# 1893–94 Scottish Cup

The 1893–94 Scottish Cup was the 21st season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers when they beat Celtic 3–1 in the final. It was the first Scottish Cup final between the two Glasgow clubs, whose dominance of the domestic game and 'old firm' rivalry were yet to be established – indeed this was the first time Rangers lifted the trophy in their third appearance at that stage (and their first since the 1870s); for Celtic it was a third defeat in four finals, all within the past six years.

## Calendar

| Round | First match date | Fixtures | Clubs |
| First round | 25 November 1893 | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Second round | 16 December 1893 | 8 | 16 → 80 |
| Quarter-finals | 13 January 1894 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 3 February 1894 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 10 February 1894 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Teams

Competing teams :
| Clubs exempt from preliminary rounds | Clubs qualified via preliminary rounds |
| Abercorn Broxburn Shamrock Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Queen's Park Rangers Renton St Bernard's St Mirren Thistle 3rd Lanark RV | Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Arbroath Battlefield Black Watch Cambuslang Cowlairs East Stirlingshire Grangemouth Hurlford Inverness Thistle Kilmarnock Orion Port Glasgow Athletic Vale of Leven 5th Kirkcudbright RV |

## First round

First round results :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 25 November 1893 | 3rd Lanark RV | 9–3 | Inverness Thistle | Cathkin Park, Glasgow |
| 25 November 1893 | Grangemouth | 1–7 | Renton | Caledonian Park, Grangemouth |
| 25 November 1893 | Cambuslang | 3–2 | East Stirlingshire | Whitefield Park, Cambuslang |
| 25 November 1893 | St Mirren | 1–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Westmarch, Paisley |
| 25 November 1893 | Abercorn | 2–1 | 5th Kirkcudbright RV | Underwood Park, Paisley |
| 25 November 1893 | Kilmarnock | 1–3 | St Bernard's | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
| 25 November 1893 | Albion Rovers | 6–0 | Black Watch | Meadow Park, Coatbridge |
| 25 November 1893 | King's Park | 2–5 | Clyde | Forthbank Park, Stirling |
| 25 November 1893 | Linthouse | 1–5 | Queen's Park | Langlands Park, Govan |
| 25 November 1893 | Thistle | 1–3 | Battlefield | Braehead Park, Glasgow |
| 25 November 1893 | Rangers | 8–0 | Cowlairs | Ibrox Park, Govan |
| 25 November 1893 | Orion | 2–11 | Leith Athletic | Cattofield, Aberdeen |
| 25 November 1893 | Celtic | 6–0 | Hurlford | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
| 25 November 1893 | Vale of Leven | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Millburn Park, Alexandria |
| 25 November 1893 | Broxburn Shamrock | 3–8 | Arbroath | Shamrock Park, Broxburn |
| 25 November 1893 | Port Glasgow Athletic | 7–5 | Airdrieonians | Clune Park, Port Glasgow |
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## Second round

Second round results :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 16 December 1893 | Clyde | 6–0 | Cambuslang | Barrowfield Park, Glasgow |
| 16 December 1893 | Arbroath | 0–3 | Queen's Park | Gayfield Park, Arbroath |
| 16 December 1893 | Battlefield | 3–3 | Abercorn | Mossfield Park, Glasgow |
| 16 December 1893 | Rangers | 2–0 | Leith Athletic | Ibrox Park, Govan |
| 16 December 1893 | Dumbarton | 1–3 | St Bernard's | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| 16 December 1893 | Renton | 2–2 (protested) | Port Glasgow Athletic | Tontine Park, Renton |
| 16 December 1893 | 3rd Lanark RV | 3–2 | St Mirren | Cathkin Park, Glasgow |
| 16 December 1893 | Celtic | 7–0 | Albion Rovers | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
Second round replays :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 23 December 1893 | Abercorn | 3–0 | Battlefield | Underwood Park, Paisley |
| 23 December 1893 | Renton | 1–3 | Port Glasgow Athletic | Tontine Park, Renton |
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## Quarter-final

Quarter-final results :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 13 January 1894 | 3rd Lanark RV | 2–1 | Port Glasgow | Cathkin Park, Glasgow |
| 13 January 1894 | Abercorn | 3–3 | Queen's Park | Underwood Park, Paisley |
| 13 January 1894 | Clyde | 0–5 | Rangers | Barrowfield Park, Glasgow |
| 13 January 1894 | Celtic | 8–1 | St Bernard's | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
Quarter-final replay :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 20 January 1894 | Queen's Park | 3–3 | Abercorn | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
Quarter-final second replay :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 27 January 1894 | Abercorn | 0–2 | Queen's Park | Ibrox Park, Govan |
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## Semi-finals

Semi-final results :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 3 February 1894 | Rangers | 1–1 | Queen's Park | Ibrox Park, Govan |
| 3 February 1894 | 3rd Lanark RV | 3–5 | Celtic | Cathkin Park, Glasgow |
Semi-final replay :
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| 10 February 1894 | Queen's Park | 1–3 | Rangers | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
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## Final
### Teams

Celtic: :
| GK | Joseph Cullen |
| RB | Jerry Reynolds |
| LB | Dan Doyle |
| RH | Willie Maley |
| CH | James Kelly |
| LH | John Curran |
| OR | Jake Madden |
| IR | James Blessington |
| CF | Joe Cassidy |
| IL | Sandy McMahon |
| OL | John Campbell |
Rangers: :
| GK | David Haddow |
| RB | Nicol Smith |
| LB | Jock Drummond |
| RH | Robert Marshall |
| CH | Andrew McCreadie |
| LH | David Mitchell |
| OR | James Steel |
| IR | Hugh McCreadie |
| CF | John Gray |
| IL | John McPherson |
| OL | John Barker |