1904–05 Scottish Cup

1904–05 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Third Lanark
Runners-up	Rangers

The 1904–05 Scottish Cup was the 32nd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Third Lanark when they beat Rangers 3–1 in a replay.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	28 January 1905	16	32 → 16
Second round	11 February 1905	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	25 February 1905	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	25 March 1905	2	4 → 2
Final	8 April 1905	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 1	Queens Park
Airdrieonians	7 – 0	St Johnstone
Arthurlie	0 – 0	Motherwell
Bathgate	2 – 1	Arbroath
Cowdenbeath	2 – 0	6th GRV
Dumfries	1 – 2	Celtic
Dundee	1 – 3	Hearts
Hibernian	1 – 1	Partick Thistle
Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Beith
Kirkcaldy United	3 – 1	Crieff Morrisonians
Lochgelly United	5 – 1	Inverness Caledonian
Greenock Morton	2 – 0	Renton
Port Glasgow Athletic	3 – 0	Stranraer
Rangers	2 – 1	Ayr Parkhouse
St Mirren	1 – 0	Clyde
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Leith Athletic

First round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Beith	3 – 1	Kilmarnock
Motherwell	1 – 0	Arthurlie
Partick Thistle	4 – 2	Hibernian

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 1	Bathgate*
Airdrieonians	3 – 0	Port Glasgow Athletic
Beith	4 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Celtic	3 – 0	Lochgelly United
Kirkcaldy United	0 – 1	Partick Thistle
Greenock Morton	0 – 6	Rangers
Motherwell	0 – 1	Third Lanark
St Mirren	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian

Game Abandoned

Second round replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	6 – 1	Bathgate

Quarter-final

Home team	Score	Away team
Celtic	3 – 0	Partick Thistle
Rangers	5 – 1	Beith
St Mirren	0 – 0	Airdrieonians
Third Lanark	4 – 1	Aberdeen

Quarter-final replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Airdrieonians	3 – 1	St Mirren

Semi-finals

25 March 1905^[a]

Celtic	0–2	Rangers
		Speedie 65' Robertson 79'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: T. Robertson

25 March 1905^[1]

Third Lanark	2–1	Airdrieonians
Wilson Johnston		Thomson

Cathkin Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: J. Baillie

^ Game Abandoned on 80 minutes due to crowd disturbance, result stood.^[1]^[2]

Final

8 April 1905^[3]

Third Lanark	0–0	Rangers

Attendance: 54,000^[4]

Referee: T. Robertson

Final replay

15 April 1905^[5]

Third Lanark	3–1	Rangers
Wilson Johnston		Smith

Attendance: 30,000^[6]

Referee: J. Deans

Teams


Rangers:
GK		Tom Sinclair
RB		Alex Fraser
LB		Alex Craig
RH		George Henderson
CH		James Stark
LH		John Robertson
OR		Robert Hamilton
IR		Finlay Speedie
CF		Robert McColl
IL		Archie Kyle
OL		Alex Smith
Replay:		Tommy Low replaced Hamilton


Third Lanark:
GK		Jimmy Raeside
RB		Robert Barr
LB		William McIntosh
RH		James Comrie
CH		Tom Sloan
LH		John Neilson
OR		James Johnston
IR		Jack Kidd
CF		Thomas McKenzie
IL		Hughie Wilson
OL		David Munro
Replay:		Unchanged

See also

1904–05 in Scottish football

References

^ ^a ^b Football. | Scottish Cup–Semi-final Ties., The Glasgow Herald, 26 March 1905
^ The Quinn Affair, The Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1905, via The Celtic Wiki
^ Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 10 April 1905
^ Scottish Cup Final 1905, FitbaStats
^ Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905
^ Scottish Cup Final replay 1905, FitbaStats

External links

Season 1904-05 Third Lanark [results list, including Qualifying Cup], The Beautiful Dribbling Game
Scottish Cup 1904/05, RSSSF

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