# 1884–85 Scottish Cup

The 1884–85 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 12th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Renton won the competition for the first tie after they defeated Vale of Leven in a replayed final.
Defending champions Queen's Park lost to Battlefield in the third round.

## Calendar

| Round | First match date | Fixtures | Fixtures | Fixtures | Clubs |
| Round | First match date | Original | Byes | Replays | Clubs |
| First Round | 13 September 1884 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 130 → 68 |
| Second Round | 4 October 1884 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 68 → 39 |
| Third Round | 25 October 1884 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 39 → 20 |
| Fourth Round | 15 November 1884 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 → 11 |
| Fifth Round | 6 December 1884 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 27 December 1884 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 24 January 1885 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 21 February 1885 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
* Two teams qualified for the second round after drawing their first round replay.
* Four teams qualified for the third round after drawing their second round replay.
* Two teams qualified for the fifth round after drawing their fourth round replay.

## Teams

All 130 teams entered the competition in the first round.
| Ayrshire | Dunbartonshire | Glasgow and District | Lanarkshire | Renfrewshire |
| Annbank Ayr Cumnock Dalry Hurlford Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Lugar Boswell Mauchline Maybole Stewarton Cunninghame | Albion Dumbarton Dumbarton Athletic Dunbritton Jamestown Lenzie Levendale Renton Rock Vale of Leven Vale of Leven Wanderers Yoker | Battlefield Clyde Cowlairs Cyrus Dean Park Eastern Athletic Granton Glasgow United YMCA Kinning Park Athletic Northern (Glasgow) Orchard Partick Partick Thistle Pilgrims Pollokshields Pollokshields Athletic Possilpark Queen's Park Rangers Shawlands Springburn Hibernian Thistle Whitefield Whitehill 3rd Lanark RV | Airdrie Airdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Cambuslang Chryston Clarkston Drumpellier Dykehead Glengowan Hamilton Academical Royal Albert Shettleston Tollcross Vale of Avon West Benhar Westburn Wishaw Swifts | Abercorn Arthurlie Cartvale Clippens Greenock Rangers Greenock Rovers Johnstone Johnstone Rovers Kilbarchan Lyle Athletic Morton Neilston Northern (Greenock) Olympic Paisley Athletic Pollokshaws Port Glasgow Athletic Renfrew Southern St Mirren Thornliebank 1st Renfrew RV |
| Edinburghshire | Northern Counties | Perthshire | Stirlingshire | Southern Counties |
| Bo'ness Dunfermline Edina Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Newcastleton Norton Park St Bernard's West Calder | Aberdeen Angus Arbroath Coupar Angus Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Dundee West End Lindertis Perseverance Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) | Breadalbane Crieff Juniors Dunblane Vale of Teith | Alloa Athletic Campsie Campsie Central Dunipace East Stirlingshire Falkirk Grasshoppers King's Park Stenhousemuir Strathblane Tayavalla | Moffat Queen of the South Wanderers Thornhill Vale of Nith Volunteer Athletic 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV |

## First round
### Matches
#### Glasgow and District

Dean Park received a bye to the second round.

#### Ayrshire district

Maybole received a bye to the second round.

#### Stirlingshire district

Campsie Central received a bye to the second round.

#### Edinburghshire district

Heart of Midlothian received a bye to the second round.

#### Southern Counties
### Replays
#### Lanarkshire district
### Second replay
#### Renfrewshire district
##### Notes

* ^ A-A protest by Neilston was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ B-A protest by Hurlford was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ C-A protest by Dykehead was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ D-A protest by Abercorn was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ E-Hurlford were disqualified and Kilmarnock re-instated.
* ^ F-Both teams qualified for the second round.
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## Second round
### Matches
#### Glasgow and District

Partick received a bye to the third round.

#### Renfrewshire district

Cartvale and Morton received a bye to the third round.

#### Lanarkshire district

Hamilton Academical received a bye to the third round.

#### Edinburghshire and Perthshire district

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

#### Southern Counties

Vale of Nith received a bye to the third round.

### Second replay
#### Renfrewshire district
##### Notes

* ^ G-A protest by Port Glasgow Athletic was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ H-A protest by Shettleston was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ I-Heart of Midlothian were disqualified and Dunfermline re-instated.
* ^ J-Both teams qualified for the third round.
* ^ K-Played at a neutral venue.
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## Third round
### Matches
#### Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district

Annbank received a bye to the fourth round.

#### Southern Counties
### Replays
#### Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district
### Second replay
#### Renfrewshire and Ayrshire district
##### Notes

* ^ L-A protest by Dean Park over a registration irregularity was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ M-A protest by Renfrew was upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ N-Match abandoned after 45 minutes. A protest by Renfrew was upheld and a replay was ordered.
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## Fourth round
### Replays
#### Notes

* ^ O-A protest by Rangers about the size of the pitch was initially dismissed but later upheld and a replay was ordered.
* ^ P-Both teams qualified for the fifth round.
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## Fifth round

Battlefield, Renton, Thornliebank, Vale of Leven and the winners of the replayed Arbroath vs Rangers tie received a bye to the quarter-finals.

### Matches

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## Quarter-finals
### Replay
#### Notes

* ^ Q-Battlefield did not appear and Cambuslang claimed the tie. However, a replay was ordered to be played and Battlefield would lose home advantage.
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