# 1886–87 Scottish Cup

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

| Round | First match date | Fixtures | Fixtures | Fixtures | Clubs |
| Round | First match date | Original | Byes | Replays | Clubs |
| First Round | 11 September 1886 | 67 | 5 | 6 | 139 → 72 |
| Second Round | 2 October 1886 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 72 → 39 |
| Third Round | 23 October 1886 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 39 → 21 |
| Fourth Round | 6 November 1886 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 21 → 16 |
| Fifth Round | 27 November 1886 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 25 December 1886 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 22 January 1887 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 12 February 1887 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 → 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.
| Dunbartonshire | Edinburghshire | Glasgow and District | Glasgow and District | Lanarkshire | Renfrewshire |
| Bonhill 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 Yoker | Armadale Bellstane Birds Bo'ness Broxburn Shamrock Broxburn Thistle Durhamstown Rangers Edina Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Mossend Swifts Newcastleton Norton Park St Bernard's West Calder | Battlefield Blairvaddick Carrick Clyde Cowlairs Govan Athletic Kelvinside Athletic Linthouse Northern Partick Thistle | Pollokshields Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St Andrew's St Peter's Southern Athletic Thistle Westbourne Whitefield 3rd Lanark RV | Airdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Cambuslang Hibernian Carfin Shamrock Clydesdale Drumpellier Dykehead Hamilton Academical Motherwell Royal Albert Rutherglen Shettleston Tollcross Wishaw Swifts | Abercorn Arthurlie Cartvale Greenock Rangers Johnstone Johnstone Harp Lochwinnoch Morton Neilston Pollokshaws Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew St Mirren Thornliebank Woodvale 1st Renfrew RV |
| Ayrshire | Fife | Northern Counties | Perthshire | Southern Counties | Stirlingshire |
| Annbank Ayr Ayr Rovers Cumnock Dalry Hurlford Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Lanemark Lugar Boswell Maybole Monkcastle | Alloa Athletic Burntisland Thistle Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic | Aberdeen Arbroath Broughty Dundee East End Dundee Harp Forfar Athletic Lindertis Orion Our Boys (Dundee) Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) Wanderers | Caledonian Rangers Coupar Angus Crieff Dunblane Erin Rovers Fair City Athletic Oban Our Boys (Blairgowrie) St Johnstone | Moffat Nithsdale Queen of the South Wanderers Thornhill Vale of Annan Vale o' Nith 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV | Avondale Camelon Campsie Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Grahamston King's Park Laurieston Longcroft Thistle Slamannan Vale of Bannock |

## First round
### Matches
#### 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.

#### Southern Counties

Moffat received a bye to the second round.

### Replays
#### Perthshire district
##### Notes

* ^ A-A protest by St Andrew's was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ B-Greenock Rangers were awarded the tie after 1st Renfrew RV fielded two non-registered players.
* ^ C-Originally due to be played on 11 September, the match was postponed due to inclement weather and St Mirren and Arthurlie instead played a friendly.
* ^ D-Match abandoned after 75 minutes after Duntocher gave up.
* ^ E-Jamestown were awarded the tie after Vale of Leven Wanderers fielded a non-registered player.
* ^ F-Tollcross were awarded the tie after Royal Albert fielded a non-registered player.
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## Second round
### Matches
#### Edinburghshire district

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

#### 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.

#### Southern Counties
### Replays
#### Northern Counties
##### Notes

* ^ G-A protest by Dalry was upheld and a replay was ordered after the referee was "held to be incompetent".
* ^ H-Carfin Shamrock were awarded the tie after Airdrieonians fielded a non-registered player.
* ^ I-Both teams qualified for the second round.
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## Third round
### Matches
#### Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire district

Carfin Shamrock received a bye to the fourth round.

#### 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.

### Matches

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## Fifth round
### Replays
#### Notes

* ^ J-As Dundee Harp could not afford to make the trip to Dumbarton, the club scratched from the competition, and invited Dumbarton to East End Park to play a friendly instead, which ended 2–2. However, Harp advertised the match as a Cup tie and many media outlets reported it as such.
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## Quarter-finals
### Second replay
#### Notes

* ^ K-A protest by Dumbarton was upheld and a replay was ordered.
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## Semi-finals
### Matches

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