottish FA membership; indeed there are no records that the club ever played senior football outside a military environment.

### Colours

The club wore navy blue jerseys, 42nd tartan knickers, and red stockings.

### Ground

The club played at Braehead Park on the Rutherglen Road, later the home of Thistle.

## Annfield F.C.

The Annfield club was drawn in the Glasgow section of the 1881–82 Scottish Cup against Eastern Athletic; the club had no prior history, and there is no record of it joining the Scottish Football Association, so its entry was surprising. The result of the tie is unclear, as the North British Daily Mail had two reports - one saying that Annfield had won 2–1 at home, the other that it had drawn 1–1 away - and the Glasgow Herald had that the tie was a draw, but at Annfield's ground.
Whatever the score was, the tie was due to be replayed, but the club dissolved before it could take place. An Annfield Thistle is recorded as playing in Glasgow in 1880, and this may be the same club.

## Ardrossan F.C.
### History

The first match in the town was played in September 1870, and featured the Ardrossan Castle club demonstrating the sport at the head of Glasgow Street; on 24 September 1870, the Castle club beat the Ardrossan club 1–0, although it is not clear whether the match was under rugby or Association rules - the match featured touchdowns, which were part of the out-dated association set of laws which Queen's Park had been using. The match appears to have been a one-off, as the formal foundation of the club took place in September 1874, the first reported match being a defeat to Kilmarnock the following week. M'Auslane, who had played for the Castle in the 1870 match, was vice-captain for the Ardrossan, and Hughes, who had played for Ardrossan in the match, was also a member of the new club.
The club's correspondence address was care of Barclay & Son Shipyards, suggesting its members were shipbuilders.
It entered the Scottish Cup on two occasions, in 1875–76 and 1876–77, but withdrew from the competition both times before playing. Its final reported match was a win over the Kilbirnie in April 1876.

### Ground

The club played at a ground between Glasgow Street and Paisley Street.