Draft:1894–95 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds

1894–95 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
	← 1893–94

The preliminary rounds for the 1894–95 Scottish Cup took place between 1 September and 17 November 1894 to decide the 16 teams that would join the 16 exempt clubs in the first round.

A total of 130 teams entered the preliminary rounds which were open to all members of the Scottish FA.

After the completion of the four preliminary rounds which saw YYY goals scored across ZZZ matches, Airdrieonians, Annbank, Ayr Parkhouse, Forfar Athletic, Galston, Kilmarnock, King's Park, Lochee United, Motherwell, Mossend Swifts, Orion, Polton Vale, Raith Rovers, Slamannan Rovers, Stevenston Thistle and 5th Kirkcudbright RV advanced to the first round.

Following the introduction of the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1895–96, this would be the last season to feature preliminary rounds for 118 years.

Format

Alongside the four semi-finalists from the previous season, 12 further teams were voted to be exempt from competing in the preliminary rounds. The names of the remaining clubs were placed into lots according to their districts and drawn into pairs. The home team would be the first team drawn unless only one of the clubs in a pair had a private ground. In the event of a draw, the second team drawn would have the choice of ground for the replay. This process was repeated for the second and third preliminary rounds. All competing clubs were placed into a single lot for the fourth preliminary round.^[1]

Calendar

1894–95 Scottish Cup preliminary rounds calendar
Round	Date	Ties			Clubs
Round	Date	Original	Byes	Replays	Clubs
First preliminary round	1 September 1894				→
Second preliminary round	22 September 1894				→
Third preliminary round	13 October 1894				→
Fourth preliminary round	3 November 1894				→ 16

Source:^[1]

Teams

At a committee meeting on 29 May 1894, the 16 teams to be exempt from the preliminary rounds were decided. By virtue of being semi-finalists in 1893–94, Celtic, Queen's Park, Rangers and 3rd Lanark RV were the first to be exempt. Following a vote, Heart of Midlothian, Dumbarton, Dundee, St Bernard's, St Mirren, Hibernian, Leith Athletic, Clyde, Renton, East Stirlingshire, Battlefield and Abercorn were given an exemption from the preliminary rounds.^[2]

Competing teams arranged by district
Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire		East of Scotland, Fife and Border Counties		Glasgow and Lanarkshire		Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Argyll
Alloa Athletic Alva Camelon Clackmannan Clydebank Dalmuir Thistle Dunipace Duntocher Harp Falkirk Gairdoch Grangemouth	Grasshoppers Kilsyth Hibernians Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Laurieston Newtown Thistle Slamannan Slamannan Rovers Stenhousemuir Vale of Leven	Adventurers Bathgate Black Watch Bo'ness Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Broxburn Shamrock Cowdenbeath Edinburgh Casuals Edinburgh University Kelso Kirkcaldy	Linlithgow Athletic Loch Rangers Lochgelly United Mossend Swifts Penicuik Athletic Polton Vale Raith Rovers Selkirk Townhill Uphall	Airdriehill Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Burnbank Swifts Cambuslang Carfin Cowlairs Dykehead Gaelic Glasgow Wanderers Glengowan	Gordon Highlanders Hamilton Academical Hamilton Harp Linthouse Motherwell Northern Partick Thistle Royal Albert Wishaw Thistle 4th VB Scottish Rifles	Annbank Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Beith Bridge of Weir Bute Rangers Cartvale Cathcart Volunteers Cronberry Eglinton Dalry Dykebar Galston Girvan Athletic Hurlford Inveraray Irvine Johnstone	Kilbarchan Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Athletic Kilwinning Eglinton Lanemark Lochwinnoch Monkcastle Morton Neilston Paisley Academicals Paisley Celtic Pollokshaws Port Glasgow Athletic Saltcoats Victoria Stevenston Thistle Thornliebank

Competing teams arranged by district
Aberdeenshire	Forfarshire	Northern Counties	Perthshire	Southern Counties
Aberdeen Orion Peterhead Victoria United	Arbroath Arbroath Wanderers Brechin Dundee Wanderers Forfar Athletic Kirriemuir Lochee United Montrose West End	Clachnacuddin Inverness Caledonian Inverness Thistle Inverness Union	Dunblane Duncrub Park Fair City Athletic Rob Roy St Johnstone Vale of Atholl Vale of Ruthven	Annan Barholm Rovers Garliestown Mid-Annandale Newton Stewart Athletic St Cuthbert Wanderers 5th Kirkcudbright RV 6th Galloway RV

First preliminary round

Glasgow and Lanarkshire district

Hamilton Harp received a bye to the second preliminary round.

Glasgow and Lanarkshire district first preliminary round results
Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
1 September 1894	Cowlairs	4–4	Dykehead	Springvale Park, Glasgow
1 September 1894	Airdriehill	3–2	Gaelic	New Monkland, Airdrie
1 September 1894	Albion Rovers	3–5	Carfin	Meadow Park, Coatbridge
1 September 1894	4th VB Scottish Rifles	0–6	Airdrieonians	Maxwell Park, Glasgow
1 September 1894	Partick Thistle	6–1	Royal Albert	Inchview, Partick
1 September 1894	Glengowan	1–3	Wishaw Thistle	Dumbreck Park, Caldercruix
1 September 1894	Cambuslang	3–5	Linthouse	Whitefield Park, Cambuslang
1 September 1894	Northern	3–3	Gordon Highlanders	Hyde Park, Glasgow
1 September 1894	Burnbank Swifts	5–3 (protested)^{[note 1]}	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park, Hamilton
	Motherwell	w/o^{[note 2]}	Glasgow Wanderers

Glasgow and Lanarkshire district first preliminary round replays
Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
8 September 1894	Dykehead	1–1	Cowlairs	Dykehead Park, Shotts
8 September 1894	Northern	4–1	Gordon Highlanders	Hyde Park, Glasgow
22 September 1894	Hamilton Academical	1–4	Burnbank Swifts	Douglas Park, Hamilton

Glasgow and Lanarkshire district first preliminary round second replay
Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
15 September 1894	Cowlairs	1–2	Dykehead	Airdrie^{[note 3]}

Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Argyll district

Kilbarchan received a bye to the second preliminary round.

Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Argyll district first preliminary round results
Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
1 September 1894	Monkcastle	4–1	Neilston	Claremont Park, Kilwinning
1 September 1894	Kilwinning Eglinton	5–6	Paisley Celtic	Blacklands Park, Kilwinning
1 September 1894	Ayr Parkhouse	3–2	Ayr	Beresford Park, Ayr
1 September 1894	Cartvale	3–1	Lochwinnoch	Cartsbridge Park, Busby
1 September 1894	Cronberry Eglinton	4–6	Paisley Academicals	Derrens Holm, Cronberry
1 September 1894	Arthurlie	0–2	Kilmarnock Athletic	Dunterlie Park, Barrhead
1 September 1894	Irvine	1–7	Annbank	Cochrane Park, Irvine
1 September 1894	Kilbirnie	2–3	Lanemark	Milton Park, Kilbirnie
1 September 1894	Beith	1–4	Port Glasgow Athletic	Muir Field, Beith
1 September 1894	Morton	9–0	Saltcoats Victoria	Cappielow, Greenock
1 September 1894	Dalry	1–4	Stevenston Thistle	Townend Park, Dalry
	Girvan Athletic	w/o^{[note 4]}	Bridge of Weir
	Pollokshaws	w/o^{[note 5]}	Kilmarnock
	Hurlford	w/o^{[note 6]}	Cathcart Volunteers
	Thornliebank	w/o^{[note 7]}	Inveraray
	Galston	w/o^{[note 8]}	Bute Rangers
	Dykebar	w/o^{[note 9]}	Johnstone

Second preliminary round

Third preliminary round

Fourth preliminary round

Aftermath

Notes

^ A protest from Hamilton Academical was upheld and a replay was ordered.
^ Glasgow Wanderers scratched and Motherwell advanced to the second preliminary round.
^ Match played at a neutral venue.
^ Bridge of Weir scratched and Girvan Athletic advanced to the second preliminary round.
^ Pollokshaws scratched and Kilmarnock advanced to the second preliminary round.
^ Cathcart Volunteers scratched and Hurlford advanced to the second preliminary round.
^ Inveraray scratched and Thornliebank advanced to the second preliminary round.
^ Bute Rangers scratched and Galston advanced to the second preliminary round.
^ Dykebar scratched and Johnstone advanced to the second preliminary round.

References

^ ^a ^b Scottish Football Association (1894). Scottish FA Annual 1894-95. Glasgow: Hay Nisbet & Co. pp. 28–30, 66. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
^ "Cup exemptions". Dundee Courier. 30 May 1894.

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[3] A protest from Hamilton Academical was upheld and a replay was ordered.

[4] Glasgow Wanderers scratched and Motherwell advanced to the second preliminary round.

[5] Match played at a neutral venue.

[6] Bridge of Weir scratched and Girvan Athletic advanced to the second preliminary round.

[7] Pollokshaws scratched and Kilmarnock advanced to the second preliminary round.

[8] Cathcart Volunteers scratched and Hurlford advanced to the second preliminary round.

[9] Inveraray scratched and Thornliebank advanced to the second preliminary round.

[10] Bute Rangers scratched and Galston advanced to the second preliminary round.

[11] Dykebar scratched and Johnstone advanced to the second preliminary round.

[1894_annual-1] Scottish Football Association (1894). Scottish FA Annual 1894-95. Glasgow: Hay Nisbet & Co. pp. 28–30, 66. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

[2] "Cup exemptions". Dundee Courier. 30 May 1894.

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